75 years ago
September 3, 1944
Sunday, no newspaper published
September 4, 1944
Grays Harbor racing fans today hailed a new champion of the track, Holsum, owned by E.O. Myers of Hoquiam, who yesterday won the feature half-mile race of Elma Horsemen and Racing club’s big equestrian show at the Elma fair grounds. Unofficial estimates set the attendance figure at between 3,500 and 4,000.
Holsum, a former Longacres horse, was booted home by Hal Kitchen, former Lewiston, Idaho, rodeo performer and now a second class officer in the Coast Guard here. The winner was clocked at 55¼ seconds.
50 years ago
September 3, 1969
David Morgan is making “real good headway” in his effort to secure additional financial backing for the Hoquiam Urban Renewal shopping center project.
So said UR Director Ted Walden at last night’s Hoquiam city council meeting.
Councilman Arnold Blindheim said headway is nice, but how about the $230,000 project payment that was due three weeks ago.
Said Mayor Rolland Youmans: “Where we stand right now, we have nothing. My feelings are best summed up by what the developer said a few weeks ago — optimism is for fools. And this situation boils down to this: If Mr. Morgan comes up with more financial backing and gets reorganized in his effort to develop the property, then we’re back in the ball game. If not, then we’ll have to reorganize.”
September 4, 1969
Skidroads, saloon and snoose — Grays Harbor has a vibrant past, a lusty lumbertown heritage . Billy Gohl yarns and faded photographs chronicle the days of sawmills and schooners.
But perhaps the most fascinating remnants of that era in Harbor history are the splendid mansions the timber tycoons built. Sadly, the supply is rapidly dwindling.
Three generations of Hoquiamites have marveled at the tall turrets and stained glass windows of the imposing home lumberman Robert Lytle built in 1897 along the Chenault Avenue hillside.
The Lytle house, as the 20 room bungalow is locally known, was purchased last October by Robert Watson, a young fisheries biologist, who has an incurable case of antique fever.
He is restoring the mansion to turn-of-the-century condition and plans to let the public inspect his efforts this weekend.
“It’s criminal to allow these wonderful old homes to be demolished under the guise of progress,” says Watson. “I think Loggers Playday weekend is a fitting time to let the people visit the house.”
25 years ago
September 3, 1994
People would occasionally ask Rachael Mayr if she were a model. Even as the tall Aberdeen High School senior told them she wasn’t, the idea intrigued her.
Now she will intrigue others.
At a modeling competition in New York in July, the 17-year-old daughter of Tom and Teresa Mayr caught an agent’s eyes and won an offer to strut the runways of Milan this fall.
The star student and varsity cross country runner will leave her Wishkah Valley home far behind Sunday for a two-month try-out at modeling in Italy.
“She’s almost identical to Linda Evangelista,” said her agent, Marijka Deutscher, referring to the American beauty widely acknowledged to the the world’s most in-demand model. “Evangelista is 32. They would love to have a replacement,” the owner of the Alleinad agency in Olympia added. “(Rachael) has been spotted already.”
September 4, 1994
Mike Nault of Hoquiam and Betsy Penoyar of South Bend took overall honors in the 10K Donna Wetterauer Memorial Road Run Saturday in South Bend.
Chris Holley and Jennifer Williams won the 2-mile race.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
