75 years ago

May 27, 1944

An army private, writing on “Why I Am Proud of the Wacs” for a $25 prize, sent in the following: “No nylons, no nuttin’ — just G.I. miseries. And no draft board to ‘encourage’ them. What else could a fellow feel toward a gal like that than pride? Betty’ll come marching home beside her Johnny with her head held high, chin out — ’cause she’s doing her job.”

He won the prize.

50 years ago

May 27, 1969

Climaxing a voyage of discovery that paved the way for Americans to land on the moon, the Apollo 10 lunar explorers parachuted to a bull’s-eye landing in the Pacific today and were quickly hoisted aboard the recovery ship Princeton.

America’s newest space heroes ended man’s greatest and most dangerous space adventure when their sturdy six-ton spaceship parachuted into gently rolling seas 400 miles east of Pago Pago.

With television cameras relaying the dramatic splashdown and recovery to the United States and Europe, Air Force Col. Thomas Stafford and Navy Cmdrs. John Young and Eugene Cernan hit the water just 3 miles from the Princeton.

25 years ago

May 27, 1994

• “Give your Grads the gift to keep them growing!” says an advertisement from Techline, located in the Reiner Building, 221 E. Wishkah St. in Aberdeen. “Leading Edge 486 computer, 1.2 and 1.44 Floppy drives, 170 Megabyte Hard Drive, 4 Megs of Memory, Microsoft Works, Productivity Package, Entertainment Package, Windows and more for $999.”

• Three Aberdeen players were named to the all-Black Hills League softball team, selected from coaches’ all-opponent clubs.

Senior infielder Deela Dahlstrom, senior outfielder Angela Bennett and junior outfielder Alison Herling were included on a 14-player first unit.

Hoquiam shortstop Missy McFadden was a second team selection.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom.