75 years ago
Jan. 31, 1942
Metals tags for the identification of children of pre-school age will be furnished free by the D.A.R., Mrs. William Olson, Montesano. advised the Aberdeen defense council today.
Sand for use against incendiary bombs in the event of an air raid will be deposited in alleys throughout the city next week, Mayor Walter Foelkner told the council. The people will be advised where the sand will be located so that they can supply their needs.
Identification cards, tags, sand and other measures are purely precautionary, the defense council emphasized, and are not being taken that raids, evacuations and so on are anticipated or in the offing. The whole defense work, the council said, is designed merely to be ready for any eventuality and to know what to do should action ever be necessary.
50 years ago
Jan. 31, 1967
A Boy Scout leader from Kent and one of the youngsters he had taken on a field trip to the ocean were injured Saturday afternoon in Pacific Beach when a log they were standing on in the surf was swirled about by a huge wave and rolled over them, according to the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s department.
The pair were rescued from the surf by the other youngsters in the scout troop. They were rushed to Grays Harbor Community Hospital by the Pacific Beach ambulance.
The leader sustained a fractured leg and ribs and was listed in satisfactory condition this morning. The teen received only bruises and was treated and released.
25 years ago
Jan. 31, 1992
When the kids in Alan Olsen’s advanced woodworking class signed up, they thought the most important skills they would learn involved wood, not people.
But after a semester or working together to build a storage shed, the Hoquiam High School students are as skilled at collaboration as construction.
Olsen says that collaboration skills are some of the best benefits of the pilot woodworking program that started at the high school this year.
Students from the school’s computer aided drafting course produced the design for the shed, which Olsen describes as having “personality” instead of the plan wooden box people might expect.
The first shed is about 80 percent complete, and Olsen hopes to be able to offer custom-made wood storage sheds for sale to the public soon.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
