75 years ago
Feb. 14, 1942
• Hundreds of Aberdeen men turned their steps toward the armory today to sign up in the third selective service registration which will make many of them eligible for military service in the army.
Registrars opening the offices at 8 o’clock this morning found a group of men already gathered. Ten registrars were kept busy. They queried each registrant on his name, address, employer and other information asked by the government.
Rough estimates by clerks set the number of registrants at “around 300” by noon.
• The northern division, Southwest Washington conference basketball race took on a different complexion today as Hoquiam’s defending champions rested after handily trouncing the hitherto undefeated Olympia Bears, 43-29 before a capacity crowd last night in the Grizzly gym.
Bounding Rich Wittren walked off with the lion’s share of the honors by caging nine field goals and two free throws for a total of 20 points. He scored all of Hoquiam’s points in the first quarter that ended in a 5-5 deadlock.
Feb. 15, 1942
Sunday, no newspaper published
50 years ago
Feb. 14, 1967
Durable Don Drysdale’s getting a running start at the 1967 baseball season, feels fit and thinks the Los Angeles Dodgers will repeat as National League champions.
The 6-f00t-6 right-hander signed his new contract Monday for what he and Dodger officials said was for an income in six figures. It was reported at $105,000 or a $5,000 cut from his 1966 start.
The Dodgers depart for their Vero Beach, Fla., spring training around Feb. 25. The group will look different from last year’s. The fabled Sandy Koufax is gone. Maury Wills has been traded and the new faces include Bob Bailey, Jim Hickman, Ron Hunt, Bob Lee and Gene Michael.
Feb. 15, 1967
More than 4,600 school children from throughout the Grays Harbor area had the thrill this morning — most of them certainly for the first time — of listening to a professional symphony orchestra.
The youngsters were assembled in Samuel Benn Gym in Aberdeen for two special concerts performed by the Seattle Symphony.
The concerts are being presented statewide under a Title III federal grant, a program designed to bring a meaningful musical experience to children in communities where there is no professional symphony orchestra.
25 years ago
Feb. 14, 1992
• Tune in and turn on to Dixieland this weekend. The Aberdeen Rain or Shine Jazz Festival opens tonight. The three-day affair featuring eight bands will have music bursting from four venues — the Aberdeen Elks, the former Masonic Hall and two sites at the Aberdeen VFW.
• The classic musical “Man of LaMancha” will open next Friday, playing for two weeks at the Bishop Center.
Keith Kruger, Paul Stouffer and Hank Bilderback are featured with other key singing roles by Robert Neisinger, Ted Spoon, Dan Ayres, Gail Gozart, Gailyn Howell and Jamie Alviar.
Feb. 15, 1992
• Tom Northup of Central Park, a resource manager at the state Department of Fisheries’ Montesano office, has been named the department’s Employee of the Year for 1991. He was chosen for “his years of dedicated service to the management of the shellfish resource,” the department said.
Two others from the Montesano office — Al Rammer and Wendy Beeghley-White — were among those receiving major departmental awards.
Rammer, a shellfish biologist, received the Esprit de Corps Award, as voted by his co-workers. He was selected for “his spirit of enthusiasm and devotion to the agency and its program.”
Beeghley-White, a biologist, earned a certificate of commendation for her effort in supervising sampling crews and coordinating date collection for coastal operations.
• Superior rebounding Elma Eagles, taking advantage of second and third opportunities, pounded White Pass, 75-55, in a South Central League boys’ basketball game.
The Eagles celebrated Senior Night by starting their four senior big men — Luke Doyle, Chris Eggers, Derek Poe and Chris Hamilton — along with point guard Darrald Bower.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
