75 years ago

November 27, 1942

According to Messingale Music Co. at 105 W. Heron in Aberdeen, the 10 best records of the week are 1. “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition” 2. “My Devotion” 3. “Strip Polka” 4. “Kalamazoo” 5. ‘Manhattan Serenade” 6. “Mister Five by Five” 7. “Ev’ry Night about This Time” 8. “Daybreak” 9. “Moonlight Mood” and 10. “He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings.”

50 years ago

November 27, 1967

With heavy seas hampering survey efforts by the U.S. Army Engineers, the channel to Willapa Harbor remains closed to cargo vessels due to shoaling of the shipping lane by storms and strong tidal action.

James Bean, manager of the Port of Willapa Harbor, advises that the army engineers, with assistance of the Coast Guard, are attempting to verify soundings of two weeks ago which determined that the encroaching shoal had reduced the channel depth to 18 feet in places at low water from its normal dredged depth of 24 feet which is needed to accommodate the cargo ships.

25 years ago

November 27, 1992

• The 17 students in Ronda Richardson’s Quest class at Miller Junior High in Aberdeen had prepared for weeks for their four hours with the children at the Grays Harbor College Child Care Center. They kept flexibility in mind as they planned snacks, wrote a puppet show, created craft ideas and thought up games.

What they hadn’t prepared for was an emergency evacuation of the college. But that’s just what happened.

The students assessed the situation quickly and coped with entertaining the young children for an hour outside on a bracingly-cold day.

As people from the emptied buildings milled around, the students led the youngsters in games of tag, “Simon Says” and rousing choruses of “The Wheels on the Bus” and “If You’re Happy and You Know It.”

• One of the best kept secrets in town is Kysa’s Liberty Saloon & Cabaret Dinner Theater in the historic South Aberdeen watering hole.

The current production of “It Had to Be You” is a lovable love story featuring Kysa Jackstadt (owner of the establishment) and Driftwood Player veteran Eddie Logue.

Tickets are $18 and include a family style, all-you-can-eat dinner.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom