75 years ago
Feb. 18, 1942
• A father and his son were among registrants at Pacific Beach over the weekend. Ted Fowler, 41, and a veteran of the World War, signed the draft rolls accompanied by his son, Carl Fowler, 20.
The elder Fowler enlisted in 1918 when he was only 17 years old. He had nine months of overseas service as a member of the 834th aerial squadron.
• Aberdeen and Hoquiam school and sports figures joined in congratulating Elmer Huhta, veteran Hoquiam mentor, on his appointment as freshman football coach at the University of Washington.
Fred Dean, Hoquiam’s No. 1 fan said, “Personally, I regret to see Elmer go. He has been an inspiration to all Hoquiam boys by his clean life and certainly a fine example for his athletes. Hoquiam’s loss is Aberdeen’s gain.”
Aberdeen Coach Wayne Toivanen said, “From a personal observation, I’d say that half the fun of trying to beat Hoquiam has been associated with trying to out-smart Elmer, the recognized dean of SW Washington coaches. Athletic competition in this area won’t be quite the same without him.”
Feb.19, 1942
Starting in a carrier garage at the Hulbert mill, fire last night wrecked six lumber carriers and menaced the entire plant before Aberdeen firemen, after a three-hour battle, quenched the last spark.
Total loss was estimated at about $40,000.
50 years ago
Feb. 18, 1967
The new cranes and other installations at Terminal No. 4 at the Port of Grays Harbor already are beginning to pay off in a big way, Manager E.W. Clocksin of the port noted today.
In operation less than a month, already a Japanese log ship has been loaded in record time — and in such a manner that the carrier should add a trip or two each year as it plies back and forth to Japan.
Some 2 1/2 million feet of logs (Scribner scale) were put aboard the Shubo Maru in a flat three days using only six shifts of longshoremen, Clocksin said, with three gangs to a shift. In the past, six or seven or even 10 days were required to load a full ship of logs.
Feb. 19, 1967
Sunday, no newspaper published
25 years ago
Feb. 18, 1992
Now playing at the SouthShore Quad ACT III theaters: “Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country,” “The Prince of Tides,” “Grand Canyon,” “Kuffs,” “Father of the Bride” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Tickets are $3.50 for adults/$1.95 for children and adults before 6 p.m.
Feb. 19, 1992
He’s back for backs.
• After four years of training at the Western State Chiropractic College in Portland, Aberdeen High School graduate Brian McGregor, 32, has returned to the Harbor.
He’s glad to be back to his hometown, and is hoping his gentle touch can help ease Harborites’ pain.
Dr. McGregor is practicing in the same office as Dr. Linda Rose and Dr. Ken Stanton at 400 W. Wishkah in Aberdeen. He’s been a longtime admirer of Dr. Rose’s techniques of manipulating the spine. “I liked her technique so well that I’m trying to imitate it with a few of my techniques thrown in,” he said.
McGregor and his wife, Joy, also a Harborite, will be making their home in Montesano. He says he’s glad to be back near the ocean, near old friends, and attending the church he grew up in.
• There’s a new high school on the Harbor.
Actually, the emergence of “Harbor High School” is more like a graduation that a birth.
On the 20th anniversary of the formation of Aberdeen School District’s Continuation High School, the alternative school received a new name last night.
It’s not a school for delinquents or kids who don’t want to work hard, said Principal Mitch Rajcich.
It is an alternative for students who — for whatever reason — don’t feel they fit in at a regular high school. Perhaps they’ve moved a lot, fallen behind in their studies, been in trouble, become pregnant or felt left out because of being overweight or not having the right clothes. Others have struggled to overcome drug and alcohol problems, staff members explained.
Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom
