75 years ago

Jan. 19, 1942

A full week of recreation will be supplied at the Aberdeen Hostess House for soldiers detailed in this area, Mrs. H.M. Delanty, senior hostess, announced today.

Tomorrow night Bill Edwards, Aberdeen pianist and songster, will entertain. Thursday night the film “Four Sons,” donated by the D&R theater, will be shown. The Aberdeen high school 53-piece orchestra will be heard Friday night and another enlisted men’s dance will be staged Saturday night.

Jan. 20, 1942

Fingerprinting of all Aberdeen school children and of members of the city’s nine home defense units was ordered today by the municipal defense council.

The children and adults will be fingerprinted under supervision of the police department and federal officers. They also are to obtain metal identification tags.

The council said the fingerprints would provide positive proof of identity in event of casualties in air raids or invasion battles, or if children should become separated from their families. One copy of the prints will be kept here, one will be forwarded to the FBI in Washington, D.C.

50 years ago

Jan. 19, 1967

At a recent ceremony at the Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., plant in Markham, Mrs. Aino Joutsen retired after 16 years of working in the plant, with memories that go back to the very beginning of the cranberry industry in the area.

Mrs. Joutsen’s late husband, Herman, was one of the original five Finns who first put in cranberry bogs in Grayland, coming to the area in 1914. He used to recall that he made his first bog while “commuting” from Aberdeen to Grayland by bicycle. The other four pioneers in the commercial cranberry growing were Arthur Reunanen, Henry Hanns, John Heikkila and John Lundgren.

Jan. 20, 1967

Top Records of the Week: 1. “Words of Love” by Mamas &Papas; 2. “Sugar Town,” by Nancy Sinatra; 3. Good Thing” by Paul Revere &the Raiders; 4. “Tell It Like It Is” by Aaron Neville; 5. “Standing in the Shadows of Love” by Four Tops.

25 years ago

Jan. 19, 1992

Darrell Miller called it the biggest victory in his Valley coaching career. It was easily all of that.

The Vikings used balanced scoring and strong defense to hand Raymond its first loss, 60-54, in a Pacific League boys’ basketball game before a packed house Saturday night at Tenoski Gym in Menlo.

Jan. 20, 1992

Marge Leggett’s second grade class at McDermoth Elementary School in Aberdeen wrote these vignettes for the “I have a dream … ” project, part of Martin Luther King Jr. recognition activities at the school.

Ashley Greninger: “I have a dream that children do not have a home should be treated like other children.”

Benjamin Gozart: “It is unfair for girls not to go to Babe Ruth. It is unfair for killing animals like whales and fish.”

Maaret McCauley: “It have a dream that all children will be treated the same. They all will have food and coats and shoes. And Christmas presents and good houses.”

Elise Rooker: “I have a dream that children in America will have enough food to eat and sleep in comfort. But most of all a good mom and dad.”

Robert Silversten: “I have a dream that kids won’t fight any more. I hope kids all over the world have clothes and food to eat and no war.”