75 years ago

April 9, 1944

Sunday, no newspaper published

April 10, 1944

Grays Harbor’s first shipment of penicillin, the new drug that has accomplished so much in World War II, arrived last night from Chicago, by request of Dr. L.R. Lightfoot, Aberdeen, for a patient, 10-year-old Devery Arnold, Cosmopolis.

Suffering from a staphylococcus blood infection young Arnold had not responded to sulfa drugs. Friday Dr. Lightfoot wired Surgeon General Chester Keefer of Boston for some penicillin, which has not been released for general use. The youth was given some of the newly discovered drug last night and was much improved today, Dr. Lightfoot said.

50 years ago

April 9, 1969

Curveballing Greg Lamb cooled off R.A. Long’s feared sluggers in Longview yesterday as Ron Langhans’ surprising Aberdeen baseballers won for the second time in as many days, 4-1, in a SWW Northern Division contest on the loser’s field.

Catcher Jeff Bowers’ triple, a screaming 410-foot shot to straightaway center, highlighted the AHS first. Bowers’ blast plated Steve Soike, aboard via a walk, and Jeff subsequently crossed on Dennis Hopkins’ single through the middle.

April 10, 1969

Leslie R. Waugh, 82, who founded Waugh’s Mens Store, died Wednesday in a local hospital, following an extended illness.

Waugh came to Aberdeen in 1913 and returned after serving in World War I with the Army. He opened the store in 1919 and turned the store over to his son when he retired in 1954.

His first store in Aberdeen operated in the Waugh Building, which is now Pearson’s. Some years later, the store moved to the present site of Stein’s Men’s Store. In 1929, it moved to the present site of Reiner’s and in 1958, moved to its present site at 110 E. Heron.

25 years ago

April 9, 1994

When asked about the death of Kurt Cobain, Lamont Schillinger, the Aberdeen High School teacher with whom Cobain stayed for more than a year in the mid-’80s, said he “was sad.”

“It’s sad to see someone make it to the top and then end it all. We’re shocked by it all.”

Bob Hunter, who teaches art at Aberdeen High, was one of Cobain’s favorite teachers. Hunter, in turn, appreciated Cobain’s artistic talents.

“It’s pretty tragic,” Hunter said. “He was one of those creative talents just starting to find out what he could do.”

April 10, 1994

• About 300 Harborites gathered at Morrison Riverfront Park in Aberdeen last night to remember Kurt Cobain, the city’s brightest star.

Young people dressed in the flannel shirts of grunge style and the baseball caps of the rapper closet dominated the somber crowd, but other generations were represented.

“Aberdeen heroes don’t come around very often,” said John Montgomery, who brought his wife Leeanne and their two children to the vigil.” It’s a terrible waste of pure talent.”

Nirvana’s first drummer, Aaron Burckhard, was interviewed at the park and made a statement over the air on KDUX.

“If you make it, make it good,” he said. “Don’t try suicide, man. Suicide is not an alternative. We may play alternative music, but suicide is not an alternative.”

• The young Quinaults carried the great canoe from the Taholah Community Center to the river Saturday as hundreds of tribal members paraded behind them.

For the first time in more than 70 years, the Quinaults had launched an ocean canoe. Decked out in beaded tribal robes, the crew pushed off into the Quinault River to the chanting of traditional songs.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom