75 years ago

June 25, 1944

Sunday, no newspaper published

June 26, 1944

All Grays Harbor IWA sawmills will close July 1 to 10 for Fourth of July vacation week.

They include Bay City Lumber company, E.C. Miller Cedar Lumber company, Aberdeen Lumber company, Bishop Lumber company, Donovan Lumber company, American Mill company, Polson Lumber and Shingle company and Aloha Lumber company.

AFL mills to close include Schafer Brothers Lumber and Shingle company.

Plants in addition to sawmills to close include Aberdeen Plywood corporation, West Coast Plywood and Acme Door company.

50 years ago

June 25, 1969

A coroner’s inquest ruled today that entertainer Judy Garland’s death in her Chelsea home Sunday was accidental following an “incautious self-overdosage” of barbiturates.

The inquest in a courthouse near the houses of Parliament was called to determine what happened to Miss Garfield, 47, who had won worldwide acclaim but was dogged by divorces and suicide attempts.

Coroner Gavin Thurston said 4.9 milligrams of quinal barbitone was found in Miss Garland’s blood, an extremely high level. He said medical evidence showed a clear pattern of a person who had been habituated to barbiturates over a very long period of time.

June 26, 1969

Long Beach will be closed to razor clam digging at midnight, June 30, because of severe wastage of small clams on the beach. Thor C. Tollefson, director of the Department of Fisheries, said today.

A sharp increase in wastage was found in the recent mid-June tide series, with as many as 40 per cent of the holes left by diggers containing discarded clams.

25 years ago

June 25, 1994

After nearly a quarter of a century on the bench at Grays Harbor District Court, Judge Thomas Parker wants to keep the gavel for one more term.

“I find the job very satisfying,” Parker said. “I received a lot of encouragement and support to remain in office.”

“Hopefully I’m doing a good job,” Parker said. “I have several principles: treat all people with dignity and respect; be impartial to all parties and attorneys and am consistent in decisions and sentencings. I separate the wheat from the chaff in arguments.”

June 26, 1994

• Kristen Jolene Zeman-Ford and Craig Lawrence Dublanko, both of Aberdeen, were married Sunday, May 15, 1994, in Cornerstone Community Church at Aberdeen. The Rev. David Minor performed the afternoon ceremony.

The bride, daughter of Robert and Penny Ford of Aberdeen and Terry Zeman of Alaska, is a 1993 Hoquiam High School graduate. She works as a swim instructor and life guard for the Hoquiam Aquatic Center.

The groom is the son of the Rev. Lawrence and Mrs. Sharon Dublanko. He graduated from Aberdeen High School in 1990, from Grays Harbor College in 1992 and from St. Martin’s College this year. He is employed as an assistant golf pro by the Grays Harbor Country Club.

• Sandwiches will be on the house Thursday, June 30, when the Subway Sandwiches & Salads store holds its grand opening in the Wishkah Plaza.

The franchised store is owned by Paul Bouska and his wife, Sasha, and Emmanouel Piliris and his wife Cheryl. They live in Olympia and operate their first franchised Subway store on 4th Ave.

“We are happy to open (in Aberdeen),” said Paul Bouska. “So far, from our trips to Aberdeen, we like the town and think we’ll like doing business there, so we want to feed the community on the first day.”

The quartet will also open a third store in about two to three months at the SouthShore mall in the Cafe Court.

Compiled from the archives of The Daily World by Karen Barkstrom