125 years ago
Oct. 21, 1892
From the Globe.
George Harris is putting a new home made wheel in place in his saw mill. George is a genius and manufactures all machinery needed in running a saw and chop mill.
J. R. Andrews returned from a tour on the Sound Tuesday, and will have charge of the Globe during the absence of the editor who started to Green River Springs Wednesday, where he will endeavor to boil out an acute attack of sciatic rheumatism.
There is one noticeable fact which speaks well for Oakville. It is this: The farmers are generally satisfied and do not care to sell their possessions unless of course they could realize almost fabulous figures. This state of affairs speaks for itself and needs no further comment. A good country is good enough for everybody.
From the Elma Chronicle.
E. Hays returned from Portland last Tuesday where he had been to purchase a saw mill, to be located on Mox Chehalis. The mill arrived Wednesday.
C. H. Clemons has established logging camps on Garrard Creek and at Porter, where he will put in cedar timber for the Grays Harbor mills.
O. A. Myers, of Johns River, who has been seeking a location for his saw and shingle mill was in town several days this week. Mr. Myers has decided to put his mill on the Summit railroad, about two and one-half miles east of Elma.
Geo. W. Boulden returned yesterday from Okanogan where he has spent the summer. He reports everything there moving along nicely, with bright prospects for next year. All the boys who left Elma last spring for that place are doing well.
100 years ago
Oct. 19, 1917
Little can be said of the football game last Saturday in Aberdeen with the Aberdeen high school team, except that we were ignobly defeated, 107 to 0. We were clearly outclassed, as would be deduced from the enormous score against us, but it does not show that all the touchdowns were earned by Aberdeen – some were presented. A large crowd of disappointed Monte rooters watched the one-sided game. Any detailed account would be uninteresting, as it would be a monotonous recital of a series of touchdowns for Aberdeen.
The game of most interest and concern of the season will be played tomorrow on the Montesano field with the Elma high school team. The teams are evenly matched and should play a close game.
The first six periods during the year will end today. Examinations have been given, and everyone will start with a new slate Monday.
Judging from the delectable and appetizing odors that float up from the ventilators from the domestic science rooms, the girls are learning the culinary art.
75 years ago
Oct. 22, 1942
At a meeting of twenty representatives of various organizations of Montesano and vicinity, held in the Goodie Garden Tuesday, it was voted to continue the operation of the hostess house and a constructive recreational program for members of the armed forces who may be stationed in this vicinity. This work has been carried on to date under the auspices of representatives of the various organizations, headed by Mrs. Roy Kemp.
At the Tuesday meeting it was voted to accept the offer of Clint Winters of free use of the spacious store room formerly occupied by Jordan’s dress shop as headquarters. Also, it was voted to have the Rev. Scott T. Brewer act as “chairman of the hostess house committee.”
Plans are being made for a clean-up day in the new quarters in the near future. The complete organization of the hostess house and recreational program will be announced during the coming week.
50 years ago
Oct. 19, 1967
Two 27-year-old Simpson Lumber Company workers – one a Montesanan, the other a Camp Grisdale resident – were killed instantly Tuesday afternoon when the station wagon in which they were riding toppled into a 150-foot bluff about four miles north of the camp.
Involved in the tragic accident, which the State patrol said occurred as the pair turned to observe a herd of elk in a ravine, were the driver, Larry D. Reed, Route 1, Box 314, Monte, and George (Lucky) Ramsey, Camp Grisdale.
The loggers were southbound on the Little River Road, en route to the Spoon Creek area to hunt deer, when the accident happened.
“According to two witnesses who were following in another car, Reed and Ramsey were looking at an elk herd over a ravine when their car swerved to the edge of the roadway,” Sgt. Lynden Woodmansee, commander of the Hoquiam patrol detachment, reported.
“The occupants of the other car said the front wheels or Reed’s station wagon went over the edge of the road,” the sergeant said. “The car teetered on the edge for a moment, then tumbled over the embankment.”
The accident occurred about 5:30 p.m., Woodmansee said.
25 years ago
Oct. 15, 1992
Like other areas of the county, curbside recycling is coming to Montesano, and when it does after the first of next year, along with it will come new garbage can rates. Instead of the popular 32-gallon can, a new 20-gallon size will be the accepted vogue. With three recycling bins that will be used after January 1, a 20-gallon can will then be the accepted size and the monthly charge will be $7.12, which is what a 32-gallon can costs on today’s market. After January 1 that 32-gallon can will cost $9.72 a month.
The theory is that if a resident utilizes the recycling bins, which will hold metal in one bin, three colors of glass in a second and paper wastes in the third, it will cut down on the size of the garbage can that has been necessary in the past.
In any event, the Montesano City Council Tuesday evening indicated that more fine tuning of the program will be necessary before it is destined to go into effect after January 1.
10 years ago
Oct. 18, 2007
There is a group of people at Elma Middle School who could be called the “unsung heroes.” They are often at work before daybreak when the school is quiet and dark – prior to the hustle and bustle that begins when 400 children inhabit the building. They make certain that all is ready for the students and teachers, only to see their efforts undone and scattered each and every day. They work side by side with the teachers and para-educators to provide a safe, comfortable and positive environment for every child.
Many of them also continue their day long after everyone else has gone home, making certain that the building is ready once again to play host to several hundred young people. It is their effort that allows the school to function at all. This often neglected group of folks is our secretaries, custodians and cooks.
