125 years ago
September 22, 1893
The game at Aberdeen last Sunday resulted in another victory of Montesano, the score standing 8 to 6.
There were two very pleasing features of the game — the absence of kicking at the decisions of the umpire, and the absence of the “roastings,” which visiting teams have heretofore received from the Aberdeen spectators.
Despite the large number of errors made on each sides, there was considerable good ball playing by both teams. Willey held the Montesanos down to five safe hits, although he struck out-but two men and gave no bases on balls. Trask pitched another fine game, striking out seven men, and being especially effective on several occasions when the bases were full and a hit would have meant runs.
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A clerk in one of the stores of this city started out a few evenings since to deliver an order of goods. In doing so, he found it necessary to pass the home of a young lady friend and thought he would stop for a little chat. Leaving the articles on the door step, he entered the house. Coming out a few minutes later he discovered that while he was within, some one had stolen the articles from the doorstep. Moral: Clerks should deliver goods first, and stop in to see their girls on the return trip.
100 years ago
September 20, 1918
Fire, Tuesday night, destroyed a bridge about 100 feet long on Clemons’ main line of logging road, about 2 miles out of Montesano. Whether the fire was set or it was started accidentally is not known.
There was a watchman at the bridge when the last train ran over it. He remained at the bridge for an hour and a half after that. When he left there was no sign of fire. Still it is thought possible that a burning cinder smoldering on some of the bridge timbers might have escaped notice. There have been no suspicious characters about the camp or neighborhood lately.
75 years ago
September 23, 1943
“The fearless and prompt action of Staff Sgt. John N. Est and others in administrating first aid to injured members of their squadron on July 17, last, in spite of falling bombs and shrapnel was in keeping with the finest traditions of the service,” says A.W. Tyer, commanding colonel of the group of Army air force at a South Pacific base.
Perhaps money subscribed here in Montesano for war bonds made the first-aid material possible and perhaps some of the first-aid dressings used were made by Montesano women at the local surgical dressings’ classes. Or have you put your money to personal pleasure use and spent the surgical dressings’ hours playing idly?
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In an order which places Boeing Aircraft company workers on wage levels comparable to those in other war factories of the Seattle area, the National War Labor Board yesterday issued a directive placing Flying Fortress workers in a 10-classification scale ranging from 82.5 to $1.60 an hour.
The order also provided a 10-cent an hour premium for workers on the swing and third shifts.
50 years ago
September 19, 1968
Curiosity is natural for a 10-year-old boy, and the older boys in every Cub Scout pack are finding new challenges for their curiosity.
These Webelos — and there are nearly 200 of them in the Twin Harbors Area Council, Boy Scouts of America — are exploring the most modern fields of science, geology, nature and engineering.
“When I was 10 years old,” says Joe Southworth, council commissioner, “I would have been baffled to hear about Bernoulli’s Principle, or Pascal’s Law. And I may have heard about atmospheric pressure and inertia, but to have an opportunity to try some experiments wouldn’t have come along till much later.”
Yet, the Webelos Scouts explain and demonstrate projects in meteorology, optics, chemistry and physics. They are also meeting requirements for the subjects of outdoorsman, athlete, sportsman and aquanaut.
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Anything can happen in Satsop. When Leona Moore hired Lois Meers to baby-sit her children before and after school hours, she brought her cow along. Not many places have baby sitters that come equipped with a Jersey milk cow.
25 years ago
September 23, 1993
The worldwide economic slump continued to dog the Port of Grays Harbor, as well as private terminals, during the month of August as Leonard Barnes, Port manager of Marine Operations, told the Port commissioners last week that raw log exports were continuing their downward slide through the end of August. At the end of last month a total of 1,144,94 tons of logs had been shipped from all facilities on the Harbor. That figure compares with the 1,729,773 tons exported during the eight-month period of last year.
In 1989, a banner year for export cargoes on the Harbor, a total of 2,694,805 tons of logs were shipped during the eight-month period, according to Barnes’ report.
10 years ago
September 18, 2008
Montesano’s Harvest Celebration will take place Saturday, Sept. 27, and will include a variety of events for people interested in learning more about the rural farming and forest community in Montesano.
The main draw to this celebration are the farm and forest tours. The Farm Tour will travel through three different farms, each uniquely different and offering the visitor something that they are not likely to run across everyday.
The farms located in the Wynooche Valley include the Anderson Family Farm, which will offer a tour of its Scottish Highland Cattle. The Running Anvil Ranch out the Black Creek Road holds a relatively unknown secret. The owners built a museum in 2000 dedicated to showcasing 30 restored buggies and wagons. The Rices have restored most of the carriages, including one that has been linked to the outlaw John Tornow’s family.
The third farm, Shaffner Farm, known for the variety of produce it offers year-round, will host a hayride through its picturesque fields.
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Carol Rieth, Grays Harbor County’s 4-H coordinator for more than a decade, has announced that she will retire at the end of September.
Rieth, who became 4-H coordinator with the Washington State University Extension Office in the spring of 1997, previously “worked as a volunteer in our Family Living Program for several years,” Steve Harbell, county director for the WSU Extension Office, said Wednesday.
“Carol’s really been an integral part of our youth development program here,” Harbell said. As 4-H coordinator she’s had “direct responsibility for the daily interaction with volunteers and works very closely with our 4-H agent, Joan Vance.”
A Montesano resident who was born in Sedro-Woolley and spent some of her growing-up years in North Dakota, Reith’s immediate plans include a trip to Italy and spending time with family members,.
Compiled from the archives of The Vidette by Karen Barkstrom. She can be reached at 360-537-3925 or kbarkstrom@thedailyworld.com
