This week in 2000, six-month-old Danny Ray had dressed up as a little logger for Hickory Shirt-Heritage Days (photo). With 2×4 walls installed, Peninsula College held an Open House for the new Forks Extension site (photo). QVSD superintendent John Jones was retiring. The QVPRD was trying to raise funds to get the Aquatic Center going.

This week, fifty years ago, Lee Homes was building nine new single-family homes in Sherwood Forest. The permits showed the cost was just under $20,000 for each home. A plane belonging to Craig Fletcher had been escorted by FPD down Main Street to the Forks Airport. The plane had been receiving repairs at the Fletcher and Fletcher Logging shop. Fletcher had permission to taxi the plane down Main Street.

This week in 1968, a shark had become entangled in a fishing net in the Quillayute River. It was about 8 feet long and estimated to weigh 300 pounds (photo). A ‘Wallace for President’ ad had appeared in the paper. The county had installed several new culverts on Calawah Way, past the cemetery. It was hoped the installation would alleviate flooding on the Upper Forks Prairie, and Kelso’s chickens would no longer have to worry about drowning. Spartan football players of the week were Bob Seigle and Gary Gaydeski (photo).

This week in 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Huggins were building their new store, Forks Dept. and Variety, at the corner of E. Division St. and Forks Avenue. The cost for construction was $20,000, and they hoped to occupy the building by January 1954. They were previously renting a spot in the IOOF building. The winners of the American Legion baby contest were Leona (Sammy) Leppell and James Michael Gorham. Each received a gold loving cup and a crown. Jim Scarlett and Bobby Swerin had attended the UW-OSC game in Seattle.