1950

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1950 - February 1 - Freezing weather snaps main Aberdeen water line.
1950 - February 2 - Wishkah River freezes over.
1950 - February 4 - Water emergency closes mills.
1950 - June 24 - New Heron Street Bridge dedicated.
1950 - August 17 - Robert Keys, 19, first Harborite killed in Korean War.
1950 - August 23 - New Robert Gray Elementary School ready to open.

1951 - January 27 - Diesel engine now pulls Seattle-Grays Harbor passenger train.
1951 - January 29 - Fire sweeps Aberdeen’s Washington Fish plant.
1951 - January 30 - Fire kills 21 in Hoquiam resthome fire.

1952 - October 6 - Safeway opens new store at L and Heron Streets in Aberdeen.
1952 - December 8 - Freighter Yorkmarruns aground at Point Brown. (Pulled free December 18)

1953 - May 1 - Moon Island Airport renamed Bowerman Field.
1953 - August 19 - First concrete poured for Chehalis River Bridge.

1954 - May 20 - Dead 48-foot whale washes ashore at North Cove.
1954 - May 28 - Dead 40-foot whale washes into Westport.
1954 - May 31 - Dying 40-foot whale beaches at Kalaloch.


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