FACES OF THE CENTURY--PEOPLE WHO MADE NEWS IN THE 1900S--LLOYD LOUGHEED: MONTESANO HARDWARE STOREKEEPER

	There have been thousands of news stories that have appeared in The Vidette over the past 100 years. So, as we celebrate the year 2000, we have decided to run a weekly feature on influential people of Montesano and Grays Harbor County who made a name for themselves during the past 100 years.

	In a March 2, 1950 Vidette article called Know Your Neighbor, sponsored by the Monte Chamber of Commerce: If anyone in business here is more of a native than Lloyd Lougheed, cheerful proprietor of the Montesano Hardware, he'll have to go some. This isn't going to be a genealogy, but we'll cite just enough facts to establish the point. Now, let's see, we want to get this straight...

	Born in Malone--Lloyd was born in Malone in 1917, and his parents were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lougheed. His mother was a Boling, and the Boling family had farmed up Mox Chehalis since before 1900.

	But it's on the Lougheed side where Grays Harbor residence becomes really impressive. One great-grandfather was Jason Fry, who came to this wilderness in 1849. Not only was he a real pioneer of the Oregon country, but he was one of the first ministers in this region, belonging to the Christian church.

	Early Methodist Minister--Another great-grandfather was the Rev. S.D. Lougheed, who came here somewhat later, in the 1870s, but early enough to qualify as a genuine pioneer, too. He was one of Montesano's earliest Methodist ministers. His son was Sam Lougheed, Lloyd's grandfather.

	If anyone's family has been here more than 100 years, let him step forward. That would be news.

	With that solid background, Lloyd moved with his family to Black Creek, up the Wynooche, where his father was employed by the old Wynooche Timber Company, and soon thereafter, they came to Montesano, where they lived ever since.

	Montesano Alumnus--He graduated from high school in 1935, and the yearbook for that class quotes Lloyd as saying "All good men are dead...I feel sick."

	But the yearbook wasn't right in all respects. in the class will it said, "Lloyd Lougheed refuses to leave, in any part, his affection for Bertha Oswald. Tsk, tsk, this puppy love."

	Married in 1938--It didn't prove to be puppy love, for Lloyd and Bertha were married in 1938 and had two daughters, Annette, born in 1941, now Mrs. Clarence Hollingworth, still in Montesano, and Judy now Judith Walls, of Pt. Ludlow, born in 1944. A son, Thomas, was born in 1956 and now lives in Pacific Grove, CA.

	While in school, Lloyd went to work for Harry Latimer, then proprietor of the Montesano Hardware, and he worked there ever since, except for a period during the war.

	When the war came, business slackened and Lloyd took a job for a couple years with the railway express in Aberdeen. In March, 1945, he joined the Navy, and went to radar school in Chicago and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He and his 3 brothers were all in different branches of the service during the war. Even though their grandfather was on the Civil Service board, all the boys served their patriotic duty.

	In September, 1945, he was shipped to Okinawa, Japan, but hostilities were over by then and he returned to the United States the following December. After a short time with the Port of Embarkation in Seattle, he returned to the Montesano Hardware in February, 1946.

	Took Over the Store--It wasn't long after that, that Harry Latimer, whose health was failing, retired, and Lloyd took over the store. First, he was in partnership with his brother, Gene, who had a store in Raymond.

	Rebuilt House--Lloyd liked to fish and hunt, but he didn't get in much of either for a while. He and Bertha purchased the former Retzlaff place on McBryde Avenue, six acres or more, and when Lloyd wasn't at the store, you'd find him perched on his rooftop, arranging shingles, or on top of a ladder, slinging paint. He had plans for a trout pond so he could get his fishing done right at home.

	Helped in Olympic Park--For many years, Lloyd and several buddies, with horses and mules, helped maintain trails and haul supplies to the Enchanted Valley Chalet in Olympic National Park. In later years, he said his bum hip felt better after 30 miles in the saddle. One wonders what it felt like before 30 miles in the saddle.

	Matchmakers United--Bertha Oswald Lougheed died of cancer in 1986 and Lloyd remarried in 1989 to widow Florence Roberts Giles, of South Bend, who was Bertha's good friend. Daughter Annette Hollingworth tells of talking with her mother about urging the two to get together, and the new, middle-aged step-brothers and sisters are as close as cousins.

	Son of Pioneers--So, even though the Grays Harbor native has migrated to Pacific County, doubtless setting his ancestors spinning in their graves, he keeps in close touch with his friends in Montesano, daughter Annette holds the old family homestead on McBryde, and the line continues, happily ever after.--The Vidette, Montesano, December 21, 2000