Moclips school marching band in Olympic Stadium — 10/1939 — #16695_1
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United States — Washington (State) — Ocosta
Thanks to Terri Middleton who notes: “Olympic Stadium was funded by the Work Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. The stadium was first named for its location, 28th and Cherry Athletic Park. A contest was held to give it a permanent name and during halftime of the first Thanksgiving Day Game between Aberdeen and Hoquiam high schools in 1938 the winner was announced. Stanley Erickson won a 3 year pass to all events at the new Hoquiam Olympic Stadium. Other names suggested were Cherry Bowl (for the street), Hoquiam Happy Hollow, Fish Bowl, Mud Bowl, New Deal Park, Rain Bowl, Clam Bowl. The stadium was built primarily to host baseball and several teams called it home over the years, the last team being the Grays Harbor Gulls of the Western League in the 1990’s. Olympic Stadium is home to the Hoquiam High School Grizzlies and every fall hosts the logger’s show that ends the Loggers Playday festival. One of the only all wood stadiums left in the country it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 2006.”
Middleton adds that “Moclips is located along Pacific Beach on Highway 109 just south of the Quinault Indian Reservation. The Moclips High School served students from several communities along the coast. In 1975 the name was changed to North Beach High School. In the 1990's a new school was built in Ocean Shores, retaining the name North Beach. The Quinaults also built a new school, Taholah High School, so their students wouldn't have to travel all the way to Ocean Shores to school.”
