Dayton Chronicle Archives

Ten Years Ago

October 14, 2009

A large backhoe was in operation removing the large rock bar in the Touchet River bed just above the highway 12 bridge.

The folks who attended the Sacagawea dedication located at First and Commercial Streets, Saturday afternoon got their first taste of winter weather. The opening of the ceremony featured Native American flute music by Charlie Rising Sun.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 12, 1994

Your Dayton Volunteer Fire Department, in honor of Fire Prevention Week held an open house last Saturday and have spent time visiting the school to teach fire safety to the students.

Saturday it was standing room only at the Columbia County Farm Bureau as they hosted an open house for their expanded facility. The remodeling entailed adding a large new sales floor building on the south side of the existing building and the installation of a truck height steel awning on the east end of the building. “This allows us to better service the customer,” stated Manager Marc Hodges.

Fifty Years Ago

October 16, 1969

Homer Price, Estate of Sister Provide Funds to Hospital. Up to 70 letter medical records will be contained in one 4x6 –inch firm holder at Dayton General Hospital beginning next month as new microfilm equipment is placed in service. The $5,000 bequest from the estate of Mrs. J. J. (Celeste Price) Edwards for use in any manner necessary. It is planned to begin microfilming records in November after Mrs. Lawrence (Betty) Turner, medical records secretary, has received instruction in operation of the microfilm equipment.

The Star Motel in Dayton was built by the late Byron McCauley in the 1940’s according to his wife Clara, who lived in Kennewick. McCauley later bought the McQuary Cabins and operated both until his retirement when he sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ebert.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 12, 1944

Mrs. Joner Trump read in the news where her husband’s destroyer, the USA Perry, was sunk in the Pacific early in September and there was no work of survivors. A week later she received a letter from Joner saying he had been picked up by a battleship. His only injuries were some slight burns.

Mrs. I Thomason reports that her grandson, Captain John Irvin Norris, has been on army duty in the South Pacific nearly three years, arrived in San Francisco.

Work comes to Mrs. Ankeny that her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Levi Ankeny, is in a hospital in England with a nervous breakdown, the commander of military police.

Clifton Suffield, in letter to folks and to Marge rejoices with his good fortune of being in France and met John Von Cadow the other day on one of the main streets of Paris, who is not stationed in Paris but wishes he was.

One Hundred Years Ago

October 11, 1919

PLAN TOLL BRIDE, COLUMBIA: At a joint meeting of the county commissioners of Benton and Franklin counties held Tuesday a franchise was given C. Huber of the Union Bridge Company of Seattle, to construct and operate a toll bridge over the Columbia river between Pasco and Kennewick. The completion of this bridge, should closely follow that of the Burbank-Pasco bridge, will permit motor travel from Walla Walla county to the western part of the state without ferrying

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 13, 1894

Harry Leyden, a blacksmith in Irwin McGee’s shop, was kicked on the leg by a horse. An Artery was ruptured which bled profusely. Leyden walked to the office of Dr. Day. Leaving a trail of blood on the walk the entire distance. The Dr. dressed the wound and Mr. Leyden is out of danger.