From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

April 13, 2011

Madeline Jensen, Dayton High School senior, daughter of Melissa Jensen of Dayton and Pat Jensen of Dixie, was recently selected as Queen of Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days along with Princesses Amanda Quintal and Brittney Cutlip.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 10, 1996

Elissa Thorn, Dayton, has been recognized nationally by the American Angus Association for having registered one Angus cow included in the American Angus Association’s 1996 Pathfinder Report. Only 1,647 of the more than 29,000 members of the American Angus Association are represented in this year’s report.

Gusse All-American Wrestler. Steve Gusse, a sophomore in eligibility, was eligible for the team because he is a junior academically.at Central Washington University. Gusse was one of six athletes named to the NAIA Academic wrestling team.

Fifty Years Ago

April 15, 1971

A unique portable sawmill, possibly the only one of its kind in the world, became operational last Saturday morning, April 10, as Eldon Thompson, Dayton logging contractor and designer of the mill, sawed the first log. The unique feature is that it is completely hydraulic. It is built on a 28-foot rubber-tire carriage, contains 15 hydraulic valves in three individual hydraulic systems. It is currently owned by Lester Eaton III, Dayton.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

April 11, 1946

Roy Eslick arrived home after two and a half years’ service in the Army and, he estimated, 100,000 miles traveled by water. Roy was employed on a troop transport and made five long trips around the Pacific.

New Policy on Nylon Hose. The policy is to have the customer sign their name at the office: “On Days We Advertise That We Will Take Names only” for one pair of nylons—correct size. We Will Only Take Names For The Amount of Hose Coming in Each Shipment.

Local Boy, Cecil Fletcher, high school sophomore, in his first judging contest, Wins High Point Award. Fletcher, on the Smith-Hughes team, traveled to Auburn last week on a state-wide judging contest, with the Dayton team winning fourth place. Coach Bill Evans, John Clague and Virgil Attebury traveled with the team.

One Hundred Years Ago

April 6, 1921

Pitchforks proved their worth in liquor explorations when Idaho and Washington State and Federal officers spread a dragnet in the vicinity of Spokane Bridge and landed five men in the jails. Hay mows and caves yielded a big supply of moonshine.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

April 11, 1896

H. W. King, Tukanon, who has been in the fruit business for twenty years and has but one complete failure of an apple crop, is planning to set out 500 apple trees and 500 pear trees this spring.