From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

February 1, 2012

The Order of the Little Sisters of Hoboken made hundreds of Liberty Theater goers laugh and laugh out loud. A cast of five nuns – well, four nuns and a novice, were full of energy, wit and wonderful singing talent as they entertained the crowded theater.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 29, 1997

Columbia County 1996 Fair Hostesses Tara Cunningham and Jennifer Richter will make one last appearance at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, February 17, to greet 1997 Fair Court candidates.

An overwhelming turnout of senior citizens met with the Commissioners to voice their opinions on the proposed changes in the Senior Service Program. After a lengthy discussion, the Commissioners rejected the CCS proposal for changes in the Senior Services Program.

Fifty Years Ago

February 3, 1972

Kristine Diane Becker, who arrived at 4:01 p.m., Thursday, January 27, is the winner of the annual First Baby of the Year Contest sponsored by the local business firms. The young lady is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Becker.

Mrs. Leroy (Millie) Fletcher was the winner of the second $10 prize in the Bazaar of Values Promotion underway in the community. Ray Seaman of the Dayton Drug, presented the check to Mrs. Fletcher on behalf of fellow Bazaar of Values merchants.

The seventh graders in three class sections of Dayton Junior High, are competing in a trip around the world through book.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January 30, 1947

Trashy Cultivation Counted Important For Conservation. The federal government is extending the policy to farmers for protecting the soil they use. Looking into the payments for trashy fallow, after checking with the AAA office, that it is possible to leave as much or more than 1,250 pounds of stubble on the surface, depending on the type of implement the farmer uses and the stand of stubble he begins with.

Captain Leonard Dorris, son of Mrs. Laura Hunt Dorris, former Dayton resident, and nephew of Lew Hunt, was killed in a jeep accident January 20 while stationed in Germany.

The cause of T.B., no amount of poverty, starvation or squalor can cause T.B. in the absence of T.B. germs and is not inherited. In 1882, Dr. Robert Koch discovered the germ. The used to be two groups of germ spreaders---sick dairy cattle and sick human beings. T.B. can be spread by kissing, inhaling, germ-laden droplets of spit or indirect by handling things contaminated with germs.

One Hundred Years Ago

February 1, 1922

Two Raids Near Dixie; Sheriff Charles J. Springer attentions are not confined to just Walla Walla and the near vicinity. Taking a trip beyond Dixie, he surprised Seth Altezore having a barrel containing about 2½ gallons of moonshine and a full gallon jug in his possession. E.L. Duckworth is now minus two small copper stills and a half gallon of mash was destroyed.

Spokane-The cost of the “WASHINGTON STATE PRESIDENTIAL BANQUETS SPECIAL” train, is headed for five big eastern states. Governor Heart’s idea for advertising commodities produced in Washington, will be $75,000 or $700 per man or organization represented, according to R.R. Rogers, Spokane member of the executive committee in charge of the projected trip.

An agreement on all the principals involved in the return of Shantung province to China was reached by the Japanese and Chinese arms delegation. Also the two groups wrestled with the final problem of restoring the Tsing Tao Tsinan Fu railroad to Chinese control.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January 30, 1897

Coming from Everywhere to Seek Gold-Rush to Kootenai. The rush into the Kootenai this coming spring is going to be tremendous, says the Toronto World. Many are expected to go into the new mining district from Eastern Canada, even from Europe, South Africa and Australia, thousand will come up out of the Western and Northwestern states.