From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

October 3, 2012

Josilyn Fullerton of Dayton was crowned the new 2013 Jr. Miss Rodeo Washington during the Moses Lake Round-up. Josilyn, 13, is the daughter of Greg and Nikki Fullerton and attends Dayton Middle School. She is a six-year member of the Upper Whetstone Fleecers, a member of Pioneer Posse, Eastern Washington Junior Rodeo Association, and Valley Girls Barrel Racing Association.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 1, 1997

Raelynn Rinehart, president, and Yolanda Smith, vice-president of the 4-H Wranglers Club appeared before the Columbia County Commissioners at a special meeting, asking Commissioners to accept the club’s donation of horse hitching rails for the fairgrounds. The club will erect three hitching rails; two inside the area and one just outside, made with four inch black pipe with ties every five feet, and will be set in concrete.

Fifty Years Ago

October 5, 1972

Economy Declared “Rooted in Soil.” The economy is rooted in the very soil itself. Agriculture has evolved on a substantial scale because of the rich natural land resource, and in turn has spawned an industrial complex keyed particularly to handling and processing this bounty, says the Summary of Pacific Northwest Industries, a publication compiled by the Economic Research Department of Seattle-First National Bank.

Ronald Ashley, son of Alvin and Marilyn Ashley of Dayton, and Dennis Schilling, making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Dickson of Starbuck, both 1972 graduates of Dayton High School, left October 3, for Spokane where they will report for active duty with the U.S. Navy.

Eight members, Mary Sue Evers, Tom Ring, Becky Hatfield, Steve Sinkbeil, Gene Warren, Robert Beatty, Jim Eslick and John Burnette, of Dayton chapter of Future Farmers of America, will leave from Spokane October 9, to attend the 45th annual convention of FFA at Kansas City, Mo.

TOP STATE TEAM-Three Dayton FFA members, Mary Sue Evers, 1st, John Burnette, 2nd, Becky Hatfield, 5th, captured the first-place title September 23 in the Washington state finals of the first annual meats contest.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 2, 1947

The American Red Cross has appropriated a million dollars to meet disaster-relief needs of stricken families in the hurricane ridden Gulf Coast states and southern Florida. This special appropriation brings to $7,700,000 the sum which the nation organization has allocated from its disaster fund since January 1.

A car load of sand arrived here the first of the week and was being unloaded by the city trucks. The shipment is for the construction of the bathhouses at the city park swimming pool.

One Hundred Years Ago

A brand new affliction-the automobile foot-was disclosed today by Dr. Charles Cross of San Francisco. It is caused, by holding the foot for prolonged periods on the accelerator pedal. The lesion caused by the strain, is usually located at the second toe, with pain occurring across the ball of the foot, alternately increasing and decreasing until it causes alarm.

Government trapping is proving very successful and will be of inestimable value to stock men who utilize the summer pasture there each year. William Dishon of the government service who has been trapping in the trail of Jackson sheep and has killed a bear, a bob-cat, and 14 coyotes.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 2, 1897

A mysterious disease has been raging among the horses on Dry creek and the Touchet River, about 15 miles from Walla Walla. The animals, without appearing very sick, suddenly become emaciated and weak and is fatal in about seven days. Dr. A. Plummer, veterinary surgeon of Walla Walla, as found the organ normal, and as yet the disease has not been defined.