From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

December 19, 2012

Abbie Marsh joined Nealey and Marinella law firm in Dayton. Marsh is the daughter of Bill and Zena Broughton who lived in Dayton until Abbie was 12 and then relocated to Palouse, Wash. Abbie and her husband and their three children now live in Dayton

Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 17, 1997

Tiny toys, hundreds of them, most of them acquired for free, make up one of Eric Seibel’s collections. They’re from McDonald’s, Arbys, Dominos, Burger King, and Pizza Hut. Eric, a physician’s assistant at Dayton General Hospital, started his collection when he was in England.

Fifty Years Ago

December 21, 1972

The ancient name of Bethlehem was Beit Lahm, meaning “House of Bread.” The name is no less striking for its spiritual significance, Bethlehem being the place where the world’s “Bread of Life” was brought forth.

Although it is customary to regard him as a myth, there actually was a real St. Nicholas, an early Christian bishop, who lived during the fourth century.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

December 18, 1947

The Columbia County committee for United Church Overseas Relief reported the results of the local drive. The wheat growers contributed about 9,000 pounds of wheat, used clothing collected, sorted and bundled by the Berean Circle of the Christian church, 53 bundles, 1,795 pounds, and $628.79 was contributed by local organizations, business houses, and coin banks.

Staff Sergeant Robert Hudson, who has been in the army since his graduation from high school, returned last week with his honorable discharge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hudson.

Purchase of land utilized by the old Tucannon CCC camp from the Grant Low estate, by the state game department, was completed Monday. The site is located approximately 24 miles west of Pomeroy near the Tucannon game preserve established some years ago by the department. Only the land was included in the deal since title to the former CCC buildings is held by the Methodist church.

Shoppers kept a crowd for several hours around the window of Bauer’s’ Firestone Store, fascinated by the display of a new Electric Toy Train.

One Hundred Years Ago

December 20, 1922

HUSBANDS WANTED, harem Beauties Left Behind by the Fleeing Sultan. Rafet Pasha is trying to find husbands for 150 women, ranging in age from 17 to 35 years old, members of the ex-sultan’s harem, all who were left penniless. Since sultan’s flight, 20 princes and princesses of royal blood, in addition to 100 eunuchs and many servants were left.

The CAHILL FIR TREE, an unusual instrument was filed with the Auditor, it being a Deed from John W. Gantz and wife to W. E. Cahill, for a consideration of $25 deeding a tract of land in circular formation, thirty feet in diameter the center of which is the center of the large red fir tree that grows so healthy on the hill at the old Cahill place, six miles east of Dayton, on the mountains. It was dedicated to the Public by W. E. Cahill as a public monument for public use and beauty in memory of W.R. and Angeline C. Cahill, marking the sight of their home in1878.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 18, 1897

Indications are that this congress will pass a general bill for the entire rehabilitation of Indian Territory. The bill covers all the questions of citizenship, allotments of lands, dispositions of town sites, mineral lands and jurisdiction of the United States courts over present reservations and other matters bearing on the extinguishment of tribal organization,. The Dawes Indian commission, is still negotiating with the Five Civilized Tribes.