From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

December 26, 2012

The 2012 Dayton Chronicle Holiday Shopping Spree Winners are; Charlotte Magee, $100; Darlene Broughton, $50; Diane Holland $50; Judy Robertus $50; and Ruth James $50.

School directors approved participation of eighth graders in high school basketball programs in event of low turnout.

701 W. Commercial won First Place in Columbia Co. Transportation's Tour of Lights Contest.

Businesses wishing all a Happy New Year 2013 included Ray's Drive In, Dayton General Hospital, Columbia Family Clinic, Co. Co. Transportation, Dayton Ameristar, Wenaha Gallery, AmericanWest Bank, Dayton Mercantile, Subway, State Farm Insurance, Dayton Chamber of Commerce, McQuary's Grocery, Elk Drug, AgLink, Tucannon Meats, Village Shoppes, City Lumber, Windermere Realty, Shell Food Mart, Suffield Furniture, Dingle's of Dayton, Banner Bank, Time Out Pizza, Dayton Historic Depot, Weinhard Café, Steve's Cash Grocery, Norm Passmore Dentist, Fiesta En Jalisco, Country Cupboard and Weinhard Hotel.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 24, 1997

The Bob and Nadine Warren family was honored with the Columbia County Conservation District' (CCCD) Conservation Farmers of the Year Award. Skip Mead, CCCD president, presented the awards to Bob and Nadine Warren of Warren Farms, and Gene and Mary Warren and Glen and Aileen Warren of G and G Farms during the regular Kiwanis luncheon.

Don and Gerald Howard of Howard Brothers Farms received the State Wildlife Farmer of the Year Award, and Roland Schirman, Columbia County extension agent, was awarded the State Professional Service Award.

Fifty Years Ago1

December 21, 1972

1C/2 Robert Rube left Dayton to return to duty with the U.S. Navy, stationed aboard the destroyer, USS Rogers, home-ported at San Diego, Calif. Rube is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rowe Jr.

The annual Dayton Chamber of Commerce, 1972 Chamber Citizen of the Year, recognition was bestowed on Roy Cadman, who was honored for his years of community service.

The Transistor-the Bell System invention that started the computer revolution and the space age, and created a multi-billion dollar industry – will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary December 23. Co-inventors of the transistor Drs. John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain, worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratories where much of the research took place, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for their work on the transistor. Brattain attended Whitman College.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

December 25, 1947

Dayton lost its opening smoker against Wa-Hi 8-2 last Friday night in the Dayton gym. The Bulldogs' two victories were Jim Hoon over Alfred Poole and Sonny Rodrick over Norman Passmore. The Gary Erwin v. Wilbur Startin and the Bill Hill v. Truman Winnett and other fights were cancelled for various reasons. The Robert Moser v. Bill Lowe fight was also called a draw.

First Lt. Lelia Courtney, United States Army Nurse Corps, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Courtney, is spending her second Christmas on duty in a government base hospital in Korea.

The new garage building being built by Marvin Laughery at the corner of Main and Fourth is progressing, but is being held up waiting for the plate glass for the front windows to arrive.

Dayton Kiwanis Club honored Roy R. Cahill, Charles J, Broughton, Bertram W. Dingle and John L. Wallace, with twenty-five-year-pins, who are charter members, and for their efforts on behalf of the club's activities has been outstanding.

One Hundred Years Ago

December 27, 1922

Los Angrles, Calif.–Fire at Universal City, a suburb, late today destroyed 1,000,000 feet of film at the universal studios, gutted one building and resulted in the injury of one man. Damage was estimated at $350,000, including the value of the motion picture film. Between 35 and 40 productions were included in the destroyed prints.

Matthew Vannice passed a gloomy Christmas, when his favorite old saddle horse, Ginger, who was 20 years old, laid down and died.

As an encouragement to better composition work, Mrs. Bertha Windust, county superintendent, offers money each month for three prizes which are purchased by a board for the best compositions on given topics by pupils of the one and two-room schools throughout the county. Gladys Beem of Mount Vernon first prize; Marjorie Dereberry of New Hope, second; and Arline Dunning of Dittemore, third.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

December 25, 1897

Kokomo, Ind. The plate-glass strike is over, the 1,600 men in the Kokomo and Elwood plants having accepted the company's proposition for polishers to be paid for piece work.

Chicago-Pneumatic tubes for the mail service of Chicago will be in operation between the depots, substations and the general office before long. In addition to the tubes, Postmaster, Mr. Gordon, will establish a special delivery service, which will be a great help to the business men of this city.

The Telegraph store is branching out, a large shipment of queensware, glassware, lamps and lampware and rockers that will wear, just received at Samuel Bros.