From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

November 13, 2013

Chamber members and friends gathered at the Running T Ranch for the annual Dayton Chamber of Commerce awards banquet, honoring Citizen of the Year-Duane Dunlap. Dunlap has been a tireless volunteer his entire life. Dunlap coming back to Dayton as personnel manager for Green Giant and then Seneca Foods, has always been involved in many community activities and after retiring has volunteered thousands of hours researching, restoring, and maintaining many historic buildings to numerous to list.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 11, 1998

For the 1998-99 FBLA year, Kim Richter, Raelynn Rinehart, and Crystal Bruce decided to try a project with a challenge in it, Partnership with Business. Meeting with Mr. Val Kiefer, president of Coyote Engineering, an international business, representing U.S. Manufacturers and acting as agents for foreign distributors, Mr. Kiefer agreed to work with the FBLA on their project.

Dayton couple opens their home to Guatemalan orphans. Steven and Dawn Radebaugh thinking about adoption built their house with children in mind, contacted International Child Care for an application. After a long process Radebaugh's adopted three sibling, two brother and a sister.

Kendra Demaris and Mary Reeves have been chosen to Participate in the Northwest Basketball Camp (NBC) tours, after trying out for the honor last summer where they filled out a questionnaire about their skills and why they would like to participate and were watched while they played.

Julie Himmelberger of the USDA Farm Service Agency presented Columbia County Grain Growers manager Don Himmelberger with a Certificate of Recognition, "in recognition of extra effort on the part of CCGG staff to develop a production report format that simplifies LDP processing to benefit of Colombia County producers and Columbia County FSA.

Fifty Years Ago

November 15, 1973

Bill Watkins son of Rev and Mrs. Hal Watkins is on tour with the Traveling College Division of Puget Sound College of the Bible. Bill will be traveling on a Southeast Asia Tour which will include Seoul and Japan.

A shot-gunners' Turkey Shoot, sponsored by the Starbuck Lions Club, will be held at the Waitsburg Gun Club. Competition prizes include 50 hams and turkeys, with a pound of bacon awarded to any person shooting the yellow clay pigeon targets that will appear at irregular intervals through the match, the match pigeons being red.

Twenty-three Key Club members, Dayton High students and two Kiwanis coordinators participated in last Saturday's two hour, ten mile anti-litter campaign, picking up two half ton truck loads of cans, bottles and other trash along the way.

The estimated Winter Wheat Crop placed at 170 million bushels. Spring Grains yields and quality were better in the later areas offsetting the dry sections of North Dakota and South Dakota.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 11, 1948

Two freshmen and two sophomores, Dwyla Donohue and Ann Pool, freshman; Blaine Hoskins and Nancy Vinning, sophomores, distinguished themselves with straight A honor roll. There are 51 students of the high school on the regular honor roll.

Dorsey M. Martin, a student at WSC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey D. Martin, was selected as a distinguished military student based on a careful screening of all advanced course students and academic standing, and a rating received at ROTC Summer camp and qualities of leadership .

Wayne Rouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rouse, fell down the basement steps of his parents' new home and broke his leg.

The dancing club sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary is holding a semi-formal dance at the Weinhard hall Saturday evening, with music furnished by the Orville Musgrave orchestra of Walla Walla.

One Hundred Years Ago

November, 1923

No copy available.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 12, 1898

The Best Plaster a piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the affected parts is superior to any plaster, when troubled with a pain in the chest, side, or a lame back, you will be more then pleased with the prompt relief and is also a certain cure for rheumatism.