From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

May 21, 2014

Local resident Bob Allbee, a 1984 Dayton graduate who is employed by the U.S.F.S. Pomeroy Ranger District, took command of the Oso Disaster area, a land slide covering nearly a square mile and as deep as 80 feet. A main highway blocked, a large river diverted and flooding other terrain creating a 50-acre lake, missing people, and destroyed homes.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 19, 1999

P.E.O. member Mrs. Pat Donohue presented the Citizenship Awards to Carleen Goodrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Goodrich, and Mark Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nelson, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Wayne Casseday. Citizenship Awards have been awarded since 1930 on the basis of outstanding students of the senior class who exhibit exceptional character, honesty, amiability, punctuality and morality.

A sixth-grade student was formally expelled from Dayton Elementary School after school officials, counselors and law enforcement personnel determined that the student posed an immediate danger to the school, staff and students.

Fifty Years Ago

May 23, 1974

Angie Herrera, student in Room 4-Z at Dayton Elementary School, received the first prize for her Mother's Day letter in the annual local Eagle's Aerie Contest. Angie is the daughter of Mrs. Dolores Herrera at the Green Giant Labor Camp.

Dr. Kjell Cervi-Skinner of Delaware, has decided to set up practice in Dayton in the Medical-Dental Building. The exact date of the opening of his practice will be determined by the availability and acquisition of equipment needed to furnish his portion of the Clinic.

Mary Sue Evers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin D. Evers, a graduating senior at Dayton High School, is the proud winner of the Pacific Railroad scholarship of $400 to use toward majors in agriculture and journalism at University of Idaho.

Kathleen K. Sinkbeil, a Dayton senior music major at Eastern Washington State College, tied for first place in the College Piano Ensemble class at the recent Greater Spokane Music Festival. Miss Sinkbeil is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sinkbeil and is attending EWSC.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

May 19, 1949

The remains of Malvern Patton arrived home and were laid in their final resting place. Malvern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Patton, died in the Owen Stanley Mountains of New Guinea late in 1942 while serving with the armed forces.

Bill McRea, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Davis, who has been railroading most recently at Milton-Freewater after serving sometime in the local UP office, is moving to Spokane to take a position with the chief dispatcher.

Clifton McCauley received word from Senator Magnusson that McCauley's appointment as postmaster at Dayton had been approved by the Senate.

Dayton's first cocktail bar opened for business the first of the week. It is operated as part of Dorsey's but is partitioned off from the main dining room. Mr. Dewey Martin, the owner, says there is considerable volume of trade in this line passing through Dayton, and he is depending on the tourists for a major portion of the business.

The newly organized Dayton Rotary Club has been granted a charter by Rotary International, according to Ray Hoagland, president of the local organization.

One Hundred Years Ago

May, 1924

No information available.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 20, 1899

Justice Holman's daughters, aged 12 and 14, had a narrow escape on their way home from a visit to their uncle across the Snake River. In crossing Central Ferry and when in mid-stream, the ferry cable broke letting the boat float downstream. Ray Miller, son of G. W. Miller, saw the helpless boat and went to the rescue with a skiff.