From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

May 28, 2014

Kaitlyn Andrews qualifies in four Track and Field events. Kaitlyn set the tone for the Dayton track squads at District as she won the javelin, long jump, triple jump and ran second in the 100m. dash. Kaitlyn will head to Cheney for the State Championships after qualifying in four events.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 26, 1999

Harvey Hoover, member of Dayton Days for the past 30 years, has been selected as the Parade Marshal for the 1999 show and will lead the Dayton Days Parade. Harvey joined Dayton Days in 1969 and was in charge of the dances for several years, among many other activities.

Also riding in the parade will be the 1999 Dayton Days Court Lindsay Barker with her horse Bing and Ashley Draper with her horse Checkers.

Tommy Lovell, a fifth grader at Dayton Elementary, is one of four Washington students to be awarded a 1999 scholarship by WAETAG (Washington Association of Educators of the Talented and Gifted). The cash awards can be used only for tuition at summer college programs. Tommy applied to the University of Washington's "Summer Challenge". Tommy Lovell and Zak Kiefer, Dayton Elementary fifth grade students, were recognized for their academic achievements at a ceremony at Gonzaga University in Spokane.

Fifty Years Ago

May 30, 1974

Karl DeRuwe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack DeRuwe, received the Agricultural Economics Club Award for the Outstanding Senior in Agricultural Economics at the annual WSU Ag-awards banquet. Karl is a member of Alpha Zeta National Honorary Fraternity, and affiliated with Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity.

New owners of the Sears Store, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Martin and children, have relocated here from Boise, Idaho, where he was employed as the director of the Head Start Program. The Martins have purchased the Sears Catalog store from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fager who are moving to Olympia where he will be in the brokerage business

Dayton High School graduated 51 seniors, with Mary Sue Evers giving the valedictory address and Lois Dickinson will give the salutatory address. Becky Hatfield, the class speaker, spoke on a few unique characteristics of the "Class of '74" and Mark Nelson, the second class speaker, spoke on responsibilities.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

May 26, 1949

Ross Bracy, manager of the Hotel Coffee shop, is brother to the late Danny Bracy of Colfax who was killed last week in a parachute jump near Colfax. It was thought "the rip cord on the parachute had not been pulled. Richard Stevkick, who adjusted the chute for Bracy, speculated that Bracy was unable to find the ring after spinning end over end as he fell.

Thirty-six seniors graduated from Dayton High School, two of the seniors, Charles Greiner and Wesley Moxley, will be given diplomas "based upon satisfactory scores on general educational development tests," who did not finish their senior year by reason of going into the service.

Doralmae Spalinger, Ardith Hunt, LaDonna Ross, Ruth Hutchens and Donna Dudley, were chosen to attend the 1949 Girls State at Pullman. Two of the girls are sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary; one each by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club.

Virginia "Ginny" Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jackson, who made good in Hollywood, will visit her home town during Dayton Days, and will be a guest star of the Dayton Days Association. Ginny went to Hollywood to study voice and became a singing star with the famous dance bands, Henry King, Ted Fio Rito, and Spade Cooley. Virginia is now starring with Gene Autry's Variety Show, which is playing at veterans' hospitals and community benefits.

One Hundred Years Ago

May, 1924

No information available.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 27, 1899

A meeting of the Coeur d'Alene mine owners of all the big producing properties issued the following statement "It was unanimous resolved to co-operate with the state authorities of Idaho in preserving order and immediately to start up all the mines. Wages paid are $3.50 per day for all men working underground and $3.00 for laborers, work immediately available for 1,000 men.