From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

July 2, 2014

Newly commissioned Navy Ensign Sara Schlachter, Dayton High graduate, daughter of Alan and Terri Schlachter, was sworn into the U.S. Navy by former officer and State Representative Terry Nealey, in a ceremony on the Columbia County Courthouse lawn. Schlachter was honored by numerous local military veterans Joey Schlachter, Owen Agenbroad, former Army officer and State Representative Terry Nealey, Brian Black, Jim Gallaher, Chuck Amerein, Ron Fletcher, John Hutchens, Bill Massey, Jeff McCann and Marlyne Reynolds.

Two local cowgirls, Shayla Currin, 15-year-old Dayton H.S. sophomore, and Tommie Hoyecki, 18, are headed to 2014 High School Rodeo Nationals. Tommie is the daughter of Stan and Kim Hoyecki. Currin, daughter of Tony and Kelli Currin, is looking to continue the family legacy of high-school rodeo championships won by her mother and her Fletcher-family aunts, Connie, Kathy and Sheryl.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

July 1, 1999

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) held a dedication ceremony on Robinette Mountain to celebrate the acquisition of 8,441 acres known as the Rainwater Wildlife Area.

Air Force Airman Christopher S. Tribble has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex. Tribble is the son of Janice A. March of Tulsa, Okla., and Edwin L. Tribble of Dayton.

Fifty Years Ago

June 27, 1974

Roy Davis, Acting Scout Master in absence of Owen Agenbroad who is in France on Green Giant business, is preparing for a Summer Scout Camp to be held in Wallowa, Ore., involving 16 area youths. Davis is expected to become Scoutmaster for Dayton Troop 332 sometime this fall.

The Columbia County Commissioners met with Dave Hanson from the Washington State Parks Heritage Site Preservation Agency, Olympia, for Historical Classification for the County Courthouse. Representatives from Dayton Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club, and several elected county officials were present to discuss the advantages of having historical building sites listed in the National Historic Properties Register and the steps necessary to achieve this status.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

June 30, 1949

What started as a hobby two years ago, manufacturing fishing poles for those who like to fish with flies, Marvin Evers has turned it into a profitable business. Buying all of his materials locally, Marvin turns out a finished fiberglass pole in about for four hours.

Dayton's Ginny Jackson will be featured vocalist with the Gene Autry Show which will be held at the Armory.

Members of the Dayton playground junior patrol have been named by Werner Neudorf, playground director. Lyle Smith, Jack Watson, Dick Abraham, Merle Butler, Fred Smith, Gerald Rayburn, Carl Peterson, Margaret Gilbreath, Betsy Ankeny and Joan Lyman.

One Hundred Years Ago

1924

No information available.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

July 1, 1899

A dispatch from the manager of the Fountain Hotel in Yellowstone Park said there was an eruption from a crater fifty feet north of the fountain geyser, which had always been considered nothing more than a pool erupted with a 250 feet high geyser.

No more bricks will be made at the Washington State Penitentiary, owing to the increased demand for grain sacks and the small number of prisoners. Over 2,000,000 bricks have been purchased in Oregon for Walla Buildings.

Stock Inspector Vandervert tells the Prineville Journal there are 367 men in Crook County employed in the sheep business, wither as owners or employees. There are 180,000 sheep, exclusive of this year's lambs.