From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

October 1, 204

Dayton on Tour this Weekend. Five-residence Historic Homes Tour, to stimulate your senses a 13-gallery Art Crawl. In addition, artist demonstrations will be free to the public on the courtyard of the historic Dayton Depot, the state's oldest standing rail road depot, which will be the site of an artist reception following the popular Historic Homes Tour.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 29, 1999

The Yvette Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established at the Walla Walla Federal Credit Union in memory of the Dayton woman who died in a tragic accident earlier this summer. Members of Local 1191-W of the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, established the scholarship fund to benefit the family's teenaged children in hopes to finance their college education.

"Quilts-tied by loving hands to ward off the chill in Kosovo" made by local families and members of The Church of Latter-day Saints were mailed to the LDS Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Under the direction of Risa Powell, Dayton Ward Relief Society President, there was a quilting bee held at the Dayton LDS building, with fifteen women and girls participating.

New barber opens downtown, a seven dollar "clipper cut" is the specialty cut at the new barber shop. Owner and barber, Carlie Rhodes leased his shop on Main Street from Jim and Bev Startin, which was the location of the previous Walt Blue's barber shop.

Fifty Years Ago

October 3, 1974

The cowboys, Mike Reddish, Terry Tate, Gene Krause, Don Tate, Willie Wessel, Alan Wessel, Ike Maxwell, and Willie and Wayne Tate showed up at the Henry Krause Ranch located up Rose Gulch to help round up some 40 head of cattle and calves for a branding party.

Miss Ann Whipple, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Whipple, a senior at Central Washington State College, is doing her student teaching in an elementary school near Poulsbo.

Blue Ribbon Winners, Sharon Welch and Leslie Powers, both members of the Busy Bees 4-H Club, received a blue ribbon at the Puyallup Western Washington Fair in the preparation and serving a meal "food for all occasions" for six persons including a judge.

Dorothy McGuire, president of the American Association of Medical Assistants, Walla Walla Chapter, presented a check for $508.00 to Dr. A.J. Pandian for the Stella Maris fund to help finance the $2,895 freight bill on the ambulance to India.

A huge 50-ton capacity crane boasting a 130-foot boom began demolishing the old Fraternity Building to make way for a new Seattle First Bank.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

September 29, 1949

A.E. Scklecht, owner of the Dayton Sand and Gravel Company, was instantly killed on his farm west of the city. His son, Robert returning from town found his father's body in a pit at the base of the grinding machine. Mr. Schlecht came to Dayton from Washtucna about two years ago to start the Dayton Sand and Gravel Company.

V.L. Nelson, in the egg production business in Huntsville, started his poultry business last spring and at the present time as about 850 White Leghorn about six months old. He reported he had collected 560 eggs Monday, even though his pullets are only six months old, he is getting about a 60% lay.

Sonny Abel and Fay Hughes were gathering cattle out of the brush when they came across some wild cows and had to do some hard riding up and down those precipitous hillsides. Fighting the brush and trying to head the cows down the creek, riding horse that were tired and winded, Ray ran over his dog and Sonny's horse jumping a little 18-inch log didn't get his front feet high enough, he turned a somersault with Sonny beneath him.

One Hundred Years Ago

October, 1924

No information available.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

September 30, 1899

A Jolly "Coon Song" the New York World's Album of Songs is entitled "There Ain't No Use to Keep on Hanging 'Round." It is bright and catchy; by Irving Jones, author of the poplar hit, "Get Your Money's Worth." There are ten songs in the album, which will be mailed in connection with ten numbers of the great Sunday World, for 50 cents in stamps. Address The World, New York.