From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

December 31, 2014

Ski Bluewood opened Friday and enjoyed "good crowds" which persisted through the post-Christmas weekend. Since opening, another 19 inches of snow have fallen. Bluewood's three lifts are running and 90% of the terrain is open.

Pacific Power objects to plan Board of County Commissioners vote on rescinded power-switch decision.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January, 1950

Winter Fishing Season Opens. Game Protector Bill Wooten reports that several steelhead trout were caught near Starbuck on the Tucannon the first day of the winter fishing season, Monday. The season will remain open in the county on the Touchet river and the Tucannon from its mouth to the mouth of Cummings creek until March 31. According to Wooten, the limits are as follows: Daily Catch – Three trout, 16 inches or over in length. Weekly Catch – Six trout, 16 inches or over in length. Season Catch – 24 trout, 16 inches or over in length. Wooten also asked that local hunters turn in their punch cards. All hunters who still have their punch cards are liable to a fine for violating the law. Boxes are still up for their collection in the sporting goods stores and the county auditor's office.

200 Elk Taken. More than 200 elk have been taken out of the Mill creek area as of Tuesday, according to Wooten. Hunters are in the area on an extended special hunt and snow has forced many of the elk down out of the mountains right into the sights of the hunters.

Council Buys Steam Boiler. The city council has accepted the bid of the Farnes & Morteg company of Portland, Oregon, for a steam boiler for use in the digester system of the sewage disposal plant. The bid was accepted at the regular Tuesday meeting, calling for a price of $1549.35, f.o.b. Rockford, Illinois. The council plans to use the steam from the boiler to assist the digesters in the sewage treatment. During the colder months, the local plant does not function to top capacity, and this will be remedied by the new boiler. Last Meeting The 1949 council met for the last time and cleared up all its business, Tuesday, before adjourning in favor of the 1950 edition.

The new group celebrated its existence by naming W.B. Dingle, veteran councilman, as mayor pro-tem. Before adjourning, the council discussed the old city shop located by the city hall. Several councilmen favored tearing down the old building, as it has been condemned in years past. The building is now being used to store school buses. No definite action was taken on the matter.

Baby, It's Real Cold Outside. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is the title of a popular song but it is also the not-so-popular greeting of most Daytonites following the influx of "Eskimo" weather since last Sunday. Unofficial weather reports place the temperature all the way from zero to five above during the week. Snow fell every day of this week and state highway crews were called out Tuesday night for the latest deluge of the white blanket. Chains for those who live in the out of the way places became a requirement by Wednesday morning. Many local stores faced the problem of thawing out their pipes Monday and Tuesday mornings. Both local dry-cleaning plants were forced to curtail their activities Tuesday morning while they "unfroze" their steam pipes. Others had the same trouble. About the only people in Dayton with happy faces since the coming of the colder weather are the oil and fuel dealers. Some coal dealers reported a shortage of fuel but the situation had not become critical at press time. Many local citizens broke out their annual "foul-weather" gear, such as ear muffs, cotton-stocking caps and the like. A little white dog was even seen on the downtown streets with a knitted sweater. Beam's

Boy First In 1950. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Beamer are the proud parents of the first baby of the new year. Their newest pride and joy, a handsome boy, was born January 1 in Brining Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Hixon are also proud parents of their new daughter, born December 29. Patients in the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon included Kenneth Brodhead, Cecil Laughery, Mrs. Bill Sheaffer, Marvel Palmer, Joan Stratton, Mrs. Bertha Scott, Mrs. Walter Metzger, and F.M. Marks. Patients who had left the hospital by Tuesday included Louis Emerson, Camille Emerson, Mrs. James Carter, Mrs. Robert Givens, and Mrs. Frank Spalinger.

New Year's Festivities. The New Year was ushered in with numerous social gatherings, which included the teen-age dance sponsored by the Eagles lodge on Friday evening, the annual New Year's Eve dance at the Legion club, a watch party at the library recreation hall and numerous gatherings in private homes. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Radebaugh and Dr. and Mrs. E.A. Larson were among those holding open house New Year's Eve. Dr. and Mrs. W.W. Day and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Rogg entertained at dinner on New Year's Day, and Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Wellsandt received friends during the afternoon and evening. Holt Boone entertained at his customary stag dinner at his cabin on the North Fork on Monday while the ladies were guests at the mountain home of Mrs. R.B. Eager. Eagles Semi-Formal More than 100 teenagers attended the second annual Eagles holiday semi-formal Friday night at the lodge hall. Those present enjoyed dancing to Johnson's orchestra.

Refreshments were served during the intermission by members of the Eagles auxiliary. Everything was "on the house" for the young guests.

One Hundred Years Ago

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One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January, 1900

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