From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

October, 2011

The manager of Dayton Wine Works announced this week that the popular Dayton Wine Works, known for its focus on local music and Washington wine, will expand downtown at 232 E. Main.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 28, 1996

The Dayton Lion Club members Sarah and Kennard Literal, Jan and Owen Agenbroad, Roger Trump, Michelle Lindleu, Bill and Wanda Carney, Terry Hoon, Donna and Sherm Thomas, Kevin Floyd, Elsie Robins, Sal Benavides, Dehlia Wiley, and Gary and Barbara Rennaker donated finds for a Library magnifying reader.

School District directors listened to community members pitch a proposal to spend $2.3 million to update district facilities. The final coat of rubberized material has been applied for the all-season track.

Fifty Years Ago

October 28, 1971

A 50-STAR FLAG was presented to the Columbia County Fair Board with many thanks to the members of Dayton Troop 332, Boy Scouts of America. Those present were Scouts Ritchie Gibson, Mickey Hoon, Mike Agenbroad, Mrs. Merl (Marie) Sullivan, business manager; Jack Penner, former manager and Lawrence Turner, general manager for the county fair.

Charlotte Eaton was elected president of Upper Whetstone Fleecers 4-H Club. Other officers are Valerie Howard, vice president; Cindy Startin, secretary; Cathy Howard, treasurer and Pam Sunderland, reporter. To young guests were introduced, Arnold and Greg Fullerton.

Don and Inez Fletcher have been named Conservation Farmer of 1971 and will be honored during a luncheon of Dayton Kiwanis Club and co-hosted by the Columbia Soil & Water Conservation District.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October, 1946

Boy Scout Big Scrap Paper Drive. This Saturday morning, rain or shine, farmers bringing in paper are asked to leave their contributions at the Price warehouse on the N.P. tracks east of the viaduct and directly north of the N.P. Stockyards—most any farm woman will be able to find that location without trouble, ha, ha. Townspeople ask asked to have the bundles laid out on the curbs by 8 a.m.

Diphtheria is now “one of the most important public health problems in Washington,” Dr. Arthur L. Ringle, State Director of Health, declared.

Kenneth Brodhead started shipping his 1946 turkey crop of approximately 6,500 head, one of the biggest turkey crops ever grown in Columbia County. The average weight for hens 15 lbs., toms 25 lbs.

100 Years Ago

October 26, 1921

Saturday the strip of road on Whetstone from the Markham place to Byrd Blesinger’s then to the Dave Barclay farm was completed. The Contractor was G. L. Stickler, the road is about one and three-fourths miles long and is 12 feet wide for the greatest part and nine feet for the remainder.

As rattlesnakes make 500 points for the game club, starting their new year, Frank Bernard investigated some old snake dens in the rimrocks on Elkan’s place and got four rattlers that had holed up for the winter.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 24, 1896

GRAND RALLY AND TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION! At Dayton Friday, October 30. The Hon. John B. Allen Will Address You! The McKinley Club of Dayton invites every Republican in Columbia County and every citizen who believes in sound money and protection, to join in a grand demonstration in this city.