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Ten Years Ago

July 3, 2013

Interviews were held for two vacant City Council positions with Mike Paris and Byron Kaczmarski. They both expressed support of employment opportunities for residents and the opportunity to give back to the community as reasons for their interest in the open positions. Both were appointed.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

July1, 1998

Lifelong Dayton resident, Maxine Knox Jackson, has been chosen by the Dayton Alumni Association to preside as Grand Marshal over this year's Depot Days/Alumni Parade. Maxine was born in her grandparents' house on Washington Avenue in 1917 to E. Bruce and Gay Knox, grew up on Thorn Hollow and the Whetstone and attended those country schools, graduating in 1933 from Dayton High School. She is celebrating her 65th class reunion.

The Chronicle presented a $500 check to the Florida-bound FBLA students. The students earned the money by participating in the Fair Book and Dayton Days racing program production. Those attending the FBLA National Competition are Justin Jording, Brigitte Richter, Kayla Himmelberger, Ryan Konen, Cathy Schuck and Megan Jagelski.

Four Reserve deputies, Renee Lyden and Richard Jackson, both of Starbuck, Robert Stearns and Jerry Dedloff, of Dayton, were honored as they graduated from the 1998 Columbia County Sheriff's Reserve Academy, after 172 hours of rigorous training.

Fifty Years Ago

July 5, 1973

Pfc. James Hinchcliff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Hinchcliff, has return to Mannheim, Germany, following a 30-day leave. Hinchliff has been stationed in Mannheim for the last six months with the 81st Maintenance Company.

Miss Helen Quigg, was surprised with a cake and coffee hour at the Chronicle to celebrate her retirement from the Chronicle after working there for 20 years.

A truck wreck occurred at 5.3 miles west of Starbuck on the Lyons Ferry Road, killing the driver, James A. English, when he failed to negotiate a curve, overturned and was ejected. English was a veteran and had worked in this area since 1967.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

July 1, 1948

Elk Drug Has New Pharmacist. Lester C. (Mike) Floyd, who graduated from the Washington State College School of Pharmacy, is now working at the Elk Drug. Mike is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Floyd and a graduate of Dayton Schools. During the war he served as a P-47 pilot in the Italian theatre, returning to WSC shortly after his discharge.

Dennis M. Donohue, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Donohue, completed his first year at the University of Washington medical school, placing in the upper third of the class.

Belgian Bride Arrives. Mrs. Richard Hubbard, the former Marietta Vem of Brussels, Belgium, arrived in Dayton. The Hubbards were married in Spokane a little more than 24 hours after the attractive Belgian girl arrived by plane from New York. Hubbard met his bride in Brussels about two years ago when he was stationed with the army air forces.

One Hundred Years Ago

July, 1923

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

July 2, 1898

Manila dispatches received at Madrid, say the Spaniards are determined to fight to the death, and that when the American troops arrive desperate fighting will occur on land and sea.

General Aguinaldo, the Philippine insurgent leader, declares the family of Captain-General Augustin are prisoners at Panapanga. Hundreds of people in Manila are using ever effort to leave and are offering from $500 to $600 each for transportation out.

It is believed in camp that the town of Caimanera, on the upper bay, is about to be abandoned by the Spaniards, who are said to be in desperate condition lacking of food.