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Ten Years Ago

November 10, 2011

For Bette Lou Crothers, who as a child moved every year, Dayton is her real hometown. Crothers attended Dayton High School her junior and senior years, married a local boy out of college and has been selling insurance on Main Street for 30 years. Crothers said her family moved often because her parents worked building dams along the Snake River. She attended Central Washington University and always thought she would be an accountant. Instead, she got a job working as an insurance agent for a local broker for four years. “I had no insurance experience when I took the job,” she said.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 14, 1996

[Photo Caption] It was a night that everything worked and worked well for the Waitsburg Cardinals as the local team defeated league champion DeSales 32-14 last Friday at Borleske Stadium. The team, including seniors Lucas Mohney (44) and Chris Ward (21) capped off the evening with their usual end-of-game routine – the singing of the school fight song.

Volunteers have been busy the past couple weeks getting Ye Towne Hall cleaned and painted, and flood-damaged carpeting and kitchen flooring replaced prior to the busy winter schedule. The work started recently and has been prompted further by the receipt of $10,085 in funds from FEMA, said Roy Leid, speaking at Commercial Club Nov. 5. “I figure this money will be helpful in putting Ye Towne Hall back into a useable condition,” Leid told the club. Leid added, however, that to receive further FEMA money will necessitate obtaining flood insurance for the building and to make such a decision would require a meeting of the Ye Towne Hall corporation board.

Fifty Years Ago

November 11, 1971

In light of the happenings of the past weekend, we feel that our local law enforcement team of chief Bob Hornbuckle and Jim Anderson deserve a pat on the back. They have worked out a fine cooperative program with the Walla Walla Sheriff’s Office and officers in Columbia County. The apprehension of the two teen-age joyriders and the harem-scarem chase after the pen escapees which ended successfully were examples of effective police work. Both of our local officers are doing a great job.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

November 15, 1946

Bob DuPree of Arlington is on the job as service man and representative of Pacific Power & Light Co. at Waitsburg. Mr. DuPree is boarding and rooming here until he can locate a house for his family.

New flying students at the Touchet Valley Airport are Fred Zuger of Waitsburg; Walter Soates of Huntsville, and a number of other students from Dayton.

Armistice Day being the birthday Freda Kay Harris she invited seven of her little friends and their mothers for a birthday party; Julia Ann Wright being playroom hostess. Guests included Joy Broom, Peter Koper, Danny Clodius, Pamela Taylor, Kathy Taylor, Carole Harris, Julia Wright, and their mothers.

One Hundred Years Ago

November 11, 1921

Born on Monday, Oct. 31st at the Brining Hospital, Dayton, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Danielson of this city, a daughter. The little lady has been named Phyllis Jean.

A hunting party left early Wednesday morning for the mountains above Dayton to be gone until either the last of the week or Monday of next week. Those who are on the trip are Ed Buroker and son Elmer, Dr. J. V. Steele, and Walter Price.

The Schiltz packing house at the orchard of Schiltz Brothers near Huntsville, will complete the season’s run Friday, when they ship out their 42nd car of packed apples. The 20 acres of the two brothers has yielded 22,921 packed boxes this season.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

November 13, 1896

Last Monday night Miss Addie Sanders the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Sanders celebrated her 18th birthday. About forty guests were present and the evening was made memorable for its many pleasant features. An elegant luncheon was served.

M. Weller came down from his sawmill in time to cast his vote for McKinley, but he says it looks as if his vote was last in the shuffle.

The Odd Fellows of Prescott will give a grand ball on Thanksgiving evening. It will be an invitation affair and all who attend may safely count on having a good time for the Prescott chain gang are a whole-souled set and never do things by halves.