Sanitary Grocery opened in 1944 and Closed in 1978 Whatever became of the old-time grocery stores? The answer of course is obvious. It was replaced by the new and modern supermarkets. But once upon a time, down on the corner of Market Street and Florida Avenue, there stood one of those old-time grocery stores. Sanitary…
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Dayton Coal and Iron Works Dismantled by Blast
School Children gather to watch the stacks come crashing down On Friday, November 15, 1935, the old Dayton Coal and Iron Works facility was dismantled. Several Dayton City School children considered it a treat to be let out of school to witness the blasting of the 200-foot stack of the old iron works. But it…
Dayton City School Destroyed By Fire
dayton city School Forced To Close For A week Following Fire February 16th was on a Friday in 1951. During that night, a fire of undetermined causes burned through the Dayton City School building that had been erected in 1907. The first classes that were held in the building were during the 1908 school year. …
Nelson Mine Explosion Dayton Tennessee
Mine Explosion Claims 29 Lives in Dayton December 20, 1895 The morning dawn, clear and beautiful and the bright rays of the sun shed their refulgent influence over the community. But while the whole face of nature wore a smiling aspect this thriving little city was about to be shrouded in a pall of the…
Air Force Donates Jet to City of Dayton
(L-R) Walter Cheers-City Attorney, Sam Morgan-Chairman of the Dayton Lions Club, Bill Voigt-Public Relations Director for the City of Dayton, Mayor Charlie Walters, Colonel Joseph Sullivan-Commander of Stewart Air Force Base, Evert Bean-Minister Church of Christ, Kelso Ballard-City Commissioner and Jerry Bivens-President of the Lions Club. (Seated Atop The Plane L-R) Unknown, Unknown, Bill Sims,…
Ten Commandments Monument in Dayton
Dayton – THE first stop on national tour of 5,300-pound monument removed from Alabama judicial building July 31, 2004 About 75 people turned out at the Rhea County Courthouse to see the Ten Commandments monument that cost Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore his job.The monument was to travel on to Dunlap, Tenn. later in…
Doctor Albert C. Broyles
Dr. Albert C. Broyles delivers 4,643 Babies In the age we are living in, we find Doctor’s Offices, Clinics, Urgent Care Facilities, and off campus satellite emergency rooms from larger hospitals on nearly every corner. However, it was not always like this. Looking back, we dig into Dayton’s past and find one extraordinary doctor who…
Rhea Circuit Court Judge says Rhea Courthouse must be cleaned up.
November 1967 Circuit Court Judge Sam Polk Raulston of Jasper said Saturday he would refuse to hold the November term of court here unless the historic old Dayton courthouse was cleaned up. Judge Raulston, here to set the docket for the term that is scheduled to open November 27, 1967 said: ‘There will be no…