In 1912, after a 3,000 mile trek across the country, brothers Crombie and R.L. Allen settled in Ontario. They purchased the Daily Republican Newspaper and renamed it the Ontario Daily Report, changing the name to avoid soundi...ng partisan. The paper served our desert town when fewer than 15,000 lived here. Crombie was editor of the newspaper until 1930, and also served as president of the California Newspaper Publishers Association as well as first president of the Ontario Rotary Club when it was established in 1922. During the 1920’s, he was associated with the University of Southern California School of Journalism, recruiting journalism graduates for daily and weekly newspapers in California. He was recognized as the Rotary International ambassador of goodwill, serving the community and dedicating his life to humanitarian causes, including taking an active part in furthering the work of Casa Colina convalescent home. In 1985 he was inducted into the California Newspaper Hall of Fame by the California Press Association. Crombie himself made news in 1938 as the victim of a crime, when he and his companion were robbed at gunpoint while in Los Angeles and were shot. Both victims survived but his companion was blinded by the perpetrator. Later in his life, he referred to himself as “the oldest printer’s devil in Ontario.” He died in 1946 at age 71. His newspaper later merged with the Pomona Progress Bulletin to become the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.
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