Turning Back The Pages

100 years ago — April 1920

SALISBURY — The Parsonage cellar is still full of water and everything afloat, but the furnace fire is again on in consequence of low tide.

LAKEVILLE — An up-to-date Chemical Engine, mounted on a motor truck, will add 100 percent to our protection against fires. Help to swell the purchase fund by attending the minstrel show and dance on the 23rd.

LIME ROCK — Much sympathy is extended to Mrs. G.W. Belcher who is ill with scarlet fever at her brother’s home in Torrington.

CANAAN — St. Joseph’s Church has purchased the Barnes property at the corner of East Main and Elm streets to be used as a residence for a parish priest.

Advertisement: Wanted — From now until June 10th, a waitress and chambermaid in a small school. Telephone 46 Cornwall or write to L.R. Sanford.

LAKEVILLE — Edward Webb has purchased a pair of general work horses of W.B. Rand.

50 years ago — April 1970

There’s a wealth of activity in the sky these nights for those who look in the right places at the right times. The chief attraction is John Bennet’s comet, which was discovered during the past Christmas season and is now visible over northwest Connecticut during the very early morning hours. The time of its daily appearance has earned it the nickname “The Milkman’s Comet.”

SALISBURY — Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gostout, new owners of the Salisbury Farms Milk Bar, started off their new career in fine style but this past week have run into some bad luck. At 2 a.m. Saturday Mr. Gostout was rushed to Sharon Hospital for emergency surgery on an ulcer he had no idea he had. He is making a good recovery according to report, but can hardly expect a return at once to his post as chief Chef in his restaurant.

SALISBURY — Mr. and Mrs. William Pulver, who usually have taken a winter vacation somewhere where they could enjoy sailing, decided this year to vary the pattern. Instead of the blue Caribbean, they took off for the ski slopes of Austria. In a skiing accident Adie Pulver broke her leg and now wears a hip-high cast. “Maybe we should stick to sailing,” she says.

25 years ago — April 1995

SHARON — Cub Scout Keith Godfrey scored a first place runoff in the Regional Tunxis District Pine Wood Derby car race March 25 in Goshen. The Sharon contingency was well represented also by Adyn Mette and Ben Rathbun.