Turning Back The Pages

100 years — July 1920

Mr. C.F. Rogers who is building a magnificent country place near Twin Lakes is now stocking the farm which has been named “Wildwood” with pedigreed registered Jersey cattle. Supt. A.H. Pike has made several trips to Bridgeport and selected cattle from the well known herd of E.T. Bedford.

LAKEVILLE — W.G. Hallowell is building a new garage 25 by 50 feet with living rooms on the second story.

SALISBURY — Miss Margaret Norton of New York was the over-Sunday guest of her mother, Mrs. Margaret Norton.

SALISBURY — A family reunion and picnic was given by Mrs. Martha Surdam at Twin Lakes last Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Appleby and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradley and four children of New Canaan, Fred Sherwood and family of Philmont, Guy Drum and family, Mrs. Frank Wright and sons, Frank Sherwood and family, Stanley Sherwood and family, Miss Grace Sherwood and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Doty.

LIME ROCK — Mrs. Carley took three of her children to the hospital for operations on their throats.

50 years ago — July 1970

The Mahaiwe jewelry store on Railroad Street in Canaan was the scene of a burglary last week when unknown persons broke the front window and scooped up over $2,000 worth of watches, rings and other jewelry.

Sometime between Mass on Thursday and Friday’s Mass last week someone took the Sterling silver chalice from the Sacristy of St. Mary’s Church, Lakeville.

SHARON — Kim and Ronnie Smith, together with Steven Gudernatch, left on June 18 for a chartered air tour of Europe. When last heard from they were in Scotland, with their next port of call Germany.

Peter Jacquier, 16, of East Canaan, president of the Housatonic Valley FFA Chapter, will be in Washington D.C. this coming week, July 13 to 18, to attend a National FFA Conference.

25 years ago — July 1995

The inch of rain that fell in most places in the Northwest Corner Saturday didn’t come a moment too soon. Farmers, however, say they need much more. 

LAKEVILLE — Allison R. Kent received Dean’s Honors at Connecticut College for the spring semester.

SALISBURY — A 19th century house on Undermountain Road in Salisbury was burned by the Lakeville House Company this past weekend to make way for a new Habitat for Humanity home to be built on the site.

These items were taken from The Lakeville Journal archives at Salisbury’s Scoville Memorial Library, keeping the original wording intact as possible.