100 years ago — July 1920
SALISBURY — Miss Helen Harding is assisting at the Twin Lakes tea room.
Main Street is no place for auto speeding. Right minded motorists already know this fact and careless and selfish drivers should be forced to learn it.
Lost — A Holstein heifer yearling, mostly black. If found please communicate with W.R. Thompson, Salisbury School Farm. Phone 28-5.
Frank Shore, who lives on Sharon Mountain, last week killed a large rattlesnake which had ten rattles.
An electric fire siren has been installed in the cupola of the Holley Mfg. Co. factory. The new siren will be operated from three points, viz. the telephone office, the Hose House, and the Holley Mfg. Co. The pushing of a button at these places will be all that is necessary to start the siren, which will keep going until the “stop” button is operated.
50 years ago — July 1970
Despite threatening clouds and an eventual downpour, festivities were undampened at the Scoville Memorial Library’s 75th birthday party last Saturday afternoon. The occasion was entirely indigenous, a town party embellished by town talent, decked with flowers from local gardens ... all in honor of one of the town’s most valued institutions.
Kent’s First Selectman, Eugene O’Meara, and 160th District Representative Guy LaGrotta were among those who spoke at Monday’s Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Pittsfield, concerning discontinuance of passenger rail service between Danbury and Pittsfield. Both officials strongly opposed the proposal.
25 years ago — July 1995
A long, dry summer has left the Housatonic River at a dangerously low level with water that is too hot. Those who have watched the river over the years worry that continued hot weather this weekend could result in a major fish kill such as those that occurred in 1989, 1991 and 1993 in the stretch between Falls Village and Bulls Bridge in Kent.
CANAAN — It was not the first incident but probably the worst case of vandalism at the McDonald’s Playland. State Police are investigating the incident where probably more than one person removed a five-foot section of fencing from the back of the enclosed and locked play area during the early morning hours last Saturday. After breaking in, the culprits removed a large number of small plastic balls from a “ball pit” and scattered them around the parking lot and the East Main Street restaurant grounds.
These items were taken from The Lakeville Journal archives at Salisbury’s Scoville Memorial Library, keeping the original wording intact as possible.
