Turning Back the Pages

100 years ago —
 October 1923

Mrs. Jacob Fitting and son are visiting Mr. Fitting’s people in Oyster Bay, L.I.

 

M.C. Ateshian has been receiving considerable new machinery this week to be used in his new dry cleaning and pressing business which he has opened in the telephone building.

 

C.H. Osborn is making quite extensive repairs and alterations to the former Stuart blacksmith shop which he recently purchased. He expects to move his business there about December 1st.

 

50 years ago —
 October 1973

Outrage at weekend actions taken by President Richard Nixon produced action Monday in the Northwest Corner. Sharon was the focal point, with over 400 area residents signing a petition for the president’s impeachment. A demonstration to support impeachment proceedings in Congress is set for noon this Saturday on Sharon Green.

 

Well, The Lakeville Journal has made it through another week — in slightly smaller size, to be sure, but things are looking up. This time The Norwich Bulletin kindly sold us enough rolls of paper for this issue. The smaller width of these rolls has necessitated a slight reduction in page sizes which we hope readers and advertisers will understand. The bright note is that it was not necessary to send a truck to Canada after all because we received a telephone call that a truckload of newsprint had been shipped to us. We haven’t yet seen it but the omens are bright.

 

25 years ago —

 October 1998

Lake Wononscopomuc is not in good health. At the annual meeting of the Lake Wononscopomuc Association Saturday, members discussed a new threat to the lake — the possible invasion of zebra mussels, small mollusks that were found a few weeks ago for the first time in East Twin Lake and which almost inevitably will also be found in Lakeville’s lake soon. Association chairman Don Mayland said this summer was “one of the worst summers we have ever had for milfoil,” that slimy weed that swimmers hate and that the weed harvesting machine can help control but cannot eradicate. “The lake is gradually dying,” he said. “Every year it is losing oxygen.”

 

Michael and John Harney recently presented Jane Lloyd with a check for $1,000 from the sale of Jane’s Garden tea, a special blend created by John Harney to help Ms. Lloyd’s fund. The young woman was diagnosed earlier this year with breast cancer and the fund was set up to help pay her medical expenses.

 

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

The views expressed here are not necessarily those of The Lakeville Journal and The Journal does not support or oppose candidates for public office.

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