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Turning Back the Pages

100 years ago —

November 1923

Miss Grace Sherwood has had installed a new radio set.

 

M.G. Fenn of the telephone force is enjoying his annual vacation.

 

P.J. Hines is suffering from an infected left hand.

 

LIME ROCK — Mrs. Loucks has not been quite so well the past week and a nurse, Miss Maine of Pittsfield is taking care of her.

 

50 years ago —
 November 1973

Several Northwest Connecticut fuel oil distributors predicted Wednesday that the price of home heating oil may reach 30 cents a gallon and gasoline 50 cents a gallon before the winter is out. Home heating oil is now selling at around 24 cents and high-test gas at 46-plus. 

 

The bridge over Salmon Kill on the Salisbury—Lime Rock Road will be closed for reconstruction either tomorrow (Friday) or Monday, with work scheduled to be completed in 21 days. 

 

A larger concentration of heavy trucks have been finding their way through the downtown section of Canaan this past week since trucks weighing more than 15 tons were banned from North Elm Street. The truck ban on the narrow residential street was imposed last Thursday morning. Selectmen acted to reduce the truck traffic on the road because of damage done to the road by the heavy vehicles and because of residents’ complaints. 

 

25 years ago —
 November 1998

A plan is in the works to fix the roof on the village’s train depot and to refurbish the area surrounding the building. The town recently received $8,500 in state funds to renovate the roof. That is half of the cost — the town will make up the other half from its own coffers. Work will begin in spring of 1999. The train depot is part of Lakeville’s historic district and houses WQQQ radio station.

 

Four hours, 31 minutes and 38 seconds. The time it takes to get uptown in a taxi during rush hour? Maybe on a good day. But for Paddy Rossbach, that time is much more significant. It’s a world record. Ms. Rossbach, who has residences in New York City as well as Salisbury, ran the New York City Marathon last Sunday. That in itself is a feat for those of us who cannot run from here to there without heaving. However, Ms. Rossbach has two things that make her accomplishment stand out. First, she is 60 years old. And second, she only has one leg. That four and a half hour mark is now the fastest in the world for amputees in a marathon.

 

State Senator M. Adela Eads (R-30th) and Rep. Jeanne W. Garvey (R-67th) have confirmed a $200,000 grant from the State Bond Commission to pay for repairs and improvements to the Kent Iron Furnace located on the grounds of the Sloane-Stanley Museum on Route 7. The funds will be used to repair and improve the ruins of the furnace, which produced pig iron from 1826 to 1896, by stabilizing the stone masonry and hearth, constructing brick archways and a furnace liner.

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

Norma Bosworth
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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