Turning Back the Pages

100 years ago —
 November 1923

Philo Lyon of Lime Rock had an attack of acute indigestion and was on the sick list a few days the past week.

Mrs. Cantine is spending Thanksgiving at Senator Rudd’s. On Friday she will go to New York where she will spend the winter.

About six inches of snow fell in the storm of Saturday night but little of it remains at the present time. It is said that fully 10 inches of snow covered the ground on Mt. Riga. For a starter winter gave us a bigger dose of snow than is usual at this time of the year.

50 years ago —
November 1973

Close the public schools for a month, beginning Dec. 14? The proposal, offered Tuesday by Connecticut’s acting education commissioner, brought quick and negative response from two Northwest Connecticut school superintendents. State Board of Education member Adela Eads of Kent also told The Lakeville Journal Wednesday that her first reaction had been that “There has to be a more logical way” of meeting the energy shortage.

Drivers in New York State and Northwestern Connecticut now find few filling stations open Sunday or in the evening. Even before President Nixon called for a voluntary halt to Sunday sales of gasoline beginning Dec. 1, area gas stations have been closed Sundays. Several have been closed for as much as three months due to the energy crisis. In an effort to help its readers share resources and save gasoline, The Lakeville Journal is inaugurating a free listing of car pools for distances of 50 miles or more. The listings will appear under “Car Pools” on the classified advertising pages.

Four accordion students from Gary Ross’s Lakeville School of Music took honors recently in the Eastern Cup Accordion Championships in New York City. Three members of one family from Great Barrington, Mass., placed high in their respective age groups. Brenda Raimer took second place in the 7-year-old category; her brother James was fourth in the 9-year-old division and their older brother John took first place among the 11-year-olds. John also came in second in an optional polka category. Another of Mr. Ross’s students, Ronald Schurack of Southington, took second place in the 16-year-old division and in a polka category.

25 years ago —
 November 1998

In a scene devoid of politics and replete with shovels, Falls Villagers gathered Sunday at the Lee H. Kellogg School. At a few minutes past 1 p.m., Barbara Bornemann, a member of the original Kellogg school building committee of 1949, took a golden shovel and struck the dirt. Thus a long-awaited renovation project officially began. 

AT&T Wireless Services, now armed with approval from Connecticut’s Siting Council, has begun plans for construction of a telecommunications tower on Herb Road in Sharon. The site is on the ridge several hundred feet above the Housatonic River and Route 7, less than a mile north of the Kent town line. 

In the 4 ½ years since Gregg and Nancy Tidd opened Canaan Valley Pet, the business has done nothing but grow. Good news financially, but not so great when it comes to meeting demands from their cramped quarters. So it was with great excitement, mixed with relief, that they this week purchased a roomy downtown Canaan storefront, the former Scott’s Discount Paper building on Railroad Street. Sons Matthew and Joshua were involved in the business from the start. Matt helped design the computer system and Josh is the animal expert. Both work on a regular basis at the store, deftly handling customers and chores. The Tidds plan to spend Thanksgiving Day moving into the new store, with Friday Nov. 27 marking their first day in business there.

Sharon Hospital emergency physician Dr. Jared B. Zelman received the Emergency Physician of the Year Award last Thursday. Dr. Zelman, the sixth recipient of the award, is director of emergency services at Sharon. 

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