Turning Back The Pages

100 years ago ­— February 1921

SALISBURY — George Senior’s house is being wired for electricity.

— The sleighing since the big storm of Monday has been excellent.

Notice — Will the parties who have my jack screws, crow bars, saws, etc. please return them without loss of time. Edward Raynsford.

50 years ago — February 1971

A Bridgeport man was charged last Thursday with cruelty to animals and trespassing with intent to hunt, in connection with the Nov. 28 shooting of two pet llamas owned by C.H. Moore Jr. of Skiff Mountain.

— William Palmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Palmer of Farnam Road, Lakeville, has been transferred from Manila to Udorn, Thailand, where he will serve as operations manager for Air America, Inc. Mr. Palmer’s wife and child will join him as soon as he has settled into his new quarters there.

— Items on sale at Finast this week include Fresh American Grown Lamb Legs for 79 cents a pound, quart jar Finast mayonnaise for 49 cents, Scot Towels 168 ct. rolls at 3 for $1, and Finast frozen meat dinners, 2 11-ounce packages for 79 cents.

— Mr. and Mrs. Edward Epstein of Elizabeth Street are the parents of their first child, Jennifer, born Feb. 19 at Sharon Hospital and weighing in at 6 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces. Mr. Epstein is a teacher at Kent Center School. Mrs. Epstein has taught at Salisbury Central and North Canaan elementary schools.

KENT — Several magnificent but aging maple trees were removed from the west side of Main Street last week, also removing the danger of trees toppling on nearby homes and on cars passing through. The trees lent grace and beauty to Kent’s main thoroughfare, and will be missed.

25 years ago — February 1996

Northwest Corner water customers of Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. could see their bills rise sharply this summer, and again next year. The company’s latest two-step rate request, if granted in full by regulators, would boost a typical household’s bill 35 percent -- more than $112 a year -- by late 1997. The company cites the $58 million cost of three new filtration plants, including two for Lakeville and Norfolk, as key to its need for more revenue.

MILLERTON — It’s official. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved yesterday a motion by Victory Markets, Inc., to sell the Millerton Great American store to the Grand Union Company. The Great American will close this Friday at 6 p.m., manager Clyde Bailey said.

CANAAN — It came as a complete surprise but 15-year-old David Knutson was pleased and excited about being named a Community Hero Torchbearer for the 1996 Olympic Torch Relay. As a representative of Canaan, he will run a Hartford area portion of a more than 15,000-mile cross-country route June 16.

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