Turning Back The Pages

100 years ago — March 1921

SALISBURY — Mrs. Frank Wright has sold her residence to H. Roscoe Brinton. Mrs. Wright will occupy rooms over the Garage, and Mr. Brinton will move his family into his new home about the middle of April.

ORE HILL — Mrs. John O’Holloran has had a telephone installed in her house.

SALISBURY — Mrs. Ellen Pulver is having her residence wired for electricity.

— Today is St. Patrick’s Day, dear to every good Irishman’s heart.

— Bluebirds, robins, housecleaning, bees flying, muddy roads and that tired feeling are sure signs that spring has sprung.

50 years ago — March 1971

In a heartening show of cooperation, the first selectmen of Salisbury, Sharon, Canaan, Falls Village and Cornwall met with the Recycling Committee of the Housatonic Audubon Society Feb. 11 to devise means for instituting a Glass Bottle Recycling Project to serve the area towns on an ongoing basis. 

SALISBURY — Thanks to the late Miss Margaret Williams and her principal heir, Miss Lucy Drummond, the Salisbury Association and through it, the entire Town, has received a priceless gift. According to Rodney G. Aller, attorney for Miss Williams’ estate, her beautiful, early 19th century house opposite the Salisbury Bank and Trust Company in Lakeville and its contents have been bequeathed to the Salisbury Association with life tenancy for Miss Drummond.

Miss Drummond, in turn, waived her interest and this week signed a quit claim deed signing over house and contents to the Salisbury Association. She has even added to this treasure the full set of inaugural china plus some crested crystal which had belonged to her ancestor, Governor Alexander Hamilton Holley.

— A westbound tractor trailer belonging to Allied Grocers of Torrington went off the side of Route 44 Tuesday morning near the Taconic road. The accident, which took place at about 8:15 a.m., caused no injury to the driver, Donald Nelson of Torrington, but resulted in moderate damage to the truck, and forced a rerouting of traffic. 

— The Ecology League announced this week that a letter had been sent to the selectmen of Salisbury asking them not to locate the town’s sanitary landfill dump near the Housatonic River or any other river or stream.

25 years ago — March 1996

SALISBURY — Dr. Bruce Janelli, a general practitioner with an office in Canaan, is reported to have fallen off the roof of his house, breaking his leg in three places. He will apparently not be able to practice for an extended period of many weeks. He was a patient in Sharon Hospital but has been discharged.

— While last week’s storm had weather forecasters around the state proclaiming snowfall had surpassed 100 inches, Norfolk had long since passed that mark. According to the National Weather Service, 132.3 inches of the white stuff had fallen on the town as of last weekend, earning Norfolk the unofficial title of “snowiest town in Connecticut.” 

“It’s a dubious distinction at best,” remarked First Selectman Arthur Rosenblatt.

SHARON — Leah C. Shull is joining radio stations WKZE, AM and FM in Sharon, as sales and marketing executive, the station announced this week.