Turning back the pages

100 years ago — January 1915

LIME ROCK — Samuel Vosburgh was taken to Stamford for treatment last week. We hope to see him back again soon and much improved in health.

 

CANAAN — John C. Jackson of Sharon is a guest of Mrs. N.L. Jackson.

 

LAKEVILLE — Michael Stanton has gone to Hartford, where he has found employment.

 

Miss Jennie Martin has taken a position as stenographer at the Connecticut School for Imbeciles, to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Miss Saunders.

 

50 years ago — January 1965

As a final feather in the cap of the March of Dimes Talent Show to be held Saturday evening at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Miss Jeannette Axelby has announced Steve Blass as Master of Ceremonies.

 

SALISBURY — Mrs. Robert Chase has joined the office staff at Tri-State to fill the vacancy following the resignation of Mrs. Frances Argall, who had been with the company for several years.

 

FALLS VILLAGE — Karen Blodgett has been named patrol leader, and Susan Fitch assistant patrol leader, for the Junior Girl Scouts.

 

SHARON — Frank Parmeley of Sharon transferred two acres of land on Calkinstown Road last week to Mr. and Mrs. Emil Olson of Sharon.

 

CANAAN — A truck owned by the Canaan Products Division of the Colgate Palmolive Corporation caught fire and burned last Friday afternoon while unloading trash at the Canaan dump. Driver Hugh Curtis, who was uninjured in the incident, was unloading in an area where no fire was visible, when the waste material he was unloading flared up and set the truck afire. By the time he was able to summon help the truck was burned up. 

 

25 years ago — January 1990

CANAAN — “We don’t intend to compete with Finast,” Ron Baker, proprietor of the new Canaan Market said this week. “We will offer quality products plus personalized service and a home-town atmosphere.” Shoppers in the new store, located on Railroad Street where Anelli’s Market was, will be treated as individuals, not as a mass, according to Mr. Baker. People will be escorted to the proper shelf when they look for a product, not just told “it’s over there, around aisle 3,” he explained.

These items are taken from decades-old Lakeville Journals and contain original spellings and phrases.

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