Turning back the pages

100 years ago — 1915

SALISBURY — Mr. E.J. Stuart motored to Morris Cove on Sunday, Mrs. Stuart and Miss Carrie Conklin returning home with him.

CANAAN — George and James Collin of Bridgeport are guests of F.R. Collin.

CHAPINVILLE — Mrs. Frank Bierce was shopping in Great Barrington on Tuesday.

LIME ROCK — Mr. Frost entertained his father over Sunday.

CANAAN -- Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Blodgett expect to remove to Hartford or that vicinity.

LIME ROCK -- It is rumored that Mrs. Briggs has sold her home to an out of town party.

SALISBURY — A few choice dogs will be shown at the Fair, although no provision was made for this, when the premium list was issued.

Edward Tompkins wishes to announce that his shop is open again and he is now ready for business. 

The cornerstone of Sharon Hospital is to be laid Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. An invitation is extended to all to be present.

50 years ago — 1965

If anyone passing by Sharon Green on Labor Day sees groups of people diligently driving nails into trees, he may rest assured that he is neither witnessing an ancient Druidical rite nor a species of New England VooDoo. He is seeing Sharon residents attempting to save a vestige of a precious heritage, the stately elms of Sharon Green. Zinc is one of the commonest forms of fungicide, and, in this case, is applied to trees most simply in the form of zinc-coated nails, which are hammered into the trunk at spaced intervals. The zinc coating on these special nails is gradually released into the trees, where it acts as a deterrent to the elm disease.

AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE — 1964 FORD Fairlane, 8-cyl., 2-door sedan with extras. 23,000 miles, like new, $1575. HONDA Super Hawk in mint condition, $650. Being sold because of date with Navy. Call Sharon 364-5267

CANAAN — Mr. and Mrs. Norbert B. Noyes and family have returned home from summer camps in New Hampshire and Maine.

FALLS VILLAGE — The Middlebury Baptist Church was the scene of the wedding last Saturday of Miss Judith Ann Twing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Twing of Undermountain Road, to Joseph Angelo Rinaldi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Rinaldi of Waterbury.

25 years ago — 1990

Dutcher’s Bridge, in its latest reincarnation, will open the week after Labor Day, weather permitting. The new 44-foot wide, 230-foot long span over the Housatonic, which cost $2.6 million and nearly a year to build, connects the towns of Canaan and Salisbury. It is built, according to Connecticut Department of Transportation engineers, to accommodate 5,400 car and truck crossings per day along U.S. Route 44.

CORNWALL — Without ceremony nearly a month ago, a Guida Seibert milk truck rattled across the Covered Bridge to deliver its cargo of dairy products to Cornwall residents for the last time. Richard Hall of Winsted, Cornwall’s milkman for two of his 34 years behind the wheel, said he plans to go into the restaurant business with his relatives. Avery-Greene Dairy, a subsidiary of Guida Seibert, could no longer afford delivery, staff said, if the company hoped to turn a profit.