Turning back the pages 3-17-16

100 years ago — March 1916

LIME ROCK — Miss Lucille Dunn had the misfortune to fall down stairs recently and hurt herself quite badly.

SALISBURY — Jacob Fitting, who is working in Oyster Bay, spent Sunday with his family here.

LIME ROCK — Grandma Rowe is quite ill.

Advertisement: Auctioneering. W.P. Bradley, Lakeville, Conn., wishes to announce that he is now prepared to do auctioneering for any one who may wish his services in that line. Terms will be reasonable. Sales also conducted on commission if so desired. Phone 62

LIME ROCK — Mr. Steven Brusie was bitten by a horse quite badly recently.

50 years ago — March 1966

CANAAN — The Misses Mary Margaret and Laurie Frueh are spending two weeks at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frueh. The girls are both students at West Virginia Wesleyan University in Buckhannon, W. Va. Their spring vacation ends on March 27.

Arthur M. Everts, 88, of Ore Hill, native and life-long resident, died on Feb. 23 at the Wide Acres Rest Home, Sheffield, Mass., where he had been for the past few years. He was born in Salisbury on July 29, 1877, a son of Charles and Mary (Gibbs) Everts, and was a descendant of John Everts, Salisbury’s first Representative to the King’s Court, and a line of early settlers here.

FALLS VILLAGE — Marine Pvt. David G. Dodge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Dodge of Dublin Road, has completed individual combat training at Camp LeJeune, N.C.

When direct telephone dialing went into effect in this area, many Lakeville residents found that they could omit the use of the “4” in the 435-combination to reach a local number, and it went through like magic. These people found out last Saturday that the magic had vanished, and it was necessary to use the entire seven-digit combination to complete their calls.

25 years ago — March 1991

CANAAN — Zoning in Canaan hit a major bump in an already bumpy road last week when members of the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to zone all of East Canaan as rural-residential.

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