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75 years ago —March 1936Starting in May, subscribers of the Southern New England Telephone Company who have handset telephones currently in service and who have paid the 15-cent monthly handset charge continuously for 36 months or more will no longer find this charge appearing on their telephone bills.SALISBURY — Mr. and Mrs. G. Calvin Senior motored to Hartford on Sunday with Miss May Senior, who is employed at the Hartford Fire Insurance Company.Many local motorists were out last Sunday to view the damage caused by the flood waters in New Hartford and Hartford.50 years ago — March 1961SALISBURY — Marine Pfc. Thomas S. Atkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Atkins of Echo Street, was graduated recently from the Aviation Structural Mechanic School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis, Tenn.CORNWALL — Miss Tandy Nuese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Nuese, has a story in the April issue of Mademoiselle on a trip she took to Oregon.CANAAN — Ralph Farnum Sr. is a patient at the Sharon Hospital following a heart attack at his store.25 years ago — March 1986The ice went out Tuesday March 25 on Lake Wononscopomuc in Lakeville, a sure sign of the advance in spring. William Doolittle, acting in the absence of official “ice man” Rodney Aller, reported the breakup.CANAAN — For David Sabol, birds represent both freedom and paradoxically, a gentle bondage. Mr. Sabol is fast gaining a reputation as a skilled woodcarver whose bird creations are snatched up by avian enthusiasts, nearly as fast as his hands can produce them.Taken from decades-old Lake-ville Journals, these items contain original spellings and phrases.