Turning Back The Pages

100 years ago — 1919

SALISBURY — The bridge at Salisbury is now open and the entire street is now available for traffic.

LIME ROCK — P. Lyon who has accepted a position in Torrington spent Sunday with his family here.

There has been more or less discussion of the date when artificial time goes out and real time (normal time politely called) comes in. A notion prevails that it was Oct. 1. The fact is that the clocks will be changed back an hour at 2 o’clock on the morning of Sunday Oct. 26. Of course those people who have kept their records know it already, but the statement should end debate. The return to normal will be marked by no earthquake. Everybody who wants to still get up at 5 and call it 6 can do the trick. There is no law against it.

LIME ROCK — Henry Goux is home after spending two years in war work.

LAKEVILLE — An onion weighing 3 lbs. and 1 oz. was raised by Edward McLain on the Burnie place. All the other vegetables raised by Mr. McLain were simply fine. Mr. McLain sure is some gardener.

A new cement sidewalk has been laid to connect the sidewalks down Furnace Hill with the new road. Barnes and Osborn did the work, which constitutes a great improvement.

50 years ago — 1969

After two centuries in the service of the townspeople of Cornwall and Sharon, West Cornwall’s Covered Bridge has been scheduled by the State Highway Department for eventual retirement to “senior citizen” status as an historic landmark.

The Penn-Central Railroad, in a letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission last week, withdrew its application to abandon rail service between New Milford and Canaan for the present. Thus the threat that towns such as Kent, the Cornwalls and Lime Rock will lack freight service for its businesses has eased somewhat.

A pleasant Friday afternoon on the Hotchkiss Golf Course was spoiled for Ray McLaughlin of Lakeville and a companion when McLaughlin’s four-wheel golf cart caught fire as he moved up to a tee behind the school gym. Apparently a loose wire caused a short circuit to set the cart afire.

Whitney Vosburgh, vice president and manager of the Sharon branch of the Colonial Bank and Trust Co. of Waterbury, retired Wednesday after a 41-year career with the Bank. Mr. Vosburgh started working for the bank, originally the Sharon National Bank, seven days after it opened in 1928.

Rumors that Liberace had purchased property in the Goshen area were proved to be erroneous Wednesday. Apparently the reports arose from the fact that the famed TV, theater and night club performer had been the house guest of Fred Favorite and Robert DeVoye, show business people who bought a mansion in Goshen three years ago. Mr. DeVoye said Liberace has not bought property in this area but visits Goshen as often as the opportunity arises.

25 years ago — 1994

A young bull moose was sighted three times recently between Lake Wononscopomuc and the Millerton line by Richard Barton, Nina Brammer and someone who didn’t want to be identified, but did say that, as an insurance agent (with tongue in cheek) that hitting a moose would mean a lot more damage to one’s car than hitting a deer. Two other moose sightings were noted also, one in Lime Rock and the other on Shagroy Farm on Belgo Road.

News items are from past issues of The Lakeville Journal.