Turning Back The Pages

 100 years ago — February 1907

 SHARON — Mr. F.I. Peabody is wiring his shop for electric lights.

  

 The Observer (editorial): Can anyone explain why is it that a big husky man will bundle up in his heaviest clothing when he goes out into the cold, while a little frail slip of a woman will go out and hang up a washing with her sleeves rolled up and nothing but thin clothing. We suppose this is one of the everlasting mysteries that will never be solved.

  

 CHAPINVILLE — Fourteen inch ice is being harvested.

 50 years ago — February 1957

 SALISBURY — The Grand List for the town shows an increase of $532,348, according to figures released by the Board of Assessors. The town has grown in all departments except "cattle" with 2,063 listed or 31 fewer than in 1955. Although there are fewer cows (or bulls), there are more horses; 26 more, to be exact, which raises the Town’s equine assets by $2,200.

  

 LIME ROCK — Miss Fritzie Mills arrived home on Tuesday from Wellesley College for her mid-term holiday.

  

 SALISBURY — Susan Wheeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wheeler, celebrated her fifth birthday last Saturday with a party for several of her friends.

 25 years ago — February 1982

 TACONIC — Henry and Margaret Lesmeister and their son Michael lost everything last Friday when a fire destroyed their Preston Road home — everything that is, except their most precious possession, their lives.

  

 FALLS VILLAGE — Official census figures on file with the town clerk show this town to be a middle-aged, middle-class community comprised largely of small family groups.

 â€” Norma Galaise

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