Turning Back The Pages 6-2

75 years ago — 1936Reflections of the Season (editorial): And still there is a strange absence of political bedtime stories and election only six months away.SALISBURY — The Elm Beetle is unusually destructive this spring. Many of the centennial elms are suffering from this pest. Fortunately plans are being made to combat it.LIME ROCK — Mrs. Carolyn Stanton returned to the home of C. Brasie in Lime Rock after caring for a patient in Millerton.50 years ago — 1961Bill Severn of Sheffield, Mass., has been appointed Advertising Director of The Lakeville Journal to replace Monroe (Mike) B. Hall Jr., who has resigned after five years with the Journal to become Advertising Manager of The Skipper Magazine in Annapolis, Md.CORNWALL — Karen Blakely observed her birthday last Friday, and she and several of her little friends motored to Hartford and were on the Ranger Andy program on Channel 3 TV. They then ate their dinner out at a restaurant before returning home.25 years ago — 1986Sharon Hospital has announced plans to build a 100-patient nursing home. This proposal is expected to put the medical facility in competition for regulatory agency approval with a previously announced 90-bed nursing home, also to be built in Sharon.The new McDonald’s restaurant in Canaan will bring the food and the faculty will provide the service for the annual senior class breakfast Friday at 7:15 a.m. at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. The senior class has 111 members.Taken from decades-old Lake-ville Journals, these items contain original spellings and phrases.

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