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Turning Back The Pages - August 20

100 years ago — August 1909

LIME ROCK — C. Harrington has taken a position as operator at the East Canaan station.

CHAPINVILLE — Fred Hunt spent Sunday in Lee.

CANAAN — Homer Cadwell spent Sunday at the House of Mercy, Pittsfield, Mass., where his wife, who was recently gored in the eye by a cow, is undergoing treatment. The physicians expect to remove the injured optic.

LAKEVILLE — George Joynes has left the Knife Shop and has taken a position as clerk at Bartram & Everts store.

SALISBURY — William Penney has a remarkable animal which he calls “Shamo, the camel horse.� This horse, Mr. Penney says, came originally from Asia. It has a large hump on its back and walks like a camel. Shamo is a very intelligent animal and answers questions by shaking his head and pawing. Mr. Penney has refused a large sum for the animal and is now exhibiting him with marked success.

LAKEVILLE — Bartram & Everts Co. will have a demonstration of Bromangelon, a powdered jelly, at their store for one week beginning August 23. Everyone is invited to call and witness it.

50 years ago — August 1959

Madame Wanda Landowska, one of the top figures in the music world, died at her home in Lakeville last Sunday morning of a heart attack. Brilliant, dedicated, and a woman of dynamic strength and personality, Madame Landowska made immeasurable contributions to the world, both by her scintillating performances on the harpsichord, and her profound studies of old music, much of which had been buried in the archives along with the ancient instruments. She was a native of Poland, born in Warsaw in July 1879.

SHARON — Home for the weekend from New York was Miss Sally Platt, daughter of Stuart Platt of Sharon. Miss Platt is on the Editorial Staff for the Ladies Home Journal.

25 years ago — August 1984

State Police have termed “suspicious� a three-alarm blaze that leveled two lumber-packed buildings at Community Service Inc. in Lakeville Monday morning. One of the biggest fires in the last decade, it shot flames and sparks into the sky and bathed the mist-shrouded area in an eerie pink glow.

LAKEVILLE — Ed and Viola Patton of Ore Mine Road have been receiving regular visits from a red fox. But it probably isn’t the Pattons that the critter comes to see.

Mrs. Patton’s hobby is making ceramic figures for the back yard garden. One of these figures is a small fox and that seems to be the attraction for the nightly visitor. “We think he is one of three pups we saw in the back yard this April,� Mr. Patton said of the visiting fox. “He comes quite often and seems to like his artificial friend.�

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