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Turning Back The Pages Jan. 13

75 years ago — January 1936

TACONIC — Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hegge, whose home was destroyed by fire, have rented the Walter Angus house in town.

LAKEVILLE — A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marston Jr. on Tuesday at their home.

E.R. Smith sent us a fine blue fish from Jenson, Florida, last week and Friday was fish day at ye editor’s. We greatly appreciate Mr. Smith’s thoughtfulness.

50 years ago — January 1961

Someone whose taste far surpasses his morality made off with some 733 phonograph records stolen from the Tenth Muse in Canaan sometime last weekend between 5:30 Saturday evening and 7 a.m. Monday.

When Claudia Faedi came into the shop at 7 Monday morning to broadcast Canaan news over WSBS she noticed that a pane of glass in the side door had been broken. A casual glance did not reveal any further disturbance and it was not until later when Earl Smedick, Canaan Town Constable, came by that the theft was discovered. Many of the bins were empty of albums and when Carolyn Cooper, owner, arrived at the shop it was discovered that records with a retail value of $3,400 had been taken.

SALISBURY — William Stanton Jr. and Richard McCue have both returned to work after recovering from an attack of scarlet fever.

25 years ago — January 1986

After five years, an eye operation and an intensive six-month training course, Janice Szczesiul became a Connecticut state trooper. It was her father, former Salisbury resident State Trooper and later Lieutenant Stanley Szczesiul, who pinned badge 351 on his daughter’s gray and gold uniform when she graduated from the State Police Academy on Dec. 19, 1985.

Taken from decades-old Lake-ville Journals, these items contain original spellings and phrases.

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