Turning Back The Pages May 12

75 years ago — May 1936Reflections of the Season (editorial): The song of the lawn mower is heard and it is a heap more pleasing to the ear than the scrape of the shovel.SALISBURY — Miss Mildred Coons has returned to her duties at the Salisbury Pharmacy after an illness of several weeks.TACONIC — Lorrin Frink has taken a position at the Main Street restaurant in Lakeville.LAKEVILLE — A broken gate at the Knife Shop outlet of the lake drained the water from Factory Pond on Tuesday. Repairs have now been completed.50 years ago — May 1961Little Gary Musselman, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Musselman, disappeared from his Wells Hill home late yesterday afternoon and, after a frantic search by his parents, neighbors, members of the fire department and Hotchkiss School pupils and Trooper Stanley J. Szczesiul, he was found peacefully asleep at 7:30 p.m. under a clump of bushes about 100 yards from his home.SHARON — Mrs. Marion Olsen was first place winner in the adult class of the Sewing Contest sponsored by Taghhannuck Grange last Saturday afternoon at the Grange Hall in Ellsworth.FALLS VILLAGE — Ricky Harmon shared his 11th birthday party with eight of his classmates and friends at his home last Thursday afternoon. Ricky is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Harmon.25 years ago — May 1986A proposed 350-mile pipeline to transmit natural gas from the Canadian border to Long Island is expected to run through several Northwest Corner towns as it heads south toward Long Island Sound.The pipeline would enter Connecticut near the vicinity of Route 44 in Salisbury. More specific information on its route will be available in three to four weeks.CANAAN — Crews have been working around the clock to complete work on the new McDonald’s slated to open Thursday on East Main Street.Taken from decades-old Lake-ville Journals, these items contain original spellings and phrases.

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