Turning Back the Pages - October 11

100 years ago — October 1912
SALISBURY — Mr. W.P. Stone is having his vacation from Clark’s store. He will spend the last of the week in Danbury.

LIME ROCK — Hon. C.W. Barnum has gone to Lexington, Ky., for a week’s business trip. Mrs. C.W. Barnum and maid spent Tuesday at Great Barrington.

LAKEVILLE — Floyd Hamm spent Sunday with his family at Copake.

LIME ROCK — Philo Lyon and party motored to Wassaic and returned on Sunday.

50 years ago — October 1962
SHARON — Jerome Bushey left for Kansas last Sunday, where he will be a poultry judge at the National FFA Convention.

LAKEVILLE — Charles Beaumont has returned from two months’ work in Alaska, clearing trees for a new power line southeast of Anchorage, and is now at Yale for his second year.

CANAAN — Gary Warren, fireman, U.S. Navy, has been spending a two-week leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Warren of Cambridge, Vt., and as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kupernik of North Elm Street.

25 years ago — October 1987
Autumn turned to crimson and yellow to white without warning last Sunday as the Taconic region was slammed by a killer snowstorm that left five persons dead in the area, destroyed thousands of trees and caused damage that may cost in the millions of dollars.

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