Turning Back The Pages - August 6

100 years ago — August 1909

Attorney William Blodgett of Winsted was a visitor in Canaan Saturday.

CANAAN — C.E. Badgley has purchased from Mrs. Albert L. Barnes of Great Barrington the property known as the Paul place, situated on Church Street. It consists of a dwelling house and 12 acres of land.

The 42nd annual series of services at Pine Grove camp ground will be held from August 14 to 22nd.

R.N. Barnum of Lime Rock is now traveling in a handsome new Studebaker touring car.

LIME ROCK — Ezra Wolf is to have plenty of honey to sell this fall. A swarm has located on the east side of his house, under his bedroom window.

Lemuel E. Quigg, the noted New York politician, had a narrow escape from death last Saturday. He was making the trip from Austerlitz to New York, and at the time was sound asleep in the rear seat of his car. When near the residence of John Miller on the undermountain road he fell out of the machine and under the wheels. The chauffeur attempted to grab him but failed. However, he brought the machine to such a sudden stop that the gears were stripped and the tires torn off. Mr. Quigg was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to Mr. Miller’s. He was found to be injured about the head and shoulders, but happily not seriously, and was able to continue his journey on Sunday.

50 years ago — August 1959

Last Wednesday night, Paul Gavel of Sharon killed a four-and-a-half foot rattlesnake on the West Cornwall Road, with his car. The snake had four rattles and a button. This is the second rattlesnake killed in this area this summer.

FALLS VILLAGE — Calvin O’Dell has been on vacation the past two weeks from his duties with the Hartford Electric Light Company.

CANAAN — Mr. and Mrs. John Renaldi of Ashley Falls, Mass., have opened a secondhand shop in the former Root building on East Main Street. Mr. Renaldi purchased the building some time ago.

Miss Karen Munroe of Cornwall Bridge was named queen of the FFA fair held in Durham, Conn., over last weekend. Members of the Housatonic Valley chapter from Housatonic Valley Regional High School collected 45 first prizes, 26 second prizes and 20 third places at the event.

On Sunday, August 2nd, Dr. Milton H. Robarge of Sharon scored an ace on the 131 yard 4th hole, at the Sharon County Club. Dr. Robarge was playing with his son, Bill. The hole-in-one was his first at Sharon and the second of his golfing days, with the first being made at Torrington. He used an 8 iron for the classic shot. His final score for the round was 38.

25 years ago — August 1984

Northwest Connecticut was doubly represented this week in the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Not only was Thomas Kiefer of Salisbury in the line of march as a member of the U.S. rowing team; two sharp-eyed Lakeville residents recognized an old-time Olympian with ties to the Northwest Corner.

Alice Lord Landon, one of the former competitors who accompanied the Olympic flag into the stadium on Saturday, is the widow of Richmond W. “Dickâ€�  Landon, who grew up in Salisbury and is buried there. She was spotted by Lila Nash, former Salisbury town clerk, and by Elizabeth Haas.

Norman Sills of Salisbury, who set out on June 16 to hike the Appalachian Trail north and east to Mt. Katahdin, had reached Andover, Maine, on Monday and was heading on. He reported that his blisters were under control and that he had enjoyed hiking with a Connecticut group in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.