Turning Back The Pages - November 4

75 years ago — 1935
SALISBURY — The skin and head of a young doe were found Saturday morning on the Cobble Road not far from the Undermountain road. Some early-morning hunter evidently had shot the deer and tried to dispose of the evidence. There is no open season for deer in Connecticut, and the hunter risked a heavy fine.

ORE HILL — Silas Wilhoite is installing a new steam heating system at his home.

SALISBURY — Charles Ball, son of Mrs. Ethel Ball, has been assigned to a C.C.C. camp in Oregon.

50 years ago — 1960
FALLS VILLAGE — Miss Nellie Rodgers, daughter of the late Winton B. Rodgers, was appointed tax collector by the Town of Canaan Selectmen to fulfill the position of her father who had held the post since 1931 until his death on Oct. 18. For some time before her father’s death, Miss Rodgers had been assisting him in his duties as Tax Collector.

CANAAN — Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fife are the parents of a daughter, Laureene, born Oct. 15 at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington.

Borrowers at either the Kent Memorial Library or the Center School Library in grades three through eight have a chance to win $1,000 for the local library by giving the best name to a young fawn-colored colt. Marguerite Henry, the author of Misty of Chincoteague, is planning a sequel to be written about Misty’s colt and will use the winning name in the new book which will be published by Rand McNally & Company, who will award the $1,000 prize.

25 years ago — 1985
CANAAN — McDonald’s has completed its purchase of an East Main Street site and hopes to start work on its new restaurant before the ground freezes.

CANAAN — Dan O’Donnell, who was for seven years the plant manager for Becton-Dickinson in Canaan, made his farewell visit to Canaan this week prior to his retirement from the corporation.

CANAAN — Cemetery Road was reopened to through traffic last week, three decades after it was closed by the state Department of Transportation.

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

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