Turning Back the Pages

100 years ago — 1923

Olin E. Gibbs of Norfolk visited Arthur M. Everts of Ore Hill on Monday.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barnett motored to Boston on Friday, returning on Monday. Their son William returned with them.

 

50 years ago — 1973

A touring Gov. Thomas J. Meskill gave Northwest Connecticut a categorical assurance Tuesday that the state has no plans to expand Route 7 north of New Milford. The governor also said that he will review the capital gains tax and that he may move to repeal or reduce it.

 

Norbert Noyes, music director at the Canaan Elementary School, will end 19 years of service to the community this June. Mr. Noyes recently announced his intention to resign and move to Damariscotta, Me., where he will be employed as music director for three of the local schools. Mr. Noyes and his wife, Drucilla, are both originally from Maine and have often thought of returning to their native state.

 

25 years ago — 1998

Air Force Airman Jeffrey R. Fowlkes has graduated from the law enforcement apprentice course at the Air Force Security Police Academy, Lakeland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Fowlkes, a 1997 graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School, is the grandson of Raymond and Evelyn Fowlkes of Farnam Road in Lakeville.

 

In a unanimous vote May 19, the Falls Village Board of Selectmen recommended the town accept the National Iron Bank building. A powerful factor in making the recommendation, First Selectman Gabriel Seymour said, were reports that if the town rejects the building, the Iron Bank will donate it to a non-profit organization and the town would lose the tax revenues it generates.

 

These items were taken from The Lakeville Journal archives at Salisbury’s Scoville Memorial Library, keeping the original wording intact as possible.

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