Turning Back The Pages - January 7

75 years ago — 1935

SALISBURY — Messrs. Carroll Burkett of Canaan and George R. Belcher of this place were in Danbury on business Wednesday.

 

LIME ROCK — Arthur Buttery and William Ward went from house to house thawing out the water with their blow torches.

 

50 years ago — 1960

SALISBURY — The best Christmas present received by Martin Rhodes was a three month old golden retriever puppy whom he promptly christened Candy. The puppy is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Chilcoat of Deep Lake Farm. Martin’s red setter Drummer Boy was shot and killed shortly before Christmas.

 

Roy Sherwood left Dec. 26 for Lake Placid, N.Y.,  where he is in training for the Winter Olympics. With him last week were Hobart Terhune, Frank (Butch) Sherwood, Ned Norton, Sammy Bushnell and Larry Stone. Young Stone had the misfortune of running into a pair of skis left at the foot of the outrun and, in falling, cut the back of his head on the bindings. He had to have four stitches taken in his scalp but is otherwise all right.

 

25 years ago — 1985

SHARON — The house at the corner of Calkinstown and Williams roads is more than 200 years old. Built in sections over a period of about 100 years, it now is being restored with an eye to detail. All the hardware, door frames and timbers will be intact next June when carpenter Bob Washburn expects to finish the job.

 

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

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