Turning Back The Pages - April 29

75 years ago — April 1935

SALISBURY — Judge H.F. Landon is driving a new Chrysler Sedan.

LIME ROCK — Mrs. William Bradley had a very painful experience one day last week when her hair became caught in the rolls of the electric wringer. The scalp was injured and the after effects were very painful. Fortunately Mr. Bradley was home at the time and quickly stopped the machine which prevented more serious consequences.

SALISBURY — Alfred Smith is operating a new car. Harry T. Miller is also driving a new sedan.

50 years ago — April 1960

TACONIC — Peter C. Wick has opened his house and business, Greystone, for the summer season. His grandson, Peter Christian, is staying with him.

SALISBURY — Miss Mary Louise Gentile was capped last Sunday as a symbol of her successful completion of two years preclinical work at the School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

SHARON — John J. Haskell of Sharon Mountain shot a woodchuck near his home last Wednesday. The unusual aspect of the event was the woodchuck himself. A freak, the animal had teeth in both upper and lower jaws that extended two and three inches from his mouth. One tusk of this five-pound creature had curled itself around in such a manner it extended back up into the roof of the mouth again and out through its upper lip, making it impossible for the animal to take nourishment. In the face of the creature’s deformity, the shot from John’s .22 was a true coup de grace.

25 years ago — April 1985

Beginning April 29 Dr. Peter Gott’s medical column will appear seven days a week in newspapers around the country. The Lakeville doctor began writing newspaper columns for The Lakeville Journal in 1967.

LAKEVILLE — The Housatonic Day Care Center Board of Directors has named Ann Brown permanent director of the center.

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

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