Turning Back The Pages - June 10

75 years ago — June 1935

LAKEVILLE — Ray Dufour in his capacity of traffic cop went on duty at the post office corner on Monday. His presence there will be a great preventive against carelessness, reckless driving or speeding.

Reflections of the Season (editorial): The present political and economic situation of the county is just as clear as mud.

ORE HILL — Julius Franks is enjoying a nine day vacation from his duties at the Borden Co. in Canaan.

LAKEVILLE — Leonard Godwin has moved from the Beehive building to Salisbury.

Two young men operating an airplane were driven down to a forced landing last Friday at Joseph Parsons’ place near Lond Pond. The sudden breaking of a hard thunder storm with hail made navigation impossible. They made the landing safely.

   After the storm when they “took offâ€� they failed to clear an apple tree and crashed. Fortunately neither of the pilots were injured, but the plane was somewhat damaged, and had to be taken apart and trucked away for repairs.

50 years ago — June 1960

SALISBURY — Philip Bishop, Louis Arnoff, and William G. Raynsford were at Ocean Beach Park, New London, on Saturday attending the Sphinx Temple Shrine Ceremonial.

REAL ESTATE For Sale: FUN FARM — 17 acres, newly remodeled Colonial home, 2 bedrooms, bath, fireplace, large workshop or studio. Outbuildings, brook, view, $22,500, Sharon. ENdicott 4-5267.

SALISBURY — Susette Terhune, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Terhune, received an Associate in Science Degree at the commencement exercises at Bay Path Junior College on June 5. Miss Terhune, who majored in the executive secretarial course, was a Dean’s list student and president of the senior class.

CANAAN — Miss Marianna Hardenburgh has been confined to her home on Granite Avenue with a fractured bone in her foot.

25 years ago — June 1985

LAKEVILLE — Last Thursday, a familiar name was punched in and out on The Lakeville Journal time clock for the last time. After nearly 37 years as a pressman at The Journal, Kenneth Weir has retired. Mr. Weir joined the newspaper in 1948, when he was hired by former publisher Stewart Hoskins.

Northwest Video, Canaan’s first video film rental outlet, changed ownership Friday when James Frasca sold the business to two attorneys, James Stedronsky of Norfolk and Mark Capecelatro of Lakeville.

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

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