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75 years ago — March 1936Reflections of the Season (editorial): When Al Smith said that many would “take a walk,” could it be possible that he foresaw the elevator strike in New York City?SALISBURY — Mrs. George Miner and Mrs. Maurice Firuski motored to Poughkeepsie on Tuesday.TACONIC — Mr. C.T. Bloomer went to the Medical Center at New York City on Saturday where he consulted with several specialists in regard to his hand which has been troublesome for some time, owing to an injury received five years ago. On Monday he underwent an operation. Latest reports are that the operation was very successful and that a splinter measuring 1 1/2 inches long was removed from under the bone, which was broken at the time of the accident.ORE HILL — Master Thomas Solan has been ill with an abscessed ear.50 years ago — March 1961Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Pike of Dallas, Texas, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Lusanna Pike, to Ellery Westwood Sinclair, son of John William Sinclair of Oakdale and Mrs. H. Lincoln Foster of Falls Village.SHARON — Dr. David D. Waugh has returned to his practice at his office after recovering from his recent automobile accident.The Dog Who Came to Stay, the story of a dignified, engaging black and white rabbit hound who “adopted” the family of Hal Borland in Salisbury, is told in a book by Mr. Borland which was released Friday by Lippincott. The dog showed up at the Borlands’ house one snowy Christmas night in the middle of a storm, rib thin and starved.SHARON — Miss Jane Cooper is again making her little baskets of alderwood, filled with live laurel and artificial blooms, which she has been selling every Spring since she was 11 years old.25 years ago — March 1986Mark Niedhammer wants to move the former Salis-Lake Jewelers store and convert it to office space, but he must wait until title questions about the lot he hopes to use are settled.SHARON — Construction of a 90-bed two-story nursing home has been proposed for a 7.25-acre site off Hospital Hill Road. The company proposing the home is based in Toledo, Ohio, and is the largest builder of nursing homes in the nation with 225 around the country.Taken from decades-old Lake-ville Journals, these items contain original spellings and phrases.

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