Turning Back The Pages 7-28

75 years ago — July 1936

Reflections of the Season (editorial): A large part of the American public seems to be victims of trailer-itis. The modern trailer seems to have all the comforts of home, but the hotels and tourists’ home proprietors are not exactly giving three cheers on account of this modern method of travel. The trailer is just another example of changing times.

TACONIC — Misses Eleanor and Lois Bloomer spent Monday in Great Barrington on business.

LIME ROCK — Miss Watson has been entertaining a nephew from out of town this week.

LAKEVILLE — Anthony Gentile and Mr. and Mrs. John Courtney motored to New Haven on Tuesday.

50 years ago — July 1961

On Friday and Saturday of this week an auction of unusual interest will be held in South Kent when some 200 works of art (oils, watercolors, sketches, etchings, woodcuts, drypoints, wood engravings) created by the late Robert Nisbet will be sold under the hammer along with the furnishings of his home and all his art supplies.

William J. Murr, Lakeville man, has been named coordinator of trade relations in the new headquarters marketing department of the Humble Oil and Refining Co. His offices will remain at the Esso Standard Headquarters in New York City where he has been located since 1933.

KENT — T.B. Castle, a merchant seaman, sailed from New York City on July 21 aboard the “Garden State,” bound for Korea and Japan. As a consequence of the recent shipping strike, Mr. Castle has just been transferred to this ship from the “Sooner State.” He will be away from three to four months.

25 years ago — July 1986

A preliminary agreement for the sale of The Lakeville Journal and The Millerton News to Robert A. Hatch of New York City and Monterey, Mass. has been announced by Journal and News publishers Robert and MaryLou Estabrook. Mr. Hatch, a former vice president of Children’s Television Workshop and director of information for the Peace Corps, is currently a public relations counsel in New York City.

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

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