125 Years Ago
The Northfield News
November 14, 1883
3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year
Geo. H Richmond, editor

There has often been talk of a telephone line between Northfield and Montpelier, and last week the matter suddenly assumed definite shape and for the past two days a gang of men have been digging post holes at the rate of three miles or so a day, and in the course of a week we will be on speaking terms with Montpelier, if things work well. The project is in charge of Col. A.C. Brown and this is guarantee enough that there will be no unnecessary delay about the matter. The wire will run through to Brookfield, thereby connecting with the Randolph line. The advantage of this line to us will be great and The News will have more to say concerning it next week.
100 Years Ago
The Northfield News
November 10, 1908
3 cents a copy/$1.25 year
Fred N. Whitney, editor

William Alvord, who has just passed his 90th birthday anniversary, was out Tuesday to vote for William H. Taft for president... Mr. Alvord cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840, and has voted in every election since. He was living in Brookfield and went to Northfield, to see the famous log cabin, built in that town in the days of "Tippercanoe and Tyler, Too" and drawn to Burlington by eight white horses, driven by the late Henry Edson of Brookfield, father of the Henry Edson, now living in Brookfield, and an uncle of the well known educator, Andrew W. Edson of New York. The horses were decked with flags and festoons and, without rein or check, promptly responded to "Gee up" and "Whoa!" proudly treading the streets of Burlington and doubling the shortest corners with a building large enough for a country school house.
75 Years Ago
NEWS AND ADVERTISER
November 9, 1933
5 cents a copy, $2 a year
John E. Mazuzan, editor

A very pleasant dance and social evening was held by the men of this camp (the CCC Camp at the Fair Grounds) Thursday evening. Approximately 250 couples from Northfield and Randolph were present. Dancing was in order from eight-thirty until one, with Saulties' Reveliers of Randolph furnishing the music. Refreshments were served consisting of sweet cider and doughnuts. During the day, the cooks under the direction of Pvt. Jeffrey, head cook, fried up eleven hundred doughnuts, all of which were consumed.
50 Years Ago
NEWS AND ADVERTISER
November 13, 1958
5 cents a copy, $2 a year
John E. Mazuzan, editor

William D. Hassett, former secretary to presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, predicted last week that "from now on Vermont will be a twoparty state." The 78-year-old former newsman told a Burlington reporter that the election of a Democrat to serve in Congress was "no small achievement - one that took 105 years to come about."
25 Years Ago
NORTHFIELD NEWS
November 10, 1983
25 cents a copy
Erik Nelson, editor

Following a lengthy discussion on the problem of noisy dogs in the Village an ordinance was adopted, on a 3-1 vote, to impose fines against the offending animals' owners. The Trustees noted that their intent in approving the ordinance is to have recourse against "chronic offenders", and that the penalties should not be invoked "every time a dog makes a sound." Fines were set at $25 for a 1st offence, $50 for second, and $200 for each subsequent incident. Trustee Scott Wright cast the negative vote.

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Captain Grace Hopper, U.S.N., Ret., addressed the Norwich University Cadet Corps at Plumley Armory Tuesday afternoon. Captain Hopper served 39 years in the Navy, beginning in 1943 and was retained by the Navy for her expertise in Computer Science. Captain Hopper began by pointing out the similarity between the automotive and computer revolutions. She claimed that the early model-T Fords and the pioneer computers shared a similar path in their adoption by Americans.