125 Years Ago

The Northfield News

February 19, 1885 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year

Geo. H Richmond, editor

In the warning for town meeting are several important articles to vote on - to see if the town will vote to abolish the district system of school, and adapt the town system; to see if the town will vote a sum of money to defray the expenses of Memorial Day; to see if the town will appropriate money to erect a soldiers' monument. Let every voter attend town meeting, and not complain about "the ring" doing all the business.

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The highest duty the voters of this state are required to perform this year is to attend the several town meetings and work earnestly, that the very best men are elected to manage the town business. Elect successful business men, whether they be farmers, lawyers, merchants, etc., for a man who is not successful in managing his own affairs will hardly be more so in managing the affairs of a town. Let no personal feeling enter into the matter. Get the best.

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Are we, as a Nation, about to depart from the traditional policy of this government and take part in European politics? This is a question that has been seriously discussed both at home and abroad since the representative of this government participated in the Congo Conference at Berlin. The clearer this nation can keep from European complications the better for us. Our fathers were wise when they committed this government to the policy of isolation. Under it we have grown strong and prospered, and the little glory we should gain would not pay the cost.

100 Years Ago

The Northfield News

February 15, 1910

3 cents a copy/$1.25 year

Fred N. Whitney, editor

The Lyric theater of moving pictures opened at village hall last week under the management of George E. Kelty. Edward Connell is pianist and Mrs. Eva Richardson Legier is soloist. The pictures are pronounced fine and there is a change of program each evening. The patronage thus far has been large and the audiences highly pleased.

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The measle epidemic continues and if any children in this vicinity have not had the disease they will please hold up their hand. There have been 250 cases during the past year. About 25 houses are now under quarantine, a somewhat less number that at some periods in the recent past. Only a few serious cases have been reported in this large number.

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On account of the excursion to Washington by the senior class of the Northfield High school the spring vacation has been changed to March 23 to April 4. This applies to the High school only and not to the grades. The excursion leaves here March 25 for Washington, with seven full days on the trip.

75 Years Ago NEWS AND ADVERTISER

February 14, 1935

5 cents a copy, $2 a year

John E. Mazuzan, editor

Major J. M. Tully, commandant at Norwich University, was guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Northfield Chamber of Commerce, at the Legion Home Monday night. He spoke on "Nationalism." He said that most of the foreign nations were preparing for war, and that armaments were taking the place of peace treaties and that Europe was like a tinder-box ready for a world conflagration on slight provocation. He gave for a reason, that Italy, Germany, and Japan were overpopulated and that with their limited resources, they would have to expand to keep up a national existence. He said that the United States, France and Great Britain had been foremost in promoting peace but with the existing conditions in Europe and Asia, it is doubtful that there ever will be a permanent peace. [In other business] Orman Melendy, one of the guests, was called upon and told about his sanding campaign that he had been promoting for the last two years to make the roads in Vermont safe for winter driving. With the state ordering 40 sanding machines, he thought that now our roads should be well sanded and a bad condition made better.

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Largely through the efforts of Northfield's representative, Joseph H. Denny, the motor vehicle bill carrying 15 per cent reduction fees and change of registration date to April 1 was passed this week by the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly. An amendment providing in substance a threequarter year registration was lost on a rising vote of 107 to 106...The amendment...would have provided that holders of auto licenses surrendering their plates at any time up to Jan. of each year would receive credit of 20 per cent of the yearly registration...it sought to do justice to those persons in the state situated in places where it is often impossible to operate their automobiles more than nine months of the year.

50 Years Ago NEWS AND ADVERTISERFebruary

18, 1960

5 cents a copy, $2 a year

John E. Mazuzan, editor

The village trustees have completed the proposed budget for 1960. It totals $67,024.79 compared with $53,346 last year...A tax rate of $1.45 and a street tax of 30 cents, the same as last year, are recommended by the trustees.

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The 50th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America was fittingly observed in Northfield Thursday when the American Legion, the sponsor of Troop 1, gave the boys a banquet in the American Legion Home. All the Scouts and their fathers were invited, and attendance reached almost 100...three of the patrols gave demonstrations as follows: The Green Mountain Boys, Scout signs; the Stag Patrol, splints and "carries" in first aid; and the Panther Patrol, right and wrong ways to administer first aid for various cuts and wounds.

25 Years Ago

NORTHFIELD NEWS

February 14, 1985 25 cents a copy, $2 a year

Erik Nelson, editor

Northfield's Varsity Basketball Cheerleaders won the Division III title last Saturday at Norwich University. [They include] Carla Sargent, Margaret Plastridge, Angela Larson, Stacy Jennings, Shelly Davis, Annette Underhill, Linda Grabon and Captain Christine Hockenbury.

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It seemed like forever but it was less than a year. Northfield has been doing without a full time superintendent of schools since last summer. This week, Dr. Joseph Ciotti took over the helm. Ciotti, a mid-westerner, comes here from Kenosha, Wisconsin, "cow country."

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A stamp bearing the likeness of Alden Partridge, founder of Norwich University, was issued here during ceremonies Tuesday...Often considered the

spiritual father" of the Reserve Officer's Training Corps, Partridge pioneered the advancement of a military oriented education in civilian colleges and universities.