100 Years Ago

The Northfield News

July 26, 1910 3 cents a copy/$1.25 year

Fred N. Whitney, editor

The News received a request by mail last week to announce the engagement of a worthy couple. The name signed did not so far as learned represent any known person and the item did not appear. Later the parties denied the truth of the announcement. The party sending it, whoever he or she may be, perhaps considered it as a joke. It is not, however, a humorous matter to deceive a newspaper into publishing a statement of any kind which is not true, and a publisher can hardly be expected to stand for that kind of a thing. If the letter in question is placed in the hands of the state's attorney and the legal machinery invoked the writer of the letter will hardly regard the final result as a joke.

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F. G. Fleetwood, lately candidate for the republican nomination for governor of Vermont, establishes a precedent by giving for publication in the Burlington Free Press a detailed statement of his campaign expenses. Never before in the history of the state has such a statement been given out. The list includes items dating from September 13, 1909 to July 8, 1910, and totals $566.31. The items included printing, postage, car fare, telephone, hotel bills, stenographer and stationery. There is no item of expense that is not perfectly legitimate and that would be approved by every reasonable person. Mr. Fleetwood is to be commended for taking the people into his confidence in this matter and they will now look to Dr. Mead, his successful rival in the contest to follow his example.

75 Years Ago NEWS AND ADVERTISE

July 25, 1935

5 cents a copy, $2 a year

John E. Mazuzan, editor

Everything was in readiness today for the annual carnival of St. John's parish to be held tonight on the parish grounds. A program that will provide entertainment for young and old has been arranged. The affair will open with a supper which will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Musical entertainment will be provided during the supper. Following this, the evening will be given over to the creating of fun through games, entertainment and exhibitions... boxing exhibitions and wrestling matches will be held, with some of the outstanding talent in the state taking part. There will be no admission charge to the grounds and all present will be able to enjoy the entertainment and exhibitions free of charge. In the event of rain, the supper will take place as scheduled, and the carnival the following evening.

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All Northfield was profoundly saddened Sunday evening to learn that sudden death late that afternoon had cut short the life of Bradford Denny, 27, highly respected, popular Northfield youth, as he was returning from an Odd Fellows outing in Walpole, N.H...They were on their way home in (Royal) Britain's car when the youth suddenly collapsed. His companions rushed to the Springfield hospital, not far away, but Denny was already dead, probably as the result of a heart attack. He had enjoyed good health. Only a few minutes before he had been singing in the car with his companions.

50 Years Ago NEWS AND ADVERTISER

July 28, 1960

5 cents a copy, $2 a year

John E. Mazuzan, editor

An organizational meeting of the committee to study the question of consolidation of the town and village of Northfield was held Thursday evening in the municipal building. Edward Race was held Thursday evening in the municipal building. Edward Race was selected as chairman. The committee members, who were appointed by the selectmen, are all residents outside of the village. Besides George Young, the town manager, and Mr. Race, the following attended: Wayne Tracy, Douglas Wiggett, Merton Ashton, Norman Appelget, Victor Ferber, and Joseph Maloney.

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Maple Knolls Camp on Mill Hill is operating for its eighth season with 14 boys from 11 to 15 years of age attending from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Weiss, owners and directors, are assisted by H. Roland Lyford, Gary Confessore and Miss Joy Renfrew. A unique feature of the camp is the emphasis placed upon academic subjects. The boys also engage in athletics, swimming, riflery and archery. Their work in crafts is in leather metal and wood.

25 Years Ago

NORTHFIELD NEWS

July 25, 1985 25 cents a copy, $2 a year

Erik Nelson, editor

Authors Julia McIntire and Richard Cleveland privately celebrated the completion of work on Picture Northfield, the latest publication of the Northfield Historical Society, with champagne and the 1812 Overture booming in the background. The two had just cause to raise toasts as they had just finished four years of work on the volume which was intended as a companion to the Northfield History Committee's earlier book about Northfield, Green Mountain Heritage. While Green Mountain Heritage used McIntire's words to tell the history of Northfield, Picture Northfield uses examples from the Historical Society's collection of over 1,000 Northfield related items, and photographs generously donated by local residents to tell a visual story which is deftly accompanied by choice words from the authors.

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The Northfield Sewage Disposal Plant has been found to be in significant non-compliance with national municipal policy governing sewage disposal. The State Environmental Conservation Agency has contracted with the municipality and will develop a Composite Correction Plan to remedy the violations at the plant...Process Engineer Paul Olander outlined the areas in which the Northfield plant was in non-compliance... In addition to the excess B.O.D.'s and Total Suspended Solids, the State Environmental Agency also found an excess of chlorine and coliforms in the water...the problems at the disposal plant were not a result of the operation of the Northfield plant but were primarily the result of the present facility being outdated and inadequate for current usage.