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By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Lt. Gov. Donald Dwight will speak at the city Republican candidates’ campaign kick-off Wednesday at the Look Park Dow Pavilion. His speech will concern the “importance of strong local government as a force in solving the problems of...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Sgt. Robert Allen has been named permanent police chief in Easthampton after serving as acting chief for two years. Allen was appointed to the post over Sgt. Daniel Gallagher, the only other man eligible for the post, in a 2-to-1 vote...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Frederick L. Cusick has joined the Gazette staff as police and court reporter. The son of Fred Cusick, Voice of the Boston Bruins, Cusick is an avid basketball fan and bowler. At one time he held the Bowdoin College track record in the...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Gov. Francis W. Sargent will swear in attorney Alvertus J. Morse as the new special justice of the Hampshire County District Court late this afternoon in the Superior Court courtroom. Morse’s swearing-in will end a six-month vacancy in...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Jonathan C. Roche, an at-large school committee candidate and a June graduate of Northampton High School, yesterday charged that school personnel are often hired on the basis of family connections rather than on merit. “Stories have been...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■A private conservation group today offered Shepard’s Island, a 16-acre tract in the Connecticut River just east of Northampton, to the state Division of Fisheries and Game for use as a recreation-conservation area. The Connecticut River...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■John L. Banner, 64, a prominent businessman and bank official in Northampton, who was known throughout the state as Mr. Three County Fair, died this morning at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital. About 25 years ago, he established the Banner...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■Orenzo Parsons and Douglas Hurlbut have entered into co-partnership in the business of cloth dressing, under the firm of Parsons and Hurlbut. They have erected a convenient shop for their business at a little distance north of Mr. Enoch...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Mayor Sean M. Dunphy formally announced yesterday that he will seek re-election to a third term. Dunphy, 32, made his long-expected announcement before a crowd of 400 people at the World War II Vets Club on Conz Street. ■Henry “Hammerin’...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Six Northampton young women and their leader will leave this city Aug. 6 for a month of living with Mexican families as part of an Experiment in International Living program. The students are all graduates or current students at...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■The regional recycling center on Locust Street announced its first year a success in its first annual financial report. Gross revenue for the center was listed at $7,467.13 and expenses at $4,935. ■The Yankee Apothecary drug store at 47...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■The bout of hot weather recently has been a boon to area farmers whose fields needed drying out. However, the soaring temperatures and muggy air combined to make life difficult for marchers and lookers-on at Deerfield’s massive...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Controversy is growing over which direction Forbes Library should take as its head librarian is leaving. Should it concentrate on building the book collection that formed its highly regarded reputation, or should it expand the non-print...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Some area bankers and businessmen are seeking to convert Northampton Junior College into a state community college in order to offset the economic impact of the sudden closing of the 77-year-old private institution. ■City Councilor...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■The Diocese of Springfield confirmed today the expected merger of Annunciation School in Florence with St. Michael’s of Northampton. Beginning this fall, Annunciation School will close and parents who want to continue to send their...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Two new employees have joined the advertising and editorial departments of the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Donna Duprey has joined the advertising staff and Edward Fogarty has joined the news staff. ■Three Northampton policemen have been...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Superintendent of the Gateway Regional School Richard Holzman resigned this week to become chief assistant for education performance review in the executive chambers of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. Dr. Holzman was named Gateway...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago ■Superintendent of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Ronald J. Fitzgerald is resigning after 10 years to accept an appointment as director of the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education. The 39-year-old school superintendent...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago ■The dead body of a man, judged to be between 40 and 50 years of age, was taken out of the Connecticut River, near the great dam in Gill, on Sunday last. It was thought it must have lain in the water four or five weeks. No clothing or...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

200 Years Ago■Tourists! On Thursday last, four students belonging to Yale College, arrived in Northampton from Charlestown, N.H., in a small boat. At Charlestown they had procured a boat which they navigated to this place, visiting on their way the...