50 Years Ago*
- Some of the 28,000 persons holding jobs in Massachusetts under the federally funded CETA emergency employment program can expect to be laid off within the next 12 months. A spokesman said yesterday that a reduction in the amount of CETA emergency jobs money coming into the state will make layoffs of CETA workers necessary in some areas.
- Dr. Doris M. Sumerson has been appointed college physician and director of the health service at Smith College. Dr. Sumerson, who succeeds Vera A. Joseph who retired last month, comes to Smith from the University of Massachusetts where she has been a physician on the staff of the university health center.
25 Years Ago
- The Florence Mercantile, the business group of the Florence Association, elected officers for the next year at a recent monthly meeting. Fred Wellman, of Well-Man Chiropractic in Florence, was re-elected chair of the group and David Alvord, of the Daily Hampshire Gazette, was re-elected as Treasurer.
- Lt. Gov. Jane Swift was in Northampton Friday to celebrate the construction of a new $3.4 million regional lockup facility on the grounds of the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction. When it opens next spring, the facility will be the first of its kind in the state.
10 Years Ago
- A fractured right ankle suffered by Amherst Town Manager John Musante Thursday will restrict his mobility for the next few weeks, but he anticipates being able to work regular hours. “I expect to be at or near full time,” Musante said when reached by phone Monday. “I expect to be in the office every day and I expect to be at regular hours within a few days.”
- After a whirlwind of controversy blew up over a metal Confederate flag installed on the CRD Metalworks building on Hyde Hill Road, owner Chris Duval has had the flag removed, along with another Confederate flag displayed on a flagpole on the property. According to Duval, the flag came down last week because he made his point.