NEW OWNERS FIND IT IN C-V INVENTORY

Souvenir Of Apollo 11

Surfaces At Bookstore

April Long, above, daughter of Bill and Lynne Compton, new owners of the former Clough’s Bookstore in downtown Cherry Valley, points out a timely artifact that surfaced as her parents were sorting some-15,000 volumes in what is now the Cherry Valley Bookstore: the front page of the New York Times from July 20, 1969.  That’s 50 years ago today, as Apollo 11 astronauts were preparing to land on the moon.  Bill put it in the front window of the rechristened Cherry Valley Bookstore, but wasn’t sure what it’s worth; he was researching that today. The Comptons, inset photo, purchased the store last month from Franzen Clough, who had owned it some 20 years.   The couple of bought a home in Richfield Springs,  moved there from Bristol, R.I., and are getting  the inventory organized to their liking.   Asked what the collection contains, Bill, most recently town planner in Tiverton, R.I.,  described it as “all encompassing,” from history to mysteries to Shakespeare to a stack of varied dictionaries and Bibles.  The children’s collection, he said, seems particularly strong.  Daughter April is visiting this weekend from New York City, where she is beauty editor on Town & Country magazine.  The store is open Wednesdays through Sundays, from late morning to early evening.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)