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RTS for Monday September 8, 2008
NEW AGE: Perhaps you noticed: In deference to our Internet age, The Era has begun to list e-mail addresses for our reporters, sports writers, editors and news correspondents.
Many of our readers, particularly those who live some distance away, now access The Era online and it seemed logical to provide an easy way for them to contact our news staff. Our website is Bradfordera.com
If you want to submit an item to Round the Square, we actually have a form printed each day at the end of our column online. For those of you without a computer or the Internet, feel free to call, write or stop by for a visit.
If you write, be sure to mark “Round the Square” clearly on the item or it may wind up in some strange and unusual place.
We always like to check out the facial expressions of puzzled new reporters when they get their first call about geese heading north, a report on spring peepers, or an odd item about legendary aviator Harri Emery, recipe for Texas Hot sauce, or any of the other disparate reports that make this column on a daily basis.
FOUR DIGITS: Judith dePonceau of Dover-Foxcroft picks up our recent conversation about four-digit telephone numbers in Bradford.
“Are any of these the numbers on the list? They are from June 1941 telephone directory. Four digit numbers lasted, I think, at least into the 1950s. I can remember one of ours, from 1956 I think.”
Here’s that list: “Anderson’s Red & White Store, 1 Summer St., 3750; Paul J. Whelan, dentist office, IOOF Building, 5236; Reed Kendall Service, 617 E. Main, 6222; Pennhills Club, Minard Run, 6159; Lincoln School Building, Tuna, 9676; or Lincoln, Zella G. Mrs., 8724; or Lincoln, J.W., 8982.”
“There are too many Johnsons, even Johnson businesses, but maybe Johnson svrc. sta. 412 E. Main, 7877; too many Burns, maybe Burns Oil Co., 6933; no Kuische; four Oliver.”
We were prompted by this note to check the list for one of the phone numbers — Dr. Paul J. Whelan. His son, Dr. Pete Whelan, still practice dentistry and his phone number? 368-5236. And Pennhills is still 368-6159.
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