When They Sorted Mail on Trains in Maine
Personal reminiscence of a Railway Postal Clerk and father in the era of the Railway Post Office. The author recalls Christmas shifts, the last runs of the NY and Wash RPO, a Maine transfer office, and the memory of mail car operations, stamps, and a vanished RMS world. The piece reflects on family ties, the nostalgia of old training routes, and the absence of a long-gestating book about the RMS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NY and Wash
Portland
Prince Edward Island
RPC
PEI
Crack
Halifax
North America
Maine
Boston
North Station
RMS
APC
Bangor
Maritimes
Quebec
CPR
Newfoundland
Union Station
Hilda
Brunswick
NY & Wash
Vanceboro
Christian Science Publishing Society
Reading expert cites focus on word decoding in kids
John C. Manning of the University of Minnesota told an International Reading Association convention that the most important aspect of developing literacy is decoding printed words. He argued that phonemic awareness and letter-sound relationships underpin reading success and should be emphasized in early education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
John C. Manning
University of Minnesota
International Reading Association
Literacy Decline Tied to Home Reading Habits
A commentary argues that a child's reading problems arise at home not school. It traces back to a generation raised with television as a babysitter and warns the decline in literacy is continuing into a second generation.
Quote Church Members as Pillars and Caterpillars
Burlington Free Press reports a church member remark comparing congregants to pillars that uphold the church and caterpillars that merely crawl in and out, highlighting a sharp metaphor in a local church discussion.
Delays in Panama Canal Treaty Debate Split Senate Views
Democratic Senate leaders urge postponing formal ratification until early next year citing unfavorable public opinion. President Carter seeks prudent timing, while Byrd warns against rushing into a heated vote. The article weighs strategic, economic, and international factors shaping the debate and mentions critics fearing reduced U S influence and sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Byrd
Carter
Panama
Washington
Sen
Looking Back in Bennington Published Highlights and History
Retired Rutland boards member William K. Warren considers returning to Bennington where his parents lived and where he once drove for National Express/American Express for 18 years. Henry W. Putnam Hose Company marks 50 years with a social and turkey dinner in Union hall. 25 years ago a deputy state's attorney appointment and other local notes appear alongside a Mona Lisa theft memory, WWII events, and Nixon era headlines.
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William K. Warren
Rutland Retirement Board
Bennington
National Express Co
American Express Co
Henry W. Putnam Hose Company
Union Hall
Robert S. Drysdale
Old Bennington
Charles F’. Merrill
Merrills
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Friendship, Maine
Selle
Mr. Kotter
Barbarino
Horshack
Main
Burlington Free Press
The
Rock
Arnold Gottardi
Readsboro
Jack Dufresne
Manchester
Fred Hoyt
Arlington
John Feenan
Douglas Woodard
Maurice Rancourt
Gale Harrington
Prudential
Life Heath Auto“ Home
Prudential Insurance Company
Newark, New Jersey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Gen. Brown
Ford
State Kissinger
Barry Goldwater
S. I. Hayakawa
R-Calif
U.S
Panama Canal
United States
Ronald Reagan
Canal
Latin America
Vermont State Colleges
University of Vermont
State OF
Vermont
State Colleges
Reuben Levin
Lee E. Emerson
Levin
J. Bernard Harte
Camp Drum
204Th Ordnance Supply Depot
Paul Hermann
Lake Paran
Paran Recreations
Jackie Starkey
Constance Cronin
Bennington Protective Taxpayers Association
Raymond Murray
Louvre Museum
Paris
Leningrad
Russia
William Rogers
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Chittenden
F.D.N.C
Chiteniln
F.D.I.C
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