Golden Age of the Telephone highlights local firms and 50 years
The New York State Telephone Association spotlights Phelps Ontario Telephone Corp and Trumansburg Home Telephone Co in a brochure on independent industry growth since 1894. The 50th anniversary at Lake Placid honored leaders like Hovey H. Griswold for pioneering contributions to New York State’s independent telephone network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps - Ontario Telephone Corp
Trumansburg Home Telephone Co
New York State Telephone Assoc. Inc
Albany
W. Malcolm Griswold
Alexander Graham Bell
Lake Placid
Local Telephone Company
Upstate
New York
Almon B. Strowger
Kansas City
Independents
Bell
New York State
Association
Ontario
Trumansburg
Local notices and community happenings in Romulus area
ROMULUS residents and neighbors report hospital stays names and travels. Mrs Carl Heitmann, Mrs Terri McCormick, and Mrs Elsie J Smith plus family update homes, jobs, and visits. Local events include Covert family reunion plans, Vacation Bible School, open house for the Todds 25th anniversary, and weddings in Geneva and Cayuga Lake areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Heitmann
Rt 96
Taylor Brown Hospital
Terri McCormick
San Antonio
Tex
Mary Anne Nichols
Elsie J. Smith
Sandy
Jet Park
Syracuse
Smith
Agway
Judy Beeman
East
Todds
Main St
Elmira
Local Birthdays and Visits Highlight Community Notes
Betty Hernandez returned to Miami Florida Saturday. Cris flew back to work a couple of weeks earlier. Robbie Akers celebrated his 4th birthday on July 1 and Connie Mae Baker on July 3 while Clifford Edwin Sparky Campbell marked his 14th on July 4. Last weekend Karl, Helga and Larry Nikula attended the Finnish Midsummer Dance in Peekskill. Terry Sibley and Rick Fish joined a three person birthday party at Pat Marks’s home in Willard. Glen Fish spends vacation from Ithaca Gun in Miami with his mother Betty Hernandez. Mr. and Mrs Aino Suomi and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Downey of Painesville also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sampson State Park
The
Presbyterian Church
Douglas Hinman
Kay Arcangeli
Raymond’ Woodington
Ovid
Kay Jones
Donald Sharp
Nancy Troutman
Edward Jones
Kathleen Webb
DeWitt Sharp
William Sharp
Miami
Fla
Douglas Troutman
Joseph Altixmann
James Dickson
Henry Brom
Leon Kreutzer
Rochester
Arthur M. Johnson
Cayuga Lake Blvd
Betty Hernandez
Cris
Robbie Akers
Connie Mae Baker
Clifford Edwin “Sparky
Campbell
Karl
Helga
Larry Nikula
Peekskill
Terry Sibley
Rick Fish
Pat Marks
Willard
Glen Fish
Ithaca Gun
Aino Suomi
Bill Downey
Painsville
Weekend Visits and Travel Notables Around July Fourth
ABBIE McCOMB reports O spent the weekend with Karl Helga and Larry Nikula. Lewis and Mildred Fish of Chel sea Mich visited relatives over the Fourth. Elsie Frisbee of Carbondale Pa visited Esther Akers and the Brock and Deal households in Fayette. Donnie Welch stayed with Grandma Houseknecht. Victor and Naomi Fedosky toured New England. Anna Fedosky had surgery. Arthur and Naomi Graham went to Milford Conn after James Graham’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl
Helga
Larry Nikula
Lewis
Mildred Fish
Chelsea
Mich
Elsie Frisbee
Carbondale
Esther Akers
Ben Brock
Waneta Deal
Fayette
Donnie Welch
Grandma Houseknecht
Victor Fedosky
New England States
Anna B. Fedosky
Taylor Brown Hospital
Arthur
Naomi Graham
Milford
Conn
James
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hovey H. Griswold
N.Y. S. Telephone Association ‘‘Hall of Fame
Independent Tele
Malcolm Griswold
Ontario Telephone Co
Griswold
James C. Henderson
Romulus
Ethel Fitzgerald
Altman &Green Aveag
Bho
Ovid Center
By Abbie McComb
Tara’s
Lester and
Doris Covert
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