Eastern Slope Signal Newspaper Circa 1960's
60 Various News Articles From 1962 - 1967
The Eastern Slope Signal was published weekly December to March from 1962 to 1967. It was usually 8 pages per issue. It was published by the local radio station, WBNC, in Conway. Skip Sherman was the editor and it was printed at the Reporter Press Newspaper building in North Conway. Your website editor, Dave Eliason, in High School at the time, delivered the paper every Friday afternoon/evening to all the significant businesses on the northern route from North Conway to Wildcat and Bartlett Village. Skip Sherman did the Southern route as far as Ossipee. It was a very popular publication at the time.to 1967.
Apologies and Regrets in Advance: There are some incidences of columns being cut short, stories continuing on another page, but the other page is missing, skewed or crooked pages and for any and all other situations that make the reader uncomfortable, The editor sincerely apologizes. The scanning operation happened decades ago when someone was not as smart. maybe still not so smart.
Contents:
Link - Click the Date
1964 - SEC Approves Big Bear Stock
1963 - J. Holland Beal - Columbus Day Blizzard
1963 - Snowmobile Born at West Ossippee 1923
1963 - George Burgess - Holiday Inn - Ski Instructor
Go To - Wimpy Thurston Real Estate Ad
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1964 - Attitash Nears Completion
1965 - Attitash Opens for First Time
1965 - Attitash Adds Trails
1963 - Cranmore Busts a Bottle on New Chairlift
1963 - and an Interview with Herb Schneider
1963 - Wildcat gets a New Chairlift
1962 - Intervale Ski Area Expands Race Run
1963 - Intervale Ski Area Extends Poma Lift
1964 - Intervale Ski Area Expands Skiable Terrain
1964 - Intervale Ski Area Dumps the Outhouse
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1963 - Clarendon Inn Burns to the Ground
1964 - Winter Carnival - Snowless Success
1964 - Early Spring Winter is Over - Signal calls it Quits f
1964 - Juniors Learn from Charlie Broomhall
1964 - A New Sauna Bath House at the old Bellehurst Inn
1964 - Miss Eastern Slope is Mary Cushman of Lynn, Ma
1966 - The Scavengers, A Local Rock Band
1966 - Blizzard Produces Record Low Barometric Pressure
1965 - Tyrol - A New Ski Area Opens in Jackson
1965 - Ann and Steve Sherlock - Ski School Directors at Attitash
1965 - "We Passed"; Phil Robertson and Attitash Lift Approval
1964 - Remember O'Saxby's Sandwich World?
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1964 - Dr. G. Harold Shedd - Bone Surgeon - Fixes the Breaks
1964 - Stan Judge - Wildcat Gen. Manager
1964 - Verland Ohlson - District Ranger, White Mtn Nat Forest​
1964 - Fran Savard - Makes a Return to Skiing - Intervale Ski Area
1964 - Jody Palmer wins at Whittier Junior Alpines
1964 - Bartlett Recreation Development Corp - Stock $4.00/share
​1964 - Berlin's Nanson Ski Jump Made Even Faster
​1964 - Pinkham Realty Ad "Chalet Village" at Big Bear Ski Area
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1965 - Copters Speed Things up at Attitash Lift Installation
1965 - J. Holland Beal Recalls Riding the Rails in the 1920's
1964 - J. Holland Beal Recalls The First Ski Tows
1964 - Bill Clapp says "Don't Talk About The Weather"
1964 - Robert Morse Thinks Ski Joring is the Next Big Thing
1965 - A Big Lobster Bake at Whittier Ski Area
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1963 - Whittier Gondola Passes Directly Over Route 16
1963 - Palmer & Fisher Early Season, Fast Grass, Heavy Dew
1964 - Maple Sugaring with Ken & Herb Lucy
1964 - Don't Like the name "Eastern Slope Region"?
No Prob, Let's Call it "Mt Washington Valley"
1964 - Eastern Slope Inn adds a Motor Lodge
1964 - Ruth Pope Directs the Junior Ski Program
1964 - Anna Martin of the New England Inn (1938-1964)Dies at Home
1964 - New Expert Trail at Cranmore - Kandahar
1964 - Dave Baker, Artist - Before he Thought-up "Vitreous Flux"
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1964 - Joe Dodge - Weatherman of Distinction
1964 - Winter Carnival Begins with Night Ski Jumping
1964 - Meet Each Mountain's Chosen Queen of Carnival
1964 - George Hamilton is the AMC Huts Director
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1963 - Sled Dog Race in Tamworth Ends in Raging Blizzard
1963 - Dr Lombard Wins Annual Sled Dog Championship Race
1967 - Cheap-Unfashionable-Non Competitive:
That's How The New Jackson Ski Touring is Defined in 1967
1967 - ESSC - School Dismissed for 495 Kids Learning to Ski
1967 - Local Teenage Bounty Hunter Gets $15 for Bobcat
1966 - New Beginner Ski Slopes You Never Heard Of.
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1966 - Monorail Coming to Attitash. 58 Years & Still Waiting
1965 - Phil Ostroski and his Dad enjoy togetherness on slippery Rocks
1965 - Studying Snow Drifts at Big Bear Ski Slope in Bartlett
1965 - Carroll Reed Studying How to Get More Money From Skiers
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