Tag: women

The Morley School’s First ‘Lunch Lady’ in Morley

Dorothy Potter, who worked at Morley’s stone schoolhouse as a cook for 13 years.  Circa 1955. Photo courtesy of her son, Don Potter. For more about Dorothy’s career cooking for the Morley School, check out the full North Country at Work story here. 

Nursing students outside the nurse’s residence in Ogdensburg

Nursing students outside the nurse’s residence in Ogdensburg

Nursing students outside the A. Barton Hepburn nurses’ residence on King Street. From left to right: Jane Maroney, Frances VanHorne, and Lorraine Martel. December 1944. Ogdensburg, NY. Photo courtesy of Frances VanHorne. Check out our story on what it was like to be a nursing student in the 1940s here.

North Country Public Radio staff in Canton

North Country Public Radio staff in Canton

Staff of North Country Public Radio in the Payson Hall office in 1990. Left to Right: News Director Pat McKeown, Development Director Susan Sweeney Patnode, Adirondack development assistant Peter Wilson, Production Manager Steve Gotcher, Announcer Peter Euler, Station Manager Ellen Rocco, Announcer Lamar Bliss, Announcer/producer Louis T. Cook, Reporter Martha Foley, Program Director Jackie Sauter, […]

Martha Foley in the radio’s tape storage room in Canton

Martha Foley in the radio’s tape storage room in Canton

Martha Foley, reporter for North Country Public Radio, in the station’s tape room. Canton, NY. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Photo courtesy of the North Country Public Radio archives. Check out our story on working during the early days of NCPR.

WSLU announcer in the control room in Canton

WSLU announcer in the control room in Canton

Lamar Bliss, announcer for WSLU (which later became NCPR) in the Payson Hall Control Room. 1985. Canton, NY. Photo courtesy of the North Country Public Radio Archives. Check out our story on working during the early days of NCPR.

Farmer in a potato field with volunteers in De Peyster

Farmer in a potato field with volunteers in De Peyster

Catherine “Cat” Bennett (left) with St. Lawrence University students who are volunteering at her farm. Cat runs Milkweed Tussock Tubers, a potato farm that focuses on environmentally friendly farming. Photo by Amy Feiereisel. 2017. De Peyster, NY. Check out our story on Cat and her farm.