Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NBC CHIMES---1953---AND NOW MORE ABOUT MISS FRANCIS, THE DING DONG SCHOOL AND HER CROTON CONNECTION

Welcome to The New Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

Back in 2021we ran a quick post about.....

FRANCES HORWICH, A.K.A. MISS FRANCIS, and THE CROTON CONNECTION---Frances Rappaport Horwich (born Frances Rappaport, July 16, 1907–July 22, 2001) was an American educator, television personality and television executive. As Miss Frances, she was the host of the children's television program Ding Dong School, seen weekday mornings on the NBC network in the 1950s and nationally syndicated between 1959 and 1965.  For a brief time she was the head of the Hessian Hills School in Croton. You can read more about Horwich HERE.

AND HERE

CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW FROM 1953 AND NBC CHIMES.


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