Almost painless tetanus shots at Sunday clinics
Berkshire District Medical Society sponsors immunization clinics in North, South and Crosby junior high schools from 11 am to 4 pm for adults using a needleless jet injector. Children still receive conventional syringe shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stein
Ellis M. Fribush
Der
Stein
Dr. Stein
Commuunicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Pittsfield
Berkshire District Medical Society
North
South
Crosby
NET Reports 1965 Projects On Schedule
William Gilmartin Pittsfield manager says New England Telephone 1965 construction budget hits a record 161.5 million with about 1 million for Berkshire County projects. Major local work includes Great Barrington dial conversion and direct distance dialing in Pittsfield, with completion targeted by June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone Co
William
Gilmartin
NET
Pittsfield
Berkshire County
Great Barrington Exchange
Great Barrington
Construction Trades Union
Hoffmann Club Elects Officers
Charles BE Bybee was elected vice president of the Hoffmann Bird Club at the Berkshire Museum meeting. John Ferree will be president for a second year. Priscila Bailey as treasurer. Mrs Bartlett Hendricks secretary. Alvah W. Sanborn and Dalton’s Mrs David Pard on the executive committee. About 75 attended including Northern Berkshire Bird Club members. wildlife film shows by John H. Storer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles BE. Bybee
Hoffmann Bird Club
Berkshire Museum
Bartlett Hendricks
David Pard
Dalton
John Ferree
Priscila Bailey
Alvah W. Sanborn
Berkshire Bird Club
Williamstown
John H. Storer
Wild Life Films
Sheffield
Dillon Jr to chair CSF member drive in Pittsfield
Robert B Dillon Jr son of the Pittsfield mayor will chair the annual Cit izens Scholarship Foundation membership drive set for the night of May Assisting him are James W Simpson Robert Smythe and Joseph K Handler Contributions of one dollar or more convert donors into foundation members aiding Pittsfield and St Joseph High School graduates Last year the foundation awarded over 7000 in scholarships Dillon is a former national and state Jaycees officer active in local civic groups and works at GE ordnance department He resides on Maine Drive with his wife and three children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Dillon Dy
Pittsfield
Citizens Scholarship Foundation
Dillon
James W. Simpson
Advance Pirts
Robert Smythe
Solicitors Committee
Joseph K. Handler
CFS
St. Joseph
CVS
Institute Formed For Teaching of Disadvantaged
Medford Tufts University graduate school plans a summer Institute for teachers of preschool through Grade 9 who work with pupils from culturally deprived homes. Sponsored by the National Defense Education Act, it will host sixty Boston area teachers with stipends of 74 dollars weekly plus 15 per dependent. Dr William Kvaraceus of Tufts will direct the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
National Defense Education Act
Tufts Department of Education
Department of Child Study
Boston
William Kvaraceus
Tufts’ Lincoln Filene Center For Citizenship and Public Affairs
First day mixup lands officer in lineup
Retired Army officer Boyd Edging, a Chat tanooga police department clerk, volunteered for a lineup to help a robbery victim choose a suspect. The liquor dealer identified Edging. he was cleared. Edging quipped it was his first day on the job. In Manila, Mayor Villegas issues order converting police terms to Filipino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Boyd Edging
Chattanooga
Edging
Manila
UPI
Antonio J. Villegas
Salisbury Association to weigh action on railroad bill
Salisbury Conn. A special Salisbury Association meeting called by president Frederic Leubuscher will decide positions on a General Assembly bill by Reps. Robert duVergey and Arthur Stein. The measure concerns the New Haven line from Canaan to Lakeville and a franchise for the Connecticut Railroad Historical Association to buy and run it. The bill 4692 echoes an earlier 4312 and faces a Hartford hearing April 7 at 1 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Conn
Salisbury Association
Frederic Leubuscher
Salisbury Town Hall
General Assembly
Robert duVergey
North Canaan
Arthur Stein
Canaan
Falls Village
New Haven
Lakeville
Connecticutt Railroad Historical Association
duVergey
Capitol Building
Hartford
Cornwall Volunteers Read Books for the Blind
Cornwall volunteers travel weekly to Lenox Mass to read into microphones for Recording for the Blind. The group seeks new helpers to assist with this aid, inviting interested locals to contact Mrs. Thomas Fransion, Mr. and Mrs. William Van Alstyne, Mrs. Edward M. Footer, Mrs. Gordon Gay, Mrs. George Soule, or Mrs. Frank Calhoun in Cornwall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Conn
Lenox
Mass
National Organization of Volunteers
Reader's Digest
Thomas Fransion
William van Alstyne
Iedward M. Footer
Gordon Gay
George Soule
Frank Calhoun
Former Local Pastor To Be Missionary
Canaan Conn The Rev Edith Wolfe onetime pastor of East Canaan Congregational Church has resigned as pastor of Rehoboth Mass Congregational Church to pursue missionary work in Hawaii She becomes executive secretary of the Women s Board of Foreign Missions for the Pacific Islands and coordinator of laity in the Hawaiian Conference of the United Church of Christ A Union Theological Seminary NY graduate she was ordained in 1948 and served East Canaan 1948 to 1951
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan, Conn
Edith Wolfe
East Canaan
Congregational Church
Rehoboth
Mass
Hawaii
Miss Wolfe
Women's Board of Foreign Missions For
Pacific Islands
United Church of Christ
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Richmond Seeks Bicentennial Cancellation
Richmond residents plan a special stamp cancellation for Founders' Day June 21 marking the town's 200th anniversary. Representative Silvio Conte has asked the postal service, via Asst. Postmaster General McMillan, to approve the cancellation and a commemorative envelope bearing the Richmond seal will be offered for sale. The inscription is expected to read Founders' Day June 2 1765.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Silvio
Conte
Pittsfield
William M. McMillan
Edward
Sawyer
Contractors Huddle Today Over Strike
Members of the General Contractors Association of Pittsfield meet at 10 this morning at the Catholic Youth Center to map strategy in wage negotiations with unions that went on strike this week. Secretary treasurer Paul D. Francese cited no scheduled talks with Bricklayers Local 20 or Hod Carriers Local 473. The unions seek contracts with 25 cents per hour annual increases after rejecting a package of 10 cents this year, 13 cents next year, and 10-cent raises in years three and four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Contractors Association of
Pittsfield
Catholic Youth Center
Paul D. Francese
Common Laborers Union
Cavaliers Heading to Hub For Drumfest Display
Cavaliers one of eight junior drum and bugle corps invited to compete at the Boston Arena on April 24 for the ninth Massachusetts Drumfest sponsored by the Lt. Norman Prince senior corps of Boston. The eight top-rated groups vie for musical precision and marching skill, with Caballleros of Hawthorne NJ set to exhibit. Competing teams include Boston Crusaders St Kevin Emerald Knights Dorchester St Marys Cardinals Beverly Immaculate Conception Reveries Revere Majestic Knights Charlestown Holy Family Defenders Rockland and St Marys Annunciators Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield Boys’ Club Cavaliers
Boston Arena
Massachusetts
Norman Prince
Boston
Caballleros
Hawthorne
Pitisfield
St. Mary's Cardinals of
Beverly
Immaculate Conception Reveries of
Revere
Majestic Knights of
Charlestown
Holy Family Defenders of
Rockland
St. Mary's Annunciators of
Cambridge
Dance To Benefit Indian Mountain School Lakeville
A dinner dance to benefit Indian Mountain School Lakeville is sponsored by the Day Parents Committee on April 10 at 7 30 p m at the White Hart Inn Salisbury Maurice Landerman and his Hartford orchestra provide music Dinner dancing and bar service are included in the ticket price It is a black tie affair. Satuh is in charge of reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeville
Cann
Indian Mountain School
White Hart Inn
Salisbury
Furnis Maurice Landerman
Hartford
Duncan Ellsworth
Sathu
Berkshire Bar Backs Proposal for New Judges
Berkshire Bar Association members favor adding new judges to the Superior Court bench. A poll of 48 supported the measure, seven opposed, five undecided, per committee chair Anthony Tagliente. A brief pro message will be wired to the legislature’s Judiciary Committee chair. A Massachusetts Bar Association sponsored hearing is set for Tuesday at the State House at 1 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Bar Association
Berkshire Bar
Anthony 1. Tagliente
Bar
Tagliente
Joint Judiciary Committee
Massachusetts Bar Association
Slatehouse
Mother of Year Selected From Massachusetts Chapter
The Massachusetts branch of the American Mothers Committee selects Ellen Krohn as Mother of the Year. The letter highlights her role guiding 90 students and eight adults in cooperative housekeeping at the second largest dormitory. The Krohn family includes Dr. Frank J. Krohn, Eleanor Krohn Gates, Jane Susan Gates, Ingrid Krohn, and Kristina Krohn, with detailed schooling and careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Krohn
Krohn
Frank J. Krohn
Coleringman
Springfield
Searles High School
University of Maassachusetts
Cornell University
Whaca, Nly
Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Eleanor D. Krohn
Syracuse Qnly. University
Searles High
University of Wyoming
Adelphi College
Garden City
N.Y
Adelphi
School of Nursing
University of Colorado
Boulder
Colo
Jane Susan
Kristina
Northfield
Krom
Ralph G. Swain
Brockton
Massachusetts
American Mothers’ Commitee, Inc
Laurence Jasper
Rockland
Transformer Dept Wins 2nd Ad Prize
The General Electric distribution transformer department won a second Electric Light & Power ad prize for a four page October issue advertisement introducing SEAL-PAC pole type transformers. A March 194 award honored underground transformers. George M Gamble Jr accepted the award for GE Pittsfield transformer departments from magazine personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Co
Electric Light & Power
George M. Gamble Jr
Pittsfield
BE. Wall
Obituary notices and services across Berkshire region
Obituaries list Alice A. Prout of Lenox aged 64 a nurse and St Ann’s parishioner with services at Roche Funeral Home and St. Ann’s Church plus burial in St Mary’s Lee. Also noted are services for Ida Kemppainen of Chester and Harvey V R Crowell, with calls at local funeral homes and mass or cremation details. Raymond H. Brown of Egremont aged 72 dies in Boston, services at Stevens Funeral Home Great Barrington with Masonic rites and burial Mount Everett Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Alice A. Prout
Main St
John
Annie Prout Prout
St. Luke's Hospital School of
St. Ann's Church
Rosary Sodality of
St. Ann's
St. Luke's School of Nursing
James J
Pittsfield
Roche Funeral
St. Mary's Cemetery
Lee
St. Luke's
The
Rosary Sodality
Ida Kemppainen
Chester
Imari Kemppainen
Middlefield Street
FL. Hasley
Huntington
Samuel McClure
United Church
Pinelll Cemetery
Harvey V. BR. Crowell
Harvey V.R. Crowell
Wellington
Malcola W. Eckel
Stephen's Episcopal Church
Pittsfield American Legion
Ralph B. Guild
Dery Funeral Home
St. Charles’ Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Egremont
Raymond H. Brown
Anderson St
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Lee, Housatonic
South Egremont
Ransom
Minnie Miller Brown
Searles High School
Great Barrington
Berkshire School
Sheffield
New Haven Railroad
State Department of Public Works
Cincinnatus Lodge
AF & AM
William
Rensselaer
Edward E&. Miller
Berkshire
Piusfield
Stevens
James S. Chase
Aofficiating
Mount Everett
South Ergemont
Also Mentioned on This Page
SEARS
Allendale
Shop
Hoffmann Club
Berkshire Association of Science Educators
Union Federal Savings Bank
Arthur B. Phinnes
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Lincoln Jones
Pittsfield Health Department
John J. Keane
James G. Bennett Jr
Register Weekly
Royal Cleaners
S&h
ROYAL
Wahconah Street
North Street
Lee, Lenox
Cheshire
Adams Ask
Enterprise
Robert Dillon Jr
CSF
Robert B. Dilion Jr
Layre Abukoat
Daprikatrt
Rives
Dalton Ave
Salisbury Assn
Cavaliers
Indian Mt. School
Methodist Youth Fellowship of the
Canaan Charge
Torrington
American Legion
Sharon
American Legon Hall
Parent-Teachers Associations
Milford High School
Bulford
Cana
Dorothy Cecchinato
Siegel
Columbus
Transformer Dept
General Electric
LA Lg
TV Py Eers
Hibbard School
Lsie
Mrs. Mary Pickles
Mary Pickles
Arthur Pickles
Martinsburg
Alfred Wigglesworth
Brimfield
Pittsfield Grange
Order of the Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Hoyoke
Algers Funeral
Holyoke
Forestdale Cemetery
East St
Wellington Funeral Service Inc
Bruce A. Grunan
Donald A. Lennard
Roger W. Wellington
Tir
Newhouse Fabover
Harlow
Pittsfield City
Pri
Pittsfiel City
J. J. Stalter
American Association of Newspaper Representatives
Comaritt
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