Great Barrington Marriages Include Nurse and TV Executive
Great Barrington Mrs Margaret Gruber of Pope Street wed Mascon Escher of Mount Washington in St Bridget s Church Copake Falls New York. Rev Gerald Millett officiated. Mrs Escher a nurse and Fairview Hospital supervisor. Mr Escher an executive of Columbia Broadcasting Co. Reception followed at Mount Washington home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Margaret Gruber
Pope Street
Mascon Escher
Mount Washington
St. Bridget’s Church
Copake Falls
N.Y
Gerald Millett
Escher
Fairview Hospital
Columbia Broadcasting Co
Mr. Escher
Movie Timetable Cematu Theaters Listings
Cematu Theaters Makaiwe shows America America at 8:00. Paramount North Adams runs Dead Ringer at 1:05, 4:50, 8:55. Dr Crippen screens at 3:00 and 6:45. Mohawk North Adams and Adams showings are weekends only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
North Adams
Jones Leaders Oppose School Building Plans in Great Barrington
GREAT BARRINGTON At a Taxpayers Association meeting Earl S Jones president urged tightening the burden of new school building proposals. He cited 150 unused desks and recalled leading defeats and successes on district projects. Superintendent Kenneth Preston said spare desks exist but are few and variably used. Jones pledged to probe conflict of interest violations and boost attendance at public hearings while preparing to join the state Taxpayers Association. The meeting drew over 25 residents in the Southern Berkshire District Court room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Taxpayers Association
Earl S. Jones
Jones
Searles High
The
Eagle
Kenneth F. Preston
Berkshire District Court Room
State ‘Taxpayers Association
Blakely Engages In Field Training In Vicenza With Allied Forces
Tracy S. Blakely Jr., son of Mrs. Clifford A. Keefner, engaged in a field training exercise with Allied land forces of Southern Europe in Vicenza Italy in early March. The exercise tested the Southern European task force capability and Blakely, a radio tele type operator, entered the Army in 1966 after Searles High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grear Varrington
Tracy S. Blakely Jr
Clifford A. Keefner
Lake Buel Road
Europe
Vicenza
Italy
Blakely
Army
Searles High School
Housatonic Contests Set For Library Week Activities
Housatonic Grammar School students will compete in poster contests for grades 1 6 on six holiday and library topics during National Library Week April 12 18 at Ramsdell Public Library. Seventh graders enter an essay contest about library service and related themes with prizes. Judges named. winners receive cash and books from the PTA. Preschool visits scheduled April 14 as librarian Lara Coleman shows books and borrowing steps. public invited to view displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housatonic
Housatonic Grammar School
Ramsdell Public Library
William Adams
Mary Joyce
Sally Joyner
National Library Week
Public Library Service
Robert Mills
Bessie Bu
Seven Students Win Art Prizes at Berkshire Exhibit
HOUSATONIC Seven students from the school won awards at the Children's Art Exhibit sponsored by the Junior League of Pittsfield at the Berkshire Museum. Winners include William Gillett Christine Decker Suzanne Gerard Stephen Parsons Mary Cunningham Stephen Root and Michael Reid all in Grades 5 and 4. All students will attend an illustrated lecture tomorrow at 1:15 PM at the local Community Center on Birds of Berkshire County, speaker Alyah Sandburn of the Lenox Sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housatonic
Housatonic Grammar School
Junior League of
Pittsfield
Berkshire Museum
William Gillett
Christine Decker
Suzanne Gerard
Stephen Parsons
Mary Cunningham
Stephen Root
Michael Reid
Berkshire County
Alyah Sandburn
Lenox Sanctuary
Local Notes From Canaan Connecticut
Mr and Mrs Louis Gatti and daughter return to Granite Avenue home after Florida vacation. Miss Mae Gesell of Clayton Road attended a three day Eastern Business Teachers Association convention in Philadelphia with theme Business Education New Developments and New Directions. Miss Mary Ann Amenta of Granite Extension vacationing in Bermuda from Rivier College Nashua NH. Miss Gail Knickerbocker of Endicott Junior College Beverly Mass visiting Bermuda. both daughters of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Gatti
Granite Avenue
Florida
Mae Gesell
Clayton Road
Canaan
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Eastern Business Teachers Association
Philadelphia
Mary Ann Amenta
Paul Amenta
Granite Avenue Extension
Rivier College
Nashua
N.H
Bermuda
Gail Knickerbocker
Endicott Junior College
Beverly Mass
Frank Nickerbocker
Foote Avenue
Old Home Sunday Planned at Housatonic Church
The Rev. Ied win A Brooks announces Old Home Church Sunday and a rededication service for the refurbished Housatonic Congregational Church on Sunday May 3. Rev. Frank R. Cutter of Leominster, former pastor here, will be invited to preach. A covered-dish supper will follow for members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housatonic
Iedwin A. Brooks
Housatonic Congregational Church
Frank R. Cutter
Leominster
Women's League of the First Baptist Church
Edwin Shears
Lanesboro Road
Methodist
Miss Joan McDuff Returns Home From Maine Visit
West Stockbridge resident Miss Joan McDuff returns to her home in Brunswick Maine after visiting Miss Christine Sewell daughter of Mr and Mrs Edgar F Sewell both freshmen at the University of Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan McDuff
Brunswick
Maine
Christine Sewell
Edgar F. Sewell
The
University of Maine
Firemen Ball grand march leader in Cheshire accident
Forrest Newtons led the grand march at the 65th annual Firemen's Ball in Cheshire with his wife Mrs. Forrest Newton. The ball was chaired by Mr. Newton, music by Alan Grive and his orchestra for 175 dancers, with 4-H and Boy Scout volunteers on duty. Also notes church meetings and community notices alongside a young girl struck by a car on Church Street, hospitalization, and police investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Newtons
Harts
Cheshire
Forrest Newton
Newton
Fred Lamb
Julianne Grass
Melvin C. Grass
Church Street
Plunkett Memorial Hospital
Adams
Stanley Gawron
Grove St. Adams
Peirce
Church St
Samuel Comstock
Laura Tucker of Alford Mrs. Tel Gt Barr 817 M2
Mrs Laura Tucker of Alford is listed with the telephone exchange Gt Barr and the number 817 M2 in a local directory entry. The brief notice records a standard household listing without biographical detail.
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Laura Tucker
Sisters Safe After Tornado in Wichita Falls Suburb
Mrs. William Jones and Miss Sally Wilcox of Wichita Falls Texas reported to their parents in Alford that they escaped Friday's tornado without injury. The Joneses live in a 127 house suburban development, four homes survived including theirs, while Miss Wilcox resides in downtown Wichita Falls. Mrs. Jones is a Searles High School grad and former WAF, her husband stationed at Sheppard AFB. Miss Wilcox, Mount Everett Regional High School alum, is a drug store manager in Wichita Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford
William Jones
Sally Wilcox
Wichita Falls
Tex
Harold J. Wilcox
Joneses
Miss Wilcox
Joint Planning Board and Appeals Meeting Set for April
A joint meeting of the Planning Board and the Board of Appeals is set for April 1 at p.m. in Town Hall. On the agenda is final approval of the Vosburgh subdivision. The April 13 session will replace the regular Planning Board meeting originally planned for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Richmond
Planning Board
Board of Appeals
At & P.m
Town Hall
Vosburgh
Cheshire Adams Couple Wed In Richmond Wedding
Miss Jean Lawson daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Lawson of Adams and Francis Lazarczyk son of Mr and Mrs Frank Lazarczyk of East Cheshire were married April 2 in Richmond. They plan a wedding trip to Washington DC. The bride attended Adams schools and studies at La Baron Hairdressing Academy in Pittsfield. The groom attended Adams schools and works with his father, a building contractor.
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Cheshire
Jean
Lawson
Harold Lawson
Leonard St
Adams
Francis Lazarczyk
Frank Lazarczyk
East Cheshire
Richmond
Washington, D.C
la Baron Hairdressing Academy
Pittsfield
Easter guests fill Canaan area households
Miss Suzanne Moore returns home from State University College Potsdam for a ten day visit. Stephen Moore visits grandparents in Syracuse over Easter. Shawn Elliott of Chatham visits his grandparents Winthrop and Mrs Foss. Philip Walker of Cortland University spends vacation with his parents. Nancy McEwan visits relatives as her mother and brother recover in Pittsfield General Hospital. Douglas Finch returns from Cornell College Ithaca for Easter recess. Walter Finch arrives from Albany Medical Center. The Austens host relatives from White Plains and Levittown visiting for Easter, then take them home. Mrs. Albert Brey spends Easter with daughter Mrs. Richard Cleveland and family. Richard Cleveland visits with his grandmother. Kermit Harry and children of Newport, Penn. stay with James Bests for Easter. William Lasch returns from Hamilton Square, New Jersey after Easter with son Howard. John Plankey hosts Easter guests Raymond Pilon Valley Stream and Mrs. Pilon. Dexter Whitfield from England, a coworker of Theodore Knebel in Albany, visits Northshore over Easter. John Ruether and Nancy Ruether spend Easter with parents A. W. Ruether. Peter Ruether returns from Pittsfield General Hospital. Mrs. David Friedland and children visit relatives in New York. Karl Nielsen from Oberlin College returns home for a few days' vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Moore
State Universiy College
Potsdam
Stephen
Syracuse
Shawn Elliott
Chatham
Winthrop Foss
Philip Walker
State University College
John McEwan
Douglas Finch
Cornell College
Ithaca
Walter Finch
Albany Medical Center
Richard Austen
Champaign
A. W. Ruether
Peter Ruether
Pittsfield General Hospital
David Friedland
New York
Karl Nielsen
Oberlin
Ohio) College
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Miss Gruber
CBS
Castle St
Maplewood Fabrics
Ashley Falls
Dimes
Bernard Gibbons
Castle Hill Avenue
Great Barrington Board of Health
Congregational Church
A. L. Cassel
Southern Berkshire
Golden Age Club
Walker Hall
Southern Berkshire Oil and Body CO
State
Pioneer Credit Corp
Pittsfield and
Morrell
Franks
Ehlee
Barrington Food Center
Main St. Tel
Cematu
Makaiwe
Great “America
America
Wyantenuck
Charles Patterson
Main Street
John Dempsey
Warwick, R.J
Daytona Beach
Fla
Milton L. Stevens
Mark
West Avenue
Englewood
Paul’s Rest
Earl Mahony
Janet
Massapequa
Donald T. Keil
Methodist Parsonage
F. Truman Wheeler
South Main Street
Edward F. Spaulding
Blue Hill Road
Spaulding
C. Harvey Braverman
Chanute Afb
Paul Braverman
State Road
Broverman
Chicago
Miami
G. E. Ramm
Lee
Thomas Foster
Rome
Paul Foster
North Plain Road
Great Barrington School Committee
P.m
Bridge St
Mass
Dewey
Housatonic School
Searles
Superintendent of Schools
Mahaiwe Motors
Main St
Tel
Biscayne
Monza
F.W. Spaulding « Sons
Barrington
Frank Campbell
Franklin Street
Campbell
Mary Campbell
Canaan, Conn
William McEwan Tol
West Stockbridge
Wheeler & Taylor, Inc
Real Estate Insurance
Marjorie Horton
Tel - Adams
Women’s League
OES
StaHard Chapter
Masonic Hall
Edward Mozzer
Ridgeway Ava
Jean Lawson
Louis Jandran
Carmen Girard
Charles Healey
Charles Hubbard
John Woodason
Lanesboro
Adams Memorial High School
John J. Grasz
Canaan, N.Y
William McEwan
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