Lanesboro School Adopts Heterogeneous Grades Plan
Lanesboro grades 2 through 4 will be grouped for instruction in September under principal William J. O'Shea, moving away from ability grouping. A conditional first/second grade class of about 13 will be added for those not yet ready for second grade. Readiness testing will target children born Sept 2 to Oct 31 who wish to enter first grade. Parents and children meet this Saturday at 10 in the school auditorium. Birth certificates or copies must be supplied.
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Lanesboro
William J. O'Shea
PTA
O'Shea
Lenox Displays World War I Airplane Models at Library
Lenox Library in the charging room hosts a WWI aircraft model display created by Rev. William H. Fitzgerald Su Sha dowbrook. The exhibit includes color plates of planes, books, and an issue of Cross and Cockade, a magazine for WWI aero historians. The display opened Monday and runs through the month during library hours.
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LENON
Lenox
William H. Fitzgerald. Su
Shadowbrook
Cross and Cockade
World War 1 Aerohistorians
Weissbrod Named Meeting Delegate for Lenox Schools
Lenox School Committee elects Philip C. Weissbrod as official delegate to MA Association of School Committees conference May 21 to 23 at Schine Inn. Votes to continue Grade 6 nature study via Pleasant Valley Bird Sanctuary at $450 for two classes. $55 from Javal Sabin polio clinic donated to Lenox High for scholarships. Forty Lenox High students will attend Hamlet at the American Shakespeare Festival Theater Stratford Conn with staff. Ninth grade social arts trip visited Pittsfield Vocational High School. Lenox Kiwanis hears Paul K Fodder Jr of First Agricultural National Bank Pittsfield speak on 1964 economic outlook.
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LHS
Lenox
Lenox High School
American Shakespeare Festival
Stratford
Lenox Kiwanis Club
Paul K. Fodder Jr
First Agricultural National Bank of
Pittsfield
Eastover
Safety Prizes Awarded At Schweitzer Mills
Three Schweitzer Division workers received awards in a second lost time accident draw. Joseph Ford Ferncliff Avenue won an electric food grinder, John Maruk Pittsfield received an electric coffee pot, and Albert Cornell Newton's Trailer Park got an electric grill. The mills have not had a mill accident in six days.
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Lee
Schweitzer
Joseph Ford
Ferncliff Avenue
John Maruk
Pittsfield
Albert Cornell
Newton
Kimberly Clark Corp
Models Named For PTA Show At Oak and Spruce
Models for the PTA Spring fashion show at Oak at Spruce Monday 7 30 PM have been named by Mrs Charles QO Reed East Street chair of model training The lineup includes Linda Jo Ludlow WL Russell Seff Marvel Brunell John Kelly Jr James Maroni and William H Brunell Alternates are James B Pollard Jr Daniel R Sullivan Junior models include Avon Lando Martha Szewczak Maureen Lowry Judith Rodman Claire Ingram and Patricia Holian Some tickets remain available through Mrs Gregory A Guzzo Fashions supplied by Elise Farrar Pittsfield
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Lee
PTA
Oak
Spruce
Charles QO. Reed
East Street
Linda Jo Ludlow
WL Russell Seff
Marvel Brunell
John Kelly Jr
James Maroni
William H. Brunell
James B. Pollard Jr
Daniel R. Sullivan
Avon Lando
Martha Szewczak
Maureen Lowry
Judith Rodman
Claire Ingram
Patricia Holian
Gregory A. Guzzo
Elise Farrar
Pittsfield
District Court Finds Lenox Man Fined for Unregistered Car
Joel Q. Este, 28, of 7 Main Lenox, was fined 15 by Judge John J. Dwyer after a guilty verdict for operating an improperly registered motor vehicle. Officer Henry Fuore said Este was stopped after detected driving a car with 1963 Pennsylvania plates. Este was found innocent of charges of operating without a license and without insurance, claiming an expired learner's permit was shown by mistake and that he held a valid license. He also said he would continue expired insurance on Friday.
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Lee
Joel Q. Este
Lenox
John J. Dwyer
Henry Fuore
Este
Pennsylvania
Iearner
Post Office lobby hours shortened in Canaan Conn
The window lobby service at the local Post Office in Canaan will close at 5 p.m. instead of 5 15 p.m. starting April 13. All mail posted by 5 15 p.m. will go out in the last dispatch per Post master Kenneth Rutledge. Also notes include plans for the Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary meeting April 12 at 3 at Mrs Christina s Norfolk home and a dessert card party by Goodwill Circle of East Canaan Congregational Church Saturday at 1 30, with public invited. Junior members of the Northwest Connecticut Rod and Gun Club may contact Frank Kohliski for fishing season membership cards.
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Kenneth Rutledge
United Spanish American War Veterans Auxiliary
Hazel Christinas
Norfolk
The
Goodwill Circle of the
East Canaan
Northwest
Connecticut
Rod and Gon Clth
Frank Kohliski
Canaan
Dalton Children Awarded Bowling Trophies
Winners and runners up at the American Legion bowling tournament were named for boys ages 8 to 11 and 12 to 14 and 15 to 18, with girls sharing honors. County finals begin Sunday at the local lanes. Additional items include a car wash by the CRAettes and a science fair, a water main project bid by Patricca Construction, and church solicitations and history classes in Dalton.
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Dalton
American Legion
Legion
William Marrington
John Boraski
Mark Becher
Lester Briggs
Charles Baczek
Les Calkins
Gwen Eccher
Lisa Mongue
Lorraine Stevens
Christine Murrray
Eileen Baumann
Craettes
Riggs Teacher Visits Connecticut Hospitals
Richard Spahn, Austen Riggs Center research associate and teacher, toured psychiatric facilities near New Haven and Westport including Grace-New Haven Community Hospital, Synanon-Westport, and Westport Sanitarium. He observed therapy groups and discussed residential treatment with Dr. Henry Jareki of New Haven.
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Stockbridge
Richard Spahn
Austen Riggs Center
New Haven-Westport
Lebanon Valley LVPA hears on building progress and policy
Lebanon Valley Protective Association members hear a report by Chester J Zaremba on the building committee plan for a new Lebanon Valley fire station at Route 20 and Shaker Road. Site clearance has begun and legal and financial steps are under study. A liability coverage clarification is approved. Meeting notes list officers Harold L Church Richard J Brands G Willard Roberts and John E Shell. Meeting postposed Legion auxiliary session moved to April 27 to allow attendance at county meeting.
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LVPA
New Lebanon
N.Y
Lebanon Valley Protective Association
Chester J. Zaremba
Route 20
Shaker Road
Harold L. Church
Mr. Church
Richard J. Brands
G. Willard Roberts
John E. Shell
Wahconah Regional School Board Meets Tonight
The Central Berkshire Regional School District Committee will meet at 7:45 tonight at Wahconah Regional High School to discuss the reappointment of teachers not yet tenured. Report cards for the third marking period were distributed to Wahconah Regional High School students on Tuesday.
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Central Berkshire
Waconah Regional High School
Wahconah Regional High School
Midshipman Acly Visits Pensacola Air Station
Midshipman 4.C. Peter A. Acly of Interlaken, son of Mr and Mrs R Austin Acly, visited Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida for three days with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Yale where he is a freshman. He and classmates toured the School of Aviation and a survival exhibit and flew a training aircraft. Acly graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1963.
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Acly
Air Station
Stockbridge
Peter A. Acly
R. Austin Acly
Interlaken
Naval Air Training Command
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
NROTC
Yale
School of Aviation
Deerfield Academy
Woman Sought To Head Scouts In Two Towns
Western Massachusetts Girl Scout Council seeks Stockbridge or West Stockbridge resident to chair Girl Scout activities for two towns. Applicants may write to Mrs Vazina at Box 278 Hatfield. The role involves forming troops and recruiting leaders amid prior discontinuation due to lack of interested women.
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Stockbridge
Western
A. B. Vezina
Council
Hatfield
Vazina
Williams High Students Win State FFA Awards
Williams High students strong in FFA at UMass convention. Gary Johnston Jr. received a $30 milk production award sponsored by National Dairy Products Corp. Larry Tonini earned a $25 prize for fifth in public speaking. Lawrence Rotti, Williams High 1962 graduate, re elected state FFA first vice president. Edward Johnston Jr., 1960 Williams graduate and UMass senior, chaired the FFA executive committee planning activities.
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Stockbridge
Gary Johnston
Edward Johnston Sr
Interlaken
Future Farmers of America
University of Massachusetts
National Dairy Products Corp
Johnston
Williams High
FFA
Larry Tonini
Lawrence Tonini
Great Barrington
Williams
Lawrence Rotti
Silvio Rotti
Pittsfield
Edward Jr
Walter Braman Plans To Enter Ministry
Walter R. Braman son of Mr and Mrs William B Braman of Riverview Drive will enter Andover Newton Theological School in September to study for the ministry He is a senior at William and Mary College Williamsburg VA where he will receive a BA degree in June.
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Dalton
Walter R. Braman
William B. Braman
Riverview Drive
Andover-Newton Theological School
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
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David Gleason
Roger Johnson
Robert Murdock
Harley Phelps Jr
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Charles Geoffrion
Donald Putnam
Jacob Epstein
Mary Jane Geoffrion
Jeader
Caribbean
Donald N. Carlson
USN
Herbert T. Carlson
Miner Road
Happy Homemakers
Happy Homemakers 4-H Club
William Steele
Adams Nursing Home
Williamstown
Marlene Todd
Merton Todd
Summer Street
Andrews University
Berrien Springs
Mich
Miss Todd
Karen Chase
Dorothy Farewell
Emily Anderson
Beverly Canales
Agnes Dydowicz
Helen Towart
Kiwanis
H. A. Johansson
Main Street
Lee, Mass
LEE National Bank
LEE Super Markets
Ann Shanahan
Selectmen
Planning Board
Roy Hare
Robert Minkler
Mellen's Hill
First Congregational Church
Larrywang Four Corners
Tanglewood
Stockbridge Bowl
Minkler
Laurel Hill Association
William Winn
Civil Defense
Lee and
Lenox Dale Methodist
Lee Club
Lee Methodist Church
Laurel Hill
Roy Smith
Betty
Alice
Grace Dennis
East Lee
Florida
Arthur W. Pease
Navin Avenue
Victor G. Kane
New Hyde Park
L.A
Redington Beach
Shapiro Motors
Jack’s
Lee Pharmacy
Canaan, Conn
Sportsmen's Cards
Martin F. Glendon
Charles Reid
Reid
Patricca Construction Co
Dalton Division
Congregation of African Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel
St. Agnes
Uganda
Congregation of Native Girls
Patrick C. Finleon
Riggs
Stock Firemen’s Dinner Bridge
the Dale Church
Franklin L. Couch
Dalton Selectmen
Parages
Albert Martyny
Mountain View Terrace
Robert Sherman
Audrey Drive
Benjamin J. Sullivan
Orchard Road
Sea Island
Robert Rowe
Alberta Rowe
Depot Street
A. H. Rice Co
Europe
England
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
France
Fred Culverwell
Wollsatonic Street
Pittsfield General Hospital
William F. Feeney
Louis H. Bell
West Stockbridge
Lake Cottage
Louis Lossner
P. O. Box
Ady
Curley
M. C. Drake
Wine Cellar
Lebanon Valley
Clifford M. Cat Tel
Leb
Spgs
Fieyd Carlton American Legion Post
Legion Hall
Chatham
Wahconah Regional
Nejaime
Main St., Stockbridge
Stockbridge Shop
Blue Ribbon
Oscar Mayer
Sal
Swanson
Pepperidge Farms
Bincherry
Elmdale Tomatoes
Hunt's
Rex
Walter Braman
Abdalla’s
Elm Street
Chuck
Elm Street Market
Shurfine Frozen Foods
Brussels
N.B.C. Ritz
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