Wells Named Public Relations Director At Tufts University
William Wells of Great Barrington son of Leo Wells of Francis Avenue is appointed public relations director at Tufts University in Medford. Former Boston Herald reporter, later Globe journalist, with government crime commissions background. 1938 Searles High graduate, Tufts 1942 alumnus, holds a Columbia law degree.
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Great Barrington
William Wells
Leo Wells
Francis Avenue
Pufts University
Medford
Wells
Boston Herald
The
Globe
Boston
Searles Heh School
Tufts
Columbia University
New York City
Dance Novices Will Graduate Saturday Night
The beginners class of the Down County Squares in Great Barrington will graduate with a dinner at Jug End Resort South Egremont at 6 30 p m Saturday Then an 8 p m dance and graduation ceremonies in the recreation hall with George Osgood calling The public may attend Also listed Easter food sale WSCS of the Methodist Church 9 to 1 April 7 at the First National Store Saturday Hop in the Searles High School gym this weekend sponsored by the Recreation Association starting at 8 music by Jay LaPlante of Pittsfield Door prizes will be offered Also notes: Effie Dewkett returns from winter in St Petersburg Fla visiting relatives and friends in Alaska Texas and Florida and four Keil grandchildren visiting the Methodist parsonage
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Great Barrington
Down County Squares
Jug End Resort
South Egremont
Recreation Hall
George Osgood
WSCS
Methodist Church
First National
Searles High School
The
Recreation Association
Jay LaPlante
Pittsfield
Effie Dewkett
Pope Street
St. Petersburg
Fla
E. J. Renfrew
Donald
Minor Accident in Great Barrington Left Turn Collision
Alfred H. Coleman of Monterey and Henry Rockefeller of Millerton N Y collided on Route 7 near the fairgrounds Thursday at 1 30 PM. No injuries. Coleman left turning, Rockefeller rear passing. Coleman damage left door Rockefeller damage right front bumper fender. Francis Larkin of the local police investigated. In District Court Albert B. Handlewich Sheffield paid 4 for slicker violation after guilty plea Harold Beckwith Castle Street paid 10 for improper license pleading guilty.
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Great Barrington
Alfred H. Coleman
Monterey
Henry Rockefeller
Millerton
N.Y
Coleman
Fairgrounds
Rockefeller
Francis Larkin
Albert B. Handlewich
Sheffield
Harold Beckwith
Castle Street
Movie Timetable for County Theaters Daily Showings
The page lists titles at County Theaters including Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte and The Americanization of Emily with showings at 8:35 and 7:00. Other films like Lookin for Love and Voyage to Bottom of the Sea appear with times such as 1:30 and 7:00 across venues Paramount and Mahasine.
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Lee
Emily
Adams
Paramount
North Adama
Hush
Sweet Charlotte
Falcons Champion Boys League Narrow Victory
Clifford Twiss scored nine as the Falcons edged St. Peter's 23-21 to win the 1965 Saturday division title in the Community Basketball League. The Ravens defeated Warriors 27-20. Falcons finished 6-4, St. Peter's 5-5, Ravens 5-5, Warriors 4-5. Mark Farrington led St. Peter's with seven, William Banach had 19 for the Ravens.
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Great Barrington
Clifford Twiss
Falcons
St. Peter's
Ravens
Warriors
Mark Farrington
William Banach
Daniel Whittaker
Tierney Submits Low Bid for Berkshire School Addition
The David J. Tierney Jr. Inc. of Pittsfield bids 429 205 as general contractor for the Southern Berkshire Regional School District expansion in Sheffield. Emerson 433 844 and other firms bid on 12 alternates and 265 330 400 day ranges. Final award set for Mt Everett Thursday night.
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S. Berkshire
David J. Tierney Jr
Nickerson
Emerson
Gordon & Sutton
Tierney
Sheffield
Five Towns
Fire at Levine Residence Damages Meat Packing Shed
At 10 05 a m Great Barrington firemen responded to a blaze at Louis Levine’s State Road meat packing shed. A kerosene water heater exploded and kept burning until extinguished. Fireman Thomas J Sullivan was hospitalized with a hip injury. The fire was declared under control within 15 minutes.
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Great Barrington
State Road
Louis Levine
Thomas J. Sullivan
East Street
Fairview Hospital
Mrs Dustin Given Going Away Party in Chester Center
Mrs Dustin of Chester Center leaves next week to live in Canada with her son in St Catherine Ontario. About 60 relatives and friends attended a Chester Center Church party Saturday. Carolyn Ferry presented a purse, with Mrs Frederick Ferry in charge. She is daughter of late William and Sarah Lyman and active in church and Huntington Grange.
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Chester
Oliver Dustin
Lyman Road
Canada
Chester Center
Dustin
Carolyn Ferry
Frederick Ferry
Stephen Lyman
William Lyman
Huntington
Mass Farmers Tour Four States Shares Taxation Tools
A 41 member Massachusetts Farm Bureau delegation including Berkshire County representatives toured four states to learn about land valuation taxation and related issues for farmers. In Hartford Connecticut officials described an open spaces law allowing low land assessments for agricultural uses but limiting resale at premium prices. The trip included stops in New Jersey Maryland Pennsylvania and New York with a Broadway stop to see Fade Out Fade In starring Carol Burnett. Members Jaskalka Shaw Wirles and others accompanied by George C. Cross of the MFBF staff.
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Massachusetts Farm Bureau
Berkshire County
Bay
Carroll County Agricultural Center
Westminster
Mechanicsburg
Rmgerstown
New York City
Carol Burnett
John Jaskalka
Savoy
Forest Shaw
Great Barrington
Robert J. Wirles
Lanesboro
Jaskalka
Shaw
Farm Bureau Federation
George C. Cross
MFBF
Housatonic Students Enter Library Week Art Essay Contests
Ramsdell Public Library and Housatonic PTA sponsor annual poster and essay contest for National Library Week. Students from Housatonic Grammar School display work April 26 to May 1. Seventh graders write essays on The Public Library under Miss Helen V. Mogan. poster contest led by Mrs. Doris Gray for Grades 1-6 with themes including Christmas Thanksgiving patriotic subjects and book jacket art. Judging panel includes Mrs. Martha L L Blum Miss Edith F E Mack and others from Great Barrington library trustees.
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Housatonic
Ramsdell Public Library
National Library Week
Housatonic Grammar School
Helen V. Mogan
Doris Gray
Housatonic Pta
Martha LL Blum
Edith FE. Mack
John P. Tracy
Donald Graham
Bruno Magdalenski
George P. Fitzpatrick
Great Barrington
Alice N. Martin Heads to UMass Amherst for Medical Tech
Housatonic student Alice N. Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Martin of Williams Street, plans to study medical technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A Searles High School senior, she earned high honors as a junior, won first in Physics at the school science fair, and attended the Tri-State Science Seminar. She has been active in glee, first-aid, art clubs, yearbook staffs, Girls' Athletic Association, and Pilgrim Youth Fellowship. Pilgrim Benevolent Society meets April 14 at 7:45 p.m. in the Housatonic Congregational Church social hall with Miss Mary Joyce speaking on her European trip.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Pilgrim Youth Fellowship
Housatonic
Pilgrim Benevolent Society
Housatonic Congregational Church
Mary Joyce
Holy Lane
William H. Smith
Herbert Race
George Ford
Regional School Cost Estimated at $2 Million
Great Barrington Stockbridge and West Stockbridge plan a regional school with an estimated total cost of 1.98 million including planning, site work, and bonds. State aid could reach 800 thousand with a 20 year bond plan. allocations split by town favor Great Barrington 54 percent, Stockbridge 23, and West Stockbridge 13.
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Great Barrington
Stockbridge
West Stockbridge
Regional Planning Board
John LE. Hodgen
Fay
State
William 8. Webber
SBAC
Clark
Boston
Webber
Donald Goranson
Searles High School
Kenneth Milligan
William High School
New Lebanon seniors tour Washington in April
Thirty nine members of the New Lebanon Central School senior class will travel by bus from Lebanon Springs to Washington D C from April 19 to 23. The itinerary includes Gettysburg the Soviet Embassy FBI headquarters Smithsonian Institution a Potomac night cruise Washington night tour and a wreath laying at Arlington Cemetery. On the final day Mount Vernon is planned before returning home. Faculty chaperones are Caryeth K Enfield Mrs Raw K Peek and Mr and Mrs John Robinson.
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Lebanon Springs
N.Y
New Lebanon Central School
Washington
D.C
Gettysburg
FBI
Smithsonian Institute
Potomac River
President Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Mount Vernon
Caryeth K. Enfield
Raw
K. Peek
John Robinson
Woman Convicted Of 1960 Staying To Be Given Hearing
Rensselaer County Surrogate A Franklin Mahoney ordered Miss Patricia Ann Hanson 22 of Old Chatham be returned from Bedford Hills to county court for a hearing on the voluntariness of a statement. Hanson is serving a 74 to 20 year sentence for the fatal stabbing of 18 year old Gary Whitney of Nassau on Oct 1 1960. The hearing will examine the voluntariness of the statement admitted as evidence at the trial.
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Troy
Rensselaer County
Franklin Mahoney
Patricia Ann Hanson
Old Chatham
Bedford Hilll
Edward M. Sefal
Miss Vanson
Gary Whitney
Nassau
Sheffield
Milking Record Set By Holstein Cow In Sheffield
Registered Holstein Atlasta Ivanhoe Jill produced 27,370 pounds of milk and 1,054 pounds of fat in 365 days at 2 milkings daily. The cow began lactation at five years nine months. A rummage sale will be held at Ashley Falls Methodist hall on Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Sheffield
Philip and
Rose A. Coons
Ashley Falls Methodist Hall
Lebanon Springs Man Hurt in Collision on Route 20
Lebanon Springs resident William Huggins was hospitalized at Pittsfield General with chest injuries and cuts after a two car crash on Route 20 near Bouchard Auto Parts last night. Trooper Doyle said Huggins turned left in front of Richard Walsh. Walsh and passenger Charles Hall were uninjured. Huggins transported by LYPA ambulance to PGI.
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Lebanon Springs
New Lebanon
Wiliam Huggins
Pittsfield General Hospital
Bouchard Auto Parts Co
W. T. Doyle
Huggins
Richard P. Walsh
Loudonville
Walsh
Charles Hall
PGI
LYPA
Lions Club Meeting in Lebanon Valley to Convene
The Lions Club of Lebanon Valley will meet at 6 30 PM Monday at the Queechey Lake Inn with Henry Vink presiding. The nominating committee and pancake supper committee will report findings and plans.
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Lions Club of
Lebanon Valley
Queechey Lake Inn
Henry Vink
Otis Church Classes and Local Births
Otis Memership class of Otis Church will meet Sunday at 9 45 with the Rev Alex Fraser Otis ETO will meet Tuesday at the school The speaker will be Dr James Bell clinical director of the Berkshire Farm for Boys in Canaan NY His topic will be Parental Attitudes and Effects on Children Mr and Mrs Charles Loring Jr of West Otis are parents of a son Charles IIII born March 6 Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Charles Loring of Otis and maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs John Curtin of Tyringham Airman 3 C Robert Snow is spending a two week leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Snow Mr Snow has been at Sheppard AFB Texas and his next assignment is at the Richard Gehaur Base in Missouri Also with Mr and Mrs Snow are their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Andrew Thomas of Washington DC
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Otis Eto
James Bell
Berkshire Farm For Boys
Canaan
N.Y
Charles Loring Jr
West Otis
Charles Iiii
Charles Loring
Otis
John Curtin
Tyringham
Robert Snow
Lawrence Snow
Snow
Andrew Thomas
Washington, D.C
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Mahasine
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Falcons Champion Boys’ League
Levis
Admiral TV
Lou's Appliance
Sheffield Rd
Marceline
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Caligarh
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National School Boards Association
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Mt. Everett
Air Force Academy
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Ford, Inc. New Car Showroom
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