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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1965
Page
5
In Pittsfield and surrounding areas, multiple residents are slated for medical procedures at local hospitals. Names include William Curley and Beverly McHugh with operations, while several others face tonsillectomies or additional procedures.
Yankee magazine ends its long run with Sun Printing Corp of Tivisfield and moves production to Baird-Ward Co of Nashville Tennessee starting with the May issue. Editor Robb Sagendorph cites cost savings and a need for roll fed capability as the key factors, noting no New England press can handle current size. The move affects circulation growth from 31000 in 1960 to 175000 expected in May. Sun Printing president Benjamin Walfe says employment remains unchanged.
Berkshire County school superintendents met at Crosby Junior High School to discuss publicizing state aid to education. They back S 104 from the Massachusetts Education Conference Board to distribute aid equitably. Ruth T. Newsome spoke for the board and James Sullivan of the Massachusetts Teachers Association addressed the group. Supt. PL Reynolds leads publicity in the Pittsfield area.
Elberon Avenue residents undecided about a final appeal after Judge John M Noonan denied an amended petition to overturn a housing project for the elderly. Atty. William Boraski represents several petitioners and says timing remains uncertain as court rules on filing periods. The clerk deferred analysis pending legal guidance.
William G. Haynes, GE communications manager for reentry systems in Philadelphia, will address the Safety Council of Western Massachusetts 42nd annual awards banquet at Oaks Banquet House in Springfield on Wednesday. Haynes has a decade in publications and communications and will discuss Breaking the Communications Barrier.
A $25,400 tort action from a two car crash on November 17, 1961, between Paul T. and Ann Ouellette of Pittsfield and James W. Sullivan of Pittsfield was settled out of court in favor of the plaintiffs. Auditor Francis R. LaGrotteria had awarded $7,000 to Mrs. Ouellette and $350 to Mr. Ouellette, but a 1961 Superior Court jury had ruled for Sullivan. Judge Bolster granted a new trial. final settlement amount remains undisclosed.
Jeffrey RK Graves, 13, of Smyrna Georgia, son of Donald R Graves, former Pittsfield residents, received his Eagle Scout badge at Fellowship Baptist Church Smyrna in a special ceremony. His grandfather Arthur Graves and his family are longtime Pittsfield natives now living in New Britain Connecticut. Graves’s father was a member of Boy Scout Troop 7 South from 1930 to 1934.
The adult education group will meet Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Meeting House. Donald R. Davis will lead a discussion of Jane Jacobs' The Life and Death of Great American Cities. The book offers a new look at urban planning and the public is invited to attend.
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