Art professor outlines BCC campus plan and growth
Berkshire Community College faces an exciting campus plan urged by Williams College art professor William H. Pierson Jr. He warned against a rigid single-building scheme and urged a 25 year expansion view. Plans for a new BCC campus on the old infirmary site call for 1965 drawings, 1967 move, and a focus on curriculum as guiding document.
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BCC
Berkshire Community College
William H. Pierson Jr
Art Department
Williams College
Friends of
Lenox House
Pierson
City Infirmary
West Street
Thomas Jefferson
Williams
BCC New Campus
Harvard College
University of Virginia
Fire at Bridge Billiard Parlor Promptly Doused
Central Station firemen yesterday afternoon extinguished a deliberately set fire in a hole in the wall at the Bridge Billiard Parlor, 230 North St. The blaze was put out with a booster line and caused no appreciable damage after responders found lit matches in an improvised hole stuffed with papers. Firefighters arrived at 1 28 p.m. and had to break into the wall to assess the fire’s extent.
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Central Station
Bridge Billiard Parlor
North St
Barrington Couple Offer Land for Industrial Plant
Barrington couple Harry and Mrs. Deykin have publicly offered a three to four acre tract on Route 7 as a free option for a Boston light manufacturing firm interested in Berkshire Aviation Enterprises land at Seekonk Crossroad. Town officials consider rezoning or a variance. public hearings and a two thirds vote may be required. The offer remains contingent on authorities approval and the firm’s final decision expected next week.
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Great Barrington
Harry Deykin
South Main Street
Route 7
Boston
Berkshire Aviation Enterprises
Atty. Murtagh
BAE
Barrington Tire Center
Jeykin
Wojtkowski appeals to Berkshire voters for re election
Rep. Wojtkowski of Pittsfield urged Berkshire County residents to re elect him Democratic State Committee member in the Tuesday presidential primaries. He promised to push ward and town committees to play a major patronage role and to give the local committee a greater voice in shaping the party platform.
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Thomas
Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Berkshire
Trial Continues Of Driver in Fatal Accident
The trial of William B Mason Jr., 19, of Taconic Island, Lanesboro, on charges from a March 11 South Main Street crash continued in District Court. The collision that killed George A. Jocher Sr., 52, Country Style Motel proprietor, also involved Dr. Frank Harnden, 78, Hancock, and his wife Winifred, 58, hospitalized with serious injuries. Special Justice Clement A. Ferris presided.
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William BR. Mason Jr
Taconic Island
Lanesboro
Mason
South Main Street
George A. Jocher Sr
Frank Harnden
Hancock
Winifred
Harden
Clement A. Ferris
Pilgrim Memorial Youth Fellowship Car Wash Planned
The Pilgrim Memorial Youth Fellowship will host a car wash tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Allen Auto Park located at 28 First St. Proceeds fund a trip to the World's Fair in June.
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Pilgrim Memorial Youth Fellowship
Allen Auto Park
First St
Driver Sentenced In Car Theft and License Case
Richard Dodge of Adams pleaded guilty to driving without authority while under license suspension after waiving a hearing before the grand jury. Superior Court sentenced him to six months in the House of Correction with 18 days credit for time already served. The charge involved driving a car owned by John Mahone of Adams without permission on March 27. In a separate matter, Charles Bennett Jr. of Pittsfield was placed on probation for one year after pleading guilty to fornication, following the district attorney’s office moving to consolidate the case with Superior Court proceedings.
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Richard Dodge
Adams
Grand
House of Correction
Dodge
John Mahone
Francis J. Quirico
Charles H. Bennett Jr
Pittsfield
Bennett
City Salary List To Appear In annual City Report
The City Report will list all municipal employees earning $4000 a year or more, about 1075 names. The Annual Report Committee chaired by Joseph Scelsi approved publication and aims to amend ordinances requiring department heads to submit reports by a fixed date to avoid printing delays.
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Joseph
Scelsi
IBM
Sceelsi
First Land Suit Jury Impaneled
A Superior Court jury was impaneled this morning by Judge Francis J. Quirico to hear the first land-damage case in the spring sitting. The case, brought by the Canaan Sporting Club, seeks damages for about 11 acres of land that will lie in the Blackberry River Watershed flood basin created by a dam construction under the flood-control project.
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Francis J. Quirico
Blackberry River
Canaan Sporting Club
Fire Report Details Barn Debris Fire at 98 John Street
Debris from a recent barn fire was observed burning at the rear of 98 John Street at 10:58 a.m. Local responders were dispatched and secured the scene to prevent spread. No injuries reported at the time of dispatch.
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John St
City Replacing Stop Signs and Street Markers
The Public Works traffic division finished replacing about 138 obsolete stop signs with state-approved red hexagonal signs. Citywide street sign installation will continue, aiming to complete in five years at an annual cost of about $2,500. Some streets lack signs and use illegal white board markers on wooden poles, with each new sign costing about $20 including base.
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Public Works Department
Joseph E. Dolphin
Dolphin
Pittsfield
Two Appeal Licenses for Haughey
The ABCC reports two appeals filed in Boston against the awarding of a package store permit to Raymond L. Haughey and John F. Fraser. Appellants Patrick Shelsey and Gabriel Virgilio allege the local board acted arbitrarily and denied fair hearings due to board members’ ties to Haughey. No hearing date has been set by ABCC.
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Licensing Board
State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission
ABCC
Boston
Raymond L. Haughey
John F. Fraser
Patrick Q. Shelsey
Auburn St
Haughey
Gabriel J. Virgilio
Williams St
Fraser
Boating Club Plans Supper
The Pittsfield Boating Club will start its season with a covered dish supper Saturday at 7 at George Wilson's home on Leslie Avenue in Lanesboro. Cochairmen are Mrs Wilson and Mrs Samuel Duore. They will discuss plans for the annual Shakedown Cruise early in May on the Hudson River.
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Pittsfield
George Wilson
Leslie Avenue
Lanesboro
Wilson
Samuel Duore
Hudson River
District Court Fines From Local Driving Cases
A district court session imposed a $25 fine on Anthony CG. Simone Jr. of Lee for a second speeding offense in a year while Edmund C. Small of Dalton paid $10 for speeding and operating without a license. Two Pittsfield youths were sent to Hampden County Training School in a closed juvenile session. Thirteen motorists paid $3 parking fines. Several residents listed faced $1 each for violations. John Fox of Dalton was fined $75 for driving to endanger after a collision on April 9 at Francis and Columbus avenues, with Charles Clemons fined $50 in a related case. Both drivers were summoned by local police. Fox’s and Clemons’s lawyers are named.
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Anthony CG. Simone Jr
Lee
Edmund C. Small
Dalton
Pittsfield
Hampden County Training School
Feeding Hills
Paul 4
Blasangame
Bartlett Ave
Willard H. Durant
John St
William Gazan
Madison Ave
Helen J. Porter
New Lenox Road
Eula Aiken
Stockbridge
Barbara C. Marauszwski
Watson St
George P. Intelisano
Fenn St
Conrad J. Bigelow
Carmen Adornetto
South Onota St
Gerald Kennedy
Birch Grove Drive
Thomas Barton
Benjamin J. Monterosso
Michigan Ave
Pasquale . Perry
North Pearl
Clement A. Ferris
Park- Lehmann
Lenox
John C. Fox
Sheffield St
Charles S. Clemons
Tanner St
Francis and
Columbus Avenues
Fox
Atty
Jacob S. Aaronson
Clemons
Ralph Cianfone Jr
Edward Connally 35 dies after long illness at Albany hospital
Edward M Connally 35 of Nancy Ave dies after a long illness at Albany Veterans Hospital. Born in Adams he was a 1948 Adams High School graduate and Purdue alumnus class of 1954. Employed in GE ordnance documentation standards, Army Korean War veteran, parishioner of Sacred Heart Church and member of Holy Name Society and professional groups. Survived by wife Norma Johnson three sons Stephen Mark and Thomas all at home parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connally of Adams a brother John of South Hadley three sisters Maria Angeli North Adams Mrs. Richard Ferryall Dalton Mrs. William Jerome Pittsfield and many nieces and nephews. Friends may call at Devanney Funeral Home tomorrow and Sunday 2–4 and 7–9. In lieu of flowers donations to National Foundation for Arthritis and Rheumatism. Funeral Monday at Sacred Heart Church burial St Josephs Cemetery.
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Edward M. Connally
Nancy Ave
Albany Veterans Hospital
Adams
Adams High School
General Fleetric Co
Connally
Purdue University
GE Ordnance Department
Sacred Heart Church
Holy Name Society
Professional Engineering Society
Purdue Alumni Association
American Society of Quality Control
Dalton Council
Knights of Columbus
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Dalton
Norma Johnson
Stephen M
Mark E
Thomas J
Michael Cornnally
John
South Hadley
Otto Eggers, 81, Architect Dead
Otto R. Eggers, cofounder of Eggers Higgins and an architect of the Jefferson Memorial, died in New Rochelle Hospital at 81. Born in New York, he trained at Cooper Union, won the LeBrun scholarship in 1911, studied monuments in Europe, and worked with John Russell Pope on postwar projects including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Art Gallery in Washington.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Otto R. Eggers
Jefferson Memorial
Washington
Eggers & Higgins
Architects of
New York
New Rochelle Hospital
Mr. Eggers
Cooper Union
LeBrun
Europe
Daniel Paul Higgins
John Russell Pope
Pope
Mr. Higgins
National Art Gallery
Agostino Veronesi dies at 85 in Connecticut
Agostino Veronesi aged 85 died this morning at his niece Mrs. Marchello Perotti's home in Canaan Connecticut. He was born in Italy a retired laborer and a communicant of St Marys Church Lakeville. He left two nephews Stephen and Marco Brighenty of Lakeville. Funeral is at Newkirk Funeral Home Lakeville with High Mass at St Marys Salisbury. Burial in St Marys Salisbury Cemetery. Visiting hours tomorrow and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.
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Canaan
Conn
Agostino Veronesi
Marchello Perotti
Italy
St. Mary's Church
Lakeville
Salisbury
Stephen
Marco Brighenty
Newkirk
Newkirk Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Infant Eastland Dies at Camp Lejeune
Infant son of Pvt and Mrs Michael J Eastland of Midway Park North Carolina died at birth last week at the U S Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune He leaves parents grandparents and great grandparents all of Pittsfield Committal services were held Wednesday in Main Street Cemetery Dalton
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Pfc
Michael J. Eastland
Buller Drive
Midway Park
N.C
U.S. Naval Hospital
Camp Lejeune
Eastland
Pittsfield
Daniel Harrington
Francis C. Farrell
Rhoda Street
Anna B. Ramsey
Main Street Cemetery
Dalton
Car Wash Planned by Girls Club for Trip Fund
The senior leaders of the Girls Club plan a car wash tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. behind the club building to boost funds for a New York trip next month.
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Girls Club
New York
Funerals for Giusto Giusti Held Private Services
Private services for Giusto Giusti were held tomorrow morning at Bencivenga Funeral Home with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery and no calling hours requested. The notice also covers Alvise F. Viale of Lee, with a Solemn High Mass of Requiem at St. Mary's Church and burial in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lee, including details of clergy and delegations. Additional items report Earl Dowd of Carlisle Pa. to be buried in Lee, a two car crash on Dalton Avenue causing property damage, and theft of two chrome spotlights from Bradford Shimmon's car on Third Street.
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Giusto Giusti
Bencivenga Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Alvise F. Viale
Lee
St. Mary's Church
Joseph F. Gagan
Timothy Champoux
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Lenox Dale
Francis M. Kennedy
St. Mary's
Camillo L. Santini
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Pittsfield
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Kennedy
Lee Savings Bank
Greenock
Earl Dowd
Carlisle
Kally
Percy L. Pierce
Lee Methodist
Fairmount Cemetery
John Trudeau Jr
Dalton
Winthrop E. Turner
South Church St
Bradford Shimmon
Third Street
Police Briefs Mrs Holden 79 taken to hospital after illness
Mrs Anna Holden aged 79 of 205 Robbins Ave was taken to St Luke s Hospital yesterday after she became ill.
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Anna Holden
Robbins Ave
St. Luke's Hospital
Donovan's Fencing and More Ad For April 28 Event
Advertisement lists services including fencing blacktopping scaling trenching and loader work with contact Harry at 442-2045. Also promotes The Great Kreskin hypnotist mentalist and magician show at So. Jr. High on April 28 at 8 p.m. advance tickets available at Liggett's Drug for $1.50.
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Donovan
Harry
Kreskin
So. Jr. High
Liggett
Solemn High Mass for Ernest G Greenleaf at St Marys
A solemn high mass for Ernest G Greenleaf was celebrated at St Marys Church by Rt Rev Msgr Eugene F Marshall with Rev Raymond A Lanoue deacon and Rev Frederick J Moore subdeacon. Burial followed at St Josephs Cemetery with committal prayers by Father Moore. Bearers named Carnevale Murphy Dupre Riello Flynn Renzi.
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Ernest G. Greenleaf
St. Mary’s Church
Eugene F. Marshall
Raymond A. Lanoue
Frederick J. Moore
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Moore
Frank J. Carnevale
John F. Murphy
Ronald J. Dupre
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Selectman
John ©. LaFontana
William P. Murtagh
Comnnally
Edward M. Eastland
Metcalf
Eleanor
Veromesi
Acostino
Otto Eggers
Infant Eastland
Johnny's Ice Ser
Wahconah St
Guardian
Barre
Berkshire County
Bruce H. Grunow
Bonald A. Leonard
East St
Man St
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