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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1965
Page
25
A businessmen committee planned to meet the assessors over personal property valuations tied to a Cleminshaw Co. study. Albert Abraham led a five member panel to press for hearings after criticism of high values, while Town Assessor Zelazo cited safety concerns and scheduled hearings for Monday and Tuesday.
A tour of the Mt. Greylock War Memorial Tower by architect Robert C. Dean and firm colleagues found rebuilding or redesigning the weathered tower a tough problem. Dean said an official recommendation would take five to six months, with $306,000 appropriated in 1963 but not yet spent.
Planning Board reviews a rezoning request for Pinnacle Mobilehome Park from R-8 to RU-14 after seven nearby residents objected during a public hearing. Operator Lawrence Bienick seeks expansion via special exceptions. A second hearing approved a subdivision plan by Joseph R. Dean for lots on Mountainview and Glendale Drives and an unnamed street.
A covered dish supper begins at 4 30 ahead of the PTA meeting at 7 30 Monday. Mrs Lyle Lathrop district director will install officers. Leo J Viorini Dr will show a water safety film. Attendees bring own place settings and a covered dish or salad. Rolls dessert coffee provided. Town clerk’s office open Monday 9 to noon. closed Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Lillian Horton to attend Western Massachusetts Cities and Town Clerks meeting in Williamstown.
The Lanesborough School in Massachusetts lists students honored for the February 15 through April 2 marking period. Special Honors and High Honors are noted across grades 3 through 5, with numerous named students receiving A and B grade distinctions and several high achievers recognized for outstanding academic performance.
A Berkshire District Court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday on the 1963 burglary of 10,500 dollars, the largest theft in North Adams history. Robert E. Goodell, 24, of 326 Ashland Street, pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering and larceny, held on 2,000 bail in Berkshire County Jail. The crime targeted the home of Oswald and Mrs. Chartrand at 1369 South State Street on Aug 2, 1963.
A year old girl, Brenda Gancarz, sustained a broken left arm in a bicycle collision with a car on Quaker Street near her home. She is in satisfactory condition at W. B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital. The driver, Arthur G. Lucia, 49, of 4 Pleasant Street, remains under report pending an official accident investigation.
Donald Blanchette of 6 Newark Street is re-elected president of the Northern Berkshire Association for Retarded Children Inc. He teaches a special class at Liberty Street School and serves as chairman of the local Planning Board.
The Adams Turners, a local gymnastics group, will present public exhibitions tonight and Sunday afternoon at Turn Hall. The program features mass drills balancing vaulting high jumps and trampoline workouts by skilled local performers.
Cheshire Rosary Confraternity hosts annual mother and daughter breakfast at 10 a.m. at Fireside Dining Room. James Fitzgibbons McCann Vocational Technical High School North Adams speaks. Also notes local fire calls, dances, and honors at McCann Vocational-Technical School.
The Lebanon Valley Woman's Club will host its annual spring luncheon on Thursday May 13 at 12 30 p m at the Federated Church in Garfield Reservations must be made by May 6 An illustrated talk on The History of Dolls will follow by Mrs Lillian Sproule curator of the Yesteryear Antique Doll Museum at Sand Lake Attendees may bring dolls and questions will be answered The doll museum is listed in tour guides and U N representatives have been advised to visit before returning home District chairmen for reservations include Mrs Ira Schilling Miss Ida Carpenter Mrs William Kline Mrs Harry W Decker Mrs George W De Rell and Mrs Gerald Wolcott Monday night Lebanon Valley Protective Association meeting at 8 at the New Lebanon fire station with Robert E Barlow presiding
Dr Augustine B Kinzel of Canaan New York City and California is among five named for Worcester Polytechnic Institutes 97th commencement June 11 He holds three other honorary degrees and will receive a doctor of engineering degree A summer resident voter in Canaan Kinzel is father of Mrs John W Talbot of Richmond Massachusetts Also Edward W Brooke US Attorney General will receive an honorary doctorate at Worcester exercises Kinzel is vice president for research at Union Carbide Corp and a founding member and first president of the National Academy of Engineering established in 1964
Stockbridge confirms Mrs Charles A Ady of Interlaken will discuss Foreign Housekeeping at the Tuesday Club meeting at St Pauls Parish House Tuesday at 2 30 pm The tea arrangements are under Mrs David Braman Mrs Sydney Belt and Mrs Regis Murphy joint coordinators
Sheffield Boy Scout Troop 28 holds a paper drive Saturday from 1 to 5 with bundles on tree lines. Other notices include divorce petition warnings, probate court actions, water-works bill authorizations, and a public notice waiving responsibility for contracts by C Francis Cornwell in Hinsdale Massachusetts on April 2 1965.
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