Church To Show Movie on Black History
A church program at St. James Episcopal in Great Barrington will feature the film Black History Lost Strayed or Stolen next Monday at 8 90 p m behind the parish house. Starring Bill Cosby the documentary highlights Afro American achievements often overlooked in history. Polk singers Father Fred and Mother Jillson will sing folk songs at 7 30 p m with rain sites moved to the parish house. It is part of the churchs enrichment film series for summer.
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Great Barrington
St. James Episcopal Church
Bill Cosby
Polk
Father Fred
Mother Jillson
Nursing Home to Aid Sewer Extension Costs
Christian Hill Road project seeks $14,000 contribution from Welcome Street facility toward an eight inch sewer main. Tighe Bond estimates total project cost at $100,000 as Aug 18 town meeting considers a loan for funding.
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Great Barrington Home, Inc
Christian Hill Road
Selectmen
Welcome Street
Tighe & Bond
Federal Loan Available To Improve Housing in Great Barrington
Construct Inc of Great Barrington may obtain a government loan up to 25000 from the Farmer's Home Administration to purchase and refurbish substandard housing for low and middle income families. Funds must cover operating costs. 6.25 percent interest applies.
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Great Barrington
Farmer's Home Administration
Construct, Inc
Joseph Miller
Construct
Lee Man Buys Apartment Building in Berkshire Sale
Charles M. Seiger of Agremont sold his apartment building at South Main and Manville streets to Gordon Leeman of East Street Lee, according to Southern Berkshire Registry of Deeds papers. The property includes the house and a garage on about a third of an acre. The selling price was about $45,000 per tax stamps.
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Great Barrington
Charles M. Seiger
Agremont
South Main
Manville Streets
Gordon
Rain May Force Summer Sale Indoors at Church
GREAT BARRINGTON In case of rain the annual summer sale planned for tomorrow at the First Congregational Church will be held inside the church. The sale is set to start on the church lawn at 10 a.m. Luncheon will be served at 11 30.
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Great Barrington
First Congregational Church
Mrs Finke Named Registered Jeweler
Marian G. Finke of E.M. Ryder Inc 285 Main St has qualified as a registered jeweler by the National Gem Society after a comprehensive written exam on identifying and valuing gems. The society awards this merit title. After a public hearing Selectmen granted Massachusetts Electric Co and New England Telephone Co a joint pole location on North Plain Road for a new house service.
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Great Barrington
Marian G. Finke
E.M. Ryder, Inc
Main SL
National Gem Society
Las
Selectmen
Massachusetts Electric Co
New England Telephone Co
North Plain Road
Dog Dispute Revives as Neighbors Clash in Great Barrington
In Great Barrington a barking dog dispute involving Mrs. Norse Spadaccini and neighbor Walter Borsody flared again after earlier settlement. The Selectmen will surveil the kennel and consider further action as tensions rise. Mrs. Barbara Palmer also praised the board for resolving a similar complaint about a kennel owned by Daniel Kennedy.
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Great Barrington
Norse Spadaccini
Walter Borsody
Three-Mile Hill
Borsody
Barbara Palmer
Kirk Street
Housatonic
Daniel Kennedy
Palmer
Spadaccini
Sheffield Board Seeks Lower Electric Rates Letter Planned
Sheffield Selectmen agreed to write to Massachusetts Electric Co. urging lower rates at a meeting last night. The Sheffield Businessmen's Association pushed the move, reading a letter by President Joseph B. Cowen. A supportive letter will be drafted by Selectman Franklin C. Curtiss. The board also heard Highway Supt. Alex Shmulsky report on forthcoming no parking signs for Miller Avenue and Route 7. Maple Avenue remains closed end to end for bridge work under state policy. Next year bids may go out for roadside mowing and bridge painting.
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Sheffield
Selectmen
Massachusetts Electric Co
Shefield Businessmen’s Association
Businessmen’s Association
Joseph 8. Cowen
Franklin C. Curtiss
Alex Skhmulsky
Miller Avenue
Route 7
Shmulsky
Maple
Castle Street Vandalism Prompt Police Patrol Request
Selectmen urge police patrols around Castle Street near the Penn Central station after vandalism included broken windows a destroyed street light and obscene wall writings. Kennedy to build a noise barrier at the kennel and reduce dogs from six to four as Selectman Gibbons proposes, with Mrs Palmer asked to take one animal but she declined.
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Great Barrington
Selectmen
Castle Street
Penn Central Railroad
Selectman
Paul J. Gibbons
Gibbons
Kennedy
Egremont Town Upkeep On Berkshire Greens Roads
At a meeting last night Walter N. Borg urged the town to take over Berkshire Greens roads if residents cover the upkeep costs. Voters previously declined town acceptance, which would have shifted expenses. Borg cited ongoing construction homes used for pellet practice and the police chief was asked to check local registration options.
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Egremont
Selectmen
Walter N. Borg
Berkshire Greens, Inc
Berkshire Greens
Borg
Selectman
Frederick I. Turner
Charles M. Seiger
John T. Ryan
Land Sale In Egremont North Parcel To Daniel Geller
John E. Denegan sold an 11 acre parcel with buildings in North Egremont to Daniel Geller of New York City for about 39500 according to Southern Berkshire deeds. Also in Southern Berkshire District Court Thomas W. Kelly got a 10 day suspended sentence for assault and battery and two other locals were fined or pled guilty for traffic offenses. Barrington Youth Group will sponsor a dance Saturday 8 to 11 at Walker Hall with music by the Universal Sct.
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Egremont
John E. Denegan
North Haremont
Daniel Geller
New York City
Southern
Berkshire Registry of Deeds
North Egremont
Green River
N.Y
Great Barrington
Berkshire
Thomas W. Kelly
George R. McCormick
Kelly
Gerald C. Harris
East St
George E. Ford
Pine Street
Housatonic
John Boelwhel
North Street
Henry Kowalczyk
Oak SL
Michael Snyder
Rocky Hill
Conn
Hugh F. Leahy
UWI
Richard A. Rawling
Creamery Road
Barrington Youth Group
Walker Hall
Universal Sct
Interlaken to host visiting preacher this Sunday
Interlaken Church announces a visiting sermon by Rev. Charles Parsons, a retired minister living in Florida, during Sunday service. The appearance highlights continuity of church leadership as the guest preacher brings experience from his years in ministry.
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Interlaken Church
Charles Parsons
Ves
Florida
Stockbridge Firehouse Study Urges Elm Street Replacement
The Firehouse Survey Committee urged a new firehouse at a different site in Stockbridge Village, away from Elm Street, with a special building committee to be appointed before the September town meeting. Elm Street station is unsafe, undersized, and poorly heated, while nearby Interlaken and Glendale houses are largely sound and require boiler, line, or painting updates.
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Stockbridge
Stockbridge Village
Elm Street
Interlaken
Glendale
Arthur W. Maskell
Williams
Maskell
George E. Emerson Jr
PTA Meeting Is Tomorrow In Stockbridge Town Hall
STOCKBRIDGE A PTA meeting will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Town Hall. Thomas A. Kinne of Monument Mountain Regional High School will discuss the coming year’s physical education program. All interested parents from West Stockbridge invited. Ladies Auxiliary of the Glendale Fire Department meets Monday at 7 p.m. at the firehouse. Mrs. Laurence Shaw and Mrs. Robert Gennari plan a scavenger hunt and refreshments. Kitvant Annes of Stockbridge West Stockbridge meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Red Lion Inn.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Glendale Fire Department
Laurence Shaw
Robert Gennari
Kitvant-Annes of
Stockbridge
West Stockbridge
Red Lion Inn
Peru Neighbors Day Events and Local Returns
Peru announces Neighbors Day at First Church of Christ on Sunday August seventeenth with a swiss steak dinner from noon to two and a church service at 2:30. Wallace B Morrison Jr. has returned from Vietnam and is assigned to Ft Meade as an intelligence analyst. Coralie Steele and Charlene and Kevin Steele vacationing in Caribou Maine with Airman J C Laurin Steele at Loring AFB. Shuttleworth family guests include Raymilton Samford and John Shuttleworth, and Karl Schneider of Germany.
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First Church of Christ, Congregational
Wallace B. Morrison Jr
Morrison
Main Road
Vietnam
Ft. Holabird
Ft. Meade, Md
1St Army Headquarters
Coralie Steele
Berkshire Community Action Council
Charlene
Kevin Steele
Robert R. Steele
Peru Hill
Caribou
Maine
J.C. Laurin Steele
Loring Air Force Base
Edward K. Shuttleworth
Raymilton Samford
Hamilton
Mass
John Shuttleworth
Karl Schneider
Germany
Legion Post 298 Regular Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30
Housatonic MRS CECELIA BATLLY announces Legion Post 298 will hold its regular business meeting tomorrow at 7 30 PM at the Legion headquarters in the Central Block.
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Housatonic
Cecelia 'Batlly
Legion Post 298
Legion
Berkshire Boy Choir Set to Sing at St Joseph’s
STOCKBRIDGE Berkshire Boy Choir, a 40 member group from church choirs nationwide, will sing at the 10:15 a.m. Mass at St. Joseph’s Church this Sunday. The third year ensemble has toured New England, performed at Lincoln Center, and recently recorded for RCA. Alan Wickes directs the Berkshire Boy Choir. Elwood Hill is executive director.
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Stockbridge
Luke T. Tennessey
St. Joseph’s
Berkshire
United States
New England
Lincoln Center
N.Y
RCA
Alan Wickes
Canterbury Cathedral
England
Elwood Hill
Red Lion Gallery Displays Works by Mathias Schuster
STOCKBRIDGE An exhibition of paintings by Mathias Schuster of South Egremont is on display in the Red Lion Link on Main Street. The collection, to be shown through Sunday, includes still life works and pieces on various subjects. Schuster trained in Germany and at New York University and has shown in New York City, Connecticut, at the Shakey Museum, the Hillsdate Gallery, and elsewhere.
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Stockbridge
Mathias Schuster
South Egremont
Red Lion
Main Street
Schuster
Germany
New York University
New York City
Connecticut
Shakey Museum
Hillsdate
N.Y
Richmond Farm Stand Rallies Funds For Church
The United Church of Christ Congregational opens a Friday farm stand on Route 41 to benefit the church building fund. Vegetables, flowers, baked and canned goods are sold or ordered for next week. Donations welcome at the stand after noon Fridays. contact Elizabeth Eldridge for details. Public Health Nurse Hazel Dickson is on vacation in August. Dorothy Whitcomb substituting at the Richmond Consolidated School 1:30 to 2.
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Richmond
United Church of Christ, Congregational
Elizabeth Eldridge
Summit Road
Hazel Dickson
Dorothy Whitcomb
Richmond Consolidated School
Flood Losses in Vt Put at $600,000
Vermont officials report initial flood losses near six hundred thousand dollars after heavy rainfall. Springfield Weathersfield and Brattleboro suffered damages as Gov. Deane Davis declared the three communities disaster areas following more than five inches of rain in 24 hours.
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Montpelier, Vt
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