Lenox Couple Observes 25th Anniversary at Family Dinner
Lenox Mr and Mrs Aaron St Hart observed their 25th wedding anniversary with a Thursday family dinner at the home of their son in law and daughter Albert P Cassavant. The St Harts have six children and numerous grandchildren, and he retired from General Electric as a GE Quarter Century Club member. A separate Lenox collision on the bypass involved a juvenile driver and Alidio L Dod of Euclid Ohio with no injuries.
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Aaron St Hart
Lenox
Albert P. Cassavant
Leslie H. Garrett
Cassavant
Frank E. Miller Jr
Roy C. Miller
Pittsfield
Paul F. Miller
Rantoul, I
Robert D. Miller
Air Force
Guam
St. Hart
Morningside Baptist Church
Harold A. Schlink
General Electric Co
Depotchet
Alidio L. N. Dod
Euclid
Ohio
Dod
Joseph Tardif
Ludlow
Harry Hamrick
Morgantown
W.va
Lenox Library Exhibits Eight Watercolors by Stuart C. Henry
Lenox Library displays eight watercolors by Stuart C. Henry of 127 Appleton Ave Pittsfield through Aug 15. Henry director of the Berkshire Museum has held solo shows at the Fogg Museum in Cambridge and Symphony Hall Boston. He studied at Harvard and the Fogg Art Museum and in Europe. His focus is painting methods and design. He mentors Chesterwood Stockbridge and Hancock Shakers Village, serves Berkshire TB association treasurer, and sits on Harvard’s Berkshire admissions committee.
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LENOX
Stuart C. Henry
Appleton Ave
Pittsfield
Lenox Library
Henry
Berkshire Museum
Fogg Museum of Art
Cambridge
Symphony Hall
Boston
Harvard College
Fogg Art Museum
Paul J. Sach
Europe
Chesterwood
Stockbridge
Hancock Shakers Village
Berkshire County Tuberculosis Association
Berkshire Area
Two Teens Jailed Over Summer Street Parking Meter Theft
Anthony C. Arigony, 18, of Mill Street, and John Burden, 17, of Friend Street, pleaded guilty to larceny of property worth more than $100 and willful destruction of property. They were fined $100 each, placed on probation for one year, and sentenced to 30 days in the House of Correction for larceny and 40 days for destruction.
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Adams
House of Correction
Summer Street
Anthony C. Arigony
Mill St
John Burden
Friend St
Swimming Program Ends Tomorrow
The final session of the Red Cross swimming program will be held at the town beach tomorrow at 10. Children should bring lunches and stay until 1:30. If it rains, the event is canceled and swimming certificates and skill cards may be picked up at the beach anytime after Wednesday.
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Red Cross
Holyoke Man Buys Briggs Homestead
Holyoke man Harold Littlefield, long based in Chicago, has purchased the Briggs Homestead on Orchard Street, a house and 50 acres, from Valley Heights Realty Co. for about 25000 dollars per Deeds Registry. Littlefield, a plumber, plans no immediate development but hopes to build a home later and will continue work in the Pittsfield area.
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Adams
Holyoke
Chicago, Ill
Briggs
Orchard Street
Valley Heights Really Co
Harold Littlefield
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mt. Greylock
Littlefield
Surge of Vandalism Hits Crotteau Street Gardens
Police report a surge of vandalism Friday night in the Crotteau Street area damaging backyards by uprooting plants and tossing lawn furniture into pools. Two local 14 year olds are implicated. Police Chief John A. Tarsa notes their cases are being referred to the juvenile probation officer.
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Adams
Crotteau Street
John A. Tarsa
McBride Seeks Voter Input On Five State Issues
Adams representative Anthony P. McBride of the 2nd Berkshire District has mailed voters a questionnaire asking for opinions on five issues he calls vital. Questions cover funding private school salaries, veterans preference, House size, access to contraceptives, and capital punishment. He invites comments and plans monthly meetings in Adams Dalton Williamstown with possible additional venues in Windsor and Savoy to hear constituents.
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Anthony P. McBride
Adams
Berkshire
McBride
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Dalton
Williamstown
Windsor
Savoy
Hig
Gateway Regional Summer Upgrades School Facilities
Maintenance drive in the Gateway Regional School District targets upgrades across multiple campuses this summer. Projects include tile floors, roof care, painting, new lighting and shades, gym floor work, storage updates, and a major cafeteria area renovation at the Gateway Regional Junior-Senior High School to create three new classrooms. Plans foresee five kindergartens across seven towns by September as enrollment grows.
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Timntington
Gateway Regional
Middlefield
Chester
Blandford
Russell
Murrayfield
Huntington
Russell Canwell
Worthington
Pioneer Junior Black and White Show At Cummington Fairgrounds
A total of 48 exhibitors presented 106 animals for judging at the 17th annual Pioneer Junior Black and White Show last Wednesday. Five first prizes were won by Russell Sears III of Cummington in various classes. judge Warren Wigsten awarded top honors to Sears and others. The event, sponsored by the Pioneer Junior Holstein Club with regional and state dairy groups, featured trophies, ribbons, and prizes from multiple sponsors led by Gail Raymond.
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Cummington
Pioneer
Cummington Fairgrounds
Russell Sears III
Warren Wigsten
Pleasant Valley
N.Y
Mark Raymond
Southampton
Bruce Carr
Sears
Susan Stedman
South Deerfield
Rhonda Lilly
Ashfield
William Fitzgerald Jr
Richard Stedman
Mahlon Parsons IV
Westhampton
Keith Lilly
Fitzgerald
Alan Lilly
Herd
Pioneer Junior Holstein Club
Hampshire-Franklin Holstein Club
Massachusetts Holster- Friesian Association of America
Massachusetts Extension Service
Pioneer-Berkshire Regional Extension Service
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Gail Raymond
Massachusetts
Pupils Attend Summer Program in Gateway Regional District
A total of 117 students from grades seven through twelve in Gateway Regional School District receive summer instruction in math reading English social studies science and health. The Title I program began July 7 and runs until Friday with about 49 hours per student. A federally funded breakfast is provided daily. Frederick Moran leads the Timhe I summer program, the district’s largest to date.
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Huntington
Gateway Regional
Frederick Moran
Lanesboro Names Kruger Full Time Patrolman
Lanesboro selects Charles H. Kruger of Pittsfield as a full-time patrolman for the town police, following John C. McCormick as chief. Kruger will start next Monday after a one-year layoff from Berkshire County House of Correction duty.
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Lanesboro
Charles H. Kruger
New Road
Pittsfield
Kruger
John C. McCormick
County Commission
Berkshire County House of Correction
Band Concert Set Tonight in Lanesboro
The 20 piece Veterans of Foreign Wars concert band from Pittsfield will perform at 7 on the lawn by the Town Hall annex in Lanesboro. The event, postponed from last night due to rain, was organized by Eugene Sakshaug, with Ernest St. John as manager and Robert R. Briggs conducting. Attendees should bring folding chairs due to limited seating. The concert is funded by a grant from the musical performance trust fund of the recording and television industries.
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Lanesboro
Pittsfield
Town Hall
Eugene Sakshaug
Selectmen
Ernest St. John
Robert R. Briggs
St. John
Musical Performance Trust Fund
The
Recording and Television Industries
Hancock Fire Department Barbecue Planned at Central School
Hancock Fire Department will hold its annual barbecue Sunday at Hancock Central School grounds with servings to begin at 1. SPCC conducts its annual fund drive in Hancock through Aug. 10. Chairman Mrs. Roscoe Conklin requests contributions by mail. Last year $184 was spent in the Hancock area. Contributions may be sent to William F. Staples, treasurer, 467 North St, Pittsfield.
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John P. Prince
Hancock Fire Department
Hancock Central School
SPCC
Hancock
Roscoe Conklin
Hancock Area
William F. Staples
North Stl
Pittsfield
Butch-Delmolino Wins Cheshire Youngsters League Crown
In a well played game on Sunday Butch-Delmolino Construction Co. defeated Green Acres 4 to 3 to clinch the Cheshire Youngsters League title for the fifth time in six years. Mark Pasquini pitched four hits, one walk, and ten strikeouts while James Delmolino went 3 for 4 and drove in the winning run. Leo Kalinowski allowed nine hits and struck out ten for Green Acres. All-star practice is set for evenings this week at the youngsters' league field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Butch's Market-Delmolina Construction Co
Butch-Delmolino
Green Acres
Mark Pasquini
James Delmolino
Steve Kittler
Leo Kalinowski
Kalinowski
Worthington Scouts Finish Camp Week and Local News
Worthington Boy Scout Troop 716 completed a week at Camp Chesterfield. Star rank for John Taliaferro and Kenneth Porter, life rank for Pau Sena, and Tote-N-Chip awards for all fourteen scouts. Best obstacle course time by Paul Sena, marathon swim runner-up Styd Fernandez-Sierra, pajama swim relay champs Steven Magargal and Ronald Sears, canoe race second place Magargal and Charles Porter. Troop 710 won the title race. next meeting Sept 8. Local golf club events note weather delays, prize plans, and card games. Fresh air visitors from York City hosted by the Paysons. multiple local residents listed with activities and visits.
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Worthington
Camp Chesterfield
John Taliaferro
Kenneth Porter
Pau Sena
Paul Sena
Ronald Sears
Styd Ferrnandez-Sierra
Steven Magargal
Magargal
Charles Porter
Worthington Scouts
Troop 710
Garden Club Food and White Elephant Sale Planned
Alford Alford Garden Club will sponsor a food and white elephant sale at 10 40 a m Saturday at the Town Hall.
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Alford Garden Club
Canaan Railroad Day Sale Advertised on Main Street
Old Canaan shop Bianchi’s on Main Street promotes Railroad Day sale from August 4 to 20 offering 20 to 50 percent reductions on men’s and boys’ summer clothing with advertised savings and event timing.
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Old Canaan
Bianchi's
Main Street
Three Congregational churches form cooperative ministry
In Williamstown the three Congregational churches voted to unite under a cooperative ministry naming Rev. F Nelson Schlegel as preaching and ministering pastor for White Oaks Second Church and as fellowship minister with First Church pastor Rev. J Thomas Leamon. Schlegel, a Ursinus College and Hartford Theological Seminary graduate, has served in Europe and the Near East and most recently as executive secretary of Boston City Missionary Society and fellowship minister at Wellesley College. Meanwhile McClelland Press in Williamstown is sold to George L Elder of North Adams, who plans no change beyond a family oriented operation with his sons John R and Thomas G. in the business. In North Adams air pollution stations to gauge district viability are set for Sept 1 with Adams station atop the high school and Williamstown station on Roberts Co roof in Berkshire Plaza. A pollen-count device will be added at Whitney's drugstore, financed by the Berkshire-Franklin Tuberculosis Association.
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Williamstown
F. Nelson Schlegel
White Oaks
J. Thomas Leamon
Pennsylvania
Schlegel
Ursinus College
Hartford Theological Seminary
Europe
Near East
City Missionary Society of Boston
Wellesley College
McClelland Press
George L. Elder
North Adams
Elder
Elsie B. McClelland
John R
Thomas G
Massachusetts
Adams
George L. Heisler
Roberts Co
Berkshire Plaza
Heisler
Whitney
Berkshire-Franklin Tuberculosis Association
Suburban Students Study Slum Issues In Connecticut
In West Hartford Conrad High School runs a six weeks summer course Cities in Crisis with 27 students, including fieldwork in Hartford slums to explore questions on suburb city dynamics land ownership in low income housing and political ties between West Hartford and Hartford. In Windsor teachers plan a health education program with sex and drug topics amid local controversy led by Mothers of Decency alleging Communist influence and funding. Hartford hospitals seek cost coverage for welfare patients as state rates are deemed insufficient by a Superior Court judge. Connecticut physicians show varying participation in Blue Shield per the Connecticut Medical Service. Norwich plans include a 120 room Sheraton Motel and 50 acre technical park near Exit 80 for R&D offices and related facilities.
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West Hartford
Conrad High School
Hartford
Windsor
Mothers of Decency
Communist Party
Hospital Cost Commission
St. Francis
St. Raphael
Yale New Haven
New Haven
Norwich
Sheraton
Town House
East Great Plain
Providence
Massachusetts Commercial Students To Work in Offices
The Westfield High School program will run in the fall, letting commercial students spend after school hours in area business offices to learn real practices and gain feedback from businessmen on improving the formal education program. In Greenfield, towns consider urban renewal authority to run downtown projects and ease Route 2 congestion with a new through street and provide more moderate income housing. Springfield Technical Junior College receives a $20,000 boiler donation from Babcock & Wilcox Co. to train heat and power engineers for an associate degree and state boiler license.
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Westfield
Westfield High School
Springfield — Babcock & Wilcox Co
Beaver Falls
Springfield Technical Junior College
Troy tax fears and a shrinking base fuel GOP claim
New York official Edward F. McDonough, head of Rensselaer County Democrats, asserts Troy’s tax rate ranks among the state’s highest and the base keeps shrinking. He notes the city has long been a Republican stronghold and his critique marks his first public comment in six months. A separate piece reports a Chamber of Commerce led effort to clear junk cars and debris citywide, with a portable car-crusher expected through September as part of Boost Troy. In Nassau, 17-year-old Donald Carpentier runs a barn antiques shop on Mud Pond Road, pricing items high and adjusting downward slowly to maximize value.
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Troy
Edward F. McDonough
Rensselaer County Democratic Committee
New York State
McDonough
Chamber of Commerce
Altes
Nassau
Donald Carpentier
Mud Pond Road
Tere
Carpentier
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Ralph Conroy
Aaron St. Harts
Eagle Classified
Eagle’s South Berkshire
Lee, Lenoxdale
Tyringham
West Becket
Eagle’s South Berkshire Bureau
Walker St
Adams Anne Louise Millet
Gateway
Chester High School
Wie
Lenox National Bank
Loeb’s
Foodtown
Lenox, Mass
Tae
Bette Burt
Carolyn Rueger
Worthington Golf Club
Kay Limburg
Helen Magargal
York City
Christina Mullins
Howard Morrison
West Street
Lorraina Pagan
Ernest Robinson
Kinne Bronk Read
Anthony Small
Jeromé H. Wood
Huntington Road
Sherman DeVeaux
Henry Payson Jr
West Worthington
Paysons
DeVeaux
Stella Albert
Joseph J. Dunn
Merton A. Cottrell
Walter H.tower
Bradford P. Fisk
Eleanor Strong
Friendship Guild
A. Leland Smith
River Road
Ruth Magee
Marianne DeMott
Harvey Road
Harald
Brown
Elderberry Lane
Vermont
New Hampshire
Rock of Ages
Craftsman's Center
Lawrence Wellington
Palmer Cottage
Alford
Canaan, Conn
North Berkshire
George Elder
Connecticut
American Medical Association
Connecticut Medical Service
John M.C. Betts
Greenfield
Community College
New York
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