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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
14
Stockbridge Bowl Association will hold its annual meeting Friday at 3 in the Little Red Barn on the Tanglewood property. The agenda includes Bullard Park development and the election of new officers.
Stockbridge treasurer John H. Fitzpatrick reports slow ticket sales for the Stockbridge youth group benefit performance of Little Mary Sunshine at the Berkshire Playhouse. About 300 tickets for the August 19 show remain unsold. donations of 100 dollars or more are encouraged to help fund local youth activities, including skiing basketball and tennis programs this year, with renewed participation.
Stockbridge leaders discuss state action over a traffic light at Routes 102 and 183 intersection after a July letter. They plan to request a meeting with a state Department of Public Works representative to address hazardous conditions.
Thirteen Egremont Campfire Girls spent an overnight camping trip at Camp Nawakwa in Pittsfield State Forest. The summer nature program began yesterday and runs Tuesdays from 1 30 to 4 through August led by Mrs. Ralph Wheeler of Egremont.
Adams Open weekends only Mahalwe Great Barrington The Thrill of It All two showings at 2 0 and 7 00 9 00 Paramount North Adams The Longest Day showings at 1 15 4 35 7 50 Housc Drive-in Adams Open weekends only Capaam Drive-ln Mutiny on the Bounty Coary's Drive-in North Adlans 56 Days at Peking 8 45 selected short subjects
Lions Club directors donate $100 to the Stephen Vilot family after their home on stormview Road was nearly destroyed by a Thursday night fire. Local workers in GE’s distribution transformer department helped move debris. Red Cross provided clothing. neighbors donated essentials. The Vilots plan to rebuild at the same site as soon as possible.
The Rev. Jay Reed, home missionary with the Bible Club Movement, will speak and show colored slides at the Federated Church midweek service tonight at 7. Reed, a Philadelphia Bible Institute and Barrington College graduate, has served in North Carolina, Montana and Colorado since 1958. The Bible Club Movement, formed in 1936 in Philadelphia, aims to reach unchurched children and adults and supplement Sunday school.
Great Barrington event drew about 550 to 600 people at the Kiwanis steak fry held at the Bar rington fairgrounds. Lt. Col. John Shields praised the club’s welfare contributions. Methodist rummage sale and auxiliary food sale announced for weekend, with services scheduled across local churches in Housatonic Sheffield Great Barrington and Alford.
A house trailer was demolished when a car rear-ended it on Route 23 opposite West Street yesterday at 3 58 p.m. Five people were involved but none suffered serious injuries. Driver Harry G Groves 37 of East Brady Pa and William Perry 43 of Monterey in a Frederick Mercer truck were among those unharmed. Mrs Graves had a bumped elbow. Groves and his wife and their two sons were uninjured, as was Perry.
GREAT BARRINGTON The Rotary Club of Great Barrington held its annual planning assembly at the Blue Belton Inn Sheffield with 19 officers and committee heads present. They reviewed community service, support for Boy Scouts, and outlined plans for the club's 40th birthday in May. They discussed inviting Ecuadorian girls who hosted Marilyn Osgood and Laura Jane Stevens in Guayaquil this summer during Christmas. Tomorrow members of Cincinnatus Lodge AF and AM meet at 7:30 in the Masonic Temple to accompany a service for William Henry Smith at Stevens Funeral Home.
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