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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1965
Page
13
Campaign chairman Allen F. Babcock reports over 350 volunteers offering help for Remo Del Gallo’s mayoral bid. He has circulated nomination papers and expects to assemble them within a week or so while trying to persuade Del Gallo to run. Babcock notes past successes and mentions his own GE employment.
Seven nomination papers were filed Friday by Mrs. Katherine Kit Fanning, Democratic state committeewoman. The target candidate was not disclosed though speculation linked John J. Quinn, a possible mayoral contender. Quinn stated he had not discussed the matter with Fanning and would prefer her support. Fanning, 76, resides at 89 Williamsburg Terrace.
Three hundred General Electric employees have registered to donate blood during an in plant drive at the GE plant. Daniel F. Keegan Jr. of the power transformer department, employee relations manager and drive chairman, hopes to add 30 more donors to reach a 330 pint goal. The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the plant Monday from 10 to 4 and Tuesday from noon to 6 p.m.
Stockbridge features a day lily auction at the Berkshire Garden Center at 2 p.m. Horicultural director C Roy Boutard will serve as auctioneer. About 80 varieties will be offered. He notes the batch is strong and a good time to plant after the rain.
The Royal Blue Angels all girl drum and bugle corps compete in a Yankee Circuit contest at Green Island New York sponsored by the Green Island junior corps. They will also perform at Camp Wyoma Hinsdale August 22 in an event sponsored by the Monarchs junior corps.
Funeral services for Arthur F. Croughwell were held at Foley Funeral Home with a High Mass at St. Agnes and burial at Fairview Cemetery. Bearers were grandsons Dennis Croughwell Robert Fogarty James Conroy Ralph Kendall Edward Croughwell and Terrance Dorsey. Joseph Mittnight’s funeral followed at Hall Higgins in Stephentown with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Bearers included Robert Boyle senior and junior Walter Winslow Richard Senter and Jack Senter. Mrs John Bernardini’s funeral was at Bendvenga Funeral Home with Requiem at Mount Carmel Church and burial in St Joseph's Cemetery. Bearers listed as Robert Casimer Nicholas Farina Anthony Ravazzali Peter Triceri Joseph Doucette Nicholas Gallego. Police reported an accident on Cheshire Road involving Rodney H Merchant and Mrs John Hoffman with property damage over 200 and no injuries.
Nearly 100 gathered for a recognition dinner at Camp Eagle, October Mountain. Bean-hole beans cooked in a ground pit built with rocks and coal produced from a dawn fire, followed by an evening retreat, dinner, talent show, and various tributes from district and council leaders and Scout volunteers.
Stockbridge awards were given during Parents Day Exercises marking the end of the second session at the Sports School Day Camp. In Paul Procopio's group Charles Vaninetti and James Consolati received top honors. Kevin Kelly's group named James Barboza and Lance Bovard as winners. Thomas Grieves' group honored James Sullivan and Peter Edgar. Joseph Coakely's group recognized John Edgar and Jeffrey Messer. About 200 attendees were present.
Police investigated a report that some young boys cracked a plate glass window at Palace News located at 140 North Street. Mrs Thomas Stephens of Dalton reported a tan leather pocketbook lost at Empire Market at the Allendale Shopping Center on Friday afternoon containing about eight dollars and personal papers.
At 8:28 p.m. a rubbish fire in the refuse room of the cellar at Allendale Pharmacy 37 Cheshire Road produced heavy smoke in the cellar and store. Cause undetermined, fire marshal's office to investigate. Also noted Friday at 3 p.m. awning fire at Berkshire County Savings Bank 24 North Street and 3:15 p.m. railroad ties burning behind Knapp Oil Corp. 230 West Housatonic Street.
A ski patrol first aid instructors clinic for the eastern division will be held next Saturday and Sunday at the University of Massachusetts. Dr Geoffrey Osler and Raymond J Amiro will teach with Dexter D Galusha as conference head. Registration closes Tuesday via local chiefs Glen Guernsey James Hadley or A Carleton Johnson. Lodging provided. attendees include Charles Schobinger, national director for the Midwest represented.
In Tionesta Pennsylvania an Army officer, Lt Robert Fuellhart, with the 44th U.S. Ranger Battalion, was killed in South Vietnam on Wednesday while his wife Jan, 21, gave birth to a daughter, 7 pounds 7 ounces, at a Titusville hospital.
Eusebie J. Comeau of Adams is named as a late father’s beneficiary with Bernard Comeau added after omission. Divorce granted for Mary C. Harvey of North Adams from Jon J. Harvey. she may resume her former name Mary A. Corneil, the Clarksburg marriage on November 14, 19H noted.
Berkshire Skin Divers, Inc. uncovered a well preserved cannonball during a Lake Champlain dive. Diver Raymond Gload says it may be from the battle where Arnold routed the British fleet and notes the origin as undetermined. The find came near Valcour Island where Arnold’s flagship once sank.
Last Wednesday several Volunteer Fire Department members operated a portable pump to drain 500 gallons from a spring supplying four Route 9 homes. Residents Willard Bridgham Juliette Viens William Till and Mrs Nicholas Till lacked water for 20 hours due to a defective pump. Water was rationed until normal levels returned and water was drawn from another Route 9 spring near the firehouse. Mr and Mrs Raymond Estes hosted Mrs John Anderson from Sweden for a week. Russell Smith of Saddle Brook will lead Sunday services for the month at the Congregational Church.
A telegraph to MRA from Pittsfield restaurants reports continued water rationing since last fall as a regional drought persists. Meanwhile a federal survey by the U S Geological Survey finds vast underground water reserves across Vermont from Island Pond to Brattleboro along the Connecticut River, though tapping them would be costly.
Joseph J. Gilarde of Orlando formerly of Pittsfield has been elected district international relations chairman for Florida Lions Clubs. He spoke four languages, learned Spanish after moving to Florida in 1955, and has held multiple local leadership roles in the Downtown Orlando Lions Club. A 1928 Pittsfield High School graduate, he worked in sales at Pittsfield Milk Exchange for 13 years before joining Foremost Dairies in Eustis and later transferring to Orlando.
Moscow AP reports Aruna Asaf Ali, an underground organizer of the Indian rebellion and a current peace campaigner, received the Lenin Peace Prize. Her late husband served as ambassador to the United States.
List of patients and relatives connected to Pittsfield General and St Luke's including John Potter Cheshire Bruce Dalton Rita Gibbons Tina Roulier Donald Lemoine Thomas Romeo Anna Daly Cathie Robitaille Mrs William Jones Robert Wilson Jr Donald R Lando Mrs Russell LeBeau Mrs William Brockman Ronald Blanchard Mrs Ernest Charron Richard Clemo Mrs Christopher Hall William Adell Mrs Joseph Tucci Mrs James Mahon Mrs Grace Mercer Mrs Jane Lederer with addresses in Adams Lenox Becket Dalton and surrounding communities.
Eight members of the Catholic Art Association toured Hancock Shaker Village after noon led by William Lawrence Lassiter of Albany. The group, part of the convention in Albany, toured Old Chatham and Mount Lebanon sites earlier in the week. Mrs. L. K. Miller, Village president, spoke to the delegation in the 1793 meetinghouse as attendance for the week reached over 1,800.
The Senate approved, by voice vote, incentive pay for hazardous duty on aircraft carrier flight decks. The plan would grant officers an extra $110 per month and enlisted personnel $55. The House Armed Services Committee cited fatality and injury data showing flight deck duty ranks highly in risk.
The Shaker sect received the Catholic Art Association gold medal at its Albany area convention for providing “one truly Christian answer to the production question in an industrial age.” Sister Mildred Barker attended from Sabbathday Lake Maine, as Rev. Robly Edward Whitsun of Fordham presented the award at Our Lady of the Angels Seminary, Montclair.
Five area folk singers will perform at the Berkshire NAACP square dance tonight at 8 at Clayton Farms in New Marlboro. Performers include Raymond Crowe Hank Grover Marilyn Carpenter of Pittsfield Skip Blanchard of Dalton and Dick Davis of Berkshire Village F. E. Menaker will call square dancing Proceeds support the NAACP legal defense fund Tickets are available at the door or from county NAACP members Clayton Farms sits on Mil River Road between Clayton and Mill River.
Ecumenical services are held at St George's Greek Orthodox Church for the Dormition feast. Grand vespers at 7:30 with bread blessing, reception in the hall, a 9 p.m. requiem before the tomb, a lecture by Rev. Theodore Palczinsky, and an 11 p.m. Paraklesis. Rev. Pangratious Vrionis and Father Palzeinski preside. soloists Menelaus Amandos and Anastasios Kartas participate. all faiths invited.
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