County Officers Of Legion To Be Installed
American Legion District 1 officers will be installed Saturday night at 6 30 at the Adams Post led by district commander George Schwab of Adams. Dancing and a smorgasbord will follow the ceremony. Judith L Lummus of Pittsfield becomes the district 1 adjutant the first woman named to that post. District Legion Auxiliary officers will also be installed with the District 2 team assisting William Watts assistant department commander of Longmeadow in conducting the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion District 1
George Schwab
Adams
Judith L. Lummus
Pittsfield
Lummus
District Legion Auxiliary
Willian Watts
Longmeadow
Compromise Recommended On Teachers' Base Pay
A fact finder urges Pittsfield School Committee and Pittsfield Teachers Association to split the difference in their salary dispute. Starting pay proposed at 6365, a 5.2 percent rise, with a bachelor’s maximum of 9705 and master’s minimum of 6965. Other changes include raised pay differentials for elementary principals and continued sabbatical procedures, with various adjustments to salaries and contract language.
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Pittsfield Teachers Association
Stanley Young
University of Massachusetts School of Business Administration
Young
Slassachusetts Senate
Pittsfield
Lawrence J. Murphy
Pom-Poms to March in Bennington Parade
The Berkshire Pom-Poms drum and bugle corps will participate in Sunday’s annual Bennington Vermont parade honoring the Battle of Bennington. Members must report at 9:30 a.m. at the First National Store parking lot on North Street, weather permitting.
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Berkshire
School Board Ups Kreiger six Department Heads Named
The School Committee boosted elementary education director John A. Kreiger to 15000 a year from 13000 and named six department heads for secondary schools. Kreiger will be out of the teachers union, with title changes to avoid confusion. The new department heads include Benson Quinlan Plummer Landy Murphy and Gehring. two openings were readvertised.
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Ups Kreiger
John A. Kreiger
Kreiger
Edwin R. Grady
Teachers’ Association
Grady
Richard J. Benson
South Junior High
Francis Rodrigues
David Quinlan
PHS
Edmund J. Plummer
Emilio Landy
Taconic High
Thomas I. Murphy
Crosby Junior High
Walter Gehring
Dalton
Raymond JD. O'Dea
Berkshire County Health Council seeks independent classification
The Berkshire Area Health Council plans to apply for state classification as an autonomous unit despite skeptical officials. If denied, the group will pursue a political fight for independence, citing Berkshire ties to Albany over Springfield or Hartford. The council aims to review health aid applications and advise communities, stemming from a UCS and Pittsfield funded 20,000 survey.
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Berkshire Area Health Council
BANC
Carol Lively
United Community Services
William Wilson
State Department of Administration and Finance
George Leonard
BAHC
Franklin
Hampshire
Hampden
UCS
Pittsfield
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Obituaries for Brownell Burton Depping Leach Smigel
Obituary notices list Brownell, Mrs Cleon Burton George Depping Mrs Claude Leach Earl G Smigel Benjamin among names referenced in the obituary column.
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Brownell
Cleon Burton
George
Depping
Claude Leach
Earl G. Smigel
Benjamin
Claude Depping
Earl Leach of Lee Dies After Fall
Earl G Leach 71 of 59 St James Ave died at home after falling from a barn roof during maintenance. Pronounced by Dr George Breit med examiner. Survived by three sons a daughter sister and 11 grandchildren. Funeral at Kelly Funeral Home with burial in Fairmount Cemetery.
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Lee
Earl G. Leach
St. James Ave
George G. Breit
Becket
Old Berkshire
Leach
Bernice Crandall Leach
Springfield
George and
Adeline Clark Leach
Shima Islands
Alaska
Austin Riggs Center
Stockbridge
Donald J
James C
Pittsfield
Douglas C. Leach
Earl Gundrum
Troy
N.Y
Thornton Lorimer
Concord
Kelly Funeral Home
Fairmount Cemetery
Funeral
Council for Aging seeks interim director for four months
The Council for the Aging seeks an executive director for the Senior Center from September 1 to December 1. Thomas J. Cendron resigned August 1 and Isabel Parker of the Park Department will fill the post until September 1. The position may not continue beyond January 1. A three-year federal grant funds most of the program, expiring December 31, with city funding still undecided. Salary is $5,000.
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Council For the Aging
Thomas J. Cendron
Isabel Parker
Park Department
Vandals damage greenhouse windows at Viale Floral Co
Police report overnight vandals broke windows at Viale Floral Co. valued at 60 dollars. Clermont Keyes of 160 Bradford St and Barbara Tash of 22 Cherry St were in a two car crash on West Housatonic Street last night around 7. Both cars suffered over 200 dollars in damage and Tash sustained a minor injury. Robert Signor, 10, of Wallace Place, was treated and released after knee injury at Clapp Park.
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Russell C. Panko Jr
Mohawk
Wn.y
Allen Hotel
Frank W. Cimini
Mario J. Panetti
Oliver St
Bruce Mendel
Gerald F
Ernest L. West
Lafayette St
Reginald Cooper
John St
John J. Strinie
Great Barrington
Joseph Feusciente
Howard St
Richard Liccardi
Deming &J
Ronald D. Daverin
Cummings Ave
Viale Floral Co
Wahconah St
Clermont T. Keyes
Bradford St
Barbara Tash
Cherry St
West Housatonic Street
Robert Signor
Wallace Place
St. Luke's
BMC
Clapp Park
Fire Record Chronology Notes Multiple Incidents
A sequence of late day and early morning calls records gas odor with no fire at Greenwich and J, washing machine overflow on Bay State Road, pan grease ignition at Lillian Street charring kitchen cabinet and ceiling, a Peck's Road car fire, Mount Carmel School alarm malfunction, Pittsfield General unit power loss with no fire, sprinkler alarm accidental sounding, and Berkshire Hotel alarm system malfunction at Union Street.
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Greenwich &J
Bay State Road
Lillian St
Peck’s Road
Fenn and
Second Streets
Mount Carmel
Pittsfield General Unit
BMC
Berkshire Hotel
Union St
Funeral notices list several local services
Funeral services were held or announced for Ervin R. Winn Peter J. Vit tone Miss Helen Morse Thrall form Thrall and Richard E. Whalen. Clergy officiated at First Congregational Church St Marys Church Stevens Funeral Home St Anns Church and Roche Funeral Home. Burials occurred in Edgewood St Josephs Sand Hill Pittsfield St Anns Cemeteries.
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Ervin BR. Winn
First Congregational Church
Quentin L. Peacock
Edgewood Cemetery
Nashua
N.H
Helen G. Morse
Ashley Falls
Stevens
Great Barrington
Robert K. Loesch
Canaan, Conn
Sand Hill Cemetery
South Canaan
Wellington Funeral Home
Cortland R. Pusey
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Pittsfield Cemetery
Henry J. Decker
Harry A. Tyler
James Harrington
John Curtis
Richard E. Whalen
Lenox
Roche Funeral Home
St. Ann’s Church
St. Ann's i
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Ohio
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