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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1963

Page

18

Lee Man Fined $155 After Mountain Crash

GREAT BARRINGTON Clarland dived down a 50 foot embankment. Huggins, 27, of 121 Highment, left the scene then reported the crash to Stockbridge police. He pleaded guilty to four counts in Stockbridge District Court and was fined $100 for uninsured car, $35 for operating to greater danger, $10 for unregistered car, and $10 for drunkenness. He was allowed 30 days to pay totals. His car plunged into a gorge on Monument Mountain, pulled from the gorge by two tow trucks.

Great Barrington Clarland Huggins St. Lee Stockbridge Eet Anteshire Dic Berkshire Stockbridgetrict Court Monument Mountain Duggins Mountain Sand Road Barrington Henry T. McCarty

Higley Given Suspended Sentence For Neglect Of Children

Henry J Higley 37 of Housatonic received a 30 day suspended sentence to the house of correction and two years probation after pleading guilty in Southern Berkshire Court on neglect of children charges. He was brought in on a warrant after missing a summons last November. Higley had reportedly been in Connecticut since November and the children are in the custody of Connecticut officials.

Great Barrington Henry J. Higley Housatonic House of Corection Berkshire Higley Connecticut

Peter Hickey Takes Vows As Jesuit

Peter Hickey of the Society of Jesus son of Mr and Mrs James D Hickey Brook Lane yesterday made his profession of religious vows at Shadowbrook Jesuit Novitiate in Lenox Hickey who graduated from Searles High in 1996 earned a BA in biology from Boston College in 1960 taught at St Georges College Kingston Jamaica West Indies and entered Shadowbrook as a novice in August 1961 He will continue his studies for the priesthood at Shadowbrook.

Great Barrington Peter Hickey Society of Jesus James D. Hickey Brook Lane Shadowbrook Lenox Wickey Searles High Boston College St. George's College Kingston Jamaica West Indies Hickey

Boy on Bicycle Hit by Car In Great Barrington

James Ross seven, son of Mr and Mrs William C Ross of Park Street, was taken to Fairview Hospital at 5 35 last night after a bicycle collision with the right front fender of a Telephone Co car driven by Michael Galica forty of Wellcome Street on Bridge Street. Police report the boy was on the sidewalk heading east on the north side when struck and is in good condition, with release possible today.

Great Barrington James Ross William C. Ross Park Street Fairview Hospital Bridge Street Young Ross Mic.cayslaw J. Galica Wellcome Street

Stockbridge Sculptor and Historian Speaking at Chesterwood

Wheeler Williams, noted sculptor and president of the American Artists Professional League, and Dr Richard Howland of the Smithsonian will headline Chesterwood’s Barn Gallery dedication in Stockbridge. The event features French works, historic memorabilia, and a public viewing through late September with weekend hours into October.

Stockbridge Chesterwood Wheeler Williams Andair Richard Rh Howland Department of Civil History Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C Friends of Williams American Artists Professional League National Sculpture Society Brooksteen Gardens South Carolina Society of the Four Arts Palm Beach Fla United States Europe National Trust For Historic Preservation Department of Fine Arts Johns Hopkins University Athens New Barn Daniel Chester French Cameron Forbes Philippines Murray Forbes Emerson William H. Vanderbilt Major B. B. French Capitol Washington Helen Douglass French San Francisco Prentiss French

Great Barrington Drill Team Shares Roaring 20s Proceeds

In Great Barrington the boys drill team will share in the proceeds of the August 1 and 2 23 and 24 Roaring 20s Variety program at Cornwall Academy gym. A substantial portion from ticket sales will finance new uniforms. The Barrington Players present a 1920s lineup directed by Charlotte Seeley with Nora Bayes Helen Kane Texas Guinan Eva Tanguay and AL Jolson portrayed. Tickets are sold by drill team members in downtown tonight and at Cooper Hardware or through players.

Great Barrington Cornwall Academy Gymnasium Barrington Players Dri Charlotte Seeley Nora Bayes Helen Kane Texas Guinan Eva Tanguay AL Jolson Evelyn Jackal Dave Madison Myra Gorton Cooper Hardware

Board Awards Paige Co. Student Accident Insurance Contract

Great Barrington School Committee re awarded the contract for supplying student accident insurance for the 1964-63 school year to the J. C. Paige Co. of Boston through local agent John N. Giracca. The committee also moved Mrs. Willard O. Pease from the eighth grade English dept to the high school English vacancy created by Beatrice Juskalian’s resignation. Two vacancies remain before classes open, an eighth grade English post and the Searles High School guidance director post. Mrs. Theodore Jurgenson Jr. and Mrs. Jules DelGrange were named census takers. replacement for Bryant School Area census taker Mrs. Richard Winn is being sought.

Great Barrington J. C. Paige Co Boston John N. Giracca Willard O. Pease Lake Avenue Beatrice Juskalian Stockbridge Searles High School Theodore J. Jurgenson Jr Stockbridge Road Jules DelGrange Housatonic Kenneth F. Preston Richard Winn Prospect Street Bryant School

Palms Vacationers Admit Betty Palmer to Wentworth Hospital

Miss Betty Palmer daughter of Mrs Oliver C Palmer of Kirk Street was admitted recently to Wentworth hospital Dover NRL for a kidney ailment The Palmers have been vacationing at York Beach Maine.

Betty Palmer Oliver C. Palmer Kirk Street Wentworth Hospital Dover Nrl Palmers York Beach Maine

Movie Timetable for Casiny Theaters and Local Venues

Casiny Theaters offer Summer Magic at 2 00 PM 7 00 PM 9 00 PM. Paramount North Adams shows Flipper at 1 25 PM 5 10 PM 8 55 PM and The Slave at 3 00 PM 6 45 PM. Ilonsac Drive-In Adams screens West Side Story at 8 40 PM with short subjects at 8 45 PM. Canaan Com Drive-In presents Buel of the Titans and Dono van s Reef. Coury s Drive-In North Adams shows Gidget Goes to Rome at 9 55 PM and 13 Frightened Girls at 8 15 PM.

Paramount North Adams the Slave Ilonsac Adams Canaan (Com Buel of the Titans

New Stockbridge High School Could Be Best Plan

Stockbridge residents hear the six point comparison from the School Survey Committee. Project 1 a new high school with expanded facilities and separate elementary and high school spaces is rated desirable in all categories, with Project 3 second best. The town will vote on Sept 19 at a special meeting.

New Stockbridge High School Stockbridge Williams High Plar Alan Harter

Cost estimates shown for four school plans in Stockbridge

The School Survey Committee outlines four options with total costs ranging from 750000 to 950000. Project 3 proposes a new elementary school and is the least expensive, while Project 1 carries the highest price. State aid could reduce town costs, and a regional option with West Stockbridge is explored, with its own building and annual payments pending SBAC approval.

Stockbridge

20 Fire Groups Muster Sunday At Mt. Park

Twenty fire departments from Western Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont and New Hampshire gather Sunday for the annual muster at Mountain Park Holyoke Massachusetts units entered include Amherst Belchertown Chester Cummington Erving Gill Granby Great Barrington Hadley Slatfield Hinsdale Lee South Deerfield and Whately Falls Village Terryville Pownal Keene and West Swanzey. The program features the midnight alarm and rotary and centrifugal pumping with a parade of old time equipment opening at 1 p.m. Judge William J. Storey of the Holyoke Fire Department will help evaluate entries.

Massachusetts Connecticut Vermont New Hampshire Mountain Park Holyoke Amherst Belchertown Chester Cummington Erving Gill Granby Great Barrington Hadley Slatfield Hinsdale Lee South Deerfield Whately Falls Village Terryville Pownal Keene West Swanzey William J. Storey

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