Winard Agency Repeats Ad Award Win
Winard Advertising Agency of this city received the Paper Trade Journal Best Ad of the Year award for a second time at Hudson New York ceremonies last week President E W Winslow accepted the plaque from Alrick Man advertising manager The Pittsfield Agency won for an ad on papermaking equipment by Sandy Hill Corp Hudson Falls New York Copy by Winslow art by William E Dodge This marks the agency's second Paper Trade honor in recent years with prior recognitions for Kaymyr Inc and for Tansitor Electronics Bennington VT Clark Aiken of Lee and the Mico Division Formica Insulation of New York also noted More than 10 entries competed.
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Winard Advertising
Paper Trade Journal
Hudson
N.Y
E. W. Winslow
Winard
Alrick Man
Pittsfield
Sandy Hill Corp
Hudson Falls
Winslow
William E. Dodge
Winard Agency
Kaymyr, Inc
Tansitor Electronics
Bennington
Clark-Aiken
Lee
Mic
Three UMass MBA Courses to Be Taught at Pittsfield High
The University of Massachusetts will offer three MBA courses at Pittsfield High School this fall. Quantitative methods in business, marketing management, and data processing systems analysis will run from 6 30 to 9 30 p m starting the week of September 13. Registration is September 7 from 7 30 to 8 p m in the PHS main office. Applications and details are available from Merton S Anthony at General Electric or Prof Robert L Rivers of UMass School of Business Administration.
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University of Massachusetts
Pittsfield High School
PHS
Merton S. Anthony General Electric Co
Woodlawn Ave
Robert L. Rivers
University
Mount Carmel School Uniforms Ready for Students
Parents may obtain uniforms at the Robert Hall store on Dalton Avenue. Sister Mary Louise, M.P., principal, announced uniforms are now ready. Girls wear navy blue plaid skirts white blouses and navy coat sweaters. Boys wear navy pants white dress shirts navy ties and navy coat sweaters.
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Mount Carmel
Robert Hall
Dalton Avenue
Mary Louise
District Court fines and cases list in Dalton and nearby towns
Sally T Garey of 161 Jason St was fined 25 dollars in district court for driving to endanger after admitting guilt following a claim of being blinded by oncoming lights. Clark, Mortote and Cotte faced continued charges for August 12 incidents on Main Street Dalton. Mason N DeWitt fined 25 for second speeding offense within a year. Several defendants received small fines for failing to license dogs or parking tickets. Multiple residents from Dalton, Lanesboro, Hinsdale, and nearby areas were fined for various offenses including speeding and running pedestrian signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally T. Garey
Jason St
George B. Crane
Maurice Isenhart
New West Street
Morton J. Clark
Dalton
William E. Marcotte
Erie Ave
Main Street
Clark
Peck’s Road
Frank WY. Cimini
Chester T. Zaorski Jr
Highland Ave
Philip A. Weiner
Partridge Road
George Strelin
Thomas Gardner
Dorothy E. Rider
West St
Joseph R. Merriam
Felix
Wiskiewski
Windsor Ave
Rawlinson D_ Wallermire
Hinsdale
Warren C. Yates
Chester Forfa
Lanesboro
Helen A. Ansero
Joseph A. Saudette
Lenox Ave
Constance A. Robillard
South St
Marry M. Sykes
East Wew Lenox Road
Evelyn M. Wilbur
Arthur ¥. Wigglesworth
Sunset St
Hinsdale motorcycle meet draws hundreds to South Street Field
About 150 riders and an equal number of spectators attended the Lions Clubs second annual meet. Greylock Riders organized the event with Jack Fieldher in charge. Fletcher wowed crowds by riding through a wall of flame. Officials note a rapid growth in entries and a market showing motorcycles from Harley Davidson and two Japanese makers, with prices from 500 to 2000 dollars and models suited for road field and endurance runs in the Berkshires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Lions Club
South Street Field
Greylock
Lions
Jack Fieldher
Fletcher
Mem
Bers
Allen Eames
Becket
Harley Davidson
Europe
Berkshires
Andrea Nuciforo Named to Special Senate Commission
State Senator Andrea F. Nuciforo of Pittsfield was named to a 17 member panel by Senate President Maurice Donahue to study financing of political campaigns. Colleague Sen. William Weeks also named to the commission as Berkshire County unemployment claims rose 40 percent last week to 798, with 10 jobs filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrea Nuciforo
Senate
Boston
Andrea F. Nucifaro
Pittsfield
Maurice A. Donahue
Holyoke
Nuciforo
William D. Weeks
Cohasset
Donahue
Berkshire County
Edward J. Barry
State Division of Employment Security
DES
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76 Year-Old Woman Chases Thief on Baltimore Bus
Millie A. Carman, 76, chased a purse snatcher for five blocks in Baltimore after he grabbed her bag as she boarded a bus. She said he would have been caught by someone younger, and she shouted for help but received none. The thief escaped with $4, glasses, and diabetic medicine.
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Baltimore
Millie A. Carman
Gamble Jr to appear on Mike Douglas Show on lightning tips
George M. Gamble Jr., of 46 Alfred Drive and GE advertising sales promotion manager for transformer departments in Pittsfield, will be the featured guest on the Mike Douglas Show. The program will be broadcast here September 10 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Channels 13 and 1, discussing lightning and home protection.
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George M. Gamble Jr
Alfred Drive
General Electric Co
Gamble
Mike Douglas
Mr. Gamble
Pittsfield
Beach Closed To Night Parties In Lanesboro
Lanesboro officials acting as the Board of Health order the town beach at the end of Sunrise Street closed from 9 pm to dawn due to complaints of unruly conduct. A building permit was issued to John Siler for a portable metal storage building on South Main Street. Sunday dancing licenses were issued to Village House Inc for Aug 22 and to Estella Stiles for Aug 22, 29, Sept 5, 12, 19, 26.
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Lanesboro
Board of Health
We Town Beach
John Siler
South Main Street
The
Village House, Inc
David Moelle
Sewer Project Easements Discussed City officials meet on Phase 3
City officials and City Solicitor Edwin E. Reder discussed taking 32 easements for Phase 3 of the sewer program and paying land damages at one council meeting. Attendees included Mayor Dillon Acting City Clerk Daniel Power Council President Remo Del Gallo and Reder. Controversy over Phase 2 damage claims was noted with patrolman Edward Deser complaining of lower compensation than neighbor George Neuf.
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Dillon
Daniel Power
Remo del Gallo
Edwin E. Reder
Reder
Edward Deser
George Neuf
Robert F Hunt to Preach Twice in Vermont and New Hampshire
Robert F Hunt, president of the Pittsfield area Gideon's International, will replace vacationing ministers at two churches. He conducts the Stam ford Vermont Baptist Church service this Sunday and the Hinsdale Congregational Church service on August 29.
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Robert F. Hunt
Pittsfield Area
Gideon’s International
Stamford, Vt
Baptist Church
Hinsdale
Mrs Molinari Passes Civil Service Exam
Santina F Molinari of 96 Stratford Ave has been declared eligible by Civil Service for senior clerk and typist with the Health Welfare and Retirement Trust Funds Board of the state Department of Labor and Industries. Of 110 women and 17 men who took the exam last February, 74 women and 10 men were declared eligible.
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Santina F. Molinari
Stratford Ave
Civil Service
Health, Welfare and Retirement Trust Funds Board
State Department of Labor and Industries
Soviet Envoy Named Deputy to U Thant
Moscow reports Soviet diplomat Aleksei Nesterenko has been named deputy for political affairs and Security Council matters to UN Secretary General Thant. Nesterenko, 57, an engineer by training, has served as ambassador to Pakistan since 1961, replacing Vladimir Suslov.
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Moscow
UPI
U.N
Thant
Aleksei Nesterenko
Security Council
Tass
Vladimir Suslov
Nesterenko
Pakistan
Ikeda Funeral For Japan's Postwar Economic Architect
Funeral rites were held today for former Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, credited with postwar Japan’s economic recovery. About 5,000 prominent Japanese attended. Ikeda died August 13 from pneumonia after throat cancer surgery.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Ikeda
Bill
Soviet Turkish Trade To Be Increased
Suat Hast Urguplu reports great positive results from talks with Soviet leaders. Tass says a joint communique promises to raise trade between the Soviet Union and Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosco Weap
Suat Hast Urguplu
Tass
Councilman Crow Removes Sting From a Problem
Councilman Raymond E. Crow a beekeeper faced a potential conflict of interest over removing a hornet hive from a city tree on Harding Street He was summoned after a postman was stung by hornets in front of 65 Harding St and finally removed the hive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Crow
Fnally
Harding Street
Crow
Harding St
Pittsfield Seeks Full Time Anti Poverty Administrator
Pittsfield anti poverty committee resumes search for a full time administrator to direct the local program. Richard L Whitehead of Action for Opportunity chairs the subcommittee and will lead a general discussion of candidates for the $12000 yearly post. 24 applications have been received to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Anti-Poverty Committee
Richard L. Whitehead
Action For Opportunity
AFO
Whitehead
Goodrich House Hostesses Named for Berkshire County Society
The Berkshire County Historical Society at Goodrich House lists this week's hostesses including Miss Elizabeth Hearn Sunday, Mrs Frederick M Myers Jr Monday morn, Mrs Warren Clark Monday afternoon, and adds Wednesday morning Mrs Clark Harding with afternoon Mrs Harry Bard. Thursday uses Mrs Louis Cusato and Mrs John Howes. Friday features Miss Marion Bulger and Miss Eleanor Goggins. Saturday morning Miss Elsa Meister with Mrs M A Wojtkowski afternoon. Next week’s captain is to be announced. The display adds a green and peach dress worn in Pittsfield in 1880. East week hostess Miss Nina Tryon wore her grandmother’s green silk dress. Open daily 10 am–4 pm. Sundays 1–4 pm.
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Goodrich House
Berkshire County Historical Society
Elizabeth Hearn
Frederick M. Myers Jr
Warren Clark
Clark Harding
Harry Bard
Louis Cusato
John Howes
Kenneth Bunce
Elsa Meister
Marion Bulger
Eleanor Goggins
M. A. Wojtkowski
Nina Tryon
Monterey
Pittsfield
GE Blood Drive Opens With Strong Start
General Electric employees donated 177 pints of blood on opening day of a two day Red Cross drive at the plant. The quota is 330 pints and daily goal was 165 pints. Twelve prospective donors were rejected for various reasons as the bloodmobile was scheduled to return from noon to p.m. today.
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General Electric Co
Heaton Seeks Party Status in Pittsfield Airline Hearing
John A. Weaton president of Greylock Airways petitions to be a party in a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing on Statewide Airlines request to serve Pittsfield and other New England routes. Statewide, Brooklyn, seeks authority for scheduled air service across multiple states. Pittsfield Airport Commission may join. Norman Kaye of Statewide invited to discuss plans.
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Statewide Airlines, Inc
Pittsfield
Civil Aeronautics Board
John A. Weaton
Greylock Airways
Brooklyn
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
CAB
Pond Dam in Otis to be raised nine feet
Berkshire County officials approve additions to the White Lilly Pond dam in Otis to raise water level by nine feet. County engineer Louis J. Diamond says plans include an emergency spillway and the project supports a leisure home development at the pond.
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White Lilly Pond
Otis
Berkshire County Commission
Louis J. Diamond
Diamond
Sprinklers Douse Burning Hemp at Lee Paper Mill
A fire at Columbia Mill Schweitzer division burned about three bales of hemp Monday afternoon around 5. The mill’s sprinkler system kept the blaze under control before firefighters arrived.
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Lee Paper Mill
Lee
Columbia Mill
Schweitzer
Quinn Haughey Not To Be Opponents In Mayoral Sweepstakes
School Committeeman John J. Quinn and former Mayor Raymond L. Haughey will not oppose each other this fall. Quinn says Haughey will not run if he is in the field and Quinn plans to run if he can secure leave from his employer, the New York Central Railroad.
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John J. Quinn
Raymond L. Haughey
Quinn
Ray
The
New York Centra Railroad
Annual Hearing On Roads To Be Sept. 23
The Massachusetts Public Works Commission will hold its annual Berkshire County chapter 9 road hearing Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at the Berkshire County Courthouse. Officials present their requests for allocations for next year. The county board approved a personnel change at the Pittsfield District Court and hired a substitute guard at the House of Correction for 60 days.
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Massachusetts Public Works Commission
Berkshire County
Berkshire County Commission
Helen A. Kopelewski
Pittsfield
Irene A. Bigwood
Madison Ave
Richard M. Smith
Gale Ave
House of Correction
Berkshire NAACP Dance Nets 508 for Legal Defense Fund
Berkshire County NAACP raised 508 dollars from a Saturday barn dance in Mill River. After expenses, proceeds go to the national Legal Education and Defense Fund. Performers included The Clayton Singers Hank Grover and Berkshire Folk Music Society members.
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Berkshire County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mill River
National Organization
Legal Education and Defense Fund
Clayton Singers
Hank Grover
Berkshire Folk Music Society
NAACP Life Membership Party Set in Stockbridge
The NAACP will host a life membership party on August 29 from 4 to 6 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs Mordecai Bauman in Stockbridge. Chairs are David Gunn and Frederick Lord, with Charlotte Lempert handling reservations and Norman Rockwell in charge of publicity. Life memberships cost $500 and may be paid over 10 years to encourage area residents to join.
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Berkshire County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mordecai Bauman
Stockbridge
David Gunn
Frederick Lord
Charlotte Lempert
North Egremont
Norman Rockwell
NAACP
GE Gets Permit For Lab Building At GE Plastics
A permit was issued for the construction of a new laboratory at GE Plastics division. Cost of the building is $18,400. The article also notes the retirement of Richard L. Kiley from GE after 13 years in the power transformer department, and lists several property transfers including Carol Ann Friscia’s Lenox property and various deeds recorded in Pittsfield, Hinsdale, Lenox and Becket.
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Richard L. Kiley
Adams
al General Electric Co
Kiley
Fall River
St. Thomas’ Church
Bella Fagan
Kileys
Yakun Realty Trust
Joe
Carol Ann Friscia
General Electric Co
Iceland's Pricey Welcome to a Land of Benefits
Icelandian living costs hit visitors hard with a 15 percent hotel tax plus large tips. 43 Kroner to the dollar, perople pay high hotel and cafe prices yet enjoy low heating costs from steam under cities and universal social coverage. Government runs utilities and some services, with unemployment rare. taxes fund social programs, reforestation, and aid from duty on matches.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
No Farm Work For Children During School
Federal law bars children under 16 from farm work during school hours as set by the local district. Stanley C. Wollaston of the Labor Department notes the Fair Labor Standards Act protects migrant and local children, with an exception for work on a home farm for parents.
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Stanley C. Wollaston
New England
U.S. Labor Department
Wollaston
Police Briefs Chronicle Local Vehicle and Safety Incidents
A tractor-trailer operated by John T. Arnold of Torrington Conn and a car driven by David H. Wood of Franklin NY collided opposite Boyd's Market at 338 South St. Katherine Murray 85 of 34 Madison Ave treated at St Luke's Hospital for a hip injury after an accident on North Street. A police cruiser conveyed 3 year old Evelyn Donahue from Peck's Road to Pittsfield General Hospital after swallowing a plastic tube at the GEAR on Crane Avenue. Marie Florentine 242 Mountain Drive and Joseph Scalise 7 Newell St. were in a Elm Street crash that injured May Powell 76 of 242 Mountain Drive admitted to Pittsfield General Hospital for back and neck injuries.
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John T. Arnold
Torrington
Conn
David H. Wood
Franklin, N.Y
Boyd's
South St
Katherine Murray
Madison Ave
St. Luke's Hospital
North Street
Evelyn F. Smith
Glen Head
N.Y
Evelyn Donahue
Peck’s Road
Pittsfield General Hospital
Crane Avenue
Marie L. Florentine
Mountain Drive
Joseph A. Scalise
Newell St
Elm Street
May Powell
Pujlsfield General Hospital
Grass fire near Britton Street and gas leaks at Cheshire Road store
Fire crews responded Monday to a grass fire along the railroad tracks behind 34 Britton Street at 2 08 p.m. Later at 7 22 p.m. heat caused leaks in two small propane gas tanks at Jack and Harry's store 21 Cheshire Road. Firemen removed and cooled the tanks and used the smoke ejector to clear the store.
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Britton St
Jack & Harry's
Cheshire Road
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