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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
25
Windsor Tonight schedules a special town meeting at six in Town Hall to vote on a three article warrant, not four as previously listed. Voters will decide whether selectmen can set the highway superintendent and road employee pay rates under General Laws Chapter 41 Section 66, with town records showing differing interpretations.
Richmond community fair judges update rules in the culinary class require a recipe with each entry and raise the maximum count of rolls doughnuts and cookies from three to six per entry. Entries accepted at the Town Hall 10 a.m. to 12 30 p m Saturday Sept 6 with a deadline to allow judging and winner selection.
Otis Consolidated School will resume classes on Monday September 8 according to School Committee chair George F Dillman as building work continues despite rainy delays. Also in Lanesborough a public hearing on September 12 will review Pittsfield Courtesy Bus Company gasoline storage. city bids call for demolition at Peck Road and Curtin Ave with bid opening September 2.
Windsor residents will hear the Greylock Riders sponsor a hare and hound motorcycle event Sunday at the Wanowicz farm. The two hour marathon covers 10 laps on a five mile course. Practice runs from 9 to noon with races starting at 1.
Camp Greylock in Becket dedicates a three-module 12 by 12 foot office to Orrick White longtime staffer since 1938. Architect David Guise designed the new building and social hall addition. White created a home fire system and oversees maintenance on Center Pond. Camp owners praise him as the camp’s longest serving employee and world traveler from Navy service.
Worthington Cub Scout Pack 710 and families will tour the battleship Massachusetts in Fall River Saturday. They will hold a pack meeting September 4 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, where ranks will advance and joiners will be accepted. Cubs may join at age eight or third grade, with forms from cubmaster Rev. Jerome Hf. Wood. potential Cubs must be accompanied by parents.
Worthington Mrs Mary Haskell of Kingville observed her 90th birthday on Wednesday born Addison VI August 20 1879. She married Herbert Haskell in 1902. he died 1950. She has four children Arthur Pittsfield Fred Courtland NY Mrs Ethel Mason Worthington and Herbert San Jose CA eleven grandchildren twenty one great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She lives alone in Ringville and does her own work. Neighbors visit and she enjoys card games. Also noted were rug prize winner Mrs G Grand Bourman Witt Hill Road who entered a braided rug at the Eastern States rug contest to be shown at the Eastern States Exposition. Mrs Jerome Wood and her children return from summer camp in Winchester NH. Worthington Congregational Church welcomed former pastors and wives Rev Jerome H Wood hosted Rev J Herbert Owen of Melbourne Fla and Dr Edward A Cowles of Dashampton.
Middlefield Ladies' Aid Society plans its annual family picnic next Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rice. Mrs. It Francis Pease and Mrs. Rich ard A. Walte lead supper arrangements assisted by Mrs. Rice. Edward F. Horalek is convalescing at home after Hillcrest Hospital surgery on his back. Cameron McQuaid of Daytona Beach Florida visits Ma Rice and Mrs. George E. Platzer as Platzer hosts George E. Platzer Jr and his sons Jeffrey and James from Southfield Michigan.
Dalton man Ronald J. Galletly, 23, was fined 15 dollars in Lee District Court for making unnecessary noise with his automobile after being stopped August 5 in Lenox. A second charge of speeding was dismissed. Summer supervision at local playgrounds ends tomorrow with unsupervised hours still in effect. Community events include a Labor Day dinner dance at Greenock Country Club and a beer garden sponsored by the Wiremen's Association on Main Street with music by the October Mountain Boys. Proceeds funded a Scott Pak for firemen entering smoke-filled buildings.
Two applicants for a single police patrol position were interviewed by the Selectman. Leon Litchfield, 23, of Chapel Street East Lee, failed the Civil Service exam by one point after February application. Michael Donovan, 22, of Columbia Street, failed by three points and is an Army veteran pursuing a police-training course. Both plan to retake the Civil Service exam and seek careers helping people. applications were held under advisement for two weeks.
Virginia Moore thanks friends neighbors relatives and hospital staff doctors nurses and others at Pittsfield General Hospital for their kindness during illness.
Selectmen discussed Lee Turnbull and Paul Drive resident William Burrell’s claim that surface drainage and leach fields create an unsanitary, dangerous condition. Health board inaction cited. formal complaint needed. Also, hours extension query to Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission and Rossi license status reviewed.
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