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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1963
Page
21
The Lee Babe Ruth League will hold its annual outing at Riverside Park on Wednesday. Transportation leaves from the A&P lot at 2 pm and a dinner is served at 5 pm. Tickets for rides cost a quarter of the regular price. Attendees must contact team managers or secretary Wesson L. Maillard by tomorrow.
Lee Otis and Tyringham teachers meet Sept 3 to prepare for reopening. Schools start Sept 4 with 12:15 pm dismissal. Full day sessions begin Sept 5. 183 school days planned for 1963 64, with several half days and breaks. District Court case: John F Mange pleads guilty to noisy car and no license. Local ads list household furnishings, a church smorgasbord, and rental notice.
Michael Bakwin owner of the Avaloch Inn Lenox was hurt in an early Saturday crash on Hawthorne Avenue and remained in Pittsfield General Hospital in good condition. He fractured ribs and a concussion after his car left the road, hit a guard rail, struck trees and rolled over. Police continue to investigate.
Hinsdale to host 6 pm recruiting meeting for boys up to 14 at Kittredge School and Williams High audit as part of Dalton Peewee Fair prep. Stockbridge opens a new barn sculpture gallery with open house Aug 27 from 4 to 7 pm. Lions Club plans final details for the Sept 8 horse show at Hinsdale Home Club tomorrow at 6 30.
More than 7,000 people attended the Marian Week closing services at Eden Hill. Very Rev. Thomas Finn of St. Mark's Pittsfield spoke on the Cusans, a group who offer their illnesses as prayer to seek world peace. Finn, founding chaplain and captain emeritus to over 1,000 Cusans in the U.S., led the Lourdes style blessing of the sick with individuals and the whole congregation afterward.
North Adams features the U S Air Force Pipe Band in the Sept 29 Fall Foliage Festival parade. The 13 member unit has performed for presidents and dignitaries and gave a White House command performance in 1962. Herbert Mahar, a veterans official, vows to fight for Mt Greylock development and the war memorial beacon atop it while disputing a $2.7 million federal grant request and a Conte study as unnecessary. North Adams bids for McCann Vocational School basketball team are opened. Regional School Committee will review bids at September meeting.
Huntington crowds filled the new Gateway Regional Junior-Senior High School yesterday during the open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The district will open September 4 with roughly 300 students and a 20 member faculty led by principal John F. Canavan. Registration for prospective students runs daily 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 through Friday.
Dalton Deimar Stevens is named state chairman for a new statewide tournament for children of American Legion members. Thomas A Abely, state Legion commander, praised Stevens as a pioneer in Legion youth bowling. Stevens organized a local league in 1960 and a county league in 1961 and is preparing plans for the statewide program. He has been nominated unopposed for local post commander.
Dalton zoning board of appeals will convene Thursday at 7 30 p m in Town Hall to hear Frederick Adams Jr of 19 Mountainview Terrace appeal a Selectmen denial over a permit for an addition to his home citing distance from adjacent properties. Also notices for a Stanley Home Products demonstration and local ads appear in the passage.
Cheshire School begins Wednesday September 1 at 8 50 am with Grades 1 4 going to the auditorium and Grades 8 8 entering early for the same. Release time for Grades 5 8 shifts to Wednesday afternoon while Grades 1 4 keep last year schedule. Noon hushes served first day with 25 cent lunch and 3 cent milk for self packed lunches. Willard J Chiasson principal sets faculty meeting Tuesday September 3 at 9 am. Mrs Joseph Clarkson Gary of Medford visited relatives in town.
A record crowd of more than 12 000 attended the Cummington Fair Friday through Sunday. The pony draw drew the largest turnout on opening night. Whitney Brothers of East Swanzey won first prize. Seven Grange exhibits were judged outstanding in the exhibition hall with Highland Grange of Huntington taking top prize. The Huntington display featured an old fashioned barn raising. Mr and Mrs William McCullack of Ashfield won the golden wedding prize for 76 years of marriage, a likely fair attendance record. Prizes for most living children and most grandchildren went to local couples, with several other couples honored for long marriages. Special recognition was given to several married pairs for long years.
Lanesboro Little League All Stars staged a late rally to defeat the Indians 9 8 in the season finale at the Little League Field. Trailing 8 2 after six innings, Norman Auger Tom Roy and Richard Moore sparked the comeback as Ross Bentz drove in the winning run with a center field single. Greg Davis pitched well for the Indians and Ken Anderson, Mike Barrington and Richard Moore shared the All Stars pitching honors. A Babe Ruth League visitor, James Geary, suffered a broken nose during pregame warmups and was taken to hospital.
Dalton incident report states David B. Maworth 21 of 56 Stockbridge Ave Dalton drove a car that struck a parked vehicle in front of the Wire Station on Route 7. Haworth, traveling south, suffered possible fractured nose and chest injuries and was taken to Pittsfield General Hospital. Hinsdale owner Carl Chiaretto’s car was parked. Laneshore officers Deloye and Maynard investigated.
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