Community dinner honors Rev Larson at St James Church
Great Barrington readers learn the Southern Berkshire Tenants Association sponsors a covered dish dinner next Thursday at 7 30 PM at St James Church. The event honors Rev Lawrence A Larson curate who is leaving for a new assignment after active service with the association and the Human Relations Council.
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Great Barrington
Southern Berkshire Tenants Association
St. James' Church
Lawrence A. Larson
Larson
Salem woman to graduate from Albany Medical Center X ray program
Miss Susan Lite of Salem New York grand daughter of former East Rand selectman R Raymond Little will graduate Saturday at 7 from the Albany Medical Center School of X ray Technology She daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph R Little finished the two year course at the head of her class and will be employed in the radioisotope laboratory at the medical center Selectmen will meet Friday at 7 pm at Town Hall instead of Monday due to the holiday
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Susan Lite
Salem
N.Y
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East Rand
Albany
N.Y.) Medical Center
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Medical Center
Holy Communion Service At Congregational Church
The Holy Communion service will be observed at the Congregational Church at nine in the morning. Deacons Ernest Scull, chairman, Robert Coleman, Robert De Quattro, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Barbey, Mrs. Emma Rankin, Mrs. Alice Love and Mrs. Emma Kenyon assist in the service. This is the last service on the summer schedule. Sunday services will resume at 10:748 am starting September 7.
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Ernest Scull
Robert Coleman
Robert de Quattro
Lawrence Barbievity
Emma Rankin
Alice Love
Emma Kenyon
Startling
Prince Leads Youth Corps in Dewey School Tiger Project
Arnold Prince, 44, a New York Sculptors Guild member and Berkshire County Youth Corps assistant director, guides four youths in shaping a life-size concrete tiger for Dewey School. The project features a sand-filled tail cave, a mouth sliding board, and yellow stripes, with masonry work by the youths. Prince, born in Antigua, studied at the Art Students League and opened his Stamford studio in 1987.
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Arnold Prince
New York Sculptors Guild
Berkshire County
Dewey School
Prince
River Street
North Adams
Stamford
Harlem
Norwich University
Vermont
Lever House
New York
Barrington Rotary speaker cites valid discontent fueling campus unrest
Dr Millicent C McIntosh former Barnard College president emeritus told Great Barrington Rotary Club that campus unrest stems from valid discontent with education quality. She urged mild critique of students, noting youth now seek broader college roles yet face older rules.
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Rotary
Great Barrington
Millicent C. McIntosh
Tyringham
Barnard College
Columbia University
Rotary Club
Fire destroys barn in West Stockbridge incident
Sparks from an outdoor incinerator under a Great Barrington Road home were blamed for a Monday night fire that razed a large barn owned by Joseph Angelini. Fire Chief James McDermott said the Angelini family often burned paper and hay in the incinerator and wind sent sparks to the barn. A Richmond firefighter was slightly injured during suppression.
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West Stockbridge
Joseph Angelini
Great Barrington Road
James McDermott
Angelini
Richmond Fire Department
Cheshire Pastor Chan dler M. Holmes Farewell Picnic
The Rev Chan dler M Holmes feted by Cheshire fellow workers at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Daniel Haskins. He received money and a wallet as he resigns from the First Baptist Church effective Sept 14 to return to his native Maine.
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Daniel Haskins
Holmes
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First Baptist Church
Maine
Adams Sewer Bids Exceed City Estimate
Adams Selectmen opened bids for sewer line extension from Bellevue Cemetery to Hoosac Valley School and found the lowest bid exceeded the appropriation by about 2000 dollars. BEM Construction Co. of Hadley bid 36211.40, Hutchinson Land & Gravel of Cheshire bid 42293.5, with 34135 authorized. A special town meeting may be called. a 4:30 PM meeting was planned to decide.
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Selectmen
Hospital questionnaire meeting set for September in Adams
Adams Edward J. Meczywor and Albert Abraham lead a hospital study committee planning a public meeting on September 9 at 7 30 PM at the American Legion Hall to discuss a written questionnaire to Adams residents about Plunkett Memorial Hospital and the town appropriation. The session will include a tour of the hospital for trustees and town officials. A separate report notes a two car crash on Howland Avenue at 10 20 PM caused $1500 in damage with no injuries. Donald J. Anderson was cited for operating to endanger.
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Albert Abraham
American Legional Hall
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Howland Avenue
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Overlook Terrace
Caral A. Bagdon
Millard Ave
Clarksburg
Brown Street
Anderson
Bagdon
North Adams
James F. Cleary
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State Department of Community Affairs
Community notices from Lebanon Springs and area
Women of the Church of Our Saviour plan a food sale Saturday from 1 to 3 at Friendship House near the church. The group meets Wednesday at 12 30 at Mrs Fred R Mayer home in East Nassau for lunch. Farewell party for Mrs Robert Corey hosted by local Home Demonstration unit as the Coreys move to Vermont. Donald Jr. born Aug 21 at Memorial Hospital Syracuse to Mr and Mrs Donald L Warkentin of Syracuse and grandparents listed.
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Church of Our Saviour
Friendship House
Fred R. Mayer
East Nassau
John A. Hollar
Robert Corey
Elton Wilson
Coreys
Vermont
Donald L. Warkentin
Syracuse
Donald Jr
Memorial Hospital
William F. Hartigan
New Lebanon Center
Wiliam Warkentin
New Milford
Cheshire School Lunches Start On Sept 3
The Cheshire school lunch program begins opening day September 3 with the noon meal and breakfast starting Monday September 3. Lunch is 24 cents with milk. milk only is 4 cents per carton. Parents should send kindergarteners with milk money on the first day. Next week’s menus include American chop suey and fried items with vegetables, fruit, and bread on Wednesday and Thursday, plus fish sticks on Friday. John and Frank Piekos of Berkshire Power & Equipment, Case dealers, attended a Case convention in Milwaukee August 18–22, accompanied by Robert Johnson Sr. of Cheshire.
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Frank Piekos
Berkshire Power & Equipment Co
State Road
Case Tractor
Milwaukee
Wis
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Worthington Selectmen Hear Liquor License Bids
A two hour hearing in Worthington featured charges and counter charges as the town licensing board weighs two all alcohol license applications. Corners Grocery Inc and Frederick Emerson request the permit, with Emerson tied to the Drummers Inn. Mason withdrew. decision expected within two days, subject to ABC ratification in Boston.
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Albert Nugent
Henry HW. Snyder
Kenneth Osgood
Sprague Electric appoints Geisler to new marketing post
Edward C. Geisler Jr. is named manager of marketing for computer components at Sprague Electric as part of an intensified push to promote standard and tailored Sprague components in electronic data processing. Geisler has served Sprague in engineering and marketing since 1958, after stints with Hazeltine Electronics Corp. in Little Neck New York.
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North Adams
Edward C. Geisler Jr
Sprague Electric Co
Carroll G. Killen
Geissler
Sprague Electric
Potential Shell Building Sale Fails in North Adams
Negotiations with Thermo Built Systems over the Hedges Cross Roads industrial shell building have ceased due to an inability to assemble the financial package. NBDC president Joseph A. Dolan cited a tight money market as the main hindrance. About 750,000 was needed to start operations. stockholders voted April 3 to sell the 40,000 square foot shell and 29 acres to the Washington firm for 120,000.
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North Adams
Thermo-Built Systems, Inc
Hedges Crossroads
Joseph A. Dolan
Northern Berkshire Development Corp
NBDC
Dolan
Washington, D.C
New York Atomic Authority Abandons Easton Reactor Plan
The New York Atomic and Space Development Authority abandoned plans to build a fast breeder reactor in Easton, a decision kept secret amid local opposition. An Easton site critique cited a report predicting a reactor accident could kill 130,000 over thousands of square miles.
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New York Atomic and Space Development Authority
Washington County
Atomic Agency
Easton Camp
Shushan
Atomic Energy Commission
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