Health Board rescinds Monument Valley Dump vote
Great Barrington Health Board voted to rescind last year’s motion assigning Monument Valley Road property as a sanitary landfill. The action follows a 1968 motion and a court order enforcing zoning bylaws forbidding disposal sites on Monument Valley Road. The site is owned by Catskill Materials Corp of New York. Abutting residents and Open Heart Club filed suit seeking a writ to require enforcement.
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Great Barrington
Board of Health
Monument Valley Road
Sahitary
Superior Court
Donald M. Macaulay
Selectmen
Jasnigiil
Posi
Catskill Materials Corp
New York
John L. Santos
Open Heart Club, Inc
Zoning Board of Appeals
Donations To Watson Fund Reach Fifty Nine Dollars
Great Barrington reports $69 in donations today for the John Watson Fund bringing total to $190 toward a $1,200 goal. Contributions to aid needy children in Christmas efforts may be mailed or delivered to The Eagle office at 276 Main St.
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Great Barrington
John 5. Watson
Eagle Office
Gorham & Norton
Butternut Basin
Housatonic Fire
Alice G. Cronin
Bishop County General Assembly
Housatonic School Rated Satisfactory by Inspector
Sanitary inspector Francis X. Mackoul reported Housatonic School as satisfactory, with Board Chairman Cassel requesting a fuller report due to recent Dewey School concerns. The board plans monthly unannounced tours with four school officials.
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Great Barrington
Francis X. Mackoul
Board of Health
Housatonic
Arthur J. Cassel
Mackoul
Dewey
Mackoula
Wladyslaw Plak
Berkshire Hills Regional Raises Revealed by School Board
Berkshire Hills Regional School District Superintendent George P. Lane released a list of administrative salary increases approved by the Regional School Committee. The raises include Lane from 19,500 to 20,400, effective July 1, with numerous principals and district officials getting varying bumps, some Jan. 1 and others July 1, as part of the annual district-wide pay adjustments.
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Great Barrington
George P. Lane
Berkshire Hills
Lane
Summer Home Break-In Reported on West Sheffield Road
Local police report a person or persons broke into Morris Katz's summer home on West Sheffield Road between 6:30 and 7 last night. No details on items missing available this morning.
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Great Barrington
Morris Katz
West Sheffield Road
District Court sentences Salisbury youth in burglary case
Roy Duntz, 19, of Salisbury, Conn., was sentenced in Southern Berkshire District Court to three months for larceny from a building and three months for use of a motor vehicle without authority. He plans to appeal to Superior Court. Judge George R. McCormick presided. Duntz, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Atty. Robert J. Danelan. He was arrested Nov. 6 for breaking into Harry's Garage on Stockbridge Road. Wallace B. Wellersdick, 24, of Salisbury, was also arrested. he is serving three months for burglary and received a three-month suspended sentence for the MVC charge. Duntz posted $2,000 bail.
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Great Barrington
Roy Duntz I
Salisbury
Conn
Berkshire
George R. McCormick
Duntz
Atty
Robert J. Danelan
Harry
Stockbridge Road
Wallace B. Wellersdick
Wellersdick
House of Correction
Housatonic Chip Pies Win First Biddy Game
The Chip Pies beat American Legion 26 23 in a Biddy Basketball League opener. Daniel Harris and Tom Teggs led for the Chip Pies while George Ryan scored 18 for Brooks Agency and Robert Lewyd topped Pleasant Street Market in overtime. WEW beat Johnny's Garage 53 23 as Billy Crane scored 30. Standings show VFW 2 1, Brooks, Chip Pies, American Legion, Pleasant Street Market 1 1, Johnny’s Garage 0 2.
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Housatonic
Chippies
American Legion
Daniel Harris
Tom Teggs
Pleasant Street Market
Brooks Insurance Agency
Robert Lewyd
George Ryan
Brooks Agency
WEW
Johnny's Garage
Billy Crane
Melvin Welch
VFW
Brooks
Grammar School Yule Program Set Dec 17
The Christmas program of the grammar school is scheduled for December 17 at 7 30 p m at the Community Center with the PTA hosting parents and children in attendance. The chorus of the 3rd and 4th grades from Housatonic and West Stockbridge schools will perform under the direction of Mrs Emma Gray the music supervisor. A puppet show at the School building is planned for December 19 with morning shows for lower floor classes and an afternoon show for upper floor classes presented by Mrs Robert Longs of North Plain Road.
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Housatonic
PTA
West Stockbridge
Emma Gray
Robert Longs
North Plain Road
Local Church Plans Annual Yule Party
Corpus Christi Parish hosts a Sunday 2 p.m. party at the Community Center for children with a magic show by Gerald McConkey of Pittsfield and distributed gifts and refreshments. Mrs John Murphy chairs arrangements. Beforehand children sing carols to shut-ins starting at 1 p.m. A teen dance is planned January 13 from 8 to 9 p.m. at the same center by the Corpus Christi Confraternity. The Rosary and Altar Society sponsors a public card party January 15 at 8 p.m. at the center.
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Housatonic
Corpus Christi Parish
Gerald McConkey
Pittsfield
John Murphy
Corpus Christi Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
The
Rosary and Altar Society of the Church
Food Sale Benefit for Monument Mountain Soccer Team
HOUSATONIC parents plan a community center sale Saturday at 10 a.m. to support Monument Mountain Regional High School soccer, recently county champions, to fund jackets. Arlene Dezieck and Mrs. Robert Kinne lead the committee. Bantam basketball leagues start Friday 6 to 8 p.m. at Donald Holcomb Field. Halcomb to oversee. Fire department schedules its annual public card party.
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Housatonic
Monument Mountain
Arlene Dezieck
Robert Kinne
Housatonic — Bantam
Donald Holcomb
Halcomb
Lions Club Christmas Party Set for Dec 19
New Lebanon New York Lebanon Valley Lions Club plans its annual Christmas party for members and guests on Friday December 19 at 7 30 PM at the Old Chatham House. Reservations due by Monday night with Herbert L Poore. Each attendee to bring a 30 cent gift for the grab bag and prizes.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Lebanon Valley Lions Club
Herbert L. Poore
Chatham House
Poore
Elton
Wilson
Regents Call for Speedier Integration in Public Schools
Albany reports the state Board of Regents urged faster school integration based on a department study noting rising racial and social isolation over two years. They demanded repeal of the antibusing law, higher aid for districts addressing imbalance, and stronger compensatory programs, teacher quality, curricula, and district reorganization. Albany. The closing of Keeler's Restaurant was addressed in a separate matter with a trial planned over back rent and damages between Sam Adler and Amsterdam Catering Corp.
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Regents
Albany
State Board of Regents
Education Department
Keeler
City Court
Evaviste G. Lavigne
Sam Adler
Amsterdam Catering Corp
Adler
Rockefeller backs Goodell bid amid GOP tensions
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller endorses Sen. Charles Goodell for re election urging Republican leaders to drop opposition. In Albany an 83 foot yawl Katherine HW ran aground in the Hudson River while preparing a global voyage, leaning on its side with railing submerged. Eric Salsburg of Detroit and crew planned to sail around the world within two years. Built in 1891 Boston the vessel is the last of a meet of 12 raving vessels.
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Albany
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles ¥. Goodell
Goodell
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Hudson River
Eric Salsburg
Detroit
Mich
Katherine HW
Erie Canal
Boston
Charles Banker Forms New Enterprise in Lebanon Springs
Charles W. Banker of Lebanon Springs announces B. F. Enterprises to operate from home, representing a Syracuse distributing firm from snowmobiles to switchgear while planning additional lines. He also aims to develop a new power generating device to reduce electricity costs. He served with GE ordnance systems and Army Air Corps, and moved here from Phoenix with his wife and five sons and a married daughter in Syracuse.
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Lebanon Springs
N.Y
Charles W. Banker
B. F. Enterprises
Banker
Syracuse
GE Ordnance Systems
Pittsfield
Polaris
Poseidon
Rees
GE Semiconductor Department
Phoenix
Strand Theatre
Prindle Electric Co
Troy
Army Air Corps
County Taxes Boost Rate 34.77 in Town County
NEW LEBANON, N.Y. County town tax bills show a 3.72 per thousand rise over 1969 with $54.66 of the 87.82 rate going to the county and 33.16 to the town. Fire protection remains 5.26 per thousand. Only Austerlitz and Canaan have lower rates. Hillsdale tops at 133.69, up 6.72.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Mary E. McKenna
Austerlitz
Canaan
City of
Hudson
Hillsdale
Track Mishap Delays Traffic
A trailer truck from Chattanooga Glass Co. capsized on Lenox Mountain Road in Richmond causing about four hours of detour. The driver Roy Jones of Centerbury Ohio attempted a wrong turn at Lenox Road and West Stockbridge Road and tipped the trailer into a ditch. Wreckers from North Adams aided in stabilizing and removing the vehicle from the roadway.
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Richmond
Lenox Mountain Road
Chattanooga Glass Co
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Roy ©. Jones
Centerbury
Lenox
Lenox Road
West Stockbridge Road
Roy Rawson
John
Reno Castagna
North Adams
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U.S
Savings
Freedom
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