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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1969
Page
3
A reflective piece from Larchmont notes half cords of wood stacked along driveways signaling winter and Christmas. It contrasts symbolic preparation with practical limits, arguing central heating makes fireplaces more ambience than necessity and skewing comfort, cost, and romance in middle-class homes.
Hancock Shaker Village reported a record season attendance of 35,000 and a busy fall trustees meeting amid plans to reopen May 1. Highlights included Shaker food and craft sales, furniture reproductions, and donations such as three pieces of Mount Lebanon furniture.
Pittsfield Camp Fire Girls Council names Mrs Randolph Hamilton as leader for Friendly Blue Birds at the Christian Center. Rostered helpers include Mrs Douglas H Eisner as assistant leader. Weekly meetings Tuesday at 3 30 for girls in 2nd and 1st grades.
The Lions Auxiliary holds a holiday party at 6 30 tonight at the Stanley Club with hostesses Mrs W Gordon Degnan and Mrs Gilbert George arranging the affair.
Campus Briefs lists five Pittsfield residents as undergraduates at Framingham State College. Linda Carson, Janet DeBaggis, Kathleen Donaghue, Kathleen Gniadek, and Nancy Shaw are juniors and freshmen pursuing biology, home economics or elementary education. Rotary Club, Stanley Club, Berkshire Coin Club, and White Tree Club meetings noted for December 28.
The Diet Workshop will sponsor a holiday tasting party of low calorie foods tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the Jewish Community Center. The public is invited to attend.
Tonight features Berkshire Roundaliers and teachers Ray and Zac Hinckley hosting a round dance at Morris School Lenox with a grab bag event at p.m. The Adams Memorial Theatre in Williamstown presents Twelfth Night at 8 30 p.m.
The narrator recalls holiday cocktail culture in Princeton and Brattleboro, lamenting yearly invitations to formal gatherings. Junior faculty faced social pressure to attend numerous parties, while hosts offered lavish hors d oeuvres and gourmet items, reflecting an affluent, traditional university milieu.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kern of 2 May Street announce the engagement of their daughter Yvonne Darlene Kern to Spec. 4 Frank James Armstrong USA son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Armstrong of Lee. A January wedding is planned. Miss Kern attended Lenox Memorial High School and works at Valley View Nursing Home. Armstrong attended Lee High School and is stationed in Okinawa.
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