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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1969
Page
5
Great Barrington Selectman Paul Gibbons announced partial closure of a Hillside Avenue section behind Dewey School to motorists as a safety measure for children sledding, especially after school and on weekends, amid concerns of potential pedestrian-vehicle incidents.
Domenic Veronesi, 42, of Stage Route, Winsted, dies after a one-truck crash on Route 272 in Norfolk. Police say he drove off the right side, knocked down highway posts and two trees. He was taken to Winsted Memorial Hospital with severe head injuries and later died at Hartford Hospital.
GREAT BARRINGTON The John Watson Fund edged toward its $1,200 target as $54 in gifts arrived Friday noon to aid the needy for Christmas. Contributions included $10 from Ann Louise Shop $10 from Doiby’s Florist and $10 from Harland B. Foster Inc. Memorial gifts appeared from Bertoli family and Hazel with others noted by the Colley children Gladys Catt and Mrs George Welch. Collected to date $157.12. amount needed to reach goal not yet clear.
Star Spt. and Mrs. David W. Meaney and infant Heather departed for Australia where Sgt. Meaney will be stationed for three years. He has served in the Air Force for 50 years including a year in American Samoa. He is a 1964 graduate of Searles High School and left after a three week visit with his parents in Highland Drive.
General Cable Corp has offered to purchase the 40,000 square foot Hodges Crossroads shell and 29 surrounding acres for use by its electric assembly division. Board and stockholder approvals are pending with mid January directors meetings and the NBDC annual meeting December 30. Negotiations have lasted over a year with prior deals failing due to financing constraints.
State Sen George D Hammond of Westfield has filed legislation directing the Department of Public Health to resume chemical treatment against aquatic vegetation in Lake Mahkeenac Stockbridge Bowl Stockbridge to improve bathing boating and fishing conditions Milfoil growth has plagued the lake since 1963 with chemical control measures previously used Four times the department has applied treatments and Hammond has urged active action He has also contacted health officials to stress the need for chemical action Milfoil is a submerged root weed that forms large masses and washes ashore as it decays Visage Barber Shop Main Street hours and Ady trucking notices are unrelated small items
Lakeville contractor Richard Snyder owns two vintage railroad cars, a 1897 Pullman business car No. 07 and a 1948 North Coast Limited era car Spokane Club 709. Snyder frames his hobby as a modest luxury, detailing interiors, renovations, and plans for summer Maine trips while keeping the cars on his siding.
Lanesboro St Luke's Church holds its annual Christmas smorgasbord for parishioners on Sunday with a children's program at 4 and supper to follow. Call Mrs. Donald West or Mrs. Erwin Backhaus if not contacted. Attendees bring own place settings. A Sunday school Christmas pageant titled Why the Chimes Rang will be performed, with a dress rehearsal earlier that morning. costumes should be brought to church.
Congregational Church in Middlefield schedules a 9 30 a m Christmas service in the sanctuary. A pageant by church school youth group and choir will be staged. White gift offerings assist Hurricane Camille victims in Biloxi Mississippi. Church leaders open pageant.
A small greenhouse listing features poinsettias azaleas cyclamens and potted mums at Thistledoe Greenhouse Baker Street contact 232 4309.
GREAT BARRINGTON A $6,000 electric heating system installed in the green house and plant science facilities at Monuments Mountain Regional High School supports an expansion nearly finished since 19h8. About 30 vocational agriculture and shop students built much of the project. The system, imported from England, aims for stable temperatures within two degrees. The project, funded by state and federal grants and private donations, includes a refurbished potting shed to become a plant science classroom and will be used to introduce middle and elementary students to plant science roles.
On Monday a fire killed Mrs Brendan Traceski and her four children. Henry Jallert, grandfather of the dead children, urged hiring a building inspector to ensure second exits in duplex apartments. Town officials have sought funds for inspectors. In Northampton, state official Julian D Steele and Mayor Wallace Puchalski signed an agreement to develop a 1.25 million industrial park on a 100 acre site near the city center, aimed at easing financial strain.
In Albany a Republican assemblyman proposes stripping Education Commissioner Nyquist of school dress review powers, handing them to the courts after Nyquist backed student dress rights. Separate Albany items report a draft-boarding forewarning from a PAC member and a loan program extension plan allowing higher interest banks. A push to recruit black teachers from Southern colleges follows Albany High School protests.
U S Rep Robert N Giaimo answers questions about a 1866 testimonial dinner raising 35291 dollars. He itemizes expenditures as campaign costs and political expenses such as newsletters dues and entertainment of constituents. Receipts were not reported to the secretary of state because no such law existed until 1959. The 1966 law required reporting funds from other sources and Giaimo met that requirement.
NORTH ADAMS Francis P. Smith 79 resigns after criticism over inadequate low income housing. tenants seek his removal. Also in NORTH ADAMS a regional sewage plant study suggests 1.5 million savings vs two plants, with 22 percent operating cost savings and state federal underwriting of most capital costs. Adams to host free surplus food center if approved. North Berkshire urged inclusion. Williamstown appoints acting superintendent Marvin J. Gangemi as Dr. Hansen resigns. Charlemont Mohawk Park to build an Indian village next spring to attract out-of-state tourists with Mohawk Trail association support.
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