Cutler Betters To Receive JWV Brotherhood Awards
Alan Cutler of Pittsfield High and Robert C. Betters of Taconic High were named recipients of the JWV Louis Green Post Brotherhood Award. The honors include a breakfast at Boston University and a February dinner in Pittsfield. Betters leads Taconic activities while Cutler serves as PHS science club president and National Merit semifinalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Betters
JWV Brotherhood Awards
Alan Cutler
Pittsfield High
Robert C. Betters
Vacante High
Louis Green
JWW
PHS
Taconic High
Anne Hill
Pomeroy
Boston University
Louis Gree Post
Jewish Community Center
Robert L. Betters
McArthur St
Taconic
Danny Thomas
American Legion
Crosby Junior High
Maurice Cutler
Livingston Ave
PHS Science Club
Pen
Williams College
National Science Foundation
Boston
Pittsfield General Unit
BMC
First Methodist Church
Pittsfield Federation of Temple Youth
Temple Anshe Amunim
IWW
New England
National Conference of Christians and Jews
George R. Phillips
Louis Green Post
Noel Named Mgr of Adams Branch Bank
Richard L. Noel of North Adams a loan officer of the First Agricultural National Bank has been promoted to manager of the Adams branch succeeding Gene H Head who resigns Jan 1 1970 to join Franklin National Bank Long Island NY Noel a North Adams native and Dartmouth College 1961 graduate earned an MBA from Amos Tuck 1962 He joined the bank in the trust department 1964 named assistant trust officer 1965 named loan officer Head joined the bank in 1966 after 16 years as MAC Finance Plan office manager in Pittsfield and North Adams Noel is treasurer of the Berkshire Mental Health Association and vice president of the Berkshire County Clearing House Association He is married to Christine Ann Lube of North Adams and they have three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Noel
North Adams
First Agricultural National Bank
Adams
Gene H. Head
Franklin National Bank
Long Island
N.Y
Noel
Dartmouth College
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Dartmouth
Head
Bank
Pittsfield
MAC
Berkshire Mental Health Association
Berkshire County Clearing House Association
Christine Ann Lube
Political Comeback Hopes Sounded By Ex Councilmen
Three councilmen delivered parting speeches as their terms ended. George A. Purnell Jr. and John H. Rice hinted at future runs for council or mayor while Anthony D. Sottile offered thanks and no firm plans. Years on the council, housing votes, and upcoming new members shaped the farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Purnell Jr
John H. Rice
Anthony D. Sottile
William G. MecLaughlin
John J. Fitzgerald
Rice
Purnell
Parnell
Jone Liberal
Housing
Sottile
Melbourne Road
Osceola Street
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Jubilee
Alill Street
McLaughlin
John F. Fraser
Philip J. Tully Jr
Fitzgerald
Lye
Snowmobiles Stolen Reward Posted by Local Marine Firm
Jan's Lakeside Marine Inc in Lanesboro offers a 30 reward for info leading to recovery of a Skidoo and a Scorpion stolen from its warehouse at 507 Wahconah St on December 9. Police have little progress due to staff shortages. Owner John Novo says the two machines are a year old, deposits of about 150 each were taken from Richard Alberts and Wayne Rivers, and Novo sold five snowmobiles for 500 each to Alberts and Rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan
Lakeside Marine Inc
Lanesboro
Wahconah St
John Novo
Richard Alberts
Willis Street
Wayne Rivers
North Street
Novo
Alberts
Rivers
Mass Schedule Listed For St Josephs Church
Midnight Mass will be celebrated at St Josephs Church sung by a high school glee club under Sister Lorraine Henry. Miss Therese Quinlan is soloist and Mrs Peter Trova plays organ with George Farris directing. Christmas Day Masses are at 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 with Mrs John Regan soloist and Mr Farris leading singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Church
High School
Lorraine Henry
Sisters of St. Joseph
Therese Quinlan
Peter Trova
George Farris
John Regan
Farris
Pittsfield Forest To Collect Banned Pesticides Statewide
Pittsfield State Forest will host one of 19 collection points across Massachusetts for hard pesticides banned from January 1. The DNR will collect leftovers from dealers and individuals, storing them in sealed bunkers for eventual disposal, likely by high temperature incineration. Collection runs January 5 through January 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield State Forest
Commonwealth
State Department of Natural Resources
Arthur W. Brownell
DNR
Charles F. Hood
Bureau of Insect Pest Control
Cohasset Annex
Hood
Massachusetts
Edward “J. Saviski
South St
Lenox-Pittsfield
Saviski
Lime
Kiln
Halpin's, Inc
Food Firm Promotes Joseph J. Gilarde
Joseph J. Gilarde, former Pittsfield resident, named branch manager of Farmbest Inc. in Eau Gallie Florida. He previously led sales for Farmbest Orlando and earlier headed sales at Formost's Eustis plant after leaving Pittsfield Milk Exchange in 1933. In 1968 he was elected district governor of Lions International.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Gilarde
Pittsfield
Farmbest Inc. Food Products
Eau Gallie
Fla
Farmbest
Orlando
Gilarde
Pittsfield Milk Exchange
Formost
Eustis, Fla
Lions International
Three Berkshire Ski Areas Close For Christmas Eve
Three Berkshire ski areas will close for Christmas Eve as usual. Bousquet will close tonight and reopen at 1 PM on Christmas Day. Brodie Mountain and Jiminy Peak also close tonight and resume full operation tomorrow.
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Berkshire
Bousquet
Brodie Mountain
Jiminy Peak
Gray Whales Return to California Coasts
The first gray whales of the annual migration from the Bering Sea to Lower California have been sighted off Carmel and San Diego. By next week numbers may reach 20 to 30 daily, rising to 50 to 80 by mid-January, with 8,000 to 10,000 expected to swim past en route to lagoons where calves are born.
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San Diego
Calif
Bering Sea
City Man Injured By Truck in Troy
David Kittler a 25 year old of 38 West Housatonic Street was struck by a truck while clearing snow from his car on Second Avenue Troy He was treated and released at Leonard Hospital for injuries to the left shoulder and right ankle The driver James T Lyons 61 of 11 Garland Place Albany was identified by hospital officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Kittler
West Housatonic St
Leonard Hospital
Troy
N.Y
Second Avenue
James T. Lyons
Garland Place
Albany
Kittler
Fire Record Tuesday Log At St Luke’s And Brookner’s
Tuesday entries report at 2:14 p.m. a defective light fixture at St Luke's unit BMC with no fire. At 2:57 p.m. another St Luke's call deemed unnecessary. At 8:22 p.m. Brookner's Fur Shop at 289 Worth St. reported a defective fluorescent light.
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St. Luke’s Unit
BMC
St. Luke's
Brookner’s Fur Shop
Worth St
Parties Entertain Springside Patients
Springside Nursing Home patients received Christmas entertainment from Rev. John Roach and a St. Mark's folk group on December 13, the 59ers Social Club and Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls on December 20, and staff with Mrs Bertha Wick as Santa for the 10th year. Brother Nicholas Nieciko and the Bellefonte Glee Club performed on December 13 and 19. A Christmas light bus tour was canceled by Monday's storm and will be rescheduled. The home employees held their annual party at Green Acres.
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Springside Nursing Home
John Roach
St. Mark's Church
59Ers
Blue Birds
Camp Fire
Bertha Wick
Nicholas Nieciko
Bellefonte Glee Club
Green Acres
Bank Holdup Suspect Arrested After Dalton Scene
Police arrested a man on a federal warrant after a bank holdup in Dalton. The suspect, Williams, fled in a red 1969 Oldsmobile. two prior Dalton holdups in 1936 and another in January yielded about $4,600 and $1,896 respectively. Investigators included Captain Edgar Almstead and the Springfield FBI office. Commissioner Tamburello ordered the suspect held at Berkshire County House of Correction until Tuesday’s hearing.
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Tamburello
Charlestown
Berkshire County House of Correction
Agle
Joel Librizzi
Edgar Almstead
Almstead
Edwin Blair
William Paris
William Reddy
Matthew Lennon
Chief Killeen
Ronald Dean
John Perrone
Michael Stewart
Jack Sullivan
Raymond Ratkowski
Springfield
FBI
Williams
Nancy Boyer
Haymond Crocker
George Decker
Dalton
Pittsfield Cooperative Bank
City Savings Bank
Flansburg Avenue
Howard C. ‘Davenport
Los Angeles
Army Reserve Center Plans Four Day Holiday Closure
The Army Reserve Training Center will close Friday to give personnel a four day holiday. It will reopen Monday as usual.
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Army Reserve Center
Army Reserve Training Center
Next Bird Club Lecture Is by Roger Tory Peterson
Famed ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson presents his motion picture lecture Galapagos Wild Eden on Monday Jan 5 at 9 p.m. at the Berkshire Museum under Hoffmann Bird Club and National Audubon Society auspices. Peterson, author of Field Guide to the Birds, discusses Galapagos wildlife and Darwin connection. Tickets at the Berkshire Museum or Ellen Holgerson Lexington Manor Lee.
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Roger Tory Peterson
Berkshire Museum
Hoffmann Bird Club
National Audubon Society
Peterson
Terson
Britain
Europe
America
James Fisher
Audubon Societies
The
American, Ornithologists Union
Wilson Ornithological Society
Ellen Holgerson
Lexington Manor
Lee
Woman Leaves Estate To Shriners Hospital
Mrs Ida A Noyes of Pittsfield died December 18 and left her entire estate to Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in Springfield. Her net value was about 20000 but debts will reduce the final payout. Executor is Atty Edwin E Reder. She lived on Holmes Road previously and spent her last days in a local nursing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida_ A. Noyes
Pittsfield
Shriners’ Hospital
Springfield
Edwin E. Reder
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Alan Culler
Kanter
Wyer
Mgr
Adams Branch Bank
Rhce
St. Joseph’s
Berkshire County Savings Bank North ST
Mass
Berkshire County Savings Bank
George P. Clayson
Berkshire County
Ward
Great Barrington
Donald J. Ward
State Pesticide Board
Dick L. Boyce
Cooperative Extension Service
Lewis IF. Wells
MassdChaselis
California
Michigan
Association
First National Savers
Barrington Oe Lee
Allendale ‘Shopping Center
Et Union
Fourth Sts
Mayfair
North Si
Pioneer Credit
Rothbard
Darwin
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Pacific Ocean
Charles Darwin
Darwin Research Station
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Galapagos
Mexico
Ere Agricultural National Bank
F.D.I.C
Mack?s
Mack
North St
Mon
Sat
Tuer
Wed. Thorg
Fri
Patefield
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