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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
4
The Finance Committee held its second session to review preliminary budgets for 1970. It discussed figures to guide pay raises for town employees but did not settle on a percentage. Preliminary estimates project the operating budget rising about 10 percent.
Great Barrington selectman Paw J. Gibbons, current chairman, announced he will seek reelection. A veteran of local politics he served on the Zoning Board of Appeals for two years and the Board of Public Welfare for three. He completes his first term and is the fourth candidate to announce, joining Thomas P. Jaworski John W. P. Mooney and Raymond F. Drumm.
Sixty food baskets and clothing for 105 children were bought with donations from the 33rd annual John Watson Christmas Fund. Anonymous gifts of 12.24 after the campaign ended raised the total to 1991.14, surpassing the 1200 goal by 191.14. The fund, long organized by the late John S. Watson, was a notable community effort. The Watson family also acknowledges floral tributes and sympathy during recent bereavement.
The Volunteer Firemen's Association announces a skating rink beside the firehouse in Becket is ready on weather permitting. After leveling ground and spreading sand as a base, firefighters have spent three weeks spraying and preparing the rink. The facility is open to all residents.
The post office will be closed for New Year’s Day and the Camera Grocery Store will also observe the holiday. No mail will be picked up from outside boxes.
Harry E. Clough Geer Memorial Extended Care Facility administrator said the addition should finish by the end of January in Canaan Connecticut. After completion, state architect and Health Department approval are required before the facility can open.
Police report two cars stolen Monday afternoon by two young men and a woman. The first car was taken from Main Street at 12:15 and abandoned at Route 126 and BB Hill Road in Falls Village. They then took a second car from BB Hill Road and drove to Millerton New York where it was involved in an accident and abandoned. The trio was last seen walking east on Route 44 toward the Connecticut state line. Investigation continues.
Otis residents will petition the Welfare Service Office in Town Hall to close January 1 and merge with the welfare office at 84 Railroad Street in Great Barrington. All inquiries should then be directed there. Other notes include students home for holidays June Crandall from Iowa State and Christopher Eddings from Bates College. Summer residents Dr and Mrs Lester Mark and family arrived from Roslyn New York and were snowbound at Beaver Hill until roads cleared. Navy Machinist Mate Third Class Rocke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Rocke of Otis, completed six months aboard USS Saratoga with Mediterranean port visits including Valletta Barcelona Palma de Mallorca Corfu and Rhodes.
Cheshire faces loss of group insurance for 12 town employees after Jan 15 as the Blue Cross Blue Shield minimum of 25 members is not met. The group, including highway staff, officials, and retirees, shrank after regionalization removed school personnel in July. Joining the county plan would need town meeting voter approval on March 9. Additional talks with Blue Cross Blue Shield Boston may pursue a special provision.
The Chester weather station reports last week's snowstorm complex the worst December spell since 1818, with 26 inches of snow from Thursday night to Sunday. Power was out 144 hours for Chester Becket and Huntington, and roads were finally cleared. Town Clerk Nicholas Sebastiano lists voter registration dates January 5 12 and 19 at Town Hall 7 to 9 for caucus January 26. Mr and Mrs Leslie Wetterhus returned to Tustin California after holidays with Mrs Wetterhus's parents in Baker Avenue. Robert Miller returned home on William Street after Christmas with his Florida residents parents.
Cheshire residents gather for a seven minute town meeting with 14 attendees to rescind a prior $6,000 snowblower appropriation and return funds to the road machinery earnings account. A $9,250 bid was rejected as excessive. a rental unit from Petricea Construction Co. is in use pending testing. Additional fund transfers were approved to balance accounts and help support low income education and job training programs through the Northern Berkshire Community Action Group.
Cheshire town officials lauded the highway crew for fine snow removal work on Route 116 and filed a complaint against private contractors dumping snow on private ways. An ordinance to curb the practice will be studied, and a town pickup crash and excess snow dumping were noted. Roads reopened after a weekend of operations with no major breakdowns. authorities warned against riding snowmobiles on public streets and assigned constables to investigate.
CHESHIRE Lions Club announced winners of the Christmas lighting contest. First prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Carpenter East Main Street. Second prize to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. Szpak South State Road. Judges were William Conover Pittsfield Mrs. Theodore Hall Charles Reid Adams. Ladies Reading Club meet Friday at the home of Mrs. Harold E. Hunt Richmond Street.
Miss Ellen Anderson was guest of honor at a prenuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Charles E. Cook. She will wed Anthony Russo of Pittsfield on Saturday, January 17. Mrs. John V. Linebaugh, long-time resident here, is hospitalized at Cape Cod Hospital Hyannis after a heart attack.
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