Selectmen Candidates Heard at HRC Forum in Great Barrington
Three of seven candidates discussed issues at a Human Relations Council forum in Great Barrington with about 40 attendees. Incumbent Paul J. Gibbons and contenders Raymond Drumm and John W.P. Mooney addressed housing, taxes, a town dump, and a potential regional landfill while others declined to participate. Mooney urged coordinated action on drug problems and criticized Main Street parking and the Fire District. Gibbons favored relocating the dump and housing authority action. Drumm supported a zoning variance for public housing and noted regional disposal challenges.
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Great Barrington
Human Relations Council
Paul J. Gibbons
Raymond Drumm
GGP
John W.P. Mooney
Mooney
Main Street
Housatonic Water Co
Gibbons
Sheffield Road
Mooney and
Drumm
Heart Fund Auction and local club meetings listed
Local agents Mrs. James R. Doheney and Mrs. Francis X. Mackoui announce a Heart Fund auction on February 28 at 10 a.m. at the National Guard Armory Pitts field with antiques and more. Feb 12 and 16 schedule Thursday Morning Club and Daughters of the American Revolution events at First Congregational Church with talks on stained glass and precious stones.
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First Congregational Church
Frederick Leadis
Monterey
Mary Joyce
Daughters of the American Revolution
First Resistance
Robert Parrish
Candidates For Selectman Invited To Talk
WSBS invited seven selectman candidates to appear on the station's Opinion program on Feb. 18 19 and 20. Feb. 18 features Paul J. Gibbons John W. P. Mooney and Gordon Hamm. Feb. 19 invites Raymond F. Drumm Harold Beckwith. Feb. 20 schedules Burton H. Morrell Francis E. Larkin. Candidates must respond by Feb. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Crocker
Gordon Hamm
Burton H. Morrell
Harold Beckwith
Francis E. Larkin
Mooney
Resi
Great Barrington
WSBS
Selectman
Paul J. Gibbons
John W. P. Mooney
Raymond F. Drumm
Simons Rock Students To Get Briefings in D C
A group of Simon's Rock students will travel to Washington Arlington and Princeton for in depth briefings on the Sino Soviet crisis. Instructors Mr. and Mrs. George Hasselton will accompany them as part of a midwinter term project. They will spend two days at the State Department, a day at the Pentagon, meet congressional committee personnel, then visit Princeton University for expert discussions.
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Great Barrington
Simon’s Rock
Washington
D.C
Arington
Princeton
George H. Haselton
Simon's Rock
State Department
Pentagon
Congressional Committee
Princeton University
Community House offers Tuesday openings in preschool gym
CRA reports nine openings in Tuesday morning preschool gym and swim classes. Regular Tuesday and Friday sessions merged into Friday due to illness and dropouts, leaving Tuesday space. Gym runs 10 to 10 20 a.m. swim 10:30 to 11:20 a.m. Team basketball games also scheduled at Community House and nearby schools.
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Dalton
CRA
Community House
Budweisers
OBA
Glasiers
GE Winders
Kittredge School
Hinsdale
Western Mass
Ge-Mtp
Tigers
Tax lien notice filed against Becket Corp in Boston
Federal Court records show a tax lien filed by the Director of Internal Revenue Willian EB Williams against Becket Corp Beck et al for 3446 dollars. The lien concerns withholding taxes and was imposed on December 2.
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Becket Corp
Boston
Becket
Director of Internal Revenue
Willian EB. Williams
Cub Pack 26 Hosts Knights of Yoreo Dau Ben Speck
Cub Scout Pack 26 met Friday evening led by Cub Scoutmaster Josef B Dauben Speck. Awards included Michael Carpenter Bobcat pin and Wolf Badges to Lampro Drosden Jody Lampre John Morrow Frederick Dupont Richard Rice. Bear Badges to Kevin Fox Danny Beckwith Craig Willis Greg OBrien. Den 1 ran the gathering Den 2 opening Den 3 games Lampro won potato sack race Den 5 songs. Pack seeks two to four men for two new Webelos dens. Blue and gold banquet set for Feb 28 at 6:30 p.m. in Becket School auditorium marking Scouting’s 60th anniversary. Mary Anne Millis turns 9 today.
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Becket
Cub Scout Pack
Josef B. Daubenspeck
Knights of Yoreo
Michael Carpenter
Robert Drosden
Jody Lampre
John Morrow
Frederick Dupont
Richard Rice
Kevin Fox
Danny Beckwith
Craig Willis
Greg O'Brien
Dens
Den 1
Den
Lampro
Den 5
Webelos Dens
Becket School
Dalton native takes beautician role at Lennon's Salon
Mrs. Nancy Clark Vincent of Commonwealth Avenue is appointed beautician at Lennon's Beauty Salon announced by proprietor Mrs. Gladys Lennon. A Wahconah Regional High School and Granite State Beauty School graduate, she previously worked at Richards in Ogunquit and led Fashion Flair Beauty Salon in Hudson. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Clark of Dalton and wife of Robert Vincent.
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Hinsdale
Nancy Clark Vincent
Commonwealth Avenue
Lennon
Gladys Lennon
Vincent
Dalton
Wahconah
Granite State Beauty School
Nashua
N.H
Richards
Ogunquist
Maine
Fashion Flair
Hudson
Eugene R. Clark
Robert Vincent
Hinsdale Heart Fund Auction planned for Feb 28
Hinsdale appoints Mrs George T McLaughlin as auction agent for the Heart Fund event at the National Guard Armory on Onota Lake Boulevard Pittsfield. Items sought include antiques furniture and bric a brac. Auction starts 10 am with Louis Carapresa Jr and Francis X Mackoul as auctioneers.
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Mackoul
Hinsdale
George T McLaughlin
Maple Street
Heart Fund
National Guard Armory
Onota Lake
Bowevard
Pittsfield
McLaughlin
Louis Carapresa Jr
Francis X. Mackoul
Great Barrington
Charles A. Perenick
Berkshire County
4-H Community Club Holds Sliding Party in Washington
The Washington 4-H Community Club held a sliding party Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Methe with about 15 youngsters. Adult supervisors were Norman O'Brien Douglas G Poland Mrs Maurice E Fox and Mrs Richard J Borgnis. The group then went to the home of Mr and Mrs Ronald J Adams for refreshments.
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Washington
4-H Community Club
Andrew Methe
Norman O'Brien
Douglas G. Poland
Maurice E. Fox
Richard J. Borgnis
Ronald J. Adams
Coffeehouse Opens At United Methodist Church Basement
The young people from grades 6 through 12 visited the new coffeehouse opened in the United Methodist Church basement. The two room setup offers a ping pong table piano chess boards a snack bar and fluorescent decor. It operates Sundays 2 to 5 pm with admission by membership cards next week. Reverend Paul McCauley notes parent visits are welcome and adults will supervise at all times.
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Dorothy Chapman
Dalton United Methodist Church
Dalton
Young People’s Coffeehouse
United Atathodist Church
Paul McCauley
Report Cards Out Today At Great Barrington School
Pupils from kindergarten through Grade I receive their second evaluation reports for the school year. Along with regular subjects they are graded in art, music and physical education. Parents are asked to arrange conferences with teachers to discuss marks.
Sailors Visit Grade I Class at Dewey School
Two sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp visited Miss Sara Pyenson’s first grade class at Dewey School last week. Radarman 1 C Loren Stevile and Radarman 3 Car Brommerick spoke with students about life aboard ship, sharing photographs and charts of the Wasp.
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Great Barrington
Sara Pyenson
Dewey School
Wasp
Radarman
C. Loren Stevile
Car Brommerick
Local society notes and upcoming events in town
Mrs. Margaret Morse hosts Thursday coffee hour at Buffington Hill Road with 18 attendees last week at Mrs. Speak’s home. Cadettes posted four cents from cosmetics sale and plan a United Nations fundraising trip in New York. New residents Mr and Mrs James Shea buy home on Kinne Brook Road. Bartells move into their new Kinne Brook residence.
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Ralph Kerley Jr
Buffington
Hill Road
Thomas Speak
George D. Powell
United Nations
New York
Barbara Dunlevy
R.N
Henry Barnett
Kinne Brook Road
James Shea
Chicopee
Sheas
Shea
Bartlells
R. B. Smith Agency
Nancy Smith
Bay Path Junior College
Richard
State plans experimental commuter bus to ease congestion
West Hartford and Hartford details show the Transportation Dept proposing an in suburb free parking lot near Interstate 84 for an 11 minute bus ride to downtown. Commissioner Conkling said focus has been on highways and rail to New York. The plan aims to cut city traffic and ease commuting. Hartford Fire Insurance and ITT sue state insurance commissioner to force approval of their merger. Carter rejected the merger, saying Hartford Fire stockholders would gain nothing while ITT would profit. Plaintiffs say stock values dropped 24 percent, a $200 million loss. Until court ruling, merger pursued via voluntary stock exchange.
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West Hartford
State Transportation Department
Nis
Hartford
George J. Conkling
New York
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
William R. Carter
Hartford Fire
ITT
Catter
Voluntary Stock Exchange
Holyoke man, Chicopee teen convicted in teen overdose death
Eduardo Rodriguez Zayes, 36, of Holyoke, convicted of dispensing heroin to Michael Staples, 16, of Chicopee. Staples and another youth, Robert Harper, 17, overdosed. Harper died. Separate item notes Springfield School Committee backs exemption for Deberry Elementary from racial balance rules. state funds require enrollment balance by April 1.
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Springfield
Holyoke
Chicopee
Eduardo Rodriguez Zayes
Michael Staples
Staples
Robert Harper
Helicopter crash near Hadley injures four on flight
A Bell helicopter valued at 60 000 went out of control at 100 feet and crashed in an open field injuring four. One passenger was Anthony Ravosa president of New England Helicopters Inc. Wind may have toppled the wreckage after the crash landing during a site survey for potential hellports.
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South Hadley
Anthony MM. Ravosa
New England Helicopters, Inc
Frustration in Sprague talks noted by AFTE Local 101
North Adams union leader Ronald H. Durant says contract talks with Sprague Electric Co. have reached ultimate frustration with large gaps remaining while Local 200 of IUE has issued an ultimatum to present a package by February 10 or risk walkout. Also in North Adams, Dr. Robert L. Loretan formally assumes the school superintendent post, paying $19,500 yearly, with Stephen J. Brotter returning to Drury High School principal duties.
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North Adams
Ronald H. Durant
American Federation of Technical Engineers
Sprague Electric Ca
Durant
AFTE
IUE
Robert L. Loretan
Solvay
N.Y
Loretan
Stephen J Brotter
Drury High School
Public and parochial schools pay, benefits vary in Albany area
In Albany area districts public schools pay higher teacher salaries and offer more fringe benefits than private and parochial schools. Public salaries range from 6,000 to 11,300 with half the health insurance cost, while parochial schools in the Albany Diocese pay only about 10 percent. Pension and sick leave are also poorer in private schools. GOP leaders differ on session length with Brodges predicting March 29 and Duryea expecting a longer term. Lefkowitz warns narcotics addiction spreads among youths like a plague, urging action.
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Albany
GOP
Senate
Earl W. Brodges
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea Jr
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Richard C. Sheridan
George R. McCormick
Berkshire
Sheridan
John Beckwith
Monument Valley Road
Jeronimo Lectora
Puerto Rico
Berter Moro
Searles Middle School
Richard Lashoones
West Stockbridge
Siena College
Loudonville
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Charles $. Lashoones
Herbert's Shoes
Nain St
Adv
Heart Fund Auction
James R. Doheney
Francis X. Mackoui
Area Heart Fund
National Guard
Onota Lake Boulevard
Melvin's
Main St
Tom
Dempsey’s
Bill's Phey
HER Majesty’s Secret
Southern Berkshire Oil & Body CO
Atlantic
Pioneer Credit
Whittaker’s Village Auto
BRS
Joyce Meier
Mary Anne Millis
Daniel W. Millis
County Road
Mrs. Vincent
Lennon Beauty Salon
Katherine B. Kirchnen
Sally Terry
Selectmen's Office
St. Patrick’s Church
Edward P. Richards
Selectmen
Lions Club
George L. Turner
Charles J. de Angelus
South Street
The
Grange
Maple Street Hall
Alicia LaBeck
Mabel Scott
Dorothy Cullett
Joyce Meinn
Cape Street
Rte
East Lee, Mass
Dewey
Margaret C. Morse
First Christ
Sunday Republican
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Kennedy
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
U. Congress
Massachusetts
Pioneer Valley
Sprague
New School
Lefkowitz
Louis J. Lefkowitz
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