Congregational Notes and Village School Updates
Congregational Church notes report Lent en study group led by Rev Loven G House Jr at the parsonage with another session at 8. Sunday services include communion at 11 30 with sermon Ontve You Were Darkness Now You Are Light and Sunday school at 10 30. Senior high meets Sunday at 7. A recent school dance raised 42 for the cancer drive. Village School menus list weekly meals and a Wisdom chapter. West Stockbridge heart drive begins under local chair Joseph G Roy. Legion Post 254 will meet March 4 at 8. Local residents noted: Richard Claremont at Ft Dix, Jo Gennari’s return from UVA treatment, and visits by Paul Kelleher and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Stockbridge
Congregational Church
Loven G. House Jr
Mr. House
Ontve
Wisdom
Spanish Vice
Cole Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Joseph G. Roy
Grange meeting delayed by storm to be held tonight
The Grange meeting is back on at the Community House after last week's postponement due to a storm. Whist night at Patty Wilcox and Jerry Howes featured eight fables of progressive whist with Anne Caldwell and Dennis Wilcox earning consolation gifts.
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Grange
Patty Wilcox
Jerry Howes
Anne Caldwell
Dennis Wilcox
Alford Selectmen re elect Milligan as chairman and appoint staff
The Alford board of selectmen held the first Lent session electing William Milligan as chairman. Meetings are set for March 4 12 19 and 23 with Morandi road superintendent and other town officials named. Also announced are pancake supper plans for March 4 and various local resident visits and deaths.
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Lentes
Alford
Selheld
Yen Selectmen
William Parsonage
Liz
Milligan
John J
Morandi
Veterans
Leo LaFontana
Raymond Real
John Rood
Larry Rhines
William Chapin
Louis G. Dellea
Frank Wilcox
Frank Whisenant
Russell Smith
Henry Shepard
Town Hall
Charles Wilcox
Robert Pedersen
Mr. Real
Board of Assessors
Board of Health, Selectmen
Mr. Reod
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sunday Sermon at Cum mington Church Hidden Persuasion
Sunday morning at the Cum mington Congregational Church the Rev. Davis Rose will speak on Hidden Persuasion. Agricultural night will be observed at Hillside Pomona Grange in Worthington Monday supper at 6:40 with music by Worthington members. Open House Cum mington Grange March 4 at the Community House Rexford Smith of West Springfield state Grange gatekeeper will speak. -Dr. and Mrs. David Burgess of Djakarta Indonesia with Mrs. Ashley Stevens for a few days. Dr. Burgess in Washington for conferences. -Mrs. Charles Hall patient at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. -Mrs. Joseph DeCarolis and children spending school vacation with relatives in Leominster. -Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morehouse over the holiday weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Gerald McDougal and son James and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McDougal and children Linda and Raymond of Waterloo NY. -Mr. and Mrs. Earle Streeter Sr. are grandparents of a girl from Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hazen in Springfield Va. -Second Mile offering at the Ladies Society meeting amounted to 327 for Lincoln Church Brockton St Alark's Social Center Roxbury Angola Southwest Africa Mission Ryder Memorial Hospital and the School of Practical Nursing in Puerto Rico. -Legion Post 364 and its auxiliary will meet at the Community House Thursday at 8. Movies on the coming World’s Fair in New York City Vermont Williams burg Va and the settling of Plymouth will be shown. Chesterfield men with Robert Hayden as chairman will serve refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leominster
Edward Morehouse
Gerald McDougal
James
Raymond McDougal
Linda
Raymond
Waterloo
Earle Streeter
Frank Hazen
Springfield
Ladies’ Society
Lincoln Church
Brockton
St Alark's Social Center
Roxbury
Angola
Southwest Africa Mission
Ryder Memorial Hospital
School of Practical Nursing
Puerto Rico
Legion Post 364
New York City
Vermont
Williamsburg
Plymouth
Chesterfield Men
Robert Hayden
Berkshire Farmer Honored for a Newcomer RENRY Eggenberger
RENRY Eggenberger manager of Crystal Hill Farm in New Marlboro was named Conservation Farmer of the Year for Berkshire County 1963. He born in Switzerland and immigrated 1950. Details cover his farming improvements, drainage projects, milk production per cow, stock, pasture plans and fertilizer use. The Berkshire Conservation District annual meeting is set for April 8 with a talk by William Meyer and election of a supervisor.
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Renry Eggenberger
Crystal Hill
New Marlboro
Berkshire County
Henry
Switzerland
Amre
United States
Charles A. Suter
Crystal Hill Farm
Berkshire Soil Conservation District
Berkshire Conservation District
Western Mass. Electric Co
Eagle Street
Pittsfield
William Meyer
Board of Supervisors
Germany
Sandisfield Grange and community notices update
Last week’s Sandisfield Grange meeting held a cake walk raising $2.85 for the Heart Fund. Members urged donations of seeds for friendship at the next meeting. Students from Searles High may visit Sandisfield Consolidated School Friday 1 to 3. Various group meetings, anniversaries, and church services are announced along with local visits and a joint Legion and volunteer firemen meeting.
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Grange
Sandisfield Grange
Home and Community Service Committee
Stanley Linkovich
iMareh
Searles High
San Idisfield Consolidated School
Fridaay
Marlboro votes extend polling hours to 7 p.m.
The Selectmen extend town election polling hours in New Marlboro giving voters one extra hour in the evening. Polls close at 7 p.m. for the first time, with opening at 10 a.m. Voting occurs at Mill River Town Hall where the town meeting starts at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Marlboro
Mill River
Otis Ski Club Reorganizes
The Otis Ridge Ski Club reorganized with high school age members and adults. At the first meeting George Etzel was elected acting vice president and Miss Patricia Humason secretary. Meetings will be the first and third Wednesdays. Dr. Marjorie Gulick chairs ski races. A dance fundraiser is set for March 14 at the lodge. next meeting is March 4 at the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis
Otis Ridge
George Etzel
Patricia Humason
Marjorie Gulick
State Bookmobile Route List of Schools and Homes
An order of bookmobile stops lists various schools libraries and private homes with pickup times and locations including Washington Mapleview Nursing Becker Library West Stockbridge Corser and Milligan homes plus routes through Hartsville Hinsdale Hinsdale Seno and Alford areas. The list shows multiple 1:00 to 3:15 time slots across communities and venues.
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Eton
Boston
Sananla
Tater
Air River School
Hartsville Grange
Hinsdale
Weenesaay
Alford Shea
Alford
Milligan
Weat Center
Southfield Church Hosts Sunday Services and Meetings
Southfield Sunday Services begin at 11 am at the Southfield Church. The Pilgrim Fellowship meets tonight at 7 at the Youth Center. Loren W. Hickerson delivers the sermon at the Housatonic Methodist Lenten service Thursday at 7 pm. Couples Club gathers Saturday at 8 pm at Mrs. Elizabeth Crawford's Monte rey home. A Lenten group meets March 5 at 7 pm at the parish house to discuss Leslie Weatherhead's The Transforming Friendship. Ladies' Aid meets Thursday night at 8 at the parsonage. The Women’s Auxiliary of the New Marlboro Volunteer Fire Company holds its annual meeting and election tomorrow at the fire station. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Labs and family move from Ashley Falls to the Palmer Cook house. Miss Diana Stiles visits Huntsville, Alabama, with fiancé Gordon Hamm at Redstone Arsenal.
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Women's Auxiliary
The
New Marlboro Volunteer Fire Company
Raymond Lab
Ashley Falls
Palmer Cook House
Diana Stiles
Huntsville
Ala
Gordon Hamm
Redstone Arsenal
Family Visits and Funeral Return to Middlefield
Middlefield residents Mrs. Leland Strader and son Thomas Hinton with families from Chesterfield and Westhampton visited W Russell Ferris and Edwin Jerome on Arth ur Pease Road. Lalita Rathnam, daughter of Rev and Mrs B Y Rathnam, is at home with shingles. Rathnam and sons Jeffrey and Lincoln, with Merton Libby, returned from Gorham Maine after attending Howard Libby’s funeral. John P Hopkins and family hosted weekend guest James Horton of New York City.
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Leland Strader
Northampton
Thomas Hinton
Chesterfield
Gilbert Wright
Westhampton
W. Russell Ferris
Edwin Jerome
Arthur Pease Road
Lalita Rathnam
B. Y. Rathnam
Mr. Rathnam
Jeffrey
Lincoln
Merton Libby
Somers, Conn
Gorham
Maine
Becket Scout Troop Meeting Planned at Consolidated School
Becket Cub Scout organization to convene tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Consolidated School with Mrs Richard Veen as chairman inviting all interested mothers den leaders and committee members A Pittsfield Boy Scout HQ representative will discuss forming a troop in Becket Residents of Washington urged to join Becket effort Also Becket PTA minstrel show rehearsal tonight at 7 30 at the Consolidated School postponed last week due to a snowstorm.
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Becket
Richard Veen
Boy Scout
Pitts Field
Washington
Beckett
The
Becket Pta
Consolidated Scapa
Otis Church notes Lenten service and activities
Otis The Lenten service will be conducted tonight by Lorn Crandell. Choir rehearsal follows. Cub Scout Banquet and Pack St events planned with Fernald Hawley to be held. Junior high rally at Central School. Sunday school staff meeting at Mrs. Carrington’s home. Sermon series continues The Holy Spirit Whom Jesus Promised. Junior choir to sing and Communion Sunday observed. Thomas family from Washington DC visiting relatives in Otis.
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OTIS
Lorn Crandell
Junior Pilgrim Fellowship
Fernald Hawiey
Hell Ie Simuat Bive
Gold Han
Belancock Central School
Zion
Evans
Gelical Lutheran Church
Pittsfield
Board of Christian Education
Robert Carrington
Jesus
Andrew Thomas
Washington, D.C
Thomias
Lawrence iSrow
Weekend Guests Gather in Kittery and Nearby Homes
Mr and Mrs Mandell Smith and son Kyle Heath return home to Kittery Maine after visiting Mr and Mrs G Harold Hadsell Weekend guests at Mr and Mrs Richard Williams home include Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams and daughter Mr and Mrs Arthur Williams Mr and Mrs Earl Williams of Ludlow Mt Mr and Mrs Charles Beager and Mr and Mrs Eric Char now of New York City spent the weekend with Miss Alice Charnow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandell Smith
Kyle Heath
Kittery
Maine
G. Harold Had- Selle
Richard Williams
Ralph Williams
Arthur Williams
Earl Williams
Ludlow
Charles Beager
Eric Charnow
New York City
Alice, Charnow
Windsor Selectmen Name Minor Officers
Windsor Selectmen name Harold Tilton superintendent of roads and sealer of weights and measures. George Sturtevant and Gordon Arnold named as measures of boards and wood. Fence viewers field drivers include Hugh Ferry, Chester Ivanowicz and Fred Bird. Bird also heads cemeteries. Police chief Elmer Williams and dog officer Donald Tirrell. Special police Hugh Ferry and Mr Tirrell. Civilian defense Peter Menard and fire chief Napoleon Iyvanowicz.
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Windsor
Harold Tilton
George Sturtevant
Gordon Arnold
Hugh Ferry
Chester Ivanowicz
Fred Bird
Elmer Williams
Donald Tirrell
Mr.Tirrell
Peter Menard
Napoleon Iyvanowicz
Skrocki and Bird Lead Forestry Club
WINDSOR The Forestry and Soil Conservation 4H club reorganized with Ray Skrocki and Leslie Bird as leaders. New president is Charles Sturtevant, vice president Richard Skrocki, treasurer Norman Hall, and secretary Nicholas Sturtevant. New members are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Forestry and Soil Conservation 4H Club
Ray Skrocki
Leslie Bird
Charles Sturtevant
Richard Skrocki
Norman Hall
Nicholas Sturtevant
Luman Fuller Elected Windsor Firemen’s Leader
Windsor report says Luman Fuller was elected president of the Windsor Firemen’s Association. Other officers include vice president Paul Hoag secretary Harold Tilton and re-elected treasurer Hugh K Ferry. Meetings are held the second Monday at the firehouse. The Windsor PTA meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the school house with principal Harry Lincoln showing slides after the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Luman Fuller
Paul Hoag
Harold Tilton
Hugh K. Ferry
PTA
Harry Lincoln
Hill Church Notes Windsor Service and Events
Harvey E. Lake will lead a 10 30 a m union service at Hill Church with Sunday school at the parsonage. Members and the youth Fellowship attend Dalton Methodist Church service to view a film strip. Hilltop Grange hosts a public card party Friday at Town Hall led by Mrs Ruth Mattis and Miss Johanna Mattis. Various visits and a christening are noted with attendees from Dalton Garden City Mi neolla Oswego Roswell Pittsfield and Pittsfield former pastor Wayne A Holsman officiating.
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Dalton Methodist Church
Hilltop Grange
Ruth Mattis
Johanna Mattis
Monterey Youth Sunday Observances and Local Appointments
Monterey events highlight Youth Sunday with church activities at 9 32 a m and worship at 10 00 a m Pilgrim Fellowship holds 10 30 service Drive Chairman Mrs Robert Hebert leads the Monterey Heart Fund drive Assistants include Mrs Carl Champigny Mrs Donald Amstead Jr and others Richard Tryon named chairman of the Monterey Board of Selectmen William Stevens heads the Board of Health Tryon also joins the Southern Berkshire Welfare District Several residents and guests are noted including Gary Granfield recovering from a leg fracture and visits by former Monterey residents and other locals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pilgrim Fellowship
Richard Tryon
Monterey
James J. Quirice Leaves for Florida Visit
James J. Quirice of Washington Mountain Road departed Saturday for a several week stay in Florida seeking rest and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Quirice
Washington Mountain Road
Florida
Legal Notices Foreclosure Sales in Pittsfield Lenox and Pittsfield
Multiple foreclosure actions across Berkshire County proceed with public auctions. Designs and Developments, Inc. linked to Pittsfield Co-op Bank cases. Lenox Savings Bank vs Design and Development Inc includes Lenox property at 14 Lenox Center and Quirico Drive lots. Auctions scheduled March 6 and March 20 1964. terms require cash upfront and remainder within ten days of court decree. Also local license renewals shown for Pittsfield and Lenox establishments with board hearings set for March 6 1964.
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Design and Development, Inc
Halli
Berkshire Middle District Registry
Te Superior Court
Berkshire County
Donald A. Hall
Ms. Design and Development, Inc
Pittsfield Co-Operative Bank
O'Conner Lumber Co., Inc
John P. Zeili
John P. Cet, Plumbing and Heasing
James J. Guirico
Russell W
Charlotte C. Newton
Carr Hardware and Superly Company, Inc
United States of America
John C. Stringer
Berkshire Bank and Trust Company
Frank
J. Wronski
Berkshire Lumber Company
Charles F. Kitsch
James R. Coughlin
Robert L. O'Brien
Newton L. Palmer
Mary Ann Palmer
Walter E. Reilly
Nierth Street
Pittsuieta
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Aly Quirico
Robert B. Delove
Planning
Berkshire Middle District Registry of
Quirico Drive
Quirica Drive
Donald A. Hal
Mort Gagers
Berkshires
Middle District Registry of
North Street
Donald A. Gall
Superior Court
Lenox Savings Bank Vs. Design and Development, Inc. Et Als
Docker No
Wits
Lenox
East Street
Marin
Yokum Brook
Yokum Brack
Berkshire
Enox Savings Bank
Haider
Willism D. Roche
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William Kelin
John Viola
Richard Barret
George Panzeri
Ladies’ Aid Society
Kurt Thom
Irene Fadding
Ora Kasson
Ella Jastram
Florence Burke
Edward Knight
Joseph Callahan
Helen Bassett
R.N
Community Health Association
Callahan
Carobine Angelini
Edna Garnett
Joseph Marchette
Joseph Reidt
Francis Vosburgh
John Whitehead Jr
March of Dimes
Albert Gemiari
CBS
Legion
American Legion
Richard Claremont
Ft. Dix
Edith Claremont
Joseph Gennari
University of Virginia Hospital
Paul Kelleher
Michael
Brian
Paul
Watertown
N.Y
Cummington
Elizabeth Thayer
Selectmen
Alford Grange
Medea Morandi
John Oles
Charles Lashoones
William Essig
Bayside
Don Ecks
Yonkers
Frederick Bidermann
Fresh Meadows
Edmond Runge
Donna
Patty
Roseanne
Ronald Brazie
Roland Brazie
John M. Real
Mount Vernon
Gordon Brock
Patuxent River
Wilfred Brock
Green River Road
Cummington Congregational Church
Davis Rose
Pomona
Hillside Pomona Grange
Worthington
Cummington Grange
Rexford Smith
West Springfield
State Grange
David Burgess
Djakarta
Indonesia
Ashley Stevens
Burgess
Charles Hall
Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Narthomntas
Arueurrmcesgeuie
Joseph DeCarolis
Byron E. Titcomb
Seif
U. 5
Self Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Technican
Pennscott
Eggenbergers
Edith
Walser
Syluta
Sandisfield
Ladies’ Aid
New Boston Ladies Aid Society
Asxtension Service
Maurice Lambert
South Sandisfield
Helen Johnson
Sandler
Raymond Ratigan
Pinecrest Inn
Marvin Sandler
California
Joseph O'Brien
Marvin
Jack Sandler
Oliver Spring
Raymond Jackson
Louise
Lee High School
Susan
Rita
Rae
Sandisfield Consolidated School
Arthur A. Simmons
Southfield
New Boston
Frederick Kimberly
Kenneth O'Brien
Shirley Ruska
Marion Spring
Board of Registrar
American Legion Past
le Zion Hall
Maurice Campetli
Henry Burrows
Beech Plain Road
Burrows
Ted J. Piekos
Cheshire
Robert Kimberly
Town Hill
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington
Paul Sandler
Boston University
Marion Minery
Cold Spring Road
Josephine Blanchard
Dalton
Carl China
New Britain, Conn
Walter Page
Middletown, Conn
Mrs. Deshert Beller
Otis Ski Club
State Bookmobile
Southfield Church
Youth Center
Hickerson
Loren W. Hickerson
Housatonic
Elizabeth Crawford
Leslie Weatherhead
Southfield Ladies' Aid
Middlefield
Otis Church
Hancock
Skrocki and Bird Lead Forestry Club
Firemen’s Association
Kenneth McLea
Schnectady
Bertha Estes
Lavina Ford
Mr. Fuller
Roberta MacNeil
Garden City
Ann Steidinger
Mineolla
Charles D. Fuller
Roswell
N.M
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Gary Granfield
Lewis Canvmero
Eleanor Gilchrist
Paul Thorn
Sarasota, Fla
William M. Parker
Etta Damon
Louise Ward
Mon- Tac, Conn
Gertrude Gould
White Plains
Helen Shaw
Greg Crawford
Stonington, Conn
Robert Hebert
Daytona Beach
Fla
Arihay Hebert
Wass ' Neglor 1
AGT
Maurice 1
Lerner
Main Street
Lee, Mass
School Street
Housatonic Street
Frank 4. Carmute
City OF
Louis L. Deda
Duda &Son
Morin Pacific Street
Rr AmMioas
the Boars
See Street
Pittsrielg Licensing Board
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