Casey Files 3rd Beer Wine License Application
John M. Casey Sr of Maple Street filed a new application to sell wine and malt beverages near his home in the former Frissell store. Distances to Kittredge School and St Patrick's Church were measured by town officials and a surveyor, with hearings set for March 4 at Kittredge School.
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Hinsdale
John M. Casey Sr
Maple Street
Frissell
Selectmen
Kittredge School
Howard A. Terry
Ralph B. Marshall
Charles J. DeAngelus
Casey
St. Parick’s Church
AAU Awards Silver Medals To Local Youths
Two local youths received silver medals in the AAU wrestling tournament at the YMCA College in Boston. Theodore McNeil, 13, of Windsor Road, won silver in the 80 pound midget class. Paul Malloy, 12, of Richmond Hill Road, silver in the 9 pound class. Both attend Cheshire Grammar School.
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Cheshire
Amateur Athletic Union
Young Men's Christian Union College
Boston
Theodore McNeil
Windsor Road
Paul Malloy
Richmond Hill Road
Cheshire Grammar School
Junior Grange Meeting Scheduled Tonight
Cheshire teenagers and guests gather at Grange Hall tonight at 6 30 for an open Junior Grange meeting. Principal Melvin Dr Ferris will speak and foreign exchange students will take part. Juniors oversee refreshments.
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Cheshire
Grange Hall
Melvin DR. Ferris
Minority Group College Teachers Sought in Hartford
Connecticut colleges appoint faculty, students and administrators to recruit minority group teachers for private and public colleges. The Connecticut Faculty Talent Search program operates under a Ford Foundation grant of 97,430 dollars. New Haven Black Coalition cuts ties with Yale University over housing and development commitments for blacks. University President Brewster had projected 1 million dollars yearly for a decade to aid the black community, noting only 457,655 raised so far but urging continued effort.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Board
Ford Foundation
New Haven
Black Coalition
Yale University
Yale
University
Kingman Brewster
Brewster
UConn Basketball Players Arrested In Campus Burglaries
Three Connecticut Huskies players including star scorer Robert Boyd and two substitutes Stephen Koski and Thomas McCrocklin were arrested with three others on charges tied to two campus burglaries last spring. They were suspended from the team as the case proceeds, harming UConn’s Yankee Conference title hopes.
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Stephen Koski
Thomas McCrocklin
Williams College Scholar Wins Marshall Scholarship
Matthew H Wikander, Williams College senior and son of the college librarian, has won a Marshall Scholarship for two years of graduate study at Cambridge University. He plans to study English literature with a focus on 17th century poetry at Christ's College.
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Marshall
Williamstown
Matthew H. Wikander
William College
Lawrence E. Wikander
Christ's College
Cambridge University
Geer Memorial Open House Draws 2000 Visitors
In Canaan Connecticut more than 3000 people attended the Geer Memorial Extended Care Facility open house on Sunday. One third of the first wing beds are occupied or reserved as Sharon Hospital plans to set up a branch lab in the original Geer building with Dr. Joseph Tumblety to run an X ray lab starting early next month for residents and the public.
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Canaan
Conn
Geer Memorial
Sharon Hospital
Geer
Joseph Tumblety
Lakeville
Elementary Tourney Set to Start Thursday in Falls Village
Falls Village Conn AVRHS varsity club sponsors annual elementary school basketball tournament with all district schools. Quarterfinals next Thursday, semifinals March 11 and finals March 24, all at 3 30 p.m. in the high school gym.
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Falls Village
Conn
AVRHS
Church School and Choir to Stage Sunday Program
North Canaan Congregational Parish will host a sandwich supper and program Sunday at 8 30 in Pilgrim House. Families and friends are invited with attendees asked to bring their own sandwiches. Dessert will be provided by 5th and 6th grade church school children. The junior choir will perform contemporary selections titled Joseph and His Technicolor Robe.
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Canaan, Con
North Canaan
Pilgrim House
Joseph
Magazine campaign nets 3877 for senior class
Housatonic Valley Regional High School seniors earned a commission of 3877 from magazine subscriptions totaling 10384. Commissions ranged from 25 to 50 percent depending on the magazine sold, funding yearbooks and class expenses.
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Falls Village
Conn
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Tax Rate Up 54 Mills in Canaan Connecticut
The 1870 tax rate set by the Board of Finance is 1 mills or $31 per thousand, up from 25.5 mills last year. The rate uses an adjusted grand list of $22,649,995 as of Oct. 1, 1969, with final adjustments completed at a Feb. 18 review session.
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Canaan
Conn
Board of Finance
East
Scouting Open Meeting In Canaan Discusses Film
The Crawford Club hosts an open Scouting meeting on March 5 at 2 30 PM in Christ Episcopal Church Parish House. Herbert McKinney and Richard Bielefield of Tunxis Boy Scout Council present a film Boy Burning Bright. Miss Lotla Buckhee is hostess. Births at Sharon Hospital include Donald Richard, son of Mr and Mrs Donald Betts of Salisbury born Feb 16. William Sandon, son of Sgt and Mrs William Finney of Falls Village born Feb 17. Tracey Elizabeth, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Berend of Lakeville born Feb 22. Robert B Gambino of the High School vocational agriculture dept writes An Inexpensive Greenhouse in the February Horticulture.
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Canaan, Conn
Crawford Club
Christ Episcopal Church Parish
Herbert McKinney
Richard Bielefield
Sharon Hospital
Donald Richard
Donald Betts
Salisbury
William Sandon
Wiliam Finney
Falls Village
Tracey Elizabeth
George Berend
Lakeville
Robert B. Gambino
Housatonic Valley Regional High School Vocational Agriculture Department
Horticulture Magazine
Lenox Art Union opens in Franklin L building
The Lenox Art Union a new gallery frame shop opens at 17 Franklin St owned by Larry Ennis David Silverstein and William Kadell The frame section began Feb 15 with plans for the gallery to show local artists The trio aims to boost area art and keep Berkshires from resting on the 19th century LAurel surroundings.
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Larry Ennis
Interlaken
David Silverstein
Housatonic St
William Kadell
Windsor Mountain School
Kadell
Berkshires
Former Parishioner To Officiate at St. Helena's
LENOX The Rev Ronald L Albert son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Albert of 109 Hubbard Ave will celebrate the Eucharist at St Helena's Chapel on Sunday at 10 The Rev Donald F Burr vicar will preach Father Albert, a former parishioner of St Helena's, is now diocesan curate at St Andrew's Church Longmeadow He was ordained in January at the Episcopal Cathedral in Springfield.
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Lenox
Ronald L. Albert
Ernest Albert
Hubbard Ave
St. Helena’s Chapel
Donald F. Burr
Father Albert
St. Helena’s
St. Andrew's Church
Longmeadow
Episcopal
Springfield
Booster Night Shapes Stockbridge Junior League Finals
Booster night for Stockbridge junior basketball grades four six holds at Plain School gym tonight at 6. Three championship games slated with preliminary playoff action starting Sunday at 1 30 pm featuring Pistons vs Celtics then Royals against Knicks at 4 pm.
Lions Club Inducts Three New Members
Stockbridge Lions Club welcomed three new members Clay ton E. Burke Thomas II Pering and Dennis B. Sullivan at a Tuesday Lee Bowling Lanes gathering. The club also voted to donate 25 to a Belchertown State School cancer fund for a boy's family, a request district Lions Clubs supported.
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Stockbridge
Lions Club
Lee Bowling Lanes
Clayton E. Burke
Thomas II
Pering
Dennis B. Sullivan
Belchertown
NAACP object to UCC grant for Black Ecumenical Commission
NAACP officials criticized a $1 million grant by the United Church of Christ to the Black Ecumenical Commission. John Morsell, NAACP assistant executive director, said the BEC shows Massachusetts churches have relegated race issues to an all Negro entity.
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Boston
United Church of Christ
Black Ecumenical Commission
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John Morsell
NAACP
BEC
Massachusetts
Varsity Faculty Game Slated Next Friday
The Housatonic Valley Regional High School varsity faculty basketball game is set for Friday March 6 at the school. The wrestling team will hold an intrasquad match at 6 45 PM before the game. Proceeds go to the varsity club scholarship fund.
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Falls Village
Conn
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Town Meeting Appeals and 4-H Snowmobile Party
Four-H Town Committee sponsors a snowmobile party at the ball field Sunday from 2 to 3 PM inviting all 4-Hers and families with refreshments provided. Board of Health urges proper rubbish disposal at the dump and burnables should be burned. Septic tank permits required before installation per the health notice. Fabulous Farmers 411 Dairy Club meets tonight at 8 at Russell Sears’s home. Four-Sewing Club meets Saturday at 10 AM at the Community House.
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Four-H Town Committee
Ball Field
Board of Health
Fabulous Farmers
Dairy Club
Russell Sears
Two walkers bought for health center Thursday group
The Thursday morning coffee hour group purchased two walkers for those with mobility difficulties at the Health Center. One is aluminum and one is stainless steel. Those needing to use a walker should contact Mrs. Dorothy Cole, RN.
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Dorothy Cole
Teachers Reject Contract in Adams-Cheshire District
Adams Cheshire Regional School District teachers reject proposed contract by a one vote margin. The narrowly defeated agreement would have set terms on pay and duties, shaping negotiations ahead of the next bargaining cycle.
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Adams
Adams-Cheshire
Adams-Cheshire teachers reject contract after votes
The Adams Cheshire Education Association votes 27-22 to reject a new contract and 33-32 to reconsider, with objections over workload hours school year length and strikes. Negotiators plan a meeting tomorrow with legal representatives to settle language without fact finding.
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Teachers’ Association
Norman J. O'Connor
Anthony Ross
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Adams-Cheshire Education Association
DHS Class of 1945 Plans Reunion
Preliminary plans for a 25th reunion of the 1945 class of Dalton High School will be made at a meeting at the American Legion Home at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Francis Morrison Eunice Fox Hurley Mary Loehr Powell and H. Edwin Cady lead arrangements. All class members are invited.
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Dalton
Dalton High School
American Legion
At & P.m
Francis Morrison
Eunice Fox Hurley
Mary Loehr Powell
H. Edwin Cady
Kowalski Cited At Naval Academy
Midshipman Kowalski son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Kowalski of 10 East Orchard Terrace was named to the superintendents list at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland for the first semester of the current school year. He was nominated for the academy by Congressman Conte and is completing his first year there. Superintendent's list honors go to midshipmen who excel in military training and leadership while maintaining a C average or better in academics.
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Adams
Norman W. Kowalski
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Kowalski
Leonard W. Kowalski
East Orchard Ter
Conte
Grange Plans Sugar Cat and Dance in Middlefield
Middlefield Grange sets April 3 for its annual sugar cat and dance with the October Mountain Boys to play. A Tuesday meeting allocated funds to the Educational Aid Fund, Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Heart Fund. The group received a new flag and altar cloth from Patrons Mutual Insurance Co. and will have an agricultural program led by G. Robert Olds.
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Middlefield
Middlefield Grange
Educational Aid
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Heart Fund
Grange
The
Patrons Mutual Insurance Co
G. Robert Olds
Recount Confirms Miss Olds Elected Middlefield Assessor
A recount of Middlefield’s annual election for town assessor shows Nancy Olds with 52 votes to Clayton Crothers 51. Crothers requested the recount, conducted by two tellers under Board of Registrars supervision. Olds becomes the town’s first woman elected to the post.
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Middlefield
Nancy Olds
Clayton Crothers
Crothers
Richard A. Waite
Emil Andersen
Board of Registrars
Miss Olds
Camp Fire Girls Plan Square Dance Dalton
Sth grade groups of the Dalton Council of Camp Fire Girls Inc plan a father daughter square dance Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Community House with demonstrations of various calls. Blue and gold banquet for Duty Scout Pack 41 tonight at 6:45 at the Community House. Town Clerk announces 1970 dog licenses available at Town Hall. Bring last year's license or spay certificate for spayed female. Kennel licenses also available.
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Dalton
Dalton Council of
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Robert G. Barnlett
Davoren Congratulates Town Clerk on 40 Years in Office
Secretary of State joined VF congratulating Town Clerk George W. Olds of Middlefield for recently completing 40 years in the role. Davoren praised four decades of service and wished him health and happiness as he begins his final year.
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Boston
VF. X. Davoren
George W. Olds
Middlefield
Davoren
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