Three Local Doctors Re-Elected to AAGP
Pittsfield doctors Kurt L. Hirschman Irving L. Rubin and Chaim J. Wildman were re-elected to active membership in the American Academy of General Practice. Re-election requires 150 hours of accredited postgraduate study in the last three years and marks continued engagement in ongoing medical education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Kurt L. Hirschman
Irving L. Rubin
Chaim J. Wildman
American Academy of General Practice
National Association of Family Doctors
The
Academy
National Medical Association
Shriners Honor New Potentate Ceremony in Agawam
Dr Kenneth E Nicholson was honored as the newly elected potentate of Melha Temple at a reception in Agawam attended by over 700 Shriners and their wives. Regional ambassadors from Berkshire County include Dr Herbert Covell Frederick Judd and Everett Miller. They oversee district matters, notify Melha Temple of member illnesses, and arrange hospital care. Shriners run facilities in Springfield for crippled children and in Boston for burns.
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Herbert Covell
Frederick A. Judd
Lee
Everett Miller
Williamstown
Melha Temple
Berkshire County
Chez Joseph
Agawam
Kenneth E. Nicholson
Temple
Shriners
Springfield
Shriners’ Hospital
Shriners’ Institute For
Boston
District Court docket slows cases to March 4
Christopher R. Furey 34 of 16 Van Nida Ave charged with operating under the influence operating to endanger and drunkenness after an incident on North Street. Special Justice Clement A. Ferris continued his case to March 4. Thomas Todd of Old State Road Berkshire Village charged with probation violation stemming from assault and battery on his wife had case continued to March 4.
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Christopher R. Furey
van Nida Ave
North Street
Clement A. Ferris
Thomas Todd
Old State Road
Berkshire Village
Area residents named for Who's Who volumes
Joseph A. Frugal Jr. of Lee and Maureen O Neil of Danvers are selected for 1970 Outstanding Young Men and Women of America. Frugal, a Vermont alum and Berkshire Life supervisor, and O Neil, Merrimack graduate pursuing a Boston College PhD, are highlighted for community service and academic achievement.
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Joseph A. Frugal Jr
Lee
Maureen O’neil
Danvers
Robert T. Sullivan
Ridgeway Ave
Pittsfield
Frugal
Greater Pittsfield
Wojtkowski seeks ruling on School Building Aid Act
Representative Thomas C. Wojtkowski requests Attorney General Robert H. Quinn to rule on the constitutionality of the State School Building Assistance Act. He chairs a commission examining how state grants for local school construction are distributed, citing substantial disparities between communities in financing and educational services.
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Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Robert H. Quinn
Wojtkowski
Biographer to speak on Fanny Kemble in Stockbridge
W Rushmore Febert of Sandisfield author of the biography Panny Kemble will lecture Sunday at 7 pm in the Bement Room Stockbridge Library. He will discuss The Berkshires visit mid 19th century and Kemble's long friendship with Catharine Sedgwick. He also wrote The Story of George Gershwin and The Unsubstantial Castle. The talk is part of events by the Old Corner House and Stockbridge Historical Society.
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Stockbridge
Febert
W. Rushmore
Sandisfield
Panny Kemble
Crowell-Collier
Stockbride Library
Rushmore
Police Chief Announces 3 Promotions
Police Chief John J. Killeen announced today personnel changes including three promotions effective Sunday. Patrolmen Edward Sherman and Richard Henault will work with the detective bureau on Squad A second shift. Detective Ronald Dean transfers from Squad B to A on the first shift. Patrolman Thomas Gero, assigned to the intelligence division under Sgt Eugene Catalano.
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John J. Killeen
Edward Sherman
Richard Henault
Detective Bureau
Sherman
Henault
Ronald Dean
Thomas Gero
Eugene Catalano
Adams Added To BAA Board
Col William M Adams of Canaan New York was added to the Berkshire Art Association board of directors. Announcement came from Mrs Edward L Dobbins Pittsfield president. Adams, described as an amateur painter, leads Berkshire Garden Center and is a Berkshire Farmer Boys vice president. He runs a farm with an art studio gallery and, until 1965, headed Sprague Electric Co foreign operations. He remains a Sprague consultant and president of some foreign subsidiaries.
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William M. Adams
Canaan
N.Y
Berkshire Art Association
Edward L. Dobbins
Pittsfield
Col. Adams
Berkshire Garden Center
Berkshire Farmer Boys
Sprague Eleetric Co. Ie
Conn Man Faces Bad Check Charges in Becket Case
Lee Massachusetts district court heard Richard A. Busse 28 plead guilty to two counts of bad check larceny and uttering while remanded to Berkshire County Jail on $5,000 cash bail. He faced three forgery counts and a March continuation to retain public defender. The 1968 Becket Pleasant Point Restaurant incident prompted the warrant from East Hartford authorities. A separate case saw James P. Devos 17 plead guilty to operating to endanger after a Stockbridge crash and fined $25.
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Lee
Bristol
West Side Antipoverty Unit Chooses PRA Office Site
The Pittsfield Redevelopment Authority asks the West Side antipoverty group to pick a site for the PRA office in the West Side neighborhood under a residentially oriented urban renewal project. Alma Arles says the choice will be followed. Granville Riddick offers space at his Early Childhood Development Center on Francis Avenue. Ernest West Sr. volunteers to help locate options. The PRA invites community participation as it enters preliminary planning.
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Pittsfield Redevelopment Authority
West Side Antipoverty Organization
PRA
West Side
Alma Arles
Organization of Community Action
QCA
Granville Riddick
Francis Avenue
Ernest West Sr
Arles
Riddick and
West
OCA
Fire Record Reports No Fire at Del Gailo's Restaurant
At 24 a.m. a fire record notes an overheated compressor motor at Del Gailo's Restaurant located at 390 Newell Street. No fire occurred. Fire department response documented with no injuries or further damage.
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del Gailo’s
Newell Sir
Police Briefs Car Stolen From Pittsfield Road Recovered
A car owned by Mr Pedal of 300 Pittsfield Lenox Road was stolen Thursday from the North Top Street parking lot and later recovered on Fenn Street. The battery was missing.
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Pittsfield-Lenox Road
North Top Street
Fenn Street
Obituaries For Coan Farley Sacco Warren And Edwidge
Obituaries list Charles B. Coan Michael F. Farley Francesco R B Warren and Mrs Edwidge as memorial notices. The brief highlights honor their lives and note funeral details may follow in local pages.
Obituaries and Funeral Notices Pebble from Pittsfield area
A string of obituaries from the Pittsfield area notes the deaths of Mrs. Edwidge Warren 81 of Colonial Gardens and the late Hiram Warren. Other notices include Charles B. Coan Stephen Leavenworth Harold Leavenworth Mrs. Ernest St John Sr John Sherman George Haddad and Mrs Clara Rose with funeral plans and burial details.
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Edwidge Fugere Warren
Colonial Gardens
Hillcrest Hospital
Hiram D. Warren
St. Valerien
Canada
Springfield
Salem
Valerie Fugere
Gray Nuns
Montreal
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Harold R. Leavenworth
Newton & Barnfather
Dudne M. Breeze
Pilgrim Memorial Church
Pittsfield Cemetery
Richard Leavenworth Jr
Stephen Huska
Richard
James Barnes
Ernest St. John Sr
Newton & Barnfather Funeral Home
Carrol A. Turner
Bforningside Baptist Church
Clara Rose
Wellington
Morningside Baptist Church
Jom Hainsworth
Raymond M. Rose
Howard C. Rose
Charles Carter
Charles O’brien
Myron Thompson
Baldasaro Honored by Advertising Club
Chester official Ralph J. Baldasaro representing the New York New England Apple Growers Institute received the Spring field Advertising Club silver cup and bronze plaque for the 1969 McIntosh advertising promotion kit. Baldasaro, Chester selectman since 1987, has long worked in advertising and public relations and previously held posts with England Brothers Store and the Berkshire Eagle.
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Chester
Springfield Advertising Club
Oaks
Springfield
Ralph J. Baldasaro
New York-New England
Apple Growers Institute
Institute
McIntosh
Baldasaro
Huntington Street
England Brothers
Pittsfield
Berkshire Eagle
Probate court awards will of local residents
The probate court allowed the will of Agnes Martin of Great Barrington leaving everything to sister Julia Welch. Charles Ogden Faber of New Marlboro left all personal property to wife Helen Hammond Faber, rest to a bust, executors First National Agricultural Bank and Elizabeth Faber Vaughan. Franc B. Clark of Otis left about 50 000 with 8534 personal property and 41000 real estate. appraiser Oscar H. Quimper. Margaret T. Dellman of Pittsfield left personal property mainly stocks valued 16395. appraiser Alty. Kearans Wha- Ten.
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Agnes Martin
Great Barrington
Julia Welch
Charles Ogden Faber
New Marlboro
Helen Hammond Faber
First National Agricultural Bank
Elizabeth Faber Vaughan
Tstin
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Cole Ave
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Wellington Funeral
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Dewey Ave
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Haddad's Motor Sales
Dery Funeral Home
St. Mark's Church
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Advertising Club
Probate
Joe Dollars
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