Snowshoer Morin Heads 450 Mile Trek to Snowshoe Convention
Leo J. Morin, Hartford, Connecticut, plans a 450 mile walk to the International Snowshoers Convention in Ottawa. He started from Hartford, stayed in Otis and Lanesborough, aiming to beat the prior 385 mile record. Morin, 11th year old daughter, and Taurel Snowshoe Club member, eyes Ottawa with weather caveats and past 280 mile Hartford Berlin and 120 mile Biddeford feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Leo J. Morin
Ottawa
Hartford
Otis
Lanesboro
Williamstown
New York State
Lake George
Morin
Taurel Snowshoe Club
Hartsford
Berlin
N.il
Biddeford
Maine
Service Tonight In Lenox Honors Msgr. Johnson
Lenox reports the Rt. Rev. Joseph J. Johnson a Lenox native will be invested as prothonotary apostolic by Bishop Christopher Weldon at 7 pm at St. Ann Church. A dinner at Eastover precedes the ceremony with a reception in Eastover’s Heritage Room. The honor, highest for diocesan priests short of the episcopacy, grants ceremonial bishoplike privileges. Johnson has advised Bishop Weldon at the Vatican Council sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Joseph J. Johnson
Christopher J. Weldon
St. Ann Church
Pope Paul
Msgr. Johnson
Eastover
College of Prothonotary Apostolics
Rome
Msgr
Johnson
Weldon
Union College and GE Sponsor Summer Study for Teachers
Union College and the General Electric Foundation will sponsor a six week summer study program in economics for 40 secondary school teachers on Union’s Schenectady campus from June 29 to August 7. Fellowships cover most expenses and are funded by the CE Foundation. Dr Joseph Finkelstein will direct the session with GE facility visits and talks by GE management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
N.Y
Union College
General Electric Foundation
Massachusets
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
District of Colubia
Union
CE Foundation
Joseph Finkelstein
Epiphany Play With St Stephen's Youth At Two Services
St Stephen's Episcopal Church will present an Epiphany play during the 9 and 11 a.m. worship services. Written for the students by Robert M. Boland and Rev. Douglas M. Williams, the performance places young actors in the roles of the first disciples while addressing modern youth issues. Cast includes Virginia Conover and others with direction by Boland. The St Devilla Choir will provide offertory and congregational singing under Miss Mildred Buttrey. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Robert M. Boland
Berkshire Community College
Douglas M. Williams
Mr. Boland
Virginia Conover
Jonn Culver
Craig Fenton
John Unwin
Brian Steady
David Sammons
Peyton Townes
Charles Lcharmann
Ronald Chrisholm
David Holcomb
Thomas Holland
David Lahue
Henry Euler
Caral Sammons
Jeffrey Douglas
St. Devilla Choir
Mildred Buttrey
Probate News Grace R Place Will Filed for Adams Estate
Probate notices report Grace R Place of Adams filed for probate with a will leaving a $30,000 personal estate to her niece by marriage Dorothy Brodeur of Adams who is named executrix. An inventory lists Mary J Bourdon of Adams with $30,785 personal property and $14,000 real estate. Charles Al Reardon Sr of North Adams shows $12,211 in personal property largely in corporate stocks. Divorces record Gena M Freitag of Cheshire granted custody of three children after separation from Joseph F Freitag of Neshank, N J. William Volkmer Jr of Adams divorced from Bernadette M Volkmer of Bennington Vt with $20 weekly support and visiting rights. Sandra Decensi of North Adams gains custody of three children after separation from John 2 Decensi Jr of Adams with $20 weekly support and visiting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace R. Place
Grace R. Place of
Adams
Dorothy [Brodeur of
Mary L. Bourdon
Mary J. Bourdon
Charles al. Reardon Sr
North Adams
Liggeth & Myers Tobacco Co
F. W. Woolworth Co
Gena M. Freitag
Cheshire
Joseph F. Freitag
Neshank
N. J
Weestargs
William Volkmer Jr
Bernadette M. Volkmer
Bennington
Sandra Decensi
John 2. Decensi Jr
Pittsfield Woman Sponsors Indian Boy
Heidi Wagner Mitchell of 492 Holmes Road sponsors Raymond a 15 year old American Indian from Bapchule Arizona through Save the Children Federation to aid clothing school supplies books and participation fees and hasten his integration into the School. sponsor gains photograph child history progress reports and letters with a monthly $10 commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidi Wagner Mitchell
Holmes Road
Raymond
Bapchule
Ariz
Save the Children Federation
Dallas Johnson
Federation
Wyman Goff Slated to Head Christian Center
Wyman Goff is nominated for president of the Christian Center at its annual meeting to be held Thursday with a dinner by Isaac Crawford at 6230. Officers to be elected include recording secretary Mrs. Stedman and corresponding secretary Mrs. Lepisto. New board members: Winsor Martin, Mrs. Wasburg, George Langford, Mrs. Whitamore. honorary member Mrs. Patton. Reservations for the dinner are due by noon tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Center
Isaac Crawford
Wyman Goff
Benjamin G. Bowers
Harry P. Stedman
Dalton
Earl ©. Lepisto
Lenox Building Would Honor W J Goggins
Berkshire legislators filed a bill to name the Lenox Public Works district office building the William J. Goggins Memorial Building. The measure faced no opposition at a House Highways and Motor Vehicles Committee hearing. Rep Turner of Lee and others spoke in favor. Goggins was a longtime district highway engineer based in Lenox.
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EAGLE
Boston
Berkshire
State Public Works Department
Lenox
William J. Goggins
Highways and Motor Vehicles Committee
House
Warren A. Turner
Lee
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
Patrick E. Callaghan
Wallace B. Crawford
Pittsfield
Mr. Coggins
Public Works Department
Banville Wins Tilo Award At New York Hilton
Joseph B. Banville, manager of the Tilo Co local office at 615 West Housatonic St, earned the company's top honor. At the annual convention in New York City's Hilton, he joined Reynolds Metal Co managers as a Tilo Topper. Banville joined Tilo in 1957 and has consistently won company contests and promotions. He lives with his wife and three children on South Street in Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Banville
Tilo Co
West Housatonic St
New Hilton Hotel
New York City
Banville
Reynolds Metal Co
Tilo
South Street
Cheshire
Real Estate Transfers Reported for Becket and Lee
Edwin T and Mary Edith Cooper sell to Ronald M and Della A Sayres a house and two parcels on County Road Becket. Highfield Realty Trust sells land on Fairview Street Lee to Charles J and Mary T Donahoe.
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Edwin T
Mary Edith Cooper
Ronald M
Della A. Sayres
County Road
Becket
Highfield Realty Trust
Charles J
Mary T. Donahoe
Fairview Street
Lee
Fire crews address gas leak at 4 Forest Place
Fire department records show a 11:48 am check for a gas leak in a cellar at 4 Forest Place. Firemen inspected the area and reported no immediate danger. No injuries or further action noted.
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Forest Place
Training Considered For Wyandotte Workers After Mill Closure
Former Wyandotte employees, about 125 people unemployed since the Pittsfield mill closed last October, may receive training under the federal Manpower Development and Training Act. Edward J. Barry of the state Division of Employment Security, and Anna B. Sullivan of Holyoke, TWUA representative, will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. to gather interest via a questionnaire. The session follows a meeting with DES officials and local leaders to plan training and responses.
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Edward J. Barry
State Division of Employment Security
Pittsfield
Wyandotte
Barry
Anna B. Sulivan
Holyoke
Massachusetts
Union of America
TWUA
Fenn St
Sullivan
William Deley
PHS
Philip C. Ahern
Berkshire County Industrial Development Commission
Albert Rnelll
The
Association of Business and Commerce
Isaac Fine
Boston
DES
Paul Sullivan
State Department of Education
Raymond A. Warnock
Gerald Young
Worcester
Barrington Man Among Escapees At Northampton
Four young men escaped from Northampton State Hospital after 1 pm yesterday. Among them is Robert F. T. Spadaccini of Great Barrington, 23, jailed for a 35 day observation and tied to October November arson cases at Marty’s Diner. Also involved are Robert Bienvenu and Mauris Tobin, both Holyoke residents, and Gerald Tobin of Agawam. Spadaccini described as 5'8" 115 pounds with brown hair and eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Northampton State Hospital
Robert F. T. Spadaccini
Great Barrington
Spadaccini
Southern Berkshire District Court
Marty
State Road
Robert Bienvenu
Mauris
Holyoke
Holyoke District Court
Gerald Tobin
Agawam
Tobin
Mayor Considers Relocating City Hall Office
Mayor Dillon said he is studying relocating the mayoral office from the City Hall Annex due to limited space for his secretary and visitors. He plans a tour of City Hall floors to evaluate options and noted City Clerk John J. Fitzgerald’s office is also inadequate. He filed two routine orders with the clerk for council submission, but does not expect major proposals soon, while planning several appointments before week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
City Hall
John J. Fitzgerald
Legion Post Plans Ceremony for New Members
At the Pittsfield American Legion meeting the 1964 membership was reported at 709. A February initiation ceremony with lapel pins, certificates, and flags for new members was approved. The post and auxiliary will host a Valentine party February 15, and 12 volunteers were assigned to assist at a wheelchair basketball game Friday at the Boys Club staged by the Paraplegic Veterans Association. Jack B. Rabiner, hospital chairman, will host patients from Reads Veterans Hospital with staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield Post
American Legion
Post
Paraplegic Veterans Association
Jack B. Rabiner
Eeeds Veterans Hospital
Boy Hit by Car Hospitalized After Onota Street Incident
Seven year old Robert Sala of 111 McArthur Street was admitted to Hillcrest Hospital Tuesday with a scalp laceration after he was struck by a car on Onota Street. Driver Edward A. Clapper of 395 Peck's Road told police the boy ran into the right rear of his vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sala
McArthur St
Hillcrest l Hospital
Onota Street
Edward A. Clapper
Peck’s Road
Obituary and local crime notes from Berkshire area
Obituary for six year old James J Burke of 205 Chapel Street describing his birth in Pittsfield, longtime Berkshire Woolen Co. worker, bereaved wife Nora Haggerty, siblings, and funeral plans at St Mark's Church with burial at St Joseph's Cemetery. Also obituary for Bertha A Freehan of Chatham aged 74, heart condition, church and fraternal memberships, surviving husband and children. Then report on teen thief Louis A Litano Jr. who stole skis at Bousquet’s, restitution paid, and judge’s remarks about ski theft as a problem. brief on Philip Wineman who earned money to buy the skis.
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James J. Burke
Chapel St
St. Luke's Hospital
Pittsfield
Berkshire Woolen Co
Burke
St. Mark's Church
Nora Haggerty
William J
Joseph M
Lee
Mary Brundage
City
DejvVanny Funeral Home
St. Mark’s Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Fred C. Freehan
Chatham
N.Y
Bertha A. Freehan
Bertha N. Bixby
State Tine
Mass
Freehan
Methodist Church
Charity
Eastern Star
Columbia Court
Order of the Amuaranth
Philip
Fred
Beverly St
Mazel I. Freehan
Kenneth F. Freehan
J. A. French
Louis A. Litano Jr
Lincoln St
Bousquets
Frank W. Cimini
Litano
Pye
Alty
W. Stanley Cooke
Philip Wineman
Cimini
Bousquet's
Funeral notices for Cooney Tongring Crosier Wood La Rosa Jr
A list of funerals and services across multiple churches and towns. Terence Cooney and Signe Tongring led Masses at St Josephs and Lenox Trinity respectively, with cremation and grave prayers. Charles R Crosier, Walter R Wood, and Mrs Frank La Rosa Jr. have scheduled services from Wellington and Bend Verdera funeral homes, with burials planned in Pittsfield and Hancock Cemeteries.
Management Club To Hear Talk On Soviet Industry
Emil F. Faubert, general secretary of the Springfield YMCA, will discuss industry in the USSR at the Pittsfield Industrial Management Club dinner at 6:30 at the Pittsfield YMCA. He toured Russia studying youth, home life, education, industry, religion, and agriculture, visiting Moscow, Leningrad, Donetsk, Kiev, and Yalta. Program chairman is Frederick Houghton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil F. Faubert
Springfield
YMCA
Ussr
Pittsfield Industrial Management Club
Pittsfield
Mr. Faubert
I Y
United States
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
Donetsk
Kiev
Yalta
Frederick Houghton
Air Reserve Unit Meets Tonight on Barker Road
The 9243 Air Reserve Squadron will meet tonight at 8 at the Reserve Center on Barker Road. Col. Jacob Franklin, commanding officer, says the session is a makeup for a session lost due to mourning for President Kennedy.
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9243
Air Reserve
Barker Road
Jacob Franklin
Kennedy
Pretest Tomorrow For Nursing Program Pittsfield School
A pretest for the February class of the practical nurse program at Pittsfield Vocational School will be given tomorrow morning in Madonna Hall at St. Luke's Hospital. Applicants must take the test. no appointment is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield Vocational School
Madonna Hall
St. Luke's Hospital
Furnace door left open at bottling firm draws notice
Tuesday workers at Royal Crown Bottling Co. 400 Wahoonah St reported a furnace door ajar with a red glow visible to passersby. There was no fire and no injuries. Local responders checked the scene.
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Royal Crown Bottling Co
Wahoonah St
Hospital Hillcrest Names Incorrect in Notice
In a public notice from Hospitals Hillcrest it lists Mare and Joseph Winiarz, sons of Mr and Mrs Kehath Winiarz of 8 Emerson Ave, with the previous name incorrectly stated by the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare
Joseph Winiarz
Kehath Winiarz
Emerson Ave
Damaged Car Claim Refiled Against City for $78.75
Mr and Mrs John W Dallmeyer of Grove Street resubmit a claim seeking 78 75 for property damage after their car struck a defective catch basin in front of 16 Abbott Street The claim was originally dismissed after a meeting of the City Council Claims and License Committee on November 23.
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John W. Dailmeyer
Grove Street
Dallmeyers
Abbott Si
Counsil
Arthur S. Pease Dies at 82 Former Amherst President
Concord Massachusetts AP Arthur S Pease former president of Amherst College is dead at 82 He led Amherst from 1927 to 1932 and was a Latin and Literature scholar and botanist He joined Harvard faculty after Amherst and wrote on Virgil and Cicero His chief botanical work is Vascular Flora of Coos County NY from field studies near Randolph New Hampshire in retirement years after 1950
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Concord
Mass
Arthur S. Pease
Amherst College
Pease
Amherst
Harvard University
Coos County
Randolph
N.H
Mrs J P Josephs Sr Dies After Short Illness
Mrs J P Josephs Sr wife of John P Josephs Sr of 12 Kenilworth St died last night at Pittsfield General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Schenectady she studied at St Mary's Peekskill and the University of Arizona. She lived here 13 years and was active at St Stephen's Episcopal Church. Survived by husband three daughters Mary Betsy Kate a son John P L Jr parents Alonzo W Paige and Mrs Paige, a brother A Winslow Paige Jr and several nephews. No calling hours flowers omitted donations to St Stephen's Church preferred. Services Friday 1 30 at St Stephen's Burial Vale Cemetery Schenectady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Paige Josephs
John P. Josephs Sr
Kenilworth St
Pittsfield General Hospital
Schenectady
St. Mary’s School
Peekskill
N.Y
University of Arizona
Tucson
Josephs
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Mary
Betsy
Kate
John PL Jr
Holderness School
Plymouth
Alonzo W. Paige
A. Winslow Paige Jr
Sir Stephen's Episcopal Church
St. Stephen's Church
Vale Cemetery
Mrs Noonan of Westfield Dies After Illness
Mrs. William Noonan 58 of 24 Cherry St Westfield died Monday at Noble Hospital after a short illness. A former Lee resident she leaves six children eight grandchildren and her mother Mrs Helen Shanahan and sister Mrs Thomas Mortis both of Waterbury Connecticut Visiting hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Robert E Cusack Funeral Home 94 Main St Westfield The funeral will be Thursday at St Marys Church Westfield with burial in St Marys Cemetery Westfield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luk
Margaret Shanahan Noonan
William M. Noonan
Cherry St
Westfield
Noble Hospital
Lee
Main St
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's
A Loving Memory of Hubert Carson Prceisen
A memorial note mourns Hubert Carson Prceisen killed in Korea in January. The verse laments his loss and recalls his patient face and smile. Suplied by Joe and Ann, the family says they will meet again beyond the tail and stvite in a peaceful life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Carlson Harrison
Korea
Hubert Carson Prceisen
Beaver
Joe
Ann
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By Arthur Myers
Gallc
Marin
French Circle Club
Myere
St. Stephen’ Ss
Probate News
Charles H. Reardon Sr
China
Large
Capitol Furniture
North St. Opp
Lenox Building
W. J. Goggins
Tilo Award
Barrington
Legion Post
Boy
Terence Cooney
St. Joseph’s Church
John H. McDonnell
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
John DB. McNamara
John I. Frederick
Howard T. Clark
Thomas R. DiNicola
William J. Knight
Miss Signe M. Tongring
Signe M. Tongring
Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert S. S. Whitman
Charles K. Crosier
Charles R. Croster
Wellington
Edward L. Kautz
First Baptist Church
Walter R. Wood
Hancock
Wellington Funeral Home
David L. Livingston
Cohoes
Dalton Methodist Church
Hancock Cemetery
Frank Liakosa Jr
Frank la Rosa Jr
Bendvenga Funeral Home
Mount Carmel Church
Air Reserve Unit
Hillcrest
J. P. Josephs Sr
William Noonan
Berkshire Eagle Daily
Ncan
Samme
May
Memoriam
Son
Mom
Dad
Jan
Doug
Gia
Childs & Bishop
North Street
Ed Ey A
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