Hub Visit Set Next Week On Federal Aid for Town
Local officials and business leaders meet in Boston with the Governor Senator Edward Kennedy and Area Redevelopment Authority representatives to discuss federal aid for Great Barrington including accelerated public works urban renewal and high unemployment. Attendees from Great Barrington include selectmen Barrington Industrial Corp Fire District Prudential Committee local banks and Fairview Hospital. The State House meeting at 11 a.m. is arranged by the Department of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Federal Area Redevelopment Authority
Ing
Board of Selectmen
Barrington Industrial Corp
Fire District Prudential Committee
Banks
Werman G. Morelli
Prudential Committee
Banking and Busiess
Movie Timetable for Mahaiwe Theater and Adams
The Mahaiwe in Great Bay shows The Running Man at 6:30 and 8:30. Adams Theater presents Lawrence of Arabia at 7:15. Paramount North Adams lists Man From Galveston at 1:00 and 4:05 and 4 for Texas at 2:30 and 5:20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahaiwe
Great Bay
Adams
Paramount
North Adams
Galveston
Texas
Property Owner Seeks Acceptance of Crissey Road
GREAT BARRINGTON William J Fenton of Westfield owner of the building leased by the Telephone Co on Crissey Flats off Stockbridge Road asked the Selectmen for help in getting the town to accept the uncompleted portion from Stockbridge Road to his building. The town had accepted the front half two years ago but the remaining section lacked a six inch water line per bylaws and no vote can be held until requirements are met. Fenton offered a bond to cover installation costs if the area is developed. The Selectmen noted bylaws require all streets to meet standards before acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
William J. Fenton
Westfield
the Telephone Co
Crissey Flats
Stockbridge Road
Dresser Products
Dresser
Fenton
Selectmien
Selectmen
Town Assessment for Retirement Rises 50 P.c.
The Berkshire County retirement system payment for 1964 will be $13,354.48, up $4,400 from 1963. Officials cite a higher projected system payout, rising from $100,000 to $148,000, and a larger share of the system payroll from Great Barrington, which increased local assessments to about 8.61 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
County Commissioners
Berkshire County
State Insurance Board
Boston
Students Plan Benefit Food Sale at Local A and P
GREAT BARRINGTON The Searles High School Student Council will sponsor a food sale on Saturday from 10 to noon at the local A and P. Proceeds go to the council scholarship fund. Advance orders may be placed through John Dezieck of Housatonic or Dana Marcus of Taconic Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Searles High School
Counsel Scholarship Fund
John Dezieck
Housatonic
Dana Marcus
Taconic Avenue
New Stockbridge School Budget Shows 10.4 Per Cent Rise
Stockbridge School Committee and Finance Committee unveil a 1964 budget of 309,286 up 10.4 percent from 1963 with net local tax increase about 7.5 percent. State aid reimbursements and tuition will return 103,214 to the treasury, leaving an estimated net cost of 210,058 after athletic fund effects. Salary hikes drive most of the rise, about 72 percent of the budget, with three factors: past raises, 1964 raises, and one new teacher. The next School Committee meeting is Feb 5 at 8 at Williams High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Treasury
Williams High School
Budgjet
Wa Geo
Spaghetti Dinner Spon by Falls Village Student Council
Falls Village Conn. The Student Council sponsors an Italian spaghetti dinner at Housatonic Valley Regional High School cafeteria on January 25 with continuous service until 7 30. Proceeds fund council projects. Tickets available from council members or at the door. Pilgrim Club film The Thread of Life shown January 26 at the home of Mr and Mrs Albert Dyson Highland Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls Village
Conn
Housatonic Valley
Bruce Delaini
Jeffrey Gulnac
Pilgrim Club
Telephone Company
Albert Dyson
Highland Lane
Well-Child Clinic Held at Richmond School
A well child conference sponsored by the Community Health Association was conducted at Richmond Consolidated School by Dr. Thomas L. Hayden and Miss Helen I. Bassett R N with hostess Mrs. David Reynolds. First graders will present an assembly at 9 15 a m on January 24, inviting parents and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Community Health Association
David Reynolds
Thomas L. Hayden
Helen I. Bassett
R.N
Richmond Consolidated School
William N. Ratcliff
Simon Hunt
Roy Rawson
Elroy Wentworth
E. Burton Keirstead
Harold D. Rainforth
Board Opposed To Smoking on School Grounds
The Housatonic Valley Regional School Board denied pupil smoking on school grounds until after 6 pm despite Student Council requests for a designated smoking area. Daniel Hart, a 1963 UConn graduate, was hired to fill the English vacancy left by Miss Amy Schaeffer and will start duties immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falls Village
Conn
Housatonic Valley
Daniel Hart
Cornwall
University of Connecticut
Amy Schaeffer
Auxiliary Votes To Sponsor Girl Lat Girls State This Summer
Members of the auxiliary of the Southern Berkshire Post American Legion voted to sponsor a local girl for Girls State this summer. At a State Road residence meeting, Mrs John E Higgins led as delegates to an auxiliary council meeting in Pittsfield with Mrs Higgins, Mrs Ernest Gilbert and Mrs Charles Patterson named as delegates and Mrs Raymond Seeley, Mrs Maude Viola and Mrs Frank Fitzpatrick as alternates. Other items note nearby residents traveling to Miami and a patient transfer to Boston for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester School
Hamburg
John
Great Barrington
Kimball
Tel
Southern Berkshire Post
American Legion
Girllat
State Road
John ‘E. Higgins
Auxilary
Higgins
Ernest Gilbert
Charles Patterson
Pittsfield
Raymond Seeley
Maude Viola
Frank Fitzpatrick
Mount Greylock Regional School Lunch Menu Summary
Mount Greylock Regional notes weekly lunch offerings with daily variations. Monday features orange juice, Chinese pie, pickle slices, snickerdoodle, pear half, vegetable soup, ham sandwich, pickled beets. Half days Tuesday to Thursday have no lunches. Friday offers pineapple juice, tuna noodle casserole, carrot slices, peaches, tomato soup or clam chowder, pizza bites, cheese wedge, and cole slaw.
Cheshire School Board adopts personnel leave policies
Cheshire School Committee adopts policies dated Jan. 2, 1964 on sick leave for full time faculty ten days yearly accumulating to 45 days. part time teachers five non accumulative days. Personal leave for limited reasons not reducing sick leave, including funeral, illness in the family, religious observance, and other hardships, with specifics on immediate family death. Expectant mothers must resign or take leave by fifth month, with return options based on tenure status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Miss Caro Kinne to Wed David Ford in January
Housatonic bride to be Miss Caro Kinne received bridal showers at home with aunts and cohosts including Mrs Richard Kinne and Mrs Roy W Kinne of Main Street about 30 guests attended. She is an X ray technician at Hartford Hospital and will marry David Ford January 23 at Inecal Congregational Church in Hart Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housatonic
Caroline Kinne
Richard Kinne
Roy W. Kinne
Main Street
Robert Kinne
Miss Kinne
Arthur B. Kinne
Hart Street
David Ford
George Ford
Pine Street
Inecal Congregational Church
Hartford
Cheshire MRS D RUSSELL HORTON Hearing On School Liquor Bill
Cheshire MRS D Russell Horton attended a Boston hearing on House Bill 198 for the Cheshire School Committee. The bill would let townspeople decide liquor use in schools at the annual election. no action yet. Also in Boston, Dr Joseph A Wilk and Bertram Roban son discussed plans for the Lanesboro school addition. Kennedy Memorial services set by American Legion Post and auxiliary for 9:15 Mass at St Mary of the Assumption Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Charles
T. John
Boston
Cheshire School Committee
Joseph A. Wilk
Mount Greylock 3
Bertram Robanson
Lanesboro
T He Lanesboro School Building Assistance Commission
Sellen Couple Visiting New York From New Marlboro
Mr and Mrs Welles Sellen of New Marlboro are spending several days in New York visiting sights and attending events during their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Welles Sellen
New Marlboro
New York
Wilk reports to school board on varied items
Cheshire School District officials discussed repairs to a furnace exploded in winter at a cost of 735.02 dollars. A speech and hearing screening found 127 children with defects, including 53 in Cheshire, with therapy costing about 1000 dollars per year if provided three times weekly. The board tabled the issue for one year. They approved a 40 dollar cocoa entrance mat and granted the lunch director authority to hire a part time helper up to five hours weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Joseph A. Wilk
Charles St. John
Mildred Burnett
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Ward
South Main Street
Fairview Births
Lawrence Beckwith
Lake Buel Road
Wallace Hoder
Charles Dunham
Avery Lane
Melvin's Pharmacy
Sheffield
Hagref,Tel
Justice Magi
Disney
Goldie Locks
The
Berkshires
Egramont, Mass
Fordomatic
Spaulding
Sox
Barrington
Crissey Road
P.c
Ann Shanahan
Edwin §. Flinn
Canaan, Conn
Margaret Svehla
Taylor
Ruth Bass
N. Canaan
Chester
Lyman R
Cooney
Fleetwood
Harold E., Grant
North Plain Road
Miami
Fla
Edward Whalen
Pleasant Street
Fairview Hospital
Joslin Clinic
New England Deaconess Hospital
Montgomery Ward
Railroad Street
Mount Greylock
Mt. Greylock
Eagle Paper
Risingdale
Call Eagle
D. Russell Horton
St. John
Wilk
Southfield
COMET
Defroster
Hendlights
Duel Horns
Long Life Coolant
S&h
New Eng
Bill Brundage
John Kane
ED Kane
New England
Mahaive Motors, Inc
FORD
Thunderbird
Mercury
Faicoe
Main
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