James J. Smith Wins Pittsfield Jaycees Distin guished Service Award
James J. Smith of 232 First St. was named the Pittsfield Junior Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award recipient for 1962. The award honors outstanding community service by someone aged 24 to 45. Smith, former Pittsfield Jaycee president, led the chapter during 1961–62, helped host a foreign correspondent, launched the soap box derby sponsorship, and supported a business climate study. He serves as Catholic Youth Center president and has long volunteer ties with United Community Services and United Fund. He is a partner in McCormick and Toole Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Smith
First St
Pittsfield
Edward H. O'Keefe
Smith
Jaycee
Mr. O'Keefe
Laughran
Walter
Lawrence D. Burkinshaw
Pittsfield Jaycee
Association of Business and Commerce
Catholic Youth Center
CYC
OCS
United Community Services
United Fund Drive
AFC
Berkshire County Football Officials Association
St. Joseph’s High School
Holy Cross College
McCormick & Toole Insurance Agency
Harrington Named Secretary for Mayor Dillon
Mayor Dillon appointed Mrs. George N. Harrington of 26 Saratoga Drive as his secretary, effective February 10. A Bennington native and longtime Pittsfield resident, she has worked with the Berkshire Hills Girl Scout Council as office manager and treasurer, and is a Bliss Business College graduate. She and her husband, employed at E. D. Jones Corp., have two daughters. this marks her first city government role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
George N. Harrington
Saratoga Drive
Daniel C. Conley
Lowden St
Harrington
E. D. Jones Corp
Tittsfield
Bennington
Berkshire Hills
This Little Fish Takes A Detour To A Lee Home
A live minnow trapped in a toilet tank at Lee resident Gordon E. Leeman and his wife Sophia sheltered the fish. Leeman, a state conservation officer, noted the creature’s instinct to seek familiar waters near Lahey Reservoir, Lee’s water source.
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Lee
Gordon E. Leeman
East Street
Leeman House
Leeman
Lee District
Leemans
Lahey Reservoir
Tate Named Manager of Erie GE Section
William K. Tate Jr. is named manager of manufacturing for GE’s industrial motor and generator product section in Erie Pennsylvania. He starts February 24 after serving since 1960 as manager of manufacturing engineering in GE’s power transformer department in Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Tate Jr
Crane Ave
General Electric Co
Erie
Pittsfield
Mr.Tate
Tullahoma
Tenn
Vanderbilt University
County School Boards Meet Failures of Elementary Schools Seen Causing High Dropout Rate
Berkshire County School Committee Association heard experts from Chicopee, Williams College, North Adams, and Pittsfield discuss rising dropouts. They urged stronger guidance, industry training, and state aid, warning that lack of parental support and unskilled labor needs threaten future employment as automation grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Berkshire County School Committee Association
John Fitzpatrick
Chicopee
Thomas O'Connell
Berkshire Community College
James R. Westfall
McCann Vocational Technical High School
North Adams
Guilford Spencer
Williamstown
Williams
Massachusetts
Births in Pittsfield and area reported
Birth notices list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs Ronald C Zink Lenox yesterday and a son for Mr. and Mrs Walter White 494 Elm J yesterday plus a son for Mr and Mrs Richard Tierney 44 Wellington Ave today and a son for Mr and Mrs Robert Parent 25 Delaware Ave yesterday Also a Brookhaven Hospital birth for Mr and Mrs Michael A Rutigliano Center Moriches NY whose wife Elizabeth Martello is a former Pittsfield resident Paternal grandparents Patrick Rutigliano Center Moriches Also a son for Mr and Mrs Jesse Quinones Moline Illinois whose wife is former Loan Thacker formerly of Pittsfield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's
Richard Tierney
Wellington Ave
Robert Parent
Delaware Ave
Michael A. Rutigliano
Center Moriches
S.J
Brookhaven Hospital
Rutigliano
Elizabeth Martello
Eugene Martello
Lincoln St
Patrick Rutigliano
Jesse Quinones
Moline
Inl
Quinones
Loan Thacker
Pittsfield
Legally Blind Student Reads Now With Telescopic Glasses
Leonard Menard 19, long legally blind, at Pittsfield High School as a junior, gains reading ability with new telescopic spectacles that focus print for him. The glasses, about an inch thick with detachable reading caps, give him 20-200 vision, enabling him to read without others reading aloud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Menard
Leonard
Pittsfield High School
Leon
Plunkett School
PHS
Springfield
Berkshire County Savings Reports Substantial Gains
Berkshire County Savings Bank posted very high earnings at its 118th annual meeting led by President Gardner Morse. The surplus rose to a record 6 342 000 as gains were reported across all departments. Thomas Carrington elected to the board. Richard Jackson named a corporator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County Savings Bank
Gardner S. Morse
Richard §. Jackson
Wbec, Inc
Carrington
Bank
Bristol
Conte Schedules Office Hours Here Saturday
Congressman Silvio O Conte will hold office hours here Saturday morning from 10 to noon. His Pittsfield office is on the third floor of the Pittsfield National Bank building, 7 North St. It has been on the fourth floor. Rep Conte is scheduled to speak in Easthampton tomorrow night and he will maintain five hours in the eastern district communities. Mrs Carolyn Jocher of Lanesboro is a new clerk in the Pittsfield office and Mrs Carol Sears lhapses is working there on al l Part-time basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvio O. Conte
Pittsfield
Pittsfield National Bank
North St
Rep. Conte
Easthampton
Carolyn Jocher
Lanesboro
Carol Sears Lhapses
GE Explains Three Week Vacation Scheduling
GE official Britton W. Saterlee said customer needs and long employee vacations require three week plant shutdowns in the power and distribution transformer department. He noted over 85 percent receive at least three weeks and over 50 percent four weeks, and that staggering longer vacations could hurt production and service. He added union officials were told last year the policy might lengthen shutdowns at some locations and that not all desires can be accommodated while preserving job security and competitiveness.
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General Electric Co
Britton W. Saterlee
Pittsfield
Saterlee
Laterice
Whitehouse Named Berkshire Dentist of the Year
Dr John W Whitehouse of West Stockbridge receives Berkshire County Dentist of the Year honors at a Berkshire District Dental Society meeting at the Highland Restaurant. Dr Stanley Norton presides. After dinner a film on mouth cancer from the American Dental Association will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Whitehouse
West Stockbridge
Berkshire County
Berkshire Dissarict Dental Society
Highland Restaurant
Dental Society
Stanley Norton
American Dental Association
Two Radios Awarded at Palace Theater Event
Two transistor radios were awarded from the Palace Theater stage last night. Winners were Miss Mary McCarthy of 80 Union St and Joseph T. Farda of 295 Columbus Ave.
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Palace Theater
Mary McCarthy
Union St
Joseph T. Farda
Columbus Ave
Prenursing Test Set for Saturday at St. Luke's
The Polts prenursing test for high school girls planning to enter nursing schools this year will be given Saturday morning at 93 at St. Luke's School of Nursing. Mrs. John T. Reid, guidance director at Crosby Junior High, will administer. All high school seniors aiming for nursing careers are eligible. The test scores may be used for admission to any nursing school. For information call St. Luke's School of Nursing.
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St. Luke's School of Nursing
John T. Reid
Crosby Junior High School
Manning Promoted at GE Ordnance Department
William J Manning named manager of advance manufacturing engineering for GE Ordnance. Announcement by Frank W J Fernald. Manning, a Brown University graduate of 1951, joined GE in 1951 and has led the SPS-d0 antenna program since 1952. The unit will support department marketing in new proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Manning
Advance Manufacturing Engineering
General Electric Co
Ordnance Department
Frank W. Jfernald
Mr. Manning
Brown Univesity
Dutch Hill Skiing Reported Good
Dutch Hill skiing is described as good with Miss Madelon Mulroney, PR director, noting a packed 4 to 6 inch powder surface. Also includes ad blurbs for Savon heating oil price, skating gear, and Berkshire Servicenter driveway sanding services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Hill
Madelon Mulroney
Final Easements On Sewer Job Filed
The last batch of easements for Phase 2 of Pittsfield's sewer program is filed in the Registry of Deeds. They number 25 and affect property along the west bank of the Sat night in Adams. The western interceptor project includes property along the Housatonic River area near Oxford streets.
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Pittsfield
Sat
Swistak's
Adams
Housatonic River
Ed Pinciak
Orchestra of
Chicopee
John and Ady
Oxford Streets
Ady
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Jaycees’ Award
Pittsfield Holy Cross College Alumni Association
Berkshire Sales Executive Club
Clair L. Cyr
Tate
Erie GE
County School
O'Connell
Walter N. Borg
Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee
Westfall
Spencer
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Maryland
Fitzpatrick
Prof. Spencer
Community College
Lincoln Taynch
Lynch
Frank Pupo
Rowland W. Armacost
Wahconah
Mr. O'Connell
Pittsfield General
Ronald C. Zink
Lenox
White
Elm &J
Arthur Myers
Joseph L. Menard
Pine St
Perkins School
Watertown
Notre Dame School
Mercer School
Hoerkshire Country Day School
Notre Dame
Perkins
George Trelease
Western
State Division of the
Trelease
Max Fishelson
Dr. Vishelson
Lincoln D. Lynch
Myers Leonard Menard and His “Telescopic Spectacles
Berkshire County Savings
Mr. Jackson
Greenwich
Conn
WBEC
Conte
GE Official Answers Union
Dr. Whitehouse
St. Luke’s
William Manning
GE Ordnance
C.C.M
Marslen's
Wendell Hotel
Berkshire Servicenter
Allen Hotel
Union Federal
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