Y Service Reaches High, But Income Falls $9,000
Pittsfield YMCA reports all time high in service in 1963 with 3,632 members while operations income trails budget by about $9,000. President Lincks notes strong use of new facilities, gains in youth and adult programs, but Camp Sumner and dormitory income lag. Memorials and new directors announced at 77th annual dinner. board to elect officers Feb. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Ahis
Lincks
General Electric Co
Camp Merrill
Robert P. Green
Camp Sumner
Shore Club
James M. Davis
Everett F. Heiss
Nicholas J. Sarro
Prentice Bradley
Joseph H. Cadorette
Marvin R.denzel
Robert P Green
Britton W. Saterlee
F. M. Myers Jr
Howard EL. Haag
World Service
New England
Mayor Calls Session on Housing for the Elderly
Mayor Dillon schedules the first administration meeting at 4 p.m. with Housing Authority city solicitor and public works commissioner to resolve deadlock over Elberon Avenue housing project. New council majority expected to back the site.
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Dillon
Housing Authority
Commissioner of Public Works
Elberon Avenue
Elperon Avenue
Gov Assigns Barrington Relief Survey Team
Gov Peabody after a one hour meeting with Barrington residents and officials forms a survey team to investigate relief for the distressed town. The panel weighs Hill Burton funds, HEW projects, new vocational high school, manpower retrain financing, and sewage treatment. Members include Markham Sullivan Sughrue Alfano Woods Handrogan Taylor.
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Boston
Great Barrington
Peabody
Federal Health, Education and Welfare Department
Thomas Markham
Massachusetts
Federal Area Redevelopment Authority
Paul Sullivan
State Division of Vocational Education
William Sughrue
State Department of Commerce
Eugene Alfano
Federal Small Business Administration
George Woods
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nicholas Handrogan
Federal
HEW
Worthen Taylor
Chick
State Department of Public Health
Births at St Luke s and Pittsfield General Names and addresses listed
Birth notices report a daughter for Mr and Mrs Henry Stenti ford Jr at Blythewood Drive last evening and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Philip N pom erantz at Elaine Drive yesterday Grandparents listed for Waxstein and Pomerantz, with great grandparents named. Additional notices: a son for Mr and Mrs John Baran of Cheshire yesterday, a second son for Mr and Mrs Joseph Eisen berg of Lee yesterday, and a son for Mr and Mrs A Roland Buig Lenox this morning.
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St. Luke's
Henry Stentiford Jr
Blythewood Drive
Pittsfield General
Philip N. Pomerantz
Elaine Drive
Max Waxstein
Arlington St
Herbert Pomerantz
Robbins Ave
Rebecca Nelson
Pauline Roblinsky
John Baran
Cheshire
Rabbi Salzmann to Lecture at Williams College
Rabbi Harald Salzmann of Temple Anshe Amunim will lecture at Williams College on February 12 19 26 March 4 and ith representing the Jewish Chautauqua Society. He will join a study group on campus as part of the society’s education program to foster better understanding of Jews and Judaism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald Salzmann
Temple Anshe Amunim
Jewish Chautauqua Society
Williams College
Ith
Rabbi Salzmann
Walton League Heads To Meet Sunday
Berkshire chapter officers of the Izaak Walton League of America led by William J. Hickey meet Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Framingham Motor Inn to discuss outdoor recreation a state division and plans for the national convention called by area director Frank Bachoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
Izaak Walton League of America
William J. Hickey
Framingham Motor Inn
Frank Bachoff
Civil Defense Police Seek More Pittsfield Volunteers
Cmdr Quentin N Thompson and Edward B Duda urge residents to join the Pittsfield Civil Defense Auxiliary Police. Recruits receive full training equipment and uniforms at no cost. Firearms and first aid are taught. A general police procedure class is planned. Report Thursdays at 7 pm in the Police Department squad room.
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Pittsfield Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Quentin N. Thompson
Edward B. Duda
CD Police
Police Department
Dillon Seeks Session on Pay Raises
Mayor Dillon asks the City Council to defer action on proposed pay raises for police and fire personnel until after a meeting. He proposes a Feb 4 discussion at 7 30 with council members to confer before any action is taken.
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Dillon
Farewell Luncheon for Dr Moody Before Holland Move
Dr Leroy Moody, slated to depart for Holland early next month, was hosted at the Stanley Club with coworkers from the chemical materials department giving him a electronic flash, a world atlas, and brandy snifters. A Schenectady division lab rep gifted a God of Longevity photo as he has served with GE since 1945 and in supervisory roles since 1931. He will become managing director of a GE Dutch joint venture.
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Leroy, Moody
Holland
Stanley Club
Chemical Materials Department
Moody
Schenectady
Netherlands
International Weekend Hosts East Asian African Guests
More than 20 visitors from East Asia and Africa will attend an International Weekend at First Methodist Church in Pitts field on February 1 and 2. Guests, including students from Korea China India Japan Indonesia Nepal and Pakistan, will stay with church members. An International Night program starts at 3 p.m. Sunday with remarks by Donald F. Samson field treasurer for World Missions in Korea and a buffet supper at 6 p.m. Hosts will lead small group discussions. Samson, on a yearlong U.S. furlough from Korea, previously managed Methodist mission funds and budgeting there. Rev. Walter Ryan invites all to participate and seeks transport help for five guests via the church.
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East Asia
Africa
Pittsfield
First Methodist Church
Korea
China
India
Japan
Indonesia
Nepal
Pakistan
Boston University
Donald F.samson
Division of World Missions
Commissions On Missions and Education
Mr. Samson
Evansville
Ind
United States
Lynch Criticizes Eagle Headline On Dropout Report
Lincoln D. Lynch assails Tuesday Eagle for a misleading headline on a Berkshire County School Committees panel discussion about dropouts. He says the report misstates that elementary failures cause the dropout problem and urges accurate coverage of the proceedings.
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Lincoln D. Lynch
Eagle
Dalton
Berkshire County School Committees Association
Lynch
Massachusetts
O'Connell
Roosevelt Day Dinner Sponsors Include Burns and Wojtkowski
Williamstown professor James M. Burns and Rep. Thomas Wojtkowski of Pittsfield are among 150 sponsors of the Massachusetts chapter Americans for Democratic Action Roosevelt Day dinner on February 15 at the Sheraton Plaza ball room in Boston. Speakers include Harvard professor J Kenneth Galbraith, former ambassador to India, and James Farmer, CORE national director.
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James M. Burns
Williamstown
Rep
Thomas Co. Wojtkowski
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Americans For Democratic Action
Balliroom
Sheraton Plaza
Boston
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard
U.S
India
James Farmer
Congress For Racial Equality
CORE
Visit to Peabody's Office Brings Rep Turner Results
Rep Warren J. Turner visited Gov Peabody's office and pressed Greenridge Park rate concerns tied to New Junction Water Co. The DPU chair replied that legal questions are intricate and a decision will come within about 20 days.
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Peabody
Rep. Turner
Swers
Norman Mason
DPU
Gov
Pittsfield School Maintenance Bill Taken Under Advisement
The Massachusetts Legislature’s Education Committee has taken under advisement a general bill by Rep. Thomas C. Wojtkowski to place maintenance control of Pittsfield schools with the School Committee. While supporters say it ends a long local dispute, opponents fear it infringes home rule and expands across all cities and towns.
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Pittsfield
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
Wojtkowski
State House
Wallace B. Crawford
Committee On Education
Selectmen's Assn
Russo Named for Park Board Seat in Pittsfield
Mayor Dillon will send Louis J. Russo's name to the City Council Tuesday for confirmation to the Park Commission vacancy created by Daniel R. Lee's resignation. Russo, a 27 year General Electric employee and Pittsfield native, is a 1936 Pittsfield High School alumnus who served in World War I and earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart. He is president of the Pittsfield Babe Ruth League and holds multiple director positions in local organizations. He lives with his wife Beverly Cullen and their two children at 131 Ridgeway Avenue.
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Dillon
Louis J. Russo
Park Commission
Russo
Daniel R. Lee
General Electric
Pittsfield
Pittsfield High
Babe Ruth League
GE Good Neighbor Fund
Berkshire County Heart Association
GEAA
Beverly Cullen
Ridgeway Avenue
New Arrivals and Local Ads at Tiny Towne
New arrivals feature organzas and gandies for spring weddings and dresses for toddlers to 12 years at Tiny Towne located at 91 East Street opposite the Court House. Also ads for Savon home heating oil 13.3 cents per gallon with two numbers to Dial and another ad for dancing Saturday night at Hollywood Restaurant, plus a 25 cent sauna bath offer at the Alen Hotel open 24 hours.
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Tiny Towne
East Street
Court House
Alen
Forty Entries Filed For City Sled Races
About forty entries have been received for the annual city sled races at Clapp Park Sunday at 2 PM. Chairman Richelle Sciarra said entries will be accepted until an hour before start time. If heavy rain occurs, the event will be canceled.
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Clapp Park
Richelle Sciarra
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Frederick M. Myers Sr
Carleton A. Mixer
YMCA
Joseph Eisenberg
Lee
A. Roland Buig Lenox
Williams
Walton League
Civil Defense Police
Council
Dr. Moody
Methodist
Ind.) College
Walter §. Ryan
Bishop Weldon
Megr. Burke
Farr
Public Buildings Department
Donald E. Farr
Patrick E. Callaghan
Charles H. Davis
Massachusetts Selectmen's Association
Davis
Louis Russo
Hollywood
Adv
Broyles Arena
Swistak’s
Adams
Pinciak Orchestra
Chicopee
Bob Sullivan
Secum Brook Club
Lanesboro
Maddy
Mighty Mac
Morays
Pesce Laake
Pat Broderick
WBEC
Marx Gothes
Arrow
Florsh
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