Lenox Library Drive Reaches Halfway Mark
Lenox Library Fund drive for 125600 has passed the halfway mark with more than 70000 raised. Funds will support the Sedgwick Hall remodeling. Eight memorial gifts total from individuals including Stephen V C Morris and Anna R Alexandre plus others from Donald and Samuel Frothingham and George L K Morris. Additional gifts from Darwin Morse family and Emily Winthrop Miles, Frederic De Veau, and J Randolph Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
David T. Dana
Lenox Library Association
Sedgwick Hall
Mr. Dana
Stephen V. C. Morris
Newbold Morris Sr
Anna R. Alexandre
John E
Helen
Aexandre
Donald
Samuel Frothingham
George L.K. Morris
Harriet K. Welles
Darwin, Morse
Richmond
Jesse Copper Morse
Morse
Emily Winthrop Miles
Frederic de Veau
J. Randolph Burke
Philadelphia
William Norton Bullard
Papers Filed By Byrnes Are Ruled Invalid
Lenox election notes show George L. Byrnes nomination papers rejected under General Laws for independent candidacy to the School Committee. Papers given to Registrar secretary caused timing issues. Byrnes may run as write in with stickers for Feb 24 election. Piretti defeated Byrnes 142 to 39 in Democratic caucus for the unexpired term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
George L. Byrnes
Aline R. Woodger
Board of Registrars
Byrnes
Wendger
Lanesboro March of Dimes Opens Tomorrow
Lanesboro and Berkshire Village will host a March of Dimes drive starting Saturday with about 45 solicitors. The event runs until February 1 and funds will aid birth defect prevention. A blue crutch drive is set for supermarket sites Thursday to Saturday morning next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
Lanesbore
Berkshire Village
United Community Fund
Town Committee To Study Plan To Extend Sewer
Lenox officials refer a plan to extend the North Lenox sewer into Pittsfield to a town committee. Selectmen note receipt of a letter from Atty. John F. Shea requesting extension. Committee will study and then recommend to the Selectmen before any town meeting voter approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Pittsfield
William T. McCormack
Atty
John F. Shea
Howard Johnson’s
Trinity Parish To Meet Tuesday
LENOX The annual meeting of Trinity parish will be Tuesday after a covered dish supper at 6 15. The Rev Robert S Whitman is arranging a film for children while parents attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Trinity Parish
Robert S. S. Whiteman
Holy Family League Benefit Social Planned for Jan 30
Holy Family League of Charity names Mrs. Michael A. Payson and Mrs. Milton Sample as chairs for a pre Lent social on January 30 at 8 pm in the Knights of Columbus rooms on Walker Street. Proceeds go to Our Lady of Providence home for children in Brightside Holyoke. St Helena's Chapel to hold its annual meeting Monday at 7 30. Seaman Apprentice H Thomas Sagendorph, son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Sagendorph of Housatonic Street, serves aboard the USS Jenkins based at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Pizza tonight at Joe's Grill. Adv 7
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Michael A. Payson
Milton Sample
Holy Family League of Charity
K. of C
Walker Street
Our Lady of Providence Home
Brightside
Holyoke
Seaman Appren
H. Thomas Sagendorph
Herbert Sagendorph
Housatonic Street
USS
Jenkins
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Hinsdale New Cub Pack To Meet Sunday
Hinsdale sponsors Cub Scout Pack 21 will meet Sunday at 7 PM at the Youth Center. The program is Family Alert, a Civil Defense Boy Scouts joint event led by Cubmaster Clair Bradley and Scoutmaster Earl Moulton Jr. Five packs exist with den mothers listed. Bruce Jefferies, son of Rene and Rene Elger, returned to Chanute AFB, Illinois, after a 11 day home visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Lions Wives
Family Alert
Civil Defense
Boy Scouts
Clair Bradley
Earl> Moulton Jr
Rene Elger
Louis Carmel
Herman Rasche
Gene Ellsworth
Jeffrey Musgrove
Bruce Jefferies
Maple Street
Chanute Afb
Dalton Lions Name Winners of Scholarships
The Dalton Lions Club announced two scholarship winners for Dalton students. Miss Faye Tower of 59 Tower Road, a Southern Connecticut State College French major, and Gerald Bender of 548 South Street, studying physics at the University of Rochester, received awards. Harry Lincoln, club scholarship chair, announced the winners at a Dalton and Pittsfield club meeting. Paul LaDuke of Western Mass Electric spoke about the Yankee Atomic Power Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Faye ‘Tower
William F. Tower
Tower Road
Gerald Bender
Edwin R. Bender
South St
Dalton
Miss Tower
Southern Connecticut State College
New Haven
Bender
University of Rochester
Harry Lincoln
Pittsfield
Paul LaDuke
Western Mass
Electric
Yankee
Faculty Basketball Game To Benefit WAIS Scholarship Fund
In Wahconah gym tonight at 8 15 a high school faculty basketball game follows a girls volleyball match. Proceeds go to the WAIS Teachers Association scholarship fund and the events are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Wahconah
Wais Teachers Association
DPU Officials Promise Decision On Water Rates
Dalton Daniels of Greenridge Park Civic Association received notice from the Department of Public Utilities that a decision on the protested New Junction Water Co rates will be issued within 30 days. The dispute follows a rate hike approved last April and a subsequent DPU public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Pecon Named Senior Warden At St. George's
Raymond C. Pecon of Cliffwood Street was elected senior warden of St. George's Church at the recent annual meeting. Herbert W. Sloan succeeds him as treasurer, Mrs. Lewis H. Steadman is clerk to the vestry, and new vestrymen are Nils Guttormsen and Richard Gore. Delegates to the diocesan convention in Springfield in May include Mrs. Thomas Wassell, Mrs. Steadman, and Mrs. Nils Guttormsen. The Rev. Leslie T. Francis noted renewed missionary support and church improvements, with St. George's officer re elections at the Church of the Good Shepherd in South Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Pecon
Cliffwood Street
St. George's Church
Francis
Church of the Good Shepherd
South Lee
Maurice F. Roberts
Seth Hopkins
Celerk l
Leana Manchester
Robert*. Cheney
George F. Burt
Austin F. LaGrant
Werner Wyrzylkowski
G. Edward Wells
Burt
Orchard Street Safety Meeting Scheduled By Town Leaders
The Selectmen will meet with the Traffic Commission bus contractors and Police Chief Williams P Aldrich Monday night at 7 at Town Hall to discuss pedestrian safety on Orchard Street. The session follows a School Committee request for a study of safety at Orchard and Franklin streets after several near misses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traffic Commission
Williams P. Aldrich
Orchard Street
Orchard
Franklin Streets
Town Hall
Chester Square Dance Tonight at Town Hall
The Wild Cat Twirlers Square Dance Club hosts a dance tonight at Town Hall. Area clubs are invited to join the event and participate in the square dancing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wild Cat Twirlers
Town Hall
Victor Mature Film Tonight at St George Parish House
The third community film night will show Victor Mature in Safari at 7 15 tonight at St George's parish house. Rev Leslie T Francis reports strong public response with capacity attendance for prior programs. Donations collected to cover expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
St. George's
Victor Mature
Leslie T. Francis
Miss Turner Named to Who's Who at Our Lady of the Elms
Margaret Turner daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Turner of Orchard Street is senior at Our Lady of the Elms College Chicopee and editor in chief of the yearbook She is a Lee High School graduate and on the dean's list. A Berkshire league basketball game Lee High vs Searles Great Barrington is scheduled tonight at 8 15 with jayvee at 7 and doors at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LEE
Margaret Turner
Alfred F. Turner
Orchard Street
Our Lady of the Elms College
Chicopee
Miss Turner
Lee High School
Lee High
Searles
Great Barrington
Registrars Plan Evening and Friday Sessions for Voter Registration
The Board of Registrars will meet tonight from 7 to 9 PM to register voters and will hold the next two consecutive Fridays. January 31 is the deadline to register to vote in the town elections. Abby Court apartment ad and local shop ads appear within the public notice fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Board of Registrars
First Church Appoints Two New Deacons
First Congregational Church elected new deacons including SEE Frank E. Bastow and Walter G. Berghahn at the annual meeting. New deaconesses named are Mrs. Kenneth Sampson Mrs. Douglas Leach and Mrs. Berghahn. Randolph Forman was elected treasurer with Keating re elected moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Bastow
Walter G. Berghahn
First Congregational Church
Kenneth Sampson
Douglas Leach
Berghahn
Harry M. Keating
Randolph Forman
Robert Lucy Jr
Berkshire South Association
Albert N. Nettleton
Tracy B. Ambler
Donald I. Fillio
Mark A. Ferrelli
Charles W. Schoenduhe
Flower
Francis D. Foley Jr
William H. O’brien
Mabel Hunter
Church
Kenneth J. Sharp
W. Francis Sheilds
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
Charles T. Edgar
Schweitzer Adds Chemist to Staff in Lee Area
Leland W. Hovey Jr. joined the Peter J. Schweitzer Division of Kimberly Clark as a chemist in the long fiber program. A Philadelphia native, he previously studied at Villanova and worked for Taylor Corp. and Great Northern Paper Co. He earned a chemistry degree from Bowdoin College and will live with his family in Lee. He is married to Joyce Trautt of Hanover and they have two children. Stated in District Court, George T. Stumbaugh of South Lee was fined $50 after pleading guilty to driving with a suspended license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Maine
Army National Guard
Great Northern Paper Co
Millinacket
Lee Area
Mr. Hovey
Joyce Trautt
Hanover
American Chemical Society
Schweitzer
George T. Stumbaugh
South Lee
Four in Five Like Ads Even Without Buying Privately
A survey by Audits and Surveys Company, Inc shows four of five people approve looking at newspaper advertisements though they may not intend to purchase. The study highlights reader engagement with ads across demographics and markets.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Swicker
Church Street
Walter Lahart
Shepherd's Vic
March of Dimes
Girl Scout
Beetle Patrol
von Wu
Lanesboro School
Pownal
Loeb
Foodtown
Lenox, Mass
U.S
United
Holy Family League
St. Helena’s Chapel
Joe's Grill
Dalton Lions
DPU
Howard LaPier
ALTER
Sales & Service
Center St
Pecon
St. George’s
Orchard St
Russell Stover
Lee News Room
Ady
Chester
Eagle Office
College
Papertowners
Lee Papertown Pacers
Berkshire Country Square Dance Association
Boys
Pitts‘field
Abby Court
James V
Bianco
Engelbert
Lee Pharmacy
Krichels
Jack’s Dept
First Church
American Oil Company
Wonder Guardian
American Oil
Burner Service
S&h
Dresser-Hull CO
Railroad Street
United Stamps
Ric
J. T. Owens
the Pike
Westernaires
Eldorado Inn
Lenox Dale Vel
SUN
M. J. Kelly
Main
Mass
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!