Sheffield residents protest zoning permit for Lawrence Ball trailer
Sheffield Selectmen accepted a petition from Mrs. Evelyn Arel and 10 neighbors opposing a zoning permit for a trailer on East Road, arguing it would devalue properties though authorities say state bylaw requires granting if land and sewage standards are met. A public hearing is not required.
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Sheffield
Lawrence Ball
East Road
Evelyn K. Arel
Arels
Selectmen
George Welch
Arel
Alex Shmulsky
Maple Avenue
Route 7
Boardman Street
Francis X. Mackoul
Joseph Cramer
Jerome C. Nott
Frank Mackoul
Lee School Board Expected To Award Contracts
Lee School Committee to meet at Central School at 7 30 tonight to consider three contracts. Priority on two modular relocatable classrooms behind Central School with bids possibly insufficient before the July 4 holiday. Superintendent Boulanger may postpone to Friday to widen bids. Also on the agenda are milk supply and paint supplies contracts for school buildings.
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Lee
Central School
Supt
Maurice J. Boulanger
Boulanger
Block Dance Raises 250 for Court Improvements
The Youth Committee earned about 250 dollars from Friday’s block dance in the town park attended by nearly 400 youths. Chairman Jay Huggins said more block dances are planned for the summer to fund new basketball courts at the athletic field. A separate Lee District Court session waived fines for several individuals in speeding and related violations with amounts ranging from 10 to 15 dollars.
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Jay Huggins
Monument Mountain seeks district wide patron campaign
The Monument Mountain Regional High School yearbook staff plans a district wide patron campaign to raise funds. Great Barrington Housatonic Stockbridge West Stockbridge and Sandisfield residents will be contacted between July 20 and August 16. Donors of 2 will have their names printed as patrons. The 1970 yearbook, begun in February, will cover March 1969 to January 1970 and include sections in living color if funds allow. Miss Margaret Hassett says the campaign shows public support for the school. Miss M A Gabrielle Blum of Great Barrington has NSF grant to attend Wesleyan Institute in 1968. this is her second study grant at Wesleyan.
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Great Barrington
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Housatonic
Stockbridge
West Stockbridge
Sandisfield
Margaret Hassett
M. A
Gabrielle Blum
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Blum
Wesleyan
Board Delays Decision on Package Store Transfer
The Pittsfield package store license transfer from Kelsey’s Package Store to Sheffield Package Store is postponed for a week. Sheffield principals Kelton M. Burbank and Albert B. Humphrey, both local attorneys, say a decision will wait until transferees are present to answer further questions. A June 30 deadline was delayed by a death, with church opponents voicing objections to proximity. If transferees attend next week, the board will decide then. no prior meeting occurred.
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Sheffield
Kelsey’s
Sheffield Package Store
Kelton M. Burbank
Richmond
Albert B. Humphrey
Great Barrington
Pittsfield
George H. Welch
Welch
Francis Kersey
Grace Bible Church
Burbank
Humphrey
New Ashford Sailor Completes Propulsion Training Course
Fireman James D. Steinhoff USN son of Mr and Mrs Daniel H Steinhoff of Beach Hill Road has graduated from basic propulsion engineering training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center TI The nine week course covered engineering fundamentals and propulsion machinery He will begin six weeks of machinist mate rating training and study an actual ship propulsion plant After completion he will face further specialized training at one of the Navy nuclear power schools
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Steinhoff
New Ashford
James D. Steinhoff
USN
Daniel H. Steinhoff
Beach Hill Road
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Navy
Town Meeting To Vote on Firehouse
Sandisfield residents prepare for a July 9 special town meeting to decide on erecting a second firehouse. The session, a reconvening of a June 4 gathering halted by town counsel’s postponement, centers on whether Montville Hill remains an available site for a town firehouse amid questions about its prior designation as a town common. The meeting is set for 8 pm at Town Hall.
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Sandisfield
Stanley W. Linkovich
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Montville Hill
Hell
Bids Sought For Sage Estate Sale In Sandisfield and New Marlboro
More than 175 acres of the William Sage estate in Sandisfield are open to private bids via Sidney Q. Curtiss the bank administrators attorney. Another 125 acres plus all buildings lie in New Marlboro. Minimum bid is 60000 with July 10 as the final acceptance date. A town common site is under question as the committee led by Fire Chief Ludwik Tluszer Jr and the Selectmen has kept findings private.
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Sandisfield
William Sage
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Ludwik 5. Tluszer Jr
Worthington Historical Society Plans Annual Meeting
Worthington Historical Society Inc. will hold its annual meeting Saturday at 2 in the parlor of the First Congregational Church. A business session and officer elections follow, with a social hour afterward.
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Worthington
The
Worthington Historical Society, Inc
First Congregational Church
Becket social events and Lampro family reunion details
Becket hosts hostesses Mrs Edwin Cooper and Mrs Naomi Pelletier welcome attendees tonight at 8 in the parish house with refreshments. A Becket Whist party at Legion Hall tomorrow by Legion Post 329 auxiliary marks the final event in the series. last week’s winners included Mrs Ethel Adams and Mrs Alice Converse. The second annual Lampro family reunion drew over 65 at the old Lampro farm on Washington Mountain Road. next year’s event will be led by Mrs Veronica Lampro McKeon and family in Worcester with plans for July 4 weekend.
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Sheffield
Sheffield Garden Club
Miriam Wilcox
Barbara McNamara
Jane Parker
Elizabeth Anderson
Becket — Plastics Party
The
Federated Church
Edwin Cooper
Naomi Pelletier
Veronica Lampro McKeon
Family
Worcester
New Freedom Shares Offer Personal Savings Boost
A government campaign promotes U S Savings Bonds and Freedom Shares as a dual path to financial security. Officials urge citizens to invest while supporting national goals, highlighting reliability, growth potential, and patriotic civic responsibility.
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U.S. Savings Bonds
NEW Freedom Shares
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