Water survey planned for Great Barrington funds sought
Prudential Committee to seek federal funds for a survey to locate additional water sources in Great Barrington. Francis B. Mahoney of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission discussed potential sources and planning objectives while noting growth and limited river supply for expansion. The group eyed groundwater near Green River Valley and Monument Mountain, plus state property reservoirs and gravel packed wells to boost supply north of town to Belcher Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Prudential Committee
Francis B. Mahoney
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
Mahoney
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Mortimer T. Cavanaugh
Ile
Christian Hill Road
Berkshire Heights
Cavanaugh
Green River
North Egremont
New York State
New York
U.S. Department of Interior
Monument Mountain
Trustees of Reservations
Belcher Square
Hearing Set Monday On Pole Locations
The selectmen will hold a public hearing Monday at 7 30 on New England Telephone Co. s plan for seven joint pole locations on Division Street and one pole on Maple Street. NET says the Division Street poles are needed due to road construction and the Maple Street pole serves a newly built house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
New England Telephone Co
Division Street
Maple Street
NET
Crash Damages Three Cars on Main Street Morning
Three cars were damaged in a four car crash on Main Street yesterday at 10 30 AM. Raymond Wood 41 of Ta conic Street Pittsfield drove a Yellow Coach Lines limousine south on Main near Bridge Street when he tried to pass and swerved into a parked station wagon owned by Hull Inc. The station wagon pushed another car into Pederson's car. Wood's car had front right fender damage Hull's wagon had front left fender and rear end damage Pederson's car had slight rear damage. Vongal's car was undamaged. No charges or injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Main Street
Raymond Wood
Taconic Street
Pittsfield
Yellow Coach Lines
Bridge Street
Donald R. Vongal
Ancram
N.Y
Vongal
Wood
John B. Hull
Wengal
Board Orders Inspection of Camp Over Health Violations
The Board of Health ordered an inspection of a dump at the Institute for Living Judaism camp on Brookside Road after Sanitary Inspector Francis X. Mackoul alleged a violation of state health rules and that waste drains into a Housatonic River cove. Fire crews recently put out a dump fire. dumps are illegal though sanitary landfills are permitted by state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Francis X. Mackoul
Institute For Living Judaism
Brookside Road
Board of Health
Housatonic River
Mackoul
Housatonic
Health Board
Arthur L. Cassel
Cassel
New Pastor Named for Local Churches
The Rev. David A. Glahu has been named pastor of the United Methodist Church in Great Barrington plus the Hou Satonic and Alford churches. He previously served as supply pastor at Gleasondale and as a New England intern in Framingham. A Wilkes Barre native, he studied at Union College Barbourville and Boston University School of Theology. He and his wife have a four week old son Gregory. The local church has been led by supply ministers for 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
David A. Glahu
Gleasonadie United Methodist Church
Middlesex County
United Methodist Church
Housatonic
Alford
Glahu
Gleasondale
New England
Newtonville United Methodist Church
Framingham
Wilkes Barre
Union College
Barbourville
Boston University School of Theology
Gregory
Red Cross Schedules Swimming Lessons in Berkshire
Berkshire County chapter of the American Red Cross sponsors nine free swimming lessons for Great Barrington children. Classes run from 9 to 11 at Lake Mansfield on July 14 16 18 21 23 25 28 30 and Aug 1. Instructor is Peter Elliot of Castle Hill Avenue. Capt. Everett Brinson has returned from a tour in Vietnam and visits his parents on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Berkshire County
American Red Cross
Lake Mansfield
Peter Elliot
Castle Hill Avenue
Everett Brinson
Vietnam
Albert Brinson
Main Street
Monterey Bible conference opens with Rev J Herbert Kane
Monterey announces its 41st annual Bible conference at Chestnut Hill with Rev J Herbert Kane of the Divinity School Deerfield IN as speaker this week. Rev David St Marshall of Grace Church Ridgewood NJ will conduct services starting Saturday through July 18, and a Sunday morning service at First Congregational Church of Monterey with a post service meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Hephzibah Heights
J. Herbert Kane
Divinity
Deerfield
Harry Liu
Pocket Testament League
David St. Marshall
Grace Church
Ridgewood
N.J
Africa Island
First Congregational Church of
Moanterey
Riggs Center Adds 2 More Psychiatrists
Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge hires two psychiatrists. Dr Beatriz Foster from the University of Buenos Aires and Chestnut Lodge alumnus. Dr Norman Welborn from the University of Virginia Hospital and U of South Carolina Medical School. Both residents live locally. The Grange will meet Friday at Procter Hall at 8 p.m. for a fundraiser sale benefiting the Grange educational aid fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Austen Riggs Center
Beatriz Foster
University of Buenos Aires
Center
Chestnut Lodge
Rockville
Main Street
Norman Welborn
University of Virginia Hospital
Clemson University
University of South Carolina Medical School
U.S. Air Force
Dr. Welborn
Park Street
Grange
Procter Hall
Grange Educational Aid Fund
Local Vets Graduate and Advance in Service Ranks
Airman Stephen N DeLand son of Mr and Mrs John A DeLand Great Barrington completes basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and moves to Lowry AFB Colorado for aerial photo systems repairman training He is a 1987 Mt Everett Regional High School graduate Dighton Brazee III of Glendale finishes basic training at Parris Island South Carolina and Camp Lejeune North Carolina Then spends 20 days with his parents His brother Cpl Gary Brazee serves aboard the USS Sandoval in the Mediterranean S Sgt Thomas P Goudey son of Mr and Mrs Thomas C Goudey Stockbridge earns the Army Commendation Medal at Ft Hood Texas for meritorious service as supply sergeant in the 123rd Maintenance Battalion His wife lives in Copperas Cove Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen N. DeLand
John A. DeLand
Great Barrington
Lackland Afb
Tex
Lowry Afb
Colo
DeLand
Mt. Everett Regional High School
Sheffield
Dighton Brazee III
Mrs. Brazee
Middle Road
Glendale
Parris Island
D.C
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Marine Headquarters
Arlington
Dighton
Cpl
Gary Brazee
Sandoval
Mediterranean
Lanesboro honors Connie Bailey graduate of Denbigh High
Miss Connie Bailey daughter of Lt Col and Mrs Richard R Bailey of New port News Virginia former Lanesboro residents graduated with honors from Denbigh High School She ranked among the 12 top students in the class She is a National Honor Society member and will attend the College of William and Mary in the fall Her aunts and grandparents long associated with Lanesboro are noted in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
Connie Bailey
Richard R. Bailey
Newport News
Denbigh High School
Bailey
National Honor Society
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Arthur Williams
Putnam Road
Solomon Schwager
Pittsfield
Miss Bailey
Jale Redfearn Bailey
Donald Atkinson
Dorothy Wood
Carlene van Szeliski
Williamstown
Williams College Theatre
Ida Mae Johnson
C.T. Plunkett Junior High School
Stanley Pressnar
Susan Hakes
Adams
Marta Renzi
Clark Art Museum
Tanglewood
Children’s Museum
Boston
Vacation Bible School program at Federated Church
Federated Church Lanesboro presents a Vacation Bible School program Friday at 7 30 PM with craft displays. Public invited. An annual Sunday school picnic will be held Saturday at Windsor Dams with church vans at 10 AM. attendees should bring cutlery and a covered dish. Hot dogs rolls beverages and paper ware provided. Swimming and sports planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro — Vacation Bible School
Eva Grusendorf
Federated Church
Windsor Dambs
Garden Club program features Hasty Taylor guitar talk
Egremont residents attend a Tuesday 8 p.m. program by the Garden Club at the North Egremont Community Center. Mrs Henry H Taylor will give a singing lecture with guitar, discussing wildflowers and natural woodland topics. Refreshments, a needlepoint bag drawing, and open-to-public benefit for community projects. Hostesses include Mrs Ellwood Burdsall and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egremont
Garden Club
Henry H
Ellwood R. Burdsall
Curt Hasenclever
Walter Anicka
Ruth Mott
David M. Smith
Boiling Rule For Water Ended In Monterey
The California state Health Department lifted the boil water advisory for Monterey residents after the Monterey Water Co installed an underground chlorination system and storage tank. The May 1967 mandate followed high bacterial counts, and the water now meets safety standards with plans developed by engineer Henry D. Granger and sanitary engineer Angelo Santosca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
State Department of Public Health
Monterey Water Co
Henry D. Granger
Great Barrington
Angelo Santosca
Amherst
New Boston Congregational Church Smorgasbord and Events
New Boston Congregational Church hosts a smorgasbord on Saturday from 5 to 7 30 at the parish hall on Route 57. Grange presents Henry Bohien in a magic show One Night in Arabia on July 19 at 8 pm in the Grange Hall. Regular Grange meeting is July 17 and Ladies Aid card party for the well fund is July 18 at 8 pm with Mrs Mary Elizabeth Wilber and Mrs Hazel Plante in charge. Prizes include a three tier crystal server door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Boston Congregational Church
Grange
Henry Bohien
Arabia
Grange Hall
Mary Elizabeth Wilber
Hazel T. Plante
Adams Chamber Directors Criticize Potential Park Street Changes
Six Adams Chamber of Commerce directors issue a statement critical of a possible spot removal of buildings on Park Street as Phase II urban renewal plans proceed. Adams Redevelopment Authority Executive Director James P. McAndrews calls the criticism premature pending planning survey results and details of future actions. The group favors off street parking in the business district and the government recently approved the renewal project planning phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ADAMS
Chamber of Commerce
Park Street
Adams Redevelopment Authority
James P. McAndrews
New School to Erect 14 Room Building
Educational Services Foundation plans a 14 room steel classroom building for Byron Arnold School on East Street hillside. The project is scheduled for December and announced by Dr. Fred D. Byington, president of the foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Byron-Arnold School
Greylock
East Street
Fred D. Byington
Educational Services Foundation, Inc
Lower East Street
Library Interior Is Being Repainted ADAMS
Interior redecoration is under way at the Adams Public Library. Three rooms are finished: the children's room with peppermint pink walls and a blue ceiling, the index and check-out room in robin's egg blue, and the magazine room in gold. The main reading room will be gold and the stacks room powder blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Adams Public Library
Mys
Elizabeth, Toohey
New Neighborhood Center Opens Saturday in Adams
Adams neighborhood center, housed in the former Adams Super Market on Summer Street, prepares for a grand opening Saturday. Tutorial sessions for 5 to 14 year olds begin, with 35 volunteers and eight VISTA workers coordinating a six morning and five afternoon schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Adams Super Market
Summer Street
Theresa B Louison
VISTA
Louison
Christopher Kinnell
Los Angeles
Barbara Wilk
John E. Wilk
Helen Johnson
Berkshire County Extension Service
Adams selectmen take six minute regular meeting
Short Adams board session ends with a 15 minute talk by Dabrowski on signs roads social security and labor and remarks on labor rich and poor. Officials approve no work permits for Berkshire Gas Co and note Elm Street parking poses no traffic issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Street
Ewart D. Callahan
Earl F. Kelley
Dabrowski
Callahan
Kelley
State Selectmen's Association
Frederick Bervthiaume
Adams Taxpayers Association
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South Berkshire Bureau
Disney
Technicolor
Berkshire
David L. Boone
Elm Court
George R. McCormick
Boone
Sheffield Grill
Barrington
Eagle Office
Mass
E. Arnold Clark
Alford, Mass
Wheeler & Taylor, Inc. Real Estate Insurance
Red Cross
Wool’s Taxi Co
Ady
Tom
Dempsey’s
aAdy
Bill
Cut Jack Farm
Scekonk Road
Freedom Plan
New Freedom
Beatrice Phillips
Our Lady of the Hills
Todmond Healy
Lankenau Pond
Fairview Road
Beartown Road
Hupi Street
Gordon Nightingale
Newburyport
Hulda Westburg
Frances Tryon
Milton
Harvey Collins
Collins
Boston Hospital
Josephine Johnson
Monterey Grange
Sally Bergmans
Riggs Center
the Pink
East Canaan
Conn
Newport News School
Frederick Moore
St. Charles
Longview
Westview
Old Cheshire Rd
Sandisfield Cecil & Ue Ateood
Mary E. Brown
West Hartford
Elizabeth Spring
Route 57
ARA Plans Distress , Inc. of
Chrysler
New Yorker
Jack Dunn
South Main
Jock Dean
Barrington Ofin
Adams Richard N. Legrand
American Legion
Andrey F. Nuciforo
Anthony P. McBride
Board of Health and Selectmen
Fic
ARA
Center Street
Laden
Steed Mave
Rte. 7
Cushman “Colonial
Ganby Comerican Ey
Prof
Barrington Furniture Co
Harry Deykin
Railroad St. Gt
Barrington Tel
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