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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1969
Page
6
The 19th annual blue berry bazaar will be held Saturday August 2 at noon on the village green in Canaan Winchester Center. It will offer blue berry pies muffins pancakes ice cream jam punch milk shakes and blueberries with blue berry soap handmade candles and other novelties.
The Lee Board will meet with Peter J. Schweitzer Division of Kimberly Clark officials to inspect removal of the Hagle Mill dam, breached in April, and consider rock rill buffering to curb erosion. Also noted is sale of a 1961 Pontiac ambulance, Route 20 bypass impacts, plus a Kiwanis steak roast fundraiser at Lee Sportsmen’s Club for scholarships and youth programs.
Police report a 16 year old, Stephen Mars of 42 Howard St, sustained a fractured ankle and was hospitalized at Pittsfield General unit BMC after a Highland Avenue collision with a school bus driven by Edward Dubois of Onofa Lake. The accident remains under investigation.
Fire record lists several incidents: at 7:34 p.m. a bonfire near two huts at the end of Joan Drive started by boys, extinguished with dirt. 7:38 p.m. a burner defect at 7368 Peck's Road. 10:27 p.m. a grass fire behind 240 Lenox Ave attributed to 10 children playing with matches. 12:48 a.m. smoke complaint on Burbank Street, with another call at 1:17 a.m. on the same street.
A local couple paid 160 in fines after Trooper testimony in District Court. Fred Houghtlin 23 of 270 Columbus Ave pleaded guilty to multiple violations on June 17 including no insurance wrong plates no license and no registration. Elaine Houghtlin paid 25 for driving without a sticker and 10 for driving without a license. Others faced continued or not guilty pleas including Sigwart Lund 66 of Brooklyn NY for endangering and Dominick Caccamo of 22 Elaine Drive trespassing.
Pittsfield parks offer supervised swimming at Onota Pontoosuc Crane Springside with set hours. Springside Zoo opens daily 10 am to dusk. Springside Observatory hosts Friday evenings supervised instruction. Picnic facilities list tables, fishing and youth restrictions, plus multiple events including Pied Piper festival and bike rodeo.
Obituaries and funerals notice lists several local names including Robert Nicholas Clearwater Everett A Tooley William J Upham Mrs Elmer C Whipple Mrs Henry D Whitney and Lloyd W. The brief notice records the passing of these individuals and reflects community obituary listings from the period.
William J. Tooley, 24, of West Newton, son of retired City Milk and Sanitation Inspector Harry C. Tooley and Ruth Olsen Tooley, died in Worcester from injuries after a one car crash in Fitchburg. He was alone in his car when it veered off Route 2 near the Leominster line, crossed the median, and struck a stone cliff. He died at St. Vincent's Hospital after being treated for head injuries and facial lacerations.
Robert R Clearwater, 61, longtime radio operator at WBRK, died last Friday at 30 Churchill Drive New Hyde Park LI after a long illness. He directed the Orpheus Male Chorus in Pittsfield and served as organist and choir director at Morningside Baptist Church, previously working in Dutchess and Orange counties. He leaves his wife Mildred Tompkins and son Kenneth. Funeral services were held in New Hyde Park and burial was on Long Island.
Lloyd W Whitney, a Sandisfield native and longtime Clark & Vaill Insurance executive in Winsted, died Monday at Winsted Memorial Hospital. He served as president of the firm, chaired building plans, and held Masonic and Eastern Star titles. Funeral services were at First Church in Winsted, burial in Forest View Cemetery.
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Mrs. Elmer C Upham and Mrs Irene Dailey Carnevale, with family connections including children and grandchildren, burial plans, and memorial contributions. Additional notes include service details for Mrs Agnes Kirk Lange and a separate Mass for Mrs Angelina Strizzi Beaulieu with listed bearers and burial sites.
In Memoriam notices accept notices for the next day with cash in advance. 30 cents per line, $1.50 minimum. In loving memory of William H Peas Sr. July 24 1947, beloved husband you are gone but not forgotten. Thoughts of you are near in lonely hours. Our dearest dad, you did not go alone part of us went with you when God called you home. Sadly missed by devoted wife and children.
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