Pittsfield Seeks Busing Contract Bid For Three Years
Pittsfield school officials prepare to open bids August 1 at 2 p.m. for a three year contract to bus about 5,000 pupils on 1,300 daily miles. Yellow Coach Lines and Gray Line Boston tied to bid as alternate routes and franchise tonnage. New safety rule limits buses to age three years. old contract expired June 30. Specifications available in School Department offices.
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Pittsfield
Allan
Stephen Caplan
The
Gray Line, Inc
Boston
Yellow Coach
Samuel Landa
Scelsi Plans AFO Meeting Over Housing Votes
Scelsi will meet with the Action for Opportunity executive committee Tuesday to defend his votes on housing issues. antipoverty leaders consider backing a challenger as he seeks re election. The controversy centers on a zoning change opposed by the Central Labor Council and a mill street closure in an urban renewal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Scelsi
Action For Opportunity Executive Committee
AFO Board of
Central Labor Council
Seelsi
Mill Street
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
AFC
APO Board of Directors
Hadley Man Gets Area Post In United Church
The Rev. James L. Lancaster of South Hadley has been elected associate conference minister for the western area of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. He will succeed Rev. Walter A. Telfer of Amherst who resigns to join the faculty of Andover Newton Theological School. Lancaster will assume Nov 1 and advise 130 churches with 42 718 members across Berkshire Franklin Hampden and Hampshire counties. He was chosen from about 30 candidates by the conference board of directors after a search committee. Lancaster, 50, a Dartmouth College and Hartford Theological Seminary graduate, has pastored in Colebrook New Hampshire Bar Harbor and Portland Maine and served as World War II Army chaplain.
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James L. Lancaster
South Wadley
United Church of Christ
Walter A. Telfer
Amherst
Andover Newton Pheological School
Newton Centre
Lancaster
First Congregational Church
South Hadley
Massachusetts
Berkshire
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Conference Board
James §. Chase
South Egremont
David L. Gunn
Stockbridge
Mr. Lancaster
Dartmouth College
Hartford Theological Seminary
Colebrook
N.H
Land Bar Harbor
Portland
Maine
Conference Board of Trustees
Births at Berkshire Medical Center and beyond
Mr and Mrs Ronald Poli Dora welcome a daughter at Berkshire Medical Center. Mr and Mrs Julius Metivier report a daughter. Mr and Mrs Pauli Andrew have a son. Mr and Mrs Sammi Salam reveal a son. Mr and Mrs Russell Lundeberg announce a daughter. Mr and Mrs Robert Jones share a son. At other hospitals, Alicia Marie Mongahan is born to Bruce Mongahan and wife in Springfield. Grandparents listed. Neil P McManus and family note twins Christopher Lawrence and Jeffrey Scott born July 18. Second set of twins for the couple. Grandparents named Patrick McManus and Frank Bumphey.
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Russell Lundeberg
Scammell Ave
Robert Jones
Chester
Bruce G. Mongahan
Springfield
Alicia Marie
Jack C. Miller
Berkshire
George Mongahan
Doreen St
Neil P. McManus
Dayton
Ohio
Christopher Lawrence
Jeffrey Scott
Patrick McManus
Dalton
Frank Bumphey
WRC Director Praises City for River Clean-Up Efforts
Thomas C. McMahon, director of the Water Resources Commission, sent a letter to Mayor Butler praising the city government for cooperation during the commission's study of pollution in the Housatonic River. He said such cooperation enhances the program under the Clean Waters Act of 1966.
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Butler
Thomas C. McMahon
The
Water Resources Commission
Housalanic River
McMahon
Commonwealth
Boller
George R. Purnell
City Conservation Commission
George
Wislocki
Berkshire Natural Resources Council
Purnell
Kelly Sells Property In Lee Pittsfield Moves Kiln to Hubbard
Kelly Sells Property In Lee and moves its kiln operation to Hubbard Avenue Pittsfield. Don ald O. Ruffer of Pittsfield buys the 10 acre parcel with four buildings. Move cited for economy more efficient operation and better process control. Berkshire Athenaeum bookmobile to be off road Monday through Aug 8, resuming Aug 11. librarian Mrs. Philip B. O Laughlin on vacation.
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L&e
Kelly Hardwood Corp
Pittsfield
Pleasant Street
Hubbard Avenue
Donald O. Ruffer
Kelly
Paul Emerson
Berkshire Pallet Co
Lee
Berkshire Street Railway Co
Lee-Huntington
Arthur Macevi
Richard Brandt
Brandt Lumber Co
Lee Lumber Products Co
Raffer
Berkshire Athenaeum
Philip B. O’laughlin
Council for Aging urged to pursue Bradford Block conversion
The Pittsfield Council for the Aging, after FHA inspection, plans to convert the vacant Bradford Block at 375 North St into 96 elderly apartments with four first-floor stores retained as commercial space and a senior center. FHA approval hinges on final cost estimates. the project would use Section 236 financing with long-term below-market support.
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Council For Aging
FHA
Bradford
Pittsfield
Exford
Atty
Guy A Pelegrinelli Sr
Bradley
Bradford and
North Streets
North Street
Bradford Street
Senior Citizens Center
Council For the Aging
Council For the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lanzilla
Community Associates of
New York
Ave
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Columbus
Senior Citizens’ Center
After All This What Else The Haywood Aviator Boy
Peter Haywood 15 builds model airplanes in his cellar hangar at 120 airplanes of various types. He completed an eight foot Apollo 11 model, uses Strathmore cardboard for Saturn stages, and a plastic kit for the command module. He placed fifth in a national contest and plans aviation as a career after Pittsfield High.
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Deane Haywoods
Stonehenge Road
Haywood
Deane F. Haywood
Peter
Willow Grove
Springside Park
Pittsfield High School
Brattlebrook Farm Sold to City for Parkland
Brattlebrook Farm on Longview Terrace becomes city property at 9 this morning after year of negotiations. The Allesio brothers sold 148 acres to Pittsfield with 147000 paid to Alty Andrew Campoli representing Eugene Michael and Ferdinand Allesio. Half federal and a quarter state and city funded the 148000 price. the land will become future parkland in the city’s northeast quadrant, preserving one of New England’s leading dairy operations.
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Brattlebrook Farm
Longview Terrace
Pittsfield
City Hall
Alty
Andrew T. Campoli
Eugene
Michael
Ferdinand Allessio
New England
Allessias
Tugene
Petricea Construction, Co
General I Electric
Ferdinand
Bucky
Mike
Gene
Pellegrinelli Reports on Elks Convention
Exalted Ruler Guy A Pelleg rini of Pittsfield Lodge of Elks returns from Dallas toward the five day national convention attended by about 15 000 members. A resolution called for expulsion of violent demonstrators from schools and colleges and for arrest or prosecution of dissidents radicals and militants who commit crimes. Elks numbering about 1.5 million in the United States and the Philippines will hear a full report at the local lodge meeting on August 20.
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Guy A. Pellegrinelli
Pittsfield Lodge of Elks
Dallas
Tex
Order
The
Elks
Pellegrinelli
United States
Philippines
Ice and food spots ad blitz on Wahconah Street
An ad fragment list shows 24 hour ice vending at 195 Wahconah Street, KFC at Onota Lake open daily 11 am to 9 pm, Mod Mod World sale at 78 North Street, Willow Manos Rest offers private rooms and supervised care with contact 4436385, Allen Hotel featured with Friday ladies night at Moby Dick Lounge and drink specials.
School of Nursing Head To Leave Religious Order
Sister Mary Angelorum director of St. Luke's School of Nursing reveals she has requested release from the Sisters of Providence. She will return to Berkshire Medical Center as director of nursing education and head of the St. Luke's School of Nursing in Pittsfield with secular name Shirley Mary Garant on Aug. 11.
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Mary Angelorum
St. Luke’s School of Nursing
Order of the Sisters of Providence
Sister Angelorum
Berkshire Medical Center
St. Luke’s
Pittsfield General Hospitals
BMC
Shirley Mary Garant
Pittsfield
Aug. Il
Angelorum
Worcester
St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
Boston College
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts Board of Registration
Providence Hospital i Holyoke
St. Vincent Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
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AFO
S. Hadley
United Church
Ronald Polidora
Capley Ter
Julius Metivier
South St
Pauli Andrew
North
Peart St
Sammi M. Salam
Ricmond
WRC
Atilebro
Doet Librizet
Mayor Butler
Michael Allessio
Merdinand
Usene Allessio
Hart
Peter Haywood
Elizabeth Alsop Porter Maywood
Cheprisesvinning
Cossne
By Gerald B. O'Connor
Allessies
Berkshire Soil Consevation District
Allessios
Wilson QC
Hill
Soil Conservation Service
Walter Ipstein
Battista
Frank? Allessio
East Street
Housatonic
Allen Street
Jerse
Word
Allessig
West Shore Club
Pittsfield Roofing Co
Park St
J. Wilkes
Rotinimiebe Farm
Barker Rda
al Gaviorno
Blacktop Corp
Burgney
Dalton United Methodist Church
Peeples’ Choice
Hinsdale
Ronnie Taylor
Edgewood Lounge
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
Secum Brook Club
Lanesborn
Bob Knapp
Walt Lehmare
Ady
Wahconah St
Ady, IR
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Onota Lake
North St
Willow Manos
School of Nursing
Sister Mary Angelorum
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