Williams Acquires Historic Mansion on Williams Campus
Williams College has formally acquired the Van Rensselaer mansion from Sigma Phi fraternity. The three story brownstone, moved from Albany in 1994 95, is now used as the Center for Environmental Studies and for seminars and faculty offices. The sale follows a 1962 policy shift toward housing students in former fraternity houses, with nine of fifteen such buildings owned by the college.
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Williamstown
van Rensselaer
Williams College
Sigma Phi Fraternity
Albany
N.Y
Architectural Record Magazine
Sigma Phi Society
Berkshire Registry of Deeds
Adams
Residentia
Williams
Chi Psi
Zeta Psi
Theta Delta Chi
Williams College Center For Environmental Studies
Stephen van Rensselaer
Broadway
Stephen van Rensselaer IV
Sigma Phi
Marcus T. Reynolds
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Troy
United Summer
United Community Services
Neighborhood Youth Corps
Canaan Notes Include Voter Signups And Birth Announcements
North Canaan Board of Admissions reports twelve new voters signed up at Monday session with two Democrats and four Republicans. Sharon Hospital births list includes Kirsten Jean Andreani July 14, Kerry Douglas Duprey July 15, Fawn Korene Duntz July 17, Brenda Marie Getchell July 19. Laurel Grange meets tonight at 8 with a baking contest to judge bread and soft molasses cookies.
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North Canaan
Sharon Hospital
Kirsten Jean
Paul Andreani
Mill River
Mass
Andreani
Kerry Douglas
Andre Duprey
Ashley Falls
Fawn Korene
Howard Duntz
Falls Village
Brenda Marie
Ronald Getchell
Canaan
Laurel Grange
Grange Hall
Finance Unit Set To Hold Its Quarterly Meeting
GREAT BARRINGTON The Finance Committee will hold its second quarterly meeting Monday at 7 at Town Hall. It will review town department expenditures against appropriations from the annual town meeting and requests quarterly budget statements from departments. District Court notes include a Brooklyn man found guilty of making a false statement to obtain a fishing license. related fines and dismissals are listed. Twenty minutes of local notices cover retirements and a party for Linotype operator Charles Arienti after 47 years with Berkshire Courier.
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Great Barrington
Oscar Bregman
Brooklyn
N.Y
Hebert Beach
Monterey
Berkshire District Court
George R. McCormick
Bregman
State Natural Resources
Clifton R. Bouthillette
Bouthillette
Jack
Lake Buel
Jack Bregman
Carol J. Melia
Torrington
Conn
George W. Williams
Kent
England
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge
Charles P. Arienti
Gilmore Avenue
Berkshire Courier
Arienti
The
Courier
Canopy Entrance Drive Planned for Police Dept Renovation
Great Barrington Finance Committee to consider about 1600 for a canopy over the Police Department entrance in Town Hall and 700 to finance driveway paving. Work follows recent renovation converting the jail to a police lockup complex and aims to shield entrants from snow and icicles. Special town meeting set for Aug 18.
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Great Barrington
Police Department
Head Start Children Will Travel to Zoo
Head Start children from Dewey School will take excursions aboard the Project Mountaintop bus to the Forest Park Zoo in Springfield next week. Trips are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday with a 9:30 a.m. departure and late afternoon return. Teachers and supervisory staff accompany the group in a program funded by federal funds.
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Great Barrington Area
Forest Park Zoo
Springfield
Dewey School
Project Mountaintop
Chester
Becket and
Middlefield
Pioneer Regional
Eastern Star summer sale at Walker Hall lawn
The Eastern Star Cincinnati Chapter hosts a Saturday sale on August 2 from 10 a.m. on the Walker Hall lawn, with rain inside. Betty Kumm is general chair. items include baked foods, flowers, vegetables, handwork, knitted articles, books, and white elephants. Masonic Temple rear hall opens Aug 1 evening for donations. Lola Moro attends.
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Great Barrington
Eastern Star
Cincinnatus Chapter
Walker Hall
Betty Kumm
Masonic Temple
Lola Moro
Massachusetts House to probe B and M wrecks in Berkshire Franklin
Rep. Frank J. Matrango will introduce a House resolution directing the state Department of Public Utilities to conduct a thorough investigation of Boston and Maine Railroad wrecks in Berkshire and Franklin counties amid several recent accidents in Franklin County. A B and M spokesman said signals and wiring repairs from Wednesday derailment near the Hoosac Tunnel could take until early next week.
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North Adams
Frank J. Matrango
House
State Department of Public Utilities
Boston & Maine
Berkshire
Franklin
Franklin County
B&m
Hoosac
Monfort House Ecumenical Center ends program Aug. 3
Connecticut Litchfield Monfort House Ecumenical Center will end its experimental program August 3 due to staff shortages. The yearlong effort offered Saturday ecumenical worship, a weekly gathering of about 100 people of diverse religions, and twice monthly retreats with lodging and discussions. Monfort Fathers will continue to reside and manage the Lourdes grotto on site. Farmington Board of Education to return $26,608 to town fund, including $11,977 unexpended for a talented children program, $5,344 for a lunch program, and $1,500 saved on testing.
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Litchfield
Monfort House Ecumenical Center
Monfort Fathers
Lourdes-in-Litchfield
Farmington
Board of Education
Fresh Plan Sought in New Welfare Study
Albany reports the Temporary State Commission To Revise the Social Services Law seeks a broader inquiry into welfare, including private nonprofit groups. Senator William E. Adams chairs the panel, aiming to assess overall funding and operations beyond public agencies and focus on child relief effectiveness.
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Albany
William E. Adams
Worthington Conwell Sunday Service in Worthington Church
Worthington will honor Dr. Russell H. Conwell on August 17 at 3 p.m. in South Worthington Church with Rev. Elmo Young, former Springfield District superintendent, as principal speaker. Conwell, born in Worthington in 1843, famed for his two hour Acres of Diamonds lectures, died in 1925.
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Worthington
Conwell
Community groups schedule picnics and events in Stephentown
Community Couples Club sets a 6 30 p.m. picnic Tuesday at Vickery Camp Grounds Route 22 with families bringing covered dishes. Hostesses include Mrs Richard Vickery Mrs Donald Ant and Mrs Thomas MacVeigh. St Joseph Church invites the public to Sunday dinner at Taconic Valley Grange Hall starting 1 p.m. Smorgasbord tickets from members or at the door. Also reported diabetes detection clinics at Worthington Health Center show 12 positives from 152 tested with 208 participants so far. hours Wednesdays 2 and 7 30 p.m. Contact nurses Mrs Florence Bates or Mrs Dorothy Cole for more information. Seekers meet at the store tonight to travel to Chesterfield for a smorgasbord supper art show and musicale reservations due today. Fourteen tables at Worthington Golf Club dessert card party for clubhouse benefit. door prizes won by several residents. $21.59 raised on food sale. Final party August 14 at the clubhouse. reserve with Mrs Merton Cottrell. Mr and Mrs Kerry Donovan return from Cape Cod trip. Mrs Elizabeth Brooks accompanied them.
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Community Couples Club
Vickery Camp
Richard Vickery
Donald Ant
Thomas MacVeigh
Worthington
Worthington Health Center
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Cummington
Plainfield
Chesterfield
Windsor
Florence Bates
Dorothy Cole
Worthington Golf Club
Helen Bretzner
Kathryn Smith
Alma Whippert
Margaret Morse
Merton Cottrell
Cummin gton Grange to Host Painting Cleaning Bee
A painting and cleaning bee at Cum mingfield Activity Center Nash Road will be held Saturday and Sunday. All members and friends are invited to help improve the Grange oriented facility. An auction is planned for Aug 9 with Marjorie Morris of Mattapoisett as auctioneer. Grange Sunday is Aug 10 with eight Pomonas participating.
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Cummington
Cummingfield Activity Center, Inc
Nash Road
Marjorie Morris
Mattapoisett
Grange
Pomonas
Cheshire Rodount Gun Club Schedules Meeting for Bake Plans
Cheshire Rodount Gun Club reschedules a special meeting to Sunday at 7 50 p m to finalize plans for the annual claim bake. Last week’s meeting was canceled due to televised moon walk.
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Rolound Gun Club
Stockbridge Caucus Endorses James Kiley for Selectman
The Stockbridge Town Republican Committee unanimously endorses James F. Kiley for selectman. Voters are urged to support him at the Republican Caucus tonight Friday July 25 from 7 to 9 at Town Hall with Pol. Adv. by the committee chair John H. Fitzgerald.
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James F. Kiley
Stockbridge Town
Republican Committee
Jim
Town Hall
John H. Fitzgerald
Republican Town Committee
Hinsdale Dance Nights Promote Round and Square Styles
Hinsdale hosts Friday round and square dancing from 9 to 1 with the Country Travelers. Saturday events feature round dancing from 9 to 1 with Hi-Notes at Hinsdale Home Chub Ady venue.
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Hinsdale Home
Trimm Appeals Draft Evasion Conviction In Chatham
Steven W. Trimm of Chatham appeals his four year sentence for refusing induction. He argues he lacked adequate advice about his right to legal counsel after a one day trial in which he testified about his pacifist views.
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Chatham
N.Y
Steven W. Trimm
Trimm
Middlefield Free Diabetes Clinic Opens for Residents
The Middlefield Free diabetes clinic at Worthington Health Center offers testing every Wednesday at 2 and 7 30 pm for residents over 21. Attendees should eat a substantial meal 1 to 2 hours beforehand. the clinic remains open while demand exists. Of 208 tested, 12 cases of previously undiagnosed diabetes were found.
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Middlefield
Worthington Health Center
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