Area Democrats Honor Not Quite President Tilden
Pittsfield and New Lebanon Democrats joined to honor Samuel J. Tilden at Lebanon Springs grave site where a memorial rests in disrepair. Robert Murray seeks funds for repairs, with Howard LaFountain and others urging help. the event notes Tilden’s disputed 1876 election and Hayes victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
New Lebanon
N.Y
Democratic Club
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
Lebanon Springs
Robert Murray
New Lebanon Democratic Organization
Howard LaFountain
Murray
Pitsfield
Lawrence A. (Bucky) Callahan
Democratic City Committee
William J. Hoag
Richard ‘Twining Jr
Dorothy Carle
North Adams
Young Democratic
North Adams State College
Elementary Students Preview New Instrumental Music Program
Demonstrations in city elementary schools introduce a fall program for 5th and 6th graders offering free instruction in strings winds and brass. Peter Proud directs school orchestras with Morton Wayne and George Fulginiti assisting. Instrument rentals at 10 dollars for three months may apply toward purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Wayne
Public Schools
George Fulginiti
Allendale
Crane
Bartlett
Proud
Cambridge
N.Y
Wayne
Josephine Enright
Litano Pushes Unity Among GE Unions Amid Labor Row
Litano, newly installed Local 255 president, urged coordination among GE chain unions including UE to negotiate a new contract due as fall 1966, proposing UF join IVE to recreate the “big, happy family” of 149 before the split. He said Jennings, though not fully siding, agrees on unity and appealing to UE locals. William Bywater of the IUE NY NJ district condemned Carey’s board of trustees for a rigged count, noting Jennings’ likely openness to rank and file input and a broader labor movement appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litano
CIO
Lilano
Jennings
William Bywater
Long Island
IUE
New York-New Jersey
Carey
Carey Board of Trustees
Bywater
High School Commission Meets Tonight
The High School Commission meets at 7 30 PM at the Berkshire County Courthouse to hear preliminary recommendations for a proposed comprehensive high school. Architects Freeman and Freeman will report soil test findings while John Marshall outlines space needs and population forecasts. Roger W Wellington chairs the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County
William Freeman
Freeman, French and
Weekend Frosts Upset Gardeners
Weekend frosts damaged tender plants for county gardeners on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Frost mainly hit the Jow area with light frosts noted by meteorologist George J. Bulgareth of the U S Weather Station. He said this late frost is not unusual and compared May's warmth to past years. Showers tonight likely end frost threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Bulgareth
U. S
Bulgarelli
Stuffy McGinnis Retires From GE After 25 Years
Stuffy McGinnis of 20 Bay State Road retired today from General Electric Co. distribution transformer department after 25 years of service. A native of Naugatuck Conn he moved to Pittsfield in 1908 and ends as a production clerk. He has three sons and two stepchildren and was honored at a retirement party at Green Acres Restaurant attended by 130 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way GG
Stufgy mcGainnis
Bay State Road
General Electric Co
Naugatuck
Conn
McGinnis
Catholic Youth Center
Pittsfield Acrie
Eagles
St. Theresa’s Church
Helen Zuorsky
Harry C. Je
Daniel G
Frederick A
Edward Bandurski
William Zuorsky
Green Acres
S H Employees End Courtesy Classes
Sperry & Hutchinson Co 8530 redemption centers nationwide held courtesy sessions to improve customer treatment. The Pittsfield West House Street location participated as staff trained to boost service. sessions used audio visual aids and capped a refresher eight week course from 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sperry & Hutchinson Co
West Housatonic
Pittsfield
Idle claims in Berkshire County drop by 179
Unemployment compensation claims from Central and Southern Berkshire County residents decreased by 179 last week. Edward J. Barry, manager of the state Division of Employment Security Pittsfield office, noted 835 claims filed versus 1,073 two weeks earlier, with 1,377 a year ago. His staff filled 18 job openings last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County
Edward J. Barry
State Division of Employment Security
Pittsfield
Barry
Pignato Named New Pittsfield Tax Office Supervisor
Patrick H. Pignato of East Boston has taken over as Pittsfield Department of Corporations and Taxation supervisor succeeding Joseph E. LaPointe. A 13 year department veteran, Pignato plans to move to Pittsfield with five children and will face a Civil Service exam to retain the post. He envisions expanding the office beyond income tax to handle wider tax operations for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick H. Pignato
East
Boston
State Department of Corporations and Taxation
Joseph E. LaPointe
Pignato
Pittsfield
Guy F. Rizzotto
Pignate
Massachusetts Institute of Banking
Post Office
Columbia Trust Co
East Boston
Joseph F. Kennedy
U.S
Christian A Herter
Herter
Paul A. Dever
Mr.LaPointe
Tax Rate Hike Of Ten Dollars Seen By Mayor
Pittsfield Mayor Dillon said he has every reason to believe the 1965 tax rate will rise about $10. The Board of Assessors has not yet set a rate but is expected to do so within a week or two. The current rate stands at $77.40 per thousand, up from $66.60 in 1963, a $10.80 increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Pittsfield
Board of Assessors
Elinor Hashim Leads Manchester GOP Women Club
Miss Elinor W. Hashim, daughter of Michael E. Hashim of 426 South Street, has been elected president of the Manchester Republican Women's Club in Manchester Connecticut. She serves as supervisor of engineering aides for United Aircraft Corp. research laboratories and sits on the Republican Town Committee. Hashim is a University of Vermont political science graduate and has served two years on the club’s executive board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elinor W. Hashim
Michael E. Hashim
South St
Manchester
Conn
Republican Women’s Club
Miss Hashim
United Aircraft Corp
Republican Town Committee
Women's Organization
University of Vermont
District Court Doles Suspended Jail for Non Support
Robert Healy 26 of East Hartford Conn received a suspended six month jail term and six years probation for non support. Judge Frank W Cimini ordered weekly payments of 30 dollars. A probation violation charge against Richard Jones 21 of 126 Bradford St was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Healy
East Hartford
Conn
Frank W. Cimini
Richard Jones
Bradford St
Rita A. Consolini
Newell St
Albert F. Koch
Lanesboro
Leo Arace
Hamlin
$200000 Raised By Holy Family League Of Charity
The Holy Family League of Charity of the Roman Catholic diocese of Springfield raised 200000 to be split between the Sisters of Providence for the Guild of the Holy Child in West Springfield and the Sisters of Good Shepherd for Our Lady of Lourdes School. Bishop Weldon praised the effort at the Oaks Inn in Springfield during the 26th annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Family League of Charity
Springfield
Christopher J. Weldon
the Oaks Inn
Weldon
Sisters of Providence
Guild of the Holy Child
West Springfield
Sisters of Good Shepard
Our Lady of Lourdes
Holy Family
Building Activity Drops Slightly May permits steady above year ago
Building Inspector William A Mandell reported May construction activity dipped from April with 33 issued permits totaling 228000 dollars including five for new homes. April saw 35 permits totaling over 850000 dollars with four new homes and major alterations to the City Savings Bank and The Eagle building on Eagle Street. May figures from the previous year show 2 permits for 106522 dollars in new construction or alterations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Mandell
Mandell
City Savings Bank
Eagle
Eagle Street
Opportunity Month For Youth Proclaimed
Mayor Dillon proclaims Youth Opportunity Month in Pittsfield urging private citizens to create and expand summer training and work opportunities for youths aged 16 to 21. He notes hundreds in the city will seek summer work experience and that early jobs shape future habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Pittsfield
Fires and false alarms roll through local streets
A sequence of fire and emergency calls across Springside Nursing Home Berkshire Downs Tastee Donuts Chesire Road Cale Avenue Burn Bank Spring Streets Dunham Street East Street. Incidents include a car fire at Berkshire Downs and a kitchen fire at Tastee Donuts with ceiling scorch and wall and floor damage. False alarms and a gasoline spill cleanup accompany the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Downs
Tastee Donuts
Dalton Ave
Cheshire Road
Cale Avenue
Bank
Spring Streets
Dunham Street
East Street
Mayor Dillon Honors Patriots in Memorial Day Ceremony
Mayor Dillon paid tribute to those who gave their lives for the country in a Memorial Day address at Pittsfield Cemetery. The program included a parade to St Joseph's Cemetery, a memorial Mass, and readings by local veterans groups and student participants. The event featured bands, a Gettysburg Address recitation, and a VFW rifle volley ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Pittsfield Cemetery
St Joseph's Cemetery
Park Square
North Street
Wahconah Street
Pittsfield High School
Eagles
Boys’ Club
Cavaliers
Eagle Corps
General Logan
Marine Corps League
Francis J. LeBlanc
Ronald Goyette
St. Joseph’s High School
Arthur Pierce
Grand Army of the Republic
Ann McNulty
American Legion
VFW
John A. Spagnuolo
Demonstration Agent Resumes Her Duties in Berkshire County
County commissioners report Helen LH Johnson has resumed duties as home demonstration agent for Berkshire County after a several month leave for courses at the University of Massachusetts. Her $8,109 annual pay is federally funded. Anna M Mamonas served as acting agent during the absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Fuller
Helen LH. Johnson
Berkshire County
Johnson
University of Massachusetts
Anna M. Mamonas
Miss Zwingelstein Third in State Contest
Judy Zwingelstein daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Zwingelstein of 60 Wahconah Street recently placed third in the Massachusetts Humane Society Be Kind to Animals poster contest. She is a sixth grader in Mrs Madeline Sullivan's art class at Mercer School and drew a poster showing a dog being bathed in a tub with the slogan Keep Your Pet Clean. Judges saw thousands of entries from school children statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Zwingelstein
Eugene Zwingelstein
Wahconah St
Massachusetts Humane Society
Judy
Madeline Sullivan
Mercer School
Darien High School votes to ban smoking next year
Darien Conn. After a five week debate the Board of Education voted 5 to 3 to ban smoking by students at Darien High School next year. Principal Stewart Atkinson said about 40 percent of pupils smoked during a noon outside period. Proponents argued adolescents should be discouraged from the habit while opponents favored allowing some students to smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darien
Conn
Board of Education
Darien High School
Stewart Atkinson
Computer dating service to expand to 10 cities
Cambridge based Compatability Research plans expansion of its machine dating service to New York Chicago Detroit Boston St. Louis Los Angeles San Francisco Ann Arbor and Lansing this summer and to London in fall. The system uses an electronic computer to match thousands of New England college students this spring and select ideal dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
UPI
England
Vaughn Morrill
Harvard
Compatability Research, Inc
New York City
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
St. Louis
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ann Arbor
Lansing
Mich
London
New England
Mystery Solved In Gosling Murders By Turtle
GREAT BARRINGTON Eyewitnesses confirm a turtle dragged a gosling from Monument Mountain Pond. Vincent and Helen Baliber of Pittsfield watched the attack as four goslings swam with two parent geese. The event settles a long running suspicion about missing Canadian goslings, leaving three others at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Monument Mountain Pond
Vincent Baliver
Elaine Drive
Pittsfield
Victory Hill Housing Demolition Under Way
The Pittsfield Housing Authority vacated all 99 Victory Hill public housing units after a city health department order. Evacuation targeted residents by June 1, with 45 units occupied, mainly by welfare recipients. Federal approval plans 50 new units on 10 of 23 acres, with 13 acres possibly sold to the city at fair market value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Arthur C. McGill
Housing Authority
Victory Hill
Benedict Road
Defense Plant
Leisure Reading Helps Prisoner Win Release
Windsor Vermont UPI reports David L Hackey aged 22, serving two to three years for taking a car without owner consent, won release after studying law books in the prison library. A judge freed him last weekend, noting he had already served more than the maximum penalty allowed. He began his term in September 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor, Vt
UPI
David L. Hackey
Hackey
Kiwanis Club To Hear Wineberg
Marvin Wineberg treasurer of Adams Super Markets will speak at a Kiwanis luncheon tomorrow at 12 13 p m at the Stanley Club His topic is Adams Super Markets proposal for the Jubilee Urban Renewal Project Guests at the last meeting included Earl Robinson of Delmar N Y and Rev Quentin Peacock the new assistant minister at First Congregational Church Next week's meeting will be at the Country Club of Pittsfield at 12 15 p m Golf players should notify Robert Quattrochi this week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Wineberg
Adams Super Markets, Inc
Kiwanis Club
Stanley Club
Wineberg
Adams Super Markets
Earl Robinson
Delmar
Quentin Peacock
First Congregational Church
Country Club
Pittsfield
Robert Quattrochi
Callahan Suit On Billboards Is Dismissed
Maurice Callahan & Sons, Pittsfield advertising firm, sued the Town of Pownal and Vermont Secretary of State Howard Armstrong for 10000 in damages over billboard permits. The case was dismissed in U S District Court Brattleboro VI, with Judge Ernest W Gibson ruling no substantial federal question existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Callahan & Sons
Pittsfield
Pownal
Howard Armstrong
Vermont
U.S. District Court
Brattleboro
Callahan
Armstrong
W. Edson McKee
Probate filings reveal multiple local estates
Probate Court records show Thomas L. Sedgwick of Lenox filing for probate with a bond tied to about 16000 in personal property and a will directing all assets to wife Alma N. Sedgwick. Wallace W. Crine of New Marlboro is appraised at 20722 in personal property and 11770 in real estate, including a farm with 189 acres. Harold L. Keeler of Pittsfield has an estate valued at 5038, all in personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Sedgwick
Lenox
Wallace W. Crine
New Marlboro
Harold L. Keeler
Pittsfield
Chicopee Stabbing Under Inquiry
Police investigated a stabbing at the Red Barn picnic Brave in Chicopee involving an unidentified assailant. Three Springfield men and woman, Francisco Cotto 24 Felix Galindez 28 and Paula Aponte 27, were treated and released from local hospitals.
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Chicopee
Mass
CPI
Springfield
Red Barn
Brave
Francisco Cotto
Felix Galindez
Paula Aponte
Police Briefs Report Cadillac Damaged Front in Tyler Street
Police said a New York registered Cadillac was found damaged in front of the Tyler Restaurant on Tyler Street after Maurice Gero, 59, was taken to St Luke's Hospital by ambulance following illness at home. The incident remained under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Gero
Broadway
St. Luke's Hospital
New York State
Tyler Restaurant
Tyler Street
Earl Bigford To Manage NH Hatchery
Earl D. Bigford, longtime Berkshire Trout Hatchery manager in Hartsville, will leave July 14 to head the federal Nashua Hatchery in New Hampshire. James M. Shepard announced the transfer at the Great Barrington Fish and Game Association banquet. Bigford, 27 years in hatchery service and Hartsville manager since 1958, will retire from federal service October 26, 1968 after 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Earl D. Bigford
Berkshire
Hartsville
Nashua
N.H
James M. Shepard
State Division of Fisheries and Game
Bigford
Great Barrington Fish and Game Association
Cove
Earl
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Shepard
Herbert Goodell
Rigford
Federal Service
St Marys Golden Jubilee Draws Large Local Turnout
Fifty priests, ten monsignors, and one hundred nuns attended St Marys Church golden jubilee Mass. Bishop Christopher Weldon presided at Pontifical Mass with deacons Thomas Curran and Eugene Archey, deacon John Foley, subdeacon John Tucker, and master of ceremonies Daniel Doyle guiding the rites. Weldon delivered the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Christopher J. Weldon
Walter C. Connell
Thomas’. Curran
St. Joseph’s Church
Eugene C. Archey
St. Mathew’s Church
Cordaville
John J. Foley
St. Charles’ Church
John J. Tucker
Cranwell
Daniel A. Doyle
Chancery Office
Frederick J. Moore
St. Mary's
Bishop Weldon
Strikers Seek Welfare Aid In Beloit Dalton Plant
About 18 of the UK Local 212 strikers at the Beloit Corp Jones division plant in Dalton seek welfare aid. Pittsfield Welfare Department reports around a dozen have applied for aid for their families, with potential local government support. Veterans service agent says several requests received and some approvals granted. The three week strike idles 283 production and maintenance workers, plus 37 drafting/technical employees, all honoring Local 212 picket lines as federal and state conciliators push for a settlement on an incentive agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Division
Beloit Corp
Dalton
Charles H. Hodecker
Pittsfield
Local 212
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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High School Commission
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Party Mine
S&h
Boston Man
LaPointe
Elinor Hashim
Schrizzi
Boys’ Club Cavaliers
St. Joseph's
League of Charity
Springside Nursing Home
North St
Miss
Zwingelstein
Darien, Conn
Turtle
Probate
North St.—Street
Earl Bigford
NH. Hatchery
Earl BD
Biglord
St. Mary’s
Bubbles & Bangs
Capitol Theatre
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