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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1965

Page

8

Door Prizes At Quota Club Dessert-Card Party

Thirty door prizes will be awarded at a Quota Club dessert-card party tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Boys' Club Lighthouse room. Attendees use the North Street entrance and refreshments precede play. Proceeds aid camperships and services for the hard of hearing and handicapped. Mrs. Joseph W. Reardon and Mrs. Sigrid Hillberg lead, with a grocery basket drawing. Tickets at the door or from members.

Quota Club Boys’ Club North Street Joseph W. Reardon Sigrid Hillberg

Association for Retarded To Install Monday

William T Engle will be installed as president of the Berkshire County Association for Retarded Children at a 6:30 p m dinner Monday at the Stanley Club Mrs Harry Finkel will be installing officer Others to take office include Paul E Flanagan Charlene Rosa Dr Alfred Eramo Salvatore J Ferrante Raymond J Quallen Joseph A Torchio and Mrs John J Macchi Jr named to the board of directors Free babysitting by student nurses of Our Lady of Providence Society at St Luke s Hospital is available by calling Mrs J Quallen by Friday noon Call 54 Wendell Ave for summer playground attendance details

William T. Engle Berkshire County Association Stanley Club Harry Finkel Massachusetts Association Paul E. Flanagan Charlene Rosa Alfred Eramo Salvatore. J. Ferrante Raymond J. Quallen Joseph A. Torchio John.j. Macchi Jr Our Lady of Providence Socality St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing J. Quallen Wendell Ave

Brimming Up Baby From Tips and Tipsy Texts

Practical advice for parents on baby development and feeding with Gerber products. Tips cover timing pen play, toy variety, positioning, and safety for crawlers, plus nutrition notes highlighting Gerber strained meats and egg yolks. Brand references include Armour meats and Gerber Baby Foods, Fremont Michigan.

Gerber Fremont Michigan

Miss Gutzmann Betrothed to Brodhead at Lebanon Springs

Mrs. Jacob Lipinski of Barstrup bei Flensburg announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Gertraud Gutzmann to John Morrison Bassett Brodhead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Brodhead of Darrow School New Lebanon NY. The wedding is set for Monday June 14 at the Church of Our Saviour Lebanon Springs NY.

Jacob Lipinski Barstrup Bei Flensburg West Germany Gertraud Gutzmann John Morrison Bassett Brodhead Charles D. Brodhead Darrow School New Lebanon N.Y Church of Our Saviour Lebanon Springs Gutzmann Middlebury (Vt.) College United States P. H. Alspach Pittsfield

Miss Hess to Wed Denis Guyer in Fall Ceremony

Engagement announced for Louise Marie Hess of Lenox to Denis A. Guyer of Hinsdale. Planned Sept 25 wedding at St. Ann's Church. Hess works in Pittsfield, attended Lenox High. Guyer a Pratt & Whitney tool and die maker in East Hartford. He is a four year Air Force veteran, two years in England.

Lenox Benedict Hess New Lenox Road Louise Marie Denis A. Guyer Edward Guyer Hinsdale St. Ann’s Church Miss Hess Howard Johnson, Inc Pittsfield Lenox High School Guyer Pittsfield High School Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co East Hartford Conn Air Force England

MSPCC Supervisor Esther Colton to Address Board

Miss Esther Colton of Boston MSPCC supervisor for the Western Massachusetts district offices will speak at the agency board meeting tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Berkshire Garden Center Stockbridge Her career includes six years as director of Chester County Child Care Service and prior work as Vermont welfare supervisor She holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College Michigan and Boston University Her topic MSPCC Looks to the Future This will be the final board meeting until September.

Esther Colton Boston Western Massachusetts Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children MSPCC Berkshire Garden Center Stockbridge Colton Chester County Vermont Department of Social Welfare Mount Holyoke College University of Michigan Boston University

Summer Social Notes Highlight Local Students

Miss Eliza Dwyer visits her parents at 1051 West St after a year at Queen University Kingston Ontario. Barbara Raney spends summer with her mother after freshman year at Rockford College. Lynne Hoof, from Chicago, arrives Friday to join the Raneys for a few days. Jack Lipsey returns home after his sophomore year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Tarleton return from a three week golfing trip to Scotland.

Eliza Dwyer John J. Dwyer West St Queen University Kingston Ontario Canada Miss Dwyer St. Joseph’s High School Berkshire Community College Barbara Raney Barbara H. Raney Allengate Ave Rockford (i) College Lynne Hoof Chicago Inl Rockford Raneyss Jack Lipsey Goldner F. Lipsey Roselyn Drive Worcester Polytechnic Institute Gilbert P. Tarleton Wendell Ave Scotland

Paul Bergan Is Married in Amherst Ceremony

An Amherst couple, Paul Kenneth Bergan and Marjorie Walgren, wed at the Congregational Church of South Amherst. Marjorie, daughter of Mrs. Fred Van Aernam of Slingerlands, is an Albany Academy for Girls graduate and a UMass junior. Bergan, son of Dr. Carl A. Bergan and Mrs. Fred Vohr, attended Lenox School for Boys and will finish his AB at UMass after summer. The couple reside in Northampton.

Lenox Marjorie Walgren Fred van Aernam Slingerlands N.Y William Dunbar Trinity-Pawling School Pawling Paul Kenneth Bergan Amherst Bergan Carl A. Bergan Fred Vohr Lee Congregational Church of South Amherst Albany Academy For Girls University of Massachusetts Lenox School For Boys Northampton

Walter V Demicks 25th wedding anniversary celebrated

Mr and Mrs Walter V Demick of 387 Dalton Ave were honored at Green Acres dinner in observance of their 25th anniversary About 75 guests attended and gifts were presented Their marriage occurred June 8 1940 at Holy Family Church Rev Teclaw officiating Mrs Demick is Laura T Gromacki of GE ordnance and farmer Mr Demick has worked at GE since 1941 Their son Airman 2 C David W Demick is in the Air Force at Bangor Maine with a grandson The couple are Holy Family Church communicants and Mrs Demick belongs to the Rosary Society

Walter v.Demick Dalton Ave Green Acres Demick Holy Family Church Valentine Teclaw Laura T. Gromacki Demicks

Merle Wynns Return From 25,000 Mile Caravan Trip

Mr and Mrs Merle A Wynn of 43 Strong Ave have returned from a 25000 mile trailer journey with the Wally Byam Airstream Caravan across Latin America and the Panama Canal Zone They joined 139 trailers in Loredo Texas and traveled through Mexico Guatemala to Panama City area including 3500 miles of dirt roads from San Jose Costa Rica to near the Canal Zone The caravan was welcomed in capital cities and parked at the presidential palace in Honduras The Wynns plan to join the caravan again in Alaska this summer.

Merle Wynns Merle A. Wynn Strong Ave Wally Byam Latin America Panama Canals Zone Loredo Tex Mexico Guatemala Panama Panama City San Jose Costa Rica Canal Zone Honduras Wynns Alaska

Stamp Club Speaker to discuss Israel stamps at Berkshire Museum

John Kelly a Berkshire Community College senior will speak on stamps of Israel at Berkshire Museum Stamp Club tonight at 7 45 pm. Awards will be presented by William Behr program chairman.

John Kelly Israel Berkshire Museum Stamp Club Kelly Berkshire Community College William Behr

Marriage Intentions Filed for Four Couples

Public notices list marriage intentions for Robert Bastow Wood of 50 Winter Street and Donna Lee Dupuis of 12 Hillside Street. Also named are Daniel Joseph Thornton of 42 Glenwood Avenue and Linda Newman of 140 Bartlett Avenue.

Robert Bastow Wood Winter St Donna Lee Dupuis Hillside St Daniel Joseph ‘Thornton Glenwood Ave Linda Newman Bartlett Ave

Elinor Secor Celebrates 92nd Birthday At Surprise Party

Miss Elinor E Secor of 100 Essex Street marked her 92nd birthday with a surprise party hosted by Mr and Mrs James Pavetka. A lifelong resident of West Stockbridge she worked as a private secretary at GE in Schenectady for 35 years before retiring 27 years ago. She taught shorthand in night school and remained active in painting and daily household duties. She has lived with the Pavetkas for nearly four years and attends St Marks Church.

James Pavetka West Stockbridge Miss Secor Joseph Secor Pittsfield High School Schenectady N.Y Bobby Kidney

More Than 340 To Attend Reunion Of PHS ’40 Class

Final plans for Pittsfield High School class of 1940 reunion set for June 26 at Mt. Everett Country Club in South Egremont. Rene A. Elger of Hinsdale coordinates and says more than 340 reservations have been made, with attendees traveling from Arizona and California. Reservations due by June 15.

Pittsfield Stanley Club Mt. Everett Country Club South Egremont Rene A. Elger Hinsdale Mr. Elger Arizona California

Marie Sylvester Compositions Highlight Harwich Event

Harwich Social Union dinner featured compositions by Marie Sylvester of Clearwater Drive formerly of Pittsfield. Her works were played at Berkshire Museum and South Mountain Music Temple in Pittsfield with Maxim Shapiro and Evelyn MacGreggor performing pieces. William Masselos played In termezzo at South Mountain as Mrs Frank W Couch chaired the musical segment.

Harwich Marie Sylvester Clearwater Drive Pittsfield Social Union First Congregational Church

Tennis Class Planned By Women's Club

The Women's Club will sponsor five beginner tennis lessons at Camp Merrill courts starting June 16. Instructor Paul V. Volos cave will teach sessions weekly from 7 to 9 p.m. Nonmembers may register by calling the club.

Camp Merrill Courts Paul V. Voloscave Wahconah Country Club Dalton Aspinwall Lenox

Mrs. Morris Landa Named UNICEF Drive Chairman

Mrs. Morris Landa was named chairman of the annual trick or treat UNICEF drive at a committee meeting held at her home on Mountain Drive. She will be assisted by Mrs. Donoch W. Lynch with publicity led by Mrs. Roger A. Prior. Landa is a former UNICEF publicity chair and taught in New York and Stockbridge schools before retiring in Pittsfield.

Morris Landa Unicef Pittsfield General Hospital St. Martin's Church Women of the Church Church Prior United Community Services Community Consert Association United Church Women Pig Eta Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Lambda Chapter

Berkshire Garden Club plant sale nets $300

About 200 dollars was raised at the Berkshire Garden Club plant sale held last week at Model Farm, home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Crane in Dalton. The event ran Wednesday and Friday due to rain, with proceeds for civic projects and a tree drawing winner to be announced at the June 23 meeting at Mrs. William Beaulyman’s Crofut Street home.

Berkshire Garden Club Model Farm Frederick G. Crane. Dalton Alexard der Euston William Mz Furey Samuel Fielder William Beaulyman Crofut St

TOPS Members Hear Report on Convention

Mrs. John Gonzabella reports on the 1963 National TOPS convention in New York at the Lose N Live TOPS Club meeting at the Jewish Community Center. About 4,000 attended the Hilton event with ten members from four local chapters. The national body has 100,000 members with HQ in Milwaukee. the Illinois queen lost 198 pounds and the Ohio king 107. the eastern section won the east west contest for the first time with the largest weight loss percentage.

TOPS John Gonzabella New York Jewish Community Center Donald Kaufman Afternoos Group Hilton Hotel Milwaukee Wis Tlinois Ohio

Audubon men to film Bar Harbor region trip

Audubon Society officials Rivah W. Sanborn and Allen H. Morgan depart for a week of photography in Bar Harbor Maine. They previously shot in Maine last June and began a film on the Allagash area. The completed movie will be shown to interested groups.

Maine Rivah W. Sanborn Pleasant Valley Sanctuary Lenox Allen H. Morgan Wayland Massachusetts Audubon Society Bar Harbor Allagash

Heart Grange Supper and Meetings Tomorrow

Heart of the Berkshires Grange hosts a covered dish supper at 6 15 p m in the hall under Mrs David MacWhinnie. An 8 p m meeting to elect officers for Mothers of Twins Club features Mrs John F O'Brien assisting at 495 Peck's Road. Pitsfield Grange Women’s Club meets at 10 30 a m to prepare Visiting Nurse Association articles with lunch at noon. A 2 pm business meeting precedes a silent auction.

Heart Grange Heart of the Berkshires Grange David MacWhinnie Mothers of Twins Club John McCluskey Peck's Road John F. O’brien Pitsfield Grange

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