Bard College to award degree to Miss Gladys Wheeler
Miss Gladys Wheeler, daughter of Air. and Mrs. Ralph Wheeler of Pumpkin Yellow Road, will be among 109 Bard College seniors receiving B.A. degrees at the 109th commencement in Annandale, N.Y. The ceremony Saturday at 2 p.m. features Ogden Reid as the commencement speaker, with four honorary degrees awarded.
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Great Barrington
Gladys Wheeler
Air
Ralph Wheeler
Pumpkin Yellow Road
Bard College
Annandale
N.Y
Wheeler
Searles High School
Ogden Reid
New York
United States
Israel
Reid
Man arraigned on drug charges in Great Barrington
A 24 year old Great Barrington resident Earl Longyear was arraigned in District Court on two drug charges including possession and cultivation of marijuana. He pleaded not guilty and his case was continued to Friday. Bail was set at 1000 dollars after police seized four marijuana plants during a Saturday search warrant execution.
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Great Barrington
George R. McCormick
Earl Longyear
West Ave
Longyear
District Court
Atty
Arthur Stavisky
University of Massachusetts
George R. Crockett
Monument Valley Road
Richard Zucco
Record Hop For Sixth Graders In Great Barrington
GREAT BARRINGTON An end of school record hop and game night for sixth graders will be at the Congregational Church Friday from 7 30 to 10 30. Parents must pick up children. Chaperons include George Betros Laurence Bishop Rev Lawrence A Larson Miss Ingrid Wheeler and Miss Janice Wool. Proceeds go to the Albert Schweitzer Friendship House.
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Great Barrington
Congregational Church
George Betros
Laurence Bishop
Lawrence A. Larson
Ingrid Wheeler
Janice Wool
Albert Schweitzer Friendship House
Fire Extinguished at Robert Birshaw Home on Castle Street
Firemen battled a third floor blaze at the Robert Birshaw residence on Castle Street, keeping damage to the upper level with salvage covers on lower floors. Alarm at 11 30, four units and 36 firefighters responded. Earlier, a vehicle fire on Taconic Avenue was handled as electrical system damage. owner listed as William Chapin of Sheffield.
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Great Barrington
Robert Birshaw
Castle Street
Taconic Avenue
William Chapin
Sheffield
Massachusetts American Independent Party to run governor candidate
In Stockbridge, about 100 delegates of the Massachusetts American Independent Party Association approved resolutions urging public school prayer, lower taxes, and stronger law and order as they aim to establish the party as a regular force in Massachusetts and field a gubernatorial candidate next year.
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Stockbridge
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Massachusetts
Massachusetts American Independent Party Association
Bay State
Canaan Graduates and Local Events Highlight Town News
Richard N. Wells of Willimantic earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Connecticut in political science on June 2. The East Canaan Good Will Circle hosts a Saturday chicken barbecue with a bargain sale by the Ladies’ Aid Society. Northwest Connecticut Community College graduate Robert Edward Alquesta will attend Central Connecticut State College after earning an associate degree. World War I veteran Harry Lawson departs for Air Force duties. Lawrence and Aller ton Eddy sell property to North Canaan Water Co. In Sheffield, Mt Everett Regional School’s 14th commencement features folk singers Sandy and Caroline Paton, with address by Claude Lancome on vision and democracy.
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Canaan, Conn
Richard N. Wells
Willimantic
Charles Wells
Salisbury Road
University of Connecticut
Good Will Circle
East Canaan
Robert Edward Alquesta
Mgr
Murs
Aldo Alquesta
Deely Road
Northwest Connecticut Community College
Central Connecticut State College
Harry E. Lawson
West Main Street
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hanscom Field
Bedford
Mass
U.S. Air Force
The
Daedalians
Eddie Rickenbacker
Richard N. Dings
Richard Dings
Los Alamos
N.M
F. Edward Hoffman
Greenacres
John Ancell
Lower Road
Europe
Lawrence Eddy
Allerton Eddy
North Canaan Water Co
Water Company
Sheffield
Sandy
Caroline Paton
Sharon
Lebanon Valley film show and school awards list
Lebanon Valley New York hosts films The Mystery of Stonehenge and Through the Grand Canyon at the Joseph Hooper Library in the Town Hall building. The program lasts about 14% hours and the public is invited. The town reports many new books, Valley Homemakers plan a dinner at Mario's, moving-up day and awards were held at New Lebanon Central School with Principal Bruce T. Sherwood in charge.
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Lebanon Springs
N.Y
Stonehenge
Grand Canyon
Joseph Hooper
Town Hall
New Lebanon
Central School
Bruce T. Sherwood
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Claudia Stulz
William Homestead
National Association of Mathematics Teachers
PTA
Nora Moran
Bradley Ost
Michelle Yamin
Richard York
Jayne Church
Peter Conklin
Joan Curtiss
George Querly
Priscilla Winters
Francis DeCapita
Josten Keys
Linda Smith
Francis de Capita
Roberta Pomeroy
Sands Memorial
Gina Dee Lawin
Sarah Howe
Janet Robertson
Linda Durfee
Jacquelyn Works
James Southard
Douglas Reep
Edward Loeber
Thomas B. Wheeler
Osgood Eaton
Richard McPhilomy
James Perry
Valley View Nursing Home Sale in Lenox Washington
Joseph H. Furlong sells Valley View Nursing Home, 137 beds on Route 20, to Gerl-Care Nursing Centers of America for about 1.3 million. Package includes Mapleview Nursing Home. Furlongs’ Mapleview tied to sale. Richard Furlong to remain manager. Dr. Sidney Nathans of Geri-Care cites rapid bed expansion and operations. Mortgage of 730000 from First Agricultural National Bank reported. Valley View built 1965, Mapleview remodeled 1963, both Medicare certified.
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LENOX
Joseph H. Furlong
Becket Today
Valley View
Gerl-Care Nursing Centers of America
Furlong
Fiurlongs
Mapleview
Washington
Richard Furlong
Sidney Nathans
Springfield
Geri-Care
Nathans
East
Selwyn Atherton
First Agricultural National Bank
Pittsfield
Miss Joline To Attend Cedar Crest College
New Lebanon New York Miss Joline Helen Pendleton Joline daughter of Mr and Mrs John I Joline plans Cedar Crest College Allentown Pennsylvania in September. At Miss Hall’s School Pittsfield she sang with the Glee Club and Grace Notes and captained the Gold Team while serving on the Key hospitality committee.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Miss Hall
Pittsfield
Helen Pendleton Joline
John I. Joline
Darrow School
Hinsdale 8th Gradexs To Graduate
Hinsdale Kittredge School's 8th grade holds graduation exercises Thursday at 7:30 PM at the school. The class toured Bastion with a Freedom Trail walk visiting the Old Statehouse Old North Church and Faneuil Hall. Accompanying the class were Principal Cornelius F. Sharron and teachers Mrs. Howard A. Terry and Mrs. Stephen F. Gailok. Conservation Commission meets tonight at 7 at the Clair Bradley home on Jericho Road to finish demolishing a barn started last week.
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Hinsdale — Kittredge
Bastion
Freedom Trail
Old Statehouse
Old North Church
Faneuil Hall
Cornelius F. Sharron
Howard A. Terry
Stephen F. Gailok
Conservation Commission
Clair Bradley
Jericho Road
Becket parish planning committee schedules events
Becket parish planning committee chaired by Erwin Levemoch met at the Federated Church parish house Friday to plan a Saturday smorgasbord 5:30 to 7 p.m. An art exhibit is set for July 18–20 and a flea market on Aug. 9. Service Night will be observed tonight at 8 at the Maple Street Grange. An eighth grade graduation event will be held in the Hall. Mrs. Laurence LaRoch will be in charge Tuesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments are arranged by Mr and Mrs. Edwin T. Cooper and Mrs. Evelyn Pandell.
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Becket
Erwin Levemoch
Federated Church
Maple Street Grange
Exers Hall
Laurence LaRoch
Ise
Edwin T. Cooper
Evelyn Pandell
Stephentown Grievance Day Scheduled Tomorrow
Stephentown New York announces grievance day for complaints about assessments will be Tuesday from 5 to 9 pm at Town Hall. The Town Clerk Betty Olson’s office will display assessment rolls. A previous report stating Wednesday was incorrect.
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Stephentown
Pam
Betty Olson
Water Floods Home in Stephentown After Flooding
Mrs. Rachel Williams on Route 43 in Stephentown reports her home flooded by about 4 to 4 feet of water due to highway work and poor drainage by Petricca Construction Co. and the state Department of Transportation. Stephentown Fire Department pumped water for about five hours. furnace clothing furniture and a freezer full of food ruined. electricity gas and water shut off. Damages expected to run into several thousand dollars.
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Stephentown
Wny
Rachel Williams
New York-Massachusetts Line
Petricca Construction Co
Pittsfield
State Department of Transportation
Memorial paintings finished for Mark Dickinson tribute
Mrs. Mimi L. MacDonald, Tug End ski school murals fund chair, announced the Mark Dickinson memorial paintings finished and installed at Vairview Hospital in Great Barrington. Only half the cost has been paid and residents are urged to donate to cover the rest. Three murals by Sheldon Fink of Alford depict Bush Bish Falls, a Berkshire boulder, and a country tree, framed by children and animals, in the hospital main lobby.
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Alford
Bush Bish Falls
Berkshire
Hospital
Garden Club Flags Show on June 25 at Egremont church
Egremont Garden Club will hold a flag show and luncheon on Wednesday June 25 at the South Egremont Congregational Church parlor. Exhibits must be in place by 10:30 a.m. judging runs 10:30 to 2 p.m. Public hours 2 to 4 p.m. Chairman is Mrs R Curt Hasenclever with assistants Mrs Ellwood Burdsall and Mrs Edward Storey. Horticulture chairmen are Mrs John R DeBevaise and Miss Frye Campbell. Tamcheon hostesses are five officers and luncheon served at 12:30 p.m. for members and guests.
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Egremont
John R. DeBevaise
Frye Campbell
Tamcheon
Charles C. Gillette
Robert W. Brunner
DeBevoise
Janes Chase
Lanesboro Weekly rubbish removed by Gen Adv
Gen Adv reports rubbish removal in Lanesboro under the weekly notice. Contact 443-9717 for details.
Lenox Dale Rosary Altar Society Meeting Planned
Lenox Dale St. Vincent de Paul Rosary Altar Society will meet Wednesday with Benediction and the Rosary at 7 30 p m followed by the meeting in the rectory basement All parishioners are invited Plans for the bazaar Aug 19 will be discussed
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St. Vincent de Paul Rosary Altar Society
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