Family tunes unite at Pittsfield Pops concert
A Pittsfield Community Music School program highlights family involvement with Daria and Theda Politis performing on French horn and piano under their father and mother. The school enrollment runs 210 to 225 with lessons in piano orchestral instruments and voice, plus theory and history, aiming at premier music colleges. The annual Pops gala on the lawn marks year end while many parents join Friends of the Music School committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daria
Theda Politis
Alexander Politis
Politis
Darla
Pittsfield
Harold Currier
Curriers
Hutchings
Mary
Sara
George Fulginiti
James
Malcolm Knott
Geo
Peter
Pops
Leonard van Dem Hoaert
Lawrence D. Burkinshaw
Laurel
Friends of the Music School
Eastman
Oberlin
New England Conservatory
Francis Spind
Amherst
Peter Spina
PHS
Early Soap Making Evolves From Kitchen Waste to Flake Form
The article traces soap making from thrifty colonial housewives using waste grease to modern processes producing soluble flakes and granules. It notes shifts from soft soap to solid bars, standardized sizing for retail, and shaving or grating for easier dissolution. Difficulties with hard water causing insoluble curd are highlighted, leading to new forms developed in recent decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
América
Devel
Evolution of detergents and terms from LAS based softeners
The article outlines 1965 LAS based soft detergents designed to biodegrade after use, aiming to curb water pollution while preserving cleansing power. It defines terms such as bluing brighteners optical brighteners fabric softener nigh sudsing and low sudsing and explains usage guidance for consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fit
High Bonnets brings gourmet croft to Stockbridge gift shop
Copake Falls and Hillsdale women launch High Bonnets offering ready to order delights at Red Lion Inn Gift Shop Stockbridge. Their lineup includes miniature pizzas, piroshki, pate maison, breads and fruit pastries with weekly specials cooled for peak serving. West Stockbridge forms Associates to beautify Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copake Falls
Hillsdale
N.Y
Red Lion Inn
Stockbridge
Susan Malevsky- Malevitch
St. Johns
Pate Maison
High Bonnet
Peter Malevsky - Malevitch
Sergei
Count Stroganoff
Boeuf Stroganoff
Mrs. Malevsky - Malevitch
West Stockbridge
West
Women's
Dana L. Baldwin
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eric F. Joslin
Allan Klein
Robert Korte
Roland Mintz
Paul P. Skorput
A. H
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Margaret
Wills Flowers
Pops Orchestra
Wills
Hagenguth
Ballet Arts Company
Raum
Sally Holroyd
Music School
Miss Holroyd
Berkshire Homemaker
The
Cleanliness Bureau of the
Soap and Detergent Association
Hamburg
Pat Sandler
Elise Farar
South St
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