Lanesboro Bicentennial Observance Ends Tomorrow
Forty participants competed in Alberts board contest with Bob Burke of WBRK as master of ceremonies. Winners include John Bolotin Sr. for goatee and Norman Greenleaf for fanciest beard. judges were Otto Fasce Joseph Levecca and Miss Jean Bernardo. A giant parade and bicentennial pageant proceed tomorrow with 100 performers touring Lanesboro’s 1765 to 1963 progress.
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Lanesboro
Brothers of the Brush
Alberts
Bob Burke
WBRK
John Bolotin Sr
Ken Stizer
John Herzig
Norman Greenleaf
Jim Roughley
Clayton Bradley
Side Burns
Dick Robinson
Abe Lincoln
Raymond Hatch
Ronald MacWhinnie
Edward Clairmont
Short Beard
Charles Carrow
Otto Fasce
Joseph Levecca
Jean Bernardo
Bradley Chase
Brodie Mountain Lodge
William Prendergast
Frederick Marcaux
Costumed Kiddie Parade Draws 100 Youngsters in Laneboro
One hundred children and over 100 parents watched a Kiddie and Pet parade. Eight prizes were awarded across four categories with winners including David Allen Dean as Uncle Sam and Ann and Theresa Burkhardt for Lola the lion tamer and her cats. Each participant received wooden nickels and free admission to the Coleman Bros. show. George St Pierre chaired the event as William Nesbit led the parade on a calliope.
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Lanesboro
David Allen Dean
Uncle Sam
Edward Chayer
Daniel Boone
Ann
Theresa Burkhardt
Lola
Christopher Noel
Lynn Schreyack
Robert White
George Washington
Marie White
Gail Andrew
Coleman Bros
George St. Pierre
William Nesbit
Infants Burial Section Created at Ashuelot Cemetery
Crane & Co purchases a 75 foot square rear Ashuelot Street Cemetery area set aside for burials of children under one year. Dalton cemeteries are public and offer free lots to residents. trustees restrict lots to families whose first death is not an infant. A new infant plot features a Bartlett-Wellington Funeral Home stone, erected by George White with Rev. Patrick Finleon’s inscription design.
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Dalton
Ashuelot Street
Crane & Co
Bartlett-Wellington Funeral Home
George White
Patrick Finleon
Fairview Cemetery
Foley Funeral Home
Anna M. Cowlin
Ashuelot St
Dalton Strikers Buy Tickets for Jimmy Fund Night
Dalton Strikers at the E. D. Jones plant spent 100 dollars on tickets for Town of Dalton Night at Wahconah Park Pittsfield Tuesday. The doubleheader between Pittsfield Red Sox and Springfield Giants benefits the Jimmy Fund. Officers Van Deusen and Stevens sold tickets at the Wahconah gate. remaining tickets available via the Police Department.
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Dalton — Strikers
E. D. Jones
Police Department
Babe Ruth League All Stars Named in Dalton
Dalton Babe Ruth League selects an all star team for the area tournament starting July. First practice is Saturday at 1 at Pine Grove Park followed by a 2 30 Sunday game against a league alumni team. Players listed include Thomas Reynolds Wayne Arnold Alien Streeter David Riddell Charles Bills Gary Campbell Dennis O Keefe Francis Majchrowski Paul Archambault Thomas Mawhinney David Biggart Mike Stephenson Richard Bauerband David Miners Allan Joyner and more. Don's Market advertises 5000 TV stamps via coupons.
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Dalton
Dalton Babe Ruth League
Pine Grove Park
Pine Grove
Thomas Reynolds
Wayne Arnold
Alien Streeter
American Legion
David Riddell
Charles Bills
Gary Campbell
Crane & Co
Dennis O’keefe
Francis Majchrowski
L. P. Adams Co
Paul Archambault
Thomas Mawhinney
Byron-Weston Co
David Biggart
Mike Stephenson
Richard Bauerband
Dalton Garage
Mike Miners
Allan Joyner
Lenox
Two Hinsdale Children Found With Eye Defects
Hinsdale Lions Club reports two of ten children examined had defective vision. At this week’s meeting the club distributed adult tickets for the Mills Brothers Circus on August 4. An open house at the renovated Youth Center is set for July 11, and the annual donkey baseball game was announced.
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Hinsdale
Lions Club
Lions
Mills Brothers Circus
Restrictions Set Up in Water District
DALTON The Fire District has issued water restrictions similar to those in effect at Greenridge Park. Within the district residents may use hand held hoses from 7 to 9 every other night odd numbered houses on odd dates on the calendar and even numbered houses on even dates. At Greenridge officials have added a further restriction no pools of any kind may be filled.
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Dalton
Greenridge Park
Greenridge
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the Berkshire Country Day School
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New England
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Lars Cone
Roucca
St. Luke’s Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Luke's
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Jimmy Fund
Babe Ruth
All Stars
Don’s Market
Adv
Katherine Kirchner
New Deal Lifetime Homes
Lifetime Homes
Lifetime
Berkshire Eagle
New Holland
Crane Ave
Goyette Bros., Inc
Deitr
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Hera
Frigidaire Refrigerator
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West St
Pittsfield
Franklin St
Lee
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