Obituary highlights of H S Babbitt Jr and local deaths
Long obituary listing H S Babbitt Jr a renowned Avon area photographer detailing his career from Lenox Studio to Consolidated Enterprises and the Lenox Camera Shop plus wartime service. The notice covers survivors and a memorial for Mrs Gertrude Gibson and multiple funeral notices across Berkshire County including Vera Sears and John Clemett with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Railroad
Lenox
General Electric
Consolidated Enterprises
Fenn St
H. Kendall van Blarcom
Avon
Combustion Engineering, Inc
Windsor
Conn
Babbitt
Louise McEachron
Earl B. McEachron
Gale Ave
Mr. McEachron
Howard
Dawes Ave
Howard I
William David
Pally Ann
Purdue University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gertrude Gibson
Newton & Barnfather
Edward ©. Sahin
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Kisselbrock dies. longtime National Biscuit Co. salesman
Harry Gordon Kisselbrock, 71, of North Egremont died last night at Pittsfield General Hospital. Born June 24, 1884, he was a son of Peter and Jennie Snyder Kisselbrock. He worked 38 years for National Biscuit Co. of Philadelphia, retiring in 1956. Survived by sister Mrs. Florence Bavier of Pittsfield, brother George Kisselbrock of Pittsfield, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday at 2 at Birches Funeral Home, Great Barrington, Rev. James S. Chase officiating. Burial in Mahai ne Cemetery, Great Barrington. There are no calling hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Clemett
Richmond
Dery
St. Patrick’s Church
West Stockbridge
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Clemett
West End Sheet Metal Co
Charles Riegelman
St. Patrick's Church
Pittsfield
Harry G. Kisselbrock
North Egremont
Harry Gordon Kisselbrock
Pittsfield General Hospital
Peter and
Jennie Snyder Kisselbrock
National Biscuit Co
Philadelphia
Florence Bavier
North St
George Kisselbrock
Cliff Ave
Birches Funeral Home
Great Barrington
James 5. Chase
Egremont
Mahaine
Stockbridge Garage Auction Draws About 200 Attendees
Stockbridge Motors hosted a public auction drawing roughly 200 mechanics and dealers for the stock and contents of the former Oldsmobile garage. The garage and land were sold to Atty. Donald J. Shaker and Mrs. Adell Dellea from Santino and Guy I. Dellea. School buses remained with the Dellea brothers who keep the stock contracts for Stockbridge schools. Most cars, tools, and equipment sold. Oldsmobile franchise has been surrendered and rental options for the land are under review. A restaurant use is not planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Stockbridge Motors, Inc
Oldsmobile
Donald J. Shaker
Adell Dellea
Santino
Guy I. Dellea
Dellea Brothers
Shaker
Lenox House
Becket selects Daigle as chairman and Pal mer clerk
The Becket selectmen elected Roland A. Daigle as chairman and Albert R. Palmer as clerk with Peter L. Trudeau as the third member. They named William E. Frisbie road superintendent and veterans’ agent George Wechter fire chief Hubert Salvini and related posts including civil defense chair Salvini wire inspector Renaldi animal inspector Milan Morse fence viewers Morse and Robinson moth superintendent Bowen dog officer Leo Adams park commissioner Frank Lockwood chief of police Charles D. Rice and a slate of special police officers and recreation committee members with weekly Friday meetings at 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bowen
Leo Adams
Frank Lockwood
Charles D. Rice
Frisbie
Morse
Alton Davis
Christopher C. Rocke
Francis Lane
Harald Deane
Kenneth Gillette
Rocke
Ernest Lampre
Gillette
John Young
Russell Morey
Washington Street
Kennedy Arts Center Receives 5 Million Grant
The Ford Foundation delivered a 5 million dollar grant to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, aiding its two to one matching requirement for a federal fund. The Center must raise about 1 million by June 38 to secure a 15.5 million federal appropriation. Groundbreaking was Dec 2, 1964, by President Johnson, with construction to start this summer and completion set for early 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy Arts Center
Washington, D.C
The
Ford Foundation
Roger L. Stevenis
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Jean Kennedy Smith
Johnson
Cheshire Advisory Board elects leaders for square dance
Wednesday elected Eugene Gebarowski as chairman and Joseph Zarek as secretary. Other members are Walter Bator, William Sample, Hollis Nuttall and Edward Betit. A covered dish supper in Cheshire School cafeteria Saturday night precedes a square dance diploma candidates graduate later in the evening. Ward Hamlen of Cummington will call the dance in the gym from 8 to 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Gebarowski
Joseph Zarek
Walter Bator
William Sample
Hollis Nuttall
Edward Betit
Cheshire School
Ward Hamlen
Cummington
Williams College to name four dorms after alumni
Williams College will name the four new Greylock Corner residences after alumni. The William Cullen Bryant House Mark Hopkins House Franklin Carter House and Washington Gladden House honor a poet a college president a Williams president and a minister respectively. A dining hall may be named Greylack as part of the 2.7 million project amid an 11.3 million drive progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Williams College
Greylock Corner
William Cullen Bryant
Mark Hopkins
Franklin Carter
Washington Gladden
Greylack
Architects Collaborative of
Cambridge
Williams
New York Evening Post
Christian Churches
Mrs JFK to Attend British Memorial Dedication
Mrs John F Kennedy will fly to England for the May 14 dedication of a memorial to the late president by Queen Elizabeth. The monument at Runnymede near London commemorates the Magna Carta signed in 1215.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John F. Kennedy
England
Queen Elizabeth
State Department
Runnymede
London
Kenneth Wade Named Naturalist of the Month at Berkshire Museum
Kenneth Wade an 11 year old sixth grader at Dawes School was named naturalist of the month by the Junior Naturalists Club at the Berkshire Museum. Paul Decelles club president presented the award. Wade joined the club in February and has earned more than 700 points for answering questions on the science exhibits and attending meetings. The museum junior department serves area students in grades three through eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Wade
Dawes School
Naturalists’ Club
Berkshire Museum
Paul Decelles
Kenneth
Norman Wade
Emerson Ave
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. S. Babbitt Jr
Babbitt Dy
West Avon Road
Xerox Corp
Rochester
N.Y
Connecticut
School of Modern Photography
New York
Eagle
Army Signal Corps
Lenox Studio
Babbitt, H. S. Jr
Mrs. E. Steuierwald
Elizabeth Steuerwald
Rathban Rest Home
Flatbrook
Eagar A. Sipperly
Whitlier Ave
Austertitz
Steuerwald
Columbia County
Clarence Steuerwald
Ghent
Austerlitz
Ghent Lutheran Church
Sipperly
Harold Dexheimer
Harlemville N.Y
Benjamin
Chatham
Anna Wamback
Emory Moyer
Sprakers
Arnold
Frank Wamback
J. A. French
Funeral Home
Sidney Sears
East Windsor
Vera Sears
Goshen
Cooley - Dickinson Hospital
Northampton
Donald Tirrell
Ashfield
Sears
Craig Mason
Worthington
Sidney Sears Jr
Richard Taylor
Smith Funeral Home
Shelburne Falls
Goshen Church
John Martin
John H. Martin
Springside Nursing Home
Berkshire County
Eaton Paper Corp
Jack
Red Cross
West Pittsfield
Pittsfield High School
St. Joseph’s Church
Raymond B. Kavey
Margaret Ann Kilfoil
Dery Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Monroe J. Mottor
Wellington
Alexander RR. Dooly
Alexander R. Dooly
Wellington Funeral
Robert B. Daggett
Monterey
William E. Barton
Otis Congregational Church
Robert M. Fowle
East Otis Chapel
Otis Cemetery
Kelly Funeral
Lee
Babbitt Jr
Pittsfield Milk Exchange
ALL Star Dairies
Barrington
Becket
Whee
Cedriti
Goldberg
W. T. Grant CO
North Street
Hecn
Cheshire
Russel Horton
Adams
New Williams
Mrs. Jfk
Wilkinson Razor Blades
Butch Boy
Pittsfield Supply
S&h
Zayre
Dalton Ave
Kenneth ‘Wade
Lumber Yard
Suecre
Girl Scouts
Corner Center
Church Streets
Melton
Pacific
Canoe
BIG Chief Bear Paw Snow Shoes
Coleman Camp
Adams 5
Hoosac ST
Adams, Mass
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