Bank Signs Agreements For Adjacent Property Expansion Plan
Great Barrington Savings Bank will acquire land and buildings adjoining its northern boundary from Dr. and Mrs. Albert Chesanow and from Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cobb of Castle Hill. The L shaped site will provide parking and space for future expansion with demolition of the Chesanow and Cobb houses planned this summer. The center lot will host the bank facing Main Street and an Elm Street entrance, with a Miller apartment office building on Elm. The move follows steady growth since 1951 increasing assets from 8.7 million to over 25 million and accounts from 7500 to 12500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Peter I. Adams
The
Great Barrington Savings Bank
Albert Chesanow
Adams
Hubert Cobb
Castle Hill
Cobbs
Elm Street
Cobb
Chesanow
Bank
Main
Elm Streets
Main Street
Elm
Br. Wilfrid J. Miller
Taconic
Housatonic Co-operative Bank
Searles Students Attend Seminar at Mount Everett High
Five juniors and one senior from Searles High School will attend the tri state science seminar tomorrow at Mount Everett Regional High School. Participants include Ben J Inett Raifstanger Sandra Barbi eri Barbara Murah Carole Babinski and Alice Martin and Bruce Stevens. The event is sponsored by the Joint Engineers Council for science education of the Massachusetts Society of Professional Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Searles High School
Mount Everett Regional High School
Ben J
Inett Raifstanger
Sandra Barbieri
Barbara Murah
Carole Babinski
Alice Martin
Bruce Stevens
Joint Engineers Council For Science Education
Massachusetts Society of Profesional Engineers
Lawyer Buys Gallway House And 30 Acres
GREAT BARRINGTON Wheeler and Taylor and Ashley Falls Realty announce sale of part of the Arthur Gallway property at Alford and Great Barrington to Atty. Herbert Prashker of New York for about 25000 dollars. Included are acres of land and a 13 room Colonial house built in 1800 by Zachariah Fairchild with a Front room wedding to poet William Cullen Bryant. Prashker plans extensive alterations for year round occupancy while Gallway retains 26 acres of open field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Wheeler & Taylor, Inc
Ashley Falls Realty
Arthur Gallway
Alford
Herbert Prashker
New York
Registry of Deeds
Zachariah Fairchild
Fanny
William Cullen Bryant
Prashker
Gallway
Supt Gallagher Tours Ware High School Visit
Supt Wilfred M Gallagher spent Monday in Ware observing an evaluation of the new Ware High School by the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He toured the 500-student building and arranged a similar tour for Stockbridge School Building Committee members. Massachusetts high schools undergo a 10 year evaluation, with Stockbridge facilities due for study in 1965 as a possible new high school prepares for completion. He noted the local teaching staff would begin an assessment of existing facilities soon.
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Stockbridge
Wilfred M. Gallagher
Ware
Gallagher
Area Residents Lecture at Williams High
Several Williams High School students heard lectures in the junior American History class and the senior economics class. Speakers included Robert H. Minkler local selectman on Town and County and Political Organization Meredith A Read on The Origin of the Population of the North American Continent Norman Rockwell on Contemporary Art and Social and Political Conditions in Russia and Ethiopia Rockwell also spoke to the economics class Wayne Kirklin and Douglas KR Hall discussed the Federal Reserve System Henry T Dunker spoke on Interest Rates and Their Role in the American Economy A lecture on the Business Cycle by James F McKenna of the American Institute of Economic Research is planned for later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Kirklin
Douglas KR. Hall
Federal Reserve System
Henry T. Dunker
James F. McKenna
American Institute of Economic Research
Great Barrington
Movie Timetable County Theaters in the Berkshires
Mahaiwe Great Barrington shows Seven Days in May at 6:30. Paramount North Adams presents Love With the Proper Stranger at 1:05, 4:50, 8:50, All the Way Home at 3:15, 7:05. Mohawk North Adams features Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze at 6:00, 8:50 and Tarzan's Three Challenges at 7:15. Adams screens The Misadventures of Merlin Jones at 8:55 and Condemned of Altona at 9:00.
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Mahaiwe
Great Barrington
Paramount
North Adams
Mohawk
Tarzan
Adams
Merlin Jones
Altona
Springfield Dean to Be Speaker at St Pauls Church
The Very Rev Merritt Williams dean of Christ Church Cathedral Springfield will lead morning prayer and a sermon at St Pauls Church Sunday. He came to Springfield 15 years ago from the Washington Cathedral where he was canon for eight years. Williams served as chaplain in the U S Navy Reserve in World War II aboard the carrier Wasp which was torpedoed and sunk. The Rev Timothy Cogan will celebrate Holy Communion. The Rev G Douglas Krumbhaar will conduct morning services at the cathedral. Junior choir rehearsal at 9 15 am and senior choir at 11 45 am for Eastern music. Final Life of St Paul film shown at 10 30 am for children. Church school Sunday at 3 30 pm. Inquirers class Tuesday at 8 pm.
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Stockbridge
Merritt Williams
Christ Church Cathedral
Springfield
St. Paul's Church
Dean Williams
Washington
D.C
U.S. Naval Reserve
Wasp
Timothy Cogan
Lenox School
the & Am
G. Douglas Krumbhaar
St. Paul's
Lenten Study Tonight In Stockbridge Church
STOCKBRIDGE The First Congregational Church Lenten study group meets tonight at 7 34 at the manse. Church school and babysitting run at usual Sunday hours. The Rev Nehemiah Boynton will preach at 11 a m service of worship. The John Sergeant Society gathers Sunday at 2 30 at Benjamins Pharmacy for a rally at Cornwall Academy Great Barrington. Mr Boynton will preach at 7 p m at the Interlaken Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
First Congregational Church
Nehemiah Boyntoni
John Sergeant
Egremont Names Red Cross Fund Drive Captains
Mrs. Walter N. Borg chairs the drive with Mrs. Seward Doty as vice chair. South Egremont captains include Mrs. Warren Candee and others, North Egremont selects Mina Brewer and several community members. Mail contributions are accepted by Mrs. D. W. Van Bremen.
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Egremont
Red Cross Fund
Walter N. Borg
Seward Doty
South Egremont
Warren Candee
A.T. Borg
Bradford Durfee
Fred Glanville
Eric Haupt
Clement Hill
George Kinzie
Donald Kuntz
George Mielke
Robert I. Moran
Richard Rawling
NYC Boys To Be Tried For Murder
Two 16 year old New York City boys will face a first degree murder trial in Hudson on charges of stabbing a 69 year old woman during an alleged robbery. Defense sought Hudson venue to avoid NYC TV coverage bias. The stabbing occurred March 3, 1963. Defendants Paul Martin and Nathan Giles will be transported by county sheriff and housed in Columbia County Jail. All trial costs, including housing, will be paid by New York County. A new state law limits the death penalty for 16 year olds on first degree murder charges.
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Hudson
N.Y
New York City
William F. Christiana
New York
Dewey A. Lawrence
Columbia County
New York County
Paul Martin
Nathan Giles
National Merit Test At New Lebanon Central School
About 30 students from New Lebanon Central School will take the 1984 National Merit Scholarship qualifying test tomorrow at 9 a.m. The three hour exam starts the process for scholarships to be awarded in 1965 by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. New Lebanon hosts Upper Hudson Valley District Junior Historians meeting at 10 a.m. with a business session. Lunch follows, then dancing and swimming, plus ping-pong and bingo for non swimmers. Meeting adjourns at 3. Mrs. Fleming-Helleskav, chairing a fundraiser, announced oven cleaner and degreaser sales for the school band uniform fund are available at Paul’s Store, DeWaal’s Store in East Nassau, and at New Lebanon Super Market. Households in the district also sell the product. John Van Vorst, senior at Williams College, has been named to the dean’s list. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Van Vorst of Darrow School and majors in philosophy.
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Lebanon Springs
N. Y
New Lebanon Central School
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Hudson Valley
Fleming — Helleskav
Paul's
DeWaal's
East Nassau
New Lebanon
John van Vorst
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
John A. van Vorst
Darrow School
All-Stars Meet Housatonic in West Stockbridge Friday
The Stockbridge West Stockbridge senior all stars host Housatonic at 7:30 p.m. in the local school gym. Proceeds fund Stockbridge West Stockbridge’s participation in the Greater Hartford basketball tournament on March 21.
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West Stockbridge
Stockbridge - West Stockbridge Basketball League
Stockbridge- West Stockbridge
Greater Hartford
Quickmire to Present The Web of Life at Library
J Stanley Quickmire director of the Sharon Audubon Center will show a two part film The Web of Life Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Scoville Memorial Library auditorium. Part one The Strand Grows traces fossil plant and animal life. part two The Strand Breaks depicts nature imbalance caused largely by humans. Mrs Roy Gerken Huntsville chairs the conservation program. area residents are invited.
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Roy Gerken
Huntsville
Hotchkiss To Give Play in French at Lakeville
Hotchkiss students from the Al lance Francaise group will stage Moliere’s Le Medecin Maegre Lui in French Sunday at 8:50 in the school storium. The public is invited. Mrs Frank Kobiski has returned home from St Francis Hospital Hartford where she was a surgical patient.
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Hotchkiss
Canaan
Conn
Moliere’s
Allance Francaise
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Frank Kobiiski
Prospect Street
St. Francis Hospital
Hartford
Firehouse Frolic Minstrel Show at Town Hall
Richmond Grange sponsors a Firehouse Frolic Minstrel Show at the Town Hall Saturday at 8. The Firebelles of Stephentown New York will perform. Candy and popcorn will be for sale and tickets are available at the door.
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Richmond Grange
Stephentown
N.Y
Chester Cemeteries Relocated for New Littleville Dam
Army Corps of Engineers seeks bids around April 1 to move two Chester cemeteries Eastman and Fisk and establish a new cemetery 144 miles southeast of Bromley Road East River Road intersection. Relocation to take 2-3 months after June 15 with local liaison and records officer to oversee the transfer.
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Chester
Army Corps of Engineers
Littleville
Eastman
Fisk
North Chester
Westfield
Huntington
Bromley Road
East River Road
Waer
Eastman Ceme
Army
Corps of Engineers
Clifford Boyer
Joseph Jolly
William R. Morrissey
Army Engineers
Lenox volunteers plan Red Cross Fund Drive
Sunday canvass in Lenox will raise funds with drive chairman W. Hewitt Clifford. Eight section captains include Mrs. James F. McKenney and Miss Frances T. Martin. Clifford, a Lenox native, heads local banks, clubs, and civic groups and lives at 48 Cliffwood Street.
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LENOX
Red Cross
W. Hewitt Clifford
James F. McKenney
Frances T. Martin
Frederick 2. Rooke
Julian D. Fuore
Theresa A. Jordan
David I. Buchman
Elvin Co. Hoff
Roberta Hollingsworth
Clifford
Lenox National Bank
Lenox Savings Bank
Clifford Co
Clifford Fuel & Lumber Co
George Dare Appointed Head of Pest Control
Lenox officials appoint George L. Darey as superintendent of insect pest control. He will coordinate with the state Gypsy moth spraying program and designate no-spray areas near open water or where animals are present. The board also approved Leo E. Mahoney for Civil Defense director succeeding J Porter Kimball.
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LENOX
George L. Darey
Lenox Board of Selectmen
Darey
Leo E. Mahoney
Kemble Street
Civil Defense
Board of Selectmen
J. Porter Kimball
Crebs To Seek CPA License At Hartford Institute
Lenox High School announces Edmund W. Crebs will enter the Hartford Institute of Accounting in Hartford Conn next fall after graduating this June. He has worked in the work-study program and at Lenox Machine Co. in Lenox Dale. The item also notes a church service at St. Helena's Chapel New Lenox with speaker Prescott Beach.
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Lenox
Lenox High School
Edmund W. Crebs
George Lane
Elim St. Lenox Date
Hartford Institute of Accounting
Hartford
Legion Post St Patrick’s Dance Planned in Lenox Dale
Lenox McCar Nell Post 274 American Legion will host its annual St Patrick’s party at Eldorado Inn Lenox Dale Tuesday A buffet supper runs 6 30 to 7 30 with dancing from 9 to 1 Jack Naventi orchestra will perform Tickets available at the door or through Legion members Also in Lenox a recollection afternoon sponsored by the Nosary Society of Lenox at 1 36 pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Friends invited Members to notify captains Cochairmen Mrs Edward Roche and Mrs George Walsh Lenox High School guidance office administered National Merit Scholarship exams to 20 local students in the first round of qualifying tests for finals Lenox menus omit errors list Shepherd’s pie Monday chef’s salad cookies Roast turkey Tuesday Gregory’s Food Mart ad correction small eggs 2 dozen 7c Joe’s Grill pizza tonight marked Ady ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Post
St. Patrick’s
Lenox
McCar Nell Post 274
American Legion
Eldorado Inn
Lenox Dale
Jack Naventi
Legion
Atu Ains Nosary Society of
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Friends of the Society
Cochairmen
Edward Roche
George Walsh
Lenox High School
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Cassius Clay
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St. James’ Parish Hall
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Pittsfield
Bel Air Sport
Chevrolet
F.¥. Spaulding
Sons
State Road
Gt. Barrington
Gallway House
Fairview
Harold Beattie
Lake Buel Road
Peter Naylor
Seakonk Crossroad
John Palmer
Mill River
Richard 2Ucco
Ghent
William Paul
Housatonic
St. James
Paris
Cynthia Crane
Montgomery Crane
Golden Age Club
GE Pensioners
Alexander Relisle
Supt
Ware ‘High
Theodore
Pines Nursing Home
Rubin
Tel
Lee
Fiona Gangell
Mary E. McCormick
Jane McCormick
Mary McCormick
Gangell
Wine Cellar
MES
Ann Shanahan
Williams High
Lebanon Valley
Clifford M. Frambach
Tel Leb
Spgs
Nyc
NEICS
Cornelia Ereeter
Colfax
All-Stars
FORD
All Creanay
Mahaive Motors, Inc
THUN
Canaan, Conn
Web of Life
Richmond
Red Cross Drive
Lehigh University
Columbia University
U.S. Army Ambulance Corps
Kiwanis Club
Lenox Civic Association
Fire Department
Stockbridge Golf Club
Cliffwood St
George Dare
Crebs
CPA
Pra Vet Ac
Anemaey
Prescott Beach
St. Helena’s Chapel
New Lenox
Mle
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Gregory's Food Mart
Joe's Grill
Loeb
Teres, Hae
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