Mount Washington Tops Berkshire Red Cross Drive
Mount Washington becomes the first Berkshire town to exceed its Red Cross goal, contributing 181 toward a 175 target. Campaign chair George E. Chandler reported countywide progress as Lenox moved 464 of 2,250 and Hinsdale reached 140 of 325, with further canvassing planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Washington
Red Cross
Berkshire County
George E. Chandler
Pittsfield
Harry Garrett
Chandler
Berkshire
Wendell Ave
Stephen ©. Leonard
George Tinney
Cheshire
ARC
Ohio River Valley
Lenox
Hinsdale
Bookmobile Schedule for Coming Week at Berkshire Athenaeum
The Berkshire Athenaeum announces the city bookmobile routes for the coming week with daily stops across multiple streets and schools. Readouts list times from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at locations including Williams School, Montoga Street, and various residential addresses, concluding with Frazier's Store on Hancock Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Athenaeum
Tor Court
Eleanor Road
Roberta Road
Briggs School
Melbourne Avenue
McArthur St
Garden St
Acorn St
Onota St
Westchester Avenue
Pontogsue
Poenteosue
Cromwell Ave
Mohawk Street
Wahconah Heights
Richmond Avenue
Imperial Avenue
Dutchess Avenue
Williamsburg Terrace
Greenwich Street
Meadowview Drive
Williams School
Sampson Parkway
Pine Grove Drive
Anita Drive
Williams St
Russell
Frazier’s
Hancock Road
Frazier's
Council Approves Two Claims In Bicycle Accident Case
The Claims and Licenses Committee of the City Council approved two payments totaling 809 for injuries from a bicycle accident on Ann Drive last year. Edward D. Zink and Robert H. Wyatt were awarded 599 and 210 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D.zink
Darlene Ave
Ann Drive
Robert H. Wyatt
Pomeroy Avye
Jerrold Heide
Louis Monroe
A. Gladys Indjian
Rose Cardinale
Edward Deser
Albert Ben Crateau
Barbara Fickling
Thomas Sedgwick
Charles Boyd
Edward Dodge
David Wesley
Edmund Mercury
Paul Venti
John F. Meinerney
Police Briefs: Discover Doors in Woolworth Building
Officer Donald A Bailey reported finding Jimmy marks on five office doors in the Woolworth Building on North Street. Detectives said no entry was made to any of the offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Bailey
Jimmy Marks
Woolworth
North Street
Construction Criticism Shifts To Crosby Junior High
Crosby Junior High School work draws fire from Councilman Roy F Brown over deficiencies. School Committee Chairman John J Quinn, also Crosby Building Commission head, says letter from Mayor Dillon was referred for study and did not mention it at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Quinn
Roy F. Brown
Crosby
Quinn
Dillon
Crosby Building Commission
The
Building Commission
South Church Men To See Travel Film At Meeting Sunday
South Church Brotherhood plans a Sunday 8 p.m. meeting in Barrett Hall for its March session. Col John D Craig, a motion picture producer focusing on adventurous locales, will present Over and under the Caribbean featuring sunken treasure sharks and tropical natives. Members attend free with families. others may join for a nominal fee. Refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Church Brotherhood
Barrett Hall
John D. Craig
Caribbean
Father Champoux to Speak at CYC on Marriage Law
The Rev. Timothy Champoux of St. Vincent de Paul Church Lenox Dale will speak at the pre Cana conference Sunday at 2 PM at the Catholic Youth Center. He will discuss church law about marriage and liturgical aspects of the sacrament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Champous
St. Vincent de Paul
Lenox Dale
Catholic Youth Center
Berkshire Rehabilitation Center to Open in Three Weeks
Dr. Vincent Barnaba announced Pittsfield General Hospital’s Berkshire Rehabilitation Center will likely begin operations in about three weeks. A local National Foundation chapter presented an $8,000 check to fund equipment and a chief therapist salary, marking the foundation’s first national approval for a local facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Barnaba
New
Berkshire Rehabilitation Center
Pittsfield General Hospital
National Foundation
National Organization
United States
Barnaba
Friends of Berkshire Community College Tax-Exempt Status
The Friends of Berkshire Community College have been granted tax-exempt status. Walter J. Campbell, treasurer, announced the IRS approval aided by attorney William F. Henderson and Rep. Silvio Conte. The board will meet Monday in the Bartlett Room at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ of
Berkshire Community College
Walter. J. Campbell
William F. Henderson
Silvio O. Conte
Internal Revenue Service
The
Friends
Bartlett Room
Colliege
Four School Board Members Attend Capital Outlay Meeting
Four School Committee members will attend Supt Reynolds meeting with the Capital Outlay Committee Wednesday night. Reynolds will present preliminary educational specifications for a new 1,425 student high school. The committee postponed discussion of the specs and will study the report. Estimated total cost is 3.4 to 3.6 million dollars with state aid likely around 40 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt. Reynold
Capital
Reynolds
Frank M. Pupo
Thomas F. Kelly
William ©. Harris
Rocco Scullary
James R. Cla
Tutor program aids Berkshire youths through NAACP college volunteers
Berkshire College hosts an experimental tutoring program by NAACP Berkshire County team. Twenty four college students, two alumni, and one nonstudent tutor 27 junior and senior high pupils, offering each child about two hours weekly in Berkshire Community College classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Comunity College
Berkshire County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Donald N. Lathrop
Naacp Education Committee
Jerome Count
Lebanon Springs
N.Y
Williams Colleges
NAACP
Lawrence Caesar
Naacp Youth Council
Pittsfield
Miss Hall's Girls Sing at First Church Sunday
The Glee Club of Miss Hall's School will sing at 10:30 Sunday at First Church of Christ Congregational under Heidi Wagner Mitchell with Lou R. Steigier on piano. They perform Mendelssohn Laudate Pucri Dominum and Lalla Veni Creator Spiritus, then Sarum Primer God Be in My Head, as Rev E Ray Burchell preaches on The Pulpit in a series about The Furnishings in the Household of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Hall
First Church of Christ
Heidi Wagner Mitchell
Lou R. Steigier
Felix Mendelssohn
Edouard Lalla
E. Ray Burchell
First Church
Local Women Hurt in Crash In Pittsfield at East Street and Merrill Road
Two Pittsfield women were treated at St Luke s Hospital after a two car crash at East Street and Merrill Road last night. Mrs Marjorie Hermann 37 of 93 Livingston Ave and passenger Mrs Esther Olson 50 of 3 Clinton Ave were released after treatment. The other car was driven by Richard Bellora of 1229 East St. Police continued investigations today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
St. Luke's Hospital
East Street
Merrill Road
Marjorie Hermann
Livingston Ave
Esther Olson
Clinton Ave
Richard Bellora
East St
IUE Group To Meet On Grievance Issue
A special meeting of major members from the finishing and cleaning groups at GE power transformer department tank shop is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at IUE Local 255 headquarters on Woodlawn Avenue. Arthur J. LaBlue says the 65 employees will receive a report on a grievance involving pay scale reductions and will be informed of a company proposal, details of which were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric Power Transformer
IUE
Woodlawn Avenue
Arthur J. LaBlue
LaBlue
West Coast Experts Back Tramway Plan for Greylock
West Coast executives from Willamette Construction briefly join ski experts in Williams Inn for an executive session on the Mt Greylock tramway. The delegation, led by president Philip Lundstrom, backs a five-tow aerial route with Saddlebail development incidental and ski trails to be kept unobtrusive on the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
Tramway
Greylock
Williamstown
Willamette
Lundstrom Brothers
Willamette Construction Co
Portland
Ore
Mount Greylork
Mt. Greylock
Richard Streeter
Park City
Utah
Nelson Bennette
White Pass
Washington Cascade Mountains
Jack Murphy
Laconia
N.H
Adams
Philip Lundstrom
Lundstrom
Massachusetts
Murphy
Joseph Dragone
Authority
Gov. Peabody
Boston
Druker
Jones Transfers Fitzgerald To Alabama
William J. Fitzgerald of 281 Hollister Street, longtime at FE, D. Jones Corp., moves to the Mobile regional office of Beloit Corp. as assistant chief administrator. Former KH. D. Jones sales aide, designer with M. W. Kellogg in NYC, Union City NJ native, married with four children. Family relocating to Mobile. about 80 Jones employees attended a dinner for him at Green Acres Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Fitzgerald
Hollister St
D. Jones Corp
Mobile
Ala
Jones
Beloit Corp
Fitzgerald
Bennit
KH. D. Jones
Union City
N.J
M. W. Kellogg Co
New York City
Jones Firm
Mr. Fitzgerald
Green Acres
Fire Report at Five Woodside and Plum Street
Fire call log notes 8:40 a.m. water in cellar at 5 Woodside Ave with no fire. Thursday 2:20 p.m. fire in an electric dryer at 135 Plum St. Central fire unit responded and reported no further danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodside Ave
Plum St
Obituaries for Aldrich Crawford Guarda Toupesce and Mrs Catherine
Obituary notices list William P Aldrich Dorothy Crawford Misa, Anthony A Guarda and Mrs Catherine Toupesce with brief death notices and family details. Names appear as prominent local residents honored in a Page 1 obituary rundown.
Mrs Catherine A Toupence dies in Housatonic neighborhood
Mrs Cath erine A Toupence 81 widow of William Toupence of Depot Street died at her home Born February 24 1883 in Gloversville New York she was the daughter of John and Mary Gearan Farrell Anthony A Guarda 48 of 53 died this morning at his home after sixty years as a Housatonic resident He was a Rosary and Altar Society member at Corpus Christi Church Bendvenga Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housatonic
Catherine A. Toupence
William Toupence
Depot Street
Gloversville
N.Y
John
Mary Gearan Farrell
Anthony A. Guarda
Elm St
The
Rosary
Bendvenga
Altar Society of Corpus Christi
Dalton woman Dorothy Crawford dies after short illness
Dorothy M Crawford 48 of 48 Hale Street died at Pittsfield General Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Dalton daughter of George and Mabel Crawford and lived there her whole life. She leaves four daughters, four sisters, one brother in Hawaii, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Burial in St Bridget Cemetery after a 9 am Corpus Christi Church High Mass of Requiem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dorothy M. Crawford
Hale St
Pittsfield General Hospital
George
Mabel Scott Crawford
Cwo Earl
Crawford
U.S. Army
Hawaii
Kenneth W. Chapman
Russell W. Bird
Bartlett- Wellington Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Main Street Cemetery
James Collins
Lee
Edward Bollinger
Housatonic
Mary
Zita Toupence
Bridget
Margaret Farrell
William Franklin
Philip Mahar
Great Barrington
Toupence
Bollinger
Front Street
Funeral services for Earl J Reynolds and others
Funeral of Earl J Reynolds held at Dwyer Funeral Home and Sacred Heart Church with burial in Maple Street Cemetery Adams. Calling hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Holy Name Society to meet for Rosary at 7:30 this evening. Also noted are services for Mrs Albert L Bliss at 30 Croflit Street and for Fred R Blei at Zoof Funeral Home with burial at Pittsfield Cemetery. Bearers named Joseph F Clark Walter E Anderson Edwin Rand Earle L Rand Paul A Zapf Richard F Zapf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Reynolds
Dwyer Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Maple Street
Adams
Holy Name Society
Fred R. Blei
Zoof Funeral Home
Gordon E. Hohl
Zion’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Pittsfield Cemetery
Joseph F. Clark
Walter E. Anderson
Edwin Rand
Earle L. Rand
Paul A
Richard F. Zapf
Committal Services for Edgar D. Pritchard and George A. Jocher Sr
Committal services for Edgar D. Pritchard of New Smyrna Beach Fla and former Pittsfield resident set for Monday at 10 in Pittsfield Cemetery. Wellington Funeral Home to host calling hours Sunday afternoon and evening. George A. Jocher Sr of Lanesboro to have services tomorrow at 2 at St Luke's Episcopal Church with burial in Riverside Cemetery in spring. Wellington Funeral Home available today 2 to 4 and 6 to 10. Mrs Agnes W Bugnacki mass this morning at Holy Family Church. burial at St Joseph's Cemetery with prayers at grave by Rev John R Klekotka. bearers listed. Irving A Thompson Funeral services held today at Bartlett-Wellington in Dalton with burial in Main Street Cemetery in spring. Mrs Florence M Webb of Huntington funerals set for tomorrow at 2 at I C Haley Funeral Home. viewing tonight 7 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Pritchard
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Pittsfield
Pittsfield Cemetery
Wellington
George A. Jocher Sr
Lanesboro
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
John F. Davidson
Riverside Cemetery
Wellington Funeral Home
Agnes W. Bugnacki
Holy Family Church
John R. Klekotaka
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Klekotka
John Wojciechowski
Alexander Chojnowski
Florian Malczyk
Bernard J.sadlowski
Anthony Duda
Charles Waszkelewicz
Holy Family Rosary Society
Katherine Orzolek
Frank Zaik
Catherine Surewik
Mary Chajnowski
Joseph Szymanski
Tekla Para
Irving A. Thompson
Bartlett-Wellington
Dalton
Harvey E. Lake
First Congregational Church
Windsor
Main Street
Florence M. Webb
Huntington
I. C. Haley
Essay Contest On U N Planned In High Schools
The Berkshire chapter of the American Association for the U N and Pittsfield United World Federalists sponsor an essay contest for high school students. The School Committee approved a plan to have juniors and seniors write on how to strengthen the United Nations to keep peace. Rewards may include government bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Richard
Clement
Mountain Drive
Berkshire
American Association For the U.N
Pittsfield
United World Federalists
Clment
Medical Self Help To Be Panel Topic
A panel discussion on aspects of medical self help will be broadcast on WBRK Saturday at 4 05 p m The lineup includes Dr Herbert Sandick Berkshire District Medical Society disaster chairman Mrs Antonio G Massiminno publicity director William H Cooney Pittsfield director of civil defense Warren A Sears Red Cross and Robert Youse of WBRK
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WBRK
Herbert Sandick
Berkshire District Medical Society
Antonio G. Massiminno
William H.cooney
Pittsfield
Warren A. Sears
The
Red Cross
Robert Youse
Claim Filed Against City Over Ice Hole Injury
City clerk records a claim by Rosa L Reid of 33 Robbins Ave seeking hospital expenses for her five year old son Michael Hugh after a fall on Rob bins Avenue due to an ice filled triangular hole in the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa L. Reid
Robbins Ave
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Council
Brown
Crosby Jr
South Church
Father Champoux
CYC
Robert Beck Brigham Hospital
Theodore B. Bayles
Sydney S. Gellis
March of Dimes
Boston City Hospital
Christopher Mamonas
Friends of Bcc
uPi
Red China
Paris
Peiping Opera Co
Inaacp
BCC
Mildred Wallace
Christian Center
Alabama
Mississipi
Librizal Bcc
Carol A. Ramsey
George Johnson
Bertram Druker
Boston Realtor
C. A. Toupence
D. Crawford
Albert L. Bliss
Cro Lfit St
E. Roy Burchell
Edgar DB. Pritchard
U.N
First National Stores
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