Joint Meeting Planned on Old School's Future
Mayor Dillon plans a joint City Council and School Committee meeting to resolve the fate of the old Orchard Street School and its storage. A new offer from Stanley M. Shapiro for the property is reported as slightly better than $3,000, with potential land reductions. Some councilmen favor repairing the building over selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
Orchard Street
A&p Food
Berkshire
Summer Street
ABC Directors Slated for Re election
The fourth annual ABC meeting will be held Friday at noon at the ABC headquarters 100 North St. Albert R Neill says a nominating committee headed by Joseph I Kelley recommends relocating the 16 man board Officers will be elected by directors after the meeting William A Whittlesey is incumbent president Sustaining members each pay 2700 or more and elect one director Five sustaining members are First Agricultural National Bank Gardner L Brown Berkshire Life Insurance Co W Rankin Fur ex General Electric Co AL Gibson Eagle Publishing Co Lawrence K Miller Western Mass Electric Co Mr Whittlesey Three directors are elected by participating members paying 900 to 2700 John D Cox Jr Arthur E Crane and Simon England Fight directors are elected from the membership at large Incumbent at large directors include Dr Daniel B Dorman Edwin B Flinn Luke S Hayden Joseph T Kelley Ally Frederick M Myerson James O'Brien Peter Van S Rice and Henry H Williams Jr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Business and Commerce
ABC
North St
Albert R. Neill
Joseph I. Kelley
Arthur KE. Crane
Robert L. Gibson
William A. Whittlesey TI
Mayor to Speak at ABC Campaign Opening
Mayor Robert B. Dillon will address the opening of a three day ABC campaign at the Highland Restaurant tomorrow morning. Other speakers include Robert J. Hayes Jr. Joseph T. Kelley C Marcel Brunell Donald Gerst and Dr Morris Geiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Dillon
Highland Restaurant
The
Associaon of Business and Commerce
Robert J. Hayes Jr
Joseph T. Kelley
ABC
C. Marcel Brunell
Lee Steam Laundry
Donald Gerst
Gas Press
Morris Geier
District Court Docket Includes Probation, Parking Fines
A magrancy complaint against Wayne E Brush of Syracuse was continued in District Court today to Tuesday after a Sunday arrest. Special Justice Clement Ferris dismissed a probation violation against George Gibbs Jr. for not paying a prior driving fine, then he paid the amount. Various locals, including Alexander Reedel of Beverly Hills Calif, Wayne Green of Northboro and Glenwood Hersey of Windsor, were fined for speeding and uninspected vehicles. Parking fines totaled several individuals including Antoinette Tysziewski and Linda Cone. Bernice Hassan’s parking charge was dismissed due to relocation out of state.
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Wayne E., Brush
Syracuse
N.Y
Brush
Clement A. Ferris
George H. Gibbs Jr
Hancock Road
Alexander Ross Reedei
Beverly Mills
Calif
Wayne A. Green
Northboro
Glenwood Hersey
Windsor
Antoinette Tysziewski
Picashure Ave
George J. Rossbach
East Housatonic St. Davids
Mackie
Clinton Ave
Linda M. Cone
Reed St
Bernie M. Hassan
Lanesro
Parents to Be Invited to VNA Class Series
Expectant parents are urged to register for a seven session program by the Visiting Nurse Association starting next Monday. Classes run Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7:30 in the Red Feather House, 54 Wendell Ave, with medical talks by Dr. Pekala and staff demonstrations on baby care, formula, and supplies. Husbands may attend. a nominal fee helps defray costs.
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Visiting Nurse Association
Red Feather House
Wendell Ave
VNA
George J. Phillips
Stanley J. Pekala
Ioral
Alexander Lombardi
Br.n
Alexander Drescher
Pittsfield General
St. Luke's Hospitals
Overnight breaks probe two local storefronts
Police investigate two overnight burglaries one at Bargain Center 108 Columbus Ave where an intruder likely a juvenile pried through bars and stole about 20 dollars an old gold watch and a fish bowl with pennies. The Clem Farrell paint store at 77 Summer St was entered but only an empty change tray was taken after breaking a rear window.
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Bargain Center
Columbus Ave
Clem Farrell
Summer St
Edwin J. Blair
Police Ambulance Runs Move Nine Month Old to Pittsfield Hospital
Police ambulance early today carried nine month old Joh H Manshell of Alton Illinois from the Travelodge Motel on Cheshire Road to Pittsfield General Hospital In separate runs Sunday morning police transferred Dorothy Taylor 26 of 101 Elm Street to Pittsfield General Hospital and Dan C Desautels 14 of 212 First Street to St Luke's Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh H. Manshell
Alton
Cheshire Road
Pittsfield General Hospital
Dorothy Taylor
Elm ‘St
Dan C. Desautels
First St
St. Luke's Hospital
Conte Lauds Miss Binder Brotherhood Award Winner
Rep. Conte honors Nancy Binder at the Jewish Community Center testimonial dinner for the Louis Green Post Jewish War Veterans Brotherhood Award. He praises her service to the shut-ins and ailing, and stresses shared responsibility and action to aid those less fortunate amid mental retardation concerns and federal funding debates.
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Atitchell
Nancy Binder
Miss Binder
Massachusetts
Department of Massachusetts Jewish War Veterans
Harvey L. Rubin
Post
Ozcar Rottenberg
PHS
Harold E. Mennessey
Irving Wolfe
Silvia
Q. Conte
Louis Green Post
Kismet
Nancy
Boston
Rep. Conte
Nanny
Crusaders win third in row at Winter Showtime drum corps
Boston's Crusaders upset Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights of Newark to capture first place at the second annual Winter Showtime, a Pittsfield Boys' Club event for junior drum and bugle corps. Top prize paid $700 with second $500 and third $300. about 1,400 attendees watched.
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Boston
Crusaders
Blessed Sacrament Golden Knights
Newark
N.J
Pittsfield Boys’ Club
Cavaliers
Tose
Bedlam
Golden Knights
St. Kevin's
Newark Boys
Knights
The
Majestics
Charlestown
Rochester
N.Y
Boston Crusaders
Blessed Sacrament
Majestic Knights
Emerald Cadets
New York
All American Judges Association
Glen Weimar
Skiing Continues At Three Areas In Berkshires
Weekend rains left Berkshire slopes still good with Otis Ridge drawing about 900 skiers and Berkshire Snow Basin 800 on Saturday. Attendance dropped by half Sunday. Otis Ridge and Dutch Hill operate daily this week while Snow Basin could stay open if weather holds. Bousquet's and Butternut Basin were closed yesterday.
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Berkshire
Otis Ridge
Berkshire Snow Basin
Cummington
Otis
Snow Basin
Dutch Hill
Fred S. Brown
Bousquet’s
Butternut Basin
Fire Lane Order Filed by Mayor in City Council
Mayor Dillon seeks 850 to create a fire lane at First and Tyler to install a traffic signal clearing the way for fire apparatus. Fire Chief Killackey requested the lane to improve safety as engines pass through. Dillon also seeks 16 for the Traffic Commission to study speed limits on a dozen streets.
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Dillon
City Council
First
Tyler
Raymond W. Killackey
Council
Traffic Commissiono
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Talks On IUE GE Rate Dispute Continue
IUE Local 235 officials plan further talks with GE labor relations on grievances over piece rates for finishing and cleaning groups in the power transformer department tank shop. Joseph J. LaCasse says 40 of 65 members attended a meeting and approved more discussions to improve voucher recording and pricing clarity. He notes pay cuts tied to 13 week rate reviews and urges attached price vouchers for each piece.
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IUE
General Electric Co
GE Power
Joseph J. LaCasse
LaCasse
Hancock Driver Fined $60 in Cheshire Accident
Adams Louis Miller, 66, of Hancock, was fined $60 in District Court after a Cheshire accident. Judge John A. Barry imposed $35 for wet driving and $25 for operating to endanger. Pittsfield troopers arrested him following a southbound veer into the opposite lane and a sideswipe with Grace Wadermate of Williamstown. no injuries were reported.
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Adams
Louis Miller
Hancock
Cheshire
John A. Barry
Miller
Pittsfield
John J. White
Robert F. Angeli
Grace Wadermate
Williamstown
Fire records reveal multiple blazes and suspects
Fire records show at 12:50 a.m. a divan at 83 Greylocks Terrace burned as Mrs. Ethel Sitzman dozed while smoking. At 4:14 p.m. a report of a fire on Fourth Street found nothing. At 6:52 p.m. the state fire marshal investigated a fire in rubbish shed behind First National Store on North Street, two boys seen fleeing as firefighters arrived. blaze confined to refuse.
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Greylocks Ter
Ethel M. Sitzman
Fourth Street
First National
North Street
Funeral Fete For William P Aldrich Draws Officials
Lee memorial services honor William P Aldrich acting police chief and former selectman. Honorary bearers include state and local officials from Berkshire County with Chief John Boyne leading. The town hall offices and district court closed as services proceeded at St Marys and St Bridgets cemeteries.
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Lee
William P. Aldrich
Stockbridge Road
Aldrich
Lee Selectmen
Joseph F. Gagan
St. Mary’s Church
St.Mary's Cemetery
Francis M. Kennedy
St.Mary’s
James V. Bianco
James M.hobian
John J. Wheeler
Julian A. Bartini
Thomas Connors
Lenox Dale
Berkshire County
John D. Courtney
Pittsfield
New Lee
John J. Boyne
Police Department
Bernard Judware
Joseph Eisenberg
W. Russell Seff
John Hughes
Joseph F. Keenan
Wiliam H. O'Brien
William J. Brown
Andre W. Jouen
Boyne
Richard Gosselin
Stanley Bower
Westfield Turnpike
David M. Lane
Lenox Police
William J. Obanhein
Stockbridge
Thomas H. Cannan
Raymond F. Coakley
Lee District Court
James J. Hannon
James R. Doheney
South Berkshire District Court
Warren A. Turner
John J. Shields
William Gray
John W. DeBug Sis
State Registry of Motor Vehicles
Francis G. Fanning
Louis A. Airoldi
Charles T. Powers
Claude M. Haggerty
Louis J. DeLugan
John F. Hannon
John T. Waddock
James J. Bush
Daniel Brown
Frderick G. Crane
Ralph R. van Duesen
Dalton
Michael J. Sullivan
J. Kenneth Hardiman
W. Francis Shields
Frank M. Carrington
C. Marcel Brunell
Charles H. Shaylor
Patsy Zaccaria
John P. Orienti
Edwin Walters
Alfred F. Turner
Joseph C. Savery
William Demos
Charles Eisensohn
George J. McClelland
Gordon Mills
Joseph Mooney
Thomas Tyer
Memorial Hall
Lee State Troopers
Lenox and Stockbridge
County School Assn to Meet Tomorrow in North Adams
Berkshire County Association of School Committees will meet Tuesday at 6 30 p m at McCann Vocational Technical High School. Guest speaker will be Haskell C Freedman legislative counsel for the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. Dinner and a tour of McCann school included.
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North Adams
Berk-shire
Three Pittsfield Democrats Attend Peabody Birthday Dinner
Sheriff John D. Courtney Jr. led a Pittsfield Democratic delegation of three to Gov. Endicott Peabody’s birthday party at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Boston. Attending from Pittsfield were Edward H. R. Kearney and William Kitterman. Also present was Atty. Robert T. Capeless of Newton Highlands, former Pittsfield mayor.
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John D. Courtney Jr
Pittsfield
Gov
Endicott Peabody
Statler Hilton Hotel
Boston
Edward H. R. Kearney
William Kitterman
Atty
Robert T. Capeless
Newton Highlands
Labor Council To Meet Tonight In Pittsfield
The Pittsfield Central Labor Council will meet tonight at 7 30 at the IUE Local 255 headquarters on Woodlawn Avenue.
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Labor Council
Pittsfield Central Labor Council
IUE
Woodlawn Avenue
Retirement honor for longtime A. H. Rice Co. employee
Mrs. Paul V. Shellhouse of 23 Park St was honored at a retirement party at the White Tree Club after 43 years as a spooler in the thread department. Speakers included Peter van S. Rice, company president, and Edward Mordazewski, thread department foreman.
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Paul V. Shellhouse
23. Park SL
A. H. Rice Co
White Tree Club
Peter van S. Rice
Edward Mordazewski
Correction on Pittsfield American Legion Post founder
The first commander of the Pittsfield Field Post of the American Legion was Harry J. Tate. A Saturday report incorrectly named his brother Walter F. Tate, a retired clerk of the District Court of Central Berkshire, as the first commander.
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Harry J. Tate
Pittsfield
American Legion
Dr. Tate
Walter F. Tate
Central Berk [Shire
Pittsfield VFW Group Meets Tomorrow Night for New Members
The Pittsfield veterans gathering of the World War I bar racks association will convene tomorrow at 7:30 in their rooms at 230 North Street. Three new members will be admitted.
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Pittsfield Barracks
North St
Stockbridge Woman Killed in South Hadley Crash
Mrs Lorietta Layoie Bernier 43 a Stockbridge native died at Holyoke Hospital after a two car collision on Route 116 in South Hadley. David Sawicki 95 North Maple Street Hadley also died. Husband Oliver Bernier and daughter Jeanette plus two sons survive. Funeral from Lucier Funeral Home followed by Mass at St Theresa's South Hadley. Burial Notre Dame Cemetery South Hadley.
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Stockbridge
Loretta Layoie Bernier
Holyoke Hospital
South Hadley
Bernier
Lillian Goudmonde
Adelard Layoie
Oliver Bernier
South Hattey
Edgar Lavoie
Adelard Lavoie
Hartford
Conn
Bertha Haufault
Brockston
Lucier
St. Theresa's Church
Notre Dame Cemetery
David Watson obituary notes long Washington career
David Watson, 79, of 22 Pond Street, died yesterday at Pittsfield General Hospital. Born in Scotland, he spent most of his life in Washington, later moving to Pittsfield. He worked as a caretaker at Buckstreet Manor until 1959 and was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. He leaves nephews and nieces in Princeton. Widow Mary Annette Watson predeceased him. Calling hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow at Wellington Funeral Home. Services will be Wednesday at 2 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, with burial in Washington Cemetery.
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David Watson
Pond St
Pittsfield General Hospital
Scotland
Washington
Pittsfield
Mr. Watson
Buckstreet Manor
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Princeton
N.J
Mary Annette Watson
Wellington
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Washington Cemetery
Albert W. Brey 60 Canaan Resident Dead at Pittsfield General
Albert W. Brey of Canaan New York died Saturday at Pittsfield General Hospital after a two week stay. Born in East Orange New Jersey he lived in Canaan 18 years and worked as Gulf Oil Co operations superintendent in Albany until 1959 retirement. He held many local offices including London Valley Lions Club charter member and past president, Canaan Grange, Canaan Volunteer Fire Department, and Columbia County Firemen's Association. He leaves wife Dorothy a daughter and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements note services at Gifford Funeral Home with Masonic service and burial at Grahamsville Rural Cemetery.
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Canaan
N.Y
Albert W. Brey
Pittsfield General Hospital
East Orange
Gulf Oil Co
Albany
F&am
Belleville
N.J
Lebanon Valley Lions Club
Lebanon Valley Little League
Canaan Grange
Shamrock plants survive famine for St Patrick’s Day at two banks
Bank presidents Luke St Hayden and J Donald Codey secured Irish shamrock plants to reassure customers. Plants grown by the River Shannon will be distributed free to customers visiting City Savings Bank and Union Federal Savings and Loan Association tomorrow.
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Ireland
City Savings Bank
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association
Luke St. Hayden
J. Donald Codey
Codey
Shannon
Hayden
Idle unemployment claims dip in Berkshire county region
Edward J. Barry, manager of the Pittsfield office, said 2,578 claims were filed last week from Central and Southern Berkshire residents, down from 2,622 the prior week and 2,970 a year earlier, indicating a continued high level of claims.
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Central
Berkshire
Edward J. Barry
Pittsfield
State Division of Employment Security
Sidney Hirsh Dies Headed Camp Romaca
HINSDALE Sidney Hirsh six summer director of Camp Romaca died Tuesday in Lawrance NY A NY native he led a group that bought Camp Romaca in 1948 from Joseph Rosenthal He taught at Midwood High School Brooklyn and belonged to several camp and United Nations associations He leaves wife Geedy and two sons Laurance and Jeffrey Burial was in Lawrance Wednesday Mrs Hirsh will continue directing Camp Romaca.
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Hinsdale
Sidney Hirsh
Lawrance
L.T
N.Y
New York
Hirsh
Camp Romaca
Joseph Rosenthal
Midwood High School
Brooklyn
American Camping Association
Western Massachusetts Camp Directors’ Association
American Association For the United Nations
Mr. Hirsh
The
College of the City of New York
New York University
Fordham
Geedy Hirsh
Laurance
Jeffrey
Davis Family Man Dies in Daytona Beach Hospital
Raymond S. Davis, 33, a Pittsfield born building contractor who lived in Pittsfield before moving to Daytona Beach, Florida, last November, died in a Daytona Beach hospital. He leaves wife Letitia Larkin, three sons Paul Lawrence and Russell, daughter Laura Lee, father Ernest Davis, sister Yvonne, two brothers Edward and Walter, and several aunts and uncles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Yankee Orchards
Letitia Larkin
Paul, Lawrence
Russell Davis
Laura Lee Davis
Edward E
Walter A
Yvonne M. Davis
Pittsfield
Ex-Sen. J. M. Mead Dies at 78 in Florida
James M. Mead, 78, former Democratic U.S. senator and longtime New York representative, died Sunday in Wakeland Florida after a brief illness. Mead served 20 years in the House before winning a Senate seat in 1938 and left in 1946 after a failed bid against former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. He later served on the Federal Trade Commission from 1949 to 1955.
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Wakeland
Fla
James M. Mead
U.S
New York
Mead
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas KE. Dewey
Federal Trade Commission
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Justin Louison
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Michael Benham
Great Barrington
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