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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1964

Page

19

Dalton Local Tree Farmer To Be Interviewed

Radio Station WBEC will carry an interview at 2 p.m. Monday with Martin F. Glendon Jr. The program features Ken and Jeanadele Magner of Off the Wing Tip, a regular show aired on 14 Eastern stations. The Magners flew their private plane to Pittsfield for the interview and travel nationwide taping conversations with ordinary people in notable occupations.

Dalton WBEC Martin F. Glendon Jr Ken Jeanadele Magner Magners Pittsfield

Town Insurance Refund Highlights Town Health Record

Dalton selectmen report Blue Shield refunded 580 to the town for better employee health and lower doctors bills. Leland Knickerbocker presented sewer plans for Barton Hill Acres, with two single homes approved on Patricia Avenue and up to 60 in planning. The Conservation Commission will discuss planting 295 trees bought in 1963. The board endorsed the Firemen’s Association ambulance drive and urged support. Democrats set a Monday 7:30 Town Hall meeting for party business. A Windsor farm offers tree and fried haddock takeout at Guild Hall.

Dalton Blue Shield Leland Knickerbocker Barton Hill Acres Patricia Avenue Town Conservation Commission Firemens’ Association

CRA Plans Egg Hunt On Easter At Memorial Green

Dalton report notes Easter Sunday March 29 egg hunt on Memorial Green at the Community House. Sponsored by CRA, revived by a group from First Congregational Church. Children from preschool to Grade 5 are eligible.

Dalton CRA First Congregational Church

Schools Continue Nature Program in Dalton Junior High

The School Committee agrees to keep the sixth grade nature program with Lenox Wildlife Sanctuary director Alvah Sanborn visiting weekly on natural science and conservation. Also noted is the April 14 Dalton school inspection. The Community House hosts CBA girls vs Adams High Monday at 7. Daughters of Isabella hold a covered-dish supper Tuesday at 6:30 in St. Agnes School Hall. Dalton Youth Center Auxiliary meets Wednesday as Easter basket winner is announced. Tickets due to Mrs. Delores Tatro by Monday. A teen-age dance Friday at 7:30 at the Dalton American Legion Home with the Corvairs.

Dalton Alvah Sanborn Lenox Wildlife Sanctuary D. of I Isabella St. Agnes’ School Hall William Smith Alphonse Ducharme Lester ‘Thebodo Dalton Youth Center Delores Tatro

Ciskowski Reports State Plowing Time Sheet Delay

Cheshire officials report a reply from the state Department of Public Works about delays in Route 116 snowplowing time sheets. Four copies are produced weekly, with copies sent to Lenox DPW, the plow operator, and the town. Plowing costs are shared 50 50 between town and state, and bills arrive months late.

Cheshire Machislaw Ciskowski Select- Men State Department of Public Department of Public Works Lenox Ciskowski

Science Fair At School Set Tonight In Lanesboro

LANESBORO The annual science fair at the local school will be held tonight from 7 to 9. Fifth and sixth grade projects will be displayed and awards presented. Students should arrive by 6:20 to set up. The event is part of a March observance called Gras. In Hinsdale events, Cub Scouts meet Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Youth Center. Clergy and community notices include a pastor’s class at the Hinsdale Congregational Church Saturday 10 to noon. Dog licenses for 1964 are available at Town Clerk Elizabeth Lott’s office. Lions Club honored wives with pins at Green Acres. Clifford Nichols of Dalton received a portable TV and George Turner of Hinsdale a radio for the Hinsdale firemen fundraiser. St Luke’s Church will hold morning prayer and sermon at 10 a.m. Rev. John F. Davidson will officiate. Sunday school starts at 10 for K-6, with nursery provided.

Lanesboro Hinsdale Direct George St. Pierre Hinsdale Lions Lions Club Green Acres Clifford Nichols Dalton T George Turner St. Luke’s Church St. Luke's Episcopal Church John F. Davidson Stanley F. John Palm Lee Lee Academy Lee The Academy Avarloch Inn Lenox

Requiem by Hulltown and South Amherst Choirs in Amherst

The Hulltown choral group from Dalton Plainfield Chesterfield Ashfield Florence and Cummington joins South Amherst Congregational Church to perform Faure's Requiem at Amherst Church Sunday at 4 directed by Roberta Cowell with Richard Rescia directing the South Amherst choir.

Hulltown South Amherst

Lenox Planning Board defers Log Cabin decision

The Lenox Planning Board deferred ruling on Log Cabin Club Inc. to build a restaurant at Route 20 bypass and Housatonic Street. A second public hearing addressed two objections about hearing legality and club classification, with Town Counsel to be consulted. Fifteen attendees, two supported the restaurant for traffic and tax revenue, while three cited Route 20’s scenic impact. Scarinzi and Rossini raised legal and classification objections under General Law.

LENOX Planning Board Log Cabin Club, Inc Housatonic Street Route 20 Charles R. Alberti Jr Zoning Board of Appeals Silvio Scarinzi Frederick Rossini Scarinzi Board of Selectmen Rossini

Registration Planned For Summer Campers

LENOX The Girl Scouts will hold registration Saturday from 10 to noon at the Academy Building for girls interested in Camp Marion White this summer. The camp sits on Richmond Pond and offers two sessions from July 6 to 17 and July 26 to 31.

Lenox Academy Marion White Richmond Pond

Ceylonese Couple To Speak at Church on-the-Hill

The Rev and Mrs Kingsbury S Jeyasingham of Ceylon will speak at the Church on-the-Hill on Tuesday after a 10 a.m. coffee hour. They will show slides about their country and the event is open to the public.

LENOX Kingsbury S. Jeyasingham Ceylon Church on-the-Hill

Lenox Approves Liquor Licenses and Community notices

The Lenox Board of Selectmen approved routine liquor license renewals for Storan Inc Edgewood Motel Chef Karls Seven Hills Lenox Luncheonette Avaloch Inn Wheeler s Market and Lenox Dale Package Store. The Lenox Grange meets Tuesday at 8 15 p m with a safety and Civil Defense program led by Mrs Rachael Wylie. Dog licenses now available at Town Hall hours 9 12 and 1 4 30 for dogs over three months. Trinity Church Palm Sunday service details include late service and palm processions.

LENOX Board of Selectmen Storan, Inc Edgewood Motel, Inc Chef Karl's Seven Hills Lenox Launcheonette Avaloch Inn Wheeler’s Market Lenox Dale Package Store Lenox Grange Rachael Wylie

Re-elected Lenox Bucks and Playground Chairman

W E D Stokes Jr of 151 Walker Street is re-elected chairman and clerk of the Lenox Bucks and Playground Commission. An advertisement notes pizza tonight at Joe's Grill.

W.E.D. Stokes Jr Walker St Lenox Bucks and Playground Commission Joe's Grill

North Berkshire State To Pay 40 Percent on City School Additions

North Adams receives state assurance that requirements are met for two new school additions. State will cover 40 percent of an estimated 1.54 million dollar cost. City will borrow 30000 for Harriman Airport runway extension. North Adams’ share 37000. State and federal governments will pay the rest. Comedy of Errors Hobbies Road Project READSBORO Vermont reads highway work not yet adopted into state system due to rights of way and paving delays. Street rename request blocked as town weighs action with absent chair. Pittsfield firm starts Chapter 90 work on Stratton Road in Williamstown. Conway Construction also building new apartments on Stratton Road.

North Adams Harriman Airport State Emergency Finance Board Readsboro Searsburg Vermont Vermont Highway Department Pittsfield Williamstown Conway Struction Co Tittsfield Stratton Road Conway

Tyringham Selectmen Announce Annual Appointments

Tyringham’s newly organized board named Henning M. Carlson as police chief once more. Other appointees include Fred A. Loring as road superintendent and tree warden, Robert K. Clark, Roger W. Logan, Raymond E. Werden as constables, and Willis H. Hale as forest fire warden and gas and oil inspector.

Wilbur S. Clark Sr Willis H. Hale John J. Curtin Donald J. Shaker Richard E. Birkett Board of Appeals Paul A. Morse Lee Board of Health

Mount Greylock Regional Menu Week One

Mount Greylock Regional lists weekly meals with daily options. Monday offers pork with gravy, macaroni and cheese, wax beans, snickerdoodle, peaches, beef noodle soup and western sandwich. Tuesday features tomato juice, hot beef sandwich, mashed potatoes, corn, apple sauce, vegetable soup and peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Wednesday serves corned beef hash, cole slaw, vanilla pudding with strawberry sauce, tomato soup, pizzarette and cheese wedge. Thursday includes orange juice, spaghetti with meat balls, tossed salad, fruit cobbler, chicken soup and ham sandwich. Friday declares Good Friday no school.

Greylock

Food Sale and Den Mother Roles Join Hancock Events

The Willing Workers' Society of the Hancock Baptist Church plans a food sale on April 11 at Sykes' Store in Stephentown. Den mothers named for Cub Pack 81 include Mrs. Clayton Nichols assisted by Mrs. Arthur Williams for Den 1 and Mrs. Grover Derby and Mrs. Geraldine Christiansen for Den 2. Meetings Fridays at Nichols and Derby homes.

Willing Workers’ Society of the Hancock Baptist Church Sykes’ Store Stephentown Clayton Nichols Arthur Williams Grover Derby Geraldine Christiansen Nichols

Juliet Low tea marks Scout party at Central School

About 300 attend a Juliet Low tea party in the Central School auditorium with Senior Scouts presenting a flag ceremony and singing led by Jo Ann McGregor. Rebecca Fallow, Leonora Guzzo, Susan Gordon, Phyllis Benton also featured as representatives of Brownie, junior and cadette levels. Armand Vegina of Berkshire Hills Girl Scout Council showed Switzerland clips. Cynthia Wassell announced contributions to the Juliet Low fund. refreshments served by Linda Ludlow, Diane Grant, and Mary Laird. A parallel notice reports St George's Church film series in Lee suspended for two weeks with plans for future programs.

Otis Organization Juliet Low Central School Rebecca Fallows Leonora Guzzo Susan Gordon Phyllis Benton Jo Ann McGregor Armand Vegina Berkshire Hills Girl Scout Council

Lee High County Champs Photos on Display

Photos of the Lee High county championship basketball team are shown in the Kelly Furniture Store window on Main Street. Kodak Instamatic 100 Camera outfit offered at a special reduced price through McClelland Rexall Drug and Lee Pharmacy. New shipment of boys snug duds at Jack's Adv. 1.

Lee High County Kelly Furniture Main Street Kodak McClelland Rexall H. I Jack

Pastor's Brother Final Speaker In Lenten Series

The final speaker in the Lenten services at First Congregational Church will be Rev. Ernest B. Johnson of Braintree, brother of local pastor Rev. Stanley F. Johnson. A Bangor Theological Seminary and Bowdoin College graduate, he served East Millinocket Congregational Church in Maine and earned the Purple Heart overseas as a chaplain. He is former state American Legion chaplain, vice president of the South Shore Federation of Churches, and Bangor Theological Seminary Alumni Association president. He presently pastors Union Congregational Church in Braintree.

Lee First Congregational Church Ernest B. Johnson Braintree Stanley F. Johnson Bangor Theological Seminary Bowdoin College Congregational Church East Millenocket Hallowell Maine State of Maine American Legion Johnson South Shore Federation of Churches Union Congregational Church

Winter Carnival In Progress At Lee Academy

Lee EAGLE OFFICE-Lee 243-2424 Card Party Set At New Temple LEE-Morning Star chapter Order of the Eastern Star will have a card party April 8 at 8 p.m. at the Masonic Temple on Laurel Street. The event will be the first public activity held at the temple since the Masonic order moved in December into the new building from its former quarters on Main Street. Refreshments will be served at the card party and prizes awarded. Teens Rally Tonight The Youth Fellowship group of Berkshire Hills Baptist Church will attend a Teens for Christ rally tonight at 7:36 at Grace Baptist Church Springfield. All young people are invited, Evangelist Kenneth Dodson will speak.

LEE — Morning Star Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple Laurel Street Masonic Order Main Street Berkshire Hills Baptist Church Teens For Christ Grace Baptist Church Springfield Kenneth Dodson

Parish Sodality Marks 10th Anniversary at St Mary’s

The St Mary St Martha Sodality plans a 10th anniversary observance including a 6 30 p m High Mass at St Mary’s Church and a communion supper catered by Rossi’s Restaurant in the church auditorium. Parish officers Mrs Lawrence V Toole president Mrs Robert Coty vice president Mrs Edward W Cleary secretary and Mrs Ralph W Smith treasurer lead arrangements and will contact members.

St. Mary - St. Martha Ralph W. Smith Sodality

Also Mentioned on This Page

Thomas J. Callahan Dalton Democratic Committee Town Hall Glendon Windsor Guild Hall American Grace Church Tree Farm Association CBA Adams High Youth Auxiliary Dalton, American Legion Corvairs Marjorie Horton Adams Plowing Jean McGowen Hinsdale Congregational Church Lenox House Elizabeth Lott Cummington Elizabeth Thayer Amherst Loeb Foodtown Lenox, Mass United Lenox Log Cabin Trinity Church Foxhollow Middlefield Helen Cook Middlefield Grange Jack Mansfield North Berkshire Edward Armata Selectmen Summit Street Armata Street Andrew Dilk Laurie J. King Florida Tyringham Mount Greylock St. George's Episcopal Church Parish Lee Pharmacy Lee Eagle Office New Temple Palm Sunday Robert M. Coakley Lee High Steve Eldorado Inn IN Lee Shapiro Motors, Inc Main ST Swift's United Stamps LEE Super Markets Westernaires Lenox Dale Chrysler Plymouth Valiant ALTER S Center St Tee Bridge J. T. Owens S&h Dresser-Hull CO Railroad American Oil M. J. Kelly Lee, Mass
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