Miss Tompkins Weds Evan Hendricks In South Congregational Ceremony
Rosemary Lynn Tompkins daughter of Mr and Mrs William B Tompkins will marry Evan Lee Hendricks son of Mr and Mrs Barnett Hendricks at 10:30 this morning at South Congregational Church. Rev James Rae Whyte to officiate. Maid of honor is Miss Janice Tompkins. best man Robert Neff of Richmond. After a short wedding trip the couple will live at 194 Spring Street. Rosemary is a Pittsfield High School graduate class of 1964. Evan is a 1960 Hastings High School graduate and Army veteran who studied at Hudson Valley Community College and ski patrolled in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Lynn Tompkins
William B. Tompkins
Eleanor Road
Evan Lee Hendricks
Barnett Hendricks
Fort Hill Ave
James Rae Whyte
South Congregational Church
Janice Tompkins
Robert &. Neff
Richmond
Spring St
Pittsfield High School
Hendricks
South Street Motors, Inc
Fittsfield High School
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
N.Y
Germany
Garmisch
Miss LaDouceur to Wed R K Blakeney Today
Patricia A LaDouceur daughter of Gordon J and the late, to Robert K Blakeney son of DeWitt and, Zion s Lutheran Church to perform 11 o clock ceremony. Miss Mary Lou Sykes maid of honor and Mrs Sandra Johnston bridesmaid. Reception at Copper Pin Restaurant then shortened motor trip. Couple to reside at 120 Bryant Street April first. Local garden club meeting features Don Ward speaking on potting tubs and hanging baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia A. LaDouceur
Gordon J. LaDouceur
Bryant St
Robert K. Blakeney
DeWitt Blakeney
Brombach St
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Gordon E. Hohl
Phyllis Trudeau
LaDouceur
Mary Lou Sykes
Sandra Johnston
Lanesboro
Richard Carrigan
Raymond G. Hatch
James Cirillo
Sykes
Copper Pin
Pittsfield High School
Bishop Memorial School of Nursing
Mr. Blakeney
Berkshire Community College
Don Ward
Ward's Nursery & Landscaping Inc
Great Barrington
East New Lenox Road
William A. Scheffter
Richard H. Bailey
Scheffter
George E. Porter
Guglielmo Camilli
Robert E. Koch
Simon England
Harry C. Tooley
Alan A. Solin
Marion Mulcahy to Wed George Face in St Marys Church
Marion Mulcahy of 70 Grove Street will marry George A Face of West Lebanon New York at 10 AM at St Marys Church. Msgr Eugene F Marshall to perform. matron of honor is the bride’s daughter Mrs Wayne H Face. best man is Wayne Face. After a Florida trip they will reside in West Lebanon. The bride is a nurse at Pittsfield General. groom a carpenter for Edward Williams & Sons Averill Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion M. Clark Mulcahy
Grove St
George A. Face
West Lebanon
N.Y
Adolphus Face
East Nassau
Eugene F. Marshall
St. Mary’s Church
Wayne H. Face
Wayne Face
Florida
West
Lebanon
Pittsfield General Hospital
Chester High School
Hillcrest Hospital
Mr. Face
Edward Williams & Sons
Averill Park
Royal Blue Angels Sell Candy Door to Door
Members of the Royal Blue Angels drum and bugle corps are conducting a house to house candy sale lasting two weeks to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Blue Angels Holding Candy Sale
Royal Blue Angels Drum and Bugle Corps
Miss Means Will Marry Dr. Kenneth McIntosh
Cambridge notices announce Miss Margaret Vance Means daughter of Locust New Jersey and South Tamworth New Hampshire will wed Dr Kenneth McIntosh son of Dr and Mrs Austin McIntosh Tyringham formerly of New York The ceremony in Appleton Chapel Harvard University followed by a reception at the Harvard Faculty Club The couple will reside in Cambridge until July then Dr McIntosh will begin NIH research in Bethesda Maryland The bride is a George School Radcliffe College graduate and Harvard doctoral candidate The groom a Harvard College and Harvard Medical School graduate with an internship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital now a senior resident in medicine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Margaret Vance Means
Winthrop Means
Locust
N.J
South Tamworth
N.H
Kenneth McIntosh
Austin McIntosh
Tyringham
New York
Jerrold Gibson
Appleton Chapel
Harvard University
Harvard
William George Brown Graham
Paul Hunter Platt
John Richard McIntosh
Robert Andrew Lloyd
Lloyd
Austin Cary McIntosh
James Henry McIntosh
John Richard Pappenheimer ,Jr
Donald Leake
Aefaretend
McIntosh
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
George School
Radcliffe College
University of London
Brearley School
Radcliffe
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Phillips Exeter Academy
Edinburgh Academy
Harvard College
M Harvard Medical School
Peter Bent ‘Brigham Hospital
Boston
Barnard College
Columbia University
Girl Scout Chorus At Francis Plaza
The Girl Scout chorus presented a musical program for Francis Plaza residents on a Wednesday evening. Announcers were Anne Salamone president Jane Bruce junior leader and Peggy Kennedy cadette leader. Members of the Folk Singers include Amy Ortenburg Mary Ellen Bruce Peggy Kennedy Maxine Stein Toni Trudeau Terry Pink Kathy Maguire and Sharon Lefkowitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Chorus
Francis Plaza
Folk Singers
Anne Salamone
Jane Bruce
Peggy Kennedy
Cadette
Amy Ortenburg
Mary Ellen Bruce
Maxine Stein
Toni Trudeau
Terry Pink
Kathy Maguire
Sharon Lefkowitz
Public Events Today at Pittsfield High and Local Venues
Public events today feature a 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. fundraiser at Pittsfield High School for the band’s Washington trip at 172 West Street. An informal junior skiers slalom runs at Jiminy Peak from 1:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Spaghetti dinners are hosted by Royal Blue Angels Drum and Bugle Corps at Mazzini Dante Club from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Heroine and Craftsmen’s clubs at St John’s Masonic Temple from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. An exchange concert by Glen Ridge High School Concert Band and Mt Greylock Regional School Symphonic Winds is at Mt Greylock Regional School at 8:00 p.m. Ticket price for the Berkshire Museum show “A Far Country” is $30 at Town in Berkshire Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield High School
Washington
West St
Royal Blue Angels
Heroine and
Craftsmen’s Clubs
St. John’s Masonic Temple
Glen Ridge
N.J
Mt. Greylock
Mt. Greylock Regional School
Williamstown
First Baptist Chancel Choir To Present April 4 Program
The First Baptist Church chancel choir will present the Cantata Jesus Priceless Treasure by Buxtehude and Mass in G Major by Schubert on April 4 at 7 30 p m at the church. Director G Daniel Marshall will lead. Guest soloist Paul Nixon will perform with soprano Patricia Burne and tenor van McGlauflin. Nixon has appeared in oratorio and musical performances and teaches at Pittsfield Community Music School. Burne has sung Handel Messiah and Amahl and the Night Visitors at the church. McGlauflin recently joined the Pittsfield YMCA staff and has Maine teaching credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Jesus
Buxtehude
Schubert
G. Daniel Marshall
Area
Paul Nixon
Patricia Burne
van McGlauflin
First. Baptist
Nixon
South Congregational Church
Opera Workshop
Brier Stoller
Helen Morgan
Pittsfield
Fashions for Freedom NAACP spring show April 4
Fashions for Freedom, a spring showing of furs and fashions, will be held April 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Bubble Room. Sponsored by Berkshire County NAACP fight for freedom committee, the event features sportswear to evening wear, with Mrs. Henry N. Rollison as chairwoman and Mrs. David L. Gunn as commentator. Proceeds aid the civil rights effort. door prizes and rentals provided by local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fight For Freedom Committee
Berkshire County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Henry N. Rollison
Lenox
David L. Gunn
Stockbridge
Bill Moore
Joseph Adams
William Bownes
Walter Denny
Edward Gary
William Green
David Jones
William Moore
Copeland Patrick
Frank Patrick
Franklin Reid
James Rickard
Rollison
Ronald Stockton
Naylor Taliaferro
James Williamson
Magdalene Adams
Lorraine Bownes
Elizabeth Ann Barclay
Rosemary Crawford
Patricia Grant
Mary Graham
Grace Hubbard
JoAnne Hubbard
Maxine Hall
Denise
Linda Hugh
Wanda Pittman
Dorothy Smith
Penny Williamson
Eula Aiken
NAACP
England Brothers
Smith
United Rent Alls
Naacp Branch
St. Vincent Store Plans Palm Sunday Collection Drive
The St. Vincent de Paul Store at 124 Columbus Ave will hold its annual drive for usable clothing furniture appliances and toys on Palm Sunday April 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. The store gives free materials to any deserving family or needy person and religion is not raised in distributing these items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent de Paul
Columbus Ave
Legion Auxiliary Plans Events in Berkshire District
Berkshire district American Legion Auxiliary targets 211 new members this year plus a busy slate of fundraisers and social events. April 10 fundraiser dinner honors Mrs John R Wood in White Tree Club. May 15 dinner honors Legion District Commander Fred Little in Dalton. April 3 past presidents meeting at Statler Hotel Boston. April 5 Berkshire district parley at Mrs Albert H Toupenes Adams home. white elephant auction and games planned. nine Berkshire girls to attend Girls State at Bridgewater State College in June. May 23 tea at White Tree Club. May 28 veterans carnival at Northampton VA Hospital. Mrs John Featherston named legislation chair. reports on Rutland Heights VA closing due to protests to be sent to Mrs Featherston. Becket Housatonic and Pittsfield units cited for membership. May 15 district meeting in Pittsfield with department president Mrs Elsie Morse as guest. Adams unit hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
American Legion Auxiliary
White Tree Club
John R. Woodason
Lanesboro
Dalton
Statler
Boston
Albert H. Toupence
Adams
Norman W. Blanchard
North Adams
Berkshire County
Bridgewater State College
Loring B. Tower
Albert Clark
Blanchard
Northampton Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Albert H. Jandro
John Featherston
Woodasan
Marguerite Boland
Rutland Heights
Featherston
High St
Becket
Housatonic
Pittsfield
Minstrel Show By Telephone Co At Pittsfield High
The New England Telephone Co plans a minstrel show at Pittsfield High School Monday at 8 15 p m with about 70 performers for the March of Dimes drive. Tickets at the door with Francis T O’Brien Margery Hunter in charge. various committee members listed with duties. Solos by many vocalists. Vibratones and other acts. massed entertainment led by Paul E Coughlin and Catharine Bedard. local chairman Samuel Quadrozzi to present funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telephone Co
Pittsfield High School
Francis T. O’brien
Margery E. Hunter
Betty Daly
Joseph F. White
Albert Papirio
Barbara Evans
Rosemary Brower
Sue Reildy
Mau
Reen Marcella
Lenore Menin
William P. Prendergast
Paul E. Coughlin
Catherine M. A. Bedard
Neal Moran
Samuel Quadrozzi
March of Dimes
Legion Women Plan Penny Social at Post Home
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a penny social Monday at 8 p.m. at the post home with Mrs. Lillian Crawford as chairman assisted by Mrs. Joseph Madison Jr. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Lillian Crawford
Joseph Madison Jr
Social Briefs Include O Brien Higgins and Guests
Mr and Mrs James J O Brien of 197 Bartlett Ave host Miss M E Janet Higgins of Grand Rapids Michigan who will return home today Their son James a Notre Dame senior and Bruce R Marcel a Tufts sophomore are visiting from South Bend and Danbury respectively Miss Penelope Volin a junior at Ithaca College has arrived home for vacation with her parents at 115 Howard St Mrs Charles J Kittredge of Dalton has returned from six weeks in Sea Island Georgia Jamaica and Delaware Avenue Virginia Edward L Raab of 39 Ann Drive hosted the Thursday Evening Club at the Stanley Club reading The Great Hunger a paper on the Irish potato famine Desch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. O'Brien
Bartlett Ave
M. E. Janet Higgins
Grand Rapids, Mich
O’briens
James
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Charles J. Kittredge of
Dalton
Sea Island
Jamaica
Delaplane
Edward L. Raab
Ann Drive
Stanley Club
Philip F. Desch
Ireland
Penelope Votin
Ithaca
N.¥.) College
Wilson N. Volin
Howard St
Sue Buchheit Engaged to Rev J G Root in Northampton
Springfield couple announces their daughter Sue Carolyn Buchheit of Northampton Massachusetts engaged to Reverend J Gollan Root of Northampton son of Mr and Mrs J G Root of Pittsfield Massachusetts A late summer wedding is planned Miss Buchheit attended Smith College University of California Berkeley and graduated from University of Illinois and Church Divinity School of the Pacific She is assistant for college work at St Johns Episcopal Church Northampton Root graduated Pittsfield High School 1956 Cornell University 1981 Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary ordained January 24 1965 at St Johns Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
George C. Buchheit
Sue Carolyn Buchheit
Northampton
Mass
J. Gollan Root
J. Gollan P. Root
North St
Pittsfield
Miss Buchheit
Smith College
University of California At Berkeley
University of Ilinois
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Berkeley
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. John’s Church
Root
Cornell University
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Berkshire Ebony Club Meeting Tomorrow at 1 P.M.
The Berkshire Ebony Club will meet tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the club room at 311 Columbus Ave. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Viola Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Ebony Club
Columbus Ave
Viola Robinson
Helen Forrest To Direct Summer Club Program
Miss Helen H Forrest will direct the Girls Club summer club a day camp open to girls through completing third grade. The two day four week program runs six weeks from 9 30 a m to 4 p m with activities in gym arts and crafts dramatics singing nature camp craft field trips and swimming taught by a Red Cross instructor. Registration is Saturday April 10 from 9 30 a m to 1 p m at the Girls Club with a small fee due and the balance before July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen H. Forrest
William S. Litty
Red Cross
Girls Club of America
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Miss Tompkins
South Church
Miss LaDouceur
R. K. Blakeney
Marion Mulcahy
George Face
Sophia Loren
Rife Sae
Berkshire Hills Shop
Miss
Means
Dr. McIntosh
Girl Scout
Jiminy Peak
Musem
First Baptist
Maine
McGlauflin
YMCA
Aroostook State
Gorham State Teachers Colleges
Alice Kimball
Joey Squires
St. Vincent Store
Lakeview
Wendell Packard
Legion Auxiliary
Joe Staples
Carol Miller
Bob Betit
Bob Harrington
Carolyn Smith
Dave Dearne
Tim Hoctor
June Belcher
Bill Dilego
Rosie Brower
Jerry O'Connor
Lincoln Lynch
Bill Kudlate
Eddie McGrath
Vibratones
Ted Shogry Jr
Glen Calkins
Ray Tart
Pam
Judy Symanski
Melissa Réardon
Debbie Carty
Andrew Bell
Gregg Eason
John Howard
Bem McCluskey
Mike
Bob Meyer
Calkins
Joelle
Ruth
Kathy
Nancy
Judy
Timmy
Glen
Leo LaDouceur
Sharon Pasternak
William
Gary James
Sukel
North ST. Tel
Legion Women
Penny Social
Bruce R. Marcel
Tufts University
Raymond D. Marcel
Sue Buchheit
Rev
Mr. Root
Sue C. Buchhi
Helen Forrest
AAA
Richard Widmark
Montana
Gary Cooper
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