Lenox School Board Reinstates Subcommittee After Backlash
Lenox Massachusetts chairman Robert L. Plageman rehired the policy and planning subcommittee that he had dissolved two weeks earlier. He said the disbanding was hasty and ordered retroactive appointment, outlining two main tasks: consult with the Lenox Teachers Association for a fair plan and draft material defining school committee responsibilities and policy. Berkshire Gas Co. crews replace a Main Street gas main on the west side with projected completion in 7 to 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Robert L. Plageman
Plageman
John J. Pitha
Pitha
Lenox Teachers’ Association
Berkshire Gas Co
Pittsfield
Main Street
Cliffwood
Everett A. Kelsey
Berkshire Contractors, Inc
Phyllis K. Hardy
David I. Buchman
Payson Resigns as School Secretary in Lenox
Lenox School Committee accepted with regret the resignation of Rita T. Payson, secretary to Supt. Raymond L. Trabold, effective Oct. 10. Payson did not submit a written resignation and said she will work in the town clerk and treasurer office of Aline R. Woodger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Rita T. Payson
Raymond L. Trabold
Trabold
Payson
Aline R. Woodger
Teacher Named For High School Girls Phys Ed
Lenox Supt Raymond L Trabold announced Miss Judith Ann Gates will be Lenox Memorial High School girls physical education teacher starting in September. Gates from Terre Haute Indiana will hold a bachelor of science from Indiana State University. She fills the vacancy created by Marie Raftery who resigned in January with Paul Bergan’s temp fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Raymond L. Trabold
Judith Ann Gates
Lenox Memorial High School
Miss Gates
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State University
Marie Raftery
Paul Bergan
Trabold
School Committee Mum On Choice for Principal
Lenox Memorial High School principal appointment discussed in executive session for about 40 minutes. Harvey Abramson of Brooklyn had been selected for the $15,000 post from 158 applicants but declined via letter to Superintendent Trabald, remaining as science department head at a Brooklyn junior high.
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LENOX
Lenox Memorial High School
Robert L. Plageman
Harvey
Abramson
Brooklyn
N.Y
Supt. of Schools
Raymond L. Trabald
Gateway Regional Scholarship Drive Aims For $1000
Gateway Regional School District sets a $1,000 goal for this year’s scholarship fund. Committee members from Blandford Chester Huntington Russell Montgomery Worthington and Middlefield coordinate the drive. Since the fund started 4 years ago 29 students have received $2,900 in aid.
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Huntington
Gateway Regional School District
Robert Arms
Blandford
Ralph Baldasaro
Chester
Richard Carmel
Leon Coash
Russell
Ernest Gardner
Montgomery
Ralph Moran
Worthington
George W. Olds
Middlefield
Gateway
Gateway Regional
Mt Greylock Regional to stage two spring concerts
Mt Greylock Regional in Williamstown presents the first of two music department concerts on Friday in the school auditorium. Mt Greylock student composers Alyn Hansen Cindy Cook Robin Alton mix in works for piccolo oboe flute clarinet and more performed by seventh and eighth grade bands chorus and concert choir. The May 18 program adds concert band chorus symphonic winds choir stage band and percussion ensemble. Both concerts are open to the public with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Huntington ‘Wooaman
Arthur Rubinstein
School Committee Will Meet Tonight in Williamstown
Mt Greylock Regional School Committee will convene at 7:30 pm at the regional school to review the 1969 budget awards on bids accept resignations and appoint teachers and report on the Cape Cod field trip and nonschool group use of the building.
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Williamstown
Mt. Greylock
Cape Cod
Lebanon Valley Little League Opens With Parade and Doubleheader
About 300 people attended the 1969 opening at Shatford Park in New Lebanon. League officials thanked sponsors including the New Lebanon Central School band. The Benny Brook Giants beat the Speedway Red Sox 4-2 in six innings, while the Canaan Yankees won 5-0 over the Hicks Darrow Dodgers as Richie Pratt fanned 14. The Red Sox defeated the Dodgers 7-4 in a later game.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Lebanon Valley
Shatford Park
Albert A. Phelps
Bernie Sweener
Tracy Lahters
Canaan Yankees
Hicks-Darrow Dodgers
Richie Pratt
Dave King
Red Sox
Dodgers
Mark Whelan
Billy Tavares
Yankees
Giants
Berkshire Library Awards MacDuffie Scholar to Mary Cachat
Mary Cachat, daughter of Camillus B. Cachet of Dalton, is named the first Bruce MacDuffie Scholarship recipient by the Berkshire Library Association. She will attend the New England School Library Association readership conference at UMass in August. Cachat, a Wahconah Regional High School junior, has worked at Wahconah library for two years and plans Berkshire Community College followed by library science studies at a college or university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Community College
Atty General OK's Changes In Bylaws
Dalton Town Clerk Robert G Bartlett reports Boston approves zoning bylaw changes from February town meeting Articles 18 19 20 and 21. The changes regulate mobile homes prefabricated homes and signs and clarify rules to avoid obstruction to vision on corner lots.
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Dalton
Robert G. Bartlett
Boston
Attorney General's Office
Friendship Circle Plans Card Party
DALTON The Friendship Circle of the First Congregational Church will sponsor a card party next Tuesday at 8 at the parish house. There will be table and door prizes and refreshments. Attendees should bring their own cards. Tickets may be bought from circle members, at the church office, or at the door.
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Dalton
Friendship Circle
First Congregational Church
Selectmen Keep Dog Restriction. 30-Day Trial Rejected
At the Dalton Selectmen meeting a proposal to modify the dog restriction order was rejected. Dog officer Gordon McElroy would stay enforcing rules, with potential focus on complaints for a month if trialed. Neighbors claimed officers harass residents and called for stricter limits or patrol changes.
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Dalton
Selectmen
Richard Spangenberg
Audrey Drive
Gordon T. McElroy
Spangenberg
Glenn Jorn
John W. Bartels
Gordon
McElroy
Thomas J. Callahan
Donald F. Cole
Mayer Wins Award at University of Colorado
Christopher R. Mayer, son of Mr and Mrs Robert W Mayer of Washington Mountain Road, a junior design and economic evaluation student at the University of Colorado, has won an award from the American Society for Testing and Materials. He has been elected to Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Christopher R. Mayer
Robert W. Mayer
Washington Mountain Road
American Society For Testing and Materials
Mayer
University of Colorado
McElroy
Tau Beta Pi
Hippies Evicted From Wahconah Falls State Park
About 50 young people planned to camp at Wahconah Falls State Park after attending a Pittsfield rally. Two state officers ordered them to leave for making a mess while fires were built and tents prepared. The park will be cleaned up before opening next week.
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Dalton
Wahconah Falls State Park
State Department of Natural Resources
Douglas Poland
Poland
Pittsfield
Students For A Democratic Society
State Park
Cain
Northampton
DNR
Selectmen Deny Used Car Business Permit in Cheshire
Cheshire Selectmen after a public hearing denied Linda Lynch of Lanesboro Road permission to run a used car business on her property citing a deed clause prohibiting business use. The ruling means no future applications for such a business will be accepted in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Selectmen
Linda Lynch
Lanesbara Road
Legion Auxiliary Food Sale Planned in Cheshire
The American Legion Auxiliary will host a food sale Wednesday from 2 to 4 at the Artery Arcade in North Adams to support the scholarship fund. Donations may be given to Mrs. John Leroy or Mrs. Ignatius Jezyk or any auxiliary member. The group will meet at Mrs. Ann Delaney's Railroad Street home Wednesday, with refreshments by Mrs. Delaney and Mrs. Mae Routner. A bake sale is planned at the library from 10 to 2 Saturday.
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Cheshire
American Legion Auxiliary
Artery Arcade
North Adams
John Leroy
Ignatius Jezyk
Ann Delaney
Railroad Street
Delaney
Mae Routner
Baptist
Lanesboro Lions Re-Elect Chief Officers
LANESBORO The Lions Club has re elected Neils Kristensen president James Foley first vice president and Allen Dufur second vice president. Elected were Andrew Zurrin third vice president J Patrick Leahy secretary treasurer. Directors for two years are Norman Taylor and Kenneth Sitzer one year Guy Dusham Gerald Middlebrook F John Herzig Zurrin and Francis Charewicz. Holdover members of the board of directors are James Geary and William Nesbit.
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Lanesboro
The
Lions Club
Neils Kristensen
James Foley
Allen Dufur
Andrew Zurrin
J. Patrick Leahy
Norman Taylor
Kenneth Sitzer
Guy Dusham
Gerald Middlebrook
F. John Herzig
Zurrin
Francis Charewicz
James Geary
William Nesbit
PTA Officers Are Installed In Lanesboro
Lanesboro PTA officers were installed by Mrs. C Craig Coons at the annual meeting last night. Officers: President Mrs. Donald Sheldon re elected, Vice President Keith Bridgham, Secretary Mrs. James Livesey, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Bertram Robinson, Treasurer Mrs. Walter Furtek. Last meeting of the year. fall will resume with annual report. Also permits issued for homes on Old Ors Bed Road and Balance Rock Road. additions to Profile Street homes. license for William C Walden Jr to deal firearms. Lanesboro Scholarship Fund event set for Friday May 16. organizational meeting Sunday at 7 30 at Laneshare School. Weekly rubbish removal. Call William A Steele Inc 443 9717. -Adv. -12
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
Lanesboro Pta
C. Craig Coons
Donald Sheldon
Keith Bridgham
James Livesey
Bertram Robinson
Walter Furtek
Walter F. Turner
Old Ors Bed Road
Joseph F. Sinapali Jr
Balance Rock Road
Roger and
Ruth Starsia
Profile Street
William C. Walden Jr
Laneshare School
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Ce Ene Oy
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L.M.H.S
Pol. Pol. Ady
the Eagle’s South Berkshire Bureau
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Tyringham
West Becket
South Berkshire
Littleville
Mum
Dorothy McQueston
Western Massachusetts English Council
Amherst Regional High School
Iowa
Guidance Office
Belchertown State School
Donald Gormley
Nancy J. Olds
Mideast
Elmer Kilbourne
Asia
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Lyndon Brown
Tufts University
Frederick Warren
United Technical Institute
Aliss Shirley Haskins
Ruth Chapman
Litleville Road
Huntington Legion Auxiliary
Girls’ State
Karen Jameson
Bridgewater State College
Project Mountain Top
Venice
Avery Spencer
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
London Tussard Wax Museum
Hamburg
Ae UY
Welluesuay
Walker St
Lenox National Bank
Lenox, Mass
Haviland
China
Atlantic
L.H. Bull Fuel Oil, Inc
WM. 7. Bull Sons Ing. Aot
ATES
BLA
Mary Cachat
Atty. General OK
Community House
John “Pat Broderick
Bruce Baumert
Broderick
Boy Scouts of
Troop 222
Duncan Brook
Craig Crosier
Dorothy Chapman
Bartels
U, of Colorado
Carolyn Rueger
Jerrold N. Davis
Wells Road
Wilfred Charon
Superior Court
Berkshire County
Harold Goyette
Adams
Horn's
Berkshire Mosquito Control Service
State Department of Public Works
Legion Auxiliary
Lanesboro Lions
PTA
William A. Steele, Inc
Savings Bank
City Savings Bank
Robert H. Bolza
Roy A. Scott
Mass
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Berkshire
Sealy
Hortensee
Platt
Isabel P. Henry
Berkshire
Pittsfeld
Chafian
F. Anthony Hanlon
Esquirce
James W. Carolan
James M. Keith
North St
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