Great Barrington News Snippets and Local Notices
Great Barrington items include correction on restaurant owner Satin Igoe in Sheffield, local births, and a high school event. Rec assoc plans a hop night at Searles High, Wyantenuck golf tourney pairings posted, and European tour updates from local residents. VFW auxiliary officers elected, district delegates named, and officials to meet for various community groups. Notice of bids for a new unit ventilator at Searles High, with bid opening May 20 1963, and pharmacy ads for Arpege and My Sin perfumes at Melvin's.
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Great Barrington
Bridge Street
Mass
Searles High School
Superintendent of Schools
Bridge St
Kenneth F. Preston
Laurel Queen Aspirants To Be Feted
GREAT BARRINGTON a kickoff party for Laurel Queen contestants and sponsors will be Thursday at 5 at Jug End Resort in South Egre mont. The Laurel Festival Committee and Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce directors host. Final judging is Friday June 18 with prizes including luggage hair dryer radio clothing camera and portable TV.
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Great Barrington
Jug End Resort
South Egremont
Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce
South Berkshire
Chamber of Commerce
Egremont Grange Meeting With Garden Club Slides
Egremont Grange will meet Monday at 8 15 p m at the South Egremont Town Hall. Mrs Sarah Bristol Mrs Helen Bergauer and Mrs Gertrude Bristol will show flower slides. Garden Club members and the public may attend.
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Egremont Grange
Egremont
Rall
Sarah Bristol
Helen Bergauer
Connecticut News Store Fined Ten in Obscene Magazine Case
Tafco Co store in Essex was fined ten dollars by Judge Douglass Wright in Circuit Court for sale of an obscene magazine to a one cent year old boy. The judge ordered the trial transcript sent to state police to probe distributors who refuse to supply news stores with publications unless all are accepted in bundles. Also reports Lutheran Catholics group singing plan in Old Saybrook and Avon High School receives ten thousand dollar grant to add Japanese and Chinese language programs.
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Middletown
Williams High to Send Two Students to NE States Youth Conference
Stockbridge MRS reports Williams High School will send a boy and a girl from the ninth grade to the North eastern States Youth Citizenship Conference at Tufts University June 2 to 4. Ten Massachusetts schools are invited. only one from four counties will participate. The pair will attend with a teacher and join 89 teams from across the region to engage in discussions and lectures. Names of the students were not announced.
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Public Service
Williams
Kiwanis Club Plans 50 Trees in Stockbridge Park
Stockbridge West Stockbridge Kiwanis Club will plant 30 Siberian Olive trees and shrubs at Recreation Park to mark Kiwanis International’s 50th anniversary. Roy Boutard selects trees. Clyde Schneyer directs planting. Henricus Bergmans presides as trees are presented to Selectmen and Park Commission at 3 PM with public invited.
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Kiwanis Club
Stockbridge
Stockbridge- West Stockbridge
Roy Boutard
Laurel Hill Association
Berkshire Garden Center
Clyde Schneyer
Henricus Bergmans
Laurel ‘Hill Association
Kiwanis
Abdalla's Market Wins Bowling Title
STOCKBRIDGE Abdalla's Market sponsored team won the Stockbridge women's tenpin league championship after a recent roll-off. Members include Mrs. William Price, Mrs. E. Jerome Hudson, Mrs. Robert Dunner, Mrs. Robert Tenney and Mrs. Adolphe Salvadore. Benjamin's Pharmacy placed second.
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Stockbridge
Abdalla’s Market
William Price
Jerome Hudson
Robert Dunner
Robert Tenney
Adolphe J. Salvadore
Benjamin’s Pharmacy
Otis Well-Child Clinic Planned Tuesday
The annual well-child clinic will be held Tuesday from 9 am to 4 pm at Town Hall under the Visiting Nurse Association. Mrs. Marian-Graham is in charge with a dental hygienist and a nutritionist assisting. Children entering Grade 1 next September may register and be vaccinated. birth certificates must be presented. A work bee is planned at Congregational Church Saturday at a.m. Women of the church will serve luncheon to workers. Golden Agers held their first spring meeting at Mrs. Lester Hood’s home.
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Otis
Visiting Nurse Association
Marian-Graham
Congregational
Lester Hood
Hearing Planned On Appeal Against Golf Links Permit
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing May 21 at 8pm at Town Hall in New Lenox on a golf course project. Pro testers include James Pelton, Joseph Pope, and Harold VanDerkar who appealed the April 21 planning board decision to permit a par three course off New Lenox and Pittsfield roads. Selectmen agreed to lease a half acre of town land to the developers to serve as access.
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Lenox
Zoning Board of Appeals
New Lenox
Thomas P. Fielding
Fielding
James Pelton
Joseph Pope
Harold VanDerkar
Northwestern Connecticut Community College Hopes Fall Start
Canaan area officials doubt filing for a Sept opening will occur without $150000 in reserve by July 1. State education chief says no report yet on fundraising and that failure to meet targets likely delays opening. Winsted granted use of Gilbert School building for $1 yearly.
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Canaan, Conn
Area College
Winsted
Conn
Community College
Connecticut
William J. Sanders
Sanders
Gilbert
College Group
Housatonic Chester PTA Re-Elects Mrs Piergiovanni
Chester PTA approves re election of Mrs Domenic Piergiovanni as president with Mrs Roy Wheeler Jr. as vice president and Miss Cheridah Waters as treasurer. Anthony Russo elected secretary replacing Mrs William Morrissey who resigned after two years. Plans for June 2 art and fashion show and a variety program by preschool and school children. Food sale details listed for upcoming days at Community Center with menus and chairmen names.
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Chester
PTA
Domenic Piergiovanni
Roy Wheeler Jr
Cheridah Waters
Anthony Russo
William R. Morrissey
Lenox approves 1-year lease for golf course project
Lenox Selectmen granted a one-year lease to developers for a town land tract bordering a 62-acre site on New Lenox Road planned as an 18 hole par 3 golf course. The $208 annual rent follows Planning Board approval and plus talks on a potential five-year lease to cover investment over $200,000.
300 Youths Expected at College Event
About 300 teenagers from the Northeast Midwest and South attend Berkshire Christian College for the second annual weekend youth conference. Affiliated Advent Christian Church hosts events at Town Hall with speakers Rev Edward Stady and Rev Larry McGuill, plus musical entertainment by Dick and Lea Bowers.
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Lenox
Middlewest
Berkshire Christian College
Advent Christian Church
Town Hall
Edward Stady
Quidnessett, AL
Lea Bowers
Tennessee
Larry McGuill
Wyckoff
N.J
Raymond Bowden
Hope Church
Stady
Adams Budz Post VFW to Meet on Sunday at Park Street
Adams Budz Post VFW plans a Sunday 3 PM meeting at the Park Street post home to discuss the Poppy Day drive set for May 14 and 15. Proceeds fund hospitalized veterans projects and Memorial Day observances will be on the agenda. PTA Kindergames toured the Housatonic Fire Station and rode a fire truck. They also visited Ramsdell Public Library for National Library Week. Miss Glenna Nicholas of North Street is receiving treatment at Fairview Hospital for a back injury. Mr and Mrs Clarence M Race will spend the weekend with their son Vernon Race and daughter-in-law in Lynbrook New York.
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Adams Budz Post
VFW
Park Street Post
PTA
Housatonic
Ramsdell Public Library
Glenna Nicholas
North Street
Fairview Hospital
Clarence M. Race
Vernon Race
Lynbrook
N.Y
Circus World and More At County Theaters
Movie timetable lists showings at Mabatwe Great Barrington Adams Canson Coury Reesee Walden and Paramount North Adams. Titles include Circus World Two on a Guillotine Mondo Cane Purple Neon Peyton Place Dear Brigitte Sex and the Single Girl East of Sudan and other features with various drive-in screenings and weekend hours.
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Mabatwe
Great Barrington
Circus World
Lee
Texas
Adams
Canson
Young Fury
Coury
Reesee Drivele
North Adams
Walden, Williamstens
Paramount Theater
Sudan
Lanesboro Bicentennial Ad Sponsors Sought Amid Plans
Lanesboro Bicentennial Committee asks Incal and regional businessmen to join in advertising and support. The group meets Monday at 8 at bicentennial headquarters Lenox Grange meets Tuesday at 8 to plan a Mothers Day program. Mr Parsons and Mrs Parsons and Miss Rennie serve refreshments.
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Headquar- Lenox Grange
Folk Music Festival Program Announced In Lenox
LENOX The PTA released the festival program for tonight’s international folk music event at Lenox High School gym to benefit the scholarship fund. Henry Grover leads Berkshire Folk Music Society with “Songs of Protest” and “Casual Carryin’s On.” Participants include Datty Rowe Tim Cogan Dick Davis Nick Fischerson Norm Soule. Housatonic Philharmonic jug band performs later with leadbelly bluegrass pieces. Tickets at door. proceeds due today. Horticultural Society meets Tuesday 8 at Lenox Community Center. Alvah W. Sanborn speaks on Birds and Wildflowers. Public invited.
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Rogram
LENOX
PTA
Lenox High School
Henry Grover
Berkshire Folkusic Society
Grover
Datty Rowe
Tim Cogan
Dick Davis
Nick Fischerson
Norm Soule
Housatonic Philharmonic Jug Band
Robert Fischer
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Thomas W. Bleezarde
Great ‘Barrington
Eagle
Nicholas Rutsis
Sheffield
Satin Igoe
Lewis Avenue
Fairview
Great Barrington Recreation Association
Wyantenuck Country Club
Peter R. Albano
Albano
Benton Avenue
England
France
Italy
F. Truman Wheeler
Jessie Robinson
South Main Street
Northfield
Gibbons
Paul Gibbons
Hollenbeck Avenue
James A. Modoro
Bernard Gibbons
Andrew Pellegrini
Harold Beckwith
Charles Mack
Gordon Burghardt
Mary Flynn
Edward Rockefeller
William Rondeau
Robert Beckwith
Francis Toupence
Raymond Briggs
Lila Burghardt
Burghardt
Francis Badurski
Pat Folio
Walter Smith
Joseph Coffin
Fred Waldman
Waldman
Flynn
Mack
Retired Persons’ Association
Walker Hall
Fish and Game Association
James A. Modela
Edgar Whitcomb
Stockbridge Road
Lanvin
Melvin’s
Main St
Maloney
Beautyrest
Maloney’s
R. Hi. Congdon
Mer
Greenbrier
Barrington
Furn
Aviley
Eee
Les
É Caligari &Y Soni
Barrington Ter
Ruge
Barrington Electrical Shop Inc
Main
Connecticut News
Saybrook
Stephen Johnson
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Luke F. Fitzsimons
St. John's Church
St. John's Parish Center
AVON
Avon High School
Oriental Language Institute
Carnegie Foundation
Ann Shanahan
Canaan
Rte
Sat
Sun
John Wayne
tS¢eee
Sweet Charlotte
B. Davis
Olivia DeHavis
Abdalla’s
Otis Well-Child
Cheyenne
Falls Village
Torrington
Norfolk
Salisbury
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Ray Walrath
Sverre Willadsen
Methodist Woman’s Society
Canaan Exchange
Elsa's Kitchen
Taconic
Earle Smedick
Wig and Mask
Housatonic Valley Regional
Chester Pta
Piergiovanni
Chester Menus
Robert Kinne
Edward Vigeant
Altar Society of
Andrew L. Clarke
Board
Selectmen
New Lenox Road
Atly
Frederick J. Myers Jr
Archer J. Scarafoni
Sion
Dennis J. Datfin
Myers
Scarafoni
Water Department
George E. Mote
Charles R. Alberti Jr
Arthur MacKinnon
Lenox Savings Bank
Planning Board
Loeb
Foodtown
Lenox, Mass
Lanesboro
Thomas Martin
Joe's Grill
Folk Music Festival P
Horticultural Society
Alvah W. Sanborn
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary
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