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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1969
Page
12
An ABA public service piece explains when homeowners are liable for postmen injuries. It covers collapsed porch steps with rot unseen from above, waxed floors, and dog bites. Key facts include the need for negligence or local dog bite law, and that warning signs do not absolve duty to visitors.
The North Canaan Elementary School PTA fair runs today from 11 to 4 with clowns, fortune teller, hay ride, crafts, book sale and more to fund eighth grade activities and school additions. Tickets for Web of Murder at the North Canaan Elementary School next Friday and Saturday are on sale through local students and at the door. A town meeting authorized the school board to apply for state aid for the new addition, with possible coverage up to half of construction and loan costs. Nearby property sales include Rogers laundry on Church Street and Segalla on Foote Avenue sold to new owners.
The Pilgrim Club of Pilgrim Congregational Church sponsors the tenth annual lobster dinner on Saturday May 24 from 5 pm at Pilgrim House. Reservations by May 21. One-pound lobsters available dine in or to go. Tickets at Canaan Savings Bank Helbling's Delicatessen Roger's Shoe Store and Fuller Hardware. Prices match last year. The event attracts regional interest since 1960 when 300 lobsters were sold and 1968 saw 2000 sold. Dyson and church members travel to Maine to bring back fresh lobsters for the dinner.
Lanesboro students will attend a square dance in Hartford Connecticut next Friday. Buses depart Lanesboro School at 3 40 p m and return at 2 30 a m. Students must arrange their own transportation to and from school. A parent signed permission slip is required and slips are available at the school.
New York brokers described a lackluster market on Friday facing profit-taking and caution ahead of the weekend. They cited international monetary prospects and the domestic economy as weighing on sentiment, while Vietnam peace talks provided a modest support. The Dow closed at 961.61, down 2.07, with 684 declines and 668 advances among 1,600 issues. Volume totaled 12.53 million shares, the lowest of the week.
Dr Romo lo Toigo of Chatham will join Berkshire Farm Institute for Training and Research in June as director of research. He will oversee all research activities, evaluate programs, maintain the data reservoir, and conduct delinquency studies. He earned a PhB from Chicago in 1948 and a PhD from Columbia in 1962. He will remain part time at SUNY Albany, and has taught at Columbia and Columbia Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. His wife Jean is a Chatham attorney, and they have two children.
Washington PTA invites Becket residents to hear Miss Ethel Mecum, longtime Beck et school leader and former Long Lane School superintendent, at a Monday meeting at 7:40 PM in the Washington School.
Pittsfield churches list Sunday schedules for Catholic and Protestant denominations. Notable entries include Saint George Greek Orthodox at 73 Bradford Street with Dimitri Mifonas, Immanuel Community in West Pittsfield, and several Catholic parishes including Mount Carmel and St Marys with multiple Mass times. Also listed are Jehovah’s Witnesses and other faith communities with service times and locations.
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