Memorial plan at Du Bois home sparks local opposition
Great Barrington reports renewed outcry over a proposed memorial park at W. E. B. Du Bois home site on Route 23. Local residents and Harold Beckwith of the Veterans of Foreign Wars challenge honoring a figure tied to communism. Plans suggest a July dedication, while a pulpit exchange among Southern Berkshire Congregational ministers continues for a second year with several clergy preaching in neighboring towns.
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Great Barrington
W. E. B. du Bois
Route 23
New York Times
Walter Wilson
Chatham
N.Y
du Bois
Berkshires
Memorial Park
Harold J. Beckwith
James A. Modolo
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Beckwith
NAACP
Ghana
Communist Party
Wilson
Teen-Age Dance To Be Held Tonight
The Southern Berkshire Human Relations Council youth committee hosts a teen age get-together at St. Peter's Center from 7 to 9. Free dancing music and refreshments. Open to all area youths as part of youth activity program. Saleswoman Wanted For Shoe Department. Apply Mrs Hastedt, Zayre Dept. Store, 740 South Main St, 2 to 6 p.m. Ady. -19
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Great Barrington
Southern Berkshire Human Relations Council
St. Peter's Center
Hastedt
Zayre Dept
Alain St
Ady
Fry Amrhein To Be Feted At Seminary Reception
Community note says Rev. Thomas Amrhein 5.C.J. will depart Tuesday for a new mission in Holly Springs Mississippi. A Sunday 4:30 to 6 p m reception at Dehan Seminary gym honors his four year tenure as treasurer and dean of studies and announces the CADET program focusing on education and social work in the Mississippi region. Public invited.
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Great Barrington
Dehan Seminary
Thomas Amprhein
C. J
Holly Springs
Miss
Father Amrhein
Mississippi
Worthington Local Notes and Sports Updates
Worthington announce Little League playoffs set for June 19 and 22. Worthington Health Association plans diabetes screening clinics under Dr. Eaton E. Freeman and the state Department of Public Health. Sgt. Philip D. Mollison, son of Walter and Mrs. Mollison, discharged from the Air Force and now with United Aircraft in Springfield as a computer programmer, with wife Louise Crane and son Craig.
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Worthington Health Association
Eaton E. Freeman
State Department of Public Health
Philip D. Mollison
Walter Mollison
Echo Valley Farm
Air Force
Louise Crane
Craig
Springfield
United Aircraft
Hou Satonic Valley high honors list named
In Falls Village the Hou Satonic Valley Regional High School fifth marking period honors include 27 high honors recipients and 60 honorable mentions. Seniors Karen Hawley Jo McGuire Marie Negri Joan Post Christina Scarf Janet Storrs Mary Terrall Janice Vanicky. juniors James Blake Jan Connery Cheryl Hopf Edward Nelson Carol Ramsey. sophomores Leila Baroody David Gatti Timothy Hawley. freshmen Fahmer Fitch Frost Miller Moseley Nania Negri ONeal Schultz Skinner Smith. Canaan students Beebe Dixon Freund Rebecca Freund Hitchcock Marshall Peppe Segalla Spadaccini Tatsapaugh Tatsapaugh Wright also listed.
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Falls Village
Conn
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Karen L. Hawley
Jo Eilen M. McGuire
Marie E. Negri
Joan B. Post
Christina M. Scarf
Janet E. Storrs
Mary Terrall
Janice H. Vanicky
James E. Blake
Jan L. Connery
Cheryl A. Hopf
Edward A. Nelson
Carol Ram
Maria Freund
Rebecca Freund
Mary E. Hitchcock
Glenna E. Marshall
Daniel J. Peppe
Martina L. Segalla
Robert E. Spadaccini
Eileen M. Tatsapaugh
Gloria J. Tatsapaugh
Melody A. Wright
Regional High Notes Highlights Local Education and Athletics
Principal Edward M. Kirby returns from a Colorado Plateau study aiding earth science materials at Falls Village High. The field trip covered early Northwest Connecticut iron industry with guests from West Point and McGraw-Hill. Local participants included Lawrence Eddy, Marie Graham, Jason Clark, and Russell Francis. proš
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Falls Village
Cong
Edward M. Kirby
Colorado Plateau
Utah
Kirby
David B. Lindsay
Connecticut
Mr. Kirby
Gerald C. Stowe
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
George Rappole
International Publications
John Wiley Co
New York
Edward W. Hermann
McGraw-Hill Publications
Hermann
Hudson
Salisbury
Constitution Island
Lawrence Eddy
Marie Graham
Jason Clark
Russell Francis
Chatfield
Ore Hill
Lime Rock
Mt. Riga
Selectmen Told Of Rate Hike For Blue Cross
Lenox officials met with Blue Cross enrollment representative Bruce J. Milne to discuss a planned rate increase in medical coverage for municipal employees. Premiums would rise from 9.08 to 11.28 dollars per month for individuals and 28.38 to 33.12 dollars for families, with June 20 as the start date. Milne would provide an itemized cost breakdown. the board will vote after figures are received and then seek Finance Committee and town meeting approval.
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LENOX
Bruce J. Milne
Pittsfield
Blue Cross
Milne
Blue Shield
Selectman
Dennis J. Dustin
John J. Pignatelli
Kiwanis Picnic Set for June 15 Amid Community Events
Kiwanis members in Canaan decide to hold their annual picnic June 15 at Berkshire Hills Campsite Twin Lakes Salisbury inviting area guests. A May 20 to 27 charcoal drive funds the Kiwanis scholarship. no regular meetings during the drive. Six people injured in a two car collision at Hubbard Street Route 7 Lenox.
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Kiwanis
Bernard
Hillcrest Hospital
Blair
Cranwell Golf Course Opens Early for Play
Cranwell School golf pro Jimmy Toolan announced the 18-hole 6190 yard course opened for playing May 2 ahead of its official Memorial Day opening. He credited light winter-kill for greens in good shape and noted golf is the most popular individual sport among Cranwell students.
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LENOX
Cranwell School
Jimmy Toolan
Taplan
Cranwell
West Stockbridge Paper Route For Sale Ad
West Stockbridge seeks buyer for paper route with 49 customers. Contact via dial 292-4212. Ady.
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West Stockbridge
Dial
Ady
Bypass Hearing Legality Questioned in Lenox Statement
Lenox residents sign a seven page statement by Bernard H. Flood criticizing the Route 7 corridor hearing held April 24 and questioning its legality. The document urges a complete DPW study of traffic origins and destinations, regional planning, alternatives, and full disclosure of impacts before any superhighway plan.
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Lenox
Bernard H. Flood
State Department of Public Works
Edward J. Ribbs
Commissioner of Public Works
Flood
DPW
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
First Cranwell Regatta Set for Saturday at Stockbridge Bowl
About 40 sailors will race in the first annual Cranwell School Sunfish Regatta departing from Shadowbrook waterfront at Stockbridge Bowl Saturday at 9 AM. Organizer Albert Barsa, 16, of Rye NY, plans trophies for top five. Rally includes participants from New Jersey and features Sunfish, large class recognized by the North American Yacht Racing Union.
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LENOX
Cranwell School
Shadowbrook
Stockbridge Bowl
Albert Barsa
Rye
N.Y
Cranwell
North American Yacht Racing Union of
New York
Documentary Film On the Edge of Abundance Shown Sunday
LENOR America On the Edge of Abundance is a documentary to be shown by the United Church of Christ at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Chapel on Main Street. The film contrasts affluence and poverty in America and surveys responses and needed actions. Public invited.
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LENOR
America
United Church of Christ
Church-on-the-Hill
Main Street
Parking Lot Proposed in Lenox Public Hearing Scheduled
Lenox Planning Board to hold a May 28 public hearing at Town Hall on an application by Ronald A. Trabulsi of 440 North Street Pittsfield to change a nonconforming use to permit a parking lot for about 30 cars. The plan, linked to 52 Housatonic Street buildings now vacant, aims to serve tenants of nearby apartments.
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LENOX
Planning Board
Town Hall
Ronald A. Trabulsi
North St
Pittsfield
Trabulsi
Housatonic St
Church St
Trabussi
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