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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1969

Page

11

First driver education course offered at New Lebanon Central School

Lebanon Valley announces a three hour driver education course for license qualification will be held Wednesday 6:30 to 9:20 pm at New Lebanon Central School with instructor Robert W. Jones. Registrations by telephone to the high school office. if applicants exceed state limit another session will be held. Bruce T. Sherwood notes permits required. Guidance session for eighth graders and parents set for Wednesday at 7:80 with John W. Robinson. Sunday worship schedules updated with Mill Grades 10 and 11 moving to River meeting house. Taxpayers delinquent until May 31 with 4% penalty. after that up to 7% to county. Lions Club to meet Monday 7:30 pm at Town Hall. Reverend Charles W. Crooker to be exchange pastor this Sunday. Mr. Gaskill to fill pulpit. Confirmation class Sunday at 7 pm at the parsonage. Senior choir meets Wednesday at Mrs. Welles Sellew Sr.’s home.

Lebanon Springs N.Y New Lebanon Central School Robert W. Jones Bruce T. Sherwood New York Sherwood John W. Robinson Inice Mill River Meeting House Southfield Parish House Welles Sellew Sr

Mt. Greylock Region May Sue Williamstown

Mt Greylock Regional School Committee considers legal action against Williamstown after budget cuts. Williamstown Finance Committee rejects restoring cuts, claiming capital funds cannot be used to cover operating costs. The board says the certified operating budget is the minimum needed to run the school and explored capital-budget reductions only as alternatives.

Mt. Greylock Williamstown John W. McGowen McGowen Lanesboro McQueeney J. Greylock

Reverend Gaskill and Ritcher attend UCC conference

The Rev John Gaskill and Harry Ritcher are at the state conference of the United Church of Christ today and tomorrow at the Eastern States Exposition grounds in West Springfield.

New Marlboro John Gaskill Harry Ritcher The United Church of Christ Eastern States Exposition Grounds West Springfield

Lawmaker Is Speaker At Williams

Rep. Morris K. Udall spoke at Williams College accusing Congress of resisting reform due to the seniority system. He noted his failed bid to unseat Speaker John McCormack and criticized Nixon's ABM plan and Vietnam policy, urging an undisguised withdrawal from South Vietnam.

Williamstown Congress Morris K. Udall D-Ariz Jesup Hall Williams College House John McCormack D-Mass Udall Interior Stewart Udall Sen Eugene McCarthy Lyndon Johnson Nixon Vietnam United States South Vietnam Udair

Missing Temple coed found on Glastonbury Mountain

Penny Kaden 21 a Temple University student was separated from a hiking party on the Appalachian Trail for three days. NY state police using a helicopter located her on Glastonbury Mountain and a ground team found her in good condition with a sleeping bag. She and four companions from Temple had set out in a split group earlier.

Glastonbury Mt. Bennington Penny Kaden Temple University New York

Rock ef feller signs law on fulltime district attorneys

Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller signed a bill requiring fulltime district attorneys in counties with populations over 100000. The act takes effect next April and bans DAs from private law practice. He vetoed a bill imposing an extra five years on felonies involving firearms.

Albany Nelson A. Rockefeller

Mount Holyoke alters core requirements for flexible study

Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley announced a year long study led to changes in basic requirements set to take effect in September. Freshmen may now opt for pass fail among first year courses and students can count up to 20 of 128 degree credits toward their degrees. The major credit ceiling rises from 48 to 60 to boost specialization while the distribution of one semester courses across supplements drops from nine to seven.

Mount Holyoke South Hadley Mount Holyoke College Alowing

Connecticut Director Is Named for NW Conn. C. of C.

Ronald Zooleck of Waterbury was named executive director of the Chamber of Commerce of Northwest Connecticut succeeding Frederick A. Rubin who moved to Pittsfield Mass. Zooleck a Waterbury native and UConn graduate has spent seven years with the Waterbury Chamber. Ribicoff Tells Lecture Writing Income.

NW Conn. C C. Torrington Ronald Zooleck Waterbury Chamber of Commerce Northwest Connecticut Frederick A. Rubin Association of Business and Commerce Pittsfield Mass Zooleck Uconn Waterbury Chamber Ribicoff Washington, D.C Abraham Ribicoff D-Conn Sen. Ribicoff

Egremont PTA to Sponsor Inter national Music Hall Review

The Egremont Auburnfield PTA sponsors a musical revue titled Inter national Music Hall tonight and Saturday at 8. It features local singer Bobby Chambers with the Mt. Everett stage band, at Mt. Everett Regional High School in Sheffield to raise funds for PTA scholarships.

Egremont-Alford Pta Mt. Everett Regional High School Sheffield Bobby Chambers Mt. Everett PTA Furl

Berkshire planners study Bear Swamp project impacts

The Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission voted to hire Williams College economist Edwin Clark for 3500 to study the Florida Rowe Bear Swamp pumped storage project. The 40 million venture by New England Power would store water in an upper reservoir above the Deerfield River with potential 50 foot level changes and 600 kilowatts output. A Sept 7 public hearing in Washington DC is planned as the commission prepares formal comments.

Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission Bear Swamp Florida Rowe Edwin Clark Williams College BCRPC Public Investment Plan The New England Power Co Deerfield River Ruth Alexander Commission New England Power Federal Power Commission Massachusetts Karl A. Hekler Washington, D.C Hekler

Middlefield Grange honors and town meeting items

At a Middlefield Grange meeting Miss Denice Sumner and Miss Linda Lavery received first and second degrees with Edward J. Horalek as master. The group supported eye care drives and memorials, and voted funds to regional scholarships and youth leadership. A May 24 special town meeting will consider five articles including town property evaluation, library funding, sale of the old Town Hall, a new 24 ton four wheel drive truck, and other business.

Middlefield Denice Sumner Linda Lavery Middlefield Grange Edward J. Horalek Francis van Slyck West Stockbridge Richard A. Waite Home and Community Service Committee Pittsfield Tri-County Civil Air Patrol

Richmond Registration Set Wednesday On Kindergarten

Registration for children entering pre kindergarten and kindergarten in September will be held next Wednesday from 9 to noon and from 1 to 4 at the school. Children must be 4 by Sept 1 for pre kindergarten. Audio and visual testing will be done by Public Health Nurse Hazel Dickson. There will be no classes that day so teacher Mari hel Mukherjee may conduct the recitation.

Richmond Hazel

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Hall Groat World Federation of the United Nations Association United Nations Lebanon Valley Clifford M Frambach — Tel Florence S. Haight Lions Club Charles W. Crooker Great Barrington Gaskill Crookers United Church Notes Kebeste Northern Berkshire Store of Tomorrow Eer E Jantzen Berkshire Plaza North Adams Williams Morris Udall Berkshire County Savings Bank Donald B. Kuntz Cola Summer St Adams Sadanga Whitingham Donald R. Boyd Naomi AP Phato North Berkshire Desnoyers Viola B. Desnoyers RPI Troy Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute C. of C Troy Industrial Council Hudson Valley Community College Reform Gop Republicans For Reform Party Sidney C. Smith Connecticut Boston Egremont Helen Cook Grange Gateway Regional District National Grange Youth Leadership Fund Peter A. ‘Tefts Middlefield Elementary Shool West Stoickbridge Great Bayrington Dalton Grange No. A3 Amber A. Starbuck George W. Olds Nancy Burnham Charles J. Cook Board of Health Charles E. Cook Jocal Cancer Fund Drive
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