Militant Pittsfield Negro at Williams Center Highlights
Ernest L. West Jr a Pittsfield native and Williams College student leads the campus Afro American Cultural Center and directed a play titled Him Black Self last Saturday West moved from Berkshire Community College in February and plans to graduate February 1971 He notes the center as the main place on campus where he feels at home and describes the three day Hopkins Hall occupation over unfulfilled demands as the start of reform efforts with ongoing student administration collaboration.
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Williamstown
Pittsfield
Williams College
Ernest L. West Jr
West
Lafayette &J
Williams
Berkshire Community College
Martin Luther King
America
Brainerd Mears House
Wiliams
Hopkins Hall
Guidance Group Will Set Up Speakers Unit in Berkshire
The Berkshire County Guidance Association plans a speakers bureau to explain guidance procedures to local organizations. Available speakers include Edward J. Plummer Pittsfield High counselor and BCGA president. Donald R. Lumimer Adams-Cheshire director of pupil services. Mrs Lillian Preiss and Thomas Consolati Mt Everett counselors. New officers include Joyce Latif WilliamsTown director of guidance president elect. Preiss secretary. Elizabeth Heath Pittsfield High treasurer. Notebook editors named Sister William James St Josephs North Adams and Sister Louise DeJordy St Josephs Pittsfield. Ronald Frederickson UMass School of Education urged counselors focus on human relations over college admissions during the annual meeting at the Holiday Inn.
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Berkshire County Guidance Association
Edward J. Plummer
Pittsfield High
Donald R. Lumimer
Adams-Cheshire
Massachusetts School Counselors Association
Lillian Preiss
Thomas Consolati
Mt. Everett
Sheffield
Plummer
BCGA
Joyce Lataif
Williamstown
Preiss
Elizabeth Heath
Pittsfield
William James
St. Joseph's High
North Adams
Louise DeJordy
Tanglewood Program Guides Are Available
Complete program guides for the Tanglewood season arrive at Berkshire Hills Conference office in the Western Mass Electric Co building on Eagle Street. Boston Symphony programs run July 4 to August 24 and an extra week of Boston Pops, directed by Arthur Fiedler, ends August 31. Peter and the Wolf features Mrs. Edward M. Kennedy as narrator on August 5. Five Contemporary Trend concerts are planned with programs announced July 1. Berkshire Boy Choir presents Tanglewood programs July 26 and August &.
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Berkshire Hills
Western Mass, Electric Co
Eagle Street
John V. Geary
Boston Symphony
Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler
Edwardm. Kennedy
Berkshire Boy Choir
Stockbridge School
STEP Program Gets Funding For Pittsfield Summer Enrichment
Pittsfield's STEP program receives 173649 dollars in federal Title I funds announced by Director Gary Clarkson. The grant marks a slight cut from last year amid nationwide Title I reductions. STEP serves about 650 children and runs July 7 through August 15.
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Pittsfield
Gary Clarkson
Dr John F Hannon respected dentist dies at 88
Obituary notices recall Dr John F Hannon of Lee a Tufts Dental School graduate 1921 who practiced in Brockton before moving to Lee retired 1986 Army WWI veteran member of Knights of Columbus Berkshire Hills Council 314 and American LegionSurvivors include wife Ruth two daughters Janice and Mrs Stevens and two brothers Funeral from Kelly Funeral Home with High Mass at St Marys Church burial in St Marys Cemetery Calls today and tomorrow morning guard of honor signalled by Berkshire District Dental Society. EGREMONT Joseph C Snyder 60 dies South Egremont born July 3 1908 son of Matthias J and Jennie Snyder survived by brother Matthias and sister Jennie Snyder funeral at Stevens Funeral Home Great Barrington time to be announced no calling hours.
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Lee
John F. Hannon
Housatonic
Edgecomb
Rockford
Martin and
Nora Cronin Hannon
Tufts Dental School
Brockton
Hannon
Berkshire Hills Council 314
Knights of Columbus
American Legion of Lee
Massachusetts Dental Society
St. Mary's Cemetery
Tod
Berkshire District Dental Society
T. Edward Gwinnell Jr
Euclid Ave
St. Luke's Unit
BMC
YMCA
Pittsfield
Thomas E
Sarah A. MacArthur Gwinnell
First Baptist Church
Mystic Lodge of Masons
Gladys Wiswell
G. Harry
Frank C
Wellington
Memorial notices and deaths from Springfield area
Obituary items chronicle the passing of William B Kirkham 87 of Springfield and Worthington with details of his education at Yale, his teaching career, and community involvement. plus several other local deaths and funeral arrangements including Mrs Clara Allen Pixley Minnie T Lutz Bartholomew Huban Elizabeth Verchot and T Edward Gwinnell Jr plus service details and bearers.
Tobia Named Assistant Attorney General in Gardner
Atty. George W. Tobia of Gardner, son-in-law of Joseph D. Hashim, was sworn in as assistant attorney general by Atty. Gen. Robert H. Quinn. A Boston University and BU Law School graduate, Tobia served in the Navy 1956 to 1958, worked in Boston and North Adams firms, then opened his Gardner practice in 1968. He was associated in North Adams with the late Atty. John N. Alberti. Tobia and his wife Virginia Hashim have two sons, George N. Jr. and Geoffrey D.
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George W. Tobia
Gardner
Joseph D. Hashim
West Housatonic St
Robert H. Quinn
Boston University
BU Law School
Tobia
Navy
Boston
North Adams
John N. Alberti
Virginia Hashim
George N. Jr
Geoffrey d
Immanuel Pastor To Talk on Hippies
The Rev. Charles W. Kirkpatrick of Immanuel Community Chapel will speak on A Hippy Commune Finds God at the Sunday morning service at 9 30. Mrs Roy Nash Jr directs the choir with Lawrence Kimple on organ. Sunday school and nursery run concurrently under Mrs Standish Kellogg.
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Charles W. Kirkpatrick
Immanuel Community Chapel
Roy Nash Jr
Lawrence Kimple
Standish Kellogg
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Baker’s Dozen
Gary Lee
Jennifer
Open Daily & Sun
New York
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Mass
Dial
Berkshire Bank and Trust Company
Your Modern Family Bank
FDIC
Tanglewood
STEP
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William B. Kirkham
Worthington
William Barri Kirkham
Springfield
Springfield Hospital
James W
Fanny Howe Barr Kirkham
Worthington Country Club
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Central High School
Classical High School
Yale University
Yale
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Springfield Library Association
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Marguerite Hyde
Clara A. Pixley
Clara Allen Pixley
Springside Nursing Home
Canaan
Conn
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Dery Funeral Home
Minnie T. Lutz
Montgomery Ave
Rockville
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Unitarian Church
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Anna C. Lutz
Eugene L. Tisdel
Hinsdale
Fred H
Clarence E
Zoot Funeral Home
H. V. Kafka
Bartholomew Hubar
Bartholomew Huban
Lenox Dale
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Paul R. King
Holy Ghost Church
Whitman
Huban
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Francis X. Boyle
Father King
Prave
William J. Happer
George H. Martin
Edward W. Wallace
Dalton
William J. Brown
Ernest Menalti
Lenox
Sterling I. Blakeney
Great Barrington
Elizabeth Verchot
St. Mark’s Church
Msgr
Joseph I. Johnson
St. Joseph's Cemetery
David E. Beitzel
Ralph F
Leslie FE. Coty
Edward I
John H. Williams
Alton H. Britigan
T. E. Gwinnell Jr
H. Angus Goodwin
Foley Funeral Home
Lloyd E. Chorpenning
Dalton Methodist Church
Main Street
Charles H. Condon
St. Peter's Church
John McNamara
St. Peter’s Cemetery
Ernest Gilbert
John Giracea
William Dramhour
Southern Berkshire American Legion
Ralph M. Haley
George L. Middleton
Pittsfield Cemetery
Albert L. Bliss
Albert L, Bliss
Crofut St
Quentin L. Peacock
First Congregational Church
Clayton F, Bunt
Clayton F. Bunt
Peru
Barnett-Wellington
Jerome Wood
South Cemetery
Ellen O'Brien
Ellen O’brien
St. Mary’s Church
John F.egan
William F
Harold J
Robert H
James M. Ford
Donald C. Blair
Raymond F. Campbell
Mary M. Senger
St. Mark's Church
Frederick G. Dion
Father Dion
John P. Lucey
James J. Curley
John ¥. Senger
Thomas Salzarulo
Edwin J. Zahn
Robert M. McCumiskey
Albert J. Bahillis
Immanuel
Fourth Sts
Sonotone
Sonotone Hearing Aid Center
First 51
Joseph Mauro
Gt. Barr
Bill's Pharmacy
Main St
Speed Shop
Newell
East
H.P. Cricket
H.P. Caballero
H.P. Caravelle
H.P. Commanche
Keystone Helmets
Newell & East
Delicatessen
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