Mulholland to deliver address at Memorial Day parade
Memorial Day activities feature 20 marching units and four divisions led by Sheriff John D. Courtney. Col. Mulholland, former Air Force officer and Berkshire Community College historian, will give the main address at Pittsfield Cemetery if weather permits, with ceremonies also at Pittsfield High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulholland
First
East Streets
Park Square
North Street
Wahoonah Street
Pittsfield
St. Joseph's
Mitchell J. Mulholland
Berkshire Community College
John D. Courtney
Civil Defense
United Spanish War Veterans
Eagies Band
Marine Corps League
14Th Infantry
U.S. Naval Reserve
American Legion
Massachusetts
Oil Dealers Offer County Heating Bid
Berkshire Oil Heat Council proposes county heating for county buildings at about 3740 dollars annually, based on a survey by a New England Oil Heat Council engineer. Commissioners seek alternatives when Western Mass Electric discontinues steam service to the East Street area. Yeonara Lipton says the group will meet Tuesday to review start-up costs and installation of oil heat equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Oil Heat Council
County Commission
New England Oil Heat Council
Western Mass Electric Co
Yeonara Lipton
The
Oil Council
City Officials Meet With Yellow Coach over Bus Service
City officials met in the mayor's office with Yellow Coach Lines representatives to discuss the company's financial crisis and assurances of continued school bus operation. Mayor Butler said no resolution was reached. Yellow Coach President Weeks III and attorney Campoli attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Coach Lines
Donald G. Butler
Yellow Coach
Internal Revenue Service
Charles M. Weeks III
Andrew T. Campoli
Clark Resigns At Center
LaMar Clark, director of expanded programs at the Christian Center since March 1968, will leave July 21 to devote energy to Linden Street Church of Christ where he serves as pastor. He cited financial strain on the Center and a reduced staff, with Mrs. George F. Clark remaining as the other director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaMar Clark
The
Christian Center
Clark
Linden Street
Church of Christ
Knesses Israel
Crane Avenue
E. Whitney Manning
Center
Manning
Police Hunt Firecracker Fosser Near Crosby Junior High
Police described a fast driver celebrating July 4th early who rode along West Street beside Crosby Junior High School and threw loud firecrackers from the car. The state bans possession of firecrackers. A detailed description of the vehicle and driver was obtained.
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Crosby Junior High School
West Street
Pellegrinelli Installed as Exalted Ruler of Pittsfield Elks
Guy A Pellegrinelli Sr was installed as exalted ruler of Pittsfield Lodge of Elks. Other officers named include Joel F Calkins as esteemed leading knight Ronald A Morwick as loyal knight Alfred LaBlanc as lecturing knight Francis H Jaehnert as secretary Henry Golub as treasurer Edward J Haddad as trustee Reginald Harrison as tiler Norman PD Alderman as inner guard James II Chilton as esquire and Earl H Beguchaine as chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy A. Pellegrinelli Sr
Pittsfield Lodge of Elks
Joel F. Calkins
Ronald A. Morwick
Alfred LaBlanc
Francis H. Jaehnert
Henry Golub
Edward J. Haddad
Reginald Harrison
Norman PD. Alderman
James II. Chilton
Earl H. Beguchaine
Vather Robarge Celebrates 25th Priest Anniversary
The Rev. Lucian C. Robarge superior of the Immaculate Heart Friary in Winona Ontario will celebrate 25 years as a Franciscan priest with a concelebrated Mass at 11 30 Sunday at St Charles Church A luncheon follows at Villa Rosina Restaurant and a reception at his sister’s home 1156 West St He was ordained June 3 1944 at Albany N Y and first Mass was at St Joseph’s Pittsfield Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian C. Robarge
Immaculate Heart
Winona
Ont
Canada
St. Charles
Churchiere
Villa Rosina
Marie McGuire
West St
Tere
Ernest Curry
Father Robarge
Pittsfield
Henry J. Robarge
Staten Island
N.Y
Washington, D.C
St. Anthony-on-the-Hudson
Rensselaer
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Albany
St. Joseph's Church
Puffer Construction Wins Barrington Road Resurfacing Contract
The Puffer Construction Co of North Adams won a $181000 contract to resurface 5.2 miles of Route 7 in Great Barrington. The firm also bid $485000 on Route 20 reconstruction in Westfield, the low bid this week. Work on Route 7 starts at Belcher Square and proceeds north to the Stackbridge town line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puffer Construction Co
North Adams
Great Barrington
Westfield
Belcher Square
Stackbridge
Immanuel Church to Worship in Renovated Sanctuary
Immanuel Community Church will hold worship and Sunday school in the renovated sanctuary Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The renovation relied on volunteer work by church members and friends. The Rev. C. W. Kirkpatrick will deliver the sermon titled Memorial in Poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Community Church
C. W. Kirkpatrick
Two Boys Catch 5-Pound Bullhead at Pontoosuc Lake
Michael Knysh aged 12 of 293 Hancock Road and Scott Picard aged 10 of 36 Ridge Avenue teamed to land a 5-pound bullhead at Pontoosuc Lake. Michael cast a goldfish lure and hooked the fish while Scott helped haul it ashore. City note reports orthopedic surgeon Dr. Franklin Gleckner relocating his practice from 262 South Street to 41 Wahconah Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Knysh
Hancock Road
Scott Picard
Ridge Ave
Pontoosuc Lake
Michael
Scott
Franklin Gleckner
South St
Wahconah St
Capitol Closed For Prenova Showings And Palace Listings
Movie timetable lists Capitol closed for prenova tions and Palace showings including A Fine Pair at 7 55 and Charro at 7 15 with matinee 1 30 midweek. Union Square shows Dr Zhivago at 7 30 with matinees 2 40 Sat Sun Mon. Sunset Berkshire Pittsfield drive ins feature The Hell With Heroes and The Shaki rst Gun in the West at dusk and 10 00 respectively. Coury s Adams and Hoosac drive ins host Swiss Family Robinson Inspector Clouseau Green Slime and Mrs Brown along with Lion in Winter Funny Girl times across several venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matinee
Sun
Union Square
Dr. Zhivago
Berkshire Drive
Pittsfield Drive-In
Shalako
Charly
Coury
North Adams
Inspector Clouseau
Hoosac Drive-In
Adams
Mrs. Brown
West Springfield
Finance Committee Rejects Quinns Clerk Request
The City Council Finance Committee declined Tax Collector John J. Quinns bid for one full time senior clerk by a 3 to 2 vote citing workload increases from new duties at the Registry of Motor Vehicles. Night-shift pay differential petitions were referred to Mayor Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Quinn
Tiremen’s Association
Donald G. Butler
Quinn
George A. Purnell
Richard Paul
Albert S. Bradley
Joseph Scelsi
Parnell
Raymond I. Craw
Firemen’s Association
Richard J. Briggs
Arthur &. Benham
Scelsy
Scelsi
Mnen
Lawrence A. Grizey
Capt. Benham
Ethiopian Born Rabbi to Speak at Knesses Israel
Ethiopian born Rabbi Hadu Moska Paris will address the Knesses Israel Sisterhood lecture on Negro Jewry Past and Present. Paris, active in Harlem's black Jewish community, studied at City and Yeshiva universities, later served as rabbi at Bnai Yisrael and worked with CORE and HARYOU. He will speak at 8 p.m. at the synagogue 11 Wendell Ave admission free refreshments served public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisterhood
Knesses Israel
Jas
Sanford Shanblatt
Kenneth Goldblum
Joel Curran
Hadu Moska Paris
Paris
America
Harlem
City
Yeshiva
Yeshiva University
Israel
B'nai Yisrael
Congregation Mt. Hareb
Ethiopia
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
New York
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
CORE
Haryou
P.m
Wendell Ave
Bates Earns Doctorate in Education at USD Commencement
Stephen D. Bates of Vermilion will receive a Doctor of Education degree at University of South Dakota commencement on May 25. His major is educational psychology and guidance, with a dissertation on tolerance intolerance of ambiguity and its relation to dogmatism. Bates, a Pittsfield native and son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill P. Bates, earned a B.S. at Nebraska State College and an M.A. from USC. He will move to LeMars Town to work as a school psychologist for Plymouth County with his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen D. Bates
Vermillion
University of South Dakota
Bates
Pittsfield
Darren Schos
Sherrill P. Bates
Taylor St
Nebraska State College
Peru
Neb
USC
LeMars
Town
Plymouth County
State To Hire Disadvantaged For Summer
Gov. Sargent announced a pilot in seven cities including Pittsfield to place at least 10 of the 49 state public works summer hires from local antipoverty agencies. About 300 positions will be filled this summer with half in Boston, a total of 1,200 summer jobs normally filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Public Works
Pittsfield
Sargent
Boston
Temple Anshe Amunim Ends School Year Sunday
Temple Anshe Amunim closes its religious school year this Sunday with a 10 a.m. start and an 11 a.m. assembly. The notice also lists a dance at the West Shore Club and various local ads for services and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Anshe Amunim
Connecticut mother and children win $2000 in motor tort verdicts
A Connecticut mother and her two children win $2000 total from a Superior Court jury in a two-car rear end crash on Route 15 in Sturbridge on July 12, 1964. The Schwabs face $1800 and two $100 awards for the children. A separate $10,000 motor tort in Great Barrington favored the Cahills against Rice after a December 14, 1965 incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturbridge
Robert
Sheila Pambianchi
Monroe
Cann
Lillian E
George Schwab
Adams
Route 15
Schwabs
Robert Pambianchi
Pambianchi
Kathleen
Stephen
Arthur Rice
Great Barrington
William C
A. Dorothy Cahill
West Stockbridge
Main
Cahills
Rice
Cahill
Grandshaw blames low pay for loss of tradesmen
Public Buildings Supt Harold Grandshaw warns of a serious shortage of tradesmen as workers leave for higher paying positions in the School Department. He cites salaries of 9.17 an hour with benefits versus 3.70 for city buildings tradesmen and warns that continued underpay could force outside contracts and squeeze the city budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandshaw
Harold T. Grandshaw
Donald G. Buller
City Council
Buildings Department
Budset
Arts Emphasis Week at NJH Declared a Creative Success
North Junior High School finished its arts emphasis week with Principal John T. Reid calling it one of the most creative ever. About 250 people attended the annual music program in the auditorium while hundreds of works by students and retiring teacher Mary Legg’s class were shown in hallways and classrooms, including Grade 8 puppets and ad hoc performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Junior High School
John T. Reid
Patricia Keziol
Geraldine Black
Mary Legg
Local Police To Meet With AFL-CIO Official
Leroy Fowler president of the Pittsfield Police Association said the local force will meet with a Springfield AFL-CIO union representative on June 4. The hour and venue are pending as Fowler cautioned the local union will not affiliate until they hear the full Springfield explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Fowler
Pittsfield
Laymen's Sunday Observed at Zion Lutheran Church
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church observes Laymen's Sunday with Pastor absent as Rev. Richard D. Rintala and intern Carl B. Moll attend the New England Synod Lutheran Church in America convention at the Yankee Drummer Motor Inn in Auburn. Lay delegate Stanley Wilk represents the church. Liturgy by Charles H. Benz Jr. Five Lenox School students will deliver the sermon Expression of Contemporary Society. Howard Bad Hund from Rose Bud South Dakota, Michael Benson from Shiprock New Mexico, Robert Wilson of St. Louis, James Hinson of Roxbury, and Patrick Gabie of Lenox comprise the visiting speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Richard D. Rintala
Carl B. Moll
New England Synod
Lutheran Church In America
Yankee Drummer Motor Inn
Auburn
Stanley Wilk
Charles H. Benz Jr
David L. Lawry
Lenox School
Howard Bad Hund
South Dakota
Michael Benson
Shiprock
N.M
Robert Wilson
St. Louis
James Hinson
Roxbury
Patrick Gabie
Lenox
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Pittsfield High School
Kudlate
William H. Kudlate
Gerard Downing
St. Joseph’s High School
John McDonnell
St. Joseph’s Church
Veterans’ Organizations
Col. Mulholland
Becket
Air Force
Cranwell School
Alexander Vladimirsky
Wahconak St
St. Nicholas
Guy Pellegrinelli
Elks
Wendell Avenue
Pillsfield
Mass
Vather Robarge
Lucian Robarge
N.A. Company
Barrington
Immanuel
Capitol
Sunset Drive-In
Finance Committee
Water Department
Fire Department
Water Commission
John Burbank
Burbank
Metcalf & Eddy
Robert E. Villanova
Harvard University
Stanley Stankiewicz
Frank Polidero
Stankiewicz
Police Association
Bradley
Ward 4
Edward L. Dobbins
Grizey
Liberty Mutual
Howard Reardan
Afl-Cio
Butler
Rabbi Hailu Paris
Stephen DB. Bates
Temple School
West Shore Club
Buckley Construction
Blacktop Corp
Berkshire Civic Ballet
Vincent Heavy Tracking
East St
Turk & His
Party
Bryant Manor
Superior Court
Opeth Thurs, & Fund
Columbus Ava
NJH
Dalton Ave
Berkshire Hills
New Raven
Rt. F
Stockbridge
Dial
Ruanas
Columbian Andes
South America
Lutheran Church
Mons. Thurs
Pittsfield Supply
eScott’s Lawn Food
eJacobsen Mowers
eAtlas
Rubbermaid Products
eDutch Boy Paints
Eforningware
eMillers Falls
Rockwell Tall
Black & Decker Tools
North St
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