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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1965

Page

5

Kitterman Defends Civil Service Bill Stance

Rep William L Kitterman of Pittsfield says reports on a civil service bill debate are garbled He opposed basing qualifications solely on formal education and urged keeping self improvement and professional training in exams He cited a December civil engineer exam where 615 tested 75 passed including 25 graduates and 50 nongraduates Dr Mathew R Sgan named dean of student affairs at UMASS Brandeis ties

William L Kitterman Pittsfield House Kitterman Division of Civil Service State Department of Public Works Mathew R. Sgan University of Massachusetts Brandeis University Dr. Sgan

Judge Blassberg to preside at appeals session

District Court Judge Samuel Blassberg of Greenfield will preside for the third year in a row at the Berkshire County Superior Court misdemeanor appeals session scheduled to begin June 7. The two week session covers 131 cases dating to 1956, with a reading of the docket on opening day to set trial dates.

District Court Samuel Blassberg Greenfield Berkshire County Superior Court Milo Brown Asst. Dist. Alty William R. Flynn Lt. Brown District Attorney’s Superior Court Central Berkshire District Court

Stern Attends Highway Conference in Boston

H Lee Stern of 120 Bartlett Ave a district public works engineer joined over 500 engineers and public administrators from 30 states at a conference on highway engineering productivity. The event at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel highlighted computers and Laser Photography and featured a MIT facility tour under the U S Department of Commerce Bureau of Public Roads.

H. Lee Stern Bartlett Ave District Office of State Department of Public Works Sheraton-Boston U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Public Roads Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Marine Corps Corporal Ferriere promoted in Okinawa service

Alain Ferriere son of Serge and Mrs Ferriere of 98 Francis Ave has been promoted to corporal while stationed in Okinawa with the 3rd Marine Division MP unit He has also seen action in Viet Nam A Pittsfield High School 192 graduate he previously served in the Marine Corps Reserve and six months active duty before joining the regular Marine Corps in April 1963 He recently reenlisted for six more years.

Alain Ferriere Serge R. Ferriere Francis Ave Okinawa 3Rd Marine Division Corp Ferriere Viet Nam Pittsfield High School Marine Corps Reserve Marine Corps

Praya Service Planne for Sick at St Martin's Church

A special healing service devoted to the church's ministry to the sick will be held at St. Martin's Church on Tuesday evening at 7 30. It is the third in a series begun two months ago by St. Martin's prayer group and blends Holy Communion with intercessions for the ill. Laying-on-of-Hands is offered at the end to all desiring it. The service welcomes Pittsfield's Christian community, not just the local congregation, and intercessions from the altar will occur if names are received at the Parish office before noon.

St. Martin's Church St. Martin's Prayer Group Christian Community of Pittsfield

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