Retreat for Catholic Boy Scouts at Camp Chimney Corners
The Rev. Robert Choquette of St. Joseph's Church Springfield will be retreat master for the Catholic Boy Scouts annual retreat at Camp Chimney Corners Becket the weekend of June 6 to 8. Melvin McNeil chairs the retreat committee with assistants Ald Gilbert and Richard A Hinckley. Reservations due June 1 through scout unit leaders or retreat committee members. Meals will be run by Mrs Richard Murphy. units supply their own tents. A provisional troop will include scouts from troops lacking adults, with Marcel Arseneau as provisional scoutmaster.
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Great Barrington
Robert Choquette
St. Joseph’s Church
Springfield
Camp Chimney Corners
Becket
Melvin J. McNeil
McNeil
Donald Gilbert
Williamstown
Richard A. Hinckley
Pittsfield
Marcel Arseneau
Brookside To Graduate Two In 42nd Commencement
Great Barrington Brookside School will hold its 42nd commencement Sunday at 10 a.m. in Brigham Hall on Monument Mountain. Dr. Isaac M. Alcaraz founder and headmaster will deliver the address Unto the Generations. Diplomas are provisional as both graduates must complete summer requirements.
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Great Barrington
Isaac M. Alcaraz
Brookside School
Stunday
Alcaraz
New York University
University of Berlin
Brigham Hall
Ramsdell Estate
Monument Mountain
Paul M. Argentini
Clarence T. Nichols
John T. Nichols
Freedoms Founda
Valley Forge
Monterey
Merger Sought for Two Regional School Districts in New York
Certified copies of an order to form Central School District No. 1 would unite Ockawamick and Roeliff Jansen districts across Columbia and Dutchess counties. Acting Commissioner Nyquist issued the order under Education Law. Petitions with 100 signatures seek a voter meeting to decide on the central district.
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Chatham
N. Y
Ockawamick
Railiff Jansen
Dist
Cecil
Mapes
Ewald B. Nyquist
Claverack
Ghent
Hillsdale
Copake
Taghkani
Austertitz
Ancram
Gallatin
Livingston
Columbia County
North East
Dutchess County
Commissioner of Education
Roeliff
Memorial Day exercises in Egremont Monday parade route
The Memorial Day events in Egremont start Monday between 12 and 12 30 after the Great Barrington parade. James A Mo dola post VFW members including color guard and firing squad will conduct the exercises. The post deplein will offer the beneflic tion. The VFW will meet at the Main Street firehouse and march to the World War I and JL memorial at the green on Route 23 and Sheffield Road.
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Egremont
Great Barrington
James A. Modola Post
VFW
Post Deplein
Main Street
Route 23
Sheffield Road
Mt Everett seniors plan extensive college enrollments
South Berkshire region notes fifty six Mt Everett Regional School seniors will graduate June thirteenth and pursue further education. Sixteen have been accepted at four year colleges including Philip Amidon at Miami University and Stephen Berkel at Central Connecticut State. Many enroll in nursing and trades programs. seven await acceptances, five boys and two girls will enlist in the armed services, and two remain undecided. Amidon to receive a four year Air Force ROTC grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Mt. Everett
Philip Amidon
Miami (Ohio) University
Stephen Berkel
Central Connecticut State
William Carton
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Terrence Cruikshank
Michigan State University
Christopher Drumm
Ohio University
Michael Finn
St. Michael's
Susan Gage
California College of Arts and Crafts
Alice Goble
Rochester
Practical Nursing
Sherry van Deusel
Pittsfield Vocational School
Nancy Berkel
Cape Cod Community College
Louis Gonzalez
Bryant-McIntosh School
Kenneth Guartha
Automotive Training Center
Lauralet MacDonald
Central City Business Institute
Candace Stalker
IBM School
Allen Wells
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
Ralph Wheeler
Northwestern Connecticut Community College
Carole Eichstedt
Mary Machia
Mary-Leigh Rekos
Patricia Welch
Rosa Wright
Armed Services
Dalton unit mobilizes for Red Cross Bloodmobile drive
Dalton Girl Scouts Camp Fire Girls and Cub Scouts, led by volunteers, promote a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at the Community House on Tuesday from noon to 5 45. Flyers reach residents. posters posted in local businesses. New donors welcome. child care available. volunteers list presides and coordinates.
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Dalton
Camp Fire
Cub Scouts
Red Cross
Bland
Robert Johnson
Robert Jordan
Kenneth Beardsley
Rosemary Crosier
Methodist Church
Loyd Chorpenning
Edward Dempsey
William Guriner
John Ellis
Myles Limburg
John Carroll
Francis Schnapp
Gilbert Kittredge
William Hoxie Jr
Eugene Trostle
Harvey Billings
Albert Childs
Richard Kerans
Dalton High Class of 1939 plans 30 year reunion
DALTON The Dalton High School Class of 1939 plans a 30 year reunion with arrangements by a committee including Mrs. Dina DiMassimo Quirk Mrs. Mary Noble Bartlett Mrs. Helen Boraski Fraley George Sturtevant and George C Andrews. The event is set for Aug 16 at the Whale Inn Goshen. The committee asks anyone with addresses for listed former students to contact Andrews at 193 North St. Geraldine Webster Lester Smith Viola Studley Frances Conahan Junior Eustace and Rose Frazier. Dalton schools will be closed Monday for Memorial Day.
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Dalton
Dalton High School
Dina DiMassimo Quirk
Mary Noble Bartlett
Helen Boraski Fraley
George Sturtevant
George C. Andrews
Whale Inn
Goshen
Andrews
North St
Geraldine Webster
Lester Smith
Viola Studley
Frances Conahan
Junior Eustace
Rose Frazier
May Day Ceremonies Scheduled Sunday
May Day ceremonies sponsored by the ORA will be held Sunday starting at 2. The parade from the Methodist Church leads to the Community House for events including the crowning of Heather Harrison by last year’s queen Chevyl Burgess and a maypole dance by Celia Connel’s students. The May court includes freshmen Sue DiNicala Diane Wheeler Donna Wheeler Justine Fraley Melissa Caldwell sopranos Pamela Miller Donna Callahan Donna Miller Colleen Knappe Maureen Stafford juniors Beverly McHugh Robin Powell Lynn Brophy Michele Boudreau Colleen Reardon. Phyeipe Girls Club will sponsor two food sales during the activities.
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Melissa Caldwell
Sophognores
Pamela Miller
Donna Callahan
Donna Miller
Colleen Knappe
Maureen Stafford
Beverly McHugh
Robin Powell
Lynn Brophy
Michele Boudreau
Colleen Reardon
Phyeipe Girls Club
Your 4-H Horse Club Formed in Dalton
The newly formed 4-H horse club met Tuesday night at Valerie Kinson's home on Eleanor Road. Leaders and girls are choosing a club name and planning a summer schedule while Berkshire County Agent Thomas Noyes provided literature and guidance. Interested joiners may call Valerie Kinson Joan Robinson or Wendy Bartlett. Robert Bartlett will lead with Patricia Kinson Charlotte Robinson and Charlene Robinson assisting.
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Dalton
Valerie Kinson
Eleanor Road
Thomas Noyes
Berkshire County
Joan Robinson
Wendy Bartlett
Robert Bartlett
Patricia Kinson
Carlotte Robinson
Charlene Robinson
Memorial Day Observances by Sheffield American Legion
Sheffield American Legion Post 340 led by Cmdr Robert J Zimbos ki announces Memorial Day ceremonies in Ashley Falls New Marlboro and Sheffield with parades starting at 9:00 9:30 and 11:00 am at Post Office Triangle Dairy Center School and Center School respectively. Speakers include Kenneth Allen Morris Brazie Rev Ivan Welty Rev Donald Platt and Rev Walter K Miller with participation by Mt Everett High School Band 4 3 Club Scouts Granges and Gold Star Mothers.
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Sheffield
Triangle Dairy
Center School
Barnard Park
Ivan Welty
Donald Platt
Christ Episcopal Church
Walter K.miller
Old Parish Church
Legion
Mt. Everett High School
Williams Named Boys State Delegate From Stockbridge
Christopher Williams, son of Mrs. William E. Williams and the late Mr. Williams of Interlaken, has been chosen to represent Capt. Allen W. Harrington Jr. Post 232, American Legion, at Boys State from June 21 to 28 at UMass. A Monument Mountain Regional High School junior, he earned National Honor Society membership and is class vice president. he also played varsity football and baseball and was on the ski team.
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Stockbridge
Christopher Williams
William E. Williams
Willams
Interlaken
Allen W. Harrington Jr
American Legion
State
Umass
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Williams
Monument Mountain
National Honor Society
Tuesday Club Elections At Berkshire Garden Center
STOCKBRIDGE The Tuesday Club will hold its annual meeting Tuesday at 2 30 PM at the Berkshire Garden Center. Officers will be elected. C Roy Boutard, director, will speak. Hostesses are Mrs Stuart Tuller, Mrs Donald M Stevenson, Mrs Stanley North, Mrs Leslie Davis and Miss Bess Graham. See our plants in full bloom Indian Hill Greenhouse Prospect Hill 208 5804 Advy 27.
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Stockbridge
Berkshire Garden Center
C. Roy Boutard
Stuart Tuller
Donald M. Stevenson
Stanley North
Leslie Davis
Bess Graham
Indian Hill
Prospect Hill
Becket Girl Scout Troop 125 Holds Third Annual Banquet
One hundred attended Becket School event for Junior Girl Scout Troop 125. Becky Hendriks crosses into Cadettes as the lone bridge crossing. Theme Girl Scouts Around the World featured songs from six countries including Dutch. Songster badge awarded. dancers performed a flag ceremony and candle lighting. Next Saturday the troop hikes five miles at 10 am with Miss Letourneau attending. Camp Chimney Corners camping weekend planned for June 13.
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Becket
Becket School
Cadelites
Becky Hendriks
Hendrik B. Hendriks
Main Street
Hendriks
James A. Delaney
Robert A. Mason
Barbara Letourneau
Sean R. Locke
Ruby Bendross
Delavey
Letourneau
Girl Scout
Camp Chimney Corners
Worthington Girl Scouts Meet
Worthington Girl Scout Troop 83 met last week in the school cafeteria with leader Mrs Bruce Homstead. Rowe na Humphrey was elected troop treasurer and Joanne Nugent scribe. Seventeen girl scouts plan a camping trip to Camp Kinne Brook on June 13 14. Patrols organized and dunk bags made for camping first aid kits assembled by patrol leaders Ruth Dunlevy and Brenda and Marcia Pease. Mrs Mary Stone Deblois returned to Rhode Island after visiting Mrs Mable Sweet who is recovering from eye surgery. Mr and Mrs Donald Stephens sold their Chicopes home and moved to their mobile home on Kinne Brook Road.
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Worthington
Bruce Homstead
Rowena Humphrey
Joanne Nugent
Camp
Kinne Brook
Mary Stone Deblois
Rhode Island
Mable Sweet
Donald Stephens
Chicopes
Kinne Brook Road
Housatonic News Highlights From May Activities
Housatonic Valley Regional High School students and staff engaged in diverse events from open house for guidance counselors to a state FFA convention. Activities included a 2-1 baseball win over Farmington, PTA meeting plans, class projects for Mother's Day, various sports matches, and a softball turnaround against Canton.
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Falls Village
Conn
Sigurd Haaland
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
University of Connecticut
Storrs
Housatonic
Farmington
Thomas Keareher
Patrick Deneen
Cabins and restaurant sold on Route 44 in Salisbury
Charles W. and Alice M. Canns sold the Racking Chair Cabins and Restaurant on Route 44 at Smith Hill to Rudolph V. and Marieann E. Candita of New Canaan. The sale was completed this week per town clerk papers. The Canns will join Meadows Drive-In and Food Service in Sheffield, Massachusetts.
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Coonsel Salisbury
Conn
Route 44
Smith Hill
Charles W
Alice M. Canns
Rudolph V
Marieann E. Candita
New Canaan
Coonses
Meadows Drive-In
Food Service
Sheffield
Mass
Olsen Speaks At Induction of NHS Members
Albert William Olsen Jr longtime head master of Hotchkiss School spoke at the National Honor Society induction at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. Eleven seniors and six juniors were inducted with oath administered by Jan H. Pierson and remarks by Kathryn J. Trahan. A reception followed in the homemaking rooms with refreshments served by the Homemaking Department.
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Falls Village
Conn
Albert William Olsen Jr
Hotchkiss School
National Honor Society
Housatonic Valley
Edward M. Kirby
Jan H. Pierson
Kathryn J. Trahan
Diane E. Campbell
Jean UL. Dunning
Jo Ellen M. McGuire
Michael A. Monahan
Kimberlee D. Murphy
Hazel K. Newton
J. Elizabeth Palmer
Mary Terrall
Christina M. Scharf
Janice H. Vanicky
Marlene M. Woodman
James E. Blake
David N. Bosserman
Phoebe C. Fisher
Edward A. Nelson
J. Theodore Pacocha
Carol Ramsey
Deborah C. Dixon
Gayle N. Holmes
Marie E. Negri
Marilyn J. Pond
Gerald B. Pollock
Lake Ville
O'Connell sisters win NSF grants for summer study
Monterey sisters Suzanne and Lynne O'Connell, daughters of Eugene and Suzanne O'Connell, win National Science Foundation summer grants. Suzanne, a Mt. Everett senior, will study nervous system research in Boston and plans Simmons College in the fall. Lynne will participate in a student science training program at Avon Connecticut's Taleott Mountain Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Suzanne
Lynne O'Connell
Eugene W. O'Connell
National Science Foundation
Mt. Everett
Foundation For Re Search
Boston
National Honor Society
Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance Squad
Simmons College
Lynne
Taleott Mountain Science Center
Avon, Conn
University of Hartford
Conn
Tree at Library to be Replaced
A deteriorating tree on the library lawn will be removed following a town meeting request to beautify the front. The library committee plans to replace it with an evergreen to be decorated at Christmas, and local schools will be closed for a holiday.
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Monterly
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