Larger Tutorial Project Drafted in Rough Form
A rough plan to expand the Berk shire Tutorial Project was drafted at Shadowbrook in Lenox at an Urban Coalition meeting. The proposal calls for UMass interns and reading specialists to supplement after school volunteers and involve parents, with centers at three west side locations for low income families, aiming to improve learning skills and attitudes while seeking school performance gains.
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Lenox
Berkshire
Shadowbrook
BYP
Urbar Coalition
Christian Center
St. John’s Hall
Morningside
Baptist Church
Pilgrim Memorial Church
Ralph Lopez
Umass Department of Education
West Side
OCA Center
North End New Center
Morningside Hope Center
William Fanslow
Umass
Patrick A. Sullivan
Urban Coalition
Louis J. Hebert
Follow Through Program Approved by School Board
The school committee held an emergency noon meeting and approved the federally financed Follow Through program. It will start in September for 100 kindergarten pupils with two classes at Tucker School and one each at Russell and Briggs. The program uses positive reinforcement and an intensive learning system.
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Tucker School
Russell and
Briggs
GE Promotes Ramsey to Managerial Post
Hubert 5. Ramsey Jr. of 1218 West St. is named manager of GE power transformer drafting subsection by Andrew Glassanos. Ramsey, a 1950 GE drafting apprentice, will lead design and detailed drafting for production and development. He has served in Schenectady and Pittsfield, earning a pending SUNY education degree and a Navy veteran.
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Hubert 5. Ramsey Jr
West St
General Electric
Andrew Glassanos
Ramsey
Schenectady
University of the State of New York
Pittsfield
Richmond
Glassanos
William I. Wheelock
Merrill couple retirement marked by honors and moves
Donald L. Merrill of 86 Maple Grove Drive retires after 25 years at Country Club Soda Co and receives a gold watch from company president Maur ice Elion and sales manager William P. Quinn. His wife Doris Hosmer Merrill also retires as head nurse at Pittsfield General pediatrics. They plan to move to Brewster Cape Cod after a farewell dinner for Doris at Springs Restaurant New Ashford.
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Donald L. Merrill
Maple Grove Drive
Country Club Soda Co
Maurice Elion
William P. Quinn
Merrill
R.N
Doris Hosmer
Pittsfield
Merrills
Richard H
Bowdoin College
Boston University’ School of Medicine
Donna
Lake Forest
Dr Mildred Montag To Speak At BCC Graduation
Berkshire Community College will graduate its first nursing class next week with Dr Mildred L Montag of Teachers College Columbia University as the commencement speaker. The ninth BCC commencement is Thursday night at 8 in the Boys Club with diplomas and certificates presented by Mrs Alice Pederson of the state Board of Regional Community Colleges. Valley reception will follow Wednesday at High Point hosted by Mrs Gwendolyn Lawson.
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Berkshire Community College
Mildred L. Montag
Teachers College of Columbia University
BCC
Hamline University
University of Minnesota
Columbia
Robert L. Curry
Lenox School
Craig V. Cusson
Teresa Amuso Librizzi
Michael J. Ryan
Wendell R. Cook
Alice Pederson
State Board of Regional Community Colleges
Dr. Montag
High Point
Gwendolyn Lawson
Mill Street Section Closing Opposed by Local Businesses
Pittsfield Planning Board eyed a petition by Pittsfield Housing Authority to close Mill Street between the railroad tracks and West Street. Opponents from West Housatonic Street area, including Eaton Paper Co. reps, cited a 600-car daily count. Board to prepare a full traffic report. final decision by City Council pending. A June 5 session with developer J Alan Ornstein and a June 3 interview for a principal planner post were noted.
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Pittsfield
Western Mass. Electric Co
Jubilee
Mill Street
Traffic Commission
Eaton
Planning Board
J. Alan Ornstein
Berkshire Forum
2000 Trout Release Planned for Onota and Pontoosuc Lakes
Pittsfield's Pond Fish Committee will release 2000 brown and rainbow trout seven to nine inches long on Sunday in Onota and Pontoosuc lakes. Arrivals are scheduled for 10 am and volunteers should meet in front of Pittsfield High School. Leon S. Goodermore, committee chairman, urges community participation.
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City of
Pittsfield Pond
Onota
Pontonsuc
Leon S. Goodermore
Pittsfield High School
Wild Acres Pond
Longtime Pittsfield Educator R B Thompson Plans Retirement
Reginald B. Thompson, a World War I veteran and Pittsfield public schools veteran, will retire June 30 after 48 years in the system. He taught industrial arts, supervised war production training, and led driver education efforts while advancing vocational programs and serving as a state and Western Massachusetts vocational teachers leader.
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Reginald B. Thompson
Pittsfield
Mercer and
Pomeroy
Thompson
Vofeds
Donald Kasuba
Massachusetts Vocational Teachers Association
State Association
Western Chapel
Dinner Honors Retiring Superintendent Reynolds
Eighteen people are listed for a June 9 testimonial dinner for retiring Pittsfield schools chief James P. Reynolds at Hastover's Tally Ho Barn. Presiding is Joseph J. Canavan with a 3 90 cocktail hour and 6 30 dinner. Notables include Msgr. Johnson, Rabbi Salzmann, Mayor Butler, and several education leaders and school officials.
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James P. Reynolds
Hastover
Tally Ho Barn
Joseph J. Canavan
Reynolds
Joseph I. Johnson
St. Mark's Church
Harold I. Salzmann
Temple Anshe Amunim
Donald G. Butler
Lincoln D. Lynch
Middleboro Public Schools
Fred B. Hogan
Greylock Plastics
Richard §. Clement
Henry M. Burke
Sacred Heart Church
Bruno A. Zaffino
Allendale
Lawrence F. Jacobs
Willams College
Edmund J. Plummer Jr
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Philip N. Pomerantz
Pittsfield Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
William R. Wright
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Allen J. Hansen
Berk
City Note William Vogt Returns From Caribbean Cruise
William Vogt of Pittsfield recently returned from a seven day Caribbean cruise sponsored by Word Tours. Vogt is a salesman for Word Inc and Word Tours is a division. The event includes Theodore Herberg, Reynolds assistant, presenting a plaque, Thomas Roche presenting a gist, Supt Reynolds delivering a response, and Rev Joseph D Kerr giving the benediction at Price Memorial AME Zion Church.
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William Vogt
Pittsfield
Caribbean
Word Tours
Vogt
Word, Inc
Whire County Superintendents Association
Theodore Herberg
Reynolds
Thomas J. Roche
Joseph D. Kerr
Price Memorial Ame
Zion Church
Black Students To Get Grants From King Fund
Five Berkshire County students receive Marlin Luther King Memorial Scholarship Fund grants. The drive raised 1800 dollars, including proceeds from a Mt. Everett Country Club dance. Recipients: Roxy Austin Pittsfield High School, Deborah Caesar, Marvin Kennedy, Gwendolyn Spincks Lenox Memorial, Duane Jones Monument Mountain. Austin gets 200 dollars. others receive 350 each.
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Great Barrington
Berkshire County
Marlin Luther King
Mt. Everett Country Club
Pittsfield High School
Roxy Austin
Berkshire Community College
Deborah Caesar
University of Massachusetts
Marvin Kennedy
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Gwendolyn Spincks
Lenox Memorial High School
Duane Jones
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Midwest Business College
Colorado Springs
Miss Austin
Taxpayers Group and Mayor Clash Over Library Funds
Pittsfield Taxpayers Association accuses Mayor Butler of political spin over library funding. Mayor counters that a state grant may still redirect $100,000 from a 1967-68 federal budget, with a possible additional $160,000 from the state Board of Library Commissioners. The dispute centers on true source and allocation of federal and state aid for the $2.12 million Berkshire Athenaeum project.
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Pittsfield Taxpayers Association Today
Butler
Leon L. Phelps
Association
State Board of Library Commissioners
Phelps
Washington
Pittsfield
NYS Trooper Fires Tire Shot During Truck Escape
A New York state trooper fired a shot puncturing a rear tire as a fleeing truck sped from a stop in New Lebanon. Three men, including the truck’s alleged driver Richard C. Bay, were charged with fugitives from justice and reckless endangerment after a 2 a.m. incident on Route 20. Bay, a Phoenix, Arizona resident, was identified after a woods search and the trio was jailed in Hudson without bail.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Lee
Mass
Claverack
B. C. Masterpolo
Lebanon Springs
Masterpolo
Robert Jones Jr
Madison Ave
Albany
Robert Zink
Starr Road
North Troy
Massachusetts
Richard C. Bay
Phoenix
Ariz
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Pinter
Columbia County
Hudson
Judge sets bail in Berkshire stolen car sales case
Superior Court Judge Francis J. Quitico set bail at 50 000 for Vincent Teresa 40 of North Reading on one of 48 indictments in Berkshire County stolen car sales. He was released on personal recognizance on other indictments. Trial date with Berkshire case set for July 7 during a special summer sitting.
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Superior Court
Francis J. Quitico
Berkshire County
Vincent Teresa
North Reading
Teresa
Paul J. Burns
Boston
DiMento & Sullivan
William R. Flynn
Quirico
Southbridge
Massachusetts Turnpike
Massachusetts
Dist. Atty
Matthew J. Ryan Jr
Springfield
Warrant Issued For Arrest Of School Head In Berkshire Inquiry
Norman Rioux headmaster of Winchester School in Sheffield failed to appear in District Court facing eight counts of nonpayment of wages totaling 43000. Judge George Mc Cormick issued an arrest warrant as negotiations continued for sale and reopening of the school amid 215 total attachments worth 104500 filed against Rioux. Defense attorney said Rioux ill and unable to attend. no further continuances expected.
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Great Barrington
Norman Rioux
Winchester
Sheffield
George R. McCormick
Rioux
Winchester School
Berkshire Registry of Deeds
Robert J. Denelan
New York City
Denelan
Donelan
The
Eagle
Joseph Ippolito
Cheshire, Conn
New England Telephone Co
Connecticut
Cornelio Elected Berkshire Bar Association President
Atty. Santino C. Cornelio of Pittsfield was elected president of the Berkshire Bar Association at the annual dinner in Lenox. Bernard Lenhoff North Adams. James A. Calnan Pittsfield re elected secretary. Nelson Foot Pittsfield re elected treasurer. Executive board includes F. Richard Drennan Pittsfield Julius M. Calvi North Adams. Ferris remains past president. Justice Francis J. Quirica Pittsfield spoke on court congestion and civil docket efforts with a two week July civil session planned.
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Atty
Santino C. Cornelio
Pittsfield
Berkshire Bar Association
Lenox House
Bernard Lenhoff
North Adams
James A. Calnan
Nelson A. Foot Dr
Cornelia
Clement A. Ferris
F. Richard Drennan
Julius M. Calvi
Association
Ferris
Francis J. Quirica
Berkshire County
Superior Court
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