Band Parents Seek 1000 To Help Pay for Uniforms
Lenox authorities announce band booster week as Band Parents Association begins fund drive aimed at 1000 dollars to cover blazers skirts and slacks costs. Harold Buxton Jr. chairs effort with captains covering town areas. Last year the group raised over 300 plus 110 leftover for jackets.
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LENOX
Band Parents Association
Selectmen
Harold T. Buxton, Jr
Buxton
Drive
Dent Solicitors
Russell W. Dickenson
Schermerhorn Park
Plunkett Street
Janet D. Brazece
Lenox Dale
Earl R. Clark
East Street
Charles C. Huffstetter
Brunell Avenue
Richard Ceely
North Lenox
Lenox High
Stu
Lenox Plans Meeting Over Local Sign Disputes
Lenox officials and state outdoor advertising authorities plan an informal conference in Boston this November to resolve disputes over private accessory use signs at Lenox House Restaurant and Yankee Motel. OAA cites no record of a requested hearing on the Lenox House sign, while the Yankee Motel sign faced planning board and selectmen objections.
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Lenox
State Outdoor Advertising Authority
OAA
William F. McCarty
McCarty
the Eagle
Boston
James J. Morrissey
Selectman
Weslie J. Crosier
Eagle
Morrissey
Lenox House
Morrisey
GAA
Yankee Motel
Pitts
Blaze Damages Berkshire Building North of Pittsfield Road
Fire officials in Lenox investigate a two story brick and wood structure on Yankee Motel property after a late afternoon blaze. The boiler room is blamed for starting the fire which caused extensive interior damage. Fire crews from North Lenox Central Station and Lenox Dale fought the flames using pool water and nearby hydrants. No damage estimate given. investigation ongoing.
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Lenox
Yankee Motel, Inc
Yankee Motel
Pittsfield-Lenox Road
Berkshire Screen Co
Oscar R. Hutchinson
North Lenox
Central Station
Lenox Dale
Worthington to Hold November Waste Paper Drive
Worthington Paper Collection Chief C Kenneth Osgood of the Fire Department announced a weekend waste paper collection in November. All proceeds will supplement the town appropriation for the fire department.
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C. Kenneth Osgood
Fire Department
Mrs Crane Urges Lee Voters to Support Sewer Plan
Mrs. Frederick G. Crane Jr, president of the Housatonic River Watershed Association, urged Lee Rotary members to vote for a sewer system as a key to river health and town progress. She discussed dam removals, river ratings from D to potential C, and anticipated benefits for real estate, recreation, and industry while noting detergent reform to curb foaming.
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Lee — Perhas
Lee
Frederick G. Crane Jr
Housatonic River Watershed Association, Inc
Rotary Club
Crane
Laurel Lake
Chest Drive Extended to Next Monday
LENOX The Community Chest fund drive, at 60 percent of its $9,025 goal by midweek, will be extended through next Monday. The largest gift to date is $3,000 from the General Electric Employees' Good Neighbor Fund, about 33 percent of the goal and $300 more than last year. Home solicitations reached $1,500, special gifts $859, business and professional donations $125, for a total of $5,475 collected so far.
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LENOX
General Electric
Good Neighbor Fund
Charles T. Russell
Community Chest Drive
Postmaster Brown Retires After 40 Years In South Lee
South Lee postmaster Arthur I. Irv Brown retires after decades of service, turning 70 on Oct 26. He expects a temporary successor, likely clerk Norman Potter, with Civil Service exams to follow. Brown also ran a store with the post office for 20 years and owns multiple adjoining properties near the post office.
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South Les
Arthur I
Irv) Brown
South Lee
Brown
U. S. Post Office Department
Post Office Department
Norman Potter
Potter
Hurlbut Paper Co
Oak N’ Spruce
Lee
Francis G. Fanning
Mr. Brown
George Burt
Burt
Hurlbut
Main Street
Mary Nugent
Arthur
South Yee
District Court fines for speeders and bus violations
Lee District Court fined several drivers with community addresses including Pittsfield Road Lenox Medford Boston New York City and Ipswich for speeding and school bus violations. Fines ranged from 10 to 25 dollars. Town officials announced hunting licenses issuance while offices close tomorrow. Local real estate and ads follow.
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Speeders
Lee District Court
Jack A. Cockrill
Pittsfield Road
Lenox
Eugene J. Cronin
Medford
William J. Simpson
Boston
Chrristopher W. Soule
New York City
Edith M. Bunvell
Ipswich
Ernest F. Bush
Rehoboth
Delton Vaillancourt
Tonawanda
N. Y
Louis Martinelli
Springfield
Shelby I. Schoonmaker
Kingston
East Windsor Firemen Save Home From Blaze
Fire departments from Windsor and Cummington swiftly battled a blaze that destroyed a building storing sap buckets and tools while saving the home of Mr and Mrs Fred Bird. A truck and tractor were also spared.
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Windsor and Cummington
Fred Bird
Adams Town Meeting Sets Study On High School Expansion
North Adams residents will discuss a proposed study of high school expansion at a special town meeting called by the Selectmen for December 2. The meeting aims to outline scope, costs, and potential impacts on the school district and community services.
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Adams
Selectmen
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Florence Consolati
Arthur Pixley
Lee Richard K. Weil Dial
Lee Office
Park St
Jack's
McClelland Rexall Drug
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Lee Pharmacy
East Windsor
Gladys Mongue
North Berkshire
North Adams
North Adams Hospital
Edward Lemanski
Joseph Meclito
Hathaway Street
Worthmore
J. T. Owens
Canaan, Conn
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Evely Lee
Layton Small
Isobel Carlson
Southbury Training School
Cornwall Grange
Sandisfield Grange
Laurel
Greater Nation Grange Mutual
Canaan
Conn
Elizabeth M. Lee
United Nations Speakers Bureau
Pilgrim Church
United Church Women of the Protestant Churches
Falls Village
Mount Holyoke College
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