Hillside Agricultural Society Plans Annual Meeting in Cummington
Cummington Hillside Agricultural Society to hold annual meeting at Community House with a 6 pm chicken pie supper for members and friends, 8 pm show of state agriculture photos by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture. Business meeting and officer elections to follow. Includes varied local notes on rainfall, UNICEF collection, school play, and community events.
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Agricultural Society
Cummington
Hillside Agricultural Society
West
Richmond MRS Ruth Bass Fund Drive Appeals Locals
An appeal by mail has been made to Richmond residents for the annual Boy Scout fund drive. Running the local campaign are Robert B. Kim, E. Burton Keirstead, and John W. Talbot. The Women’s Society of Richmond Congregational Church meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mrs. Z. Harry Loach’s home to roll bandages for lepers and prepare Christmas plats for the shut-ins.
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Richmond
Robert B. Kim
Ball
E. Burton Keirstead
John W. Talbot
Ine Women's Society of Richmond Congregational Church
Harry Loach
Grange Halloween Party Awards Prizes to Three Groups
At the Grange Halloween party on Friday night, costume prizes were awarded across four groups. Preschoolers won prettiest and funniest and most original. ages 7 to 11 also received prettiest funniest and most original. adults earned prettiest funniest and most original. Names noted include Roseanne Brazie Randy Leonard James Roots Patricia Smith Patricia Brazie Christopher Drumm Roland Brazie Everett Drumm Kenneth Tucker. Also reported visits from Mrs. Leo McSweeney of Brooklyn and Miss Marthel Homan with her mother Mrs. Arthur Homan. Additionally, Mr. and Mrs. George Sexton of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith of Cortland, N.Y., visited Green River Valley area residents.
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Alford
Roseanne Brazie
Randy Leonard
James Roots
Patricia Smith
Patricia Brazie
Christopher Drumm
Roland Brazie
Everett Drumm
Kenneth Tucker
Leo McSweeney
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles Miller
Green River Valley Road
Marthel Homan
Arthur H. Homan
George Sexton
New York
East Street
Donald Smith
Cortland
John M. Dellea
Otis Youth Choir Forms At Otis Church
A new youth choir for grades seven through twelve meets Tuesdays at 3 30 PM at Otis Church directed by Raymond Amnali Otis School principal. Also note a Sunday paper drive planned by Maxwell Pyenson Boy Scout executive with trucks at Tacy's Garage and door to door canvassing.
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Otis Church
Raymond Amnali
Otis School
Praders
Maxwell Pyenson
Tacy
Worthington Rainfall and Library Update Report
October rainfall totaled 1.11 inches, vs 4.81 inches last year for the same month. Frederick Sargent Huntington Library circulated 452 items: 41 adult nonfiction, 199 fiction, 3 magazines, 2 records, 109 juvenile. open 48 hours. Greenfield bookmobile visits Friday at 3 15. Worthington UNICEF drive raised 5048 dollars, led by PTC with Moore farm supplying milk cartons. Pilgrims Fellowship fall rally held at First Church Northampton.
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Massachusetts Water Resources Commission
Frederick Sargent Huntington
Greenfield
Chldren
Worthington
PTC
Moore Farm
Sunday School Plans Thanksgiving Basket in Middlefield
Congregational Church Sunday school teachers meet Thursday at the parsonage to plan a Thanksgiving basket for a shut in. Children will sing during church services.
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Middlefield
Congregational Church
Berkshire Dairy Farmers Ask For Higher Milk Prices
A Berkshire County farmer argues for ending government meddling and boosting market driven prices. He explains federal milk marketing orders affect 83 programs nationwide and cover 72 percent of non farm residents in shipping areas. He cites producer control via votes and identifies supply, perishability, and seasonal production as reasons for regulated pricing. He urges dairy farmers to unite to push for higher prices through cooperation or face fragmentation.
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Berkshire County
Springfield
New York
Connecticut
Boston
Massachusetts Milk Control Commission
Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Dustry
Ben Franklin
Chester High Vision and Community Events Summary
Chester High School completes vision tests with parent contact policy. Red Cross blood bank to be held November 21 in Woronooco. donors urged, appointments via Miss Cheridah Waters, 12 to 4 45.October injuries prompt parental reminders for safer play. Chester PTA hosts annual membership supper with William Frederickson on antiques. Veterans Day closings noted. Wildcat Twirlers host square dance at Town Hall with Fritz Guyette. United Church Men's Club turkey supper set for Thursday with two seating times.
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Red Cross
Woronoco
Chester
Cheridah Waters
PTA
Chester Pta
Towns Hall
William Frederickson
Wildcat Twirlers
Chester Town Hall
Fritz Guyette
Lenox
Church Meeting Discusses Thanksgiving Sunday Plans
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, church members will discuss preliminary plans for the Christmas program and the Christmas family dinner party.
Mail theft probe ties $1500 in checks to street box
North Berkshire police and federal agents probe theft from a street collection box Monday. Seized were 21 pieces of mail including $1500 in checks and $2 in cash. Fingerprints from the mailbox are being processed by state police.
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ADAMS
Edward Haughey
Girl Scouts Open Program Year at Falls Village
Junior Girl Scouts met in the Town Hall scout room to begin the program year. Helen Kircher leads the intermediate group for Grades 4 to 6, with Joyce Monahan and Ruth Count guiding the older Cadets meeting tonight at 7. Registrations remain due a dollar. Exchange Club members viewed the film Tomorrow on automation at the Community Studio dinner meeting. Christmas party planned for December 13 with Joseph Baldesseri and Morgan Schafer in charge.
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Falls Village
Conn
Exchange Club
Joseph Baldesseri
Morgan Schafer
Photographer to Speak at Audubon Center in Sharon Conn
The Housatonic Audubon Society will meet Wednesday Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Audubon Center in Sharon to hear John Schmid of Greenwich speak. A professional photographer and birder, he will demonstrate bird photography with camera attachments and slides, as discussed in Audubon magazine. Also named are Christ Episcopal Church youth officers Phyllis Blaikie president and Edward Osborne vice president with Kathy Canfield secretary and Douglas Humes treasurer. they will be installed at the 11 a.m. service on Nov. 10.
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Audubon Magazine
Young People's Fellowship of Christ Episcopal Church
Phyllis Blaikie
Edward Osborne
Kathy Canfield
Douglas Humes
Western Regional Public Library System Meeting Friday
State Bookmobile announces Western Regional Public Library System meeting Friday and observes a no trip day on Monday for holiday. Bus routes list stops at Bradley Street School East Lee South Lee Tyringham Alford West Center and library branches with varied times.
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Western Regional Public Library System
Bradley St
East Lee
South Lee
South Lee Homes
Tyringham
Alford
West Center
Hillme
State Line
West Stockbridge
Sandisfield Grange Plans Neighbors Night Meeting
Sandisfield Grange 425 will meet at the Parish Hall Thursday at 8 p.m. for neighbors night chaired by Mrs Stanley Linkovich. Extension Service groups attended a tin-can craft demonstration in Pittsfield with Mrs Mark Rhodes as chair. Town Meeting and school outing notes included.
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Sandisfield Grange
Stanley Linkovich J
Heart of the Berkshires Grange Hall
Pittsfield
Mark H. Rhodes
Egremont Bazaar and Luncheon Notices Set for Saturday
The Women's Auxiliary of the Egremont Fire Department hosts a preholiday bazaar and food sale Saturday from 10 until 5 at the South Egremont fire house. The Ladies' Aid of the First Congregational Church stages a luncheon meeting Thursday at 12:30 in the church parlors with Mrs. James S. Chase and Mrs. Virgil G. Crockett as hostesses. The public may attend and Mrs. Seward Doty has moved to Ayre Apartments in North Egremont after selling her house.
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The
Egremont
First Congregational Church of
South Egremont
Paniors
James 5. Chase
Virgil G. Crockett
Seward Doty
Ayre Apartments
North Egremont
Lenox Legion installs new McCar-Nell Post officers
Lenox Dale saw the installation of McCar-Nell Post American Legion leaders Vernon Lohnes as commander and Thomas Maguire as senior vice, with Stanley G. Phelps Jr. as vice commander and Joseph L. Huggins as adjutant. Helen A. Willie serves as finance officer and Neal Flint as service officer, joined by John J. Kack chaplain and Alfred J. Tripp sergeant at arms.
Methodist Pastor At Chicago Meeting
The Rev. L. Wayne Dunlap, pastor of the Methodist churches in Canaan and Falls Village, attends a Chicago conference on Christian education this week. He coordinates the general church school section's program to train local church school officers. Replacing him at the Canaan Charge churches Sunday will be the Rev. Dr. Leland Cary, retired Northeast Conference pastor and former executive secretary of New York City's central Methodist agency.
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Canaaw
Vann
L. Wayne Dunlap
Canaan
Falls Village
Chicago
Dunlap
General Church
Leland Cary
Cary
New York City Society
Veterans Day closures and parent conferences at two Canaan schools
North Canaan Elementary School and Housatonic Valley Regional High will close Monday Nov 11 for Veterans Day observance. Conferences are scheduled at North Canaan School this afternoon and evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening for parents to discuss their children's progress with teachers. Report cards were issued Monday.
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Canaan
Windsor church service and community events
Lay pastor Harvey E. Lake will conduct a union service at Hill Church Sunday at 10 30 a m and Sunday school at the parsonage. Hilltop Grange hosts a public card party Friday 8 p m with Mrs Ritner Catherman and Mrs Arthur Needham. PTA members Margaret Cather man and Cecile Zink show Christmas decorations after next Tuesday’s business meeting. Open House for National Education Week Thursday 7 9 p m at Crane Community School with refreshments. Monterey Grange meets 8 15 tonight for neighbor night entertainment by visiting granges. Fvr Reed Filler USA visits from Alaska. others stay with relatives in Clinton Corners N Y and Dalton area moves noted.
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Harvey E. Lake
the Hill Church
Hilltop Grange
Ritner Catherman
Arthur Needham
Yale
PTA
Margaret Catherman
Cecile Zink
Crane Community School
Reed Filler
USA
Luman Fuller
Alaska
Bertha Estes
Lee Estes
Clinton Corners
N.Y
Clyde P. Jones
West Springfield
Mir
W. Henry Estes
Eugene Conwart Sr
Carson Avenue
Dalton
Southfield Church Services and Local Meetings
Sunday services will be at 11 am at the Mill River Church. The Pilgrim Fellowship holds a 7 pm meeting at the Southfield Ladies' Aid Hall. The deacons and deaconesses board meets tomorrow at 8 pm at Mrs Elizabeth Sleep's residence. UNICEF drive raised 48.02. Berkshire South Pomona Sandisfield Granges plan Nov 13 health safety and Thanksgiving program.
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Mill River
Pilgrim Fellowship
Southfield Ladies’ Aid Hall
Board of Deacons and Deaconesses
Elizabeth Sleep
Unicef Collection
Unicef
Grange
Berkshire South Pomona
Sandisfield
Monterey Church Hosts Visiting Minister and Fellowship Gatherings
Visiting minister Dr. Fred Alden of Hartford Seminary spoke at Monterey Church. The church council dined at Brookbend Inn with Dr. and Mrs Alden. Fellowship meetings include Junior Pilgrim Fellowship tomorrow at Gould Farm with Rev Hampton Price and high school group tonight with Rev Robert B Daggett. Open house at Monterey Center School November 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. Veterans Day means Monterey schools closed Monday.
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Fred ‘Alden
Hartford (Conn.) Seminary
Monterey Church
Jehurch Council
Brookbend Inn
Mrs. Alden
Pilgrim
Hampton Price
Gould Farm
Robert B. Daggett
Monterey Center School
Ashley Falls opens Maplewood Fabrics shop run by Brooks and Emberlin
A new fabric shop named Maplewood Fabrics opened in Ashley Falls under the ownership of sisters Mrs. Joan B Brooks and Mrs. Lois M. Emberlin. They operate from three rooms in their mother Mrs. Arthur Schapp's residence in Sheffield and will stock fabrics drapery slip covers sewing notions and related accessories.
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Ashley Falls
Maplewood Fabrics
Joan 8. Brooks
Lois M. Emberlin
Sheffield
Arthur Schapp
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Tipton
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