Scanty Recreation For Lee Girls And Boys Report Finds
A six month Youth Recreation Committee study reveals limited and uneven activities for Lee youths. Dances lack suitable space. many programs are overcrowded or underfunded while Lenox and Dalton centers show stronger facilities. senior citizens have no dedicated center. The report advocates a central community facility with land and a single director.
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LEE
Youth Recreation Committee
Pittsfield
Lenox
Bank
Main Street
Baptist Church
Lenox Community Center
Jehildren
Church to Build Addition in Lee Parish
First Congregational Church votes to add two stories to the parlors at a projected cost near 60000. Norman C A Day is architect. plans include classrooms nursery office and kitchen. bids to be sought and a Finance Committee to raise funds established. Rev Stanely F Johnson cites growing Sunday school needs in the Lee area.
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Harry M. Keating
Stanely F. Johnson
School Union Votes Raise For Supt
At a Lee Otis and Tyringham union meeting, Superintendent Arthur L. Welcome was granted an $800 pay raise. His annual salary rises to $11,500 from $10,700 after 16 years in the post. Chairman Charles G. Tucker notes the state minimum for a four year veteran is now $11,000.
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Lee
Union School Committees
Otis
Tyringham
Arthur L. Welcome
Welcome
Union School Committee
Charles G. Tucker
Track Firm Denies Sale Is Impending
A Lee spokesman for B and P Transportation denied reports the firm is about to be sold describing such talk as rumors though noting a sale of Canal Street Trucking Co. is a possibility. The firm began in 1950 and now runs a 20 tractor trailer fleet employing about 50 people with routes across the United States and Canada.
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Lee
B & P Transportation Co
Canal Street Trucking Company
B & P Transportation
Streight
United States
Canada
Hinsdale vaccine Sunday clinic and sales ads
Hinsdale residents and nearby towns may get a vaccine at Park Square or Central High on Sunday from 1 to 4 PM at Kittredge School with warnings for adults and Cory ban. Also discounted items include XL-12 Homelite saw at Hyatt Hardware and Rexall Drug Store promos. Peewee football practice at 10:30 Saturday ahead of Sunday finale with Dalton Blue versus South Street Field at 1 PM.
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Viein Hinsdale
Park Square
Central High
Kittredge School
Cory Ban -D
Hinsdale
Lee Pharmacy
Main Street
Sidf Dalton
Pittsfield
Peewees
Dalton
South Street Field
Truck Crash on Route 7 Near Miller Avenue
Nicholas J. Percola 34 of Utica suffered cheek and leg cuts when his tractor-trailer jackknifed on Route 7 one tenth mile north of Miller Avenue at 2:40 am. The rig struck a bridge abutment, the trailer tipped, road blocked, tow required. Percola to see a doctor. investigating officers were Cpl. Richard S. Crowley and Trooper Paul E. O'Brien.
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Sheffield
Nicholas J. Percola
Utica
Miller Avenue
Lee
Percola
Richard S. Crowley
Paul E. O’brien
Lee State Police
Chest Drive Totals Reach $42,793 Against Goal
Dalton Martin F Glendon reports Chest drive success as total pledges hit 42793, surpassing the 42790 goal. Ruth Greenwood and Richard Bonneau, campaign chairmen, announced the result to the Chest board, praising solicitors for pushing the effort past a lagging period.
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Dalton
Ruth Greenwood
Richard Bonneau
the Chest
Three Cheers for Books Theme for Book Week
Dalton observes Book Week with the theme Three Cheers for Books. A Curious George display engages children while Ruth Greenwood shows a dolls collection from around the world replacing the weekly storytelling time. Miss Mary Pappas, the librarian, leads the observance.
Men Rescue Dog Caught in Trap Near Mill Pond
Two Bay State mill workers rescued a dog trapped in a steel trap by the mill pond. Robert Blake heard the dog at 10:30 a.m. and, with William Porter, freed the animal from the grate near the shore.
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Dalton
Bay State
Robert Blake
Wiliam Porter
Dalton Berkshire Chapter to Hold Supper and Bazaar
Supper Saturday features chicken pie served at 5 30 and 6 30 in the Masonic rooms Union Block with holiday booths open from 3 p.m. Tickets available from CES members or at the door No school Monday Veterans Day. Tom Borzuk won first prize in the over age 9 funniest costume division at the annual Halloween event.
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Dalton — Berkshire
OFS
Masonic Rooms
Union Block
CES
Tom Borzuk
Stockbridge Library Plans Children's Book Week Events
Stockbridge library will observe Children’s Book Week November 10 to 16 with exhibitions of new books for young readers in the library and at Plain School. Books will not circulate during the week. A display, arranged by Mrs. Peggy Worthington Best, will be on the bulletin board outside the library.
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Stockbridge
Lbrary
Plain School
Peggy Worthington Best
VOAG Students In Contest Today at UMass
Eight VOAG students from Williams High participate in the 130th annual Future Farmers of America judging contest at the University of Massachusetts. Teams compete in dairy cattle, livestock, and milk judging with Norman Hoskeer, Lawrence Tonini, Paul Douglas, Michael Ewing, Harold French, Gary Johnston, Norman Steadman, and Joseph Tremblay. Holiday notices Freed Veterans Day closures affect local services. library closed, post office hours vary, shops mostly closed except liquor and pharmacy hours. School menu lists daily meals for Tuesday through Friday with various dishes.
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Stockbridge
Vocational-Agricultural Department
Williams High
Future Farmers of America
Tthe University of Massachusetts
Norman Hoskeer
Lawrence Tonini
Paul Douglas
Michael Ewing
Harold French
Gary Johnston
Norman Steadman
Joseph Tremblay
Special Sunday Breakfast at Sheppard's Dalton
Last week parade coverage notes a special Sunday breakfast at Sheppard's Restaurant in Dalton offering ham bacon or sausage with home fries eggs juice and coffee for 99 cents from 7 to noon. Kirk's Store advertises Red Ball rubber footwear for the family, open until 8.
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Shepard’s
Dalton
Kirk
Park Board Cancels Plans For Skating In Stockbridge
Park and Recreation Commission chair George Emerson Jr says there will be no skating program this winter due to lack of interest. Only three of about 30 volunteers showed up at the open meeting. the rink cannot be maintained without sufficient volunteers. Also, Williams High senior class sponsors a food sale Saturday from 10 to 2 at Village Store in Stockbridge, Wirehouse in Glendale, and lawn rooms in West Stockbridge. donors should contact listed organizers.
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Girl Scout
Lee Playground
South Lee Playground
Beartown
South Lee Fire Station
Lee
Pittsfield
Lenox
Holy Family League of Charity
Main Street
Betty Shields
Stockbridge
George Emerson Jr
Park and Recreation Commission
Commission
Emerson
Williams High
Glendale
West Stockbridge
Karen Antoniazzi
Martha French
Nancy Dellen
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Pauline L. Holman
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Noto
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William J. Obanhein
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Jane B. Whitworth
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Great Barrington
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Robert C. Deming
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Edwin R. Grady
Pleasant Street
Clovis
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Fairview
Parkview Terrace
Hyatt Hardware
Rexall Tesale
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J.T. Owens
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Thomas Memorials
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Lee, Mass
M[ss” Stout
Salem
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M. J. Kelly
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ATI
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Railroad
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Park Street
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