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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1963
Page
20
Dalton Postmaster General joins in announcing a lease construction program. The Post Office Department seeks competitive bids for an improved building to house postal operations with an 18 year basic lease and 20 year renewal options. Crane Crane & Co. Inc. owns the building and may expand it.
Dalton registrars announce sessions this month with registrations on Wednesday 7 to 9 p m in Town Hall and additional days November 20 from 7 to 9 p m and November 21 from noon to 10 p m There is a January caucus and a February town election.
Ton J Wakefield regional real estate officer 87 Main Montpelier Vt calls for bids to be submitted to Mr Wakefield by December 42 noting local office and address.
Stockbridge officials announced Warren Ashley of West Hartford has been selected as architect for the new Stockbridge high school. Seven architects were interviewed before the vote. A site decision remains unsettled with two options favored: Naumkeag property negotiations face opposition, and a Route 102 North Church Street site. A town meeting in September approved a 980,000 project, with final site action expected within two weeks.
Berkshire Community College director Thomas E. OConnell will address the PTA on November 19 at 8 in Williams High Gymnasium. He will discuss the Community College and take questions before a refreshments period in the cafeteria. PTA president Robert J. Prochaska notes 170 attended the first meeting last month, the largest turnout in 30 years.
STOCKBRIDGE Berkshire County Williams High wins first in statewide milk judging. Among 17 school departments Williams High led with Larry Toniti third, Norman Hoskeer fifth, and Paul Douglas seventh in individual judging.
Wahconah Regional has designated a parents night with early dismissal at 1 pm after report cards. Teachers will be available 1:30 to 3:30 and 7 to 9 for consultations, with National Honor Society members ushering at the open house.
As part of American Education Week the Lanesboro school will host an open house Wednesday at 7 30 PM with a PTA meeting to follow chaired by Mrs Bruce Peck. Veterans gift shop donations including wrapping paper are requested. The Lanesboro Girl Scout Town Association also meets Wednesday at 7 45 PM at Mrs Victor Sopranoiwiez home Prospect Street with refreshments.
Hancock Baptist Church Willing Workers Society meets Tuesday at 7 20 p m at Mrs Richard Williams home. The 4 H beginners group meets Tuesday after school at Mrs Donald Leach home. Mr and Mrs Donald Durfee of Pittsfield are parents of a daughter born Nov 7 at St Luke s Hospital Pittsfield. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Clarence Brewer and Mr and Mrs Clifford Durfee Hancock.
A large Pittsfield contingent is set to attend the Morris School PTA gathering in Lenox tomorrow at 8 p m to hear Edward S Harubin of the Pittsfield School Committee and Roger K E O Gara Eagle sports editor. Moderator Robert B Kimball will steer a discussion on high school athletic policy amid ongoing policy disputes between Harubin and O Gara.
Cheshire notes honor for retiring American Legion Auxiliary president Verlie Andrews at a past presidents dinner at the County Squire attended by about 30. Mary Jezyk department president delivered greetings. Shirley Tremblay becomes new president. Also eight members attended fall conference at the Notel Somerset in Boston with Tremblay, Andrews, Farnam and others.
Joseph FE Bordeau of East Cheshire Massachusetts has been promoted to airman second class in the United States Air Force. He is assigned to the 7322nd Maintenance Squadron at Châteauroux Air Station France as an aircraft mechanic equipment repairman. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Bordeau of Sand Mill Road East Cheshire.
A 75 pound safe found in Stamford Vt is the first break in the Aug 12 Miller Paper Co burglary in North Adams. The safe held papers worth at least 1000 dollars in book keeping costs and will be checked for fingerprints before transfer. The Miller burglary was part of a spree that took over 12000 dollars from local businesses and homes.
Cheshire American Education Week is observed in Adams with open houses in all schools. Elementary schools hold an open house Tuesday 7 to 4. Phinkett Junior High Wednesday and Thursday 7 to 9. Adams Memorial High Tuesday and Wednesday 7 to 9. Teachers will be in classrooms for consultations.
The Women's League of the Baptist Church plans its annual Christmas Bazaar Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rod and Gun Club with Mrs. Wallace Newton as general chairman and table chairmen for publicity food aprons handwork Christmas knitted goods jewelry and other items. A separate listing notes Cheshire events including a square dance tonight at Eastover Lenox led by Joe Prystupa and a note on a recent house-to-house canvass raising funds for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
William Bell will replace Edward K. Shanahan as Lee Bureau chief at the Berkshire Eagle. Shanahan moves to the city staff effective next Monday after leading the Lee Bureau since last October. Bell, a Navy veteran, has a background in journalism and technical writing and is married to Sarah Haglund with three sons. He previously worked at Sturgis Journal North Adams Transcript Sprague Electric and Adams residents Bell now lives at 130 Housatonic St. Lonox
Lenox Parks and Playgrounds commissioners vote to seek 5000 dollars in the town warrant to extend the War Memorial Athletic Field with tennis courts and parking. Only 2700.41 dollars remains after baseball work, and Lenox High School gains top priority use of the field.
The Rev Robert Whitman of Trinity Church Lenox conducted chapel services for Berkshire students last night. Probate Court notices invade Pittsfield and Dalton estates with petitions to probate wills and appoint executors or administrators including Helen B Johns, Nell Lyon and Webster A Gates with return dates in November 1963 and 1943 in the Berkshire region.
The Lenox Conservation Commission reports six major 1963 projects and opposition to DDT aerial spraying. It cites efforts to curb gypsy moth and Linden Jopper spraying in Southern Berkshire, seeks higher Housatonic River classification for recreation, and pushes for industrial sewer on Pittsfield Road with secondary treatment, which failed. The panel supports state river access, notes oil slick concerns, and credits General Electric with funding over 450 to aid oil processing and storage facility construction.
Lenox school officials announce during American Education Week that parents of public school students are invited to visit regular classroom sessions this week. Conferences with teachers may be arranged by appointment, says School Supt. Hiram F. Batley.
The Berkshire Probate Court in Pittsfield announces that Lincoln S. Cain the conservator of Edith H E C Burling of Stockbridge has filed his first account for allowance. If you wish to object file a written appearance in Pittsfield before 10 am on November 19 1963. Judge F Anthony Hanlon presiding.
Leemhuis elected as research and engineering committee chairman of the electrical equipment section of the National Safety Council at its Chicago convention. He is safety engineer for General Electric Co.
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