Taconic Parkway Extension Opens Northward to NYC Area
The 16 mile Taconic extension to East Chatham raises total length to 105.3 miles and brings free travel to Pittsfield and Lee drivers into the New York City area via West Stockbridge without stop lights. Built at 12 million dollars, the new section crosses 17 bridges, adds 230 signs, and expands Columbia County reach to 31.6 miles with Becket’s Becket high point comparison to the Becket Massachusetts Turnpike.
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Taconic Parkway
Nyc
Chatham
N.Y
Berkshire
Massachusetts Turnpike
Ger
Pittsfield
Park Square
New York City
West Stockbridge
Lee Area
East Hudson
Becket
Lafayetteville
West Taghkani
Columbia County
Martindale
East Chatham
New York State
Fleming To Start Against Jesters In Harlem Showdown
Lee Duke Fleming will be a starter for the Thomas Memorials against the Harlem Court Jesters November 24 in the Lee High gym. Fleming scored 20 points against the Harlem Magicians last Sunday and stands five feet tall. Separately, two men were fined in District Court for operating to endanger after pleading not guilty in Stockbridge cases.
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Lee
Harlem Magicians
Bill
Duke) Fleming
Lee High
Eddie Thomas Jr
Fleming
Harlem
District Court
Stockbridge
Charles Lord
High Street
Housatonic
Wiliam J. Obanhein
Lord
Roger S. Newton
Route 41
West Stockbridge
Dugway Road
Obanhein
Newton
Mary E. Rye Dedham
Richard R.von Westfield
Salvatore Profaci
Brooklyn
N.Y
Paul H Marshall
Boston
Profaci
Northwestern Connecticut Planning Region discussion in Cornwall
Connecticut Development Commission officials will meet nine towns including Canaan Cornwall North Canaan Kent Salisbury Sharon Roxbury Warren and Washington at Cornwall Town Hall at 8 pm to discuss forming a planning region. Local residents are invited to attend. Bazaar set for December 3 by Canaan Episcopal Church Women with fancy baked goods jewelry and tea.
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Cornwall
Conn
Connecticut Development Commission
Connecticut
Cornwall Town Hall
Horace H. Brown
Canaan
North Canaan
Kent
Salisbury
Sharon
Roxbury
Warren
Washington
Episcopal Church Women of
Martha Cortesi Engaged to Joseph Wright
Canaan Connecticut announces the engagement of Martha Cortesi to Pvt. Joseph Charles Wright. Martha is the daughter of Peter and Mrs. Cortesi of South Canaan and both attended Housatonic Valley Regional High School. Wright is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Wright of Falls Village and is stationed with the U S Army at Fort Benning Georgia. No wedding date has been set.
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Canaan, Conn
Peter Cortesi
South Canaan
Martha Dane
Joseph Charles Wright
Hervey L. Wright
Falls Village
Miss Cortesi
Pvt.Wright
Housatonic Valley Regional
U.S. Army
Ft. Benning
Esther Chapter to Host Christmas Meet in Canaan
Esther Chapter Order of Eastern Star has scheduled a Christmas meeting for December 3 in the Masonic Lodge rooms. Mr and Mrs Preston Gossee Mr and Mrs Forrest Downing and Mr and Mrs George Green will oversee arrangements. They were invited to attend a friends night gathering of Taghkanic Chapter in Lakeville on December 6.
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OES
Yale
Canaan
Conn
Esther
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Preston Gossee
Forrest Downing
George Green
Lakeville
Deer Killed in Route 7 Collision in Canaan Connecticut
A car deer crash on Route 7 early Wednesday near Canaan resulted in the deer's death and minor damage to a vehicle driven by 44 year old Robert Mourhess of Lancaster New York. State police report the deer suddenly entered the southbound lane from the left side. State Trooper Peter Salwocki investigated. Mothers Club to feature Christmas arrangements at North Canaan Mothers Club meeting. Mrs Dorothy Pilbin owner Evergreen Florist Norfolk will speak and demonstrate. Meeting at East Canaan home of Mrs Russell Riva Jr. with program chair Mrs Alfred Faedi.
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Canaan
Conn
Route 7
Robert Mourhess
Lancaster
Peter Salwocki
Mothers’ Club
Dorothy Pilbin
Evergreen Florist
Norfolk
North Canaan
Mothers Club
Russell Riva Jr
East Canaan
Alfred Faedi
East Windsor News Roundup Mixed Visits and a Sled Accident
East Windsor recalls Mr and Mrs George Ankner visiting relatives in New Jersey. Amelia Langen returns to Harrington Park after staying at the Ankner home. Guests include Mrs Gladys Loftus and two children from Weehawken. John Bird Jr injured in a sled fall in Windsor, treated at Pittsfield Hospital, now home in satisfactory condition. Mrs Fred Mongue travels to Alexandria Louisiana for two weeks. Mrs Fred Bowman to relay news during absence. Miss Sandra Hill visits Linda Peanay in Dalton.
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George Ankner
New Jersey
Amelia Langen
Ankner
Herbert Johnson
Harrington Park
N. J
Gladys Loftus
Weehawken
N.J
Jana
Ralph Laka
New City
Johnnie Bird
Win
John Bird
Windsor Bush
Pittsfield Hospital
Windsor
Fred Mongue
Fred Mongue Jr
Alexandria
Fred Bowman
Sandra Hill
Linda Peanay
Dalton
Otis Grange to Observe 50th Anniversary
Otis Grange will hold a special meeting tonight to observe its 50th anniversary. A history of the Grange will be read and fifty year pins awarded to Frank Andrews, Fred Andrews and Frank Bryant, charter members. Neighboring Orangee and the public are invited to attend at the Congregational Church with refreshments after.
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OTIS
Grange
Frank Andrews
Fred Andrews
Frank Bryant
Orangee
Congregational Church
Otis School Serves 11 025 Hot Lunches Last Year
Otis School reports 11 025 lunches served to pupils and 864 to adults last year. Daily meals run about 60, serving roughly 70 percent of enrollment. State reimburses nine cents per lunch. Cooks are Mrs. Louis Strickland and Mrs. Lester Hood. Health exams cover vision and dental checks. Christmas bazaar Nov 30 aims to support the children's party. UNICEF collection totaled 60.95 dollars. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Besancon spent weekend in Jonesport, Maine, bringing Mrs. Besancon's mother, Mrs. Rachel Thompson, for a visit.
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Otis
Fred Besancon
Louis Strickland
Lester Hood
Jonesport
Maine
Hinsdale Maple Street Circle Plans Annual Dinner and Meetings
The Maple Street Circle met at Mrs. Richard Zopf’s home and voted to host the annual dinner December 5 at Ida and John's. The next meeting will be December 11 at Mrs. Stanley Rice’s home. A food sale is slated for December 7 at Fris Sell’s Market from 1 to 2. Funds aim to buy hymnals for the First Congregational Church. Mrs. Alton Nichols, injured November 5 at home, underwent surgery Tuesday at Pittsfield General Hospital.
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Maple Street Circle
Richard Zopf
Ida and
John’s
Stanley Rice
Fris Sell’'s
First Congregational Church
Alton Nichols
Pittsfield General Hospital
Ownership of Warm Spring Goes Before Judge Monday
New Lebanon New York. A long pending court action from 1947 over the ownership of the warm spring atop Pool Hill heads to the Hudson Supreme Court Monday. Arthur H Clark claims the spring is part of his Columbia Hall property purchased in 1945 from Berkshire Life Insurance. The town asserts the spring is public property and not part of the tract. The hearing could take a week.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Pool Hill
Supreme Court
Hudson
Harald B. Hicks
Arthur H. Clark
Clark
Columbia Hall
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Pittsfield
Atty
Harold Drumm
Chatham
Arekever
Local concert aids Lebanon Valley band uniforms
Lebanon Springs NY is set for an afternoon music program on Sunday November 24 at 3 PM in the New Lebanon Central School auditorium. Proceeds fund new school band uniforms. The 49 member school band directed by Alfred W Korkosz will join the 43 member Mont Pleasant High School band from Schenectady directed by John M Adamis. Also featured are the Polka Maids and a local dance band led by Josephine Soldato. In Lebanon now Darrow School adds two masters to its staff Francis A Trus How teaching English and chemistry and William EB Funnell teaching freshman English and sophomore history. Trus How coached freshman soccer and varsity hockey and is Hinckley House assistant housemaster. Funnell becomes assistant hockey coach and Ann Lee House master.
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Lebanon Springs
N.Y
New Lebanon Central School
Alfred W. Korkosz
Mont Pleasant High School
Schenectady
John M. Adamis
Polka Maids
Josephine Soldato
Lebanon
Darrow School
Francis A. Trus+ How
Ceredit
Manufacturers’ Hanover Trust Co
New York City
St. Paul's School
Concord
Yale
Hinckley House
Wiliam EB. Funnell
Amherst
Wesleyan University
Ann Lee House
Deer hunting season opens Monday in New Lebanon area
Deer hunting in the area begins Monday and lasts through December 3 with buck shooting hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The northeast part of Columbia County is excluded from the party permit area this year, allowing a party of four hunters to take one additional deer of either sex beyond the usual buck limit.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Columbia County
Mount Greylock Regional Menu Week Excerpt
Mount Greylock Regional lists weekly school meals with several days featuring pork stroganoff noodles and green beans on Monday, hamburg pattie and cheeseburger on Tuesday, roast turkey with dressing on Wednesday, spaghetti with meat balls and ham salad on Thursday, and fish cake with baked beans on Friday. Beverages include orange juice and gingerbread with topping, apricots, and peach halves accompany several meals.
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Mount Greylock
New Lebanon Bouling Lane Scores Record Totals
Bowling scores from New Lebanon Bouling Lar-A-Bowl lanes at Columbia and Rensselaer Hubbard show Taylor 210 Snyder 205 Ley 565 Wager 575 Phillips 537 Sadler Dat Kanian 207 Audrey Ames 703 534 Irene Blanchard 179 Jean Crosby 483 Reynolds 114 348 Vink 2007 Hosler 196 192 577 Gonnelly 192 545 Bergy 37 Russell 504.
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Columbia and
Rensselaer
Hubbard
Taylor
Snyder
Wager
Phillips
Sadler
Dat Kanian
Audrey Ames
Irene Blanchard
Jean Crosby
F. Reynolds
D. Vink
F. Hosler
W. Gonnelly
A. Bergy
G. Russell
Dedication of Stockbridge Town Hall Sunday at 3
Dedication ceremonies for the renovated Town Hall will be Sunday at 3. The American Legion Post will present the colors and the upstairs auditorium will be dedicated to the late Mrs Rodney Procter, who left 42000 for the renovation of the white frame building on West Main Street. Mrs Procter's daughters are expected to attend the ceremony. The building will be open for public inspection from 2 to 5 that day. All town officers moved into the new building Wednesday.
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Stockbridge
The
American Legion Post
Rodney Procter
West Main Street
Stephentown Church Offers Life and Worship Class
The Rev H Douglas Pierce leads a Friday class on The Christian Life and Church Worship from 3 to 4 30 at Stephentown Federated Church. His Sunday sermon is The Potter's Vessel. Women’s Sunday featured Mrs Pierce leading services with other women participating. Christmas Seals chair Clarence Carpenter is Stephentown for the annual drive. seals mailed to area homes. A community square dance runs Saturday 9 to 12 at the Community Building, with David Stone as caller.
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Federated Church
Stephentown
N.Y
H. Douglas Pierce
Clarence Carpenter
Dunham Hollow-West Stephentown
David Stone
Cookie Sale Supports Williams High Soccer Banquet
Mrs. George M. French chairs a cookie sale to fund the 1963 Williams High soccer awards banquet. Cookies available via local representatives Mrs. John J. Capelli, West Stockbridge, Mrs. Ralph R. Collins, Stockbridge, and Mrs. Helen Miller, Glendale, before Wednesday.
Hancock Willing Workers Plan Christmas Party and Sale
Hancock The Willing Workers Society of the Hancock Baptist Church met at Mrs. Perry A. Whitman’s home. A food sale is set for Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Sykes Store in Stephentown. The group donated $5 to the Community Christmas program and to the Sunday school Christmas party. A Christmas party is planned for Dec 10 at Mrs. Eugene Whitman’s home. Members are to bring a grab bag. Cub Scouts Pack Committee will meet Friday at 7:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Royal.
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Hancock
Willing Workers Society
Hancock Baptist Church
Perry A. Whitman
Sykes’ Store
Stephentown
Eugene Whitman
Cub
Cub Scout
Edmund Royal
Hancock men attend forest wardens supper in Adams
Eight Hancock men attended the Berkshire County Forest Wardens Association supper Tuesday in Adams. A Christmas party is planned for Dec. 10 at Bastover in Lenox. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Emertson of Daytona Beach Florida are parents of a son born Oct. 19 at Fairfax Hospital in Daytona. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. O’Donnell of Hancock. George Derby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Derby of Potter Mountain Road, is a patient at St. Lukes Hospital in Pittsfield, where he underwent an operation last week.
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Hancock
Berkshire County Forest Wardens’ Association
Adams
Bastover
Lenox
Donald Emertson
Daytona Beach
Fla
Fairfax Hospital
Daytona
Edward C. O'Donnell
George Derby
Frederick Derby
Potter Mountain Road
St. Lukes' Hospital
Pittsfield
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Cookie Sale
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