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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1963
Page
5
Stockbridge will dedicate its renovated Town Hall on West Main Street tomorrow with an 8 PM ceremony. The building, opened for inspection 2 to 5, features Procter Hall upstairs funded by a $42,000 bequest from Mrs. Rodney Procter, with other funds from bonds and rehabilitation aid.
A historic town hall undergoes major interior refresh with new tiling lighting and paint. Office spaces and a single access point are created along a north south corridor housing town secretary selectmen planning board and police station with two lockups. The upstairs balcony is extended into a 300 seat auditorium with modern sound system and four colonial chandeliers.
Mrs Beatrice Sterling Procter, longtime Stockbridge summer resident and widow of Rodney Procter, dies June 19 1962 while planning to visit Prospect Hill. The second floor auditorium of Stockbridge Town Hall will be dedicated Sunday. Her daughters Mrs Anson Phelps Stokes Jr and Mrs Peter H B Frelinghuysen Jr are set to attend. She donated 42000 for Town Hall renovation and left St Pauls Church Stockbridge 100000 in her will.
October expenditures for new private nonfarm residential buildings totaled 2.4 billion dollars, down about 2 percent from September and up 12 percent from October 1962. Total new private construction reached 4.2 billion, with all new construction at 6 billion. Public construction fell 6 percent to 1.8 billion. Seasonally adjusted figures show little change from September to October, with 1963 totals running 5 percent lower than October 1962.
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