Federal Suit Filed Over Post Office Alterations
The U S government on behalf of Tracy & Forty Inc Great Barrington filed a federal civil suit Tuesday against Caputo Construction Co Inc and Atlantic Mechanic Contractors Inc Somerville seeking 809 dollars. The complaint alleges Caputo had a contract for alterations at the Great Barrington Post Office and that Tracy & Forty supplied labor and materials with a balance unpaid. Attorney John Mannon for the plaintiff asked the court to order payment.
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Boston
Benham To Complete Navy Training Dec 6
David C. Benham 18 son of Mr and Mrs Charles J Benham State Road is in basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center He is due to graduate the nine week course on December 6 and expected home on holiday leave December 14.
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Great Barrington
David C. Benham
Charles J. Benham
State Road
Great Lakes
Naval Training Center
Searles High School
Navy
Professor Barrette Suffered Collapse at School
Prof. Fernand Barrette of Christian Hill Road, supervisor of music in the local school system, collapsed shortly before noon Friday and was rushed by ambulance to Fairview Hospital. He left Housatonic Grammar School after saying he did not feel well, entered his car, then collapsed. He reached Fairview at 1 40 p m and is under observation after tests. doctors say he did not have a heart attack. Barrette has taught music since joining the Barrington system in 1959.
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Great Barrington
Fernand Barrette
Christian Hill Road
Fairview Hospital
Barrette
Housatonic Grammar School
Helen V. Morgan
T. J. Gilligan
Fairview
Thomas$. Hanrahan
Corpus Christi Church
Barrett
Arthur L. Cassel
Cassel
St. Peter's Church
Barrington
Berkshire
Tonini To Attend Agricultural School
Lawrence D. Tonini of Main Street has been accepted at the Stockbridge Agricultural School of the University of Massachusetts. He will major in animal science and enter the university next fall as a Williams High senior in Stockbridge. Tonini helped the school soccer team two years and recently placed third in the state milk judging contest in Amherst sponsored by the Future Farmers of America.
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Great Barrington
Lawrence D. Tonini
Lawrence F. Tonini
Main Street
Stockbridge Agricultural School
University of Massachusetts
Tonini
Williams High
Stockbridge
Amherst
Future Farmers of America
Sheffield Shirley Wells and Arthur Rummel to wed today
Miss Shirley Ann Wells daughter of Mr and Mrs Leonard Wells of Ramapo Road will marry Arthur Frederick Rummel son of John Rummel Sr of Farmingdale New York at 2 pm today Ashley Falls Methodist Church with Rev Donald T Keil officiating. Afterward a reception at Taconic Conn Lodge. The bride’s sister in law Mrs Jack Wells will be matron of honor and bridesmaid Anne Wells. Best man will be John Rummel Jr. Usher Raymond Wells. The gown features Chantilly lace and tulle with iridescent sequins. attendants wear blue and carry bouquets of pink and white flowers. After a wedding trip the couple will live on Long Island. Miss Wells is a registered nurse. Mr Rummel works as a steel engraver in Minneola New York.
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Shirley Ann Wells
Airs. Leonard & Wells
Ramapo Road
Arthur Frederick Rummel
John Rummel Sr
Maynard Drive
Farmingdale
N.Y
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Donald T. Keil
Taconic
Conn. Lodge
Mr. Rummel
John Rummel Jr
Raymond Wells
Miss Wells
Long Island
Wells
Mount Everett
Columbia Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing
Hudson, N.Y
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Minneola Pantograph Engraving Co
Minneola
Sheffield Board Increases Annual Liquor License Fees
The Board of Selectmen voted to raise annual liquor license fees by 50 to all license classes. New fees range from 200 to 450 dollars. Playschool Mothers group schedules a meeting at Old Parish Congregational Church on December 2 at 8 p.m., led by Mrs. Milton W. Barnum of Boardman Street.
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Sheffield
Board of Selectmen
Andy
Mothers of
Old Parish Congregational Church
Milton W. Barnum
Boardman Street
Clarksburg Superintendent Elected Berkshire Association Head
North Adams Roland Leach, superintendent of Clarksburg schools, was elected president at a Berkshire county superintendents and high school principals meeting. He succeeds Dr. Joseph A. Wik of Cheshire. Other officers include George H. Daniel of Mount Everett Regional in Sheffield and Hiram F. Battey of Lenox schools.
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North Adams
Roland Leach
Clarksburg
Berkshire County
Joseph A. Wik
Cheshire
George H. Daniel
Mount Everett
Sheffield
Hiram F. Battey
Lenox
Canaan Voters Back Plan to Reopen North Elm Street
About 70 residents attended a North Canaan town meeting and voted unanimously to authorize the Board of Selectmen to negotiate with the state highway department for returning North Elm Street to the town. Route 7’s reroute has hurt local business, and officials will push for routing through the Canaan business district if the transfer is approved. C. Frank Hitchcock moderated.
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Canaan
State Highway Department
Wethersfield
North Elm Street
Nari Elm Street
C. Frank Hitchcock
Selectman
Canaan pastor to serve North Canaan congregation
The Rev. Leo J. Poirier, pastor of Pittsfield Seventh-Day Adventist Church, will also lead the North Canaan church. He holds a B A from Atlantic Union College and an M A from Andrews University, previously serving as associate pastor at Boston Temple and in Providence. He and his wife and two children reside in Pittsfield. Also listed are weekly hot lunch menus for Monday to Wednesday featuring soups, salads, meats, sides, and desserts.
Sports Assn To Expand Ski Program
At the Salisbury Winter Sports Association annual meeting President George Kiefer announced expansion of ski instruction. A 2¢-meter hill will be lighted for after dark lessons two nights weekly. Downhill classes will include all ages. adult recreation skiing may form if interest grows. Contact William M. Doolittle for membership. Free adult conditioning classes run Wednesdays at Salisbury Center School gym.
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Salisbury
Conn
Salisbury Winter Sports Association
George Kiefer
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
SWSA
William M. Doolittle
Indian Mountain School
Lakeville
Pam
Salisbury Center School
Lenox weighs Berle site for junior high building
Lenox plans a junior-senior high school on the Berle property with frontage on Walker and Housatonic Streets. The SBAC may decide this weekend after studying the plans. A private six inch sewer runs under land to Crosby Pond and seepage has prompted pond drainage. Town officials consider reconstructing the private line or connecting to nearby sewers as alternatives. The SBAC has already approved the Louis Searinzi 33 acre site near Housatonic and East Streets. Pizza tonight at Joe's Grill. Ady, 25.
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Lenox
Adolph A. Berle
Dennis J. Duffin
State School Building Assistance Commission
SBAC
Berle
Walker
Housatonic
Selectmen
High School Planning Committee
W. E. D. Stokes Jr
Bruno
Housatonic Street
William T. McCarmack
Crosby Pond
Aaron
West Street
Walker Street
Housaonic Street
Louis Searinzi
Searinzi
Housatonic and
East’ Streets
Lee Thomas Names Starters for Sundays Harlem Game
Lee Thomas Jr. lists starting lineup for Sunday’s basketball game against Harlem Court Jesters with Pete Sweet at center, Bob Driscoll and Francis Puleri as forwards, Mike Simiane and Bill Fleming as guards. Game at 2 PM in Lee High School gym, doors and tickets from 1 PM.
Berle Site Costs Not Prohibitive Says Chairman Duffin
Lenox weighs Berle property for school site with wooded terrain. Dennis J. Duffin, chair of the High School Planning Committee, rejects term prohibitive and says Berle costs won t be far above those for rival Scarinzi land. Development expense will be higher but not by a large margin.
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Berle
LENOX
A. A. Berle
Dennis J. Duffin
Duffin
Berie
Louis Scarinzi
County Orchestra To Give First Concert Sunday
Litchfield County Orchestra directed by Robert Keys Clark will perform its first concert Sunday at 8 15 p m in the Hotchkiss School gym Lakeville Conn The program includes works by Hayden Mozart and Handel plus ten short pieces by Louis Calabro Guggenheim fellow and Bennington College professor The open performance has no admission charge.
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Conn
Litchfield County Orchestra
Robert Keys Clark
Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss School
Torrington
Hartford
Waterbury
Clark
Kent
Westover
Middlebury
Middlebury Sling Orchestra
Juilliard School of Music
Hayden
Mozart
Handel
Louis Calabro
Bennington College
Guggenheim
Twenty-Eight HYR Youths Attend Convention
Twenty eight members of the Allied Youth post at Hou satonic Valley Regional High School traveled by bus last week to the Allied Youth Convention at Inn Buck Hill Falls Pa. Accompanying the group were Mrs Sally Blakey Robert Gregory and Dr and Mrs Paul W Stoddard.
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Falls Village
Conn
Allied Youth Post
Housatonic Valley
Allied Youth Convention
the Inn
Buck Hill Falls
Sally Blakey
Robert Gregory
Paul W. Stoddard
Lenox Schools To Close Monday Observing Kennedy Memory
Lenox public schools will be closed Monday in tribute to President Kennedy. Dennis J. Duffin, chair of the School Committee, said the committee voted by telephone after a poll showed consensus for the closure.
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Lee
Kennedy
Arthur Welcome
Lenox
Dennis J. Duffin
John T McDermott Weds Miss Helen Abert in Lenox
Lenox reports the Nov 16 wedding of Miss Helen C. Abert to John T. McDermott at St Ann's Church. The couple will reside on Oakle Street Housatonic after a Washington Virginia trip. Bride’s brother Edward Abert and sister Eleanor Abert attended. best man was David McDermott. Ushers included Leon Abert and James McDermott. The bride, a Lenox High graduate and former operator, wore white brocade. The groom is a Housatonic Post Office clerk and Searles High graduate.
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Helen C. Abert
Orlen Abert
High Street
Mr. Abert
S T. Ann's Church
John T. McDermott
William P. McDermott
Housatonic
Mr. McDermott
Lenox House
Miss Abert
Edward R. Abert
Eleanor Abert
Troy
N.Y
David W. Mc j.Dermott
Great Barrington
Leon Abert
James J. McDermott
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Oakle Street
Lenox High School
McDermott
One car crash injures four near Otis route
Miss Mary Ann Spring 16 of Sandisfield suffered nose lacerations and possible fracture as a passenger in a one car accident yesterday at 3 15 PM. Driver Rosa F E Loring 47 of Route 23 Otis and three other passengers were injured. Police say Loring’s car went off the left shoulder and rested on an embankment on the two lane highway. Spring was taken to Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington.
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Mary Ann Spring
Sandisfield
Rosa FE. Loring
Route 23
Otis
Lee
Loring
Spring
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington
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