Christmas Party Set By Modolo VFW Post Auxiliary
GREAT BARRINGTON The James A Modolo VFW Post Auxiliary will host a Christmas party for children of the post and auxiliary members on Dec 14 at 2 PM at the post home on South Main Street. Children up to 12 years old may attend. names must be listed at the post home before Dec 3. Mrs Charles Mack is committee chairman. New auxiliary members installed at a recent meeting were Mrs Jane Green, Mrs Helen Anstatt, Mrs Elaine Kydes, Mrs Ann Graham and Mrs Harriet Vincent. The family of Michael J Oates thanks friends for Mass cards, floral tributes and sympathy. Advertising notices follow for local shops and services.
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Great Barrington
James A. Modolo
VFW
South Main Street
Charles Mack
Jane Green
Helen Anstatt
Elaine Kydes
Ann Graham
Harriet Vincent
Guarnieris Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary in Great Barrington
Mr and Mrs Louis Guarnieri of Gilmore Avenue will mark their 25th anniversary with an open house at the Cove Inn on Stockbridge Road from 2 to 5 p m Sunday. They wed December 2 1944 at St Peters Church in the town. Mrs Guarnieri the former Carolyn H E Schneyer of Glendale is a Williams High School graduate and works as a bookkeeper for the A P Co. in Great Barrington. Mr Guarnieri attended Searles High School and works for the Great Barrington Fire Co.
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Great Barrington
Louis Guarnieri
Gilmore Avenue
Cove Inn
Stockbridge Road
Guarnieris
St. Peter's
Henry McCarily
Guarnieri
Carolyn HE. Schneyer
Glendale
Williams High School
Stockbridge
Town To Plow School Drives In Berkshire District
The Selectmen agreed the Highway Department will plow school driveways and lots this winter if other district towns join. Supt. George Lane urged plowing at Bryant Searles Dewey and Housatonic schools, with Tractor work after main roads are cleared. District may hire contractors in 1970 if towns boycott, as maintenance is a district responsibility under the lease agreement.
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Great Sarrington
Highway Department
George P. Lane
Berkshire Hills
Lane
Bryant
Searles
Dewey
Housatonic
West Stockbridge
Stockbridge
Plain School
Barrington
Francis VanDeusen
Great Barrington
Raymond F. Drumm
Barrington Plans to Buy New Highway Truck
Barrington officials seek bids to supply the Highway Department with a 1970 half-ton pickup. Bids open December 7 at 7:30 in the Selectmen's office. Contract approval depends on the annual town meeting appropriation. Specifications available from the Highway Department. The Glass Shop on Railroad Street closes December 1 to 7 for vacation. Emergency numbers listed for after-hours.
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Great Barrington
The
Selectmen
Highway Department
Selectmen’s
Railroad St
Electric Co Offers Town Gift of Main Street Land
Massachusetts Electric Co offers to gift the town a half-acre main street land at the Housatonic riverbank site formerly housing its operations center. The two story frame building will be torn down, with plans to make the site a park or public use area near Cottage and Main streets. Town officials will draft an acceptance article for the annual town meeting warrant.
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Great Barrington
Massachusetts Electric Co
Main Street
Ralph C. Ballou
Mass
Electric
Housatonic River
Big Bridge
Oper
Bennett to Appear on Today Show
Great Barrington pottery owner Bennett of North Plain Road will appear on NBCs Today Show Friday at 7:30 AM to demonstrate and explain his Japanese techniques from his studio. A Walter Scott photo display from Stockbridge will be part of the program. Bennett recently returned from Japan where he set up a ceramics business and he employs two apprentices in his studio devoted to Japanese ceramic techniques.
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Great Barrington
Richard ‘Bennett
Great Barrington Pottery
North Plain Road
NBC
Bennett
Walter Scott
Stockbridge
Japan
Stockbridge to hire private plow for Plain School yard
Selectmen vote to hire a private contractor to plow the Plain School yard starting next year. Berkshire Hills Regional School District officials discussed regional plowing costs and control, noting the yard must be cleared before school and kept clear for buses and student drop offs. A Red Cross Gray Ladies group collected candy donations for patients at Northampton State Hospital.
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Plain School
Monument Mountain Regional
Red Cross
Northampton State Hospital
Captain Brinson Earns Bronze Star for Vietnam Service
Capt. Everett Brinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brinson of 185 Main St, received the Bronze Star for exceptional duty as a security police officer during ground operations against enemy forces in Vietnam from May 10, 1968, to Jan. 9. He earned the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service as an operations officer with the 635th Security Police Squadron at U Tapao, Thailand, from Jan. 24 to June 17. Brinson, stationed at Otis AFB on Cape Cod, is with the First Security Police Squadron, Aerospace Defense Command. He entered the Air Force in 1982 after graduating Searles High School in 1956 and earning a BA from the University of Massachusetts in 1963. He is married to Janice, daughter of Mrs. Myrtle East of Westhampton Beach.
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Great Barrington
USAF
Everett Brinson
Southeast Asia
Brinson
Albert Brinson
185
Main St
Cam Ranh Bay AB
Vietnam
635Th Security Police
U Tapao Airfield
Thailand
Otis Afb
Cape Cod
Aerospace Defense Command
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Searles High School
University of Massachusetts
Tau Epsilon Phi
Capt
Bricson
Janice
Myrtle Ateast
Westhampton Beach
Joint Thanksgiving Eve Unity Service In Dalton
The third annual Thanksgiving Eve unity service will be held at Grace Episcopal Church on Wednesday at 7 30. Clergy from five local churches will deliver homilies after Old and New Testament readings. Proceeds from a free will offering support local ecumenicity. Baby sitting offered. other participants include First Congregational United Methodist St Agnes First Church Nazarene. Golden Agers do not meet. Last week 56 attended the Thanksgiving dinner with entertainment by Mrs Sylvester Mihovan of Lenox.
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Dalton Golden Agers
Sylvester Mihovan
Lenox
Selectmen Told Problem Of Crowded School Buses
Dalton voters hear Adelard Nydeau raise overcrowded buses with standees exceeding 23 percent. He says his daughter never sits since September and appeals to local officials. Police note 13 inches per seat and 12 standees allowed on 48 passenger buses as regional committee digs into bus transportation issues.
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Selectmen
John W. Bartels
Nadeau
Martin J. Cooney
Welfare For Strikers Is Again Topic
Dalton selectmen weigh welfare payments to GE strikers after Stack's explanation. Harold J. Stengl backs aid for those in need while state welfare director John Pinna argues against public comment on individual cases. Bus safety and a 1968 school bus policy debate also cited.
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Dalton
Harold J. Stengi
Ashuelot St
Selectmen
Eagle
Donald J.) Stack
Pittsfield
Stengl
Stack
John B. Pinna
John St
State Welfare
John W. Bartels
Finance Unit To Hear Budget Proposals
Recommenda tions of the salary and wage subcommittee and the Select men regarding 1870 budget figures will be presented to the full Finance Committee at its meeting tonight at 7 30 in the Town Hall. Subcommittee members invite interested towns people to attend. The recommendations will be studied and presented for approval at the annual town meeting in February.
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Dalton
Rockefeller Opposes Goodel Vietnam Withdrawal Resolution
Gov Nelson Rockefeller rejects Sen Goodels bid to pull troops from Vietnam by 1971 saying it usurps Nixon's international authority and endorses the President's policy as the best path to end U S involvement. Albany report notes his stance and timing.
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Albany
Nelson Rockefeller
Charles E. Goodel
Senate
Vietnam
Nixon
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