IUE Board Takes No Stand On Future of Walkouts
The IUE Local 255 executive board discussed the walkouts at Pittsfield GE but took no action on renewing a moratorium proposal. At the last meeting a moratorium was rejected 12 to 0 with just over 108 members of about 4,000 in attendance. Members hold the stance unless changed, as walkouts began Sept 45 and have included six actions across the GE complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IUE
IUE Local 255
George W. DiPalazzo
Pittsfield General Electric
DiPalazzo
Pittsfield GE
Williams Heads Berkshire County Farm Bureau Drive
Arthur Williams of Williamstown is named chair of the annual Berkshire County Farm Bureau membership drive aiming for 2635 members. A January banquet depends on meeting the quota, continuing a tradition, with current membership about 335, up from last year, boosted by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation meeting held in Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Williams
Williamstown
Berkshire County Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau Organization
Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation
Lenox
Berkshires
Probate actions and wills shared in Berkshire County
Probate Court files reveal multiple estates including Lillian G Robichauds residuary will shared by six siblings with various minor bequests and named heirs in Pittsfield. Other filings appoint Robert J Taylor Jr as administrator and allocate heirs for Mathilde Daoust. Marguerite and Frederick MacCurdy wills name Malcolm R MacCurdy as main inheritor. Ralph T Blaikie’s foreign will leaves all property to his widow Hoefen L Blaikie. Divorce case records note Patricia E Boria seeking support and custody following a Pittsfield marriage ending August 17 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Robichaud
Lillian G. Robichaud
Pittsfield
Joseph
Lucien
Roland Gaudette
Lydia O'Neil
Olive Buckley
Southwick
Carolyn Rueger
Georgianna Gandelte
David Quelelle
Noel
Lillian
Joseph Gaudette
Shirley Potter
Marguerite
Frederick MacCurds
Frederick MacCurdy
Corpus Christi
Tex
Berkshire County
Malcolm R. MacCurdy
Midland
Ralph VL. Blaikie
New York City
Hoefen L. Blaikie
Bookmobile Schedule for Coming Week
Berkshire Athenaeum announces the city bookmobile routes for Monday through Friday with stops at schools streets and avenues including West Street Churchill Street Jason Street Euclid Lebanon Allen Gate Ridgeway Cambridge Ave and Highland School schedule times scattered across the week. The list includes Stearns School Berkshhire Life Bartlett School Crane Ave Abby Lodge School Shetland Drive Dexter Ave Putnam Ave Mountain Drive Richard Drive and Kirkwood Drive among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Athenaeum
West St
Churchill St
Jason St
Euclid Ave
Lebanon Ave
Lebanonn Aves
A.m. Stearns School
Berkshire Life
Bartlett School
Crane Ave
Robbins Avenue
Bradford Street
Francis Plaza
Alden Ave
Ridgeway Ave
Allengate Ave
Connecticut Ave
Asci
Morewood School
Abby Lodge
Shetland Drive
Dexter Ave
Putnam Ave
Reuter
Cambridge Ave
Mountain Drive
Richard Drive
Hibbard School
Richardson St
Longview Ter
Willard Place
Highland School
Kirkwood Drive
Federal Aid Available for Rural Housing Expansion
Thompsonville Connecticut officials announce renewed funds for the Farmers Home Administration rural housing loan program. Loans assist farmers and rural residents including seniors 62 plus, for constructing, improving, repairing homes, farm service buildings, water systems, or buying homes and building sites. Eligibility requires inability to obtain private or cooperative credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Conn
Farmers Home Administration
Dan E. King
Bar Association To Meet Monday In Pittsfield
The Berkshire Bar Association will hold a special meeting Monday at 4 p.m. in Central Berkshire District Court, Pittsfield, to reconsider revisions in the bar’s minimum fee schedule. Several proposed changes were made last month but were not formally adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Bar Association
Berkshire District Court Room
Pittsfield
Crane Inn Wake rs Sold Out
The Crane Inn has no more pews left for the gala wake this evening to mourn the inn's closing. Josiah Morrill, manager, said 13 reservations were made for the final event. Dinner runs 5 to 9 p.m. with dancing and entertainment by singer John Gorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Inn
Od Inn
Josiah Morrill
John Gorman
Neill Lets ABC Favor Bypass Route Amid Unseen Details
Albert R. Neill of the Association of Business and Commerce of Central Berkshire County endorsed the western bypass route for Pittsfield but noted no detailed map was reviewed. The plan would serve the central business district, urban renewal area, future Berkshire Community College campus, the airport, possibly the new high school, and connect with Route 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Association of Business and Commerce
Berkshire County
Albert R. Neill
ABC
Mr. Neill
Berkshire Community College
Neill
IVE Local 255 Votes 100 for Mexican Strikers
The executive board of IVE Local 255 voted a $100 contribution to a 400 member GE workers union on strike at a General Electric plant in Mexico City. It was the first time the Pittsfield GE union contributed to a union outside the United States. Mexico City GE employees earn an average of $88 a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibe
Generl Electric Co
Mexico City
Mexico
George W. DiPalazzo
Pittsfield GE Union
Pittsfield
GE Union
United States
IUE
Washington
DiPalazzo
N Y Accountant Joins Local Firm
Salvatore J. Congello Jr. has joined Alvin D. Silber CPA as staff supervisor at 74 North St. He will assist in the North Adams and Bank St. offices. A Mount Vernon native, he moved to 54 Bartlett Ave. with his family. He previously worked three years with Harris Kerr Forster & Co. in New York. He attended Manhattan College, earning a 192s BBA in accounting. He is a member of the National Association of Accountants. He is married to Marianne Marint of Eastchester, N Y, and they have one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore J. Congello Jr
Alvin D. Silber
CPA
North St
Bank St
North Adams
Silber
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Congello
Bartlett Ave
New York
Harris, Kerr, Forster & Co
Manhattan College
National Association of Accountants
Congelio
Marianne Marint
Eastchester
Track Owner Dario Backing Providence Arts Center Move
B A Dario, owner of two racetracks, takes lease on the Albee Theater and plans a nonprofit run performing arts center. He aims to buy the building for about 47500 with partners and fund part of the cost himself. Committees form to oversee decoration as Dario hopes Providence gains a first class venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
B. A. Dario
Albee Theater
RKO Rhode Island Corp
Dario
Providence Journal
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Mayors Open Door Eases Daily Call Burden
After election promises, Mayor Remo Del Gallo resumes open office policy. secretary reports about 50 calls daily, many from citizens with concerns on sewers, streets, trees, and taxes. He credits Thanksgiving slowdown for a respite and says he will meet any resident with ideas for city improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remo del Gallo
Madalyn 5
Fire Incident Reports From Friday Matches
A Friday fire record notes a smoke at 163 Francis Ave at 4 12 p m and a car fire on Northern Avenue. A street flare at a construction site near Tyler and Myrtle streets tipped over with no fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Ave
Northern Avenue
Tyler
Myrtle Streets
CP Association To Benefit From Telethon
The sixth annual Christmas telethon for cerebral palsy will be televised on WIEN-TV from 1 pm December 18 to 6 39 pm December 19 at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany New York. Berkshire viewers can telephone in contributions, with funds staying in Berkshire County. The Berkshire County association raised over $6,000 last year for local programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wien-Tv
Washington Avenue
Albany
N.Y
Hollywood
New York
Ralph Levine
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Adams
Levine
Berkshire
Berkshire County Association
New York State
League of Women Voters to discuss study program
The League of Women Voters of Central Berkshire will hold a general membership meeting Tuesday at 9 3 am at the home of Mrs. Eric P. Cizek 161 Mountain Drive. Members will discuss potential subjects for the 1966 68 national study program including education housing and federal state relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters of
Central Berkshire
Eric P. Cizek
Mountain Drive
National League
Focal Leagues
Blood Drive Seeks College Donors in Berkshire Area
Mrs. R. Blakely Honeyman, chairwoman of the Red Cross blood program, urges college students to donate at the bloodmobile. Donations accepted Monday noon to 5 45 p.m. and Tuesday 10 a.m. to 3 43 p.m. in the Masonic Temple. Age group 18 to 21 shows low contributions. Doctors for the bloodmobile include Tracy, Walchenbach, Wheelwright, Wildman, Young, Zanconato, and Zeff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Blakely Honeyman
Red Cross
Masonic Temple
Henry Wheelwright
C. J. Wildman
Alexander Young
Guerrino J. Zanconato
Sidney Zeff
Union Local 254 Meeting Set For December Sixth
Local 254 clerical workers at General Electric plants in Pittsfield announce a members meeting for December 6 at 7 30 p.m. in the union hall on Woodlawn Avenue, with the stewards council meeting half an hour earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TUE
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Woodlawn Avenue
Stewards Council
Hospitals In the Hospitals patient list transcription
A long transcription lists patients and addresses across St Luke's Pittsfield General and other area hospitals. Names include Obaido Ford, Mrs Josephine Jorden, Bruce Wood, Mrs Louise Whalen, Joseph McGovern Jr, Frederick Murphy, Miss Jeanne Desrosiers, Mrs Mildred Vellone, Joseph Stone, Michael Talbot, Antonio Consolini, Burton Albert, and others with street addresses and towns such as Becket Dalton Lanesboro West Stockbridge and Great Barrington. The fragment notes operations including an op eration in Adama and mentions hospital names and patient confusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lus Bana
Obaido Ford
Alden Ave
Guy Denno
West Housatonic
Chester Zinikowski
Danforth Ave
ST. Luke's
Josephine E. Jorden
South Church
Bruce Wood
Harvard St
William O'Connor
Gilbert St
Louise G. Whalen
Lee Joseph McGovern Jr
Brown St
Frederick W. Murphy
Russell J. Neisset
Canaan
Jeanne Desrosiers
Becket
Mildred Vellone
Deering St
Arthur E. Upright
Great Barrington
Pittsfield
Melvin Harris
Brighton Ave
Edward J. Burke
West Stockbridge
Ernest Cote
Dalton
Joseph Stone
Lanesboro
Michael M. Talbot
John Talbot
Richmond
Joseph DaSilva
Ester Ter
Antonio Consolini
Herbert Mahar
Adama
Benjamin Bernardo
Elmhurst Ave
Burton Albert
Laneshora
Dale Gratton
Alfonse
Richard Terry Sr. obituary notes Worthington summers in Milford
Richard Terry Sr. died November 21 in Milford Connecticut. He and his late wife Myra were longtime summer residents of Worthington, often staying at the Spruces and the old Worthington Inn. Their Worthington house was built over 50 years ago for the Terry family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Richard Terry Sr
Milford
Conn
Myra
Spruces
Worthington Inn
Cullen S. Packard
Terry
St Josephs of North Adams Sweeps Debates in Round One
St Josephs of North Adams dominated four Springfield Catholic Diocesan debates on Wednesday, with varsity teams scoring unanimous wins led by Kent Moors, Miss Jane Coakley, Paul Casey and James Green. Novice winners included George Olsen, James Calnan, Paul Daziegiel and Wayne Le Sage, as Pittsfield participants also joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's High School of
North Adams
St. Joseph's of
Pittsfield
Kent Moors
Jane Coakley
Paul Casey
James Green
George Olsen
James Calnan
Paul Daziegiel
Wayne le Sage
Overturned Stockbridge Car Escape Injures Five
Stockbridge School students and two teachers from Interlaken escaped serious harm after a station wagon went out of control on Route 183. Driver Ellis G. Hemsi, 25, of Baton Rouge, Alabama, and teacher Lesa Carell, 24, along with students Marc Hunt, 17, Julialynne Walker, 16, and George Chan, 20, sustained cuts and bruises. The car rolled onto its roof in the northbound lane. occupants planned to seek treatment from their physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Stockbridge School
Interlaken
Ellis G. Hemsi
Baton Rouge
Lesa Carell
Marc Hunt
Julialynne Walker
George Chan
Police Briefs Detail Friday Crashes and Illness
William J. Warner of 20 Edgewood Road and Louise C. Barker of 506 Crane Ave. were in a two car collision at the First and Orchard Street intersection causing front end damage to Warner’s car and extensive damage to Barker’s right side and windshield. James E. Eisensohn of 174 Jubilee Terrace suffered a tire blowout on Onota Street causing his car to knock over a traffic sign with front end damage. Mrs. Maude Auger of 23 Pomeroy Ave. was taken to Pittsfield General Hospital after suddenly falling ill Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Warner
Edgewood Road
Louise C. Barker
Crane Ave
Tirst
Orchard Street
James E. Eisensohn
Jubilee Ter
Onota Street
Maude Auger
Pomeroy Ave
Pittsfield General Hospital
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Williams
Probate
Joseph H. Taylor Sr
Robert J. Taylor
Taylor
Julia
Joseph H
Mathilde Daoust
Alma Premeriani
Lucilie J. George
Marie D. Cullen
East Hartford
Odessa A. Daoust
Clare A. McGonigle
Carroll J. Burdick
William G. Burdick
Josephine McConigle
Agnes Klein
Brooklyn
Patricia EB. Forio
Pittstiola
Joseph A. Iovia
Mr. Ioria
Bar Association
Crane Inn Wakers
Berksire Downs
Lincoln
Berkshire Downs
Wancock
Mass
The
Mr. Daria
New England
Gauthier
Ralph Graves
Edbyard Depson
North Street
By Raymond Librizzi
Sale
George Maynard
Ida Fosty
Eleanor Wilde
West Street
CP Association
Baat St
Sneleres
Russell, Dalton
Wellington Funeral Service Inc
Bruce H. Grunan Donald A. Leonard
Roger W. Wellington
Pinsfield
Bradlees
Food Department
St. Joseph’s
Anna G. Hogue
Anna Goodrich Hogue
McArthur St
St. Luke's Hospital
Joseph A. Hogue
Louis Bontell
Alfred Pagery
Roger Disco
Amelia Lanier
Schenectady
Jane Cooney
Walter Mountain
Dery Funeral Home
Women’s Guild
St. Mark’s Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Mrs
Earl W. O'Dell
Wellington Funeral
St. Teresa's Church
Hillcrest Hospital
Mrs. O'Dell
American Legion
O'Dell
St. Teresa’s Church
Post 68
Nellie Dunne
Hartford
Esther Parker
Esther C. Parker
East St. Lenox
Robert Congdon
Clinton Heights
N.J
Paul Congdon
Springfield
Harold Congdon
Easthampton
Merle Wynn
Pompton Lakes
Wanda Trepacz
Over Woodworths
Triple-S
Allendale Shopping Center
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