Planning and School Needs Outlined in Dept Reports
Planning Board officials urge appointing a full time assistant for growing workload and federal funding to back code enforcement and senior programs. A master plan review is slated for next year as the five year cycle nears its 1966 start. School Supt Reynolds details needs from new elementary facilities to crowding relief and a proposed high school for 1,250 students.
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Planning Board
del Gallo
Gerard F. McNeil
McNeil
Bruce Clark
Clark
Pittsfield
Supt. of
James P. Reynolds
Tucker-Briggs
Briggs
Pomeroy School
Pontoosuc
Russell
Highland
Pontoosuc School
Stearns
Reynolds
Pittsfield High School
Change Asked In Holidays for City's Employes
Four citizens petition the City Council to amend ordinances so that city workers who normally work Saturdays receive an extra day off if a holiday falls on Monday. They argue current laws are discriminatory because Saturday holidays grant Friday or Monday off to those not working Saturdays. Petition signees include Leonard I. Boivin, Harold D. Matthews, Roy B. Gardner Jr., with one name unverified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard I. Boivin
Silver St
Harold D. Matthews
Seymour
Roy B. Gardner Jr
Ciardi to Speak at Berkshire Community College Lecture
Poet John Ciardi opens the Berkshire Community College lecture series speaking Friday at 8 30 in the college auditorium. He is a former Rutgers English professor and host of Accent with weekly columns in the Saturday Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ciardi
Berkshire Community College
Ciardi
Rutgers University
Accent
Saturday Review
Atlantic Monthly
Harper's
Ladies Home Journal
the New Yorker
Max Lemner
Harlow Shapley
Probate Court Returns Probate Filings for Grace Mullen and Mary Trump
Grace H. Mullen's will has been filed for probate in this city with bequests of 100 or more to more than a dozen nieces and nephews. Sister Cassie H. Newman receives AT&T stock and her nephew William A. Newman owns all GM stock. Mary Trump of Bergenfield New Jersey has inventory filed for probate showing 6000 dollars in real estate in Worth Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace H. Mullen
Cassie H. Newman
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
William A. Newman
General Motors
Mary Trump
Bergenfield, N.J
Adams
Police Briefs From Several Minor Vehicle Collisions
Police report multiple minor two car accidents on city streets involving Dolores Powers James Carpenter Dorothy Wildman Brenda LeBlanc Lyle Lathrop and Father Quinn with no serious injuries. One driver transported Anna Sheridan to Pittsfield General Hospital for treatment after an incident on Thursday. A kitten was shoved into a mailbox on West and South John streets and later retrieved by the Post Office.
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Dolores A. Powers
Claremont Road
James Carpenter
Dalton- Hinsdale
New West Street
Powers
Jenny Scott
Francis Avenue
Dorothy K. Wildman
Pollock Ave
Brenda L. LeBlanc
Appleton Ave
Lyle V. Lathrop
Prospect Street
Lanesboro
Father Quinn
New York State
Tyler-First Street
Anna Sheridan
North St
Pittsfield General Hospital
West
South John Streets
John A. Lee Takes Over George’s Variety Store
John A. Lee of 28 Congress Street took over yesterday as proprietor of George's Variety Store at 119 Elm Street. Elliman will continue to own the building. Lee plans no immediate changes and would not disclose the purchase price. A Pittsfield native, Lee graduated from Pittsfield High School in 1961.
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John A. Lee
Congress St
George's
Elm S
Lee
George A. Elliman
Elliman
Pittsfield
Pittsfield High School
Forest Visitors Advised on Parking Rules
Walter M. Morawski, supervisor at October Mountain State Forest, urges foliage viewers and hikers to park with care. Paths are heavily traveled in fall and fire trucks must access fire trails. Cars should be parked off roads or outside the park to reduce fire hazards.
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Walter M. Morawski
October Mountain State Forest
Brittle Fall
Veterans Featured In Chamber Music Society Opening
The Chamber Music Society opens its 1965 66 season Sunday at 8 p m in the Berkshire Museum Ellen Crane Room with veteran performers Francis Cardillo clarinet Jan Stocklinski violin and Marjorie Stocklinski piano in Milhaud Suite Mozart Quintet K 515 and Brahms Trio Op 8 The trio members have appeared in this series before The Mozart Quintet K 614 features Stocklinski Rosenfeld Knott and Lessing Intermission returns Stocklinski and Lessing with Stocklinski For the finale Coffee will be served in the Modern Gallery The program is free of charge and the four concert series runs through the season.
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The
Chamber Music Society
Berkshire Museum
Ellen Crane
Darius Milhaud
Mozart
Brahms
Francis Cardillo
Jan Stocklinski
Marjorie Stocklinski
Thomas King
Jay Rosenfeld
Malcolm Knott
Nardus Lessing
Schedule Given For Bookmobile Across Berkshire Athenaeum Week
The Berkshire Athenaeum announces a week of bookmobile stops with times and addresses across multiple days. Monday includes locations on West Street and Lebanon Avenue. Tuesday features Stearns School and Berkshire Life. Wednesday lists Allengate Avenue stops. Thursday covers Morewood and Dexter avenues. Friday visits Hibbard School Richardson Street Willard Place and Kirkwood Drive.
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Berkshire Athenaeum
West St
Churchill St
Jason St
Euclid Ave
Lebanon Ave
Stearns School
Berkshire Life
Bartlett School
Crane Ave
Francis Plaza
Alden Ave
Ridgeway Ave
Allengate Ave
Connecticut Ave
Asci
Morewood
Abby Lodge
Shetland Drive
Dexter Ave
Putnam Ave
Reuter Ave
Cambridge Ave
Mountain Drive
Richard Drive
Hibbard School
Richardson St
Longview Ter
Willard Place
Highland School
Kirkwood Drive
Hoag to seek data on Pittsfield housing shortage
Ward 6 City Council candidate William R. Hoag announced plans to obtain information from the Housing Authority and Urban Renewal Board on what he calls an artificial housing shortage. He will review demolitions in three urban renewal projects the central bypass and private demolitions citywide and will publish findings after meeting the Housing Authority on Monday at 11 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
Fire incidents and a school box alarm report
At Pitts Field Police Department an overheated bal last in an electrical fixture caused no fire. A blocked chimney at 75 John Street sent smoke through a house with no fire damage. Firemen reported a year-old girl pulled a hay box alarm at Russell School to stop a boy from punching another boy. no injuries noted.
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Pittsfield
John St
Russell School
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Chuck
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Mass, Fruit Growers Association
Tel
Richmond
Cuoer
Crane Avenue
Mass
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Goyette Bros., Inc
Carl R. Pepper, Tony Ayotte
Ray Gingras
BCC
Red Cross
Robert S. Murdock
Murdock
Probate
Mary A. Hebert
Hamlin St
William CG. Stevens
Williamstown
First
Eagle Streets
Variety Store
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Velvet
Eagle
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Drummondark
Newell St
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Bradas
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