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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1959
Page
10
Coury’s Drive In open weekends only. See The Horse Soldiers at 8 38. Showtime 8 00. Mabamwes Blue Denim 09 8 00. Horsac Drive In open weekends only Paramount Say One for Me Hell Heaven or H ken.
GREAT BARRINGTON Registration for adult education classes closes tonight from 7 30 to 9 at Searles High School with eight week sessions to start Wednesday if enrollment suffices. Also notes opening of Joseph Kramer insurance and real estate agency in Walker Hall formerly with Wheeler & Taylor.
The Building Group approved a $29,920 bill for school construction after Ernest Scarpa of Western Massachusetts Contracting Engineers testified before the committee. A $19,920 payment had been withheld at Thursday’s meeting due to dissatisfaction with the no-room addition work between Searles Avenue and Bryant School. Scarpa pledged the exterior brickwork would be finished before winter. officials reviewed progress and noted remaining tasks not meeting specifications. Subcontractor attendance on site was cited as a delaying factor. Parish Club To Meet at 6 PM Friday for covered-dish supper. Guild Meeting Postponed to Oct 14.
The New Lebanon Central School grades 7 through 12 announced their class officers for 1959 60 with named presidents and vice presidents, secretaries, and treasurers. Also the Ladies Guild of the Church of Our Saviour meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Friendship House and the vestry will meet that evening.
Msgr. Johnson presides at the Rosary Society meeting announced by Lenox Tel Eagle Office Lee 683 W. The note lists contact and location details for parish activities and community prayer sessions.
Lenox awaits a talk by Msgr Joseph Johnson native of Lenox and former St Ann’s School guard now serving in the Springfield Catholic diocese marriage tribunal. He will explain tribunal work at a Rosary Society meeting in Lenox Academy with Mrs Helen Voisin introducing.
The HOUSATONIC PTA launches its annual membership drive with the first meeting on Wednesday at 8 p m at the local school. Parents and friends may join, dues can be sent with a child or paid at the meeting. The program includes teachers from Pittsfield speaking on remedial reading and speech impediment.
Stockbridge reports the Chesterwood Studio annual meeting will be held there tomorrow with luncheon. Mrs. Margaret French Cresson of Chesterwood will attend the National Trust for Historic Preservation meeting in Washington and later chair the sculpture jury in New York. Attendees include Charles E. Mason Jr., Loring Conant, Laurence M. H. Channing, Robert K. Wheeler, Stephen B. Hibbard, and others from Boston. A guest of Mrs. Cresson is Mrs. Russell E. Sard of Dark Harbor Maine.
Debra Cossaboom, eight, daughter of Franklin and Mrs. Cossaboom, was treated for facial, shoulder, and chest contusions after being grazed by a truck driven by James Crawford in Lee. Police say Crawford swerved to avoid the child as she ran into the road. the incident remains under investigation by state and motor vehicle officials.
TENON-Nine matches headlined by men's and women's leagues at the Community Center. Men's games include Bull's Garage against Pioneers and Char man's Contractors versus Wheeler Market tonight at 7, with three more on Wednesday and Thursday. Women's lineup features Mumidingers against Lucky Strike tomorrow at 7 and other matches at 9 and later. Also note the first confirmation class of the season at St. Ann's Church tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered October 18 by Bishop Christopher Weldon of Springfield.
The Kiwanis Club will meet tomorrow evening at 6 20 at the F 2 Restaurant Sheffield. Frank Slattery of South Egremont will discuss horsemanship. Merle Brigham, superintendent of a Washington state juvenile camp, spoke at the prior meeting.
The Pittfield Council of Camp Fire Girls will meet at Lanesboro Elementary School tomorrow night at 8. All interested in Camp Fire programs for girls are invited to attend.
The Board of Health announces another polio clinic will be held Wednesday from 5 to 7 pm at the Lee lhgs auditorium. Those who received their first injection in September are eligible for a second dose, and booster slots will be available for those who did not attend the September clinics.
Derby will speak at tomorrow's 6:30 p.m. Kiwanis Club meeting at Lee Inn. He is a West Becket visitor, son of Mrs. Ruth I Derby, recently returned from a year abroad in Asia and Africa. A Worcester native, Derby attended Williston Academy and the University, serving in World War II. He is an expert on precious gems.
Chester man Lee Charles R. Spitzer, 20, paid 348 in fines after pleading not guilty to four motor vehicle charges. He faced penalties for altered serial numbers, no registration, no inspection sticker, and incorrect plates. A hundred dollar uninsured car charge was remitted. Spitzer claimed engine swaps between a 1950 and 1949 Chevrolet. a state trooper testified he provided a self defense account. Judge Clark noted misleading testifying absence. Brownie Troop 51 to meet after school with volunteer leaders Mrs Truchero and assistants.
Registrations for two privately operated kindergartens to replace a discontinued public program will be held tomorrow and Wednesday. One at St George's Parish House from 9 to 11 am for the parents cooperative kindergarten. another at Mandalay from 1 to 3 pm for Mrs Norman B Hollister's proposed school. The Hollister site had a registration yesterday with unknown turnout.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will be at the First Congregational Church from noon to 6:15 pm. Walk-ins are welcome between 1 and 6 pm. Lee failed to meet the quota during the past two visits.
Richard C. Masiero who helped lead the American convoy stalled by Russians between Berlin and West Germany last February will address the Rotary Club at the East Lee Inn tomorrow at 1:15. A native of West Stockbridge and Williams High graduate, Masiero earned national notice for his handling of the crisis. Also noted: Roger C. Dunn Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Dunn, begins freshman year at Worcester Junior College after graduating Lee High School in 1958 and working at Peter J Schweiter of Kimberly Clark Corp.
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