Berkshire Hills intramural flag football league grows at Searles
At Searles Middle School in Great Barrington about 85 seventh and eighth graders partake in intramural flag football on Memorial Field under coaches Robert Gray Allan Sullivan and George Stomper Scullivan. Four teams in each grade battle in a six game league followed by a four team round robin tourney in November to crown champions. The 7th grade teams include Giants Jets Bengals Packers with captains Jurgenson Price Rathbun Teggs and 7th grade Packers Naylor Wright Harris Winn. A Berkshire Hills census will count school age children in Stockbridge West Stockbridge and Great Barrington to project enrollment. workers Mrs Whitehead Dunne Barry Wood and Smith solicit cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Searles Midle
Memorial Field
Robert Gray
Allan Sullivan
Giants
Robert Jurgenson
Jets
Edward Price
Bengals
Christopher Rathbun
Packers
Thomas Teggs
George Stomper
Scullivan
William Naylor
Gregory Wright
Rams
Daniel Harris
Kenneth Winn
Berkshire Hills
Stockbridge
West Stockbridge
John Whitehead
Mildred Dunne
Marion Barry
Housatonic
Russell Wood
Beverly Smith
Schedule Changes For Adult Education Programs
The district announces alterations to the adult education timetable at Monument Mountain Regional High School. Courses moved include furniture finishing and slimnastics to Mondays, investment seminar to Thursdays, men’s physical education and intermediate sewing to Wednesdays, and sex education for adults to Thursdays. The 10 week program starts tonight at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Berkshire Hills Regional School
Monument Mountain Regional High School
Rejuvenation of Dewey School Playground Under Way
The Highway Department began weekend work to modify the Dewey School playground adding combined tennis and basketball courts. Joint effort by the town and Berkshire Hills Regional School District, cost about 4500 dollars, with initial estimates higher if done by the district alone. Children in the north end will have after school access. Monument Mountain Regional High School vocational department assists. Also tomorrow Hebrew School classes for pre Bar Mitzvah children aged 7 to 12 start at Ahavath Sholem Synagogue, with arrangements via Mrs. Herbert Erlich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Highway Department
Dewey
Berkshire Hills
Monument Mountain Regional High School Vocational Department
Ahavath Sholem Synagogue Hebrew School
Herbert Erlich
Halloween Parade Promises Cash Prizes Boost
The Rotary Club Halloween parade is set for Thursday October 30 with total cash prizes raised to 300 to attract more entrants. General chairman William Dempsey said school and nonschool floats will compete for multiple prize tiers and costumes will receive awards as well. George A. Ryan of Grove Street is the contact for float entries and refreshments will follow the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Rotary Club
William Dempsey
Dempsey
George A. Ryan
Grove Street
Canaan arson arrest dominates local police report
Mrs Betty Marchand 46 of Route 44 East Canaan was arrested on arson charges after a fire at her home. Fire damaged the upstairs closet roof and attic. husband aided earlier blaze in cellar stairway. Bond set at 509 dollars. court date pending. Also births and community notices follow with Kiwanis, Exchange, and club meeting items in Canaan.
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Canaan, Conn
Betty Marchand
Route 44
East Canaan
Canaan Barracks
Canaan
Kenneth Castagna
Castagna
Marchand
Legion Auxiliary Gift Shop Seeks Yule Gifts
Lanesboro Legion Auxiliary Unit 444 invites gifts for Leed's Veterans Hospital patients. A meeting is scheduled tomorrow at 7:30 at 36 Chesire Road Pittsfield with members asked to bring suitable Christmas gifts avoiding sharp-edged items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro — Legion Auxiliary
Unit 444
Veterans’ Hospital
Marie White
Clifford E. Allen
Cheshire Road
Pittsfield
PTA Officers Named for Laneboro
LANESBORO PTA announces officers for 1989 1970 year with president Mrs Donald Sheldon vice president Keith Bridgham recording secretary Mrs James Livesy corresponding secretary Mrs Bertram Robinson treasurer Mrs Walter Furtek and committee chairs program Mrs Eugene Lyon refreshments Mrs Harry Cutter hospitality Mrs William Delmolino publicity Mrs Stanley Zembaly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanesboro
PTA
Donald Sheldon
Keith Bridgham
James Livesy
Bertram Robinson
Walter Furtek
Eugene Lyon
Harry Cutter
William Delmolino
Stanley Zembaly
Hinsdale United Fund Receives 850 From GE Agency
The Good Neighbor Fund of General Electric Pittsfield pledges 850 to Hinsdale United Fund, representing the Hinsdale employees’ share of the GNF for 1968. Ten agencies will be supported by this year’s fund. Community meetings and club notes follow with local events listed, including fire district, Grange, and church auxiliary plans and schedules for mid October. Robert J. O’Brien resumes duties as rural mail carrier at the local post office after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Good Neighbor Fund
General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Hinsdale United Fund
Robert J. O’brien
Plunkett Avenue
Baptist Conference Opens at Lebanon Springs Church
The fall conference of the New England Baptist Bible fellowship began at the First Baptist Church in Lebanon Springs NY and will run through Wednesday. About 50 out-of-state attendees are expected with more delegates from nearby towns. A 7 30 p m service is open to the public tonight and a harvest supper for delegates and parishioners is planned for tomorrow evening at the church hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Springs
N.Y
New England Baptist Bible Fellowship
First Baptist Church
Library Imposes Overdue Fine Policy At Five Cents A Day
Trustees of the Joseph Hooper Library announce a five cent daily fine for overdue books and thirteen cents per week. Films at the library on Wednesday nights will resume soon. United Church of Christ turkey supper serves at 5 30 and 7 on Saturday with tickets from members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Springs
N.Y
Joseph Hooper
United Church of Christ, Congregational
Cheshire American Legion Auxiliary to Install Officers
Cheshire area events list officers for Unit 346 to be installed at Igna tius Jezyk home with installing director Mrs George Schawb and Mrs Albert Taupence assisting. New officers include President Mrs Henry Frederick and others. Also notes include Leeds Hospital gift drive, Le dy Hons Club meeting with Deputy DG Howard Grover, and Scouting and church group activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire — American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 346
Ignatius Jezyk
East Walnut St
Adams
George Schawb
Albert Taupence
Henry Frederick
Edward Kulas
Herbert Farnum
John Andrews
Myles Pierce
John Leroy
Harold Schwartzer
Felix Scholtz
Leeds Hospital
Northampton
Jezyk
Leroy
Greylock timber plans worry Sierra Club members
Sierra Club members toured Mt Greylock Reservation voicing concern over 3900 acres slated for timber harvest and 1500 acres proposed for skiing leases claiming intensive forest management equals commercial logging. They cited Savoy State Forest protests and noted many summit buildings and towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mt. Greylock
Sierra Club
William RK
Moomaw
Williammts College
Savoy State Forest
Housing Authority urged to use lease program in North Adams
The Citizens Committee for Community Improvement urges the North Adams Housing Authority to adopt the federally financed leased housing plan. The program would lease recently built or rehabilitated housing for up to five years to house low income families. About 500 families will be displaced in the next five years due to urban renewal expansion, college growth, veterans housing sales, and aging buildings, per the CCCI report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Citizens Committee For Community Improvement
CCCI
Cohoes to face 42 percent Model Cities funding cut
HUD announced 109 communities will absorb 42 percent cuts to Model Cities spending. Cohoes had $515 million budgeted this year but late applications forced reductions deemed necessary by HUD. In Troy, City Manager Adrian Gonyea faced a stalled contract request as councilors failed to sponsor the raise and he refused to resign or resubmit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Troy
Adrian C. Gonyea
Lawrence D. Meyer
Gonyea
Vestal Hag Fall's 1st Teacher Strike
In Vestal, the state’s first teacher strike since school openings hit the Binghamton suburb on Thursday. A back-to-work order from a court failed to halt activity as 370 of 487 public school teachers picketed or stayed home in support of the Vestal Teachers Association, affecting about 8,600 students across nine schools over a wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vestal
Binghamton
Vestal Teachers Association
Court blocks large Blue Cross rate hike for millions
The New York Court of Appeals halted a 43.8 percent average rise planned by Blue Cross affecting about 3.7 million subscribers across southeastern New York including Columbia Dutchess and Greene counties. State Insurance Supervisor Richard E Stewart had granted the increases in August. the ruling questions the authority to do so. Mechanicville High School allows girls to wear slacks during classes as a response to cold weather and skirt insulation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Court of Appeals
New York
Columbia
Dutchess
Greene
State Insurance
Richard RE. Stewart
Mechanicville
Mechanicville High School
William Raven
Contemporary Dilemma Lecture by Kenneth B. Clark at Mount Holyoke
Dr Kenneth B Clark will speak on The Contemporary Dilemma of the American Negro Tuesday as part of Mount Holyokes 1989-70 Black Experience series at South Hadley Massachusetts. A two day strike by about 700 workers at U S Envelope Co plants in Springfield and Enfield ended with a new contract offering a 50 cent per hour raise and fringe benefits over two years. The pact also covers a further 1 700 employees at Worcester Atlanta Dallas Indianapolis North Chicago plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Hadley
Kenneth B. Clark
Mount Holyoke College
Springfield
U.S. Envelope Co
Enfield
Conn
Worcester
Atlanta
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Lakeville
Kiwanis
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Exchange Club
United Methodist Church Parish House
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Edna Fyfe
Legion Auxiliary
GE Agency
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Grange
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Leslie Bolic
Mabel Scott
Dorothy Cullett
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Clifford M. Frambach
Baptist Church Conference
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Carolyn Rueger
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North Berkshire
Sierra
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Mass
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Williams College
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