Close Nature Quiz Opens Season at Berkshire Museum
The Berkshire Museum opened the season with a nature quiz for boys and girls. In the open section George Hess and Larry Tanner tied for first with 499 percent. David Vaya and Linda Graham followed. Grammar leaders Christopher Brinn and Paul Cowan led at 97 percent with Stephen Lauzon third at 95. Several younger students excelled, and attendance for program No. 335 was 258 as weekly sessions continue through Dec 6.
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Berkshire Museum
George Hess
Crosby
Larry Tanner
South
David Vaya
Linda Graham
Mt. Greylock
Christopher Brinn
Williams
Paul Cowan
Allendale
Stephen Lauzon
Sacred Heart
David Senie
Suzanne Gehring
Dalton
Dean Simpson
Plunkett
Larry Ernst
Denis Stockley
Crane
Douglas Aosenel
Pontoosuc
Jean Wilder
Kelly Powers
St. Joseph's
Judith Armstrong
Mercer
Danior High
Maribeth Peck
Mr. Greylock
Jeanne Murphy
Lynn Whitacre
North
Kara Miller
Ned Kirchner
Sue Ann Durkee
Stephen Moser
Michael Neff
Police Brief: Jackie Squires Treated for Laceration
Jackie Squires 1 of 21 Cliff Ave was driven to Pittsfield General Hospital unit at BMC on Friday night with a lacerated hand. He received treatment and was released.
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Jackie Squires
Cliff Ave
Pittsfield General Hospital
BMC
Mrs Edith Loverin dies after brief illness in Connecticut
Edith Davies Loverin 88 of South Canaan Conn died Friday at Sharon Hospital after a brief illness. Born Aug 25 1881 she was the daughter of Alfred and Jessie Davies and lived 43 years in Falls Village. She was widow of Leslie Loverin. Surviving are a daughter Lilly and a son Alfred both of South Canaan. three brothers James Sandy Spring Md Fred Hassocks England and Frank Davies Wilkes Barre Pa. two sisters Mrs Arthur Dean Falls Village and Miss Jessie Davies White Plains N Y. three grandchildren. Funeral held yesterday at Newkirk Funeral Home with Rev William G Ashburn officiating. Burial in Sand Hills Cemetery Falls Village. Carl Bartel 77 of the 1507 Motel died there Saturday. Born in Germany he was a retired baker. He leaves a son Julius Portland Ore and a daughter Mrs Raymond H Blank Pleasantville N Y. Private services will be held Wednesday at Haughey Funeral Home. Burial in St John Cemetery Middle Village Queens N Y. There will be no calling hours.
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Wilkes-Barre
Arthur Dean
Falls Village
Jessie Davies
White Plains
N.Y
Newkirk Funeral Home
William G. Ashburn
First Assembly of God Church
Torrington
Sandhills Cemetery
Carl Bartel
Germany
Julius
Portland
Ore
Raymond H. Blank
Pleasantville
Haughey
St. John’s Cemetery
Middle Village
Queens
Great Barrington
Andrew J. Durlack
Seekonk
Mgr. Durlack
Hudson, N.Y
John
Sophie Pewwar Durlack
Seekonk Road
Mary Griffith
Easthampton
Andrew
Dillon
Mont
David
Alan
Jeffrey Durlack
Richard Fisher
Shrewsbury
Alan Marks
Salisbury
Cann
Victor
Canaan
N.J
Stanley Durlack
North Bergen
Edward Thompson
New York
Birches Funeral Home
Charles W. Crocker
First Congregational Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Lenox
Ruth Nichols Sloan
John D. Sloan Sr
Westminster Road
Springfield Hospital
Fall River
Laura P. Nichols
Andrew P. Nichols
John D. Sloan Jr
Boston
St. Andrew's Church
Longmeadow
Red Cross
Mrs. Sloan
American Cancer Society
Chestnut St
Springfield
Catherine Goss Tarbell
Pittsfield
Huntington Station
L.T
Willard S. Tarbell
Bangor
Maine
Tarbell
First Baptist Church
Rebekah Lodge
Everett Tarbell
Westfield
Harold Shultis
John Goss
Kittery
Wyman Goss
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Auburn
Arthritis Foundation
Heart Fund
Stolen Pocketbooks Hit Women At City Cemetery
Pittsfield detectives hunt two teenage boys for stealing three pocketbooks from women visiting graves at St. Joseph's Cemetery. Over $250 cash vanished, with about $16 from Mary Kelly and $195 from Mary Street. A third victim, Daniel Delory Sr., reported $40 stolen from a parked car. Rep. Kitterman to chair a special recess commission on registering and licensing drug retail businesses. Barley named Kiernan and Frye to the panel, with a senator and gubernatorial appointees also included.
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Pittsfield
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Mary
Kelly
Mary Street
Morningview Drive
Street
Daniel Delory Sr
Washington
William J. Kitterman
House
David M. Barley
Cornelius Kiernan
Lowell
Maurice E. Frye Jr
Boston
Cycle Accident Claims Life in New Lebanon
In New Lebanon New York state police report the death of James R. Phibbs 26 of Albany after a motorcycle crash on a dragway near Pittsfield. Phibbs died en route to hospital following injuries from a collision with a reportedly parked station wagon owned by Ronald Baderick of Red Hook.
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Claverack
James R. Phibbs
Madison Ave
Albany
Phibbs
Pittsfield General Unit
BMC
Ronald Baderick
Red Hook
Pittsfield
Lebanon Valley Rescue Squad
Syeda Tahera
Pittsfield General
Spitzie’s Motorcycle Center
Schenectady
Obituaries and Funerals in Pittsfield Area
Carl Beamis Mack 46 of Hall Place dies at Crestwood Nursing Home Lenox survived by wife Frances A Siatkowski and seven daughters and five sons. Services at St Joseph Church with burial in St Joseph Cemetery. Robert E Mack Jr killed Sept 20 22 in West Lebanon NY. Antoinette Castegnaro 71 of Lee dies after short illness widow of Peter Castegnaro. Funeral at Kelly Funeral Home and St Marys Cemetery. Katharine Smith Kopychak 78 of 20 Springside Ave dies at Adams Nursing Home widow of Rev Walter W Kopychak. Survives include daughter Olga and sons Walter and Leo all of Pittsfield. Burial St Josephs Cemetery followed by High Mass at St Johns Church.
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Robert E. Mack Sr
Hall Place
Crestwood
Lenox
Robert E. Mack Jr
Route 20
West Lebanon
N.Y
Dalton
Elma Plankey Mack
Daniel Mack
Mack
Dalton High School
St. Joseph’s Cluvch
Frances A. Siatkowski
Frances Buckley
Francis J. Rahilly
Roger Phillips
Ann M
Kathleen
Joan
Carol A. Mack
Bernard E
Joseph A
Daniel W
James
Albert C. Alack
Pittsfield
Richard
William of
Muriel Drouin
Victoria
Tex
Dwyer Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Katharine Smith Kopychak
Springside Ave
Adams Nursing Home
Adams
Walter W. Kopychak
St. John’s Ukrainian Church
Lemberg
Austria
St. John's Church
Misa Olga Kopychak
Walter W
Leo W. Kopychak
Brandson
Blanjarz Funeral
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Mrs Sackett observed 101st birthday and death noted
Mrs Grace C Sackett of BL Dodge Ave died Friday night at Youngs Nursing Home after an 1888 Pittsfield High School graduate and longtime teacher life. She lived in Pittsfield after 1920 with husband Ethelbert Sackett dying in 1953. She was a seamstress and nurse active in South Congregational Church and Ladies Benevolent Society. Survived by daughter Mrs Raymond Parsons, a granddaughter and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Wellington Funeral Home with burial in Winsted Conn.
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Grace C. Sackett
Dodge Ave
Young’s Nursing Home
Pittsfield
Richmond
Wellington
Harold C. Criswell Jr
South Congregational Church
Winsted
Conn
Robert A. Sargent
Permits Now Required For Raffles and Bazaars
City Clerk John J. Fitzgerald reminds that raffles and bazaars must obtain a city permit under a new state law. Raffles are legalized with a 5 percent tax on gross proceeds, applications cost $10, and permits last one year after review by the clerk and police chief. Eligible organizers include veterans, churches, fraternal groups, educational or charitable entities, civic clubs, and nonprofits, with printers needing a certified permit copy.
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John J. Fitzgerald
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Bob Disbrow
Berkshire County
Berkshire County Ety Levins Bank
North Street
Park Square
North St
Mulded Bast
Edith Loeverin
Alexander Graham Bell
Newton & Barnfather
Rep. Kitterman
Pittsfield-Dalton TV
BIG
Joseph Feldman
Carrillo
Santa Barbara
Calif
Feldman
Field's Men's
Tyley St
Russia
California
Rose Greenberg
Norman Hamilton
Lopac
Sam
Los Angeles
Herbert
New York City
Beatrice Kaufman
Devanny Funeral Home
Sanford D. Shandlatt
Congregation Knesses Israel
Knesses Israel Cemetery
Bris
Louise Blache
Lee
Union
Peter Castegnaro
Avs
Antoinette Castegnaro
Lois Street
Italy
St. Mary's Church
Peter Castegnaro Jr
Stanley Kobus
Paul Mercier
Lenox Dale
Jennie Pellizgaro
Blanche Barenski
Castegnaro
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mrs. K. Kopychak
Charles EB. Davis
Charles E. Davis
Stevens Funeral
David A. Glahn
United Methodist Church
Lawrence A. Barbieri Jr
Housatonic
Larry B. Davis
Arlington, Wi
Leslie N. David
John E. Seymour Jr
Shelburne Falls
F. D. Beamis
Frederica Droms Beamis
Alpheus C. Beamis
Briarcliff Drive
Orlando
Fla
Orange Memorial Hospital
Pollock Avenue
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Alpheus C. Beamis Jr
Flint, Mich
Robert M. Simpson
Edward A. Brewer
Glock
John Sloan Sr
Catherine Tarbell
Tyler ST
Mack’s
Mon
Tal
Bradford Street
David A. Dery
J. Edward Dery
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