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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1965
Page
10
Public events today feature an annual sale at Barrett Hall, South Congregational Church, organized to raise funds for the blind. Community members are invited to attend and support the cause with purchases and donations.
A Berkshire social news item notes a program on Tomorrow's Approach to Mental Health Today at First Congregational Church on Thursday October 14. A noon luncheon precedes a 1 pm talk by Dr Bellenden Hutcheson and Dr Edgerton Howard, followed by a Berkshire Mental Health Association panel.
Hoffmann Bird Club announces five lecture series with tickets on sale now. Earl L. Hilliker will present Wildlife of the Eastern Woodlands on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in a 300-seat Berkshire Museum auditorium under National Audubon Society auspices. Over 200 season tickets sold. other lectures slated for November January February and March.
Samuel J. Dicranian chairs the annual communion breakfast of St. Teresa’s Holy Name Society at Highland Hall after the 8 30 a m Mass. Lincoln D. Lynch will speak on pornography. Rev. Leonard D. Burke gives the invocation. Reservations via Dicranian at 51 Boylston St.
Over the past three years adult newspaper readers per day rose from 95 million to nearly 110 million, according to a continuing national study by Sindlinger and Company.
Peter Burdett was elected president of the YMCA Junior Traders' Club at the Y meeting. Samuel J. Stevenson was named secretary, Jeffrey Cadorette as vice president, and Norman Sosin as treasurer. Ten award patches were presented. Plans include first aid training, swimming lessons, gymnastics and games, family suppers, community projects, attendance at Springfield College gym show, and sending boys to Silver Bay Leaders' School.
The Rev. John J. Johnson of Springfield will speak on The Population Explosion at the fall dinner meeting of the Catholic Social Welfare Guild of the diocese of Springfield at 7 p.m. Thursday Oct 14 at Lenox House. A social hour begins at 6 p.m. Reservations with Mrs Anthony Bonacquisti 454 Pomeroy Ave.
The Polish Community Club will meet tomorrow at p.m. in the clubrooms to discuss plans for the Halloween dance. Refreshments will be served by Miss Jean M Moon, chairman.
About 100 attendees gathered for the 41st anniversary communion breakfast of Court Bishop Conaty Catholic Daughters of America at the Yellow Aster. Notables included national officer Mrs. Ballared of Boston and state officers from Medway and Boston. The Rev. Howard Hudson spoke, with Mrs. Mitchell Kubicki as chairman. St Jean Baptiste Men's Council to install officers tomorrow evening at the French American Club.
Wendy Truran presented a guitar fueled folk songs program at the Golden Age Club meeting at the YMCA. A diverse roster of speakers and contributors including Orrin Clark, Alexander Belisle, Mary Stoddard, and Louise Hannon supported the event.
Louis Emile Frechette of Abbott Street and Carol Ann VanBramer of Dexter Street seek marriage licenses. Albert Giusti of Arch Street and Barbara Effie Carl of North Street also apply. David MindJin of John Street and Martha Blumen sack in Boston file notices. Bruce Lynn Bailey of Harvard Street and Donna Lee Carmel of Sunset Street announce plans to wed.
A total of $1,200 was realized at the Women’s Club annual fall card party, attended by 400 last night in the Lighthouse Room of the Boys’ Club. The amount exceeds last year by $250 and returns remain incomplete. Mrs. James P. Pagones chaired the event where more than 100 door prizes and table prizes were awarded, with 100 tables in play. Special winners included Miss E Beatrice Cavanaugh who received a diamond wristwatch, Dennis Fitch who won an electric roaster, Fred Handy with an electric shaver, and Miss Louise G. Melle who took an electric carving knife.
Five Berkshire County DAR chapters honor the 75th anniversary of the national DAR with a diamond jubilee program from 2 to 4 tomorrow afternoon at the Women's Club. Local regents and officers will speak, a history of 75 years given, and a benediction to close, followed by tea and a luncheon prior to the event.
New London New Hampshire Miss Darlene Retallick daughter of Mr and Mrs John D Retallick of 60 Partridge Road Pittsfield Massachusetts has been inducted into Phi Theta Kappa at Colby Junior College It is an honorary scholarship society for which a student must maintain a B plus average to be eligible Retallick is a second year student at Colby and will graduate in June 1966.
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