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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1969

Page

8

Builders Permit Dispute Sparks Barrington By-law Action

Great Barrington Selectmen backed Building Inspector Eugene J. Sullivan in a dispute with Ralph Hebert over a State Road six acre development. Hebert must file a plot plan and obtain a building permit by 11 a.m. today or face a court order. Hebert criticized Sullivan’s permit for a nearby gas station, urging caution in permit decisions.

Great Barrington Eugene J. Sullivan Ralph Hebert Fairview Terrace State Road Sullivan Hebert Ctowns the Eagle Stockbridge Road

DAR to Mark Revolutionary War Grave in Water Street Cemetery

First Resistance chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will place a marker on Revolutionary War veteran Job Mills’ grave in Water Street Cemetery. The ceremony is Sunday at 2 pm.

Great Barrington Daughters of the American Revolution Job Mills Water Street Amasa Mills 18Th Regiment Connecticut Militia Martha Higley Bristol Conn Tyringham Elsie Huntley DAR South Berkshire Mason Library Washington, D.C Ethel Gaines Bolton North Andover Mills

BCC Official To Speak at Interact Meeting

Samuel W. Smith assistant to the president of Berkshire Community College will speak at the Interact Club of the Rotary Club on Oct 15 at 7 p.m. at the Berkshire Inn Restaurant. Twenty two Monument Mountain Regional High School students will receive charters. Interact aims to foster community service and international understanding. Smith will discuss If We Knew the Earth Was Dying. Rotary members wives and parents invited.

Great Barrington Samuel W. Smith Berkshire Community College Interact Club Rotary Club Berkshire Inn Monument Mountain Regional High School Interact Smith Rotary

Mt Everett students survey on girls in slacks

Mt Everett Regional School in Sheffield conducts a 10 percent voter sample survey to gauge attitudes toward girls wearing slacks. Principal Albert J. Trocchi says results, gathered by telephone, will guide dress policy. PSAT signups for grades 10 and 11 start this week, test Saturday Oct 25 at 8:30, results in December.

Sheffield Mt. Everett Regional School Albert J. Trocchi Trocchi Mt. Everett Regional High School College Board

College spokesmen visit Mt Everett Regional School

Mt Everett seniors will meet with representatives from Middlebury College Coast Guard Academy University of Massachusetts Nassau College Army ROTC Union Clarkson and Computer Environments Institute during October. Students should sign up on the guidance department bulletin board for appointments and watch for future announcements.

Sheffield Mt. Everett Guidance Department Middlebury College Coast Guard Academy University of Massachusetts Nassau College Army Rotc Union Clarkson and Computer Environments Institute

Mrs Larkin heads Dewey St Peter PTO meeting

Lois Larkin was elected president of the Dewey St Peter's Parent Teachers Organization at the first meeting of the new school year. She succeeds co-presidents Mr and Mrs John Spohn. New officers include Paul Laramee vice president Mary Agnes Higgins secretary Nancy Asklipious treasurer Virginia Owens membership chair Kate Antony Lillian Smith programs Karen Glahn publicity Helen Zanetti refreshments Beverly Smith hospitality Spohns to represent PTO at Berkshire Hills Regional School District meetings. About 65 parents attended the meeting at Dewey School. Membership is open to any parent with a child at St Peter's Center kindergarten or Dewey School first and second grades.

Great Barrington Lois Larkin Dewey-St. Peter’s Larkin John Spohn Paul Laramee Mary Agnes Higgins Nancy Asklipious Virginia Owens Kate Antony Lillian Smith Karen Glahn Helen Zanetti Beverly Smith Spohn PTO Berkshire Hills Regional Parent Teachers Association Dewey School St. Peter’s Center

Guidance Program Set for Oct. 16

The Sheffield Mt Everett Regional School guidance department will present a post high school plans program Thursday evening October 16 at 7 30. It targets seniors and parents but welcomes juniors and others. Topics include 70s career opportunities college admission requirements procedures College Board exams and financial aid. Reference materials will be available and refreshments served in the cafeteria.

Sheffield Mt. Everett

Berkshire School awards 11 seniors merit commendations

Headmaster John F. Godman announced that Berkshire School awarded letters of commendation to 11 seniors for high performance on the 1969 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The group includes named standout students from Connecticut New York and Illinois, adding to three semi finalists already recognized this year.

Sheffield John F. Godman Berkshire School Berkshire Morris C. Hancock Gladwyne Stephen M. Lincoln Longmeadow Charles W. Neuhauser Jil Westfield Stephen T. Belmer J Jr Lakeville N.Y Peter R. Wilson Millburn N.J John E. Zeisler Chicago

Ladouceur Named To Post at Hospital in Maine

Leo Ladouceur Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Ladouceur of Longview Road, named assistant chief of inhalation therapy and cardio-pulmonary technology at Augusta General Hospital in Maine. He previously worked at Berkshire Medical Center and trained at Providence Hospital Holyoke. His wife Ellen Humphries joined Augusta hospital cardiogram department as technician. Legion Auxiliary 446 card party planned Nov 17 at West Shore Club. Spec 4 C and Mrs David A Fyfe to Germany after three weeks with Fyfes in Long View Road.

Lanesboro Leo Ladouceur Jr Ladouceur Longview Road Augusta Maine) General Hospital Berkshire Medical Center Mt. Greylock Providence Hospital Holyoke Berkshire Community College Order of the Arrow Ellen Humphries Mary Humphries First St Pittsfield Augusta Hospital BMC David A. Fyfe Archie L. Fyfe Long View Road Fyfe Germany

Catchbasins Being Cleaned In Stockbridge

Stockbridge selectmen heard from Karl G. Cooper that Gandolfo Sweeping Co of Canaan cleaned 35 catch basins yesterday and will finish 100 more today using vacuuming equipment. They also approved painting the Main Street white line to the golf club road junction and placing three reflectors on the curve to reduce foggy accidents. A new salary survey committee was appointed to report to next year’s town meeting. The board set a Friday meeting at 7 30 to accommodate Columbus Day celebrations.

Main Street Church Street Golf Club Cooper

Warning Signs Sought Near Interlaken Playground

Stockbridge Parks and Recreation Commission asked the Selectmen to approve playground warning signs at both approaches to Interlaken and the Bidwell property on Main Street. They cited numerous calls about speeding cars and child safety as kids used new equipment last summer.

Stockbridge Parks and Recreation Commission Interlaken Bidwell Main Street Joseph V. Sinica Richard Dpd Killfelle Kill Folle Sidney R. Bell

Scout Organization Will Hear Donelan

A Stockbridge and West Stockbridge Girl Scouts meeting is set for Thursday at 7 20 pm at the First Congregational Church. Attorney Robert J Donelan of Great Barrington will speak on the Southern Berkshire Community Fund of which he is chairman. Refreshments will be served.

Stockbridge West Stockbridge First Congregational Church Robert J. Donelan Great Barrington Southern Berkshire Community Fund

Egremont and Middlefield Local Government And Society Notices

Finance Committee sets December deadlines for preliminary and final town budgets with flexibility for realistic departmental submissions. Highland Town Agricultural Society to hold annual dinner and officer election with baked dinner silent auction and an Alaskan trip talk by Nancy Olds and Bette Smith. 4-H achievement night slated for October 15 at Middlefield School. EGREMONT Selfect approves two home-building permits, $40,000 for Dr. David Shapiro on Baldwin Hill Road and $28,000 for Charles Peterson Jr. at Berkshire Greens Route 44, South Egremont, expected completion by spring.

Egremont — Finance Committee Michael L. Rose Finance Board Rose Middlefield Highland Tee Agricultural Society Nancy J. Olds Bette Smith Egremont Selfectmen David Shapiro Baldwin Hill Road Charles W. Peterson Jr East Norwalk Conn Berkshire Greens Route 44 South Egremont

Selectmen Seek Bids for Cemetery Garage Project

STOCKBRIDGE selectmen call for bids to build a cemetery garage and office on a concrete slab with clapboard siding and an asphalt shingle roof behind the American Legion on Church Street. The project budget is $10,000, with completion set for January 1, 1970, and bids due October 20 at 7:30 p.m. Prefabricated units may be considered.

Stockbridge American Legion Church Street

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