Dillon Promises City PR Push to Attract New Industry
Mayoral hopeful Robert Dillon declared that if elected he would build a favorable image of Pittsfield as a major contribution to drawing new industries. He urged the mayor to act as a public relations man for the city, stressing out-of-town coverage and a progressive, appealing image to lure business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dillon
Pittsfield
Dillon
Association of Business and Commerce
ABC
Cheshire Festival a Hit and Parade Draws Thousands
Cheshire Lions Club reports the fall festival opener drew over 3000 attendees for a three-quarter mile parade led by Lions and a lion mascot. Five drum corps from Pittsfield performed with local fire engines and circa 500 teenagers dancing at the School Street site. Tonight and tomorrow feature a shorter parade and a halftime show by the Imperial Drinn Corps before the Cheshire Lions host Lanesboro Juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Cheshire Lions Club
Stephen C. Leonard
the Booth
Minster of Revels
Cavaliers
Skyhawks
Leonard
Imperial Drinn Corps
Pittsfield
Cheshire Lions
Lanesboro
Imperials
Museum Juniors To Swap Rocks In Berkshire Museum
The Berkshire Museum junior department will host a rock and mineral swap for youths 7 to 14 on Wednesday at 4 PM to benefit local young rock hounds. Participants must bring extras to trade and may win a two by four foot specimen of chalcopyrite crystals on dolomite from Joplin Missouri as a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Museum
Thomas G. Smith
Naturalists Club
Jopiin
Gifts for Columbus play staged by Williams School
A Columbus Day production titled Gifts for Columbus was presented at Williams School by Mrs Heggs Grade 5 class. Major roles went to Robert Novick Timothy Isabel David Jones Jean Johnson Tommy Clement Linda Tanner Frank Florentine Gerald Rufe Robert Clark and Harold Smith with Linda Prendergast as announcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Williams School
Boy Burned In Mishap At Berkshire Farm
A 15-year-old Berkshire Industrial Farm School resident was burned when a gasoline engine exploded in the auto mechanics shop at the Berkshire Farm. The student, unnamed due to juvenile laws, was hospitalized at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson for several days. The explosion occurred during a regular shop class. no others were hurt. Donald G. Cox, the school director, drove the boy to hospital. treatment by Dr. William F. Bahnson followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
N.Y
Berkshire Industrial Farm School
Columbia Memorial Hospital
Hudson
Donald G. Cox
William F. Bahnson
Clothing Classes Open Next Week In Two Pittsfield Venues
Registration for the fall Extension Service clothing class is so large that the courses will be held in two locations. Classes on Tuesdays October 15 and 23 November 5 12 and 19 run from 9 30 a m to noon at Western Mass Electric Company theater Eagle Street Pittsfield. Participants will learn to make a wool skirt and cotton blouse with only a pencil and paper needed for the first session. Registrations are still being accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
Western Mass
Electric Company
Eagle Street
Pittsfield
Mrs Penczar to reopen beauty salon after hospital stay
Mary Penczar owner of Mary Penczar's Beauty Salon at 61 Seymour Street will reopen Monday after a seven day closure while she was treated at Pittsfield General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Penczar
Seymour St
NAACP Cancels Picketing Plan Across New England Stores
Frank T. Walker of the NAACP New England council announced that chapters in six states will cancel planned pickets at Woolworth Rexall Walgreen and McCrory stores. The move follows four firms agreeing to desegregate lunch counters in St. Augustine, Florida, after previously closing them to avoid integration. Walker said the economic pressure contributed to the shift and notified branches to halt plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New England
Frank T. Walker
Orlando Ave
NAACP
Woolworth
Rexall
Walgreen
McCrory
St. Augustine
Fla
Lessy
Walker
Tam
Labaree Address Will Be Open To the Public
Benjamin W. Labaree the new dean of Williams College will give an open to the public address at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Jesup Hall on The Boston Tea Party The Berkshire County Historical Society cohosts with Williams College and the Clark Art Institute for an all day Bay State Historical League session Miss Margaret H Hall reports the society has gained 35 new members since Sept 7 and will offer membership signups before and after the lecture
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Williams College
Benjamin W. Labaree
Berkshire County Historical Society
Clark Art Institute
Bay State Historical League
Dean Labaree
Jesup Hall
Bosston
Margaret H
Knesses Israel Members invited to view Overmead
Congregation of Knesses Israel invites members to view Overmead on Sunday from 2 to 4 pm at 16 Colt Road. Dr. Morris Geller and Dr. Max Fisherson announce the purchase of the Colt homestead in August for a future synagogue site. A second viewing is offered for members who missed the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Knesses Israel
Overmead
Morris Geller
Max Fisherson
Building Fund
Colt
Colt Road
Geller
Marine recruiter re enlists Pittsfield area sergeant
Gunnery Sgt. Ralph T. Stabile, a Marine Corps recruiter for the Pittsfield area, has re enlisted for four years. A 16 year veteran, he served in the South Pacific during World War II and in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph T. Stabile
Marine Corps
Pittsfield
Stabile
South Pacific
Korea
Negro Employment Agency Faces License Revocation in Pittsfield
A domestic employment agency named Meroke Maids, based in Pittsfield, is under challenge after allegations it transports Black women from the South and hires them out as maids. Councilman Joel Greenberg seeks license revocation, claiming the firm has left town and operates against city interests. Welfare records show dozens of domestic workers aided in recent years, with difficulty tracing origins. Greenberg urges financial safeguards for out of town agencies. the council may revoke the intelligence license at its pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Florence Gellerman
Long Island
N.Y
Ward
Joel
Greenberg
Me‘roke Maids
Meroke
South
Newly Married Vermont Man Sentenced to Year in Jail
Superior Court Judge Reuben L. Lurie sentenced Ralph W. Thomas Jr. to one year in jail for breaking and entering at night with 59 days already served. Thomas, 21, of North Bennington, married in jail to a Wyoming woman, received two years probation for seven additional B and E charges and one count of possessing burglar tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Reuben L. Lurie
Vermont
House of Correction
Ralph W. Thomas Jr
North Bennington
Thomas
New York State
Lurie
Wyoming
North Adams
Williamstown
Atty
Paul A. Tamburello
Thomas Macksey
Asst. Dist
Leonard Gibbons
Macksey
Bookmobile Schedule for Coming Week in Berkshire Area
Berkshire Athenaeum city bookmobile routes listed for Monday through Friday. Stops include schools, streets, and residences with precise times such as Briggs School at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Melbourne Avenue, plus multiple addresses on McArthur St and Garden St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Athenaeum
Tor Court
Eleanor Road
Roberta Road
Briggs School
Melbourne Avenue
McArthur St
Garden St
Acorn St
Westchester Avenue
Ponteosue School
Cromwell Ave
Mohawk Street
Wahconah Heights
Richmond Avenue
Imperial Avenue
Dutchess Avenue
Cornet of
Williamsburg Terrace
Greenwich Street
Meadowview Drive
Williams School
Sampson Parkway
Pine Grove Drive
Williamstown trailer dispute set for Oct 24 court
Williamstown Planning Board seeks ruling on two oversize trailers at the Spruces mobile home park on Route 2. Al bert and Theresa Bachard say the structures are lawful homes. judge Reuben L. Lurie will hear written statements and arguments, with a court session at 4 p.m. on Oct. 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Superior Court
Reuben L. Lurie
Spruces
Planning Board
James A. Bowes
Joseph McCann
Rachands
Bowes
Bachands
Donovan and O'Cennor
Robert I. Manuel
B. N. Gadsby
Jurie
Police Briefs From Pittsfield and Nearby Towns
Police report an incoming car forced the Gaudette vehicle onto a South Street light pole, with damage over $200. Jean Johnson, 36, was taken by ambulance from Onota Street to hospital for treatment after a fall on stairs. A three-car crash in Pittsfield in December led Judge Lukie to award Pittsfield General Hospital $9 in damages to three plaintiffs. Karl Rathbun, and Roger and Evelyn Jewell were awarded $756.45 and $235.40 respectively in the tort suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Gaudette
Richmond Ave
South Street
Gamage
Jean Johnson
Onota St
Lukie
Pittsfield General Hospital
Gerald
Clemens
Pittsfield
Karl Rathbun
Lanesboro
Roger
Evelyn Jewell
Williamstown
District Court extends endangerment charges in three-vehicle crash
Special Justice Clement A Ferris continued endangerment charges against Robert S LaPlante and Mary Morrison after a Thursday collision at Lincoln and Second streets. Passenger Joan Brielman suffered a forehead cut as a porch was struck. Vehicle damage exceeded 200. Separate traffic fines were issued to James Erlin for speeding, Leighton Hearn and Stanley Duzlak for speeding, and Frederick White for failing to obey a traffic sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Clement A. Ferris
Robert S
James Erlin
Longmeadow
Leighton Co. Hearn
Stoddard Ave
Stanley Duzlak
Evelyn Park
Frederick \. White
W Pine Grove Drive
Thorndike
Dalton Avenues
Caradillen and Shimmon Involved in First Street Crash
Joseph J. Madison Jr of 62 Madison Ave and Bradford C. Shimmon of Datton were in a Thursday afternoon collision on First Street. Madison, 47, sustained a minor injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Madison Jr
Madison Ave
Bradford C. Shimmon
Datton
First Street
Madison
Funeral notices for Catherine Condron and others in Berkshire area
Masses and burials announced for Condron family and friends across Pittsfield, Lee, Dalton, Lenox Dale, and Great Barrington. Multiple services at St Josephs, Sacred Heart, St Teresa's, All Souls, and St Vincent de Paul churches with Rosary Society prayers and burial in local cemeteries. Names include Reynolds Reillys, Foley, Callahan, Doyle, Brunton, Mars, LeStage, Tremblay, Barni, Pulver, Apps, Martin, Steffens. Burial locations span St Joseph's, St Mary's, St Ann's, Fairview in Dalton and Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine L. Condron
St. Charles’ Church
Thomas Reilly
Edward V. Reilly
Joseph Reilly
Pittsfield
Daniel Doyle
Edward F. Callahan
Springfield
John, J. Foley
Daniel B. Brunton
Fire incidents repeated across town positions
Fire crews responded to rubbish fires at 177 179 Onola Street and 41 Commonwealth Avenue. Grass fires were reported at Springside Park and leaves burning near Alfred Drive. A pan of overheated grease caused a stove fire at 36 Charles Street. No injuries or property damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onola St
Springside Park
Alfred Drive
Charles St
Commonwealth Ave
Wil lis Blodgett 78 longtime NYC advertising executive dies
Willis E Blodgett born December 29 1883 in Springfield died at retirement home on Long Pond Road Great Barrington. Harvard graduate 1906 and former executive vice president of Fletcher PD Richards Inc. He leaves wife Margaret Noyes two sons David and Thomas and two daughters Mrs Robert L Fletcher and Mrs Alice B Phillips seven grandchildren Funeral services private no calling hours scheduled
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Willis E. Blodgett
New York City
Long Pond Road
Springfield
Edmund F
Alice Grover Blodgett
Harvard
Harvard Club
Fletcher PD. Richards, Inc
Fr George A Whitmire dies at 54 in New York City
The Rev. George A. Whitmire O.F.M. 54 formerly of Pittsfield died after brain tumor surgery at St. Clare’s Hospital New York City He led the Franciscan Mission Band nationally and taught at Siena College and St Joseph’s Preparatory School He leaves a sister Miss Margot Whitmire and a nephew a niece Funeral Mass will be at St Bonaventure Seminary Paterson NJ with burial in the seminary cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Whitmire
O.F
Pittsfield
St. Clare's Hospital
New York City
Father Whitmire
Bernard Tobin
Ambrose
Agnes Whitmire
St. Joseph's High School
St. Bonaventure University
St. Sulpice Seminary
Issy
France
St. Francis, Assisi
St. Joseph's Church
Breezy Knoll Inn
Father Whitmre
Siena College
St. Joseph's Preparatory School
Caallicoon
N. Y
Mission
New York
Lenox
Margot Whitmire
Springfield
Jere Whitmire
St. Bonaventure Seminary
Paterson
Seminary
Red Cross Honors 31 Blood Donors
Thirty one area residents received donor pins for blood gifts at Red Cross drives led by multiple gallon levels. Notables include Leo N Ouvllette Pittsfield eight gallon award and Arthur W Tinney Cheshire seven gallons among a list of two, three, and one gallon recipients across Pittsfield Lenox Dalton Cheshire and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Leo N. Ouvllette
Pittsfield
Arthur W. Tinney
Cheshire
Robert R. Ralston
Lenox
Alexander G. Walker
Lee
Joseph A. Columbari
Edward N. Jones
Dalton
Roger A. Goggin
Kathleen P. Murray
Carl L. Smith
Robert KM. Dunton
Canaan
N. Y
Jerrold O N. Davis
Roger W. Fitzgerald Jr
Ronald Connerton
Raymond Bennett
Everett Burr
Maurice F. Costello
Virginia B. Daly
Ronald A. Delaye
William A. Henderson
William A. Gordon
Lee Ketchum Jr
Wilfred Paquette
Jean Cocteau Dies in France at 74
Paris AP reports Jean Cocteau a renowned French writer artist and filmmaker died at 74 in Milly la Foret near Paris after years of heart trouble. He suffered a heart attack during a transcription interview last April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jean Cocteau
Milly-la-Foret
Cocteau
Dalton Mrs Harriet McConnell passes away in Hollywood
Mrs Harriet Sharpe McConnell of 2025 Cheremuya Ave Hollywood Calif died early this morning at the home of her grandson Albert Button II 226 Park Ave where she had been visiting since last Saturday She was widow of William McConnell and a member of the 13th Church of Christ Scientist in Los Angeles She leaves two daughters Mrs A Ronald Button and Mrs Harald G Wright both of Los Angeles another grandchild and four greats
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. McConnell Dalton
Harriet Sharpe McConnell
Cheremuya Ave
Hollywood
Calif
Albert Button II
Park Ave
William McConnell
13Th Church of Christ, Scientist
Los Angeles
A Ronald Button
Harald G. Wright
Mooney Rites Held For West Stockbridge Resident
Harry Mooney 78 died yesterday evening at his Richmond Road home Born in New Haven Conn April 26 1885 son of John and Bridget Mooney Worked 25 years as a gardener at Kate Buckingham estate Lenox WW II employee Pittsfield General Electric Co and last 14 years ran a poultry business with son Francis H Mooney Also survived by a daughter Mrs Francis W McConnell of West Stockbridge and nine grandchildren Calling hours Monday and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 at Stevens Funeral Home Great Barrington Funeral services Monday 15 at 9 High Mass at St Patrick Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Mooney
West Stockbridge
Richmond Road
New Haven
Conn
John
Bridget Mooney
Kate Buckingham
Lenox
Pittsfield General Electric Co
Francis H. Mooney
St. Patrick's Church
Francis W. McConnell
Stevens
Great Barrington
Mrs Martha Cale dies in Great Barrington hospital
Mrs Martha Cale of Berkshire School Road died yesterday in Fairview Hospital Great Barrington. The body was taken to Park West Funeral Home in New York City for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cale Sheffield
Martha Steiner Cale
Berkshire School Road
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington
Park West Funeral Home
New York City
Local Man Fined $150 on Endanger Charge
Gerald J. Massey, 24, of 226 Robbins Ave. was fined $150 in District Court for driving to endanger after a crash on Route 20 near Ida and John's Restaurant in Hancock at about 1:15 am on Sept. 1. Nicholas Ruscio, 32, of 84 Edward Ave. and four others were injured. Massey was found guilty after a trial before Special Justice Clement A. Ferris. Massey has a prior record and is on probation from Superior Court. he was represented by Atty. Thomas C. Wojtkowski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald J. Massey
Robbins Ave
Clement A. Ferris
Pittsfield
Robert F. Angeli
Massey
Nicholas Ruscio
Edward Ave
Ida and John's
Route
Hancock
Superior Court
Atty
Thomas C. Wojtkowski
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Museum
Wiliams
Berkshire Farm
LOFT
B. Box
Flynn
Rexall Pharmacy
Elm Street
Thomas F. Flynner
Treg, Pharm
Labaree
Knesses Israel
Marine
Negro Employment Agency
Anita Drive
Williams St
Russell's School
Frazier's
Hancock Road
Damagen
Paul J. Roberts Jr
Dwyer Funeral Home
Regumen
Sacred Heart Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
The
Rosary Society
Walter W. Mars
Kelly
Esther
LeStage
Kelly Funeral Home
St. Mary's] Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Henry G. Tremblay
Dery Funeral Home
Notre Dame Church
Narciso E. Barnini
Bendvenga
All Souls’ Church
Ladies’ Society of All Souls’ Church
Mary M. Pulver
Mary Mpulver
Dery Funeral
Fairview Cemetery
William H. Apps
So Mary's Church
Joseph F. Gagan
Sisters of St. Joseph
Lee High School
Indian Hill Association of Scotia
Schenectady N. Y
General Electric
Edward Hayden
Joseph Lahert
Richard Ingram
Julius Naventi
Martin Savage
John Maloney
St. Mary's Cemetery
Father Gagan
Margaret L. Martin
Margaret Loughran Martin
Lenox Dale
St. Vincent de Paul Church
St. Ann's Cemetery
Frederick C. Steffens
Stevens Funeral Home
John W. Ames
First Congregational Church
W. E. Blodgett
Nyc
Fr. Whitmire
George Whitmire
George T. Wells
Camelory
Harvard St
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