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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1959
Page
2
The Catholic Youth Center published its first issue of Cyc Star yesterday. Demand exceeded supply as 1,000 copies ran short and a larger print run is planned. The entire paper is now produced by the youths under program director John A Kreiger, printed on a mimeograph at the center. David Doyle, a freshman at St.
The Eagle begins a monthly series distributing filmstrips on current affairs to ten county schools. An extra strip can be borrowed by contacting circulation manager Joseph E Cancilla. October's topic is Britain in the Modern Age with a discussion guide, produced by Current Affairs Films, affiliated with McGraw-Hill.
Joseph's High School editor with prior journalism experience leads a 20 member staff including reporters and printers. Free copies reach parochial schools and the center. Lead story covers Halloween party before the Park Department parade with a sports section on touch football and bowling. Departments list boys and girls schedules, religion notes mark Holy Rosary Month, weekly movie announced, and the CYC Star will publish biweekly.
Peru School Building Committee will open bids Monday for an addition to Center School. Subcontracted phases have bids received. winning bidders will be announced with the general contractor winner. The Peru Community Guild sponsors Halloween Oct 30 at 7 pm in Town Hall. all members asked to help. Church finance committee meets Friday at 8 pm at Mrs Torrey’s home. Mrs Dana Phelps has returned home from Pittsfield General Hospital after treatment.
David P. Jacques son of Mrs Langdon Bedell formerly of this city has been assigned to the Public Works Department at the U S Naval Training Station Brunswick Maine A 1959 Pittsfield High School graduate Jacques construction apprentice lived at 1 Goodman Lane with his mother prior to the transfer
Charles Wantz, an oyster shucker at a Lancaster seafood market, found 43 pearls in one oyster on Tuesday. Prof. John S. McDermont of Franang Marshall College notes such a count is unheard of, and Wantz donated the pearls to the biology department after jewelers deemed them irregular and of academic value only.
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