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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1965
Page
13
Weather expert George Bulgarelli notes lingering unhealthy Indian summer conditions across the Northeast. He explains the haze consists of soot ash smoke and pollens trapped under an inversion layer. A cold front and rain are clearing smog by dropping suspended particles.
Berkshire Council, Boy Scouts of America will honor three adults with the Silver Beaver award at the annual recognition banquet on Wednesday November 17. Winsor Martin announces the event with Col. Franklin L. Couch heading the Silver Beaver committee. the recipients’ names remain undisclosed until the ceremony in Lenox at Eastover’s Tally Ho Room.
A Berkshire County Republican Women’s Club board meeting occurred in Pittsfield with President Mrs. Michael L. Monahan of Williamstown presiding. Reports were presented by Mrs. Daniel Rounds, Mrs. Albert Barris, Mrs. John Fossa, and Mrs. Leonard Alexander. The Monte Carlo National Orchestra will perform February 18 at Symphony Hall Boston, under the Massachusetts Federation of Republican Women. Reserved tickets are through board members. The next Pittsfield board meeting is slated for the late November period.
Fifty five members of the Pomeroy School PTA petitioned the City Council to replace the 50 year old toilet facilities with new units. The action committee chair James M. Freeman led the effort and the petition calls for immediate sanitary improvements and painting. Mayor Remo Del Gallo said he would seek lighting upgrades and cost estimates from Buildings Supt. Harold P. Grandshaw ahead of Tuesday council action.
The Pittsfield Federation of Teachers and Committeeman John J Quinn urged a second smoking room at North Junior High but the school committee building and grounds subcommittee balked, choosing the existing first floor teachers room as sufficient while noting South Junior High has one smoking area. Superintendent James P Reynolds supported the recommendation at the meeting.
Welfare Commissioner Charles H. Hodecker met with Mayor Remo Del Gallo and Councilman Roy F. Brown to dispose of 62 pieces of equipment left at the old City Infirmary. Most items were earmarked for other city departments. a few went to the Boys' Club and the county jail. Del Gallo will seek City Council approval for the transfers. Equipment included household furniture and tractors and trucks.
The Pittsfield National Guard Armory unit will hold a full day drill Sunday starting at 7 45 a m with members bringing cleaned field equipment. The Saturday drill was postponed to spring and 13 vacancies remain before Berkshire County unit reaches full strength. recruitment has drawn applicants from Springfield and Greenfield as Western Massachusetts vacancies fill.
A robbery gang including Joseph F. Dicecca and Benjamin A. Powers Jr. received multi year terms in the House of Correction after pleas of guilty to robbery and accomplice charges. Dicecca, 18, of Groton faced 24 4 years plus two years probation for a weapons count, while Powers, 20, of Sheffield aided by supplying a gun and clothing. Margaret Mansfield, 26, also of Sheffield, got probation for being an accessory after the fact. The defendants admitted guilt to all convicted charges as Judge Rose let the jury go.
At 5 49 pm children ignite old lumber behind 1287 North St. At 6 1 pm leaves burn behind 39 Abbott St. At 6 18 pm leaves burning in a gutter in front of 1230 West S. At 6 43 pm leaves burning at 36 McAllister St. Fire crews monitored rapid flareups along several city blocks.
Ward Council candidate William R. Hoag labeled the decision to abandon the Victory Hill public housing project a cruel hoax and blamed opponent Joseph Scelsi for backing a plan that would reduce scarce low income housing. He accused Scelsi of opposing replacement and favoring landlords while advocating scattered housing as a substitute.
Louis J. Russo and Ralph J. Froio were re elected to two year terms on the Pittsfield General Electric Good Neighbor Fund board of administrators. Results announced by A Verne Flint show Russo with 2545 votes and Froio with 2129. Unsuccessful candidates were William Wagner 1338 and Charles Caparello 684. Norton W Case said the membership drive raised the rate to about 80 percent of those eligible, adding roughly 17000 to the fund’s annual income.
Williams College will offer three 10 lecture series starting January with no credits or exams. Courses include Economic Problems We Face in the United States taught by Dr William B Gates Jr. The Natural History of Northern Berkshire led by Dr Donald R Whitehead and Five Major American Novels of the Twentieth Century by Charles T Samuels. Each series costs $30 and requires at least 20 registrants.
City Notes reports Miss Mary Papa of 11 Abbot Street and Mrs Dolores Bailey of Dalton returned after a week at the Leon Amendola School of Hair Fashions in New York. They won the course by each bringing 239 customers in a new-face contest at LaBaron Hairdressing Academics Inc. Miss Papa works at Mr Michaels Hair Stylist and Mrs Bailey at the House of Charm.
James M. Bell of Berkshire Farm for Boys in Canaan NY will deliver the featured address at the 116th annual Berkshire County Teachers Association convention. About 1,200 teachers are expected to attend the event next Friday at Pittsfield High School starting 8 30 p m Bell speaks on The Behavior Problem Child. The meeting will also elect officers consider a proposed new constitution with 17 seminar group sessions planned afterward.
The Organization for Community Action invites mayoral, at large, and Ward 6 and 7 candidates to speak Sunday at the Boys Club from 4 to 6 pm. Questions will cover housing, education, and adult job retraining. Speeches have time limits of 10 minutes for mayoral candidates, 5 minutes for at large, and 3 minutes for ward candidates, with a question period afterward.
A rally for Mayor Remo Del Gallo is scheduled tonight at 8 in the Highland Restaurant Hall. Del Gallo will deliver a major policy speech on urban renewal and a campaign song set to Hello Dolly will debut. Campaign manager Alan Babcock will preside. The public is invited.
Richard EB of 46 Prospect St filed a city claim for 137.90 for damage from an Oct. 15 accident on Linden Street when a Public Works Department truck collided with his car.
Carl Schaurer of Bunnell Florida pleaded guilty in district court to being a fugitive from justice and agreed to return to Bennington Vermont for a larENCY by false pretenses charge. Francis H. Lemieux of North Adams pleaded not guilty to driving without a license, a second offense in a year, before Special Justice Clement A Ferris. Charles Librizzi was fined for a parking violation. Several individuals paid small parking fines, and Dennis Frenier was fined for failing to keep to the right.
The Pittsfield School Board subcommittee tonight called for immediate bids for a new 2 foot wide parking area behind Pittsfield High School running along the west to Appleton Avenue. The plan extends the existing lot after eliminating parking in the PHS courtyards and east drive due to fire hazards. A former west court garage will be torn down after a new tool shed is built by vocational students to gain more spaces. Bids will also cover removing about 15 dead trees at School Department properties and clearing Crosby Junior High orchard including underbrush. the underbrush removal is a fire hazard. The subcommittee also requested annual approval to appoint custodians as special policemen.
Mountain guide Hans Gmoser will introduce his color ski adventure film Roving Skis at Berkshire Museum with two showings at 7 and 9:15 p.m. on Saturday November 6. The program will feature narration, mountain climbing feats, and footage of racing, training, and Canadian ski development. Tickets are on sale at the Berkshire Museum.
George A. and Irene H. Yannone of this city brought a $10,000 auto tort suit against Patricia A. Bourdon of Richmond. The case, filed in Superior Court, was settled out of court. Mrs Yannone claimed personal injuries from a two car crash March 13, 1964 on Route 20 near Richmond Road. Mr Yannone sought property damage.
Willard J. Todd, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph W Rochele of 7L Lathers Ave, promoted to airman first class in the US Air Force. Todd serves as a sanitation specialist at Ellsworth AFB and is a Pittsfield High School graduate. He is married to Carolyn A Willet of Plattsburgh New York.
Police ambulance early today carried Vito C. Sperlungo 38 of 6 Boylston Street to St Luke s Hospital where he was admitted after falling ill at home.
Mr and Mrs William Dyer plan to relocate Monday to Dalton after purchasing a house on Washington Mountain Road from Mr and Mrs Edward R Uhlig The Dyers have resided on Main Road Tyringham for 13 years Mr Dyer serves as executive director of Berkshire Council Boy Scouts The Uhligs will relocate to a newly bought home in Richmond
Several vacancies remain in Friday afternoon figure skating sessions at the Boys' Club rink. Private lessons with Mary Jon Butler are available this week, with one or two 30 minute group lessons starting Friday Oct 29. The 10 lesson series costs 12.50, admission extra.
Textile Store chief David Kay says a move is at least three years away due to a three year lease at 173 North St. The firm eyes a modern one story site, possibly in Berk Shire Life’s new complex replacing the Wendell Hotel, in Albany, NY.
Probate filings list Helena W. Hennelly of Pittsfield probate with two children James S. Hennelly and John W. Hennelly to share the bulk of her estate while other heirs receive minor cash bequests. Johann and Jane Hennelly split residuary amounts up to 20000, Thomas to receive remainder up to 3000, with residues shared among all. Edel Moldenke’s will shows more than 100000. Louise Moldenke to receive property, Frederick and Kay Louise Moldenke to receive 5000 each. Administration granted for Lucy Connelly of Lee. Elizabeth A. Melanson of Pittsfield divo rced from Anthony P. Melanson and custody awarded to Melanson’s wife. support set at 20 per week for two children.
Former Senator Kenneth B. Keating, Republican candidate for associate judge of the Court of Appeals, will be guest of honor at a Monday buffet dinner in the Hendrick Hudson Hotel, Troy. The event, announced by Rensselaer County GOP Chairman Douglas Hudson, tops the county campaign agenda and follows Keating’s earlier county visit during the senatorial campaign.
Mayor Remo Del Gallo said it is significant that rival Raymond L. Haughey does not deny funding the most extravagant Pittsfield campaign to "buy back City Hall." He called the postprimary remarks ill advised and unfair amid election tensions.
Cornelius Boothman Jr. accuses the School Committee of decision delays and planning failures that push Pittsfield High’s overcrowding into 1970 or later. Other candidates urge GE expansion support, tax policy debate, and welfare-work reform amid city political sparring.
Fire inspections of local businesses will be resumed on Monday, announced Fire Chief Arnold P. Klinke. Inspections are distributed to fire stations with one engine and crew per visit, and crews stay in radio contact with the alarm bureau to respond to fires if needed.
A civil service examination for a police matron in the Pittsfield Police Department will be held on December 4. Applications must be filed by November 15 for one vacancy paying $2.26 per hour. The matron is subject to call when needed by the department.
The new Margaret Magnin's Shop welcomes shoppers with daily hours from 1 PM to 10 PM including Sundays at 547 South Street Dalton. Contact 684-0890 for details.
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