Del Gallo Proposes Jubilee Area Public Facilities
Mayor Del Gallo rallying supporters urged rapid urban renewal in the Jubilee area proposing a senior citizens center or a combined activities and cultural center within the six acre project to begin next spring. He framed separation of Housing Authority into two authorities as desirable but said legal limits prevent splitting before project completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remo del Gallo
del Gallo
John H. Rice
Raymond Ll. Haughey
Rice
Robert G. Prentiss
Prentiss
Haughey
Bhe
Highland Restaurant
Housing Authority
Arthur C. McGill
Pittsfield
United Fund Nears Goal With 53 Percent Raised
Campaign chair James J. Smith announced a $264,761 total, 53.14 percent of the $498,739 goal to support 24 Red Feather Red Cross agencies in 1966. Aaron Goodale Jr reported division progress, noting 155 individual and professional cards still out and several companies未 heard from. The report, at the Stanley Club, showed government and commerce and industry divisions at 62.1 and 43.9 percent respectively, with GE defense contracts prompting higher gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
James J. Smith
Red Feather-Red Cross
Stanley Club
Aaron Goodale, Jr
Employerills
Goodale
Albert J. Ris
Commerce and Industry
John A. Lawrence
Commerce and Industry Division 1
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Ordnance Department
General Electric
Richard J. Magner
South
Red Feather House
Pittsfield
Lenox
Prentiss proposes city internship STEP program
City Council at large candidate Robert G. Prentiss calls for a city study of an in ternship plan for high school students. The STEP program would hire selected youths at minimum wage, blend school and work, prep them for civil service exams, and place them in City Hall Police Welfare Public Works or Public Buildings departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Prentiss
Prentiss
Police Department
Welfare Department
Public Works
Public Building
Haughey Promises To Aid Wendell Site Development
Mayoral candidate Raymond J. Haughey pledged wholehearted cooperation for Wendell Hotel site development. He advocated private enterprise building an in town complex with underground parking, arcade stores, and a banquet hall. He stressed the project’s importance for aesthetic value and real estate tax revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haughey
Wendell
Raymond J. Haughey
Taughey
Pittsfield
Train Passenger Locked In Darkness Sent Home By Bus
John Parker of Berkshires Maidenhead England, here for a business conference, left by bus to Boston after arriving by train. Lights failed trapping him in the station, but guides helped him reach West Street. Parker oversees the London office of Krofla Engineering Corp of Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
Berkshires
Maidenhead
England
Boston
Mr. Packer
West Street
Packer
London
Krofla Engineering Corp
Lenox
Two Men Get Probation in Assault Cases
Two men charged with assault, one with assault with a deadly weapon, pleaded guilty in Superior Court yesterday and received two year probation. Thomas A. Dennis of Lakeville and Warren R. Wright of North Adams faced final dispositions from Judge David A. Rose as civil jury trials loom six weeks. Dennis admitted striking Stanley Kot with a tire iron during a December 10 1964 dispute. Wright had been involved in a barroom fight outside Ronnie’s Grill when a shotgun incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asst. Dist. Atty
William R. Flynn
David A. Rose
Jair
Rose
Thomas A. Dennis
Ore Hill Road
Lakeville
Conn
Warren R. Wright
North Rams
Dennis
Stanley H. Kot
Great Barrington
House of Correction
Berkshire
Builty
Flynn
Kot
Ail
Atty. Paul V. Donahue
Connecticut
Donahue
Tramford
Wright
North Adams
Ronnie
Campoli
Hoag challenges Scelsi on housing for the aged
Ward 6 candidate William R. Hoag accuses Joseph S. Scelsi of planning a public housing stand for the elderly while opposing Victory Hill. Hoag calls scuttling the project a cruel hoax and accuses opponents of serving real estate interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam R. Hoag
Hoag
Joseph S. Scelsi
Victory Hill
Mr. Scelsi
Fr Champoux Assigned to Rome to raise funds for overseas
The Rev Timothy J Champoux of St Vincent de Paul Lenox Dale will serve as American assistant at the Pro Deo University in Rome starting Nov 1. He will help compile teaching materials under Archbishop Palazzini to promote ecumenism and democracy. The Williams School PTA plans to raise 500 for a school in an underdeveloped nation to be built with Peace Corps guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fr. Champoux
Lenox Dale
Williams Pta
Rome
Timothy J. Champoux
St. Vincent de Paul
Felix A. Morison
C.P
International University of Social Studies Pro Beo
Father Marlion
Pro Beo Council For the International Promotion of Democracy
Ged, C.lp., Inc
New York
Champoux
Pietro Palazzini
Congregation of the Council
Palazzini
Father Champoux
Father Champour
St. Mary's University
Baltimore
University of Louvain
Belgium
Thomas M. O'Leary
Sacred Heart Church
Springfield
Gregorian University
St. Mark's
Pittsfield
Catholic Nurses
William Grace
Catholic Daughters of America
Af Lee and
Lenox
Williams School Pta
Peace Corps
Chandler Oakes
Williams
Oakes
PTA
Arlos decries Mount Greylock tramway ride for Pittsfield
Peter G. Arlos, candidate for councilman at large, says Pittsfield faces a ride on Mount Greylock with or without a tramway. He warns the mountain is a statewide resource not just Adams property and criticizes a Oregon firm and Nevada financier behind the project. Arlos notes Pittsfield pays over $22,000 of Mount Greylock maintenance yearly and urges state takeover by the Department of Natural Resources to expand public use without harming the mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter G. Arlos
Pittsfield
Mount Greylock
Arles
Adams
Commonwealth
Berkshire County
Mount Greylock Reservation
Springside Park
Pontoosuc
Gnota Lake
State Department of Natural Resources
Scullary backs school board switch to at large
Pittsfield area talk centers on replacing ward elected school board members with two at large seats. Scullary, not up for re election, argues at large posts would boost voter interest and increase candidate choice while noting past wards had limited or no candidate options. He stresses that more candidates offer potential though not guaranteed quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scullary
Pittsfield
Auction Bourse exhibit by Berkshire Coin Club today
Berkshire Coin Club hosts an auction and bourse exhibit at the American Legion Home located at 41 Wendell Avenue from 1 PM to 5 PM today. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Coin Club
American Legion
Wendell Avenue
Eee
Pigott Urges All-Out Fight For Home Rule
William M. Pigott at-large night urged the Council to fight all the way for more home rule. He called it outrageous that Massachusetts property owners pay real estate taxes that fund county court costs where they live and said future Councils should lead the fight to abolish this unjust method of taxing real estate revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam M. Pigott
Fire crews respond to car fire on Briggs and Wahconah
At 7:00 p.m. a box alarm near Briggs Avenue and Wahconah Street sent three pieces of apparatus to a car fire. Firefighters arrived to control the blaze and prevent spread. No injuries were reported.
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Briggs Avenue
Wahconah Street
Funeral notices and services for local residents
Multiple funeral arrangements and visitations are announced for residents including Mrs. William E. Parent at St Joseph's Cemetery with Dery Funeral Home viewing. John Ross A High Mass of Requiem for Joan Ross at Sacred Heart Church with burial in St Joseph's Cemetery. Mrs. Frank LaRosa at Bendvenga Funeral Home with Solemn High Mass at Mount Carmel Church and burial. Mrs. Bessie G. Ayers at Wellington Funeral Home with burial at Pittsfield Cemetery. John Shadick at Wellington Funeral Home with burial at Pittsfield Cemetery. plus a Dalton Rotary Club meeting at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ross
Joan Ross
Sacred Beart Church
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Haughey Funeral Home
Dalton Rotary Club
Frank LaRosa
Bendvenga Fueral
Mount Carmel Church
Camilla L. Santini
Charles F. Conte
John E. Dickinson
Father Genet
Guy Noto
Vincent J. Curro
Josep A. Arena
Carmelo LaRosa
Joseph LaConte
Joseph Musacchio
Bessie G. Ayers
Wellington
Arthur W. Newcomb
First Methodist Church
Pittsfield Cemetery
Ralph E. Herrick
Joseph J.volteline
Donald A. Stack
Ralph Seace
Harry Miles Jr
Donald A. Leonard
Obituary for Elsie M. Yerkes 83 widow of Leon Yerkes
Mrs. Elsie M. Yerkes 83 widow of Leon J. Yerkes died Thursday at Eustis Hospital following a short illness. Born in Iowa she lived in Richmond for years and has resided in Eustis two decades. She was a former Richmond Congregational Church member and part of the Pricilla Club of Eustis. Survivors include son Arthur D. Yerkes Hancock three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Bartlett Wellington Funeral Home Dalton with Rev. Patrick C. Finleon officiating. Burial in Main Street Cemetery, Dalton. Friends may call Monday 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shadick
Wellington
Arthur W. Newcomb
First Methodist Church
Pittsfield
Elsie M. Yerkes
Leon J. Yerkes
Eustis
Fla
Iowa
Richmond
Richmond Congregational Church
Pricilla Club
Arthur D. Yerkes
Hancock
Bartlett
Dalton
Patrick C. Finleon
First Congregational Church
Main Street
In Loving Memory Clara Winchell and Family Note
In Memoriam notices from The Berkshire Eagle reflect a widow’s memory of Clara Winchell who departed October 2 1957. The piece recalls the six year anniversary with lines about keeping her memory alive and tribute from her daughter son in law and grandchildren.
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Winchell
Clara Mi
Ife
Clara Winchell
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Mayor del Gallo
Blames Haughey
Clement
Richard §. Clement
High School Building Commission
Raymond EB. Crow
William R. Hoag
Peter G. Arles
Scelsi
Cathedral High School
St. Michael’s College
Winooski Park
Seminary of Philosophy
Montreal
Canada
the Rev
Timothy Champoux
Arlos
Rocco Scullary
Pigott
Willian E. Parent
William E. Parent
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Dery Funeral Home
East St
Berkshire Eegle Daily
Mosher
Tire
John W. Winchell
Air
Ana Firs
James McHugh
Wellington Funeral Service Inc
Brice H. Grunow Donald A. Leonard Roger W. Wellington
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