Texaco selects Colonial design for new South Street station
Texaco plans a Colonial style service station on South Street near West Housatonic, opening this week and replacing the usual glass boxes. The single story red brick building sits obliquely on a 14 acre lot with a cupola and aims to present professional auto services from gas to car wash and body work under manager Alphonse Caprio. Caprio, ex GE Polaris engineer, will run a centralized service concept with a fixed monthly package for safety checks and maintenance, reflecting a shift from grime to professional image.
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Texas Oil Co
Texaco
South Street
West Housatonic
South Streets
Nore
Berkshire Auto Co
Berkshire Eagle
Alphonse E. Caprio
General Electric
Ordnance Department
Caprio
New York University
St. Bonaventure University
Johns Hopkins University
George Washington University
Rensselaer
New York
Mr. Caprio
Han
GE Ordnance Department
John F. Downing Jr. Wright
Ethan A. Scott
Massachusetts Homes Survey Highlights Housing Value Gaps
Prof Edward K Knapp of the University of Massachusetts Extension Division finds Massachusetts residents often fail to get full value for housing dollars due to limited knowledge and assessment of needs. Survey of 698 assessors and building inspectors shows 30 to 32 percent question value adequacy and buyers relying on personal ability. comments favor private architects yet caution do it yourself risks. Copies of Our Massachusetts Homes are available free from Knapp at Skinner Hall Amherst.
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Massachusetts
Edward K. Knapp
Extension Division
Home Economics
University of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Knapp
Extension Division of Home Economics
Skinner Hall
Amherst
Mass
Artistic Credits For John S Kearin Summer Projects
Veteran painter John S. Kearin of Lee lists summer projects including homes of Ken Shepard Wa genheim and Mary Gurestante and the Pittsfield National Bank drive in facilities. He used Luminall alkyd oil or Acrypolyrene latex paints distributed by Kolman's Berkshire Wallpaper and Paint Co. at 439 North Street.
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John S. Kearin
Lee
Pittsfield National Bank
Pittsfield
Mr. Kearin
Luminall Paints
Kolman’s
Berkshire Wallpaper and Paint Co., Inc
North Street
Aero Mayflower Purchasing Expands Moving Van Fleet
Martin J. Mullen of Mullen Mayflower announces Aero Mayflower Transit Co. will add 200 air ride moving vans, boosting capacity by 20 percent in 1964. The 35 foot high cube vans cost over 1.5 million dollars and will ease spring and summer moves, with some ready by April and others by May 1 1964.
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Martin J. Mullen
Mullen-Mayflower
Aero Mayflower Transit Co
Indianapolis
Mullen
Butters Book Is Published The Bells of Freedom
Dorothy Gilman Butters of Pontoosuc Lake, Lanesboro, releases The Bells of Freedom, a teen novel by Macrae-Smith Co. Philadelphia. Butters, a prolific author with 12 teen titles and Junior Literary Guild selections, writes of Jed Crane, a British indentured servant drawn into the American freedom cause. She resides with her husband, a teacher, and two sons in Lake Hiawatha, N.J., and spends summers at Pontoosuc Lake.
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Dorothy Gilman Butters
Pontoosuc Lake
Lanesboro
The
Macrae-Smith Co
Philadelphia
Butters
Junior Literary Guild
Jed Crane
Lake Hiawatha
N.J
Foreign Investors Focus on Cape Coral Land Boom
Cape Coral shares growth in Gulf Coast real estate draws foreign buyers. Kenneth J. Schwartz of Gulf American Land Corp. cites Italian Navy officers and a syndicate from Milan who bought Cape Coral property, paying in lire. Investors from Europe and beyond seek American growth potential, especially in developing areas along Florida’s coast.
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Cape Coral
Fla
Florida
Gulf Coast
Kenneth J. Schwartz
Gulf American Land Corp
Mi‘ami
Schwartz
Cape 2Oral
India
Pakistan
America
Good Fire Insurance Favors Gypsum Board Walls
Engineers at Allied Chemical's Barrett Division say gypsum board walls give good fire insurance for homeowners. They note a flame at 1700 degrees Fahrenheit takes a full hour to eat into one inch of gypsum.
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Enginneers
Allied Chemical
Barrett
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Edward J. Farrell
Parkers
Texaco Colonial Station
Childs
Prospect Street
Charles F. Klitsch
Berkshire County
Pittafield
Lenox Road
Prof. Krapp
Ter College
Seventeen Magazine
Mount Carmel Church
Catholic Charities Appeals
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Mrs
Ken Shepardson
Samuel Wagenheim
Mary Gurestante
Produced
W. E. Williams, Inc
Lenox Dale
South ST
Abeese
DELCO
Aero Mayflower
U.S
Knapp Oil Corp
Jicctionest
Lockheed
General
Victor Pellizzaro
Mason Contractor
Fairview Street
Colonial Station
Berkshire Oil Heat Council, Inc
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