Read Heads Fund Group O Aid Conference Budget
Barkshire Hill Conference named George Biascca chairman of a committee to raise funds from private sources to bolster the organization promotional budget. Ernest J. Brundage, president, said action is to compensate for a $200,000 cut in the adverting promotion budget for the Department of Commerce for 1960. The Berkshire conference fund drive focuses on upgrading dues and recruiting new members, with Robert J. Busch in charge of the new dues schedule and Angus R. McDonald in charge of new members. The group has about 340 members and hopes to reach 1,000, though the cut will leave gaps. The directors met at the Yellow Aster Restaurant. Brundage was elected to a third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkshire Hill Conference
George Biascca
Ernest J. Brundage
Te Department of Commerce
Cal
Massachusetts
Brundage
Robert J. Busch
Pittsfield
Angus R. McDonald
South Egremont
Mr. Brundage
Hancock Hunter Wounded by His Own Gun Accident
Hancock man Merald W Derby, 19, was injured at St Luke's Hospital after shotgun pellets from his own gun struck his foot during a hunting incident on Augusta Dee Whitman property. Police report he dropped the loaded shotgun and it discharged. Henry Whitman accompanied Derby at the time of the accident during the first hunt of the county season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Psittsfield
Merald W. Derby
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ah Fee
Ugusta Dee Whitman
Mim Hancock
Chess Master To Play Monday At YMCA Club
George Koltanowski international chess master and author will appear at the Pittsfield YMCA Chess Club Monday at 7 pm. He will give a lecture blindfold demonstration and a 30 board simultaneous exhibition. A small spectator fee and board fee for players. players bring their own boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Koltanowski
Pittsfield
Mack Endorses Self-Insurance on City Buildings
Richard J. Mack, a broad-ranging at-large council candidate, endorses a city buildings self-insurance program. The plan, pushed by Ward 7’s John F. Fraser, faces opposition from insurance agents but mirrors the workmen’s compensation self-insurance already in use for two years. Mack argues the city’s insurance administration should be handled administratively, not by the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Mack
Ward 7
John F. Fraser
Mack
ILE Newspaper Meets Requirements of Labor Reform Law
The Landrum Griffin labor reform law requires union members to be notified by mail 14 days before local union elections. Washington official Benjamin Sigal says national paper coverage can satisfy this. Arthur LaBlue of IUE Local 255 Pittsfield GE notes mailing of notices with date, time, and place will comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landrum-Griffin
Benjamin Sigal
Washington
Arthur J. LaBlue
IUE
Pittsfield
Sherif McIntyre Named Veterans Day Parade Marshal
Veterans Day plans emerged from a veterans committee meeting at the American Legion home with groups such as Jewish War Veterans Corps League World War racks Army Reserve We Foreign Wars and the Legion present. Joseph P Feeley vice commander of the Legion past leads the committee. A Catholic Daughters mass at St Joseph s Church will be held at 8 am on Veterans Day November 11 and Sheriff J Bruce McIntyre will marshal the parade which starts at the First National Store Parking lot on North Street at 10 am ending at Memorial Park with more details to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Committee
American Legion
Jewish War Veterans Corps’ League
World Waracks, Army Reserve
We Foreign Wars
the Legion
Joseph P. Feeley
Legion Past
Veterans’ Day Committee
Catholic Daughters of America
St. Joseph’s Church
Williams Street Zoning Change Up Tonight
The Williams Street zoning change petition by developer Daniel Gall is set for tonight’s City Council meeting in the unfinished business section. Gall seeks to rezone a 39 acre Williams Street tract from R-1-A to R-2, a move opposed by several area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams Street
Daniel Gall
Gall
John J. Witzgerald
Dinner Meeting Of Berkshire County Realtors
About 50 people are expected at the Berkshire County Real Estate Board dinner at Breezy Knoll Inn at 6 p.m. Norman P. Mason of the U.S. Housing and Home Finance Agency will speak after dinner. Tickets available at the door. builders, contractors, lumber centers, realtors and attorneys are urged to attend. Mason will tour the Berkshire Fire Insurance Co. building with his secretary Charles B. Brownson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County Real State Board
P.m
Breezy Knoll Inn
Norman P. Mason
U. Housing and Home Finance Agency
Mason
New Berkshire Fire Insurance Co
Pittsfield
Charles B. Brownson
Street Light Proposals Filed By Committee
The City Council's Public Works committee yesterday submitted year end recommendations for extensive street light improvements and new installations. Proposed locations include Laumar Elaine and many other streets plus private ways from Goodman Lane to North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laumar
Elaine
Sherwood
Roselyn
Chestnut
Grant
Higa
Burbank
Williams
Spring
Jason
Catherine
Hancock and
Merrill
Exeter
Maryland
Draper
Elberon
Pertine
Connecticut
Cooper Parkway
Goodman Lane
North Street
Berkshire foresters aid in county timber problem
At Pittsfield Grange Hall Berkshire County ASC convention heard that lumber company foresters are aiding in improving wood lands amid timber shortages. Emphasis was placed on forest and water conservation, with Soil Conservation Service official Byron E. Titcomb urging planning. Voting re-elected Lentke of Adams as chairman, Forest C. Shaw as vice chairman, and Richard W. Robinson to a second term. Robert A. Chapin and Lawrence Erk named first and second alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire
Bruce
Gullion
Berkshire County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Communittee
Lumber Company
Sail Conservation Department
Byron E. Titcomb
The
Soil Conservation Service
Rejriewed
Lentke
Adams
ASC
Forest C. Shaw
Great Baicington
Richard W. Robin‘son
Lanesboro
Robert A. Chapin
Sheffield
Lawrence Erk
Seek Job of Man Who Quit After Losing 20 Pounds
Pittsfield officials consider 14 applicants for senior custodian at the Berkshire County Courthouse after John E. Kulis quit, having lost 20 pounds. The position pays from 3770 to 4862 dollars and includes three assistants for Was Street building with annex on Wendell Avenue. Names include Frank J. Penczar George J. Cunning Wilfred Belair Richard Bostley Armand Demers and others from Adams and Williamstown. The former janitor previously worked for GE and other state agencies. He will move into Pittsfield public housing by Nov 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Kulis
Wasl Street
Wendell Avenue
Western Massachusetts ‘Electric Co
iNuulis
General Electric Co
Frank J. Penczar
George J. Cunning
Fourthaintenance Crew
Wilfred Belair
Richard Bostley
Armand Demers
Stanley Banach
Robert W. Prendergast
Ernest Q. Smith
Pittsfield
Walter Elliman
Noeth Adams
Stanley Mikaniewicz
Frank J. Kozifl
Joseph Armata
Sears Bought Heavily in Massachusetts
Sears, Roebuck & Co spent 130 million dollars with Massachusetts manufacturers for merchandise in 1958, announced by J. E. Terrell regional director of public relations. A total of 359 different manufacturers shared in the expenditures, with many products distributed nationally through Sears outlets. The firm also bought large quantities of raw materials in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Massachusetts
J. E. Terrell
Terrell
Sears
Ala
Practical Nurses Extension Course Offered Here
The Pittsfield Vocational School of Practical Nursing announces a 40 hour extension course for licensed practical nurses. Held at Pittsfield High School on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 starting November 17, the program covers ethics vocational problems and medication administration. Registrations are at PHS November 2 from 7 to 8 p.m. For details contact coordinator Mrs. Gerard V. Tremblay at St. Luke's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Gerard V. Tremblay
St. Luke's Hospital
Pittsfield Supervisor Completes John Hancock Workshop
Mrs Mildred Kirby city notes as office supervisor of the Pittsfield District Agency John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co finished a weeklong supervisor's workshop at the party's home office in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Kirby
Pittsfield
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co
Com
Boston
Auto Club Membership Gain Is Highest in New England
Eugene F E Donnelly, executive secretary of the Auto mobile Club of Berkshire County, reported at the annual meeting that membership rose by 363, totaling 14 676 across all classes, with 985 new members and 645 losses. The club showed 21 percent of car registrations, revenue 136 955 78, expenditures 194 418 13, road calls 31 515 75, and 14 817 calls answered by county garages. Over 2000 international driving permits issued. no fatal member accidents. underwriter claims 2 039 71. New directors elected include Howard S Babbitt Alfred J Tuller George Royal. William F Retallick named chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene FE. Donnelly
Automobile Club of
Berkshire County
Bank Row
Donnely
New England
Howard S. Babbitt
Pittsfield
Alfred J. Tuller
Great, Torrington
George Royal
Williamstown
William F. Retallick
Mr. Retallick
J. Howard. Fryer
Claude R. Morgan
Abraham W. Chesney
George E. Newman
Walter H. Ramsay
Edward J. Russell
Vandals Hit Town Before Halloween Reports Rise
Police logged several property damage reports as vandals acted before Halloween. William Noonan found oily substance on a parked car on Bradford Street, while Mrs. William Thornton reported a beer thrown through a living room window on Sir Edward Avenue. Mrs. Lawrence K Miller said about 300 dollars of porch furniture and a broken garden house window were damaged. A swing and gym set blocked Maple Frrove Drive before removal by officers. Thieves stole a case of beer valued at 18 dollars and another worth 23 from Leo Fontaine's car on Fourth Street. Mrs. Bessie Jones reported $4450 in cash taken from her hallway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vardal
Lncal
William Noonan
Lee
Bradford Street
William Thornton
Sir Edward Ave
Lawrence K. Miller
Willams
Leo Fontaine
Laneshero
Bessie Jones
Chickering St
Local dealer donates new Chevrolet to school for training
Jack Lindsay Inc. of South Street Chevrolet delivers a 1960 Chevrolet with dual controls to the School Department for driver training for one year at 181. The donation is part of a ongoing local dealer pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lindsay Inc
Chevrolet
South Street Chevrolet Dealvers
South Street
Federal Tax Liens Filed Against Three Local Residents
Federal tax liens were filed at the Pittsfield Registry of Deeds against three local residents. The largest lien, $643.67 for 1957 income taxes, targets Kenneth H. Allinson of 137 Second St. A lien of $484.71 for 1939 withholding taxes names Dr. Peter H. Dillard of 28 North St. and a $131.49 lien for 1950 withholding taxes is against Evelyn M. Crew, proprietor of the Berkshire Kitchen at 978 East St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Ken‘ineth H. Allinson
Second “St
Peter H. Dillard
North St
Evelyn M. Crew
Berkshire
East St
Real Estate Transfers on Kittredge Road and Yorkshire Avenue
David J Gemmell and Clark K Gemmell transfer land on Kittredge Road to Anna Martha and Robert Farris Johnson. Robert F and Anna M Johnson transfer house and lot on Kittredge Road to Emil and Nadya H Stevens. Oliver J D Beauchaine transfers house and lot on Yorkshire Avenue to Frank A and Bernice V Faustini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. and
Clark K. Gemmello
Anna Martha
Robert Farris Johnson
Kittredge Road
Robert F
Anna M. Johnson
Emil
Nadya H. Stevens
Oliver J. D Beauchaine
Frank A
Bernice V. Faustini
Yorkshire Avenue
Congestion Relieved in State Courts
John A. Daly, executive secretary of the state Supreme Judicial Court, reports major reductions in Superior Court congestion. Civil cases now reach trial in Berkshire about nine months, Worcester about 11 months, and Middlesex about 12 months, with other counties ranging from five to fourteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Daly
State Supreme Judicial Court
Daly
Berkshire County
Paul C. Reardon
Worcester County
Middlesex County
Essex
Fall River
Taunton
New Bedford
Lawrence
Newburyport
Hampden
Norfolk
Suffolk
Plymouth
Barnstaine
Franklin
Hampshire
le Dukes
Nantucket
4 H Club News Sets Meet for Agricultural Projects
Larval volunteer leaders of 431 agricultural clubs will meet at 8 p.m. at West Street Grange Hall for the first time in 12 years. Teachers and interested 4-H parents will discuss projects with literature exhibits. County events including dairy poultry and vegetable judging will be reviewed. awards announced. leaders will propose program improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculte
Larval
Wo Puarrow
West Street
Grange Hall
Suc
Vcontests
Obituaries for LeVardi, Prediger and Ga. figures
Obituary notices report the passing of Mrs. Thomas LeVardi, Mrs. Grace V. Ga and Michael A. Prediger Tillon. The brief item notes their names and confirms their deaths with local references to families and communities.
Prediger Infant Dies in Poestenkill Family
Michael A. Prediger two day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Prediger of Poestenkill died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital. He is survived by his parents a brother Willard H. Jr. and sisters Diane and Theresa Lynn Prediger. Services were held at Condron Funeral Home at 3 pm burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery with prayers at the grave by Rev. Edward V. Reilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Andrew Prediger
Will H. Prediger
Poestenkill
St. Luke's Hospital
Willard H. Jr
Diane
Theresa
Lynn Prediger
Condron Funeral Home
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Edward V. Reilly
St. Marks Church
Funeral notices and services for multiple local figures
Funeral services held this afternoon for William E. Wilson at Wellington Funeral Home with burial in Becket Center Cemetery. Henry A. Stevens of Great Barrington had services at First Congregational Church and Masonic ritual at 18 Cincinnati Lodge AF & AM, with burials at Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs. Anna L. Healy, a telephone supervisor, remembered at Kelly Funeral Home and St. Teresa's Church with delegations from Telephone Pioneers Club and Life Insurance Co. Hinsdale resident Minnie Winchell LeVardi dies. funeral Thursday at Foley Funeral Home with High Mass at St Patrick's Church and burial in St Patrick's Cemetery. Rosary services planned with St Patrick's Rosary Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Wilson
Wellington
Stanley B. Thomson
Morningside Baptist Church
Becket Center Cemetery
Chandler M. Vincent Jr
John A. Vincent
Gary OW. Vincent
Paul B. Wilson
Willam G. Weson
Frederick R. ‘Adams
Henry A. Stevens
Great Barrington
Fred B. Spyker
Ficiating
Delegatins
Berkshire County
Masonic Order
Order of the Eastern Star
Stevens
Cincinnatus Lodge AF & AM
William L. Kline
Senor
Mathew
Dempsey
Arthur B. ‘Rinne
Charles L
Hove
Harald Egumeor
Lawrence
Donald F. Spaulding
W. He Smith
Edwin J. Jackson
Phila S. Armstrong
Inside Sentinel
Anna L. Healy
Telephone Company
Kelly Funeral
St. Teresa's Church
Atousin
John J. Tucker
Cranwell School
Fran As E. Hilbert
E P. Power
Telephone Pioneers Club
The
Life Insurance Co
St. Teresa's
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Ronald F. Conneryton
Ronald A Mackey
Paul J. Fat _ Kenneth
Obituary: Mrs Grace V Tilton 83 Dies at Mapleview Nursing Home
Grace V Tilton 83 of Washington died last night at Mapleview Nursing Home after living in the area for 11 years. Born in Orwell New York she was daughter of Sherman Bonner Prune and Lucy Bonner. She moved to Lanesburg in 1922 and later came to Pittsfield in 1928. Widow of Orle Tilton she attended First Baptist Church. Survived by a niece and several relatives. Funeral services set for Wellington Funeral Home with burial in Uppake New York Cemetery. Friends may call at home tonight from 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace V. Tilton
Dent of Washington
Mapleview
Tilton
Orwell Nly
Re Sherman
Lucy Bonner Prune
Lanesburg
Ine Federated 9 Church
Theta
Pittsfield
Orle Trltyn
First Baptist Church
Wellington Feneral
Uppake
N.Y
Gratitude Note to Wen dell Sherwood Hotel Staff
Clara WinchelU thanks all departments at the Wen dell Sherwood Hotel for kindness during her bereavement. She praises their thoughtful acts and considerate demeanor, noting enduring appreciation from Joan We Winenel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Winchelu Weeis
Oue Uo
Clara Winchelu
Wendell-Sherwood Hotel
Joan We Winenel
Fire report ends without blaze on Taylor Street
Fire crews found no fire after responding to a report at the end of Taylor Street. Later, water pressure triggered the burglar alarm at England Bros. with no fire and no damage detected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Street
England Bros
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Pitiefield General
Theresa Ann Castranova
James Jastranova
Widward Knox
Westminster
Clarence Sabin
Hawthorne
Emily T. Killfoile
Kent Cave
Robert Leach
Dalton
EB. Luke's
Francis J. McNamara
Whatford Ave
Arthur Delano
Robbins Ave
Rosina Roccabruna
Ralph Blakesley
Cathryn Buckley
George Buckley
Vanesboro
Brian XK. Harrington
Robert Harrington
Robbins Aye
YMCA
Gerald W. Derby, Hancock
Ernest Infante
Lenox Ave
Hillcrest
Nora McInerney
Lenox
William D. Voltoline
Joseph Voltoline
Mr. Koltanowski
Belgium
Edinburgh
Scotland
Los Angeles
Kolantowski
Salo Flohr
George Thomas
Joseph J Kirvin
Robert Kirvin
Richard
Albert H. Cronnell
George T. Forbes
Zayre
Dalton Ave
ILE
Merry
WBEC
Sherif McIntyre
J. Bruce Mcintyre
Pittsfield Grange Hall
Soil Bank
Orange 14
Alice M. Nutt
Jaeschke
Practical
Auto Club
Worcester
Robert M. Hall
Masshal
Sheen
Cew
Toplf
Howard Johnson
Pitfield Lenox Road
Beverly Dyer
Usm
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Magdalenski
Rauouin
Rich- Wi Inant Space IV
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Cynnia Swift
Thomas Zappnila
Florida
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Robert Stewart
Peter Damieno
Caral Zink
Carolyn Tucker
Traver’ Whiting
Service Club
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Wuindso
Jonny Folan
Jewish Community Center
Jy Square
Hinsdale
Housatonic
Claire Allessio
Cheshire
Cheshire Lions Club
Cheshire Grange Hall
4-Hers
Claire Allessia
Steven Leonara
Michael A. Prediger
Thomas G. Levardi
Minnie Winchell LeVardi
Bridge Street
Pittsfield General Hospital
Alweys
St. Patrick's Church
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Joseph
George
Robert
Gregory
Edward Limisey
Philip St. Germaine
el Monte
Calif
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Lorena
Arlene
Jane
Joan
Roland Marshall
Oline Run
Emile Gelinas
San Diego
Charles Winchell
Eugene
Hialeah Park
Fla
Fole Funeral
St .Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
St. Patrick’s Church
Foley Funeral Home
Bernshire
Eveanne Earle
Davis Ophuestian
Street
Lincoln
Thuteday
Rolk Ages
Ind
Heor
Pharmer
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