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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1959

Page

23

Recreation Leaders Workshop Session Planned at Springside House

The Berkshire County Extension Service sponsors a recreation leaders workshop with a second session at Springside House on Monday from 1:15 to 3:30 p.m. Scouts Camp Fire Girls 4-H and church groups are invited to send leaders. Miss Ruth McIntire extension recreation specialist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst leads the instruction. A third meeting is set for Monday Nov 9 at the same time and place as the second.

Springside House Scouts Ruth McIntire University of Massachusetts Amherst The Berkshire County Extension Service

Lenox School Fair Tomorrow At Lenox School

Mrs Herbert J Arnold of Lenox chairs the parents day book craft fair starting at 10 a m tomorrow with gifts from distant parents. New Tuck Room luncheon chair Mrs Albert L Hall. food table led by Mrs Alfred Korkin. book table led by Mrs Kenneth Sheldon. Proceeds fund reading room and recreation room for boys. About 50 Berkshire arena students, 26 from Pittsfield, will preview the fair this evening.

Herbert J. Arnold Lenox Lenox School Albert L. Hall Alfred Korkin Kenneth Sheldon Berkshire Arena Pittsfield

Holy Family Women To Meet Sunday

The Rosary Society of Holy Family Church will meet Sunday after the 3 p.m. vespers. Mrs. Charles J. Waszkelewicz will report on progress for the Christmas sale planned for Dec. 5 and 6 at the church. Refreshments will be served.

Rosary Society of the Holy Family Church Charles J. Waszkelewicz

Marriage Intentions For Joseph Vittone And Leisamm Vogel

Joseph Vittone of 184 Fourth Street and Leisamm Kisser Vogel of Lanesboro filed marriage intentions. No further details provided.

Jobs Joseph Vittone Fourth St Leisamm Kisser Vogel Warner Lanesboro

Baptist Young People Meet On Africa Theme

The Junior High Fellowship of Morningside Baptist Church hosts a Sunday night program at 6 with guests from Trinity Methodist and St. Martin's Episcopal. A color film Following in the Footsteps of Living Stone, provided by the American Bible Society, and Africa materials on display will be shown. Ann M. Thomson presides. committee chairs include Jayne Knight, Aris Damiani, and Mary Ann Carter. Refreshments follow.

Morningside Baptist Church Trinity Methodist Church St. Martin's Episcopal Church Africa Livingstone American Bible Society Ann M. Thomson Jayne Knight Aris Damiani Mary Ann Carter

VFW Dance Planned Tomorrow Night

The Saturday night dance club of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Lt. John N. Truden Club Inc will sponsor a Halloween dance tomorrow at the new post home 36 Linden St from 9 pm to midnight. Music by Fran Decelles and the Three Notes. Open to post and club members and friends. Prizes for the best costumes.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Lt. John N. Truden Club Inc New Post Linden St Fran Decelles

Mrs John Nykorchuk Heads St Johns Party

Mrs John Nykorchuk chairs a St. John's Church Halloween party to be held in the church hall at 8 Saturday evening. A door prize and costume prizes will be awarded and refreshments served. In charge of refreshments are Miss Madeline Manevich Mrs William Olekson and Mrs Max Nykorchuk. The public is invited. Dr Raymond E Goddu Western Massachusetts Elks district deputy will visit Pittsfield Elks Sunday at 3 p.m. New candidates will be initiated and 13 local members will receive honorary life memberships. Delegates from Northampton Greenfield Adams North Adams Westfield Chicopes Springfield and Holyoke will attend. Supper will be served at 6:30.

John Nykorchuk St. John’s Church Madeline Manevich William Olekson Max Nykorchuk Raymond E. Goddu Holyoke The Elks Massachusetts Pittsfield

Miss Bryce Weds W. M. Verchot in New York Cathedral

Miss Mary Lynn Bryce daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfredo Lyndon Bryce of South Orange New Jersey married William Michael Verchot of South Orange at Our Lady's Chapel St Patrick's Cathedral New York. The ceremony was performed by Rev James A Carey and attended by family and friends. They plan to reside in Livingston New Jersey after a Ber muda honeymoon.

New York Mary Lynn Bryce Alfredo Lyndon Bryce South Orange N.J William Michael Verchot Lucien Francis Verchot Onota St Pittsfield Mass James A. Carey Seton Hall University Our Lady’s Chapel St. Patrick's Cathedral Thomas E. Finn St. Mark’s Church Walters L. Guiltinan Jr Pittsburgh Philip M. Winchester Jr Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Bermuda Highland Dr. Livingston Our Trudy of the Valley High School Katharine Gibbs School See Goodrich Tires New Jersey Veichor Winchester Ltd Women's Clothiers St. Joseph’s High School Japan John, Verehot Washington, D.C

Social Briefs Include Belmont Visit and Travel

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley M. Noble return to Belmont after visiting Mrs. Noble’s mother and sister. Five Miss Hall’s School ushers aided a Mead lecture at South Junior High. Ushers were Nancy Gould Roslyn New York Nina Roosevelt Hyde Park New York Elizabeth Ginn Schenectady New York Amy Conger Lake Bluff Illinois Beverly Brown Cedarhurst New York. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel R. Serbits traveled over a month in South America visiting Panama Ecuador Peru Chile Argentina Uruguay Brazil and spent a week in Havana at the ASTA travel agents convention.

Wesley M. Noble Belmont Calif Mr. Noble Charles Noble Doris Noble Backman Ave Noble San Mateo Miss Hall Margaret Mead South Junior High School Nancy Gould Roslyn N.Y Nina Roosevelt Nathaniel R. Serbits Herbits Travel Service South America Panama Ecuador Peru Chile Argentina Uruguay Brazil Havana Cuba ASTA

Eleven Groups Prepare for St. Luke's Bazaar

Eleven groups of women have crafted articles since April for St. Luke's Hospital Auxiliary Gay Nineties Bazaar to be held November 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the hospital auditorium. Lead organizers Mrs. James J. O'Brien and Mrs. Leo T. Ryan announce offerings include bags, sweater clips, foot stools, Christmas aprons, ceramic madonnas, felt stockings, and more, with group leaders coordinating care and display.

St. Luke’s Hospital James J. O'Brien Leo T. Ryan Frederick McCullough Gilman G. Whitney William S. Fitzgerald Edmund C. Schorr John Norris Davis Thomas F. Flynn Jr Roger E. O'Donnell John Harvey Frank T. Suman John A. Noonan Stanley B. Williams Lenox

Newcomers Club Demonstration At Welcome Wagon Meeting

Dick L. Boyce of the Berkshire County Extension Office will demonstrate how to make Christmas decorations for the home at a Welcome Wagon Club for Newcomers meeting at 8 Monday evening at the Girls Club. Attendees should bring a toy for donation to the Christian Center bazaar. Refreshments will be served.

Dick L. Boyce Berkshire

Rummage Sale Tomorrow at Christian Center

The Cub Scouts of the Christian Center hold a rummage sale tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the center. Emerson W. Rickery is listed as SS chairman.

Christian Center Cub Scouts of the Christian Center Emerson W. Rickery

Judith Soroken Weds Howard Roth in Albany Ceremony

Mrs. Judith Joan Soroken, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lionel Maurice Cole, married Howard Warner Roth son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving G. Roth of Albany N Y. The ceremony at 2 PM was at the bride’s home with Rabbi Harold J Salamiani officiating. The couple will reside in Albany after a brief honeymoon. The bride, a Sear at Miss Hall’s School, attended Skidmore College. Mr. Roth is a first year Albany Law School student, graduate of Albany High School and Cornell University.

Brrs Lionel Maurice Cole West St

Abby Lodge PTA Meets Monday at the School

Abby Lodge Parent-Teacher Association will meet Monday at 8 p.m. at the school. Door prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be served.

Abby Lodge Pta Abby Lodge

Movie Timetable Entries Across Capitol and Other Theaters

County timetable on Page 18 lists showings at Capitol Palace Pyler Union Square Berkshire Drive-In and Pittsfield Drive-In. Titles include The Little Savage The Man Who Understood Women Oregon Trail Five Gates to Hell Horse Soldiers Caveman The Warrior and the Slave Girl Man in the Saddle Bucket of Blood The Giant Leeches World Flesh and the Devil North by Northwest with varied start times.

Palace Oregon Trail Hell Pyler Newage Caveman Union Square Berkshire Drive-In Pittsfield

Eloise Eva Betrothed to John A Ruberto in North Providence

North Providence announces the engagement of Eloise Beverly Eva daughter of Harry A Eva of Johnson to John A Ruberto son of John L Ruberto of Pittsfield. Eva is a Hope High School graduate and a receptionist secretary for Consultants Engineers. Ruberto attended Pittsfield High School and owns Rocky Acres Stable.

North Providence Harry A. Eva Johnson Eloise Beverly Eva Mineral Springs Ave John A.ruberto John L. Ruberto Second St Pittsfield

Synagogue Men To Have Breakfast In Pittsfield

Knesses Israel Men's Club will hold its first breakfast meeting of the season Sunday at 9 30 a.m. at the Wendell Avenue Synagogue Officers for the coming year will be elected Louis A Brown executive director of the Jewish Community Center will speak and lead a discussion on The Future of the Pittsfield Jewish Community Daniel F E Martin is in charge of breakfast arrangements

Knesses Israel Men’s Club Wendell Avenue Louis A. Brown Jewish Community Center Pittsfield Daniel FE. Martin

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