Opening Day Nears for New Lebanon Central School
Lebanon Valley notes a record enrollment as New Lebanon Central School reopens tomorrow with full day sessions. Kindergarten will run both morning and afternoon. several new faculty join including Miss Isabel Cogan and Miss Marsha Rose. Overcrowding persists. space is found in multiple local buildings. Construction on a new elementary at the West Lebanon Wilson site progresses while bus garage work begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Springs
N.Y
Lebanon Central School
Hast Nassau
SOS
Sions
Philmont
James F. Dollard
Bruce T. Sherwood
Isabel Cogan
Marsha Rose
Robert Smith
David Wilcox
Stephen’ Gordon
Elizabeth Commander
New Lebanon
East Nassau
Norman Bader
Elizabeth Godfrey
Board of Education
Wilson
W. Parker Dodge Associates
Marine Midland Trust Co
New York
Hawkins, Delafield & Wood
Kingergarten
Ward Hatch Nominated for Supervisor
Ward S. Hatch defeated John J. Hanson 88 to 71 for the Republican party nomination for town supervisor in the November election. A total of 159 enrolled Republicans turned out for the caucus, the largest number in many years. Other GOP ballot names include Tax Collectors Florence C. Haight, Highway Superintendent Fred Z. Palmer, Councilman Louis E. Godfray Jr., Assessor Lloyd W. Sandstrom and Albert H. Hasd seeking a five year term. Herbert M. Laseh, party chairman, says no candidates for town clerk or justice of the peace and no endorsement for any position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lebanon
N.Y
John J. Hanson
GOP
Florence C. Haight
Fred Z. Palmer
Louis E. Godfray Jr
Lloyd W. Sandstrom
Albert H. Hasd
Gateway Enrollment In District Totals 1969-70
The Gateway Regional District will enroll 1,804 students as schools open. Blandford Elementary 138, Russell Elementary 318, Murray Field 271, Middlefield 40, Worthington 180, Chester 1, Gateway Junior-Senior High 654, plus 3 in other programs, totaling 1,749 for the year. Staff includes 2 professionals with 21 new to the district. elementary aide interviews run Sept 8–15. applications should be sent to the district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Gate Way
Blandford
Russell Ielementary
Murrayfield
Middlefield
Worthington
Chester
Gateway
Fire guts four-room ranch on Opechee Street
Lanesboro firefighters were summoned Saturday morning to Mrs. Edward Potash home on Opechee Street. The four-room ranch house was completely gutted by the blaze. Martin Plumbing and Heating listed in accompanying ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Potash
Opechee Street
Rummage Sale Set Friday and Saturday in Stephentown
Stephentown New York Candlelight Society of Federated Church hosts a rummage sale at the Fire Hall from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday with used clothing and items, coffee and doughnuts, and Saturday lunch. Mrs. William Atwater chairs, donations welcomed. County Sheriff's crackdown targets rural road violations without license plates.
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Stephentown
N.Y
Candlelight Society
F Federated Church
William. Atwater
County Sheriff's Department
Town Clerk Receives Hunting Permits In New Lebanon
New Lebanon New York Town Clerk Herbert W Lindholm Sr announced arrival of 1969 70 hunting licenses and party permits to hunt deer Current licenses expire Sept 30 Non resident hunters must hold a big game license before applying for a party permit The issue drew inquiries about the new licenses Firefighters responded Sunday evening to a fire at Wallace Stryker property Hand Hollow Road in an outdoor barbecue pit no injuries reported
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New Lebanon
N.Y
Herbert W. Lindholm
Wallace Stryker
Hand Hollow Road
Louis B. Godfrey Jr
Absenteeism Costs Berlin Schools Hit $40,000
Berlin Central School District faced an absenteeism rate about twice the state average, costing roughly $40,000 in state aid last year. The district expects about $15,000 in federal ESEA Title I funds this year, mostly for elementary reading improvement and to hire a truant officer to boost attendance.
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Berlin
N.Y
Berlin Central
400 Pupils Expected In BOCES Classes
Rensselaer County BOCES plans about 400 students in upcoming occupational programs at several sites 342 5th Ave and 25 Hoosick Street plus Eagle Mills and 825 Hoosick Road. Three LPN classes are at St Mary’s Hospital. Other confirmable items include prior year attendance and facility use details.
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Troy
N.Y
Rensselaer County Board of Cooperative Educational Services
BOCES
5Th Ave
Hoosick St
Eagle Mills
Hoosick Road
St. Mary's Hospital
Baumert Wins CRA Tennis Club Title in Dalton
Brice Baumert defeated Kennel Sickler 6 4 6 3 to win the CRA Tennis Club season championship in Dalton. Other top competitors included Harry S. Boyle Jerome W. Gerbereux and Donald Roy.
Former Resident joins BOAC
Joyce F. Hanley of Boca Raton and formerly of Dalton has been named a communications agent for British Overseas Airways Corp. She will be stationed in New York City after study at Weaver Airline Personnel School and current enrollment in a Kansas City residency program. The item notes her family background and education trail.
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Dalton
Joyce F. Hanley
Francis J. Hanley
Boca Raton
Fla
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
New York City
Wahoonah
Frevida
Hanley
Weaver Airline Personnel
Kansas City
Thei
Worthington School Opens Tomorrow
Worthington-Conwell School opens Wednesday with bus changes. The second bus to Gates High School will skip C'd Post Road. riders from Qld Post Road must go to the store at 7:25 a.m. for boarding. Ralph Marah has more bus details. Community events include a Thursday 10 a.m. coffee at Mrs. John C Payne's Huntington Road home and a note on recent social gatherings and a 25th wedding anniversary trip to England by Franklyn and wife.
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John C. Payne
Huntington Road
Timothy Reardon
Marianne de Matt
Perley
Alice Skelton
Glenwood Farm
Dingle Road
Ralph Rice
Plainfield
Ruth Wiley
LeRoy McKenney
Springfield
Gurney Skelton
East Longmeadow
Waorthington
Douglas Bates
Clinton
Judy
Portland
Ore
Worthington
Williamsburg
Bates
Thomas Bates
Frank Bates Sr
Gloria Frew
Grace Dolly
Jolly Home
South Worthington
Bates and Frew
Ed Koski
Millbury
Leroy Offenbacher
Albany
Chesterfield
Franklyn Hitchcock
England
Ormskirk
Lancashire
Frank Brierly
Brierlys
New England
Golden Horse
Hitchcocks
Hitchcock
Worthington Breweries
Regional panel settles Hinsdale school lease details
Hinsdale leaders and the Central Berkshire Regional School Committee finalized terms for leasing Kittredge School. Hinsdale retains building ownership, with local groups prioritized for events. Notices, weather closures, and traffic guards remain under town control with selectmen and town officials negotiating final lease language.
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Hinsdale
Martin J. Cooney
Central Berkshire Regional School Committee
Gordon I. Fitzpatrick
John R. Naughton
Allyn W. Smith
Ronald E. Oliveira
Kittredge
Supt. Fitzpatrick
Smith
Cooney
Louis J. Carmel
Selectmen
Kittredge School
Sion
Fitzpatrick
Naughton
Howard A. Terry
Berkshire
Becket
Washington
Peru
Windsor
Cummington
Dalton
Oliveira
Salvation Army Unit Meets Sept 24 in Hinsdale Area
HENSDALE The Salvation Army service unit will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday September 24 at 3 at Kittredge School. Hinsdale Becket Windsor Peru and Washington towns are represented. William I Hayman of Boston will address the group. Chairmen and officers for the unit are listed. First Friday Mass at St Patrick's Church is at 5 30 p.m. Confessions before Mass. Rexford Smith and party will install local Grange officers next Monday at 8 p.m. Also notes of local residents returning from Lake Champlain and visiting relatives.
Central Berkshire Regional announces bus routes for opening day
In Dalton and seven towns of the Central Berkshire Region, school officials say tomorrow’s bus routes and schedules will mirror last year. They note that any changes would have involved notified persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Berkshire
Balch Cited For Heroism In Vietnam
BECKET Douglas Balch 21 son of Mr and Mrs Harold F Balch of Wade Inn Road received his second Army Commendation Medal on Aug 5 in Vietnam for heroism in action while engaging a hostile force. He is a squad leader with Company E 2nd Battalion 9th Infantry Division 60th Infantry. Becket School will open with Mrs Albert Sullivan teaching half time in Beckot and Hinsdale remains corrected. Sullivan will teach grades in Becket and Hinsdale.
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Becket
Douglas
Balch
Harold F. Balch
Wade Inn Road
Vietnam
9Th Infantry Division
60Th Infantry
Hinsdale Junior Football Signups Set At Kittredge School
Hinsdale Little League football hopefuls meet Wednesday at P.M. at Kittredge School for registration with first tryouts Saturday at 10 a.m. on South Street end. Eligibility requires 13 years old, 70 to 150 pounds. Town Recreation Committee sponsors the league. Coaches Carmel and Matthews have resigned, and Carmel invites inquiries about the coaching post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Kittredge School
South Street
Norman J. Carmel
Francis T. Mathews
Carmel
Windsor School Bus Route Changes Announced
Windsor Dalton Hinsdale Bus Line president Carl A Wallin announced a schedule shift for one grammar route. The western town bus now starts at 7:15 on North Street, travels Flint Stone Road west on Route 9 to Route A, then via Peru and Crane roads to the school. Early-morning routes for Wahconah Regional High and eastern-town grammar pupils remain mostly unchanged, starting around 7 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Carl A. Wallin
Dalton-Hinsdale Buse Line, Inc
Schanl
North Street
Flint Stone Road
Peru
Crane Roads
Wahconah Regional High School
Dalton
South Berkshire Workshop On Staffing Described
SNEFFIELD South Berkshire discusses a summer differentiated staffing workshop led by School Supt Paul J McDonald. Seven teachers three principals and three advisers from the University of Massachusetts joined. The program aims at efficient teacher use and more individualized instruction across mixed grade classrooms. A team leader will pair grade levels to allow activities for different ability levels. Funded by a federal grant of 5000 dollars, the project runs through May 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sneffield
Paul J. McDonald
Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee
Wntil
Mrs. Ford Resigns from Sheffield Center School
Sheffield School Committee accepts the resignation of Mrs. Margaret Ford after 16 years as a teacher at Sheffield Center School. Other resignations include James Joseph a science teacher at Mt Everett and Brian Callahan district physical education teacher. replacements include William J. McDermott for Callahan at 6200 salary and David Preston to Mt Everett science spot at 6700. New hires also include Mrs. Eien McPeak as mathematics teacher at Mt Everett Regional. physical education aides Mrs. Francis Kelsey 3079 and Mrs. Elizabeth Gunzinger 1148. two thirds time Virginia Rawlings 1584.
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Sheffield
Margaret Ford
Sheffield Center School
Ford
James Joseph
Mt. Everett
Brian Callahan
Gallahan
Roeliff-Jansen
Hillsdale
Joseph
West Virginia
William J. McDermott
West Haven, Conn
Callahan
Serence
David Preston
Preston
Massachusetts Electric Co
Lowell Technological Institute
Eien McPeak
Egremont
Mt. Everest
Francis Kelsey
Virginia Rawlings
Elizabeth Gunzinger
Hartsville
Federal Money Adds Teacher
Sheffield announces an $11,000 Title I grant for elementary education leading to one new teacher and two aides. Christine Kary of Sheffield is hired as a teacher at New Marlboro School at $6,500. Betty Simonek Ashley Falls and Catherine Comerford Great Barrington become aides at Sheffield Center School at $2,200 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Paul J. McDonald
Christine Kary
New Marlboro School
Betty Simonek
Ashley Fails
Catherine Comerford
Great Barrington
Sheffield Center School
McDonald
Cheshire Testimonial For Mr Holmes Is Sunday
A testimonial for the Rev Chandler M Holmes will be held next Sunday from 2 to 6 at the Cheshire School auditorium. Refreshments follow in the cafeteria with speakers from various organizations. Wilbur Chase will be master of ceremonies as Holmes resigns after 214 years at First Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Chandler M. Holmes
Chesire
Wilbur Chase
Holmes
First Baptist
Windsor
Society For the
Maine
Ralph Peck
Adams School Set To Open For 1069 70
Public school session for 1069 70 begins with high school attendance at 8 am and day ending 2 45 pm. Kindergarten through grade 3 to attend same school as last year with split sessions at Howland Avenue. Howland uses morning kindergarten only. half the pupils attend 8 45 to 11 40, the rest 12 30 to 3 03. Pearl C Hall to speak at Quaker meeting in Old Chatham on Sunday at 3 pm. weathered 1782 building part of Meple Street Cemetery, cared for by Adams Society of Friends Descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland Avenue
Adams
Pearl C. Hall
George Fox
England
Lenox Kiwanis and Sportsmen Meet in Lenox Notes
LenOx RALPH CONROY Tel 447-7311 reports Kiwanis Club will meet Wednesday at 6 15 pm at the Raonl Club Lee then move to Laurel Lake Youth Cabin for a repair work party wear work clothes and bring hand tools. Sportsmen's Club meets tomorrow at 8 at the Academy Building to discuss the October banquet. Mr and Mrs George Hl Carpenter of 943 East St host guests Aug 26 28. James Hazelbauer retired from the United Nations. Don Nealon guarantees TV repair License No 345 037-3372. Adv Sa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Kiwanis Club
Raonl
Lee
Laurel Lake
Sportsmen's Club
George Hl. Carpenter
East St
James Hazelbauer
Searington
S.1
Hazelbauer
United Nations
Carpenter
Herbert Carpenter
Bellerose
Don Nealon
Adv. Sa
Berkshire Hills District Wins Health Occupations Program
Berkshire Hills Regional learns the Bureau of Vocational Education approved a health occupations program at Monument Mountain Regional High School. The plan combines on the job and classroom training in health care with potential hospital placements for students. State funding supports the program, which Berkshire Hills regional and Southern Berkshire regional districts piloted cooperatively last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
George P. Lane
Berkshire Hills
Bureau of Vocational Education
State Department of Education
Monument Mountain
Berkshire Ikills
Southern Berkshire
Motorcycle crash leaves Kilby charged in North Canaan
In North Canaan on Grange Lane Robert O. Kilby, 18, was treated at Sharon Hospital for lacerations and abrasions after a motorcycle skid on gravel. State police charged him with operating an unregistered motorcycle, operating without a motorcycle license, failure to stay in lane, and failure to wear proper head gear. In Salisbury Ralph Ficker, 24, of Old Greenwich, sustained dislocations and lacerations when his car crashed into a parked, unoccupied vehicle on Route 41 and flipped onto its roof. He was treated at Sharon Hospital and the incident remained under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Canaan
Conn
Whitefield
Nuh
Sharon Hospital
Grange Lane
Canaan
Robert O. Kilby
Kilby
Salisbury
Ralph ¥. Ficker
Old Greenwich
Route 41
Meker
Join Summa
Nopwalk
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Ward Hatch
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Martin Plumbing and Heating
Uc Pease
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Dario Tozzi
Leland Snow
Lncal
Timothy J. Fogarty
Rensselaer County
Ant Matthew Dunne
N. Y
Betty Olson
Rowland McClare DS
Waldron Lapp
Charles Turner
Dorothy Chapman
Baumert
CBA
Conrades
Daltonians
Questionmarks
Deadwoods
Chums
Wahconah
Rollers
Cardinals
Bynescos
Sharpies
Luckies
Braves
Américan Legion Post
Worthington School
Sandra Granger
Sharon Granger
Lee Bray
Katherine
Kirchner
Salvation Army
St. Patrick's Church
Rexford Smith
West Springfield
John MM. Anthony
Maple Street
Alan M. Anthony
New Windsor Road
Lake Champlain
Everett Fuller
Wendy
Jonathan
William
Peter
Medfield
Central Berkshire
Joyce Meier
Becket School
Albert Sullivan
Beck
Minsiale
Annie R. Naughton
Plunkett Avenue
St. Luke's
Te Bmc
Lions Clb
Camp Tatonic
the Grange
Ladies' High
Alice Converse
Dorothy Cullett
Everton Parker
Thomas Butler
Herbert E. Buckley
Dner
Converse
Lions Chih
George L. Turner
Charles J. DeAngelus
South Berkshire
Mr. Holmes
Anne Lquise Millet
Mrs. Hell
LenOx Ralph’ Conroy Tel
Kiwanis
Val
Canaan, Conn
Lenox National Bank
Walker St
Loeb’s
Foodtown
Lenox, Mass
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