Lee EAGLE OFFICE Lee 342-244 Schools Reopen Wednesday
The Lee Superintendency Union including Lee Otis and Tyringham will reopen Wednesday after the summer recess. Teachers meet Tuesday at 1 p.m. and schools close Wednesday at 12 15. The calendar runs 182 days with recesses for Columbus Day Veterans Day Good Friday Memorial Day and winter and Christmas breaks. Lee High graduation is set for June 22 and summer closing June 22 at 12 15.
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LEE
Lee Superintendency Union
Lee, Otis
Tyringham
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Superintendency Union
Lee High
Cable Franchise Transferred to Pittsfield Firm in Lee
Lee selectmen approve transfer of the village franchise from Berkshire TV Cable of Dalton to Television Communications Corp Inc of Pittsfield. The franchise runs to Jan 1 with the Dalton firm’s founder optimistic Pittsfield firm will begin service soon after. Gardner notes Dalton's system has about 30 miles of line and surveys have begun in Lee. Next town meeting moved to Tuesday at 7 p.m. due to holiday.
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LEE
Berkshire TV Cable Corp
Dalton
Television Communication Corp, Incc
Pittsfield
Gerald E. Gardner
Gardner
Television Communications Corp
Town Hall
Permit Given For Camp In Watershed
A building permit for a one room hunting camp on Old County Road in the town watershed area was granted Monday night to J. Boyne and Charles B. Tower Jr. The Board of Health approval followed earlier delays as water commissioners protested. The couple plan to wait for the Sept 24 watershed town meeting results before starting work. Voters will decide on acquiring 935 acres by eminent domain to protect the town water supply. In District Court, Robert F. Hunter was fined $20 for operating to endanger after a sleep-related crash. Other fines were issued for speeding. one defendant failed to appear and bail was set at $100.
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Board of Health
Boyne
Lee
Robert F. Hunter
South Prospect Street
Lee District Court
John J. Dwyer
Lenox
Hunter
Lawrence W. Cottrell
Scotia
N.Y
Thomas Salzarwlo
Chapman Road
Pittsfield
John McCue Jr
Woburn
William R. Hanlon
Rochester
Dwyer
Middlefield Residents Return From Vacation in New Canaan
Mr and Mrs John Marshall and family returned home to New Canaan Connecticut Sunday after a vacation at the Den and at their camp on Johnnycake Hill Highland Agricultural Society officers and directors will meet Tuesday at 8 at the home of Charles E Cook president for the approval of bills The recent fair will be discussed
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John Marshall
New Canaan, Conn
the den
Johnnycake Hill
Highland Agricultural Society
Charles E. Cook
Monterey Catholic Women’s Guild Food Sale at Library Lawn
Monterey Catholic Women’s Guild hosts a Saturday food sale from 10 am to noon on the library lawn. The event features a this and that table pony rides and a grab bag alongside the foods.
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Catholic Women's Guild
Hancock Marsh becomes a lake with town beach idea
A lake forms in Hancock Marsh after last summer's drought with a bulldozer widening the water body. More water this year leads to a dragline plan to protect soft areas while gravel and hardpan create a solid lake bottom. Blue clay found beneath muck may be sold commercially and used to resurface a tennis court. East Creek drains the marsh toward Stephentown as the new development track progresses.
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Starobin
Stephentown
Housing plans near Hancock Central School unfold
The project sits on about five acres across Whitman Road from Hancock Central School. Starobin proposes irregular housing lots to fit the sloping terrain with Taconic Range to the west and Jiminy Peak to the south. Workers Lawrence Jones and John Delia perform site work for Petricea Construction Co. Holiday Lodge owners Mr and Mrs Starobin plan the development while Mrs Starobin runs a ski lodge nearby and teaches in New York City.
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Ment
Whitman Road
Hancock Central School
Brody Mountain
Taconic Range
Jiminy Peak
Starobin
Lawrence Jones
North Adams
John Delia
Cheshire
Petricea Construction Co
Pittsfield
Holiday Lodge
New York City
Columbia University
Massachusetts Electric Co
State Road
Pfister Aluminum Co
Starobin Plans Housing Sites At Rte 43 Corner
HANCOCK A bucket hooked to a crane in a dragline arrangement has been dredging the marsh at the corner of Route 43 and Whitman Road where Joseph Starobin plans to sell six or seven housing lots. The dredging area forms a lake. Topsoil taken from the marsh has been piled along Whitman Road and is for sale. Mr Starobin plans a small.
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Hancock
Route 43
Whitman Road
Joseph Starobin
Mr. Starobin
Otis Lenox Student Becomes Pastor
Otis Lenox, formerly of Newton Kansas and now a student at Berkshire Christian College in Lenox, becomes pastor of Otis Congregational Church. He replaces Rev. Asa Mellinger whose last service is Sunday before returning to Chicopee. Campbell, with wife and three children, will move to Otis from New Marlboro. Communion service set for 11 a.m. Sunday. Grange plans a food sale Saturday at 10 a.m. on the church lawn seeking baked goods. Next Grange meeting will be officers night next Thursday. Mr and Mrs Max Goodman of Brooklyn and Miss Faye Foole of Indian Orchard visited Mrs Elizabeth Jones in North Otis.
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OTIS
Howard Campbell
Newton
Kansas
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Otis Congregational Church
Campbell
Asa Mellinger
First Congregational Church
Chicopee
United Church of New Marlboro
The
Grange
Max Goodman
Brooklyn, N.Y
Faye Foole
Indian Orchard
Elizabeth Jones
North Otis
Pomona Grange Rod and Gun Club Meet After Holiday
Worthington and Pomona Grange members plan a Tuesday evening gathering with the Pomona meeting in Cummington to install officers. The Rod and Gun Club will convene at 8 pm in its Christian Hollow clubhouse. Tickets for the Sept 12 clambake are sold out. A venerable elm at Denworth Farm fell in a recent wind, leaving only a thick trunk and upper limb after landing near the highway.
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Rod and Gun Club
Pomona
Cummington
Christian Hollow
Denworth Farm
Glidden
Williamstown official named to state Mobile Homes Commission
Albert Bachand of Spruces Mobilehome Park in Williamstown is appointed by Gov Volpe to the state Mobile Homes Commission to serve an indefinite term. The post is salaried and the commission reports annually to the legislature with recommendations on mobile homes.
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Williamstown
Albert Bachand
John A. Volpe
State
Bachand
Spruces
Lanesboro Town Works On Sewage Project Plans
Lanesboro Sanitary sewerage committee met with Angelo Tan tosea of the state Department of Public Health to study the local sewage problem. Santosca said the town faces a delicate, accelerating issue and praised the committee’s foresight. Don West chairs the panel with Dominick Lovallo Michael Guinan and Gerald Middlebrook..Beanfield school staff welcomed new faculty members and outlined a full early start with lunch. Bus schedules updated with earlier Irwin Street and modified routes.
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Lanesboro
Angelo Tantosea
State Department of Public Health
DPU
Santosca
DPH
Dph As Well As His Own Personal Observations, Mr. Santosca
Don West
Dominick Lovallo
Michael Guinan
Gerald Middlebrook
Viola Nichols
Tearcher
Timothy Carroll
Jeffrey Daury
Phyliss Batho
Thomas Martin
Brodie Mountain
Bailey Road
Greylock Road
Irwin Street
Berkshire Village
Berkshire Pond
Lanesboro Recreation Committee Schedules Fall Activities
The Lanesboro Recreation Committee met to plan for fall programs including Peewee and Junior Football, baseball equipment return, and lighting work at the Little League Field. Practices are set for multiple days, with meetings on the second Tuesday monthly at 7 at Town Hall. band practice Wednesdays at 7.
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Lanesboro
Little League
Bertram Ramsay
Town Hall
Grade 1 3 Teachers Have Math Workshop
A modern math workshop for Grades 1 through 3 was held at the local school on Wednesday and Thursday. Francis McSweeny supervised the sessions from 9 to noon, supplementing materials for the new program to start this year.
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Lanesboro
Francis McSweeny
Church-on-Hill Benefit Sunday at Eastover
The American Heritage Day at Eastover in Lenox Sunday at 2:30 p.m. features Civil War era costumes and exhibits to aid Church-on-the-Hill. Organizers include Gordon Adams, Mrs Colin MacFadyen, with John Bender and William McCormack handling publicity and Kenneth Culverhouse guiding tours of the Civil War Museum on the grounds.
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Lenox
Eastover
Church-on-the-Hill
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
Gordon Adams
Colin MacFadyen
John Bender
William McCormack
Kenneth Culverhouse
Porter Kimball
Pam Bender
Nancy Culverhouse
Harold Buxton
William Strong
U.S. Marine
Selectmen Back Joint Effort Against Poverty
Lenox and Lee Selectmen endorse Southern Berkshire Community Action to qualify for federal poverty funds. SBCA aims to help children in poverty by pooling 17 towns in southern Berkshire. A survey will determine eligibility and an SBCA proposal is being prepared led by Elizabeth B. Hall of Simon's Rock School.
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LENOX
Southern Berkshire Community Action, Inc
SBCA
William H. O'Brien
Lee Selectman
Lenox Selectmen
O'Brien
Pittsfield
O’brien
Lee
Berkshire
Elizabeth B. Hall
Simon's Rock School
Great Barrington
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