Marine Lance Cpl Dodge Completes Training At Oceana
Keith J Dodge son of Mrs Ernest B Kenyon of 33 Monroe St completed a three week course in intermediate electrical systems at the Naval Maintenance Training Detachment Oceana Virginia. The course covers maintenance for the AGA Intruder aircraft a top Navy weapon. The detachment is among 58 nationwide providing on site training for Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Dodge is a Pittsfield High School graduate who entered service in May 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith J. Dodge
Ernest RB. Kenyon
Monroe St
Naval ‘al
Naval Air Station
Oceana
Navy
Air
United States
Marine Corps
Pittsfield High School
Cpl
Dodge
Storrowton Theatre Closes Season Early With “The Student Prince”
Report from West Springfield shows the Storrowton Theatre at Eastern States Exposition Park closed for the season ahead of schedule after a Wednesday night performance of The Student Prince. Nearby residents report vandalism at homes on Peck's Road and Birch Grove Drive. In other local items, Seaman Edward J. Chase Jr. of the USS Boston earned the Battle Efficiency EB for Vietnam service, Sgt. Kevin O'Hara of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cam Ranh Bay was cited for the unit's outstanding performance, and local property transfers include several house and lot deeds in Lenox Stockbridge and Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrowtown Theatre
Eastern States Exposition Park
West Springfield
Pittsfield
Prince
Edward J. Chase Jr
USN
Birch Grove Drive
Boston
Vietnam
Kevin &. O'Hara
James O'Hara
Wilson St
U.S. Air Force
O'Hara
12Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Cam Ranh Box AB
Sgt. O'Hara
St. Joseph's High School
Real Estate Transfers in Hinsdale Lenox and Lee Areas
Real estate sales reported include Charles J and Marjorie J DeAngelus transferring Curtis Street Hinsdale property to Dana G and Theresa Cobb. Daniel J and Judith A Pupo transfer Orchard Street Lenox land to Charles A and Leda B Joy ner. Catherine Y Reinhardt sells five acres in Hinsdale to Edward W Anderson. Rosina Biasin and others transfer School Street Lee property to Frank and Helen L Juliano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J
Marjorie J. DeAngelus
Dana G
Theresa
Cobb
Curtis Street
Hinsdale
Daniel J
Judith A. Pupo
Charles A
Leda B. Joyner
Orchard Street
Lenox
Catherine Y. Reinhardt
Edward W. Anderson
Rosina Biasin
Frank and
Helen L. Juliano
School Street
Lee
Josep J. Madison Heads Legion Post In Pittsfield
Joseph J. Madison was elected commander of Pittsfield Post American Legion at the annual meeting Tuesday night. Other officers include Harold E. Carey Claude M. Hawlings John Ward adjutant Judith L. Lummus personnel adjutant Joseph Kasuba historian Rosalie Bolduc Americanism officer Albert Cheevers service officer Theodore Handerck relief officer Fred Pittman treasurer John A. Norton chaplain Napoleon Reid sergeant at arms Charles A. Persip and executive board members Daniel F. Moynihan Edward Moylan Richard E. Bentley John Phair John L. Gallagher Robert M. Rhodes David Clairmont Ward Alfred K. Persip and White Tree Club officers Rawlings Bentley Edward E. McLavehlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Madison
Pittsfield
American Legion
Harold E. Carey
Claude M. Hawlings
John Ward
Judith L. Lummus
Joseph Kasuba
Rosalie Bolduc
Albert Cheevers
Theodore Handerck
Fred Pittman
John A. Norton
Napoleon Reid
Charles A. Persip
Daniel F. Moynihan
Dward Moylan
Richard E. Bentley
John Phair
John L. Gallagher
Robert M. Rhodes
David Clairmont
Ward
Alfred K. Persip
White Tree Club
Rawlings
Bentley
Edward E. McLavehlin
Campaigners Clash In Ward Five Race For City Council
Robert C. Carmon of 67 Cloverdale Street announces his candidacy for Ward 5 City Council seat challenging incumbent Edward D. Sottile. Carmon, a retired firefighter and World War II veteran, cites faults in local planning, housing projects, and services. Also running is William McLaughlin of 48 Clermont Street. Attorney William B. Barry, candidate for Ward 2, urges city water rights charges for nonresidents and seeks revenue from a TV cable deal to fund education. Barry, a Travelers Insurance claims manager, lives at 46 Allendale Road with his wife and four children.
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Robert C. Caremon
Cloverdale SL
Edward D. Sottile
William McLaughlin
Claremont St
Carmen
Paconte High
Stearns
Carmon
Fort Hill Avenue
Carman
Pittsfield
Navy
South Pacific
Korea
Eileen Sheridan
William B. Barry
Onota Lake
Frrm
Atty
Barry
Massachusetts
Berkshire County Bar’ Associations
The
Travelers Insurance Co
Joan Blake
Boston
Allendale Road
Fatima Circle Moves Meeting to Paradise Restaurant
Our Lady of Fatima Circle will relocate its regular monthly breakfast to the Paradise Restaurant at 262 North St. to hear talks by two Pittsfield priests returning from foreign missions. Rev. Thomas D. Depew, son of Mr and Mrs George I. Depew, will discuss his Venezuela work since 1965. Rev. Charles Naranjo, son of Jose Naranjo, is on leave from his Thailand mission.
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Our Lady of Fatima Circle
Paradise
North St
Pittsfield
Thomas D. Depew
George I. Depew
Balton Ave
Venezuela
Charles Naranjo
Jose Naranjo
Norman Ave
Thailand
Selichot Service at Knesses Israel Opens High Holy Days
Congregation Knesses Israel hosts a Selichot penitential service marking the High Holiday season. The 10:30 p.m. reception precedes a 12:30 a.m. prayer service led by Rabbi Sanford D. Shanblatt and Cantor Dr. Kenneth Goldblum, with youth group programs and refreshments served. The service lasts about one hour.
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Congregation
Knesses Israel
Sanford D. Shanblatt
Shawblatt
Jay
Kenneth Goldblum
Fire Record Thursday Highlights Several Incidents
Fire report lists multiple calls: odor of smoke at 175 Burbank Street reported by a tenant, defective clothes dryer at 31 Bryant Street, defective oil burner at 173 Appleton Avenue, power failure triggering a box alarm at Mount Carmel School and convent on Fenn Street, smoke in a manhole at 212 Fenn Street, and a car fire at 32 Curtis Street.
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Burbank
Bryant St
Appleton Ave
Mount Carmel School and Convent
Fenn Street
Fenn St
Curtis St
GE, TUE Meet On Walkout
General Electric and IVE Local 255 officials met this afternoon to settle the three day old walkout by employees of the distribution protective equipment department. The epoxy molders walked out Wednesday to protest GE s rejection of a grievance seeking higher pay. Seven men from the first shift and two each from the second and third shifts participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Distribution Protective Equipment Department
City Bookmobile Off Road a Week
The Berkshire Athenaeum city bookmobile will be off the road for the week of September 8 during the vacation of bookmobile librarian Mrs. Philip B O Raughlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Athenaeum
Philip B, O'Raughlin
Movie Timetable Across City Theaters
Screen listings show multiple venues with varied titles and showtimes including The Lost Man Oliver Psycho Eye of the Cat True Grit and Midnight Cowboy across Capitol Paris Berkshire Philsfield and Coury drive-ins plus cinema complexes Castle Keep and others.
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Palace
Matinee
Paris
Matinee Wed
Sunset Drive-In
Berkshire
Naked Angels
Phlsfield
Grady attacks Clement over Pittsfield teachers talks
Edwin R B Grady Jr chief negotiator for the Pittsfield Teachers Association criticized School Committee Chairman Richard Clement for a press statement on the ongoing contract dispute. Grady accused Clement of stalling and injecting new issues during bargaining and said the association will respond in the media if Clement continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Grady Jr
Pittsfield Teachers Association
Richard §.Clement
Grady
Clement
Ball Game Nets $716 for Fund at Wahconah Park
The annual softball game at Wahconah Park between the Fire and Police departments raised about 9714 dollars for the Bobby Kidney Sunshine Club. Edward D'Angelo of the Fire Department chaired the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wahconah Park
Bobby Kidney
Yellow Coach Seeks School Bus Route Return
Yellow Coach Lines Inc. presses for a share of Pittsfield school bus work after losing a contract to Berkshire Gray Lines. Charles A. Weeks III, president, asks the School Committee to permit Yellow Coach to transport students on the company’s public franchise routes, arguing room for a change in the awarded contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Coach Lines, Inc
Pittsfield
Charles AM. Weeks III
Yellow Coach
Weeks
Berkshire Gray Lines, Inc
Gray Line
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Storrowton Theatre
David G. Anid
Jane D. Stratton
New England
Church of the Nazarene
Hale Street
Dalton
Gaorge B
Eugenie F. Miner
Viola L. Hammerstadt
Stockbridge Bowl
Stockbridge
Lewis R
Dorothy Demary
Peck's Road
Child
Josep J. Madison
Legion
Mark Mitchell
George
Thosteson
George C. Thosteson
Eagle
the Eagle
the City Campaign
Robert Carmon
Wward
Central Labor Council
Melbourne Road
Counnel
Fatima Circle
Selichot
Capitol
Isagore
Matines
Montes
Coury
North Adams
West
Springfield
Castle Keep
Gis South
Sandy Sey
U.S
Scotland
Federal Distillers, Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Weagree
Lyvinrol
Piper Flite
Berkshire Aviation Enterprises, Inc
N. Egremont Ra
Burrington
Tel
Hite Center
Fim
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