Jaeschke Brothers Farm tops Barrington Fair fruit display
Jaeschke Brothers Farm of Adams won top prize in the adult fruit display at the Barrington Fair securing 22 blue ribbons across the attendance, dominated mixed fruit divisions including apples pears peaches and plums. area firsts went to Naventi Maffucia Kuzia Brazie and others. Alice Shea of Adams claimed two firsts in adult home furnishings with total premiums of 4 dollars, as South Berkshire contestants swept crewel embroidery firsts and several arts and crafts categories with multiple winners across oil painting watercolor and pen and ink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Jaeschke’ Brothers Farm
Adams
Barrington
Jaeschkes
Betty Naventi
West Stockbridge
Seckel
Frank J. Maffucia
Pittsfield
Winter Nell Pears
Bernice Kuzia
Housa
Alice Shea
Barrington Fair
Dher
Dorothy Planter
Springfield
Martha Bertoli
Housatonic
Ludelle Hall
Topsham
Hazel Anstett
Ashley Falls
Lucy H. Hunt
John Sneyd
New York City
Jean Cleary
Lucy Graybeal
Sheffield
South Berkshire
Pam Hiser
Lois Ryder
Monterey
Pillow
Louise Bailey
Helen
Yakum
Judith Morp
Ralph Petty
Steven Meier
Becket
Gail Lapinski
Audrey Lapinsky
Anna Kuhl
Ruth Blanchard
Stockbridge
Anita Zanconato
Helen Zieba
Louise Sierall
South Egremont
Shirley LeFebvre
Landmeadow
Veronica Derosiers
Barbara Anselmini
Mary Goehring
Chicopee
Mary Tracy
Rosemary Sisk
Harry Fox
Lee
Hinsdale Girl Wins 13 First Prizes in Barrington Pair
Miss Cerie Moon of Hinsdale and Miss Jane Baker of Chicopee led the youth canned and preserved goods competition at Barrington Pair, each earning 13 excellent ratings as 48 classes showcased vegetables fruits pickles and relishes. Other top placers included Terry Cruikshank Cheryl Hewins Patsy Hall Elizabeth Kyanowicz Bonnie Morandi and Patricia Jayko with smaller ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Cerie Moon
Hinsdale
Jane Baker
Chicopee
Barrington
Miss Moon
Miss Baker
Terry Cruikshank
Sheffield
Cheryl Hewins
Patsy Hall
Stockbridge
Elizabeth Kyanowicz
Richmond
Bonnie Morandi
State Line
Patricia Jayko
Cheshire
Washington Girl Wins Big in State Vegetable Show
A Washington girl, Terry Hansen, topped the display division in youth vegetable exhibits winning two firsts in four categories. She earned blue ribbons for a display of six varieties across nine square feet and for five vegetables in a chopping bowl. Barbara Banas of Ludlow also won first prize for four vegetables in a chopping bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Washington
Terry Hansen
Barbara Banas
Ludhow
S County Entries Win Sweet Prizes in Competition
South Berkshire entries dominated the maple sugar, syrup and honey contest at the Bar rington Pair. Olympia Cartinelli of Sheffield earned two first place awards for honey jars and display, Audrey Cruikshank of Sheffield won for maple syrup jars, and Mrs. Judith Newton of Lanesboro received a blue ribbon for maple sugar cakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
South Berkshire
Barrington
Olympia Cartinelli
Sheffield
Audrey Cruikshank
Judith Newton
Lanesboro
Middlefield Farm Takes 18 Firsts at Fair
Great Barrington Fairway Farm of Middlefield captured 18 first place awards in 22 Jersey dairy classes and earned 278 dollars in premiums. Blue ribbons went to male and female calves yearlings junior and senior yearlings and multiple aged cow classes plus grand and junior championships. Other firsts were Grandview Farm of Middlefield Donald Quimby of Williamstown and Leona Butler of Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
GE Specialist Delmoling Returns from Eight-Week Assignment
Rino Delmoling of Albany Road completed an eight-week GE assignment across several Southern states and will depart Monday for a new GE plant posting in Hickory North Carolina. He received a Distinguished Service Award at last Thursday’s Stockbridge West Stockbridge Kiwanis meeting, presented by President Nabih Nejaime, for 17 years of community service in the two towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Stockbridge
Rino Delmoling
Albany Road
General Electric
Delmoling
Hickory
N.C
Nabih Nejaime
Adams Girl Wins 14 Ists In Sewing
Bonnie Leary of Adams led the senior youth division at the Nome sewing competition during the Barrington Fair with 14 excellent ratings across garments from a house coat to a tailored dress. Mary Ellen Wilk of Cheshire had the next highest, with a list of other Cheshire and Adams recipients named among many towns. In the under 12 senior class, several Cheshire and Drury youths earned excellent ratings for a range of garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Bonnie Leary
Adams
Nome
Barrington Fair
Mary Ellen Wilk
Cheshire
Renee Sirard
Anna Langer
Ann Zarek
Beatrice
Evelyn Dragon
Ann
Janet LeFebvre
Linda Gurney
Janis Millette
Diane Letti
Michele Suprenant
Paula Gaylord
Patricia Jayka
Nancy Kuta
Cynthia Newton
Renee Shard
Gail Millette
Linda Therrie
Ashley Falls
Lucy Ann Wuori
Mill River
Lisa Oleson
Lynn Pairot
Drury
Melanie Murah
Housatonic
Tammy Hewins
Sheffield
June Stedman
Tyringham
Hose Co 1 Plans Annual Ball at Cove Inn
STOCKBRIDGE The annual Hose Co No 1 ball will be held at the Cove Inn Great Barrington Saturday Sept 20 from 9 to 12 Music by Morton Wayne of Pittsfield Leon W Hunt chairman A dinner for the members and their wives will be served before the dance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Donation to Stockbridge Fire Department
Mah keanac Heights Association donated 25 dollars to the Stockbridge Fire Department. Fire Chief Francis L. Pilling thanked the association on behalf of the department in announcing the gift. Holy Name League of Charity supper and meeting set for Wednesday at the Red Lion Inn at 6 30 p m with Rev. Thomas Courtney as speaker. Reservations by Monday via Mrs. Joseph I Galisa. Congregational Church Sunday services continue at 9 30 a m through Sept 21 and shift to 10 a m starting Sept 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name League of Charity
Red Lion Inn
Thomas Courtney
Our Lady of Providence
West Springfield
Joseph I. Galisa
Congregational Church
Thursday's Attendance Sets Barrington Fair Record
Barrington Great attendance and mutuel receipts set new records on Thursday at the Barrington Fair. A crowd of 16 684 attended the fifth day as adult cattle judging closed and Kiddies Day promotions prepared. Mutual receipts reached 733 669, beating the 1988 Thursday mark by 49 623. Connecticut Day arrives tomorrow with the final day expected to boost totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Connecticut
Stockbridge Town Meeting Sets Monday Agenda
Stockbridge voters set a Monday 7:30 pm town meeting to discuss more than 7000 in appropriations. Major items include 2150 for the Veterans Department and 1300 for a new roof at Town Hall. Other requests cover ambulance support 1000 a youth building repairs 482 infields renovations 200 swings 175 and firefighting equipment 640.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Recreation Commission
Francis Mackie
Little League
Bidwell Park
Recreation Park
Curtis Park
Interlaken
Stockbridge
Francis L. Pilling
Lenox Fire Department
Highway Department
Riggs Notes Stockbridge Leaders Appointed to Boards
Dr Otto A Will Jr medical director Austen Riggs Center named to editorial advisory board of Library of Human Behavior. Dr Donald A Bloch director of research presented a paper on Primus Inter Pares at the International Congress of Social Psychiatry in London. Dr Martin Cooperman clinical director consulted at a conference on issues in New York State high schools at the Institute of Man and Science in Rensselaerville New York in mid August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Bloch
Social Psychiatry
London
Martin Cooperman
New York State
Institute of Man and Science
Rensselaerville
N.Y
Youth Fellowship To Meet Tonight At Chester Church
Glad Tidings Church Chester resumes Youth Fellowship with pre-teens 6:30 7 at Rev Lloyd Currys Middlefield home Teeners meet 7 at church Walter Boomsma to address Sunday 7:30 p.m. Consent slips sent to Chester Elementary pupils for measles or mumps vaccine. return immediately Dr John Collins Westfield pediatrician leads clinics Cheridah Waters nurse assistant Theodore Wheeler celebrate 6th birthday with 4th grade friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Glad Tidings Church
Lloyd Curry
Middlefield Street
Walter Boomsma
John Collins
Westfield
Cheridah «Waters
Special Election Set Monday in Stockbridge After Vacancy
STOCKBRIDGE The special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Arthur W. Maskell Jr. will begin Monday at 1 p.m. and may close at 7 p.m. A special town meeting follows at 7:30 p.m. James I. Kiley, unopposed, won party nominations in July caucuses and defeated Samuel H. Sprott and Albert J. Noble in Republican and Democratic sessions. Kiley, a West Stockbridge native and Williams High School alumnus, has worked at Tanglewood for two years, served in the Navy in World War II, and is active in local boards and clubs. He is married to Barbara Buckler with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Arthur W. Maskell Jr
James I. Kiley
Samuel H. Sprott
Albert J. Noble
West Stockbridge
Williams High School
Kiley
Tanglewood
Navy
Stockbridge Hose Company No.1
Interlaken
Republican Town Committee
American Legion
Riley
Barbara Buckler
Davis
Monumenit Mountain Regional High School
Linda
the Plain School
Cost Estimate Sought on Sewer Change
Lenox officials seek an estimate from Andrew Piretti on correcting the angle of flow for the Bernasconi sewer line at 2 Maple St. The issue, blamed for basement flooding, may involve an aging 100 year old line with flat spots, while the town manhole is deemed adequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox — Selectmen
John J. Pignatelli
Andrew Piretti
Rose Bernasconi
Maple St
Johnson
Windsor Mountain Opens With 268 Students
Windsor Mountain School in Lenox reports 253 boarding and 15 day students this year after receiving about 2,000 applications. Headmaster Heinz E Bondy says classes are informal with caps at 16, about 58 percent of graduates go to college, the school grants near 80000 dollars in scholarships annually, and around 15 percent of pupils are nonwhite. The institution traces to Gandershein Germany 1920, moved to Manchester Vermont in 1916 and to Lenox in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Heinz E. Bondy
Windsor Mountain School
Bondy
Windsor Mountains
Gandershein
Germany
Max Bondy
Gertrude Bondy
Manchester
Selectmen Oppose Lenox Bypass Plan in Meeting
Lenox officials vote unanimously to oppose the northerly extension of the Lenox Bypass proposed by the state Department of Public Works. Planning Board debate and votes are upcoming as officials press for state safety improvements and possible alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Berkshire County Regional Planning Committee
State Department of Public Works
John J. Pignatelli
Dennis J. Duffin
John A. Sargent
Two Cars Crash Near Cranwell School Injure Two
At the Route 7 and Route 20 intersection near Cranwell School last night about 10 two cars collided. Joan Gur alnick 22 of Torrington Conn and Sidney Swenson of Redding Conn were the operators. Swenson faced a charge for running a red light and license in possession. Both vehicles were towed from the scene. Miss Michele Marie McPhillips a Kenwood Academy freshman in Albany and David P Flynn a freshman at Emerson College in Boston were listed as new students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Cranwell School
Joan S. Guralnick
Torrington
Conn
Sidney R. Swenson
Redding
Swenson
Michele-Marie McPhillips
John T. McPhillips
Kemble St
Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart
Albany
N.Y
New Freedom Shares Promote U.S. Savings Bonds Program
Government outlines Freedom Shares as a public savings incentive. The program promises steady returns and patriotic backing, urging citizens to invest through savings bonds while boosting national finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Savings Bonds
NEW Freedom Shares
Berkshire Christian College Reopens With 149 Enrolled
Berkshire Christian College reopened this week with 149 students, 48 freshmen and 11 transfers. It marks the 7th anniversary and the 120th year at Stockbridge Road Lenox. New faculty include Freeman Barton as history professor and Caroleen Hillriegel as English instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Christian College
Lenox
Stockbridge Road
New England
California
Canada
Conference On Elderly Planned Here
Representatives of agencies serving elderly persons in Western Massachusetts will attend a conference on aging Oct. 5 through 7 at Eastover. The event prepares for a national conference in Washington in 1971. Dr. Donald C. Exfred of Pittsfield chairs with Joseph N. Brown of the University of Rhode Island cochairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Western Massachusetts
Eastover
Washington, D.C
Donald C. Exfred
Bishop Pkwy
Pittsfield
Western Massachusetts Association of Council On Aging
Cochairman
Joseph N. Brown
University of Rhode Island
Sewing Classes Start Next Month at Lenox High School
Two 10 week sewing classes begin October 6 and 8 at Lenox Memorial High School. Evening sessions run 7 to 10 with Mrs. Edward M. Burke of 39 Cliffwood Street as instructor. Registration occurs on opening nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Lenox Memorial High School
Edward M. Burke
Cliffwood St
Miss Lane Acts as Interim Tax Collector in Lenox
Kathleen Lane of 100 Cliffwood Street serves as tax collector during the illness of Mrs. R Phyllis Martin. Lane, a Water Department clerk, has filled the post for about two weeks and is expected to return when Martin recovers. Also noted is an ad for TV repair by Don Nealon and real estate listings advertised by Edna E Firetti broker with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Kathleen Lane
Cliffwood St
R. Phyllis Martin
Two Teachers Hired Part Time by Lenox School Committee
The Lenox School Committee hired two part time teachers in executive session. Sylvia Johann of Pittsfield was named part time remedial vending teacher at Center School for Grades 1 through 4. She holds a BA from SUNY Albany and two master's degrees. Walter Lehmann, head of the Darrow School music department, was hired as part time musical instrument teacher to replace a resigning colleague. He studied at the University of Vermont and Williams College and has performed on television and in major venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LENOX
Sylvia Johann
Sherwood Drive
Pittsfield
Center School
Paul R. Johann
Taconic High School
Johann
State University of New York At Albany
Reading
Walter Lehmann
Darrow School
New Lebanon
N.Y
Robert Briggs
Lehmarin
University of Vermont
Williams College
Boris Levinson
Rimsky-Korsakoff
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doane Hulick
Martha Viherck
North Scituate
Luther Belden
Stephen Baker
Florence
Sandra Peckham
Belchertown
William Viherck
Jaeschke Bros
Middlefield
Delmolino
Fire Department
Procterall
Veterans Department
Veterans
Joseph E. Galisa
Stockbridge Bowl
Riggs
Fay Piergiovanni
Theodore Whieeler
Roy E. Wheeler
Huntington Street
Windsor Mt
David P. Flynn
Thomas T. Flynn
Main St
Emerson College
Boston
Tony Bartoni
Lenex
Lenex High
Ralph Conroy
Dorothy Garver
Chorale
Ohio State University
M.A. Teachers College
Columbia University
Joan Cooper
K.N
New Britain School of Nursing
Berk
Shire Community College
Springfield College
James Blair
Clarkson College of Technology
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Blair
Pittsfeld
Raymond Amnett
Kennett Fox
James Jennings
George Saunders
Harald Wilson
Board of Regents
C. William Bailey
Miss Lane
Don Nealon
Tanglewood Realty
Edna E. Fpiretti
Loeb
Fooor
Lenox, Mass’ S
U.S.D.A
Short Porterhouse
Atlantic
L. H. Bull. Fuel Oil, Inc
Wm. B. Ook Sons
ING. Ben
Housatonic ST
Len AL
AYS
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!