Police Briefs Violent damage and theft reported in area
Vandals caused 230 dollars in damage to a truck at Kelly Lumber Co in Coltsville and stole a fireman's raincoat two Army jackets and a carton of cigarettes from the vehicle Carl Smith reported. A Pittsfield Supply Co truck theft involved a 100 dollar Skilsaw from North Street. A collision on Dalton Avenue damaged McDermott's car, injuring him and a passenger. Elizabeth Farris lost control after brushing an insect, crashing into a tree and suffering facial lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Lumber Co
Coltsville
Carl Smith
Smith
Michael Delusky
North St
Pittsfield Supply Co
North Street
John D. Regan III
Joefrey
Dalton Avenue
Robert If McDermott
Lenox Ave
McDermott
Francis Gregory
Lanesboro
Elizabeth Farris
Beverly St
Beverly Street
Berkshire Museum Camera Club Opens 33rd Season
The Berkshire Museum Camera Club begins its 33rd season on Friday Sept 19 at 8 pm with a color slide show The Best of Anscodrome. On Sept 26 Alvah W Sanborn director of Pleasant Valley Sanctuary will present his color movie Allagash Country a 100 mile canoe trip story down a river in northern Maine The public lecture will require a nonmember fee Introductory Photography a color slide course for beginners is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Museum Camera Club
Anscodrome
Lawrence B. May
Alvah W. Sanborn
Pleasant Valley Sanctuary
Maine
Berkshire Hills Figure Skaters Open Season in Berkshire
Berkshire Hills Figure Skating Club opens its 1949-70 season with registration at the Boys' Club from 4 to 7 on Sunday. Skate sale, special rates for advance registration, and new family skating sessions are offered. Season runs Oct 12 to March 1979 with six slide contests and three print contests, meetings at Berkshire Museum, and end dinner June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Hills Figure Skating Club
United States Figure Skating Association
Rand E. Evieson
Buel Adams
Raymond D. Wood
West
Infer
Evieson
Benjamin P
Fusco
Big Car
Pittsfield
Adams
Dalton
Boys
New England Camera ‘Club
Boston
Berkshire Museum
Photographic Society of America
New England Camera Club Council
Oil drained from car at GE south gate incident
Ronald Persons of 114 Columbia Street Adams reports that a thief removed the oil plug from his car engine while parked near the GE south gate this morning. The vehicle ran briefly after startup and sustained engine damage due to oil loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Persons
Columbia SL
Adams
Persons
Mt Carmel Grade Civics Club Pre-Election Rally
The Mount Carmel School Sth grade civics club held an organizational meeting and pre election rally at the school hall. Nominations for president were made for Donna Calviti Carol Ann Messina Donna Castoli Judith Potidero and Sarah Caprio. Primary balloting will occur at the next club meeting at the school. Sister Mary Vendetti adviser and Sister Dorothy Consiglio and Sister Maria Cravedi will serve as observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carmel
Civics Club
Donna Calvitti
Carol Ann Messina
Donna Castoli
Judith Potidero
Sarah Caprio
Mary Vendetti
Venerini Sisters
Mount Carmel Church
Dorothy Consiglio
Maria Cravedi
Wheeler death linked to bee sting allergy
Robert L Wheeler, 25, of Alford Road, died Wednesday from complications after a bee sting. Medical examiner Dr. Arthur L Cassel of Great Barrington said he suffered anaphylactic shock depriving the brain of blood. Wheeler was stung Sept 3 at a construction site in Hartsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford
Robert L. Wheeler
Alford Road
Arthur L. Cassel
Great Barrington
Cassel
Wheeler
Hartsville
Unitarian Church School Resumes Sunday Services
The Unitarian Church school resumes Sunday at 10 am with 12 teachers and nine substitutes across 12 classrooms. Nursery through Grade 9 attend, and parents may enroll at 9:45 am. Two services follow at 11 am, junior chapel for Grades 1-4 and senior chapel for Grades 5-8, with baby-sitting for under 3. A year highlights plan includes a cultural study titled A Culture Within a Culture: the American Black Man led by Mrs Deane and staff for the first six Sundays of 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian Church School
Frank Deane
Religious Education Committee
William K. Malton
Deane
District Court Guilty Pleas For Speeding And Red Light Violations
District Court records show multiple defendants facing charges. James H. Rock Jr. received fines for speeding and a red light violation, while Geane V. Belton was fined for operating under the influence and endangering. Peter Smith was fined on a second speeding offense. Eric LeBlanc was fined for defective equipment but acquitted on registration, and Samuel Anello defaulted on assault charges. Richard Mogul’s case moved to Sept 19 with $300 bail. Robert McNally’s case moved to Sept 17 on multiple offenses. Glen Scheiver pleaded not guilty to driving to endanger and leaving the scene, with case moved to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Rock Jr
Belvidere Ave
Geane V. Belton
Chester
Frank W. Cimini
Peter Smith
Whittier Ave
Eric LeBlanc
Lenox Dale
Samuel Anello
Memorial Drive
Richard A. Mogul
Stoddard Ave
Robert J. McNally
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Glen &. Scheiver
Whitehall
Fire Record Noted Disjointed Incidents Across City
At 3:34 p.m. on Reed St an oil burner malfunction was logged. 3:46 p.m. a rubbish fire on Gravesleigh Ter followed. 5:32 p.m. a car fire on Cheshire Road occurred. 4:02 a.m. false box alarms reported on Brown and Curtis streets and on Tyler and Brown. 4:11 a.m. further false box alarms on Pomeroy and Noblehurst avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed St
Gravesleigh Terrace
Cheshire Road
Brown and
Curtis Streets
Tyler
Brown
Pomeroy
Noblehurst
Lenox Obituaries Summarize Four Local Deaths
Obituaries from Lenox and nearby towns note Emilie Soleillant Lant a former Lenox resident died in Berlin Connecticut after a long France birth and 20 year job with Goulds family. Jerome L Fraval of Lenox died with a High Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Lenox burial at St Ann's Lenox Dale. Donald E Wheeler of Canaan Conn funeral held in Great Barrington burial Elmwood Cemetery. John M Flournoy formerly of Pittsfield died in La Jolla California. survived by wife June Kurtz son Peter H and siblings. cremation planned and no services
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Lenox
Emilie Soleillant
Berlin
Conn
France
John H. P. Gould
Connecticut
Theresa Soleillant
Old Westbury
Roche Funeral
St. Ann's Church
Jerome L
Fraval
St. Vincent de Paul Church
Lenox Dale
St. Ann‘s Cemetery
Donald E. Wheeler
Canaan
Stevens Funeral Home
Great Barrington
James 5. Chase
First Congregational Church
Egremont
Elmwood Cemetery
Richard ‘Battistoni
Raymond J. Jasman
Sheffield
Sniffen Iw. Ives
Ta¢onic
Leon A. Coon
John, M. Flournoy
Pittsfield
la Jolla
Calif
Thomas’ M. Flournoy
Phillips Academy
Andover
Eaton ‘Paper Corp
New York
Young & Rabicam
Rachel Morgan
New Haven, Conn
June Kurtz
Peter H
Robert K. Greathouse
Richardson
Tex
Thomas N
New York and
Stockbridge
Masses for the deceased honor several locals
Funeral notices from Sacred Heart Notre Dame and St Josephs Cemeteries recount high mass services for Miss Florence Tate Mrs Francis Gagnon and Joseph Connolly at multiple churches. Burials follow at St Josephs Cemetery with parishes and priests named along with listed bearers. Additional services at Arnold Mills Methodist Church Cumberland Rhode Island for Mrs Eliza Voelker with burial in Arnold Mills Cemetery and calling hours at Bellows Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Ei
Tate
Florence E. Tate
Sacred Heart Church
Henry M. Burke
John Curtin
St. Patrick's Church
West Stockbridge
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Gerald F. Spafford
Donald F. Harrington
Joseph A. Torchio
Camille L. Marcel
Donald Fox
John Granfield
Stanley Stankiewicz
Thomas J. Bligh
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
John T. O'Neil
Francis D. Gagnon
Notre Dame Church
Normand H. Belisle
John H. McDonnell
Ronald P. Lussier
Father Belisle
Joseph N. Chicone
Henry E. Murray
Roger A. Parent
Robert W
Eliza Voelker
Eliza
L. Voelker
Arnold Mills Methodist Church
Cumberland
R.I
Arnold Mills
Bellows Funeral Home
River Road
Lincoln
B.T
Settlements arrive in Pittsfield area car collision suits
A Pittsfield court docket shows multiple auto accident suits settled for undisclosed sums or modest amounts. Notable actions include two $30,000 wrongful death suits against Richard B. Atwood of Great Barrington settled for undisclosed sums, plus several other rear end and collision claims from 1966 to 1968. The wills and estates of local residents Peter F. Daly and Alice M. Nichols were handled, with Daly’s will allowing his widow Iva to act as executrix and Richard F. Tucker named appraiser, while Nichols’s estate valued at 81,655 dollars in personal property largely consisting of corporate stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Louise and
Aurel Marin
Betty J. Burleigh
New Orleans
Marin
Myr. Morin
Helen Houghtlin
Geraldine B. Perrone
Grace E. Camp
Richard B. Atwood
Great Barrington
George L. Babcock Sr
Lenox
George Babcock Jr
Thomas P. Fielding Jr
Thomas Fielding
Atwood
Egremont
Frederick J. Broderick
Bert F. LaCroix
Lanesboro
Broderick
Richmond
John F. Dupuis
North Adams
Francis J
Loretta Millette
Adams
Dupuis
Peter F. Daly
Dalton
Iva
Richard F. Tucker
Alice M. Nichols
Family thanks for sympathy after bereavement
The Higgins family expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for expressions of sympathy during their recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Higgins
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Allendale Shopping Center
Fourth Sts
Oly
the Professional Drug Store
Sammy Vincent
Tues, Thea Pri. Mon
Surill
Erasla
Amcricu
NEW England Furniture
Dunkin' Donuts
First Street
Dalton Ave
Berkshire Hills
Everett Wilson
Rosemarie Gerlack
Elmer Ray Johnson
Mt. Carmel Grade & Civics Club
Talen
Creative Ballet
B.S. Juilliard School of Music
Holroyd Ballet School
Piper Flite
Berkshire Aviation Enterprises, Inc
N. Egremont Fd
Barrington
Mass
Unitarian _ Church
John, M. ‘Flournoy
Joseph P. Connolly
St. Charles’ Church
A. James Thompson
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
John J. Foley
Sgrave
Joseph M. Carty
Edward J. Carty
Raymond P. Roberts
William Thacker
Edward M
James M. Connolly
John H. Garrity
Condron Funeral Home
St. Joseph’s Church
Funeral
Superior Court
Probate
St Call
Mt. Rainier
Tod
William Yankus
Shrewsbury
CAPP
Dept. Box
Airport
Port Columbus
Philco
Rua
Columbus Avs
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