Opening Day Draws 17 000 at Barrington Fair
Great Barrington opening day drew more than 17 000 attendees for horse races and exhibits. The fair featured 4-H judging, Grange displays, and a first prize for Power for Peace. Weather was sunny and the event runs daily with Kiddies Day Friday and a fireworks finale Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Barrington
Barrington Fair
Frances Murach
Barrington of Adams
Charles Proctor
Fair
Actioi
Egremont
Robert Cook
Pari-Mutuels
Clarksburg
Michael Allessio
Dalton
Everett L. Martin Jr
Cheshire
Berk
Theyjshire County
Ner
Great Barrington Grange
Community Chest Units Kick Off Drive Wednesday
One hundred fifty workers in the Pittsfield Lanesboro Community Chest drive will kick off the 1959 campaign for 425000 Wednesday at 4 30 in the Wendell room of the Wendell Sherwood Hotel. Special gifts chair John Burbank and professional chair Rudolph A Lewis will lead solicitors as they plan visits to individuals firms and professionals before the main drive. Kingsley B R Fall United Fund chairman will preside as division leaders outline procedures and update workers. Gene Wejman solicitor training head will present a surprise. Medical research education and service committee plans are included for the first time this year and refreshments follow the business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield-Lanesboro Community Chest
John Burbank
Rudolph A. Lewis
Kingsley BR. Fall
United Fund
Gene Wejman
Medical Research, Education and Service Committee
Merning
Dr Helen Gay Joins Adelphi College Biology Faculty
Dr Helen Gay, daughter of Rev and Mrs Ulrich Gay of 945 West Street, joins Adelphi College Garden City NY biology department as associate professor. A noted cytology researcher from Cold Spring Harbor, she has lectured at Arden House and Cold Spring Harbor symposia and served as associate editor of Biological Abstracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gay
Ulrich Gay
West St
Department of Genetics
Carnege Institute
Washington, D.C
Cold Spring Harbor
Adelphi College
Garden City
N.Y
Gay
Wall
Arden House
Edinburgh
Scotland
Unesco
Biological Abstracts
National Science Foundation
Pittsfield
Mount Holyoke College
Mills College
Oakland
Calif
University of Pennsylvania
Births in Pittsfield and surrounding areas
Birth notices report newborns at Pittsfield General and other area facilities. Names include Harvey and Pat Robinson Stockbridge a son. John Nixon Williamstown a daughter. Archie Brantley Stockbridge a daughter. Lacey Peck's Rd a daughter. Feathers Hancock a son. Callahan Cole Ave a son. Bump Lanesboro a daughter. Hinman Albany a son. Mangiar 38 First St a daughter. Herzog Torrance a daughter. Wilde Hartford a daughter Sheril Ann. Grandparents listed for several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Harvey Robinson
Stockbridge
John W. Nixon
Williamstown
Archie Brantley
John M. Lacey
Peck’s Rd
Philip Bump
Lanesboro
John B. Hinman
Albany
N.Y
Ralph A. Mangiar
First St. A
Policeman Nab Boy In Act Of Ringing False Alarms
Police stopped a 12 year old near the Ham tin and Second streets box as he prepared to ring another false alarm. Officer Edward Skowron had watched the box after three alarms in two days. The youth admitted causing the Friday and Saturday alarms and another earlier on Wah Conah Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamtin and
Second Streets
Edward Skowron
Wah[conah Street
Flag-Raising Opens Berkshire Life Building in Pittsfield
Berkshire Life marks its official opening with a flag-raising ceremony attended by relatives of former presidents and executives. President W Rankin Furey presided as the home office staff of 250 gathered before the new South Street building. A Marine color guard, bugler, and clergy officiated, followed by a tour of the executive suite and portraits of past presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Life
Robert H. Davenport
Carel R. Kinney
Virginia Rhodes
Harrison J. Amber
W. Rankin Furey
Bruce W. Paddock
Walter C. Kellogg
Mary E. Briggs
Furey
Eugene F. Marshall
Walcolm W. Eckel
Berkshire Life Building
Pittsfield
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
South Street
North Street
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Color Guard
John Meyer
Eugene F.marshall
D.D
St. Mary's Church
Malcolm W. Eckel
4-H Day Tomorrow At Barrington Fair
Barrington fair opens gates for 4-H Day with exhibits and midway shows including rides and daily double closes. Horse racing starts with achievement day exercises and circus acts scheduled on midway at 6 9 30.
Chairman Myers Holds Over On Planning Board
Chairman Frederick M. Myers, long serving on the Planning Board since 1937 and its chair since 1948, finished his latest term in June and remains holdover as mayor Raymond J. Haughey said he had not yet contacted Myers for reappointment. Also remaining on holdover is Sidney I. Katz, head of the Licensing Board, whose term expired in June with no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Board
Frederick M. Myers
Atty. Myers
Raymond J. Haughey
Aith
Myers
Fis
Cus
Sidney I. Katz
Licensing Board
Miss Shafer Joins Manuela's Beauly Salon
Miss Doris Shafer of 60 Rhode Island Ave formerly of Lancaster Pa joins Manuela's Beauly Salon at 318 Fenn Street. A 1953 graduate of Allens School of Cosmetology Lancaster and Leon Amendola School of Advanced Hair Styling New York City, she previously worked with Jon & Victor Hair Stylists in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Shafer
Rhode Island Ave
Lancaser
Manuela
Beauly Salon
Fenn Ist
Allens School of Cosmetology
Lancaster
Shafer
Leon Amendola
Westover Flier Dies In Truck Car Crash
A Westover Air Base airman, Jam J. Martin, 26, of Lenox, operated a mail truck that was struck head on by a car driven by Donald V. Hodgen, 19, of Little Chute Wisconsin. Hodgen died at the scene. Martin was injured. two others in the truck were lightly hurt. Police believe the airman fell asleep at the wheel. The crash occurred at 5:40 am as the mail truck progressed north from Springfield toward Whit River Junction Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton
Lenox
Westover Air Base
Jam J. Martin
Donald V. Hodigen
Little Chute
Wis.a
814Th
Instrument
Westover
Hodgen
Martin
Rollsion
Springfield
Whit River
Junction
Ile
Thomas Corriden
Stanley Jasinski
John Dunn
Patrick Carey
William J. Dowd
Ad Altare Dei Awards Schedule Is Announced
Ad Altare Dei awards will be presented to Catholic Boy Scouts Sunday, Oct 2 at 2 pm at St Michael's Cathedral Springfield by Most Rev. Christofhel J. Weldon. A board of review for the award will be at Sacred Heart Hall Sunday Sept 27 at 3 pm. Applications and log books are available at the Pittsfield Scout office. The annual bishop's dinner and St George award nomination will be held in Greenfield Saturday Oct 10 in Hotel Weldon at 6 pm. Tickets from Catholic Lay Committee members. Local lay committee members listed in Berkshires region include John J. MacCumiskey Thomas M. Connolly William Mason Emil Columbia A John Tuller Great Barrington Joseph Comtois J Edward Dery Matthew Bebko William Deignan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ain St Michael’s Cathedral
Springfield
Chistophel J. Weldon
Sacred Heart Hall
Pittsfeld
Greenfield
Hotel Weldon
Catholic Lay Committee On Scouting
John J. MacCumiskey
Calumet St
Thomas M. Connolly
Dodge Ave
William Mason
South Cndia
Emil Columbia
Holmes Rd
A. John Tuller
Castle St
Great Barrington
Joseph Comtois
Orchard Rd
Dalton
J. Edward Dery
Merriam St
Matthew Bebko
Richmond
Wiliam Deignan
Vermont Driver Fined After Lenox Red Light Crash
Walter Mousley of Union Village Vermont pleaded silly in District Court and was fined 5 for failing to stop at a red light at Route 2 and Housatone Street Lenox after a collision at 11 40 a m Saturday that caused minor injuries to Mrs Alecia Prince and her son Edward Prince Jr. Trooper Edward Jurczyk of the Lee barracks investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Housatone Street
Lenox
Alecia A. Prince
Pittsfield Rd
Edward H. Prince Jr
Walter Mousley
Union Village
Prince
Innerseeti
Edward Jurczyk
Lee Barracks
WWII Meets Tonight Hollis To Speak At Pittsfield
Veterans of World War 1 chapter in Pittsfield will meet at 7 30 in the Pend er Block rooms. Edgar J Hollis manager of the Pittsfield office Veterans Administration will speak on veterans affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Pender
North St
Edgar J. Hollis
Veterans Administration
Roma Serra Dance Classes at Masonic Temple
Daily sessions for ages 4 and up at the Masonic Temple located at 116 South Street. Ad highlights beginner classes and ongoing registration for dance instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma Serra
Masonic Temple
South Street
Corned Beef Club Resumes Sessions
The Corned Beef and Cabbage Club will resume dinner meetings tomorrow at 7 PM at Lakeview Restaurant Pontoosae. President Gordon Carpenter will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corned Beef Club
Corned Beef & Cabbage Club
Temorrase
Lakeview
Pontoosae Lake
Gordon Carpenter
Polio Patient Treated At Warm Springs
Mrs. Nicholas J. Mele of 34 Harryel Street has become a patient at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation after being stricken with polio on July 10. A team of medical specialists will direct a course of treatment aimed at maximum recovery from her disability. The former Jean Marie Dempsey, a North Adams native and St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing graduate, was married in 1995. Her Warm Springs treatment is sponsored by the Berkshire County Chapter of the National Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas J. Mele
Harryel St
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation
Mele
Jean Marie Dempsey
North Adams
St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing
Warm Springs
Berkshire County
The
National Foundation
Library Resumes Regular Schedule at Berkshire Athenaeum
The Berkshire Athenaeum returns to normal hours this week after the summer schedule. The library will open from 9 to 9 on weekdays and 9 to 6 on Saturdays, restoring full public access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Athenaeum
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Barrington
Judith Williams
Fred Martin
Fairgrounds
Berkshire
Edward J. Carroll
Barrington Fair Assn
Great Barrington Fyre Department
Berkshire County Red Cross
Wendell-Sherwood Hotel
At. Luke's
Charles Feathers Hancock
Francis N. Callahan
Cole Ave
Joseph Herzog Jr
Prairie Blvd
Torrance
Joseph Herzog
Hinsdale
Helen Gaudelle
Kenneth J. Wilde Jr
Hartford
Sheril Ann
Hartford Hospital & Tente
Kenneth Wilde
Lenox Ave
Arthur LeBeau
Toronita Ave
Aly
Col
William Nnly Co
Weinan
Ninnes
Joseph Ho Tis
Pittsheld
Guy Dowle
Ford
Coll Son
Route 7
Hancock Road
Chicago
Wyman
Marine Color Guard
Fhso
AL Exhib
Miss Shafer
WWWI
Hollis
Lightning Rods
N. E. Protection, Inc
Pittsfield General Hospital
Berkshire Museum
Adv
Johns-Manville
Berkshire Roofing and Insulation Co
Harry Vincent
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