Cummington 4 H Town Committee Names Officials
The 4 H Town Committee elects June Wilcox as chairman with Ralph Page as vice chairman Eleanor Williams treasurer and Eva Howes and Betty Page as treasurers. Representatives to the 4 H advisory council named. An achievement night at 7:30 at the Community House with awards for this year’s projects. Tomorrow all 4 H clubs and leaders attend 441 Day at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield. The Fabulous Farmers Dairy Club won second in dairy judging at the Tri County Fair in Northampton last Saturday. Registration for new clubs will be held later.
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Springfield
Farmers Dairy Clab
Northampton
State Line Corridale Sheep Win Multiple Prizes
John and Cathy Walker of West Center Road own corridale sheep that earned several prizes at Blandford and Great Barrington fairs. At Blandford they won one first and three thirds plus cash awards. At Great Barrington they captured a championship, four firsts and a second, with cash prizes. They also placed first in the sheep judging contest at Great Barrington, earning an invitation to the top 4-H dinner.
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State Line — Corridale
John
Cathy Walker
West Center Road
Blandford
Great Barrington
Cathy
R. C. Walker
Thhem
School committee to hold Sept 19 meeting at Monterey School
The Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee will meet September 19 at 8 p.m. at Monterey School. Subsequent regular meetings move among district towns until all five are visited. First segment will be audience participation with questions comments and suggestions invited.
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Sheffield
Southern Berkshire Regional
Monterey
Canaan delegates to Socialist International Congress in Amsterdam
Samuel H. Friedman of New York and Canaan is named a delegate to the Socialist International Congress in Amsterdam. He will depart for Europe this week and plans visits to West Germany and Egypt. Nearby, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Nickles with sons MacArthur and Nichols, and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Dickinson of Hyde Park, spent the weekend at Cossayuna Lake camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Friedman
New York and
Canaan
Socialist International Congress
Amsterdam
Holland
Europe
West Germany
Egypt
Lyving Nickles
MacArthur and
Nicholas
Vincent Dickinson
Hyde Park
Cossayuna Lake
Movie Timetable Across County Theaters Sat Matinee Listed
Adams shows How To Make a Monster at 7 15 and Horrors of a Black Museum at 8 45 Mahalwe presents Flipper at 7 and 9 Great Barrington Carying Flipper and Bye Bye Birdie shows 2 10 6 15 8 30 Cry Double Cross 1 00 4 05 7 10 Hoosae Drive-In Adams offers Boy s Night Out at 9 20 The Lion at 7 30 Canaan Conn Drive In features Summer Magic and Love is a Ball
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Adams
Paramount
North Adams
Hoosae Drive-In
the Lion
Canaan (Conn
Mount Greylock Regional Praised in Post Article
Mount Greylock Regional High School is featured in the Saturday Evening Post article Last Chance For Our Schools by Martin Mayer. The piece highlights team teaching with high salaries and Williams College collaboration as a model, noting administrators pointed to discrepancies and the district’s approach shaping staffing and salaries in Massachusetts.
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Williamstown
Mount Greylock
Saturday Evening Post
Martin Mayer
Paul McDonald
Massachusetts
Williams College
Otis Strickland Serves Aboard USS Independence In Mediterranean
Airman apprentice Otis Raymond Strickland son of Mr and Mrs Louis E Strickland Route 8 Otis is serving aboard the heavy aircraft carrier USS Independence during a seven month deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean The vessel left its home port of Norfolk Virginia on August 6 for the voyage and duties in the theater.
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Raymond Strickland
USN
Louis E. Strickland
Otis
Independence
Mediterranean
Norfolk
Yvonne Vosburgh Engaged to David M. Will
Mrs. Viola Vosburgh of Railroad Street announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Miss Yvonne Vosburgh to David M. Will son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Till of Ashley Falls in Great Barrington plans for a marriage in the near future
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Great Barrington
Viola Vosburgh
Railroad Street
Yvonne Vosburgh
David M. Will
Robert T. Till
Ashley Falls
Kiddies Day at Barrington Fair Opens with Free Admission
Hundreds of children arrive as the Barrington Fairgrounds host Kiddies Day with early opening rides, a midway circus, and over 20 door prizes. Great Barrington schools close for the event as Appreciation Day offers a new automobile prize after the final race. Weather shifts from yesterday’s rain to today’s clear skies, drawing crowds but lowering attendance and handle from last year. Horse draw shows heavyweights led by Roberts brothers of Ashfield with 14,950 pounds.
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Great Barrington
Barrington Fairgrounds
Midway Circus
Roberts Brothers
Ashfield
iWindy Hill Farm
East
Connecticut
Cuban refugee bound over for October grand jury session
North Adams Antonio Rodriguez a 22 year old Cuban refugee faced assault with a dangerous weapon charges after a Punta Benoit incident at Comer Cafe Aug 30. Public Defender Campoli contends Benoit provoked the attack with disparagement of Rodriguez background.
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North Adams
Antonio Rodriguez
Pittsfield
Rodriguez
Roafer Monte L. Benoit
Comer
Andrew T. Campoli
Pittshetd
Benoit
Retirement of 15000 mortgage celebrated at First Congregational Church
Great Barrington parishioners held a burning ceremony to mark the retirement of a 15000 mortgage that funded basement excavation for additional classrooms begun in 1955. The event included James Water, George Osgood, George Adams, Herbert Race Jr, Matthew J. Dempsey Jr, and Robert J. Moran, with prayer and a sermon by Rev. John W. Ames.
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Great Barrington
First Congregational Church
James Water
George Osgood
George Adams
Thhree
Herbert Race Jr
Matthew J. Dempsey Jr
Robert J. Moran
John W. Ames
Markham Named Probationary Patrolman in Rhode Island
H. W. Markham Jr., 47, formerly of Great Barrington, has been appointed a probationary patrolman on the North Kingston police force. A Navy veteran with 20 years service and senior chief radioman rating, he retired in May and later earned a high school diploma and two years of college credits. He lives in North Kingston with his wife and three daughters. the town grants a five year age limit waiver for him.
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Great Barrington
Hareold W. Markham ,Jr
North Kingston
R.L
Markham
Navy
Searles High
Quonset (Rt) Naval Base
South Pacific
T. Ww. Markham Jr
State Road
Mr. Markham
North
Kingston
Wine Cellar Package Store Weekend Open Till 1
Stockbridge ad promoting weekend cookouts with bald beer and soda by the case. Advertising copy for The Wine Cellar Package Store noting daily hours until 1.
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Wine Cellar
Winners at the Windsor card party announced
Sept 4 winners were Harold Morin Mrs Richard Jacobs Mrs Alicia Calkins Wayne Arnold Francis Jacobs and Miss Sandra Tilt in a Windsor card party results list.
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Harold Morin
Richard Jacobs
Alicia Calkins
Wayne Arnold
Francis Jacobs
Sandra Tilt
Chester Temperature and Rainfall Below August Average
Meteorologist David W. Parrett Jr of the U S Weather Bureau notes August temperatures averaged 3.7 degrees below the 72 degree norm due to a southward jet stream shift. Winds aloft blocked hot humid air from New England. warmest 90 on Aug 7 22 and 23, coldest 33 on Aug 26. Precipitation totaled 2.74 inches, below the 3.77 inch normal.
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Chester
David W. Parrett Jr
U. S. Weather Bureau
New England
Local students enter or return to multiple colleges and schools
Ann Marie Besancon Northampton Commer eight classrooms add to the school The Oial College Pamela Rooney Sr and Luke's School of Nursing are urged along with a kindergarten program at St Luke's Hospital A gymnasium audit at the University of Massachusetts is proposed Olyn Erbe a Lesley senior David Roberts a Wentworth freshman Stephen Judson Yale and Taily Judson Pratt Institute Adele Blackledge a June graduate teaches third grade at Lee Center School Mrs Henry Somes recovering from surgery at Fairview Hospital
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OTIS
Ann Marie
Besancon
Northampton
Oial College
Pamela Rooney
Luke's School of Nursing
Dianel
Keiderling
Rosa Loring
St.space
Luke’s Hospital
Steven Pyenson
Posal
Adele Blackledge
Westfield State College
Lee Center School
Henry Somes
Fairview Hospital
Town Meeting Set to Decide School Building Plan
Lanesboro voters will meet Monday at Town Hall to consider three articles. The first asks for guidance on expansion needs based on a report showing 20 classrooms required by 1970, including an eight-room addition and potential reuse of space. The second proposes appointing a five member School Building Committee and reallocating $7,000 for its use. The third covers other business.
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Lanesboro
Dreamaree
Needs
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