Buttenheim Relocates to Curtis Hotel in Pittsfield
The Buttenheim publishing Corp begins a rapid move from its New York headquarters at 787 Third Ave to the Curtis Hotel in Lenox. Six trucks start loading Thursday, with a second shift unloading Friday as the firm opens Monday in Berkshire Common. The move aims to reduce costs while keeping key Chicago Cleveland Los Angeles Detroit and Dallas operations unchanged. Thirty New York employees relocate to Pittsfield, with plans to hire an additional 90 locally by January. The company cites rising office rents and the advantages of a smaller city and countryside.
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Third Ave
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Curtis
Pittsfield
Chicago
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Detroit
Dallas
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Donald V. Buttenheim
Edgar J. Buttenheim
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Contractors & Engineers
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American School & University
Engineering Construction World
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Municipal Index
Adams bylaw study committee discusses town agency bylaws
Adams bylaw study committee met for the first time on Thursday to review bylaws for the Board of Health Police Department and Highway Department. Officers were not elected as the group with temporary chair Edward Kulpa deferred the vote to two weeks later. Suggestions included raising fines for U turns stop sign violations and wrong way driving on one way streets and regulating snow pushed onto plowed streets. A bylaw to restrict town dumps to Adams residents was proposed by Donald Bombardier. The five member panel was appointed by Town Moderator Merton Anthony and authorized at a June special town meeting.
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Tarsa
Supt
Trzcinski
Adams
Bombardier
Merton Anthony
Crane Replaces Derailed Car On Penn Central Line
Adams A crane from Pittsfield firm Farrell & Gregory replaced a derailed 20x car on the Penn Central tracks south of Harmony Street. A tanker was also set back on the rails as part of the 12 car northbound train. Police were alerted after a resident reported a loud train passing Grove Street. Brakeman Clinton J. Ryan described the train moving slowly as it neared the Grove Street bridge.
Greenridge Sewer Project Nearly Done
Dalton area progress on the Greenridge Park sewer project shows most mains finished by Lawler Construction Co. and tested for operation. Lateral work continues on Edgemere Road while South Street, Dalton Division Road, and part of Gertrude Road may begin connections. Town officials note 10 percent retainage to cover corrections.
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Dalton Division Road
Gertrude Road
Edgemere Road
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Callahan
Dalton Taxpayers Association
New Setup To Collect School Milk Money
A notice sent to parents of Center and Craneville schools explains a monthly milk charge system. Parents receive a Friday notice with the upcoming month’s cost. Each child must bring money in an envelope bearing his name. The plan aims to speed collections and reduce daily handling.
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Craneville
Dalton Supreme Knight Of K of C To Be Speaker
John W. Mc Devitt supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus will speak Sunday Sept 21 to Catholic men of St Agnes St Patrick Hinsdale and St Francis Coltsville after a 6 pm Mass at St Francis and a beef stew supper. Sponsor is Columbia Council 411 K of C Dalton. McDevitt will discuss The Catholic Laymen's Role in the Modern Church. He has held top K of C posts and was named Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1965 and Knight of the Grand Cross in 1968.
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John W. McDevitt
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St. Francis’ Church
Coltsville
St. Francis
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New Haven
National Citizens Committee For Public Schools
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Zoning hearing set on Route 102 business expansion
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing September 23 at 7:30 pm in the town hall on a petition by John S. Kearin of Summer Street for a zoning variance. Kearin runs an auto body repair and welding shop on Route 102 and seeks to add to the former Gulf Oil service station built before 1963, which would reduce the distance to the property line. He moved the business from Summer Street to Route 102 last winter.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
John S. Kearin
Summer Street
Kearin
Route 102
Gulf Oil Corp
Kearins
Outboard Motor Taken From Lake Camp Boat
A Lee County report states a 35 horsepower Lee A outboard motor was stolen from a boat at Jasper Camp on Laurel Lake between Wednesday and Thursday night. The craft was found adrift and later recovered at Sandy Beach. A caretaker reported the theft and police are investigating.
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Jasper
Laurel Lake
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Worthington Conwell School Enrolls 93 Students
Worthington Russell H. Conwell School reports 93 students enrolled for the current school year. Grade counts show 20 in Grade 1, 12 in Grade 2, 17 in Grade 3, 20 in Grade 4, 13 in Grade 5, and 12 in Grade 6.
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Worthington Conwell School
Greenock Notes and Local Tournament Winners List
Greenock notes report Scotch foursome champions at Greenock Country Club with a 48 score. Swizzie-Stick Tourney winners include Mrs. Linda Moran Ruth Lowry Arlene Failla Connie Hendriques Mary Mcdonough and Miss Janice Hannon. Also listed are local ads and updates on residents and events from Otis Izaak Ringville Cooley Dickinson Walton League and Tufts University enrollment.
Stockbridge Bus to Yankee Game Endorses Jim Kiley
A Stockbridge excursion bus to the Red Sox Yankee game departs from the Kiwanis booth on Main Street today. James F. Kiley seeks Selectman, endorsed by Republican and Democratic parties. Poll adv urges voting for Jim Monday, from John H. Fitzpatrick, Stockbridge Republican Town Committee chairman.
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Red Sox
Dacm
Kiwanis
Main Street
James F. Kiley
Selectman
Jim
John H. Fitzpatrick
Stockbridge
Republican Town Committee
Pol
Grange 310 Installs Officers in Middlefield Ceremony
Grange 310 installed new officers at a public evening ceremony at the school. Past Deputy Howard E. Olds and Past Master Wesley Olds of Hinsdale led the event with assistances from Mrs. Olds and Miss Bonnie Hubbard. Wendell R. Cook played piano as officers and several guests from Ainsdale, Dalton No. 23, Heart of the Berkshires and Flintstone Granges attended.
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Middlefield
Howard E. Olds
Wesley EB. Olds
Hinsdale
Grange 310
Olds
Bonnie Hubbard
Wendell R. Cook
G. Robert Qids
Peter A. Yetts
Betty Oligny
Peter Oligny
Wayne Suriner
Charles &. Cook
George W. Olds
Julia Hobart
Ceres
Linda Lavery
Pomona
Denice Suriner
Flora
Wilma Woratek
Ralph Bell
Ainsdale
Dalton No. 23
Heart of the
Auction To Aid Ambulance Fund
Huntington Lions Club conducts an auction in Middlefield to raise funds for a new freeway radio for the local ambulance. Donors should deliver articles to Charles E Cook by Sept. 24 and will be picked up Sept. 25 for an Oct. 4 auction. The ambulance serves local residents.
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Huntington Lions Club
Charles E Cook
Lions Club Ambulance
Gate way regional School Committee chair to address Men’s Club
Paul V. Barnes will speak to the Men’s Club Monday on Gateway build ing program with Dr. John Mulser attending. The event follows dinner at 7 and a business session. Mrs Mabel R Stevens has sold a four bedroom stone house and about 12 acres on Skyline Trail to Helen D Flynn for investment. Stevens will spend summers at the cottage as usual.
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Middlefield
Paul V. Barnes
Gateway Regional School Committee
Gateway
John Mulser
Mabel R. Stevens
Skyline Trail
Helen D. Flynn
Lanesboro Girl Scout Registration and Troop Meetings
Registration for Lanesboro Girl Scouts will be held Monday during lunch at Lanesboro School for girls in grades 2 through 6. Brownies meet in the school on Tue Wed Thu afternoons. Junior Scouts meet Wed afternoons at St. Luke's Church. A senior troop for grades 1 through 12 is led by Mrs. Rosier. Volunteer help is needed, including a cadet leader for junior high and an assistant for grades 4-6. Berkshire Union Chapel services will be held tomorrow at Cheshire Baptist Church at 10 a.m.
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St. Luke's Church
Rosier
Donald Durfee
Monica Drive
Berkshire Union
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Richmond Grange Fair Awards Honor Major Show Winners
Massachusetts Department of Agriculture roselle display by Mrs Meta Rawson wins nine foot square exhibit at Richmond Grange Fair. State Grange prizes go to Mrs Leona Butler for rug and Nelson Vosburgh for woodwork. Rich list of adult youth winners includes Kathleen Vosburgh Rachel Loach Ruth Scace Dorothy Whitcomb Leona Butler and many more across vegetables fruit culinary preserves and handiwork.
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Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
Meta Rawson
Richmond Grange Fair
State Grange
Leona Butler
Nelson Vosburgh
Kathleen Vos
Igh
Rachel Loach
Ruth Scace
Alice Vosburgh
Richard Cunningham
William Boyce
Helen Parsley
William Bullett
James Cunningham
William Ratcliff
Dorothy Whitcomb
George Kingsley
Cassie Cowan
Dean W. Colton
Flowers
Roberta Cunningham
Kathleen Vosburgh
Ann Terryberry
Jackie Rawson
Nellie Vosburgh
Ray Kinser
Marguerite Rushbrook
José Moon
Ann Larkin
Barnes
Marie Deinlein
Hinsdale Scott Heads Local Grange
Hinsdale Scott was installed as master of the local Grange, succeeding Laurence LaRock. Rexford Smith, state Grange steward, presided with his staff from West Springfield. Other officers named include Overseer Everton Parker Lecturer Leslie Bolio Steward Bonnie Hubbard Assistant steward Charles Hallock Chaplain Aticia LaRock Treasurer Sibyl Lee Secretary Viola Zauche Gatekeeper Marion Nataro Ceres Marion Nataro Pomona Faith Nataro Flora Rosemary Alder man and pianist Egerton Parker with LaRock as executive committee member for three years.
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Rexford Smith
West Springfield
Ernest Scott
Laurence LaRock
Everton Parker
Leslie Bolio
Bonnie Hubbard
Charles —_ Hallock
Aticia LaRock
Sibyl Lee
Viola Zauche
Marion Nataro
Ceres
Mabel Scott
Pomona
Flora
Faith Nataro
Rosemary Alderman
Egerton Parker
School Follows Pittsfield Calendar With Two Exceptions
Richmond students will attend school on Pittsfield election days while Pittsfield runs, as the School Committee says. Transportation costs rise for Richmond bus contractors from 56 to 74 cents per mile. Meetings of the Church Building Committee and Council are set for the Town Hall on Monday and Thursday at 7 30.
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Pittsfield
Joseph Wilk
Tacoic High School
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