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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1963

Page

21

Housing for Elderly Rents Set at $56.60 Per Month

Dalton housing project T. M. Ponterey Manor nears completion on Weston's Pond. Tenants will pay 56.60 monthly for shelter heat, light and cooking. Gerald Casey of the Dalton Housing Authority says this is the lowest rate among all electric elderly projects in the state. Project cost about 12 000 per unit versus state average 12 000. First tenants expected to move in November with contractor completion Oct 15.

Dalton T. M. Ponterey Manor Weston's Pond Gerald Casey Dalton Housing Authority Casey DHA David J. Tierney Jr

Sabin Vaccine Set At Three Berkshire Clinics

Dalton hosts Sabin oral polio immunization at Town Hall on Sept 22 from 2 to 4 with further feeds on Nov 2 and Dec 15. Dr. Henry Tulgan leads Berkshire District Medical Society drive under Mop Up Polio. centers include North and South Junior High schools Crosby Junior High Berkshire Community College Pittsfield Central Junior High Lee. Contributions welcome to support scholarship fund.

Citizens’ Scholarship Fund Medical Society, Scholarship Fund North Crosby Junior High Berkshire Community College Pittsfield Central Junior High Lee

Hinsdale Mrs Peters Heads Maple Street Circle

Hinsdale Maple Street circle of the first Congregational Church elected Mrs Richard Peters president at a club meeting at her Creamery Road home. Other officers include Mrs Stanley Prew vice president and Mrs Stanley Rice treasurer. The circle supports Naomi Rogers a 14 year old Indian girl from Theodore Roosevelt School Fort Apache Ariz. A cake sale is planned for the next meeting with October hosting by Mrs Elger.

Peters Maple Street Hinsdale First Congregational Church Richard Peters Creamery Road Stanley Prew Stanley Rice Nelson P. Musgrove Jr George Sensenev Sunshine Committee Rene Elger The Missionary Society Ladies’ Auxiliary Naomi Rogers Theodore Roosevelt School Fort Apache Ariz Elger

Hinsdale Peewees Edge Dalton For 6 0 Season Opener

Hinsdale opened league play by defeating Dalton Red team 6 to 0 as John Orpin broke free for a 40 yard touchdown in the second period. Nearby, the Hinsdale Recreation Association raised 29.40 for Town Hall restoration with an old timers softball game in Dalton.

Peewes Dalton Hinsdale Hinsdale Dalton John Orpin Hinsdale Recreation Association

Gateway Regional Menu For The Week

Gateway Regional menus list daily options from Monday through Friday. Items include Tomato juice and cheese cubes on Monday. Escalloped potatoes with ham and snicker doole on Tuesday. Baked beans and franks on Wednesday. Pineapple juice and barbeued pork on Thursday. Salmon, peas, mashed potatoes and oatmeal cookies on Friday.

Gateway

French at Mount Greylock selected for MLabstracts

Mount Greylock High School aims to integrate French through grades five and six in Williamstown. Gerard Davis, Mount Greylock French instructor, authored the article detailing courses, methods, and future plans, noting continuity across years and levels.

Williamstown Mount Greylock Bay State Foreign Language Bulletin University of Massachusetts Gerard Davis Mount Grey Block Mlabstracts Board of Editors Kindergarden Mount Greylock High School

Lanesboro Parents' Kindergarten Receives Milk Donation

The executive committee says Guy Bugbee, owner of Dopey's Restaurant, will donate milk for the children one day each week starting next week. Parents will pay 25 cents a week.

Lanesboro Guy Bugbee Dopey

Cub Pack 66 Appoints Two Leaders In Laneboro

Cub Scout Pack 66 members meet to set plans for the year. William O'Shea becomes chair, replacing Dominick Lavalle, Walter Esbig succeeds Linjean JD. Lynch as PTA representative. Bottle drive planned for Saturday Sept 28 to aid fundraising. all dads and cubs urged to participate. Dens start this week. no pack meeting this month. House-number sales ended. Boys earning badges last summer to receive them at the pack meeting Monday Oct 28.

Lanesboro William O'Shea Focal School Dominick Lavalle Walter Esbig Linjean JD. Lynch PTA

Kipp's Blooper Beats Hinsdale in Old Timers Game

DALTON The blooper ball of pitcher Bill Kipp of the Central Lunch baffled Hinsdale Home Club as Central Lunch won 10 to 3 at Pine Grove Park yesterday in the old timers softball clash. About 200 watched. Oscar Kipp led Central Lunch with four hits while Charle DeAngleus managed Hinsdale and pitched. A rematch was announced for Sept 29 in Hinsdale.

Dalton Bill Kipp Central Lunch Hinsdale Pine Grove Park Kipp Oscar Charle DeAngleus

Tyringham Farewell Party For Norman Days Set Tomorrow

Tyringham residents host an open house farewell for architect Norman G. A. Day and his family tomorrow from 7 to 9 at the Community Center. The Days moved to Lenox last week after living in Tyringham about six years.

Tyringham Norman G. A. Day

Worthington Notables Attendive and Sporting Updates

Mrs. Walter H. Tower learns of brother Henry L. Eddy's death in New Milford Connecticut. Funeral and burial in Northampton. Mrs. Arthur J. Rolland hospitalized in Cooley Dickinson Northampton. Gateway Regional Soccer League practice begins September 16 in Hadley versus Hopkins Academy with Worthington players Jeffrey Fowler and Paul Dunlevy. Miss Eldeen Brooks treated in Cooley Dickinson Northampton after auto crash. senior at Williamsburg High School. Ensign Paul Tompkins to report to USS Windham County in Tokyo after leave at Paul Road home. Mrs. Elmer O. Olds to teach ceramics at Witt Road home. call for participation.

Walter H. Tower Henry L. Eddy New Milford Conn Richard G. Hathaway Howard A. Beebe Robert T. Bartlett Northampton Arthur J. Rolland Cooley Dickinson Hospital Gateway Regional School Hadley Hopkins Academy Worthington Jeffrey Fowler Paul Dunlevy Eldeen Brooks Franklyn J. Brooks West Worthington Alleton Tompkins Paul Road USS Windham County Tokyo Japan Elmer 0. Olds Witt Road Olds

Local Notes on Community Members and Visits

Miss Carol Peznola returns from a week long vacation with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs James Indelicato of Buzzards Bay and will resume studies at AIC Springfield for her senior year. Mrs Joseph Salvini hosts Past Pocahontas Club of TaskTa Council meeting honors to Mrs Raymond Leone, Mrs Francis Salvini and Mrs Emil Linden. Mrs Grace Moore to host next. Mrs Thomas Day of Zephyr Hills Florida visits Mr and Mrs Frank Comoni of Maple Street.

Carol Peznola James Indelicato Buzzards Bay AIC Springfield Joseph Salvini Pocahontas Club TaskTa Council Raymond Leone Francis Salvini Emil. Linden Grace Moore Thomas Day Zephyrhills, Fla Frank Comoni Maple Street

Williams College dorm prizes total $500 for seven rooms

Williams College awarded 500 in prizes to seven dorm rooms for neatness after inspections last year, with plans to add another 500 next fall. The anonymous donor started the program years ago to foster respect for property, expanding as more rooms meet standards.

Williams Williamstown Williams College

Architecture and Education Topic at Williams Convocation

Williams College hosts fall convocation on Architecture and Education with Walter Gropius delivering the address. Panelists include Burnham Kelly and Ulrich Franzen, exploring architecture’s role in modern urban education and campus environments. An exhibit on educational architecture runs at Chapin Library through Oct. 19 with a photo exhibit in Lawrence Hall and a concert Friday night.

Williamstown Williams College Walter Gropius Bauhaus Dessau Athens University of Baghdad Iraq Berlin Vitruvius Asher Benjamin Chapin Library Chapin Hall Kenneth Robbert Williams William Osborne Denison University Jesup Hall Burnham Kelly College of Architecture Cornell National Academy of Sciences Office of Scientific Research and Development Ford Foundation Ulrich J. Franzen Wiliams Cowell Charles R. Keller John Hay Thorne Sherwood Sherwood, Mills & Smith Stamford Lawrence Hall Thomas Jefferson University of Virginia Gropius Sherwood Franzen James Goldstein New Jersey Goldstein Rutgers Educational Facilities Laboratories America

Fifty Women Honor Golfers at Annual Banquet

Outstanding players were recognized at the Women's Golf League banquet held Thursday at Jug End Barn South Egremont with fifty attendees. Outgoing president Mrs Carter Smith distributed awards including club championship trophy to Mrs Louis J DeLugan and Elisabeth Gibbs cupami trophy to Mrs Ernest Lowry.

LEE Women's Golf League Jug End Barn South Egremont Carter Smith Louis J. DeLugan Eliza Gibbs Isrnest’ Lowry Lowry Harold McDonough Mary Baldisserotto Arthur Henriques Maryanne Fanning Donald Moffatt Dorothy M. Bianco Peter Zaccaria DeLogan Albert Ward Angelo J. Bedega Bruno Botto J. Cecil Webster George Well Speak Raymond B. Fontana Daniel Sullivan Carl Moffatt Richard J. Tarmey Henriques Adolphe Salvadore Helen Walsh Janice Hannon Robert Bassidy Housatonic Street

Maureen Lowry Reaches Finals In Contest

Maureen Lowry of Housatonic Street, a Lee High senior, advances to finals in the Boston Advertiser cover girl contest. The Worcester winner earns a trip to Europe, while Maureen, 17 tomorrow, was among 44 finalists chosen from thousands in New England. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Ernest A Lawry. An interview offer from a Boston modeling agency awaits her, though she is unsure about modeling after graduation in June.

Lee Lee High Maureen Lowry Housatonic Street Boston Worcester Europe Maureen New England Ernest A. Lawry Pleasant Street

Rawson Wins Top Award At Grange Fair In Richmond

In the 3rd annual Richmond Grange fair Frank Rawson won the state Agriculture Department special award for a vegetable display featuring at least six kinds. Rawson also took first in potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes, fruit collection, Mclntosh apples, grapes, plums, and several pear categories. second in onions and an exhibit of 49 apples and Bartlett pears. Mrs Rawson won second prize for a flower and weathered wood arrangement. Marjorie Barnes won first for weathered wood and flowers. Richard C. Scace earned a blue ribbon for a toboggan in arts and crafts. Full results to be released later this week. A total of 165 attended the fair supper under Mrs. Harry Maxwell.

Richmond State Department of Agriculture Frank Rawson Grange Rawson Marjorie Barnes Richard C. Scace Harry Maxwell

Fire destroys driverless car on Route 20 near Greenwater Pond

At 6 15 a m a fire destroyed an empty parked car on Route 20 near Greenwater Pond. The operator is sought by local and state police with a passerby reporting the blaze near the Lee Becket line. Firefighters arrived quickly but could not save the car. Mrs Winifred C Ashes of Springfield is named as the owner in the investigation led by Officer Bernard Judware assisting state authorities.

LEE Route 20 Greenwater Pond Lee-Becket Line Lee Fire Department Winifred C. Ashes Springfield Bernard Judware Lee State

St Marys Parish Retreat Set For Sept 20 to 22

Sixth annual women’s retreat of St Mary’s Parish will run Friday through Sunday September 20 through 22 at the Marion Retreat House Holyoke. Rev Judge Meade CP will lead. Contacts include Mrs Mary Zanjella and Mrs Albert Bona. Donations for Kiwanis auction accepted at Lee Super Lee Auto or Lee Laundry with pickup calls. Lost: small black cat near Central School. call 12430923.

St. Mary's Parish Marion Holyoke Judge Meade Mary Zanjella Albert Bona

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