Missionary Priest Returns To His Native Pittsfield
The Rev. Francis P. Lynch a Maryknoll missionary forced from China in 1951 and later serving in Taiwan has returned to Pittsfield for his first home visit in six years. He is son of the late Mr and Mrs Patrick Lynch of Gale Avenue and was staying at 98 Essex Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis P. Lynch
Maryknoll
China
Taiwan
Patrick Lynch
Gale Avenue
Pittsfield
Essex St
Father Lynch
Florida
Connecticut Valley Hospital
Middleton
Hazel Hurst
Pleasure Avenue
St. Joseph's High School
Maryknoll Seminary
St. Mark’s Church
South China
U.S. Army
Luchow
Lukwan Mission
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Formosa
District Court Proceedings Include Suspended Sentences
Olivia Hansen and Barbara Laurent of 611 and 605 Fenn Street faced guilty findings for disturbing the peace with suspended 30 day sentences. Hansen also faced a drunkenness charge dismissed, while others including John Olson and Timothy Barnaby faced speeding, equipment, and license charges with fines and continuances. Father Lynch’s Maryknoll mission service timeline is summarized, noting awards, house arrest, and postings in China Taiwan and Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia Hansen
Fenn St
Barbara Laurent
Ady
William Boraski
Clement A. Ferris
Dalton
Olson
Frank Foley
Foley
Police Briefs Fire Damage and Burglary Reported
Maurice V. Callahan of 195 Springside Ave reported Tuesday his car in the Grand Union lot was set afire causing $40 damage. Mrs. G. R. Samale of Eleanor Road said an intruder entered her home Wednesday night, stealing two bottles of whisky and $4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice V. Callahan
Springside Ave
Grand Union Lot
G. R. Samale
Eleanor Road
Tucker School Plans Lunch Program Expansion
Tucker School weighs a lunch program to serve about 200 students at the nearby Christian Center, with 425 enrollment. The idea won approval from the Christian Center board, which already runs a soup and hot chocolate service for about 60 children. Principal Francis W. Kelley will meet parents soon to discuss details as 75 residents attended and Superintendent Thomas J. Whalen stressed community involvement and early childhood education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker School
Christian Center
Tucker
The
Francis W. Kelley
Whalen
North Street
All City
Dr. Whalen
Redfield School
Will filings in Pittsfield and Williamstown estates
The will of Florence E. Tate of Pittsfield lists $34,000 in bequests to locals and names Joseph A. Terchio as executor with Mary G. Connor as residuary legatee. Hedwiga Chare With Bunoski of Williamstown leaves equal shares to three children after $2,000 gifts to grandchildren. A landlord, James McCaffrey, was acquitted on sanitary codecharges after city pressure prompted later repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Tate
Pittsfield
Joseph A. Terchio
Mary G. Connor
le Batee
Ma. Torchio
Aileen Murphy
Hileen Daly
Andrews
J. James
Leo Quinlan
Margaret Collins
Minnie Smith
New Lebanon
N.Y
Joseph J. Barry
Great Barrington
Ethel McTearnen
Holyoke
John A. Higgins
William J. Higgins
Lena Kotaski
Lenox
Elizabeth Hurley
Donald Hurley
Edgewood
N.J
Hedwiga Chare
Bunoski
Williamstown
Helen Gattuso
Watertown
Henry Blair
Babylon
Edmund Banossi
Millbrae
Calif
James McCaffrey
Stratford Ave
Burbank St
Clement A. Ferris
Divorce and probate items from North Adams and Pittsfield
Ann Mary Lee of North Adams wins a divorce from Raymond M. Lee and custody of two children, with $40 weekly support. The Lees married March 18 1930 in Pittsfield. The will of Gertrude G Griffin is filed for probate, bequeathing her estate to sister Albarthe Gray of Becket. Goldie L Rubin wills estate to husband Joseph with sons Harvey L Rubin of Pittsfield and Elliot D Rubin of Fairfield Conn named executors. The court allows the will of Thomas E Grinnell of Pittsfield leaving property to widow Gladys. Elizabeth Jane Wes on Stoeckpridge estate appraised at $19 348 in personal property. Barbara Forrestal of Williamstown granted divorce from James J Forrestal of Langsboro, custody of minor daughter, with $200 monthly support. couple married December 29 1962 in North Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann - Mary Lee
North Adams
Raymond M. Lee
Mr. Lee
He Lees
Pittsfield
Gertrude G. Griffin
Albarthe Gray
Becket
Goldie L. Rubin
Joseph
Harvey L. Rubin
Elliot D. Rubin
Fairfield, Conn
Thomas E. Grinnell
Gladys
Elizabeth Jane Wes
Stoeckpridge
Barbara Forrestal
Williamstown
James J. Forrestal
Langsboro
Forrestal
Anthony to address commissioners at Great Trails conference
Anthony John M. Anthony Mead Corp marketing manager will speak at the first commissioners conference of the Great Trails Council Boy Scouts of America at Chesterfield Scout Reservation. The all day session gathers county commissioners to discuss Boypower 76 and district training needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Anthony
Mead Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Great Trails Council
Boy Scouts of America
Chesterfield Scout Reservation
Anthony
Pittsfield
Berkshire Council
Berkshire County
Chesterfield
Howard J. Cadell
Greenfield
Robert P. Kethherside
South Hadley
Douglas Granson
Ashfield
Harold W. Spanier
Masonic Demonstration Planned in Torrington Saturday
Masons from New England gather in Torrington Connecticut to see the Ontario provincial Masonic degree team enact the entered apprentice degree at 8 p.m. in Torrington High School gymnasium. A roast beef dinner will precede at the school cafeteria and three city churches.672
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
New England
Torrington
North America
Canada
United States
Thomas McLeod
Jis
Seneca Lodge Committee
School Parents Library Group Meets Tonight
Pittsfield library committee of the new confederation of school parent groups meets at 7:30 to discuss training parents as library aides. Volunteers may eventually be paid. Attending include school librarians, parents, principals, John A. Kreiger and Joseph J. Walsh. Organizers Mrs. George B. Crane and Mrs. Frank Faustine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Committee
Pittsfield
New Confederation of School
John A. Kreiger
Joseph J. Walsh
Berkshire Community College
George B. Crane
West St
Frank Faustine
Yorkshire Ave
Bullwinkel Killed in Action In Vietnam
Alden J Bullwinkel 20 grandson of Henry Bullwinkel of 42 Cherry St and son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bullwinkel of 736 Second St Dunellen N J was killed in combat in Vietnam on Sept 11 His parents are former Pittsfield residents The family frequently visited here He was born in Irvington N J A Middlesex County Vocational Technical High School graduate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spec
Alden J. Bullwinkel
Henry Bullwinkel
Cherry St
Joseph Bullwinkel
Second St. Dunellen
Vietnam
Pittsfield
Hare
Bullwinkel
Invington
N.J
Middlesex County Vocational-Technical High School
Five Record Tuesday Fire Calls Across Town
Timeline reports multiple incidents from 7:44 a.m. on Peck's Road to 6:17 p.m. at 76 Turner Ave. Firefighters rescued a dog from a deep hole, a barn at 75 Brooks Ave. burned for furniture storage, and a hazardous gasoline spill on Columbus and Francis avenues was flushed. A girl suffered a facial injury on Motmes Road, authorities transported her to hospital, while a construction flare at Renne Avenue caused no fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motmes Road
Columbus and Francis Avenues
Funerals for Veterans and Local Residents Noted
Funeral notices from Dalton and neighboring towns list services for Pfc. Gary T. Benjamin killed in Vietnam, Douglas E. Barents, Benjamin W. Reed, and Miss Cecelia M. Connally. Masses, burial sites, and visiting hours are shown with church and cemetery locations in Dalton, St. Agnes, St. Mary, St. Joseph, and Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary T. Benjamin
Dalton
Vietnam
Foley Funeral
St. Agnes’ Church
Fairview Cemetery
Douglas E. Barents
Dery Funeral Home
St. Mary's Church
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Cecelia M. Connally
Devanny Funeral Home
St Mary’s Church
Settlement Approved In North Adams Auto Collision Suit
Superior Court records reveal a $100,000 tort brought by Walter Sawicki for his son William against Gertrude LaFountain, settled out of court for $5,150. Of that, $3,350 goes to William for personal injuries, with the remainder to Walter for consequential damages. The case stemmed from a November 11, 1966 auto collision on River Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sawicki
North Adams
William
Gertrude LaFountain
William Sawicki
River Street
Morris Feldberg 77 chairman of Zayre dies at home
Morris Feldberg 77 board chairman of Zayre Corp a string of discount stores died at his Brookline home Wednesday He and his brother Max built New England Trading Co in Boston in 1919 shaping Zayre into 143 outlets in 21 states The family includes his wife a son and two daughters Funeral services are planned at Temple Chabei Shalom Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Mass
Morris Feldberg
Zayre Corp
Max
Zayre
Hyannis
States
District of Columbia
Atlantic Seaboard
Feldberg
Temple Chabei Shalom
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District Court
Timothy Barnaby
Dartmouth St
Barnaby
Ward C. Gilbert
Norman Ave
Michael B. Noli
Pownal
Lloyd Nolan
Francis Ave
Emily Cleland
Ronald Hoisington
Daniels Ave
David Lipps
Richmond
Dante’s Inferno
Berkshire
Frigidaire
Berkshire Electric Appliance, Inc
Eves
North St
Pitts
Franklin St
Lee
Wahconah St
Ket
Noak Semitig
Abe Lincoln
Burpens
U.S
Matisse
New York
Museum OF Modern Art
Probate
Samuel Landa
McCaffrey
Union Club Union Federal Savings
Boy Scout
School Parents Library
Mrs
Mary Donohue
Cella
Mario J. Donohue
Mary
Peck's Road
Onota Street
Dog
Brooks Ave
Henry Simpson
Edward Ave
Renne‘Avenue
Joseph Drive
New Lenox Road
Turner Ave
Benjamin W. Reed
Wellington
C. Malcolm Keir
First United, Methodist Church
Gordon P. Bailey
Edward A. Shook Jr
James W. Alger
Sidney T. Reed
Superior Court
Worm Bell
Zayre Board
Mario J. Cella
East St
BMC
Auronzo
Italy
John and
Mary DeFelippo Cella
Lee Grange
Cranwell Golf Club
Eva Broderick
Paul J. Cella
Richard Shogry
Charleston
D.C
Roche Funeral Home
St. Ann’s ‘Church
Montain View
Philco
Columbus Ava
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