Auto language exams show high failure rates statewide
Richard F. E. McLaughlin disclosed that auto license tests taken in foreign languages from November to June failed at rates between 42 and 68 percent, with Italian, Polish, Portuguese, French, and Spanish leading to high losses while English passages had a 20 percent failure. Berkshire branches showed better results than the rest of the state, with North Adams lowest at 8.7 percent failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard FE. McLaughlin
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
North Adams
McLaughlin
Berkshires
Pittsfield
Great Barrington
Sierra Club Agenda Includes Greylock Talks in UMass Hall
Western Massachusetts Sierra Club hosts talks and panel discussions on environmental issues tomorrow from 9 to 4 in Memorial Hall at UMass. Topics include the battle for Mt Greylock, water pollution abatement, and Berkshire Community College's proposed environmental center by Samuel W. Smith. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Club
Western Massachusetts
Memorial Hall
University of Massachusetts
Mt. Greylock
Berkshires
Massachusetts
Samuel W. Smith
Berkshire Community College
BCC
Life Underwriters Seminar On Professional Corporations
Berkshire County chapter of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters will host a Wednesday seminar at 7 30 p m at the Berkshire Life Insurance Co home office. Robert Herklots CLU and Albert Corne lio CLU will lead. About 109 professionals from multiple groups are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire County
American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters
Berkshire Life Insurance Co
Robert €. Herklots
CLU
Berkshire Life
Albert C. Cornelio
Internal Revenue Service
Herklots
CLU Socety
Berkshire Bar Association
Berkshire District Dental Society
Berkshire District Medical Society
Berkshire County Accountants
Zoning Map Hearing Draws Large Opposition in Pittsfield
About 200 residents packed the Pittsfield Planning Board hearing opposing garden apartment zones on Osceola Street and Melbourne Road as part of a citywide zoning revision. The Central Labor Council supports 136 mixed income units on Melbourne Road, while opponents led by the Pomeroy Heights Betterment Association argued multifamily housing harms property values and should be sited in the core city. Basil Petricca endorsed the ordinance for business groups, and the board aims to adopt the map next week before sending it to the City Council which has previously defeated a rezoning for the Labor Council site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Board
Osceola Street
Melbourne Road
Yankee Orchards
Outer West Street
Chapman's Corners
Pittsfield
Pittsfield Housing Authority
Central Labor Council
Tion
Basil A. Petricca
Association of Business and Commerce
Pomeroy Heights
Oliveira
BCRPC
Commission
Bogdan
America
Hartford
Conn
Countywide Housing Survey Gets Initial UK by BCRPC
Berkshire County will fund a countywide housing needs survey to back the formation of a regional nonprofit housing and development corporation. Urban America Inc. of Washington, D C, to conduct the study at about 6000, financed by HUD grant funds approved earlier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BCRPC
Berkshire County
Berkshire County Regional Planning Commission
Lenox
Berkshire
Karl Hekler
Urban America, Inc
Washington, D.C
Hekler
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Albert Bogdan
Pittsfield Urban Coalition
Commission
HUD
Bogdan
America
Ford Foundation
Methodist
Presbyterian
Baptist
Episcopal
Urban America
Washington
Real Estate Transfers In Becket and Lenox Area
Irene C Burlingham transfers 22 acres on Hancock and Peck Roads to Garrett and Joan Miller via Andrew Campoli trustee. Edgar W Gelinas acquires Sherwood Forest Becket property. Joseph A Therrien Jr and Catherine Therrien sell Edgewood Road Lenox house and lot to Garrett and Joan Miller. William Grabel transfers five Becket parcels on Washington Road totaling about 20 acres to Harold and Annette Goldman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene C. Burlingham
Joseph A. Bagnera Jr
Esther M. Bagnera
Hancock Road
Peck’s Road
Andrew T. Campoli
Garrett R. and
Joan L. Miller
Sherwood Forest
Becket
Edgar W. Gelinas
Sherwond Forest
Joseph A. Therrien Jr
Catherine M. Therrien
Joan O. Miller
Edgewood Road
Lenox
William and
Sylvia Grabel
Harold and
Annette Goldman
Washington Road
Family Service Honors New Staff Members
Four new staff members joined the Family and Children Service of Berkshire County at a Thursday reception. Barbara M. Lewis became director of professional services in July, Shirley Powers will oversee professional counseling for unwed mothers, Charlotte Hall will serve as teacher aide in the Day Care Center, and Dale Erdman is the new case worker splitting time between the North Adams office and the agency. Erdman holds a master of social work from the University of Utah and previously worked in psychiatry at Wilford Hall Hospital Lackland AFB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family and Children Service
Berkshire County
Barbara M. Lewis
Shirley Powers
Charlotte Hall
Dale Erdman
Hall
St. Margaret’s Hospital
Albany
KI Cemetery Open on Sunday
The trustees of Congregation Knesses Israel Cemetery on Peck's Road announce the cemetery will be open Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for pre holiday visitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregation Knesses Israel Cemetery
Peck’s Road
Makeup of Housing Unit Spurs a Citywide Debate
Mayor Donald G. Butler weighs whether the core housing advisory committee should include more poor residents or reflect the Urban Coalition housing task force. HUD regional director Esposito says the panel must increase poor representation to be acceptable. AFO pushes for a 2 member unit with 14 from low income groups. Butler aims to satisfy HUD and avoid delays in federal housing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald G. Butler
Antipoverty
Urban Coalition “Housing Task Force
The
Urban Coalition
Action For Opportunity
Tee
AFO
Butler
Athony Esposito
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Taxpayers Assn Seeks Board Candidates for Pittsfield
Donald Bercury, nominating chair, seeks names of candidates for Pittsfield Taxpayers Association board of directors to serve a one year term. annual meeting in November will elect a new board. Current officers listed and many committee chairs named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Bercury
Pittsfield Taxpayers Association
Leon L. Phelps
Richard D. Valenti
Lois Sharron
Jane McGowan
Alexander Garnish
Frank Gomes
Public Works
Louis J. Marchetti
PHA
Ivars Ozols
Bruno Simonetta
Nixon Smith
Bercury
Ralph Cianflone Jr
Michael F. Pensivy
Pensivy
Henry ¥. Marchisio
Joseph Swearingen
Bookmobile Schedule for the Berkshire Athenaeum Week
The Berkshire Athenaeum announces a city bookmobile route for the coming week with daily stops at multiple streets and schools. The schedule lists times and locations from Monday through Friday including Murray, Wahconah Heights, Imperial Avenue, and Williams School among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Athenaeuum
Eleanor Road
Roberta Road
Hibbard
Briggs
Barker Road
McArthur St
Acorn St
Onota St
Westchester Avenue
Pontposut School
Cromwell Avenue
Bryant Street
Mohawk Street
Wahconah Heights
Richmond Avenue
Imperial Avenue
Baldwin Avenue
Butchess Avenue
Meadowview Drive
Williams
Williams St
Russell School
Highland Avenue
Frazier's
VNA Exhibit Highlights Home Nursing at UCS Kickoff
The Visiting Nurse Association plans an exhibit themed Do You Need Nursing Care at Your House at The Bays Club during the United Community Services kickoff. It notes the VNA’s 63 years serving the community with professional home nursing under physician direction. Volunteers led by Mrs. James J. O'Brien Jr. prepared it. VNA representatives in nurses’ uniforms will answer questions, along with the program’s poster child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visiting Nurse Association
Bays
United Community Services Drive
VNA
VINA
James J. O'Brien Jr
Eleanor Road
YVNA
156 BCC Students Move On To Four-Year Colleges
One hundred fifty six Berkshire Community College students transferred in February and this month to forty five four year, degree granting institutions. The largest transfer group went to the University of Massachusetts with 57. Notable moves include Ernest L. West to Williams College and Anne Gerard Flynn and Thomas J Trimarchi to Vassar. Frances K. Renfroe attends Smith College. Transfers span New England and several other states including Tennessee and California, with destinations such as American International College, Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, and multiple state colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkshire Community College
Williams, Vassar
Smith Colleges
Ernest L. West
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Stockbridge
Williams College
Vassar
Anne-Gerard Flynn
Thomas J.trimarchi
Frances K. Renfroe
Smith College
University of Massachusetts
North Adams State College
BCC
Westfield State College
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Colorado
Maine
Vermont
California
Kentucky
Alabama
Arizona
Florida
American International College
Assumption College
Bentley College of Accounting and Finance
Boston University
Bryant College
Fr Ludessi Dies at 80 in Waltham
The Rev William J Ludessi 80 farmer assistant pastor at Mount Carmel Church died Thursday at Waltham Hospital after a short illness He served the Stigmatine Fathers as provincial for four terms beginning in 1928 He had been assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church Waltham for three years and previously led Mount Carmel Springfield and White Plains He was born in Austria ordained in 1915 wounded as Italian Army chaplain in World War II and came to the United States in 1922 Burial will be in Stigmatine Cemetery Wellesley Massachusetts and a Springfield Mass service schedule is noted Also a long list of college transfers is included for local community college activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Ludessi
Mount Carmel
Waltham Hospital
Stigmatine Fathers Order
United States
Canada
Father Ludessi
Sacred Heart Church
Waltham
America
Stigmatine Fathers House of Studies
Washington, D.C
Austria
Trent
Italy
West
Springfield
Wellesley
VFW Concert Band Stages Final Spring Festival Concert
The Pittsfield VFW Concert Band presents its final season concert at Springside House this Saturday at 2 PM. Conducted by Robert Briggs, the program features selections from Gigi and The Music Man, in a show linked with the Fall Festival by Springside Park groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
VFW
Springside House
Men's Garden Club of
Springside Park
Greenhouse Group
Gigi
Robert Briggs
Funeral notices from Dalton area church and cemeteries
Military funeral for Pfc Gary T. Benjamin killed in Vietnam will be at Foley Funeral Home with High Mass at St Agnes Church. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. military rites by Fort Devens detail. Calling hours today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Also Solemn High Mass for Miss Cecelia Connally at St Marys Church. Burial in St Josephs Cemetery. Mary Ellen Donahue and Mae Evans services held in Stockbridge and Great Barrington. Alma G. Potter services in Huntington. burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. Douglas J. Barents High Mass at St Marys. burial in St Josephs Cemetery. Bearers named for several services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia M. Connally
Cecelia
Connally
St. Mary’s Church
Harry A. Driscoll
John F. Egan
Timothy Hallahan
Timothy J. Champoux
William B. McAuliff
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Father Driscoll
John D. Ryan
Joseph J. Stella
Dominic D. Cluffreda
Clement T. Bassett
Victor J. Casino
Michael J. Connelly
Mae Evans
Mae Kerrigan
Romano Evans
Great Barrington
Stevens
A. Pierce Middleton
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Stockbridge Cemetery
John A. O’brien
Mill River
Laurence A. O’brien
Sheffield
Charles L. Evans
Chicago
Robert B. Evans
Frank J. Sawyer
Pittsfield
Allen R. Stalker
Mary Ellen Donahue
Stockbridge
Corpus Christi Church
Housatonic
St. Bridget’s Cemetery
Kelly Funeral Home
Lee
Alma Potter
Alma G. Potter
Middlefield
Haley
Huntington
Harold Bardsley
Pine Grove Cemetery
Bardsley
Douglas E. Barents
Douglas J. Barents
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Louis A. Vertucci
Frank C. Sloboda Sr
George H. Kelley
Ernest J. Lamy
Verdon R. Wilson
John J. Quinn
In Memoriam for Michael Levels March
Card notes a memorial message for Michael Levels March with verse about memory and enduring love. It includes a request for readers to remember him and a family signoff by wife, daughter, son and grandchildren, reflecting a personal memorial notice in a local newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Levels March
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Bouse
Walsh
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Life Underwriters
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North St
Capitol Theatre
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UCS
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Ludessi
University of Arizona
University of Bridgeport
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University of Maine
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