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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1959

Page

19

Miss June Bowman Promoted At Girls Club in Berkshire

Miss June Bowman named assistant to Martha Newsom at the Girls Club. Succeeding Bowman as waterfront director will be Margaret Leigh Baker of Winchester, Tenn. Baker, longtime Berkshire resident, camper and counselor at Belgian Village Camp, holds education in child care and development and has Red Cross water safety certification. Bowman, a 1956 University of Delaware graduate, has taught art and clothing in Wilmington and was swimming instructor at Camp Lenore. The new assistant replaces Mary Arnold, who resigned to join Army Special Services in Germany.

June E. Bowman Martha’ May Newsom Miss Bowman Margaret Leigh Baker Winchester Tenn Berkshire County Miss Baker Cummington Bowman Camp Stevenson Pierre S du Pont High School Wilmington Del University of Delaware Camp Lenore Hinsdale Peoples’ Settlement Mary Arnold Army Special Services Nuernberg Germany

Eiviano School Fall Schedule Announces New Music Courses

John A. Culpo announces the Biviano School of Music fall schedule offering private accordion and theory plus new guitar, woodwinds, brass and saxophone courses. Two accordion bands, junior and senior, will provide ensemble and public performance experience under instructors David Huxtable and David G. Bournazian, both with notable credentials.

Biviano School of Music John A. Culpo David Huxtable Huxtable North Adams State Teachers College Jim Hall School of Jazz Lenox Eastover David G. Bournazian Bournazian Boston University College of Music Emanuel Valerio Boston Symphony Orchestra Bourman Neal Hefti North Junior High School

Girls Club Registration Opens This Saturday

Registration for Girls Club classes starts Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at the club. The program begins Oct. 5 with flyers in schools announcing the schedule. Preschool girls and grades 1-6 may register Monday and Tuesday afternoons 3 to 5 30 at the club. Boys register for dancing classes Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Junior and senior high students register Wednesday 3 to 5 30.

Central Pomona Grange Reports Due Tomorrow

Mrs David MacWhinnie chair man of home and community service for Berkshire Central Pomona Grange has notified all Granges in this Pomona district that state and national recognition reports are to be in her hands by tomorrow Also all entries including work and fancy aprons and magazine racks are due tomorrow The apron and magazine rack contests are open only to Grangers A nation wide crochet contest sponsored by J P Coates Thread Co is open to Grange members and friends and includes 10 classes Prizes will be awarded Friday evening at the Pomona level at a Pomona Grange meeting.

David MacWhinnie Home and Community Service Berkshire Central Pomona Grange Pomona J. P. Coates Thread Co

State Officers to Visit Heart Grange Meeting

A May feature lists local graduates and current students. James O'Brien begins at Notre Dame. Virginia Hovey starts nursing training in Boston. Rosemary Ferry enters IRM course in Binghamton. John Leahy returns to Middlebury as a senior, Judith Ann at Becker College, Dale Melikan back at UMass, Mark Melikan at American International College, Tom Lincks to Mount Holyoke, Patricia Gul starts Bay Path Junior College.

Linomi Chapter Supper Hosts Grange Event

Mrs. Daphne B. Sears of Swansea will be guest of honor at Heart of the Berkshires Grange supper meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the hall. Feingen of Pomona will present a fruit program. Guests include Mr. Novey and others as they host a visiting group, with flower tributes planned and attendance noted for hospital care in Norwich County Hospital.

Daphne B. Sears Swansea Pomona Massachusetts State Grange Heart of the Berkshires Grange Feingen Thomas C. Hovey Liwomi Woman’s and Children Catherine and Thompe Norwich County Hospital

Marriage Intentions for John Newberry and Sandra Madigan

John Robert Newberry of 16 Elmhurst Ave and Sandra Mary Madigan of Washington have filed intent to marry. The union appears to be a formal record of marriage intentions with no listed date pending.

John Robert Newberry Elmhurst Ave Sandra Mary Madigan Washington

Free Lecture On Photography Friday at Museum

A husband and wife photography duo open the Berkshire Museum Camera Club fall and winter series with an 8 pm illustrated talk titled Amenca the Beauti ful at the museum. The Carpenters of Stamford Conn will present Slide Derivations showing methods for creating unusual effects using Besler slide products. Both are active PSA and NE Camera Club Council members.

Berkshire Museum Camera Club Ralph M Carpenter Stamford Besler

Paul Perry Wins Ford Fellowship At Harvard

Paul A. Perry son of Clay Perry of 109 Wendell Ave has been awarded a Ford Fellowship at Harvard University and will begin classes Monday. He has been Worcester Telegram educational news editor for two years and received a leave of absence. Perry is the sole Massachusetts newspaperman chosen this year and will study educational news techniques while also working at WGBH Cambridge as part of his course.

Paul A. Perry Clay Perry Wendell Ave Ford Harvard University Perry Worcester Telegram Massachusetts Harvard Sylvia St Lexington WGBH Cambridge WBEC Pittsfield Loydann E. Pierce Wilklow Cove Cheshire

Columbia Lodge Card Party and Cake Sale Planned

Columbia Lodge Sona of Italy will hold a card party and cake sale tomorrow at 8 p.m. at 118 Bradford St. Homemade refreshments will be served, and cakes and Italian pastry will be sold. Players are to bring cards. Mrs. Nicholas M. Iona chairs, assisted by Mrs. Joseph Santara. The public is invited.

Columbia Lodge Sona Italy Bradford St Nicholas M. Iona Joseph Santara

Social Briefs Highlight Local Students Entering Colleges

Miss Beverly Ann Fernald of 92 Richard Dr enters UNH freshman year as an honor student. William J. Dehey of 19 Chiff Ave returns to Holy Cross Worcester for sophomore year. Alan E Robertson of 57 Warwick St starts freshman year at Mount Hermon. brother Robert reenters Lenox School as sophomore. Janet Esaldi, Teresa Cascani, and Katherine La Rosa leave for four days in Washington to visit Mary Esaldi before returning. Mr and Mrs Kenneth E Wilde of Los Angeles plan two week visit with Wilde’s mother before returning home. Mrs Eleanor E Wilde of 11 Chickering St. Carol Joan Evans of 378 South St enters Becker Junior College Worcester for senior year after one year at Vermont College. Grace E Fahey of 44 Egremont Ave enters UMass Amherst as freshman. Pittsfield High graduate.

Dale A Melikan Hhas University of Massachusetts Mark G. Melikan Pittsfield High School American Intenational College Springfield Arthur G. Mihkan Alfred Dr Beverly Ann Fernald Frank W. Fernald Richard Dr University of New Hampshire William J. Dehey William I. Dehey Chiff Ave College of the Holy Cross Worcester Alan E Robertson Robert C. Robertson Jr Warwick St Mount Hermon School Robert Lenox School Janet Esaldi Newell Teresa Cascani Circular Ave Katherine la Rosa Root Pl Washington, D.C Miss Esaldi Mary Esaldi Pittsfield Kenneth E. Wilde Roxanne Los Angeles Carol Joan Evans E. J. Evans South St Becker Junior College Vermont College Montpelier Grace E. Fahey William E. Fahey Egremont Ave Pittsheld High School

Redfield PTA Hears BLICO Officer and Building Talk

Merril R. Tabor of Berkshire Life Insurance spoke on the companys new building at a Redfield PTA meeting attended by 38 last night. He invited members to visit. Principal Miss Anna Berte outlined school styles and regulations for new members. The PTA granted $25 to the Halloween float committee. Mrs Henry D Pages room won attendance prize.

Merril R. Tabor Berkshire Life Insurance Co Redfield Assa PTA Anna ‘Fe Berte Henry D. Page

Public Invited to Missionary Talk at Youth Center

The public is invited to a free illustrated talk on foreign mission work by Rev. John L. Pelissier at 7:30 tonight at the Catholic Youth Center. Pelissier spent seven years as a Missionary of the LaSalette Fathers in the Philippines, with Miss Pauline M. Roy and Mrs. Leo Sampson handling arrangements.

John L. Pelissier Catholic Youth Center Father Pelissier LaSalette Fathers Philippines Pauline M. Roy Leo Sampson

Quartet To Sing At Mayor's Ball Tomorrow

A quartet will perform at the Mayor's Ball tomorrow. The group member, son of CF Egan of 408 Pom Chemistry Terrace, completed a summer stint in the chemistry department at the state YMCA camp college and has returned to Winthrop, Maine to pursue a master's degree.

Ter State Ymca Camp College

Fausners Mark 35 Years at Lee Celebration

Howard and Grace Fausner of 324 South Street celebrated 35 years of marriage with a Saturday evening gathering at the Morgan House in Lee. Married in New York on September 22, 1924, Grace, formerly Grace L Nilan, is a native of the city, while Howard is a New York native. The couple has resided in Lee for 29 years. Howard works for Pittsfield Supply Co and both are communicants of St. Teresa's Church.

Howard A. Fausner South St Morgan House Lee New York Fausner Grace L Nilan

Hoffmann Bird Club plans afternoon trip to Ashley Falls

Hoffmann Bird Club schedules a Sunday picnic supper trip to Bartholo m ew s Cobble in Ashley Falls departing Berkshire Museum at 2 p m. The group observed two birds new to club lists at Pleasant Valley Sanctuary in Lenox including a Connecticut warbler and a Philadelphia vireo led by Alvah W Sanborn and George N Hamilton.

Potash Robert Fitch Pittsfield Robert Trivers Taunton Maes Canada Madison Ave Metropolitan Insurance Co New York Italy Rosary

Gertrude Hanlon Weds C. F. Potash In New Jersey

The wedding announced in West New York New Jersey united Miss Gertrude Hanlon and Chester F Potash on September 12 at Our Lady of Libera Church Secaucus. The bride wore peau de soie and a pearl crown veil and carried an orchid. Attendants included Mrs George Zintel and Miss Carol Hanlon as matron and maid of honor with Mrs Lester Jonas as bridesmaid. The reception followed in the Rainbow Room.

New York Gertrude Hanson Howard J. Hanton Madison St Chester F. Potash Francis Potash Madison Ave Pittsfield Mass Our Lady of Libera Church Eugene Fanelli Rainbow Room Secaucus George Zintel Carol Hanlon Lester Jonas

Heart Grange Women Elect Mrs Gai as Head

Mrs Joseph Gai was named president of the Ladies Club of Heart of the Berkshires Grange at a recent meeting in the hall. She succeeds Mrs Clayton Bunt. Other officers elected are Mrs Bunt as vice president, Mrs Janet Putnam as treasurer, and Mrs Fianz J Van Buskirk as secretary. The club meets the third Wednesday afternoon each month in the Grange Hall, and all Grange women are invited.

Joseph Gai Ladies Club of Heart of the Berkshires Grange Gai Clayton Bunt Janet Putnam Fianz J. van Buskirk Grange Hall The Grange

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Berkshire Eagle Miiss June Bowman Mary Hardin Baylor College Belton Tex Middle Tennessee State Teachers College Murfreesboro Red Cross Promert Ryt Or Margaret L. Baker Eiviano Central Heart Grange James O'Brien Cranwell Preparatory School University of Notre Dame South Bend Ind James J. O'Brien Bartlett Ave Virginia K Hovey Clarence A. Hovey Watson St Massachusetts General Hospital Training School Boston Rosemary Ferry William T. Ferry Business Machine Institute Binghamton, N.Y John R. Leahy John P. Leahy Putnam Ave Middlebury Judith Ann Worchester Tom Lincks G. Fred Lincks West St Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Patricia Louise Gul Anthony J. Gull High St Bay Path Junior College Longmeadow Linomi Fair 2Nd Field County Camera Club Stamford Group Sharon, Conn Edward W.hutchinson Paul Perry Redfield Pta BLICO Frank Egan Jr Holy Cross Holy Cross College Worces Howard Fausners Hoffmann Bird Club Gertrude Hanlon C. F. Potash New Jersey Mrs. Gai Pure Automobile Chrysler Corporation Plymouth Dodge Dart de Soto Chrysler Imperial Valiant
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