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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1969
Page
10
Great Barrington officials meet at 8 30 p m to decide if the Dewey School playground should be a public recreation area for residents of the town s north end The Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee subcommittee previously discussed the option noting unused space at the site
Vincent C. Ullrich USN son of Mr and Mrs Robert P Ullrich of Sheffield Plain serves in the recruit training command color guard at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois.
The Selectmen are expected to decide on Berkshire Aviation Enterprises Inc for a permit to store 19 000 gallons of jet fuel and 10 000 gallons of fuel oil at Great Barrington Airport. A prior delay awaited a fire inspection report from Fire Chief Edward Vigeant. No written objections were received, and the jet fuel would serve turboprop aircraft.
GREAT BARRINGTON Dewey kindergarten pupils will add nature studies to their program this fall alongside reading readiness math and social studies. Mrs Belle CARNEY heads the plan after attending an Audubon Maine workshop this summer on a Berkshire Garden Center grant. Field trips will accompany classwork.
In New Marlboro the Salvation Army van will stop Thursday in five villages to collect parcels for the needy. Residents may place newspapers and rag materials on porches for pickup. Contact Mrs Pauline Stevens at 226 8692 for arrangements.
Cassilis Farm entries won several first prizes at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. Cassilis Echo Boy led hackney pony stallions and hackney pony gig, Sir Knight took hackney 2 year old ponies and hackney 2 year old colt or filly, and Debonaire won hackney yearlings.
The Dialogue for Education will meet a night at 8 at the Town Hall led by Rev. Patrick A. Sullivan S J of Shadowbrook Lenox and Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee members are invited. The group aims to raise awareness of changes in schools and education. Junior Girl Scout program resumes with organizational meeting at Youth Building on Pine Street Wednesday 3 30 to 5. Girls in Grades 4 5 and 6 invited. two Brownie troops added due to high enrollment. Leaders include Mrs. Kinsella Mrs. Kiley Mrs. Nejaime.
Approximately 190 people gathered at the American Legion Home in Dalton for a testimonial dinner honoring five term selectman Eugene R. Clark. Clark, who served 15 years, received a life membership in the Massachusetts Selectmen's Association and a lifetime Berkshire County Selectmen's Association membership.
Hinsdale notes invite to regional school meeting at Dalton Junior High Thursday at 7:30 to review building options and form fact finding committees. Local groups host events including Ladies' Auxiliary holiday sale dinner and Grange card party with prizes. longtime Dalton official Clark praised with plaque and gifts at a town gathering. Marine Lance Cpl. Lange serves 1st Marine Division near Da Nang Vietnam.
The Women’s Fellowship of the Church of Christ United Congregational in New Lebanon N Y will hold its first quarterly meeting of the 1989 70 season on Wednesday at 8 p m at the church Mrs Terry R Candoe will preside The Rev Patrick Sullivan S I of Shadowbrook Seminary Lenox Mass will speak on A Changing Church A social hour with Mrs Albert A Phelps as hostess will follow
Dr Charles Malik former UN General Assembly president and Lebanon ambassador to Washington led the Sunday service at the White House. The American University Beirut professor prayed that President Nixon could guide the world toward peace.
Hillsdale New York school board formed from Roeliff Jansen and Ockawamick districts narrowed four Gravyville area sites from nine for a planned 3 million high school. State requires 20 acres but board seeks 50 to 60 acre site. Dedrove notes projection calls for 800 pupil enrollment.
The Pa troon Island Bridge linking Albany and Rensselaer will open Wednesday at 11 am with a ribbon cutting by state Transportation Commissioner T. W. Parker, per Gov. Rockefeller. The 10-span 1,707-foot steel concrete bridge costs over 9 million dollars and eases traffic from the Troy Menands and Dunn Memorial bridges.
Albany reports show ten Columbia County groups earned thirty three thousand seven hundred sixty six dollars in bingo profits from Oct 1 1968 to Mar 31 1969. Hudson Moose Club led with eleven thousand five hundred seventeen dollars. total gross receipts were thirty nine thousand three hundred ninety eight. prizes totaled twenty seven thousand one hundred eighty.
Sandisfield seeks a correspondent to report local news for Berkshire Eagle. Send typed applications to the County Desk at Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield Massachusetts. application deadline not specified.
North Adams volunteers from the Berkshire County Sheriffs Association will assist the Halloween foliage festival parade, while Adams patrolmen join in. Dispute with Police Chief Coyne over carry methods prompts special police to halt duties pending funding for gear.
Town leaders signaled openness to a regional sewage treatment approach but require clearer cost and benefit data before committing. A Williamstown study panel opposed regionalization, while North Adams explored joint district options to study the matter.
The Hartford schools show ongoing underachievement despite three years of federal and state programs. School Superintendent Medill Blair cites limited reach and intensity of special programs as the reason for not meeting national achievement test levels. A later note: state tavern rules will shift at 9 a.m. October 1, removing drinking booths but keeping seating.
In Schenectady, 40 pickets protested SCC policies as the college opened its first semester. Officials say the college seeks to recruit a diverse student and faculty body despite objections from protesters claiming neglect of the poor and underprivileged communities.
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