Rosary and Allar Society to Welcome New Members
Housatonic The Rosary and Allar Society of Corpus Christi Church invites high school girls and adult women to a 6:30 covered dish supper in the Father Fagan auditorium tonight. Following services and a business meeting outline tentative plans for the year. A novena for peace will be dedicated and held every third Thursday at 8 p.m. this fall and winter. Water service may be shut on overdue accounts 60 days or more by Oct. 15.
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Housatonic
Rosary
Allar Society of
Corpus Christi
Father Fagan
Housatonic Water Works Co
Confirmation class planned at Corpus Christi Church
Confirmation will be administered at Corpus Christi Church on Oct 8 at 3 p.m. Students eligible include 6th to 8th graders, high school age, and adults. Register with the pastor or Mrs Barbara Palmer. Caps and gowns required. Sept 30 deadline for requests and fittings. Prof Fernand Barrette to lead combined choirs rehearsals at St Peter's Thursday 7 p.m. for confirmations in both churches.
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Housatonic
Corpus Christi Church
Barbara Palmer
Fernand Barrette
Corpus Christi
St. Peter's
St. Peter’s
Movie Timetable for County Theaters Adams Open Weekends
Adams venues show films only on weekends with Mahaiwe in Great Barrington listing Tickle Me at 7 00 and 9 00. North Adams venues Coury s and Paramount offer The Sandpiper at 1 05 4 45 8 30 and A Ticklish Affair at 3 00 6 45.
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Adams
Mahaiwe
Great Barrington
Lee
Canaan
Hoesac Drive-In
Coury
North Adams
Paramount Theater
Connecticut Cons Convention Rejects Unicameral Assembly
Hartford report says the Constitutional Convention voted 71 to 4 to keep the bicameral General Assembly, ending a push for a unicameral house. The convention, which began July 1, aims for Friday committee reports and must adjourn by Oct. 28. A statewide referendum will decide the issue. Simsbury Avon Get Natural Gas
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Hartford
Connecticut
General Assembly
West Stockbridge Approves Revaluation Contract
A special town meeting at the Village School approved Article 1 to hire William J. Richards Co. for a one year expert reappraisal of taxable real estate not to exceed $3,000. Preliminary work starts next January with completion by June. residents may request interviews to correct figures. Articles 2 to 4 passed funding transfers from surplus. Article 5 discussed Shaker Mill Dam takeover, likely by year end.
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West Stockbridge
Chester Consotini
Eugene Dellea
William J. Richards
William J. Richards Co., Inc
Cornwall, Nly
Card Pond
Shaker Mill
James McDermott
Albert Gennari
Selectmen
Parents Invited To Assembly At North Canaan School
CANAAN Conn North Canaan parents are invited to an assembly tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the North Canaan Elementary School. The program will be presented by the two grades of the school in honor of American Indian Day. This month the two grades have worked together in reading language spelling art and music in preparation for the assembly. Costumes and scenery are being made by the children.
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Canaan
Conn
North Canaan
Chester High Faces Accreditation Crisis and Town Meeting
Chester High School may lose accreditation prompting a special town meeting Monday at 8 pm to vote on forming a 10 member committee to study joining Gateway Regional School District or upgrading Chester High. Local officials defend the school while concerns about accreditation persist.
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Chester High
Chester
Chester High School
Gateway Regional School
Huntington
Sheffield Winchester School Opens With 67 Boys 11 Masters
Sheffield Winchester School opened its first fall term with 67 students from 18 states and seven foreign countries. Founder Norman E. Rioux, formerly headmaster of Sterling School and Manhattan School, leads as headmaster with an 11 year career in education. Associate head master Malcolm K. Douglas, English chair Brownnell Bergen, and other faculty hold degrees from Yale Johns Hopkins Harvard Tufts and Cornell. The school uses the former Blue Belton Inn on Route 7 in Sheffield and opened last June for a preparatory summer session.
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Sheffield
Winchester School
Norman E. Rioux
Sterling (VI
Manhattan School
New York City
University of Arizona
Berkshire School
Malcolm K. Douglas
Yale
Brown Nell Bergen
Johns Hopkins
University of Massachusetts
Thomas Foster
LaVerna Baldwin
Cornell
Foreign Service
Harvard Law School
Douglas Adamson
Blume
Middlebury
Frederick Glynn
Manhattan College
George C. Wright
Princeton
Blue Belton Inn
Route 7
Two Parent Meetings Set For HVRHS In Falls Village
Canaan Connecticut reports two fall meetings for Housatonic Valley Regional High School parents. The first, next Wednesday at 7 30 p m, targets seniors and juniors with speakers David A Nichols Weselyan University and Frank J Sullivan vocational counselor. Topics include graduation requirements college entrance scholarships and job placement. Refreshments and staff meetings follow. Evening conferences may be scheduled later. The second meeting for sophomores and freshmen is planned for Wednesday October 13.
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Falls Village
Conn
Housatonic Valley
David A. Nichols
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Frank J. Sullivan
Hinsdale Card Party and Local Notices
Hinsdale Grange hosts a card party tonight at 8 with Aces prizes to Mrs. Lara Shook and Mr. Bentley. Last week’s winners include Mrs. Forrest Bentley of Dalton for ladies high and Mr. Bentley for men’s high. Also noted are the John Bissel Association meeting in Windsor Conn, and local residents Mrs. Beatrice Parus and Charles Calkins winning prizes. Mrs. Victorine Orrell at Edgecomb Nursing Home Lenox, and Mrs. Alice Bridge returning home after convalescence at Valley View Nursing Home.
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Peter John Troiano
Peter Troiano
Main Street
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
Nancy Kinne
Roy Kinne Jr
Children’s Hospital
Searles High School
Great Barrington
Ralph Bearce
Caribou
Maine
Cecilia F. Bailly
Prospect Street
Hinsdale Grange
Ladies’ High
Forrest Bentley
Dalton
Mr. Bentley
Lara Shook
Beatrice Parus
Pittsfield
Charles Calkins
Marion Ransford
John Bissel
Valley View Nursing Home
Bruce Alexander Returns to Perkins School in Watertown
West Center reports Bruce Alexander returning Sunday to Perkins School Watertown to resume his studies after a period away.
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Bruce Alexander
Perkins School
Watertown
Great Barrington Hull Tourney Opens With 60 Teams
The 1965 John B Hull memorial tournament at Wyantenuck Country Club will start with qualifying rounds Saturday for 120 entrants. The first round of scratch match play is Sunday, with rounds three and four set for Oct 2 and 3. Events include a stag steak roast Sunday, buffet supper and dance Oct 2, and a cocktail party after the final round Oct 3.
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Great Barrington
John B. Hull
Assessors Urge Quick Filing for Tax Abatements
GREAT BARRINGTON Assessors urge all eligible veterans elderly persons and others to file abatement applications immediately with a deadline set for October 1. The notice emphasizes timely action to qualify for real estate tax reductions.
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Great Barrington
Mrs MacDonald Names Assistant to Designer
Miss Linda Jane Hoffman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Hoffman of Sheffield, has accepted the position of assistant to Mrs Mimi L MacDonald at the designer's offices in South Egremont. Hoffman's Berkshire ties and activity record anchor a local notice page filled with community events and advertisements.
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Great Barrington
Linda Jane Hoffman
Henry Hoffman
Sheffield
Mimi L. MacDonald
National Society of Interior Designers
Jug End
South Egremont
Miss Hoffman
Winsted
Conn
Berkshires
Mt. Everett
National Honor Society
Glee Club
Western Massachusetts Chorus
MacDonald
Hoffman
Berkshire Community College
New York School of Interior Design
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Harry Deykin
Railroad Street
Connecticut News
Simsbury
Avon
Hartford Gas Co
Farmington
New Canaan
Francis McDonnell
Card Index
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Art Ellis
Nick Rutsis
Cheat Banington Savings Bank
Main St
Hammer Plumbing CO
Abraham Zucker
Chester School Committee
New England Association
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Melvin D. Ferris Jr
Rokas
New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
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Zucker
Springfield
Ralph
Baldasero
Huntington Road
Winchester
Manhattan
Edward M. Armstrong
Harvard
William Maney
Becket
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Tufts
David Bride
Otis
Fairview Hospital
McBride
Lee State
Henry H. Erbe
John Farley
Canaan, Conn
HVRHS
Hinsdale
Stockbridge Road
West Center
Ford
Sheffield Motors
Hull
Mrs. MacDonald
Umpachene Grange
New England
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Hartsville
Down County Squares
Bridge Street
Barrington Grange
Sheffield Rd
Gt. Barrington
Hebert's
Main St. Tel
Chet Stok
Berkshire Beatles
Lenox High
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