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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1959

Page

11

State Inspectors Review Two Possible Kindergarten Sites

The state Department of Public Safety has inspected St Marys School on Academy Street and St Georges Episcopal Church parish house on Franklin Street for a proposed town kindergarten. Episcopal site likely approved. St Marys needs diocese consent. Local private Main Street site offered. No teachers hired until a site is settled. The Hyde School kindergarten was discontinued last Friday to ease grade school crowding.

State Department of Public Safety Arthur L. Welcome David C. Milne Pittsfield St. Mary’s School Academy Street St. George's Episcopal Church Franklin Street Welcome Episcopal Church St. Mary’s Springfield Main Street Hyde School

Rally Day Planned At Methodist Church

The First Methodist Church will observe rally day during the 11 a.m. service Sunday with church school classes, high school youths leading worship, and a dedication service for church school teachers and the Commission on Education. A dialogue report on Methodist institutes at Hotchkiss School will be presented by Ganudette, Julia and Sandy Reynolds, Mary and Stella Hemphill, Gloria Jones, Stella Morse and Candy Bragdon.

Lee First Methodist Church Commission On Education Methodist Hotchkiss School Ganudette Julia Sandy Reynolds Mary Stella Hemphill Gloria Jones Stella Morse Candy Bragdon

Lee High Band Plays Tomorrow at Booster Day Game

The Lee High junior senior band will perform at tomorrow's booster day game between Lee and Palmer High Schools which opens the season. Kickoff is scheduled for 2. The band will be directed by Charles di Nunzio.

Lee Palmer Charles di Nunzio

Girls From 3 Towns Dance Recital in Lee Wednesday

Lenox and Stockbridge girls join Lee performers in a Lee Guild of the Holy Family League of Charity recital at Lee High School auditorium Wednesday at 8 p.m. under Mrs Rene Burch Harrington. Dancers include Eileen Regnier Linda Cummings Karen Hamberg Kathy Barry Judy Barry Mary Jean Martin Deborah Webster Christine Haven Cheryl McGinty Linda Cossaboom Dawn Beebe Phyliss Wales Cathy McCarthy Patricia Viale Kathy Olds Carol Houghtaling Mary Puleri Mary Cravalho. Piano players are Michele Tristany Susan Cabral Julia Mooney Margaret McCarthy Elizabeth Simone.

LEE Lenox and Stockbridge Lee Guild of the Holy Family League of Charity Lee High Rene Burch Harrington John M. McCarthy Marble Street Eileen Regnier Linda Cummings Karen Hamberg Kathy Judy Barry Mary Jean Martin Deborah Webster Lenox Christine Haven Cheryl McGinty Linda Cossaboom Lenox Dale Glendale Stockbridgewilk Dawn Beebe Phyliss Wales Cathy McCarthy Patricia Viale Kathy Olds Carol Houghtaling Mary Puleri Mary Cravalho Michele Tristany Susan Cabral Julia Mooney Margaret McCarthy Elizabeth Simone

Niebuhr manuscript and other works on display at Stockbridge Library

The original Niebuhr manuscript The Structure of Empires and Nations is shown in Stockbridge with related items by Stockbridge authors. The exhibit, curated by Mrs. Graham D. Wilcox, also features The Happy Professor by Ellery Sedgwick. A food sale for Williams High senior class is announced with pickup contacts. Lee girls Carty and Russell enter Bay Path Junior College, and local youth activities include church fellowship and choir rehearsals.

Stockbridge Reinhold Niebuhr Graham D. Wilcox Union Theological Seminary New York Niebuhr Yale Hill Road American Academy of Arts and Letters Society of Artists, Writers and Composers Margaret French Cresson Walter Prichard Eaton Ellery Se Williams High Diane Kirkbride Housatonic Judy Steuerwald Robert Romeo West Stockbridge Lee Carol Ann Carty Helen Carty Housatonic Street Audrey T. Russell Alton K. Russell Bay Path Junior College Longmeadow Lee High Miss Carty French Club Wildcat Miss Russell

Dalton Juniors Open Home Football Season at Grove Park

The Dalton Juniors football team heads home to play Lee’s Mixed League at Grove Park at 2 pm after an opening loss to their bowling league 40 to 0. Also notes on local clubs, theater listings, church schedules, and community events including Squirettes officers, Flintstone Grange booster night, Grace Church services, Daughters of Isabella sale, Camp Fire meetings, and regional fundraising dinners.

Dalton Ore Grove Park Lee Portland Conn Flintstone Grange Grange Hall Union Block Everton Parker

Lebanon Valley Indians seek second straight league title

Lebanon Springs team aims for another Columbia County Interscholastic Soccer League crown after a 6-0 season opening win over Berlin. Coach Russ Harmon leads the booters as community events and fundraisers accompany the season start.

Lebanon Springs Nly New l Lebanon Indians Berlin Art Hull Bill Casazza Clayt Powell Russ Harmon Booters Diane Kirkbride Searles Great Barrington Central Block Williams High School

Sergeant Society Meeting At St Pauls Parish House

The John Sergeant Society will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. in St. Pauls parish house. Henry Hagenah will show movies and speak on Germany. Community Calendar listings urged to submit by Monday. Indian summer boosts demand for beer and soda. The Wine Cellar Package Store opens daily until 10 p.m. May Winnin iThe Blue Angel and Say One for Me are advertised showings starting tonight.

Sergeant Society John Sergeant St. Paul's Parish Henry Hagenah Germany Wine Cellar

Rosary and Altar Society to Sponsor Community Food Sale

The Rosary and Altar Society of Corpus Christi Church will sponsor a food sale on October 3 starting at 10 a.m. at the Community Center. Mrs. Lester Oppermann and Mrs. Justin Louison lead the arrangements committee.

Rosary and Altar Society of Corpus Christi Church Lester Oppermann Justin Louison

County Men In the Service DuBois Joins Navy

DuBois Wayne R son of Mr Lucius E DuBois and the late Eleanor R DuBois of West Stockbridge enlisted today in the U S Navy as announced by the Pittsfield Recruiting Station. A 1959 Williams High School graduate he worked at Balgen Machine Shop West Stockbridge. After nine weeks of recruit training at Great Lakes Ill new recruits receive a 14 day leave before reporting to duty stations.

Giants Debutant McCovey Opens With Four Hits

Willie McCovey, San Francisco Giants first baseman, appeared in the first major league game he ever watched and collected four hits in a standout debut.

SAN Francisco UPI Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants Ton

New Resident Finds Smoldering Fire in House

Arthur Kroemer, new owner of the former Russell French home in West Lebanon, smelled smoke Monday evening and alerted Chief G. Willard Roberts. Firemen found a smoldering beam under the first floor in the cellar and used a booster line to extinguish it, believed to have started from plumbers’ blow torches.

West Lebanon N.Y Arthur Kroemer New York Russell French Route 20 G. Willard Roberts

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