Lavender Door Shop Sparks Debate On Riggs Center Expansion
STOCKBRIDGE EARLIER THIS YEAR the Austen Riggs Center shelved plans for a new activities building. The Lavender Door gift shop, central to patient crafts, faces moving or changing format if expansion proceeds, though staff insist the shop remains the program’s most active and distinctive element.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austen Riggs
Main Street
Stockbridge
Richard Spahn
David B. Loveless
Riggs
Spahn
Jay C. Rosenfeld
Loveless
Mr. Loveless
Tilo Kaufmann
Mr. Spahn
Mr. Love- Jess
GE Wins IUE Pact Amid Boulwareism Debate
Berkshire week in review covers General Electric’s union settlement with the IUE granting a 3.1 percent immediate raise plus 2.5 percent later, plus benefits. The committee backed the deal despite President Carey opposing it, citing a weak union and a prior strike warning. Other items include Pittsfield High School’s Merit semifinalists, Lee Board of Health criticisms over sanitation, Yellow Coach Lines’ North Street shuttle, Lenox high school site deadlock, and Pittsfield police investigations yielding no tangible results.
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TUE
James B. Carey
IUE
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Berkshires
North Street
Park Square
Pittsfield General Hospital
Obituaries and civic notices mix in Pittsfield region
A long list of obituaries and local civic notes from Pittsfield and surrounding towns includes deaths and ages for residents such as Isabel Eaton and Mrs. A. Sutt, plus appointments and honors for local officials, educators, and community leaders. Highlights mention Gov. Peabody naming a special justice in Pittsfield, David Huxtable purchasing a music store, and Sister Miriam Regina becoming hospital administrator in Worcester while many school and college appointments are noted across Berkshire County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Peabody
Clement A. Ferris
Pittsfield
Frederick M. Myers
David Huxtable
Dalton
Wood Brothers
Winifred Beil
Rolland G. Duval
Adams Plunkett
J. Franklin Farrell
Miriam Regina
Sisters of Providence
Helen M. Smith
St. Vincent Hospital
Worcester
Carolyn Zola
Civil Service
Department of Parks and
New England
American Friends Service Committee
Maureen L. Connelly
Sargent College
Boston University
William J. Schultz
Museum of Conservative Art
Oklahoma City
Okla
Susan
Sandy) Brower
Drury High
North Adams
Edward J. Hills
South Egremont
Berkshire County Selectmen's Association
John F. Davison Jr
Berkshire
Mas
The Migrant Apple Pickers of Vermont in Wartime Era
A North Berkshire Weekly feature recalls migrant workers in Fitchburg orchards during World War II. It traces origins from Fort Devens, notes housing and sanitation problems, and cites Bennington County grower Irwin W. Meyer hiring up to 70 migrants and the 20 cent per bag wage with contractor fees. It discusses housing conditions, safety concerns, and federal debates led by Senator Williams on aiding migrant families.
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Fitchburg Orchards
Fort Devens
the Bulge
Frankfurter Staats-Zeitung
Plainfield
Mass
New England
Florida
Texas
Addison County
Maine
Bennington County
Irwin W. Meyer
Vermont
Meyer
Kipling
Tommy Atkins
Farm Security Administration
California
America
Sen. Harrison
A. Williams Jr
Senate
Sen. Williams
House Appropriations Committee
Appointment changes at Berkshire County institutions and store
Henry E. Como is named to succeed Charles F. Thompson as deputy master of the Berkshire County House of Correction. Andrew J. May, descendant of Jala Moses England, becomes assistant merchandising manager in the Inglandt Brothers home furnishing division. The Massachusetts Heart Association designates a field representative role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schusetts Heart Association
Henry E. Como
Charles F. Thompson
Berkshire County House of Correction
Andrew J. May
Jala Moses England
Inglandt Brothers
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Berkshire Weekly
By Edward K. Shanahan
Berkshire Week In
Carey
General Electric
Lee Board of Health
Marble Street
Fred R. LaGrant
Housatonic Street
Laurel Street
Lenox
Dennis J. Duffin
High School Planning Committee
Piretti
Route 20
State School Building Assistance Commission
Public Safety
Frank 8. Giles
Eaton
Isabel
Ovale
Pittsfield Sutt
Mar Hattner
WH. OR
Pitistrets
Tampa
Fia
Unbehend
Judy Ann Houle
J. Te
Pitti
Pitistreta
Uingberg
Pittereta Ebanon Marino
Vielear
Huntington
Sens Jory
Hudson
N. Y
New Lebanon
Nlw
North Berkshire Weekly
By Sumner Kean
Pownal, Vt
East
John Steinbeck
Joad
U.S
Triple-S
Allendale Shopping Center
Adams
Berkshire County
Eo Cee Ta Ee
Bers
William & West Streets
Dalton Ave
Cortlands
Richmond, Mass
Mass, Fruit Growers Association
Barker Road
Richmond
East ST
Liggett Pharmacists
Royal Cleaners
Royal Cleaners & Dyers, Inc
Wahconah St
Pittsfield, Mass
North St
Lee, Lenox, Cheshire and
Enterprise
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