Smith Alumnae Hear Talk on Southeast Asia
Miss Virginia Corwin chair man of the Smith College religion department will address the Smith College Club of Berkshire County at the autumn meeting. She will discuss Southeast Asia History Shapes the Present, based on sabbatical study in 1962 63 including Madras Iran Pakistan Afghanistan Burma Thailand Cambodia Viet Nam and Japan. Ten Berkshire County Smith students are listed from Pittsfield Dalton Lenox Great Barrington Williamstown.
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Virginia Corwin
Smith College
Smith College Club
Berkshire County
Frederick G. Crane Jr
Holiday Farm
Dalton
Corwin
Southeast Asia
Madras
India
Iran
Pakistan
Af-ghanistan
Burma
Thailand
Pittsfield
Susan Rudd
Alice Wilde
Lenox
Mary Gilligan
Great Barrington
Frances Norton
Sheila Oliver
Joan Oliver
Wiliamstown
Mrs. Livingston Hall Speaks at Wellesley Alumnae Luncheon
Mrs. Livingston Hall of Great Barrington spoke at a Berkshire County Wellesley Alumnae luncheon at the Curtis Hotel in Lenox attended by about 23. She described Simon's Rock College opening next fall in Great Barrington with a 42 dormitory, a 30,000 volume library, and a faculty forming a seminar style curriculum.
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Livingston Hall
Great Barrington
Berkshire ‘ County
Wellesley
Curtis
Lenox
Hall
Simon's Rock
Arthur W. Bhusila
Berkshires
Jurgen A. Thomas
Pittsfield
John Wong
Stockbridge
Francis B. Jenkins
Williamsown
Walton O. Schal
Engagement Notice of Evelyn Ferraro to Edward Croughwell Jr
Miss Evelyn M Ferraro daughter of Mr and Mrs James P Ferraro of 31 Lexington Parkway is engaged to Edward J Croughwell Jr son of Mr and Mrs Croughwell of Dalton The wedding is set for November 27 at Sacred Heart Church Miss Ferraro works as a statistical machine operator in the assessor s office City of Pittsfield She is a graduate of Pittsfield High School Holy Cross Academy Brookline and Chandler School for Women Boston Mr Croughwell a Wahconah Regional High School Dalton graduate is an apprentice mason for John Gorman mason contractor Dalton
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James P. Ferraro
Lexington Pkvy
Evelyn M. Ferraro
Edward J. Croughwell Jr
Croughwell
Dalton
Sacred Heart Church
Miss Ferraro
Pittsfield
Holy Cross Academy
Brookline
Chandler School For Women
Boston
Wahconah
John Gorman
Mason Contractor
Women for Haughey Plan Food Sale at Headquarters
About 75 attended a Women for Haughey meeting at Haughey Headquarters on North Street. Plans were set for a food sale Saturday October 9 at the headquarters with a drawing for an original oil painting donated by Mrs Olga Rossi and several other door prizes.
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Haughey
North Street
Olga Rossi
Kenneth M Williams Honored Before Navy Departure
Kenneth M Williams son of Mr and Mrs Morris K Williams of 248 Lebanon Ave entered the Navy and was honored at a Sunday party hosted by his family attended by 200. A 1965 Pittsfield High School graduate he reported yesterday to Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
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Kenneth M. Williams
Morris K. Williams
Lebanon Ave
Pittsfield High School
Williams
Great Lakes (I.) Naval Training Station
Social Briefs From Local Residents and Visitors
Mrs Florence Connor of 119 Union St has returned from a two week visit with her son and daughter in Amarillo Tex S Sgt and Mrs Robert A Connor and family The Willeke family from South Mountain Rd hosted guests including Mr and Mrs George W Edman of Washington DC Mrs Sprague Coolidge of Cambridge and Mrs Van Wyck Brooks of Bridgewater Conn Miss Deborah M Kanter daughter of Mr and Mrs Sydney R Kanter has enrolled in Burdett College Boston as a marketing major Mr and Mrs Edward Smith of Cheltenham England are spending a month with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Edgar Rivard Deb orah Michael and Sharon The Rivards hosted Mrs Rivards uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Hardy McKinney who returned to Oklahoma City Okla
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Florence Connor
Union St
Robert A. Connor
Amarillo, Tex
Willem Willeke
South Mountain Road
George W. Edman
Washington, D.C
Sprague Coolidge
Cambridge
van Wyck Brooks
Bridgewater, Conn
Deborah M. Kanter
Sydney R. Kanter
Burdett College
Boston
School of Business Administration
Edward Smith
Cheltenham
England
Edgar G. Rivard
Deborah
Michael
Sharon
Peck's Road
Rivards
Rivard
Hardy McKinney
Oklahoma City
Okia
Talk on Emily Winthrop Miles furniture design
At Lenox Library tonight at 8:00 John Ward, the cabinetmaker, discusses plans by the late Emily Winthrop Miles and how he transformed them into wood.
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Emily Winthrop Miles
John Ward
Lenox Library
Snack Bar Head Named for Sale for Blind Benefit
Mrs Edward J Shocly will head the snack bar at the two day sale to aid the blind of Massachusetts. The event runs 10 am to 5 pm next Wednesday and Thursday in Barrett Hall South Congregational Church. Proceeds go to the makers and over 40 organizations participate.
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Edward J. Shocly
Massachusetts
Barrett Hall
South Congregational Church
Roy P. Wal«chepbach
Sheely
South Church Couples’ Club
Frank G. Jeffrey
St Charles Women Open Season With Rosary Sodality
St Charles Rosary Sodality begins its season with a Tuesday meeting in the school hall after devotions at 7 30 p m. New president Mrs Charles L Nichols announces weekly meetings on Tuesdays at 7 30 p m with card games and refreshments. Parish women are invited. Mrs John J Norton chairs the Nov 19 20 Christmas bazaar in the school hall, benefiting the parish. Sponsored by the sodality Holy Name Society and the Youth Group under Rev Daniel Brunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles’ Rosary Sodality
Charles L. Nichols
John J. Norton
Sodality, Holy Name Society
Daniel Brunton
Elizabeth Riepert marks 97th birthday at Young's Nursing Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Riepert celebrated her 97th birthday Monday at Young's Nursing Home where she has resided since April. Born Elizabeth Mechtersheimer in Meadville, Pa, she lost her husband Charles Riepert in 1929 and had lived with her daughter and son-in-law at 29 Dodge Ave. She leaves three daughters, four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and remains active in church and community groups including First Baptist Church, Elizabeth Palmer chapter, the Helping Hand Society, the Emblem Club of the Elks, and the Bobby Kidney Sunshine Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Riepert
Young's Nursing Home
J. Earl Mendel
Dodge Ave
Riepert
Elizabeth Mechtersheimer
Meadville
Charles Riepert
Mendel
Leroy ©. Martin
Atlanta
Oliver E. Woodward
Flint
Mich
Nonogenation
First Baptist Church
Elizabeth Palmer
Woman’s League
Helping Hand Society
Emblem Club of the Elks
Bobby Kidney Sunshine Club
Catholic Daughters Name Speaker for Breakfast Sunday
The Rev. Francis X Hudson, vice rector and treasurer of Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Lenox, will speak at a communion breakfast Sunday after the 8 am Mass at St. Joseph's Yellow Aster. Hudson, a Pueblo, Colorado native ordained in 1952, is a seminary mathematics teacher. Reservations may be made by Saturday morning with Mrs. Mitchell W Kubicki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Hudson
Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary
Lenox
Catholic Daughters of America
Conaty
St. Joseph's Church
Yather Hudson
Pueblo
Colo
Mitchell W. Kubicki
Why Not Tell It Now
An advertisement urges readers to act now and praise loved ones and workers instead of postponing compliments. It promotes October Reader's Digest and highlights the reward of expressing appreciation promptly to spouses and employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reader's Digest
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