THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1955 WESTFIELD Elm Street" Tel. LO 2-2951 FENTON GARAGE DENIED LICENSE 'TO STORE 'GAS' Voice Vote by Council Rejects Application; Zoning Cited Nov. 4 council mecting when a public hearing was conducted. Committee Reports Councilman Frank W. Macsiaak, reported license for that committee committee chairman.
its investigation. He said a the committee felt the application should he denied. on grounds approval be "'illegal." jite said he from City Solicitor cited a ruline, to this effect he Hugh G. Flynn. as A nearby resident to the Fenton site was a principal objector and hence "would he against Councilman Leslie A.
Chapin said the Fenton firm secured a Westfield. Dev. 1 By voice vote City Council tonight de. nied the application of W'. H.
Fenton Co. to use land at 174 Main St. for the storage of 000 gallons of gasoline. This matter was strongly opposed at variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals 10 erect a garage store motor vehicles and that granting of the unlimited line storage license would set the company in business in A residental zone. Councilman Joseph K.
Trant added a far reaching precedent would be established the gasoline application WAN approved and Macsisak copiessed belief the Fenton company could adjust the matter satisfactorily to all concerned through reapplication for the type of gasoline desired. Several of the council members stated that the application WAS approved. the city eras liable to legal action. The company plans to store state public works and telephone company trucks in the garage. Council Grants Mayor Authority On Flood Control Westfield.
Dec. 1 The City Council tonight authorized Mayor Alice D. Burke to enter into the necessary agreements with the federal government on the femporary channel clearance flood control project of the Army Engineers in Little River and one location in the Westfield River. This project will include chanclearing work from Cowles Bridge at the South Maple St.Southwick Rd. intersection to the confluence of Little River with the Westfield River.
The work involves clearing the channel of debris, widening the channel and using the spoil for diking purposes along the north bank. A detailed outline of the projeat, already publicized, as A 5 An accompanying mAD, has been received from Army Enginecis officials. The necessary authorization motions were made by Councilman Gerald V. Boylan. Santa Bazaar Of Club Today Westfield, Dec.
1-Attired in Yuletide decorations. Westfio'd Women's Club home in Court St. will he the scene Friday oi the club's annual Santa Claus Bazaar. The event will begin at 11.30 A. 11.
and continue through 7.30 p. Numerous booths, attended by various departments of the club, will feature many types ol homemade foods and articles. Several booths will feature displays of craftmanship including booth by members of Westfield Associated Blind, invited by the club to participate in the bazaar. A snack har will open at 11.30 and serve luncheons and refreshments throughout the afternoon. A supper will be served in the evening.
Mrs. G. Fred Ensworth, chairman of the ways means committee, is general chairman. Drivers Bat 1.000 000 Westfield, Dec. The Westfield River Valley batted 1.000 today as not one traffic accident WAS reported on Day by the local police department or Russell state police.
state barracks at sell has jurisdiction over Russell, Woronoco, Southwick, Granville, Tolland, ford. Montgomery, Chester, Huntington and Worthingten. BAPTIST CHURCH PICKS OFFICERS AT ITS MEETING Proposed Budget of 000, 22 P. C. Increase, Is Approved for '56 Westfield.
Dec. 1-Central Baptist Church tonight approved 1956 operating budget and elected officers at its annual business meeting in the church. Reports by committees will be read at meeting on Jan. 12 in the church. Canvass Successful Following a successful everymember canvass, the church night unanimously accepted the proposed budget of $21.000.
a per cent or $4200 increase over the current budget. Two major items included in the budget are a $4000 mortgage reduction on the recently completed parish house kitchen and a building fund started for a new Christian Education building. Officers elected included: modorator. Chester D. Stiles: clerk.
Mrs. William A. McGilpen: treasurer. Charles L. Pease: financial secretary, Mrs.
Frederick A. Bailey: auditors, Harold M. Siewens and Ernest Cornelius. deacons for four years, Russell B. Pomeroy and John B.
Brooks; standing committee for three years, Elmer F. Brundage and Avery; deaconesses, Mrs. William Farr, Lucy Provost. Mrs. Warren L.
Guy, Mrs. Robert Dewey and Mrs. McGilpen; and church school superintendent, Miss Ellen Fuller." Members of the nominating commitice who presented the slate of officers were Ravmond F. Rutherford. Mrs.
Charles L. Pease. Miss Jennie Duffy and Cicorge H. Welliver. Unit to Probe I Legion Liquor License Denial Westfield, Dec.
1-On motion of Councilman John F. O'Connell. a special committee headed by O'Connell was named at tonight's City Council meeting to confer with the License Commission relative to reasons of the latter body in recently unanimously wotWhip City Memorial Legion Post denial the a application of 454. to transfer its club liquor license from its present Elm St. present Elm St.
headquarters to its new home in 112 Main St. Serving with O'Connell will he Councilmen Samuel J. Wise and Joseph K. Trant. O'Connell, who reiterated thati as 2 council representative, in which ward the post home is located, "not one person approached me in objection (to the transfer) at anv time." and expressed his belief the post corporation had a right to know the reasons for the rejection of the transfer application.
He added his belief the council has the right to inquire also. motion The by council O'Connell, also the voted, transfer ins on of the location of the post corporation from its present site to the 112 Main St. address. In District Court Westfield. Dec.
1-George Long. 47. of Main Granville, in District Court Nov. was found guilty and fined on a charge of operating Westfield News Briefs Westficld. Dec.
1-A fire at the Roberts' Roofing Sheet Metal Co. of 13 May St. was tinguished today by the Fire Department. Acting Capt. Edward B.
ligan said the fire was confined to a discarded pile of roofing shingles. Firemen also extinguished a grass fire off City Vicw Rd. Mrs. Frank Merrill of 76 Brookline Ave. will open her home Monday at 1.30 for a meeting of Charity Circle, King's Daughters.
The program will open with a Christmas luncheon. Westfield Kiwanis Club will conduct its annual "Kid's Christnan party' Sunday afternoon, Doc. 18. At tonight's meeting, Miss Barbara Jones and Raymond Childs, Westfield YMCA delegates to last summer's International YMCA centennial conference in Paris gave an ed talk on their experiences abroad. They were introduced by Harold N.
Jones, club past president and father of Miss Jones. a Montgomery Westfield Assembly will of conduct God. 30 a Bible study and prayer meeting service Friday evening at 7.30 in the church, Rev. A. Donald tafson, pastor, announced today.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustave L. Bein of Grand St. will observe their 35th wedding anniversary Friday, the event also marking Mr.
Fein's hirthday. Married in New York City Dec. 2. 1920, Mrs. Bein is the former Mabel Nesh*t.
of this city. Mr. Bein, a World War I Navy veteran, is well known as City Hall custodian. The couple has seven children and nine 'MESSIAH' SOLOIST MRS. ELINORE HERNE Mrs.
Flinore L. Herne Wilbraham, a student of Ruth Ekberg of Springfield, will be the soprano soloist for the Advent and Christmas portions of Handel' "Messiah" to he presented Dec. 11 at p. m. in First Congregational Church, Westfield.
The combined choirs of that church and First Congregational Church of Springfield will sing the oratorio. Mrs. Herne. a member of the Springfield Tuesday Morning Music Club, is a former soloist of First Baptist ('hurch and Park Congregational Church of Springfield. and the Feder: ated Church of Chicopee.
under influence after hearing in court todav. A second complaint of drunkenness was filed after a guilty finding. companion at the time of his arrest, also a Granville resident, had a drunkenness charge filed after a guilty finding. Long was arrested Nov. 24 in Court St.
by Patrolman Maslauskas after the defendant's car was reported to have nearly Building Inspector Thomas Baker as he was talking with the officer. Casmer Mieczkowski. 32. of Planstville. involved in a Pochassic-North Elm St.
intersection collision Nov. 16. was found a not guilty and discharged complaint of failing to grant right of way at an intersection. His car and a dump truck. driven by Robert K.
Wilson, 22, Depot Southwick, were involved. No injuries resulted. Burton W. Roche. 47, of 15 Vassar Springfield, charged with speeding and of failing keep to the right when his view: was obstructed.
pleaded not guilty to each complaint. Hearing be Monday. Edward E. Griffith. 31.
of Medaryville, paid a $10 fine for towing an unregistered trailer. 300 From School Visit UN Today Westfield. Dec. 1-Some 300 Westfield High School freshmen will visit the United buildings in New York citations dav. The trip will he made in connection with geography studies.
The group will leave Union Station, Springfield. a for New A caravan of four busses will leave here at 7 in the morning from Park Square for Springficld. Instructors who will accompany the class are Mrs. Wayne Holmes, Angelo Fioroni, George Wallis. Miss Francis Sutcliffe and Robert Lamitie.
City Gives Shots to 71 Youngsters Westfield. Dec. 1-At the season's immunization clinic, conducted this afternoon at the Health Department offices. 71 children received inoculations for diptheria, tetanus and whooping couzh. Booster or first, second or shots were given to the youngsters, six months or older.
The next clinic will be Jan. 3. 120 to Attend Class Reunion Westfield. Dec. 1-Plans have been completed for the Westfield union Saturday Chastening at The 1950 reAnchor in Southwick.
A roast bee! dinner will be served at 6.30. Approximately 120 plan to attend. Guests from Georgia, Ohio, Boston, Worcester and Pittsfield have indicated they expect to be present. Senior home room teachers of the class have been invited. Mrs.
Beverly (Mulville) Gamble is in charge of arrangements. Hearing Dec. 14 On Trailer Camp Westfield, Dec. 1-The Board of Health will conduct a public hearing Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 8 p.
m. at the Health Department offices in City Hall relative to a recent petition by Stanley Szuba of Tannery Rd. to establish a trailer camp on his property. Dr. William N.
Hamblin, board chairman, announced today. ALEX KUDRICZ Westfield, Dec. 1-Alex Kudrez, 69, a former resident, died todav at Holyoke Soldier's Home following a long illness. Born in Lithuania, son of Charles and Anna Kudricz, he was a veteran of World War I. Formerly employed by the Westfield Manufacturing he was a member of Legion Post 124.
He leaves no immediate relatives. A military funeral will be conducted Satur. day morning at 7 at the Robert E. I COUNCIL PASSES FINANCE ORDERS TOTALING $41,370 1 Recommendations Voted, Mainly From Overlay Reserve Westfield. Dec.
1-Eleven finanvial recommendations of Mayor Alice D. Burke, totaling $41.370 and mainly derived from the overlay reserve fund, were voted by the City Council tonight. These items were from the Nov. 17 1 tions meeting and submitted new tonight's meeting. transfers and Intra transfers from the unforescen expenditures account were the other sources recommended.
'The items included: From overlay reserve. $17,805, to Welfare Department for cash aid, provisions, fuel, medical care, to Health Department, $4000. for two new cars with to the former Green District the trade-in nurses of and two 1948 health agent; vehicles $750 for School account for fuel and repairs. Also from overlay reserve. 100 as the city's share in the cost of state installation of modern trattic control lights together with passage of a vote authorizing Mrs.
Burke to make the necessary, agreements with the for the city to accept ownership and maintenance after the lights are installed: $5500 to Public Works Department for truck hire. sand and salt for snow l'emoval costs; $1000 to a special public works account to install permanent drainage pond in Northwest Rd. which. since the August flood. has seeped into cellars in a housing development.
Also, transfer of $1200 of Trade High School for purchase of a tool room lathe. total of $700 for additional necessary funds to print the 1955 annual departmental reports and for printing and costs for the special state representative election in the spring. The council also gave final passage to the 15-year $36.000 bond order to water main extensions in West Rd. GREAT BARRINGTON Christmas Sale, Luncheon Dec. 10 Great Barrington, Dec.
1-The Women's Society of Christian Service of First Methodist Church will hold its annual Christmas sale, luncheon and chicken pie supper in the parish rooms Saturday. Dec. 10. Luncheon will served from 11 R. m.
to 2 Mrs. Martin Graham and Mrs. Philip Consolini are general chairmen. Mrs. Stephen Carter is chairman of the candy table: Mrs.
Graham. the home-cooked bakery table: Mrs. Walter Trag, fancy work table, assisted Mrs. Walter Caffrey. and Sirs.
Irving Barnum will be in charge of the grab bag table. Mrs. John House. chairman of the parcel post table, and Mrs. John Martin.
is in charge of publicity. The sale wil begin at A first setting of the chicken pie supper will he at 3 and the second at 6 p. nt. Reservations may be meade with Mrs. Orville De Rose.
Group Conducts Poster Contest Great Barrington, Dec. 1-For I the fourth consecutive year. the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary of St. Peter's Church. will sponsor a Christmas poster contest in the local public schools from the Grades 1 through 12.
In effort to the religious significance of Christmas, all pictures submitted must portray A religious theme. Judges will select one picture from each grade from the first to eighth. Three winners will he sclected from the high school group. Prizes will bel awarded on Dec. 23 at the annual carol sing.
The judges for the contest. will be O. Walter Trag. Jerome Couse, and Mrs. John 0.
La Fontana. All entries should he submitted to Miss Elizabeth M. Gibbons, before Dec. 9. Briefs Great Barrington, Dec.
1-A new machine has been placed in the local Registry of Deeds office which will replace the excise stamps used in real estate transactions. Miss Josephine Le Blanc, registrar of the deeds office for Southern Berkshire said that the machine operates similar to a stamp meter. A gummed! tape-like sticker, with the amount of the transaction imprinted on it, is placed on the papers of the deed, replacing the stamps heretofore used. Clement Rafferty. golf pro at the Wyantenuck Country Club, will attend the annual meeting of the Professional Golfers' Association at Atlantic City, N.
J. John Tully of Parley left this week for Lake Worth, where he will spend the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wolcott of Holden and their two sons, Cusack funeral, followed by a requiem high mass in St.
Casimir's Church at 7.30. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p. m.
Friday. TO KILL 500 BUFFALOES Edmonton, Dec. 1 (P)- Five hundred Buffaloes will be shot next week to keep the Elk Island Park herd within limits than can live on avallable grazing land. The quarter-million pounds of meat will be sold through normal trade channels by a Calgary firm. About 1000 I buffaloes will remain in the park.
Santa Claus in Airplane To Land at Barnes Monday North Pole, N. Dec. 1, as ever this Christmas Santa Claus will be as generous have to have an airport instead of a chimney to benefit from his goodness. Westfield, has been selected as one of the 32 cities in the northeastern section of the United States to which North Pole's Santa will fly in his enth annual Operation Toy Lift. The jolly gentleman has traded his eight reindeer in for four new motors and will deliver his gifts of joy to children in 13 states.
Operation Toy Lift starts tomorrow, when Santa makes an early visit to Burlington, Vt. He will visit children's hospitals and have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goslee, Dresser Ave. Dr.
and MI's. Asher Baker, and daughter Nancy. have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gillett, and Edward Leafgreen of Silver St.
FIVE ARTISTS DISPLAY AT PITTSFIELD SHOW Great Barrington, Dec. 1-Five artists from the Southern Berkshire arca. have paintings and drawings in the Berkshire Association pre-Christmas show and sale at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield. which opened today. The five are Walter Frame and Walter Cole of Sheffield, Homer Gunn and Harry Lane of West Stockbridge, and Margaret Halstead of this town.
They all have shown their paintlings and other works at the annual Thursday Morning Club art show here. Lights Go On Tonight Great Barrington, Dec. 1- Great Barrington's Christmas lights will be turned on at 6.30 Friday. Prior to turning on the lights, the Searles High School band. under the direction of James Fitzpatrick.
will form at Dresser Ave. and march down Main St. to the front of the Town Hall. where the ceremonies will take place. Santa Claus will he in the parade.
There will also be a carol sing by the Scarles chorus and townspeople. Great Barrington Briefs Great Barrington. Dec. 1-Mrs. Raymond Seelcy.
Mrs. G. Frank Lord. and Miss Ethel Waller are chairmen for the Christmas greens sale which will be held on Dec. 15 in St.
James' parish house. On Dec. 9. the committee will sponsor A demonstration and talk by C. Roy Boutard horticultural director at the Berkshire Garden Center, at the parish house at 2.30.
The public is invited. The Parish Club of First Congregational Church will meet Dec. at the parish rooms. A covered dish supper at 6.30 will precede the meeting which be in the form of a Christmas party. Births in Fairview Hospital this past week have been A daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Hare of Stockbridge: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Wuori of and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
William Clow of East Otis; to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Caffrey this foun. of Division are parents of a Mr. and Sirs.
Gilbert Simkin daughter born in Pittsfield General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Piscioneri of Amherst are parents of a son, Mark Joseph, born recently in Amherst. The infant is A grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Hebner of Division St. The town highway crews have begun repairing the road linking Christian Hill Rd. and Castle Hill Ave. PLAN CAROL SING Great Barrington.
Dec. 1-The annual carol sing of St. Peter's parish will be held Friday, Dec. 23. at 7 on the church lawn.
Prof. Fernand Barrette choir director and. organist will direct the singing. The prizes for the best drawings in the Rosary Society-sponsored contest will he awarded. BLANDFORD Yule Decorations Are Demonstrated Blandford.
Dec. 1-A gathering of 50 or more mothers. and A sprinkling of fathers. attended the meeting of the PTU last evening in the school auditorium. The main issuc to come under discussion was whether or not to buy dishes and silver for the school cafeteria.
As no defirite decision could be reached. the matter was tabled until a future meeting. Those, present voted. however. A slide the playground.
and the school committee was 30 instructed. Mrs. Sven Anderson's room, the first grade, awarded banner for having the most parents present. Mrs. Anderson 'has 16 hoys and seven prints in her class.
Following business meeting, the remainder of the evening was given over to the Home Department of the Hampden County League. with Lee Wyman, local chairman, in charge. The wrapping of Christmas gifts was demonstrated by Mrs. Chester Kulik, of South St. Mrs.
Ralph Hayden gave directions for making all sorts of Christmas candles using old candles or paraffin for wax, and jelly molds, glasses and other simple things found in almost any kitchen for mol is. Christmas cookies and fruit ers of third grade children. punch were, served by the mothMrs. Edwin Howe, chairman of the ways and means committee of the PTU, has requested that all orders for sweat shirts and shirts that are being soid by the organization be in by Dec. 6 as that is the last day orders can be taken.
Money can be taken tola Other Suburban News Pages 12, 27 LANESBORO Consultants Will Survey School's Laneshoro. School Committee has voted employ Architect. John H. Fisher and his consulting engineer, Earl Landfear, to plan for rebuilding the sewage system at the Lanesboro School. Landfear and Fisher will work with the local sewage inspector and the state department of public health to obtain their approval before the School Committee r'equests funds from the town to rebuild the system.
Landfear is a graudate of selacr Polytechnic Institute in civil enginecring. He engaged in private practice in Troy, N. Y. and has acted AS consulting encineer on numerous sewage problems in schools and private inIstitutions. School Building Unit in Meeting Lanesboro.
Dec. 1-The School Building Committce met last night, with John Fisher to discuss ways in which to economize on plan for an addition to the Lanesboro School. Several ideas were worked out and will be me presented al A laier date. The committee is also investigating pre-fab schools being produced by the National Homes Corp. of Lafayette.
Ind. and is planning trip to Hamilton. to visit A factory -built school erected by Stoner Association of Boston. Harold Horn Entering Race For Selectman Lanesboro, Dec. 1-The first candidate to announce intention to run for the office of selectman! in the coming town election is Horn of Balance.
Rock Rd. Horn said tonight that he will take papers out at once. He is a past commander of Lanesboro Post, American Legion, and a member of Berkshire Voiture. 40 and 8. He is a member of the Volunteer Fire Department.
the Ambulance Corps and the Recreation Board. A weaver in the Strong-Hewat woolen mill Clarksburg. Horn was elected president of the AFL weavers union at the mill in an election held this week. A resident of Lanesboro for the past six years, he owns his own home. Mrs.
Horn is the president of the American Legion Auxiliary. Horn served with the 88th (Blue Devils) Division on the Italian front of World War 2. PRE-CHRISTMAS SERVICES Lanesboro, Dec. 1-Pre-Christ- services will be held in the Federated Church Dec. 5 through every night except Saturday.
Services will start at 7.30 under the direction of Rev. and Mrs. Parker Young Congregational Church in Scotland, Conn. The public is invited to attend. ADAMS Turgeon Named Clerk of Court Adams.
Dec. 1-Gov. Christian A. Herter today appointed Leonard A. Turgeon, attorney.
the clerk of Adams District Court. Targeon has been acting clerk since the death of Daniel E. Kiley Oct. The nomination must remain before the Governor's Council a week before action. Turgeon is A graduate of Adams High School and Boston University Law School.
Two Youngsters Foil Safe Driving Adams. Dec. 1-Local drivers were doing their best to keep the town accident-free on S-D Day today, but in two cases they found their efforts foiled by youngsters. At 3.30 p. m.
a six-year-old boy darted in front of a car at the Columbia St. School crossing near Notre Dame School after the traffic officer signaled the m0- torist to go ahead. The boy. Gilbert Rolland was knocked down but uninjured. In another mishap at 4.20 p.
m. 11-year-old Robert Szukala of 30 Winter St. drove his hike into the rear of a truck while coming down Meadow St. He received a bump on the forehead. RALPH E.
FOOTE Adams, 1-Ralph E. Foote. 59. of 88 Summer died at his home this morning. A veteran of World War he was a past commander of the local American Legion post.
He leaves his wife. the former Ismay Lapan: a son. Ralph A. Foote: a daughter. Miss be shown.
It is A picture for the whole family to see. The official amount of precipiItation for November was 5.51 inches, with about 12 inches of snow. Last year there was 7.73 inches with seven inches of snow. The largest amount recorded for this period was 11.13 in 1927 and the smallest .84 inches in 1933. The average for this period is 4.43 inches.
Carol Smith and Martha Hinton were on the honor roll for the first marking period at Williamsburg High School, with average of 90 per cent or over. Also on the honor roll with averages of 85 to 90 per cent Charlotte Parker and Russell Bancroft. cepted teaching position in Mrs. Forrest, Curtis has Williamsburg. Ina Foote.
all of Adams; three brothers, Edward of North AdHenry and Eugene of Weymouth; and a ter, Mrs. of Greenfield. The funeral will be held in Notre Dame Church Saturday morning at 9.30. Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery. Friends may call at Trottier funeral home Friday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10.
underprivileged children's homes in New York, Now Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Canada before entering Massachusetts Sunday, afternoon. Kringle will land in Westfield after A short tour of Hartford hospitals. Santa. who is noted for his punctuality, is expected at Barnes Airport at a.m. In Westfield, he will bring gifts to the Children's Aid Socicty of Hampshire County, the Shurtleff Mission 10 the Children of the Destitute, and the Children's Study Home at Mt.
St. Vincent. Whip City aides to the special guest be Robert Donahue of the Springfield Kiwanis Club and F. Warren Wright of Westfield. by the children and orders given through their teachers.
MI's. Ralph Warfield, local representative for the Society 101 Prevention of Cruelty to Children. reports that she has collected $57 that organization. Officials visited the local school! building today in regard to the relining of the furnace which nas never given satisfaction. The furnace will he relined in the near future, at no cost.
HUNTINGTON Movies to Show Centennial Events Huntington. Dec. 1- 1-Huntington Centennial Committee, by special arrangement with Homer Newell. will present a program of moving pictures of Centennial events at Murrayfield auditorium on Dec. 8 and at First Congregational Church on Norwich Hill on Dec.
11, at o'clock. There will be no admission charge but there will be containers for contributions which will be used toward reduc. ing A deficit in the committee's funds. Annual Murrayfield School Christmas program will take place in the auditorium on Dec. 22 at 7.30 p.
m. Any PTA busi-4 ness will be taken up at this time as is the usual custom since the regular mecting night is changed to coincide with this progrAm. Bicycle racks ordered by the PTA have arrived and Flovd Anderson is in charge of installa-1 Ition. Mr. and Mrs.
A. Mace are! at home on Russell St. after a cross country trip which included Mexico and return by the East Coast. SOUTHAMPTON Southampton. Dec.
1-Mr. and Mrs. John X. Florec of Mundale are parents of a son born Nov. 29 at Noble Hospital, Westfield.
Grandparents Mr. are and Mr. Mrs. Florek Frank of Rood of Crandall Southamp-mas ton. community calendar mitice of the Mothers Club met 21 the home of the president.
Mrs. Robert Breyer, 10 complete the campaign for subscription. The committee reports great success in the project and pro creds will he used for communservices. At the meeting of the selectmen Wednesday A building permit WAS issued to George Brumham of Camp Jan Rd. for A storage building.
Selectmen request that annual reports from all town departments be compiled and turned in to the board not later than Dec. 21. STOCKBRIDGE Paul's Church was filled 10 overflowing Wednesday afternoon during the funeral services for the late C. Edgar Searing. local mortician.
assessor, and civic leader. Town and state officials attended the services AS well As friends, neighbors. and townspeople There was a profusion of floral tributes. Arthur Monroe and George Barnes were the ushers. Mrs.
Mac Morgan, was the burial was in the Stockbridge Cemetery. The funeral was one the largest ever held locally. Honorary bearers ere: John A. Reacco, David L. Braman, Dr.
Donald F. Campbell. Coonev. William J. Collins.
Ilenry W. Knight. Clinton J. Foster. George M.
French, Oliver C. Kempton, William S. Masters, John McCormick. Edmund A. Noble.
Henry W. Rathbun, Anthony (i. Rud. Dr. Richard M.
Stevens. Edward Sullivan and Rep. Sidney Q. Curtiss. Also the following funeral directors: Frederick C.
Halcy of Chester, Frank J. Kelly and W. Francis Shields of Lee. James D. Hickey and Henry A.
Stevens of Great Barrington, Michael Kelly. Edward Dery, Joseph W. Condron, and Walter P. Sime of Pittsfield, Edward Roche Lenox, and Thomas Degnan of Worcester. Active bearers were Gilbert McClintic and Bruce McClintic, both of Hartford, Harry L.
Searing and George G. Searing, and George Larkin, all of this town, and nephews of the deceased, Robert E. Bracknell, HUNDREDS ATTEND SEARING FUNERAL Stockbridge. Dec. 1-The St.
CHESTERFIELD SUNDAY SERVICE Chesterfield, Dec. 1-- Rev. Allen H. Gates has taken "Advent in Christ's Church" as the of the church service Sunday at 10.30. The children's story will be "'The story of the first This is Communion Sunday and several people will join the church.
In the evening movie "Secret of the Gift" will BENNINGTON, VT. 2 Mishaps Mar Safe Driving Day Bennington. Dec. 1 Twe highway mishaps, one resulting in an injury 10 a Nashua, N. motorist.
marred safe driving dav in Bennington County. Robert M. McLaughlin. 21, suf fered a laceration of the, head when the CAI' he was driving slammed into a tree on Route 9 in Searsburg at 6:40 this morn ing. State the auto was badly damaged." Al 3 p.
171. two North Adams vouths escaped injury when their car went 300 feet out of control and overturned on Route 8 in Stamford. four-tenths of a mile from the Massachusetts state line. State police identified the driver as Bruce A. George.
18, of 396 Stage Rd. His passenger was Thomas F. Peckham, 17, of 89 Lois St. The was molished. The two accidents bring county total to 19 since scores began on Nov.
21. College Girl's Disappearance Nine Years Old Bennington. Dec. 1-One of the nation's most puzzling disappearance cases began here nine vears ago today. when Paula Weldon, pretty Bennington lege sophom*ore.
vanished from the college campus. The 18-year-old coed Was re ported last scen walking along the Long Trail in Woodford Hollow. Two posses covered the area but no traces of the girl were found. An intensive investigation of the disappearance was conducted, but that also was to no avail. More than $4000 was offered in reward for information leading to discovery of the girl.
The last authentic contact made with Miss Weldon was by her roommate, Elizabeth Johnson, whom Paula told she was going for a hike. SCHOOLS LOSE $1215 IN STATE AID FUNDS Bennington. Dec. 1-A total of $1215.90 in 1955 state aid funds has been deducted from grants 10 seven Bennington County school districts as the result of ruling by Attorney-General as P. Stafford that districts not receive state money for dents attending other than lic schools.
Some $19.289.73 has heen ducted from state aid grants to 96 Vermont communities which pay tuition costs for students tending private and parochial schools. The state department of cation says deductions are based on A total of 501 students who are mainly attending paro chial schools within the state. DALTON High School Bans Student Driving Dalton. Dec. 1-Parents of ton High School students have received letters from high school Principal Jacob Franklin, who has taken A strong stand against the use of automobiles by students traveling back and forth from school.
Lise of the vehicles will not be permitted during regular school hours. In conjunction with prohibiting use of cars during the eating period, the school cafeteria has besun A new three ession period with lunch time shortened. The free time previously given for the lunch period had created serious disciplinary problem. MRS. LYLE PARKER Dalton, Dec.
1-Mrs. Edna grandchildren. Central Baptist Church will conduct a School of Missions. beginning Jan. 5 and for five consecutive nights.
Sessions will be from 6.30 to 8.30 with A covered-dish supper at 6.30. There will be three divisions for children, young people and adults so that families may attend together. This is part of the "Year of Baptist Achievement" program, it wAS announced by Rev. Russell L. Wallace.
A Boy Scout Cub Pack was rerently organized at Central Baptist Church. Peter M. Bullard of 6 Madison St. cubmaster. Den mothers include Mrs.
Frank Mochak, Mrs. Frank Houghton, Mrs. George Egleston and Mrs. Francis MacKinnon. A series of square dances are being conducted by the Men's Club of the Westfield Grange every Friday evening at its hall, with Earl Welcome as caller.
Westfield Guild, Holy Family League of Charity, will conduct a Christmas bazaar Friday from 9.30 a. m. to 9 p. m. at Jay's Camera Centre, for the benefit of Brightside.
Miss Agnes Eng. lish and Miss Catherine O'Donnell are cochairmen. The Fire Department extinguished late this afternoon A nodamage leaves and grass fire off McKinley St. The regular Fire Commission meeting, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed to Thursday, Dec. 8, commission Chairman William P.
Marcoullier announced. Groesbeck Parker. wife of Lyle Parker, died suddenly yesterday morning at her home. She was 72 vears of age, A native of Dalton and a lifetime resident. She WAS the daughter of Frank and Harriet Maynard Groesbeck.
A member of the First gregational Church, Mrs. Parker belonged to the DAR and the Pittsfield Art League. Her hobby was painting. She leaves her band. Lyle.
retired hardware dealer and plumbing contractor and three daughters, Mrs. Gilbert Adams of Dalton. Mrs. William Hayes of Tenafly, N. and Mrs.
Ralph Clock of Pittsfield: six grandchildren; one child. and two brothers. Charles Groesbeck of Havertown, Pa. and William Groesheck of Hornell, New York. Funeral service will he held at the Bartlett funeral home dav at 2 p.
in. with the Rev. Charles G. Christianson and the Rev. David J.
Livingstone ficiating. Burial will be in the Main St. Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow night from 7 til 9. The omission of flowers is requested and the family asks that donations in lieu of flowers be sent to Pittsfield General Hospital in memory of Mrs.
Parker. Camp Fire Meeting Dalton, Dec. monthly meeting of the Leader's tion of the Camp Fire Girls day evening several service propects were discussed and the possibilities of incorporating them for the Christmas season were considered. The group adopted projects for respective group leaders to choose from as their Christmas project. 1 SIP.
