The Morning Union from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

20 THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, SPRINGFIELD, WEDNESDAY, JULY-22, 1959 NEWS FROM NORTHAMPTON 50 PLEASANT ST. TELL JU 4-2900 WATER BOARD ARGUES OVER PRESIDENCY Ruling to Be Asked Whether Term Over 2 Ycars Possible NORTHAMPTON What had been touted as a Water Commission meeting to 'elect new officers Tuesday night degenerated. into a hassle over the advantages of the presidency the board. Elections were postponed until a ruling is obtained from City Solicitor Luke Ryan concerning a motion passed at a previous meeting which would prevent any member boor from serving as president more than two years. The point in question is whether this would apply to the incumbent, Raymond Bernier, and prevent his being reelected.

self occasioned most of the Exception don the motion itargument at the meeting. Two members, Raymond Brigham and Adolph. Raymond, been the meeting at which the motion was passed, chided the others for deciding such an important issue without full board. Herman Hebert, author of the motion, said that both had been advised a reorganization meeting hakede been scheduled. He was by Raymond what the purpose of the motion was.

Hebert replied that he believed every member of the board should be given a chance at serving as president. When pressed further he said was an "education in itself and an honor" to serve as president. Raymond then asked what additional work was required that differed from the regular members' work. Hebert agreed was mainly the honor the post. Arguing involved.

that the question of "honor" was irrelevant, Raymond said a that as "long as al man valuable" in the job, saw no reason for changing. There have been only three presidents in the last 25. years board, he pointed out. pose asked in serving on the Commissioner Eugene, Arnold Raymond was if it was not honor, since the post is nonpaying. It was case to do public good, Raymond replied.

He said there attached, and, in some cases, there were curses instead. The commissioners agreed to hold A meeting for election of officers as soon as possible aftreceiving the solicitor's opinion. Damaged Boat's Owner Sought NORTHAMPTON Police Tuesday 1 night, were seeking the owner of a boat found damaged by fire in the Connecticut River near Damon Rd. 14 They said there were no marks on the boat through which they could trace the owner. The boat is described as from 10 to 14 feet long, with a deck and a large outboard motor.

A plastic covering for the boat was damaged by fire. It is theorized that the fire was the work of vandals. There was considerable damage to the boat. Patrolman Edward Frenier investigated. Registry Okays Joint Location NORTHAMPTON- With minor reservations, the Registry of Motor Vehicles has approved plans which would house its local office in the same building as a new police station.

Harry Foran, assistant to Clement E. Riley, registrar of motor vehicles, suggested that the registry be separated 4 from police headquarters, rather than having a joint entranceway for. the two. It is believed Mayor Cahillane will have the architect. Frank M.

Mahoney, comply with the request. The registry is prepared to pay $2100 a year rent. which would help pay off the bond necessary to construct the new building in of the present police quarters under the mavor's plan. 'Hamn News Briefs NORTHAMPTON Cooley Dickinson Hospital reports the following births for Mondav. a daughter to Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Durkce of 30 Grant a son to Mr. and Mrs.Frank J. Kosior, of Valley View Williamsburg. The tourist and convention bureau the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce received, the praise horse from show the commit- chairtee for its.

handling of the New England Arabian Horse Show in this city. July 4: Joseph C. Dickinson, manager of the local bureau. said he had received a lettor to effect from R. J.

Wright. The end of the first Girl Scout encampment at Sandy Brook was marked by a banquet Monnight. Theme for the banquet was "Girl Scouts Marriage intentions have been fled at the city clerk's office by the following: Ashley L. Gray, of, 52 Maple Florence, and Toan. -C.

Russo 1765 Northampton Holyoke. and Anthony A. Carusso of 2 Graves Ave. and Adele Schimmelfennig of 192 Apremont Highway. Holyoke.

The School Building Committee will meet at City Hall Thursday at 7.30 to go over more' Day's NORTHAMPTON Events in 'Hamp Among events scheduled today are: Look Park, noon. Buses leave Golden Age Club co picnic, James House at 11. In event of bad weather, James House will be scene of games during afternoon. chorus Operetta for Guild, "Yeoman of the Guard," Smith's School. 7.30 p.

m. Republican City Committee, City Hall, 8 p. m. Record hop, State. St.

playground, 5.45 to 8.30 p. m. 'Ar estimates for the proposed junior high school in Florence. If the results are satisfactory, according to Victor Christenson, chairman of the committee, the plans will be brought before the City Council sometime in August. The funeral of Henry V.

O'Day of 69 Prospect morning St. at will be held this Ahearn Northampton funeral home at 8.15, followed by a solemn high mass of requiem in Blessed Sacrament Church at 9. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. AMHERST Camp Anderson Staff Is Named AMHERST-Camp Anderson for boys will open on July 30, with Rev.

David Ladre of Methuen as director. Rev. Alfred Jones of Lawrence will serve as chaplain, Miss Barbara Henderson of North Andover will be in charge of handwork, with be in charge dramatics, CarCarol Aspinwal of Westport, and Mrs. Esther Syzertse of Rochester, N. as assistants.

William Neth of Saugus will ol Weise of South Hadley will be in charge of waterfront, Wayne Glazier Storrs, will direct archery; Mrs. Ruth Lamsa of Shutesbury will be the camp nurse. Mrs. Clarinda Handerson of Leverett will serve as cook; and will be assisted by Jones Bates of Southampton, Arlyne Quimby of Methuen and the Philippine Islands, Linda Wells of Talcottville, Conn. Counselors will be Ted Lane of Manchester, N.

Watson Barlow of Manchester, Verne Kneeland of Methuen; Peter Howard. John Wilson both of Methuen, Philip Henderson of North Amherst, David Kinson of Fairfield, Derry Hankin-1 son of Leverett, Verne Rhodes of Thompson, Robert McCullough of Leverett and ThomThompson of Waterford. Conn. The camp will be open for two weeks. Amherst Briefs AMHERST Pfc.

Ernest L. Peterson has returned to his station at Fort Bragg. N. after spending a furlough with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.

Percy Wheeler of Sunset Ave. The. well child clinic will be omitted in July and the next clinic will be held Aug. 27, in the court room of Town Hall from 1 to 3. Appointments should be made with the Board of Health office.

Members of Amherst Council, Knights of Columbus, are urged to make reservations by Friday with Howard Moody, to attend the annual chicken barbecue to be held Sunday at 1 at Rolling Hill Farm in South Amherst. The Highway Department has begun construction of the road from Boltwood Ave. to Spring according to the vote of the annual town meeting in March. HAYDENVILLE HAYDENVILLE Mrs. Jay Smith was hostess at a surprise bridal shower in her home in honor of Miss Viola McPherson of Fairfield daughter of Mrs.

Sylvia Hebert of Northampton. Miss McPherson's fiance, Henry Pritchard who is in the Navy stationed at Atlanta, arrived unexpectedly. Mrs. Smith was assisted with refreshments by Mrs. Jane Hebert of Northampton.

Miss McPherson and Pritchard will be married on Aug. 2 in the Congregational Church. The second polio clinic will be the Center School on Wednesday, 29, from 7 to 8. July Christmas To Be Event of Visiting Workers The 91 youths and 10 staff members from Pennsylvania of the Meyer and Mendelsohnn Tobacco of Hatfield, living in the Theta Chi and Phi Sigma Kap: pa fraternity houses, will be hosts to the Florida girls for the' sixth annual July 25 Christmas festival to be held at 8.30 A. m.

Rev. Arnold Kenseth of the South Congregational Church will speak and 10 members of a hoys choir will sing several Fred Waring arrangements. Charles Getchell, Marilyn: Thanes and Diane Johnson of Florida are arranging a delighting program and the singing of Christmas hymns and songs. Following this part of the program, there will he visit to the girls' dormitory, where there will he another candlelighting program. dies will be wrapped and kept until Christmas, Dec.

25, when they will be lighted in the homes in Pennsylvania: and, in memory of Christmas in Amherst. BELCHERTOWN Girl Swimmer. Has Close Calle BELCHERTOWN-As the result of a near accident at the town beach Tuesday afternoon, Police Chief Ernest Gay reminds parents of the need for responsible supervision when children are in or near the water. The alertness of two young swimmers saved a teen-age girl from possible serious consequences when she became exhausted and had to be pulled from the waters of Lake Arcadia. The identity of the girl was a participant in the swimming not revealed, but she he instruction program.

girl was towed to shallow water by her two rescuers and carried to the beach. She was able to leave later without assistance. Firemen's Supper Plans Completed BELCHERTOWN-Plans were completed Monday evening and tickets have gone on sale for the Belchertown fire beef fighters' supper. Aug. third 12 is the date set for the event, the one way volunteer firemen have of raising money for equipment.

Isaac Hodgen is general chairman assisted by Michael who is 5 charge of supplies; Bristol, kitchen overseer; and Harold Peck, captain of the dining room and director of publicity. All fire fighters are supplied with tickets. Flower Show Rules Listed BELCHERTOWN-Classes for the flower show which will be linen Hampshire of the high County lights of Pomona the Field Day to be held Aug. 9 in South Amherst, have been announced by the chairman, Mrs. Guy Reed of Pelham.

They include horticultural exhibits, arrangements and house plants. In the horticulture section awards will be made for five specimens each of zinnias, marigolds, petunias, asters, a dahlias and gladioli, with a seventh class for "any other flowers, all judged in the same class." There, are five classes arrangements: Flowers in container not intended for flowers; arof pink, white to include container; miniatures, not over five inches; native wild flowers, and a class for children under 14. African violets will be judged in a class by themselves. The class for other house plants has two sections, one for blooming plants and one for foliage. Hold Joint Outing BELCHERTOWN Nearly 30 members of the Methodist and Congregational men's clubs met Monday evening for the annual joint outing.

undeterred by the weather. Planned as a cookout at Parsons Field, the supper moved to the Congregational parish house. Pingpong, shuffleboard and horseshoes replaced. the scheduled softball games. Committee for the evening included Donald Perham, Arlan SkinClifton Witt 'and Lyman Hubbard.

HADLEY ON DUTY TOUR HADLEY -Taking part in the all out air exercise now in progress in the Carolinas, Marine Air Reserve Maj. Raymond D. Shipman of 95 Hockanum Rd. left, South Marine Weymouth Attack: last Squadron week 217 for a -two-week tour af active duty. HADLEY Members of the Hadley fire department are asked to meet Thursday night at 7.30 at the West St.

fire station to complete plans for the big. muster on Sunday. About 20 area companies expected to compete in various events on West St. common after a parade along Russell St. The Post Office will be moved into new quarters on Saturday.

HUNTINGTON HUNTINGTON Selectmen will sell at public auction. the parcel of land on Mill St. and East Main St. known as" the Chester Paper Mill property on Wednesday, July 29, at 7.30 p. m.

in Town Hall. The parcel contains approximately four and one-half acres. Miss Ann Diamant. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Alexander Diamant of Stanton Ave. is serving as librarian during the illness of Mrs. Alice Kirby. The usual open hours will be observed. Charles Cole of Pond Brook chairman of the nominating committee for American Legion Post: 233, has called a special meeting of the past commanders tof the post today at 7.30 p.

m. at the Legion rooms to recon. mend a slate of officers for the coming year. The annual trip to Babb's Beach for the children attending the local playground will bel held on Thursday. The bus will leave the school at 10 a.

m. and return by 4 p. m. 'Any boy or girl, seven years and older, attend. A small amount will be charged for bus fare.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hessink and family of Knightville Rd. are on a two-weck camping trip at East Brewster on Cape Cod. World's largest cotton plantation is located at Wilson, in Mississippi County, Ark.

Other Suburban Pages 9, 32 EASTHAMPTON Pension Case Decision Still Being Awaited EASTHAMPTON The Easthampton on Contributory Retirement Board met with town at: torney Kenneth I. Laprade on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the state boards' decision concerning the pension of Mrs. Mary Stone of this town. The local board, consisting of Town Clerk Frank J. Janik, Town Accountant Mary Brewer, and Matthew Zawacki, adjourned their meeting until the afternoon when it failed to reach a decision on the case.

The State Contributory Retirement Board reversed the decision of the local board which denied the pension of Mrs. Stone, of the late Howard W. stone, who died on June 5, 1955, of a heart attack, while serving as recreation director for the town. The Easthampton board may appeal the reversal to the courts or it may decide to abide by the reversal. If so, Mrs.

Stone will be entitled to a pension, amounting to two-thirds of her late husband's salary, which would give her $2436.72 per year as long as she lives, providing she does not remarry. This would be retroactive to the time of her husband's death, the amount approximately $10,000, according to estimates of the re- local board. She also would ceive $312 which her son, James who was 17 at the time of entitled his father's death, would be to. The money would come out of town funds, and would have Ito be appropriated. 5 Fund Transfers Given Approval EASTHAMPTON The Finance Committee met Tuesday night with the Board of Selectmen, Board of Public Works and the Town Attorney.

The sum of $500 was transferred from the reserve fund by the unanimous vote of the Finance Committee, to the legal services fund. Town Attorney Kenneth I. Laprade informed the committee that the transfer was necessitated by an increase in and also to cover legal matters which had not been anticipated when the budget was set up. The committee also approved the transfer of $172.64 from the reserve fund for the Terrace, View surface sewer. Also $500 was transferred to the engineering personal services fund for outside engineering required as a result of the illness of the town engineer.

Two of the major engineering projects which are under way at the present time are the survey of the Maloney property and the Adams St. work project. MUST PAY DAMAGE FREDERICK M. WAGNER EASTHAMPTON Frederick EASTHAMPTON-A 16-yearlocal boy appeared in. Juvenile Court in Northampton on Tuesday before Judge Harry Jekanowski, when he was apprehended tearing a telephone receiver out of an outdoor booth earlier that day.

"Police Sgt. Daniel Gallagher caught the boy as he' passed the area in the cruiser. The judge ordered the youth to make restitution for the damage and continued the case for six months without adjudication. Police Chief Frank C. Skrzyniarz said that similar.

damage has been inflicted previously on the phone. booth at the corner of Union St. and Main however the identity of the vandals was never discovered. M. Wagner, 62, of 214 Main St.

died at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Tuesday morning. He was born in this town. a of the late Herman Bertha (Burkhart) Wagner and had been a life-long resident. He educated in the local schools and attended Williston Academy. He leaves Chis wite, the former Mae Menton; a son, Frederick of Westerly, two daughters, Mrs.

Frank' Livolsi and Mrs. Walter Novak, both of this town, and six. grandchildren. The funeral will be held at the O'Brien funeral home on Thursday afternoon at a time to announced. Burial will be in Brookside Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home until the time of the funeral. wit WILLIAMSBURG WILLIAMSBURG- -Miss Jean Tiley and Miss Nancy Outhuse of North St. have returned from a week's cruise of the Great region. Stops included Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac Island; and Duluth. 8 Second polio clinic, will- be.

in the Anne T. Dunphy: School on Saturday, July 25, from 9.30 to 10.30. A daughter, Linda, was born on July 16. to Mr. and Mrs.

David C. Tiley of Frankfort. Ger. Grandparents are Dr. and Mrs.

Joseph Hobbs and Mrs. G. W. Wilson of this town. Mrs.

Mariona Armstrong and grandson, Tommy, of Pittsburgh, have returned after a few days with her mother, Mrs. Amy Graam, Goshen Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smart have had as guests Mr. and Mrs.

Donald Bryant of Danvers, former residents of WV11liamsburg. Intermediate Girl Scouts will meet Thursday at 9.30 at Mrs. Kenneth Sherk's home. At the regular meeting of the selectmen it was announced that bids for the new culvert in Ashlield Rd. to replace the old bridge will be opened Monday at 9.

Chief Sanderson met. with the board and requested use of a fire truck at the Hadley muster. This was granted with the stipulation that the town be covered by the Northampton department. Warrant 29 in the amount of $1876.60 was approved. HATFIELD KATHLEEN DEINLEIN TO MARRY SATURDAY HATFIELD Miss Kathleen daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. George M. Deinlein School will be married to William D. Sullivan, son of Mrs. Timothy Sullivan of Cambridge, and the late Mr.

Saturday at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church, with a reception at New Gables. South Deerfield. Miss Deinlein has.

chosen. as maid of honor. Miss Marilyn more, a former classmate Murphy of Florence ands Baltiat St. Michael's High School, Northampton; and for bridesmaids Miss Sheila Mullen of Boston and Miss Patricia Martin of Natick, friends at Boston College School of Education, where both the prospective bride and bridegroom were graduated last month. Paul Sullivan of Cambridge will be his brother's best man, and ushers will be Thomas Cibotti 'of Boston and Henry Lelaurain Cambridge, Boston College: classmates.

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Shea of School St. are, entertaining their son-in-law and daughter, Airman 1-c and Mrs.

Jackson P. Morgan of Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, C. Second Congregational Church Rev. Oliver Black, pastor a of of Holyoke, will preach in Hatfield Soloist Congregational' will be Mrs. Church worship.

Cory Bardwell of the church choir. The church will be closed during August. Members of local 4-H Dairy Clubs are busy preparing their entries for the annual Baby Becf Exposition Show in at the Eastern fall. States Grand champion will; be awarded a blue ribbon, and its owner will receive. a cash award at the auction Sept.

22. Stephen Bruscoe, who placed, second last year, will "'Hockhockson Black this year. Other members and their entries include: Thomas Osley, "Upham Farm Crusty Russell Brown, "Ace. of 'Spades," and his brother David Brown, "Powisset Farm Lucky Strike;" Robert Omasta, "Powisset Farm Golden Star" and "King of Spades." Joshua trees are found only ofin the United States. -Prizes for the WBS fair were won by Mrs.

Richard B. Smith, Mrs. Raymond H. Sears and Miss Marion L. Bartlett.

The sum of $75.95 was realized by the volunteer fire department from the recent scrap paper drive. There will not be another collection until fall. Mr. and Mrs. Robert N.

gel of Babylon, N. Y. are and spending two weeks with Mr. Mrs. Jay Gangel.

N. Fred Reed of White Plains, is at the Charles Day home, Capen for the summer. Mrs. Forrest Frew entertained at a stork shower in her home in Stevensville for Mrs. Grant Knapp.

Assisting her were Miss Joan Osgood, Mrs. Douglas Bates, Mrs. Richard Durant of Goshen, Mr. and Mrs. R.

Fisher of Newton are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guerney Skelton at Glenwood Farm, N. Mr. and Mrs: Dwight T.

Raymond have moved into their home at the Corners. The Mountain Rangers will meet Thursday' at 7.30 at the home of Mrs. Howard Beche to plans for the annual horse show, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huber of Jamaica, N.

are spending this week with Mr. a Mrs. Herman Huber, Witt The PTO story. hour for preschool children will be today at 10.30 at the library. and da daughter, Marjorie, have Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Beebe returned from Boston where they spent the week end. WORTHINGTON Mr. Miller NewTrinity Pastor ADAMS ADAMS Rev. Douglas S.

Miller has been. appointed pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church, according to an houncement by Rev. Terrence F. Ogden, superintendent of the Berkshire district of Troy Conference. He will succeed Rev.

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