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The Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 17

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i The Berkshire Eagle, Monday, August 23, 1976 17 BSO has a youth movement I to 15 years ago. Before then, there was a clear split between and performance in the he says, "we have many musio are not only practicing but a very profound influence on the they are associated her BS0 members similarly teach at institutions and attract talentinto the orchestra. Smedvig, studied under the BSO's trumpeter, Armando Ghitalla. Now Ghitalla plays with Smedvig's brass and Smedvig himself teaches at of other factors are behind look in the orchestra. Training like Tanglewood's Berkshire MuCenter and the Boston University Institute are highly inin the preparation of young mufor orchestra careers.

Both Miss and Smedvig, for example, pent four years at the music center, and quintet was formed there. according to personnel wager William Moyer, audition proceres actually give young players ceradvantages over older ones. The performer, he says, will come to accustomed to playing for and with nothing to lose, the older musician, though more will sometimes freeze up afraid for his reputation if he The situation becomes especially he says, when an audition atdis bath a teacher and his student, as ally happens. also notes that "blind" audiwhich candidates play behind a and recent job equality laws out any bias which audition might have had against players and women. The numwomen in the orchestra has risen in the 1950s to 10 today, and predicts the percentage will infurther, if only because there are female than male string students Concertgoer is killed in Chester accident CHESTER A 24-year-old J.

Prokup of 80 Terrace, Ludlow, was when he was struck by an last night at 8:30 as west along Route 20 country music con- driver of the automobile, Golash, 20, of Eastwas arraigned this in Westfield District charges of operating to and driving under the of alcohol. to Russell State PoProkup was walking of Route 20 feet west of the interof Bendix Road when he by the eastbound veby Golash. Prakup was pronounced scene from severe injuries by Dr. Vassos, the Hampden Medical Examiner. ADAMS Mrs.

Hancock lannuzzi, of 88 Bracewell night at the St. Luke's following a long ill- in North Adams daughter of John 5 Furling Doran. She local schools and gradSt. Joseph's High She took nurses training Vincent's Hospital in New later became head the hospital. She also the nursing staffs of Memorial Hospital 1.

and the MasGeneral Hospital in also worked at the Electric Co. in Pittsand retired from that comago to move to Beach, Fla from Florida in to live with her son aughter-in-law, Mr. and F. Hancock. She communicant of St.

Church in North While in Pompano was a reporter for Beach Sentinel Michael Fandied Oct. 18, 1968. her son, James, she son, John R. of North Adams, two 5 Henry G. Doran of and Edward T.

of Seal Beach, six and two great- services will be at 8:15 a.m. from Dagnoli-Montagna with a Liturgy of will be hours Church. Burial tonight from Cemetery. at at 2 Burial the to from 9 4 at will 7 and funeral to St. be 7 9 BMC seeks owners of last belongings security department of Medical Center ed that persons, who they may have lost watches or other personal ens at the hospital stop at its to check the collection has been assembled there.

though she says she is "most excited about" her solo recitals in Boston. Marylou Speaker says she felt "an aspiration to play in an orchestra like this" ever since she first heard the BSO in 1963. But she admits that, since moving to the front of her section, has had "a few darts thrown" at her by older members in back, partly because of her age and partly because of her sex. Miss Speaker won't talk about it further, but older members like Harry Dickson sense what he calls a certain contempt among some of the younger players he excludes Miss, Speaker for the older generation, which leads to some resentment in turn. He says this is nothing unique to the BSO or musicians in general, but is part of a broad social trend calling all aspects of "the establishment" into question.

SITE under consideration for new city landfill is en- housing areas to the site are East closed in dotted line in this aerial view of the neighbor- right of Camp Summer, and Clark hood just east of Pontoosuc Lake. Southern tip of lake (to the east) of the landfill site in the in the lower right. corner, and the YMCA's Camp comes before the Planning Sumner is in cleared area to lower left. The two closest City Hall. Obituaries and Funerals Horace T.

Cahill, former. It. governor QUINCY Horace T. Cahill, 81, a poor boy who rose to be lieutenant governor of the state and a Superior Court justice for 26 years, died yesterday at City Hospital. Mr.

Cahill was a Superior Court judge from 1947 to 1973, including a three-week stint at a criminal session of Superior Court in Pittsfield in 1954. He was the state's lieutenant governor from 1939 to 1945 under Gov. Leverett Saltonstall. He also served as a state representative for 10 years and as speaker for two years. He is survived by a daughter and two sisters.

Mrs. Edith Graebner Mrs. Edith Graebner, a former resident of Bradford Arms, died Saturday at the Berkshire Nursing Home after a long illness. Born in New Haven, the daughter of Herman and Anna Ullmer Alderman, she was educated there and moved to Pittsfield in 1965 after the death of her husband, Bruno Graebner. Mrs.

Graebner was a member of the Golden Agers, the Senior Citizens, and the Bobby Kidney Sunshine Club. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Mirate of Watsonville, and Mrs. Ernest Segnalla of Pittsfield, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at Evergreen Cemetery, New Haven, tomorrow afternoon at 2.

The services will be conducted by the Rev. Arthur E. Walmsley of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, New Haven, where Mrs. Graebner was a member while a resident there.

Omission of flowers is requested. Friends may contribute to the furnishing fund of the Senior Citizens Center in Mrs. Graebner's memory. Clarence A. Rivet Clarence A.

Rivet, 72, of 33 St. died Saturday at his home after a short illness. employe of the former Berkshire Woolen Co. for 20 years, and of Berkshire Hardware and the Berkshire Medical Center, he retired in 1960. Mr.

Rivet was a communicant of St. Mary's Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus, Senior Citizens and Golden Agers. He was born in Turner's Falls, the son of the late Alfred and Virginia Lenois Rivet, and lived most of his life in Pittsfield. His wife, the former Rachel died in 1974. He leaves one son, Robert E.

Rivet of Pittsfield, and two sisters, Mrs. William B. Borden of Pittsfield and Mrs. Louis Valley of Turner's Falls. Funeral services will be tomorrow morning at 8:30 from Dery Funeral Home, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9 at St.

Mary's Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Calling hours will be today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Death Notice BOICE, MRS.

LYDIA August 22, 1976 at Berkshire Hills North Nursing Home, Lee, Mass. Mrs. Lydia C. Boice of 8 School Lenox Dale, Mass. formerly of Ancram, N.Y.

Wife of the late Charles Boice, mother of Belden Boice of Lenox Dale, sister of Mrs. Carrie Millerton, N.Y. and Clayton Traver, Copake Falls, N.Y. Funeral service Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Peck Peck Funeral Home, Copake, N.Y.

Interment, Ancram Union Cemetery. Friends may ca; at the funeral home Tuesday, 3 to 5 and 7 to 9. Trumpeter plays solos Furthermore, there are cycles in hiring as one generation of players, such as that brought in by Koussevitzky, goes out and another comes in. The BSO keeps no exact records by age earlier than the 1960s, but Moyer, who was a trombonist in the orchestra in 1955, figures there were 12 players under 30 then. Finally, the orchestra now has a relatively young conductor, Seiji Ozawa, 40.

and that, orchestra members may serve as an enticement to some younger musicians, although a new generation of younger conductors is appearing all across the American musical scene. Despite some dissatisfactions, the younger players are. proud to be members of the BSO. Even Miss Arzewski, who is regarded as something of a loner by her fellow musicians and argues for rotation of positions within the sections, calls the orchestra "wonderful." al- Margaret Tietgens NORTH ADAMS Mrs. Margaret Belanger Tietgens, 66, of 237 Franklin St.

died last night at the St. Luke's unit, BMC. She had been admitted to the hospital Friday following a short illness. She was born in North Adams March 25, 1910, daughter of the late Frank and Margaret Marr Belanger. She attended local schools and was a communicant of St.

Francis' Church. She leaves her husband, Russell E. Tietgens; two daughters, Mrs. Robert A. Fortini and Mrs.

Edward J. Delisle, both of North Adams, and six grandchildren. Funeral -services will be tomorrow at 8:15 a.m. at the Flynn Dagnoli-Montagna funeral home with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 9 at St. Francis' Church.

Burial will be in. Southview Cemetery. There are no calling hours. The family has requested the omission of flowers and has suggested that donations be made to the American Cancer Society through the funeral home. Mass.

lottery Friday's number BOSTON (UPI) The winning number drawn Friday in the Massachusetts Lottery's Numbers Game is 4130. payoffs, in exact order: All 4 digits $3591. First or last 3 digits $503. Any 2 digits $43. Any 1 digit $4.

The payoffs, in any order: All 4 digits $150. First 3 digits $84. Last 3 digits $84. Above payoffs based on $1 bets. Saturday's number BOSTON (UPI) The winning number drawn for Saturday in the Massachusetts Lottery's.

Numbers Game is 5094. The payoffs, in exact order: All 4 digits $7186. First or last 3 digits $1006. Any 2 digits $86. Any 1 digit $9.

The payoffs, in any order: All 4 digits $229. First 3 digits $168. Last 3 digits $168. Above payoffs based on $1 bets. Rolf Smedvig Mrs.

J. J. Doscher is still no orchestra in the country that has the family feeling that we do," says Dickson. "Still, some of that feeling has lessened in the last 15 years, and I don't want it to. The real question is: How much of himself does a player want to give to the orchestra?" Another veteran orchestra member, who prefers anonymity, also finds a even more divisive cliquishness in the past.

What worries him more, he says, is greater sense of individualism among members 1 today, but he remembers an the current concern with finances and pleasing audiences, which has led to things like the Pops and rock concerts at Tanglewood. "There used to be no compromise on what we as artists think is the very he says. "We had a faith that we would sell. tickets because people out there were hungering for art and what is best. Now we must worry about survival.

Art for the moment is the Still. this musician adds in the next breath, art can't have suffered too badly, because the orchestra performs ambitious programs and still runs the music center, one of the major orchestral training academies in the country, without charging the students tuition. killed Bianchi, John F. (story, page 1) Boice, Mrs. Lydia Carson, Emmit P.

Decker, Donald K. Donovan, Vincent F. Doscher, Mrs. J. Jeffrey Graebner, Mrs.

Edith Hajdas, Mrs. Helen Iannuzzi, Mrs. Mary McCormick, Mrs. Delia, Prokup, Ronald J. Rivet, Clarence A.

Tietgens, Mrs. Margaret B. Withers, Maritta A. Zaleski, Stanley J. Stanley J.

Zaleski DALTON Stanley J. Zaleski, 59, of 185 East Housatonic died Saturday at the Pittsfield General unit BMC after a short illness. He was born in Pittsfield and lived for the past 30 years in Dalton. Prior to that time he had lived for some years in Hinsdale. He was employed: as a machinest at the General Electric Co.

for the past 37 years. He was a communicant of St. Agnes' Church and a member of General Electric Quarter Century Club and a GE fireman. He leaves his wife, the former Sophie Sadlowski, to whom he had been married 36 years last October. He also leaves three Richard B.

and James Zaleski, both of Dalton and Stanley E. Zaleski of Tolland, two brothers, Edward Zaleski Cheshire and Zigmund Zaleski of Washington; one sister, Mrs. Earl Sweeney of Springfield and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from the Dery-Foley Funeral Home with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 from St.

Agnes' Church. Burial will be in the Ashuelot Street Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Vincent F. Donovan Vincent F.

Donovan, 72, of 12 State died this morning at the St. Luke's unit of Berkshire Medical Center. He and his wife, the former Evannah O'Brien, celebrated their 52nd wedding anniversary in March. Born in Huntington, the son of the late David and Mary McNamara Donovan, he lived in Pittsfield most of his life and was employed in the transformer department of General Electric Co. for 37 years.

He retired in 1965 and was a member of the GE Quarter Century and Pensioners clubs. Mr. Donovan was a communicant of St. Mark's Church. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Vincent P.

Donovan of Dalton; a brother, Thomas Donovan of East Greenbush, N.Y.; two sisters, Sister Mary Eucharista of the Sisters of Providence, Holyoke, and Mrs. Mary Powers of Manchester, and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Calling hours at Dery Funeral Home will be tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute in Mr.

Donovan's memory to St. Mark's memorial fund. Reginald H. Forsyth Private funeral services were conducted this morning for Reginald H. Forsyth at Dery Funeral Home by the Rev.

Neil F. Decker, chaplain of Berkshire Medical Center. Cremation followed. Mrs. Lydia Boice LENOX DALE Traver Boice, 81, died at Berkshire Hills North ing Home, Lee.

She had her home at 8 School St. her son, Belden Boice. The widow of Charles Boice she was born in daughter of the late DeWitt an Emma VanTassel Traver. In addition to her son, she survived by a sister, Mrs. rie Kilmer of Millerton, a brother, Clayton Traver of pake Falls, N.Y.: one child and two great children.

Funeral services Wednesday morning at 11 at the Peck and Peck Funeral Home. Copake, N.Y. Burial be Ancram Union Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9. Maritta A.

Withers LEE Maritta Adams ers, 54, of Landers Road. yesterday at her summer on Greenwater Pond in Becket A native and lifelong of Lee, she was the daughter the late Roy and Alice Farra Adams. She was the secretary for the women's bowling leagues at Lee Bowling Lanes, a membe of the First Methodist Church and the Morning Star Chapter the Evening Star Lodge. For past several years she bus driver for Massini Lines of Great Barrington. She is survived by Mark R.

Withers of West Stackbridge, Vinton J. Withers, Glen E. Withers, and Matthew Withers, all of Lee; three daughters, Mrs. James Herlity, and Miss Debra Withers, both Lee, and Mrs. Earl Barrett Lenox; a brother, Vinton Adams of Zephyr Hills, Fla: two sisters, Mrs.

Clarence Boyden of Conway and Mrs. Harold. Miner of Pebble Beach Calif and five grandchildren. Funeral services Wednesday morning at 11 at the Kelly Funeral Home. Burial be in Fairmount Cemetery.

Calling hours at the home are tonight from and tomorrow from 2 to 04 and 7 to9. Emmitt P. Carson GREAT BARRINGTON Emmitt P. Carson, 54, of 1 Street died yesterday evening Fairview Hospital. Born in Sheffield April 1922, he was the son of Mrs.

ene Brower Carson and the late Frederick Carson. He for the past five years as a driver for the Red Gold Taxi Co. of Great Barrington. Mr. Carson was a US veteran of World War I member of the James A.

Medolo Post, VFW. He was member of the Southern shire Coin Club. Besides his mother in Great Barrington, Mr. Carson leaves his wife, the former Helen House; two sons, Richard Carson of Easthampton and Philip Carson -of Great Barrington; two stepsons, David Emprime of La Porte, and Robert Emprimo of Fort Collins, Colo; one. step-daughter, Mrs.

Charles Ketchen of Great Barrington, three grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren. Calling hours at the Birches Funeral Home will be tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. The funeral will be Wednesday at 11 at the funeral followed by burial in Center Cemetery, Sheffield. Memorial donations may made to the American Cancer Society. Mrs.

Delia McCormick Mrs. Nancy Schmer Doscher, 27, of 14 Jason St. died Sunday at the Pittsfield General unit of Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Wahoo, the daughter of Robert W. and Phyllis Cope Schmer, she graduated from Wahoo High School and was a 1972 graduate of the University of Massachusetts.

She and her husband had been living in Pittsfield for years. Besides her parents and husband, she is survived by a son, Christopher Doscher, one sister, Mrs. Burneil Chvtal of Colon, one brother, Robbie Schmer of Alexandria, and a paternal grandmother, Mrs. John. Schmer of Harvard, Neb.

Calling hours will be Wednesday at Dwyer Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. funeral services and burial will take place Saturday in Wahoo. Friends may contribute in Mrs. Doscher's memory to the BMC Cancer Research Fund in care of Dr. Jesse I.

Spector. Barrington car fire suspected as arson GREAT BARRINGTON Arson is being investigated by local police as the possible cause of a car fire early this morning that destroyed a 1966 Ford on Brush Hill Road. Police said this morning that evidence of arson was found at the scene of the blaze. The identity of the car's owner, a Canaan, N.Y. resident, was withheld until he could be notified of the incident.

The fire alert was phoned in to police by an anonymous caller at 2:40 this morning. STOCKBRIDGE Mrs. Delia McCormick, 83, a longtime resident of this town, died this morning at the St. Luke's unit, BMC. Born in Stamford, she was the daughter of John and Bridget Donnelly Broderick and the widow of John E.

McCormick. She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church, Stockbridge. For the past three years, Mrs. McCormick made her home with her daughter, Mrs.

Mary T. Boland of Housatonic, where she was a communicant of Corpus Christi Church and a member of the Rosary Society of that parish. Besides her daughter, Mrs. McCormick leaves one son, the Rev. Joseph E.

McCormick, S.J., of Beacon Hill, Boston; one brother, John Broderick of Stamford; two sisters, Mrs. Emil Kratzer and Mrs. John Barnwell, both of Fairfield, Conn; and five granddaughters. The funeral will be Thursday morning at 9:30 from the Searing-Stevens Funeral Home in Stockbridge followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's Church at 10.

Friends may call at the al home tomorrow from 7 to 9 and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. City note -The Pittsfield Leo Club, young people's auxiliary, will sponsor a car wash Saturday from 10 to 3 at the Adams Superama on West Street. Proceeds will go to local charities. FUNERAL HOME DAVID A.

DERY J. EDWARD DERY By 54 Bradford Street, Pittsfield 890 East Main Street, Dalton North State Road, Cheshire. R. JACK KELLY HEARING AID SPECIALIST Certified by the National Hearing Aid Society PITTSFIELD HEARING AID CENTER Inc. 345 North Pittsfield Phone 443-1710 We Will Accept Collect Calls Home or Office Appointment 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE "You Must Be Satisfied" Office Hours: 9 to 5 Monday thru Friday, 9 to 1 Saturday Evenings by Appointment.

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