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FOUI THE NOBTH ADAMS. MASSACHUSETTS. TRANSCRIPT MONDAY AFTWNOON. AUGUST Trophies and Medals Awarded Players In 4th Tennis Clinic The fourth annual tennis clinic )y the Northern shire Junior Chamber of Com-. paralvzed her arms, legs and merce, was officially brought respiratory, muscles, will soon be close last evening with for a visit from the Warm awarding trophies a TM outstanding players in ceremonies at Noel Field on State ExpecUjd mvnVha Street.

Sally Costa of 66 Cliff an entering freshman at Drury High School next month; won the girl's trophy as a result of her straight two-set victory over Sylvia Piantoni of 330 East Main St. in the finals. Miss Piantoni, who will be a sophomore at Drury next month received the runner-up medal. TENNIS TOURNEY WINNERS William Carter, chair- nun and head instructor in the fourth armua! iponsored by Northern Berkshire Junior Chamber of Commerce, presents Sally Costa her medal as girls' champion. Looking on, left'to right, are: Fronts'Francis Morandi, runner-up: Charles Ozolins, champion; and Sylvia Piantoni, runner-up.

In the rear are Vincent Tassone, instructor, and on the right, Robert KruJI, instructor and tournament fudge. Councillor Windover fourth Candidate For Council Election Councillor Fred B. Windover of 214 Prospect street today became the fourth to enter the 1 field for election to the city coun- cil this year. Mr." Windover, a member of the council for the past four years and prior to that a member of the old council from 1944 "to secured i nomination, papers this afternoon at the office of City Clerk Albert L. Fuller.

All four candidates in the field to date are members of the present Councillor Joseph R. Bianco has announced his candidacy and Councillors James Ru- ane and James F. Cleary took out nomination Mr. Windover is a'member-of the sales depart- nient at the Sprague Electric Co. Nearsighted children, more than any other group, read-be- 1 cause their world is- a limited one: DRIVMN THEATRE Kor.tr K7 Tonight, Thiirs.

GMYCOOPEit Co-Hif At The Library SchumanVBook On Russia Among 73 New Purchases Ci LUC. TT the next five days, according to! The latest book by Prof. Fred PredictCool Weather To Stay 5 Days The cool weather that over the weekend will continue for the long-range forecast issued 1 day. The Weather Bureau called for the temperature to average three to five degrees below normal for the extended period, no marked day-to-day changes. The high yesterday was 78 degrees, it was 76 at 1 o'clock today.

Precipitation for the period will average "about one quarter inch with rain Thursday and Friday. 30 Advent Christian School Members Picnic The annual picnic for meni- bers of the Advent Christian Full Gospel Church Sunday School was field Saturday at Lake Shaftsbury, with 30 pupils and their guests present for the program. i Games and swimming were enjoyed and each took a box lunch. Ice cream and beverages were provided. Mrs.

Bertrand Peteis of superintendent of the Sunday School, was in charge of arrangements for the outing. lege, is one of the 73 new, books, now available at 1 thelNorth Adams Pub- available Adams PUD- Glarnorj Kirigt -Alias Henry lie to the hst Lanjrford: made public today. XlCill iiWlAlA-ua Prof. Schuman's book is one of Fluoridafion, MacNeil; The lnstal 18 non-fiction titles on the list which, otherwise'Js; dominated by ers, Can't Get There fiction; including 22 mysteries and froni Here, Nash; History of Eu Westerns, 11 nine r0 pe Pierrenne; They in the love story classification, and the Sky, Reynolds; American Teen 13 listed as general.fiction. Ager, Remmers; Russia Since 1917 The complete list Mys- Schuman; Wild Ocean, Villiers teries and Westerns: Far to Go Aswell; The Blabk Mirror, Ben- Woytinsky.

son; Whispering End of Chapter, Blake; The Third Bullet, Carr; Death: of an Ambassador, Coles; Frightened Fingers, Dean; Appleby Talks' Again, 'Innes; Broken Alibi? Jacobs; Hard Man Katcher- Stranger witU a Massachusetts who suffered tainS the energy which, it-utilizes. r.nn i 'neat'h of a a heart attack early this morning, Lbmax; a for Murder; Cold 'Poison, Palmer; So Deadly My Love, Ransome; Silent River, Roberts; The Mark of Glass, Roth; Panhandle Pioneer, Scott; Dusty Wheels, Smith; The Mountain, Stout; The Stuart; Bullets on Bunch Grass, Trimble. Love-stories: Leave Love. Alone, Stamford Mount Wins Ribbons in Halifax Scott's Victory, owned and rid-jjiancocky A' Flower'in the pesert, den by! Scott Van Hollisler; Nurse Knows Best, Humphries; Doctor in Petticoats, Lindsay; Portrait with Love, Bowman; Wait 'Jdr 'the Day, Mrs. Cornelius Van Steemburg of Stamford, won two ribbons Saturday at the Halifax, Jamboree Horse 'The Stamford coy's mount was judged second' in the children's pleasure horse class also in the open pleasure Horse division.

DAMS-MORTH ADAMS LINE ENDS TONIGHT "AFFAIR TO REMEMBER" PLUS "ODONGO" STARTS TUESDAY Another Big forst Run Hit! OUTDOOR ADVENTURE WITHOUT EQUAL! The djnnmitc-Iadcn itory of a man who found his soul when he lost his reputation 7 gent; Rainbow's End, Sargent. Historical, The Sudden'Stranger, Barrett; Letter from Peking, Buck; Journey', to Cr a Lady from' Colorado, Croy; Street of Kings, Dexter; Through Gates of Splendor! Elliott; The Gilded'Torch, Fuller; Mr. AuSubon's Lucy, Kennedy; Velvet Horn, Lyfcle; Caribbean Cavalier, Steward; The Voyagers, Van Every. General, Hills of Beverly-, Block; Pillar of Cloud, Burgess; Best Sci- NOW! A BIG ''FIRST RUN' It crosses anew boundary in screen entertainment! EVA MARIE SAINT DON MURRAY. LLOYD NOLAN Plus Big Action Western And Color ence Fiction of 1956; Last Stage to Aspen, Elstpn; Pink Hotel, Erskine; Curtain Call, Janney; The Man His Way O'Rourke; The Avenger, Rigsby; On the Beach 3 Shute; Sojourn to, a Stranger; Sullivan; i Thane; Ordeal of Non-fiction, Great American'Au- tomobiles; Tumblihg'.

-Technique' Burns; Soviet'Russia in China, Chi ang Kai-Shek; Square Dancers Guide, Cowing; History of Ameri can Industrial.Science, Hall; Guide to bating, Guide to Langford; "and Henry Fight for lation and Servicing of Oil Burn and India, the Awakening Giant Robert W. Bardsley Rests After Attack Robert W. Bardsley68; of 1428 Mrs. VincentCorsi Coming Home Soon From Warm Springs A 30-year-old Adams mother who Members of the family of Mrs. Vincent Corsi of 3i Park said today, that they expected her to arrive, withia.

next few weeks at the home of her father-in-Uw and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Anthopy Corsi of 52 Yale this city. How long she will be able to was uncertain today. But on the termination'of her visit she will TheWs trophy went to return to Warm Springs where she --1 has.made.marked progress under Ozolins of 20 Wood who will an eighth-grade student at Brayton' School next year.

Ozolins defeated Francis Morandi of 128 Protection.Ave., Greylock, in the. boys' finals in two straight sets. Morandi enters Drury next month. William Carter, chairman of the Jaycee's Youth Activity Commit- iee, made presentations. Instructors for the clinic Which got underway June 24 were.Robert Kruli, William Ellsworth, George Lamoureaux, Vincent Tassone and Donald Millberry.

Approximately 120 youngsters attended the classes which were held every Thursday night and Saturday morning. 16th Fellow is Named To National MS Unit YORK Antonio G. Giuditta, Detroit, has- been appointed a fellow of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for the period of one year, it was announced today. This appointment brings the total of society fellowships granted to date to 16, according to the announcement. Fellowships'are part of the Society's professional education program, designed to interest promising young- scientists in research on related diseases which, the society carries on, an official said.

Giuditta, a native of received 'his medical society, degree summa cum laude from the Facolta 1 de Medicina of the University of Naples in 1955. He will serve his fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, New York City. He plans to do research in the field of biochemistry, seeking to how the brain ob- a heart attack early this morning! afc.his homej was reported resting well at' the" North Adams Hospital this Dr. WilHahi; Bowman responded to an emergency calf and Mr. Bardsley taken ambulance to the where, admitted at.7:10.

Births i Mr. and Mrs, William' S. Bartlett of West End Ter. are the of a -son born last night at the North Adams Mr. and tianisen of Pittsfield of a daughter born morning at the North Adams Hos pital.

Mrs. Christiansen is the former Eleanor 'Dodge, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dodge of 93 Church Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Christiansen of 471 East Main; St. Continued to March 12 Home Repair Racket Catches Police Eye BROCKTON, Mass. Some home owners been overcharged for chimney and house repairs by two men working this without proper credentials, police Police said yesterday they believe the pair, who charged much as $75 for an hour's chimney repair job, are part of a syndicate operating. what' "a home repair the state. treatments that began in March.

'Mrs. Corsi made the trip to Warm Springs from Boston where she had-been'under treatment for 15'months previously, in an army' plane equipped with a iron and other special apparatus and manned by a crew of attendants. Her progress has been so marked that she may be able to come home by train although her family has not been definitely informed. However, a chest type that can" be strapped onto the patient easily, has been sent to Warm Springs by. the Berkshire County Chapter of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation, for her use on the trip, it was learned.

Rocking Bed Ready The March of Dimes organization also has sent a rocking, bed, designed to shift the occupant's weight to the feet as a means of strengthening muscles, to the home first few By mid- Mrs. Corsi is the former Mary Hamilton, daughter of Joseph Hamilton of Adams. "She was stricken Aug. 13, 1955 with bulbar polio and was rushed at once to Pittsfield General Hospital where --she was placed-immediately in an iron lung. The paralysis spread quickly Jrom her respiratory muscles to her arms and legs and-she was near death several times in the weeks of her illness.

December, 1955, she was deemed to have passed 'the. critical stages, and she was then -taken to the Shattuck Hospital, in Boston where the long process of rehabilitation was She made that trip in-an iron-lung-equipped truck. Gains Strength Before she left, there she had begun to sorne use of. her leg and. arm while the "respiratory had rer 'c-oVered 1 her to remain out" of the iron lung' for hour at a time.

At Warm Springs where she was taken March -10, she has gained further use of her paralyzed members, is now- able to feed herself and write -short notes, to stand with the aid braces and to remain respirator for more extended perils. Her vacation from Warm Springs will give her "an opportunity to see her two small children, Gloria Ann and Anthony, who have been ods. The district attorney's office issued a warning to residents- to beware of repairmen without proper credentials. Highway Contracts Mount Contracts for construction on 232 miles of A 56-year-old local man pleaded ie interstate' system of 'highways were awarded during guilty in District Court this morning to a charge of drunkenness and his case was continued to March 12, 1958, for disposition. He was found last night in a drunken condition on Canal Street.

Personal Paragraphs Mrs. Rena Soulia, who fracture'd her leg in an" automobile accident in June, has returned to North Adams from the Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer and now is convalescing at her home at 9 Eagle St. Mr. and Mrs. Leo J.

Tatro and Miss Emma Lnmore of 30 Elm two weeks' Bernard F. St. are spending a vacation with A.l.C. Tatro and Mrs. Tatro of Bangor, I Maine.

I NO.ADAMS M0'3i369 Shown At 5 5 0 8 5 5 THE FUN-FACTS OF LIFE! Also At Rock Hudson, M. Henderson "BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY" throughout cared for at their Adams home since she was stricken, by.her husband, her father and her. sister, Joan Youngster, 11, Starts Colorado Return Trip Robert Dillon, 11, today started a long journey back'to Denver, Colo, after spending a month with his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James Dillon of 121 Bracewell avenue.

The boy, who made the trip.from Denver to North Adams alone by bus, was-accompanied-to-New York by his grandmother and from that city he will take the bus back to Denver. Queen and Have the Sniffles a Of) Quetn Elizabeth" II and Princess Margaret today, were reported shaking off colds which have kept them indoors during their vacation. The royal family is at Balmoral Castle for an annual holiday after a strenuous summer social season. Princess Margaret celebrates her 27th birthday Wednesday. She is expected to be well enough to enjoy the festivities at a private family party.

The weather has been blustery and. wet in Scotland. July, the Bureau of Public Roads announced ttiday. The total cost of this work is estimated at 122 million dollars, or about $525,000 a mile. The vast road building project now under way calls for a mile interstate system, linking 90 per cent of all American cities of 50,000 population or more.

with limited access divided highways. Local Intelligence --The flowers yesterday at St. Episcopal Church were given in memory of Alfred Jones by Mrs. Jones. --The flowers yesterday at the union summer services the First Methodist were given -by Mr.

and Arthur Clum in memory'of members of their family. PROTEST NEGRO HOMI PURCHASE -Residents of Levittown, a planned of 60,000, gather at mteting to hear discussion of plans by William Myers, a Negro, to move into his re- cently-purchased home in previously all- white city. Addressing the meeting is James Newell, holding paper megaphone', a Levittown resident. Wirephoto.) 5 Area Youngsters Take State Ribbons AtGounty4-HFair Five youngsters "from Northern Berkshire walked with half of the 10' state award ribbons sented at the 16th annual' Berkshire County 4-H Fair held Friday evening and Saturday at the American 'Legion Hall- and Field in Dalton. Over 1,500 persons attended the fair in which more- than 1,300 exhibits, entered by nearly 200 exhibitors, were judged in a variety of State award won by the following: Livestock, George Malnati of North gardening, a Zappula; flowers, Judith Williams; Elizabeth Davis; and frozen fdods, Irene Zappula, all of-Florida.

Patricia Anderson of this city a prize for her champion Jersey and Robert Cook of Clarks- burg'received-a-plaque for the Guernsey champion the fair. Elizabeth Davis along with Michuel Allesio of Dalton won more excellent ratings than any of the other exhibitors. Others who took more than one excellent rating, in the various; categories were- Irene and Thomas Thomas Callanan, of Cheshire and Robert Williams; of 'North About people "attended- a square and round dance Saturday night which marked the end of the fair. r' Atomic Tests Halted Because of Weather ATOMIC TEST-, SITE, Ifl The 13th blast the: summer series atomic was. postponed 24 hours today of unfavorable weather conditions.

The' bomb, named ''Doppler, was scheduled to at 5:30 a.m. from a balloon 1,500 feet above the desert. The 'Atomic Energy Commission said the explo sion was. called off because thun clerheads developed" and because winds make a 1 1 6 handling-difficult. "Doppler' is about'half as powerful as the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II.

Business Today Businessmen Are Divided About Prospects of Bopnri By SAM DAWSON mew orders and dollar sales to NEW YORK Businessmen! crease, planning to boost their appear to be as divided as stock market operators and government and banking economists on the prospects for a boom this fall. A survey of 205 industrial corporations today shows the majority of their top men still optimistic but also reveals a growing minority that now looks for a downturn in production and sales and especially in profits. A similar taking of the consumer pulse recently also showed uneasiness spreading among those with the final say-so as to which way the economy will go. Consumers this'summer are less confident than they'were last winter that good times will go on forever. Brokerage houses have been preaching caution in a stock market making wide swings with small volume.

Most people seem to have taken to the sidelines. Financial circles gossip about what they interpret as a split in opinion System business is heading up or down. The- gossip fastens on the New York Federal Reserve bank's failure to follow quickly the -action by, eight districts the discount ratef'Ariy" Paramount OMIT 00 Ont Performanct Only! "Tumbleweed 11 In Ttchnictlor With Audie Murphy 15 Color Cartoons For Hit Ufflt Tots And Your Hvoritt Free to Hostess "Sno-Ball of HM Nmlly oM Join In Hit Pun! All Seats 35c AHention please! io kiddie' show it 1 f. M. fomV (TuciJ, our REGULAR PROGRAM, including "BAch8l6r Party." will itarf at 4 P.

(Tuei. only). See of her adv. Paramoun Hurry! Ends Tues. HOW DEEP CAN A MOVIE kind of rooms do they have upstairs? 1 Also New! Kt'l! marry dit! "So Lovely So Deadly" Bob Middltton Starts Giant NEW Color Musical! CYD CHARISSE Silk Stocking JANIS PAIGE-PETER SctHHiMCrKOCOLOK Aho NEW! "THE COLDITZ STORY" among Federal Reserve as to whether rates- of production', 'before-tax, Worrying the corporate executives most is the squeeze on "pVofit margins, the board reports.

Some say' price cutting is because of tion. Overproduction is a'-bugaboo to tife.ht money others. Thi. board'-- a nonprofit organization doing L- field of economics and half firms looking for larger dollar value of. new orders this fall 1 than last arid a bit less than' half expecting more new orders'than-in the first half of this Two out of three think dollar sales will.be higher ago and a half expect an increase this fall, over last Efut many note that, price increases will make most of the difference.

Three out of five look for dolljaf value of output to top" lasE year and two out" of three 'think it w'ill better that of the first half of this- year. Better profits -before taxes are anticipated by. 53 per er profits by -23 per. cent; and-, a conjWion levels by 24 per cent. is usually tapped as a fear "that inflation and speculative boom are in the cards.

Holding old interest rate or lowering it is usually interpreted as a- fear of deflation rather than inflation and of a business slowdown rather than a new boom. In view of all this difference of opinion the National Conference Board asked 205 industrial concerns -how they feltj business would be the rest of this year. It reports today that the majority are optimistic, expecting Lflsr Showing Tonight "OKLAHOMA" Thurs! Anrfy Griffith, Potrielo I "A FACE IN THE CROWD'! Also Red Skclton, Jawflloir in "PUBLIC PIGEON NO. 1" A waltz into fall with A c. Our Ntw Ml Group of tatvrts Hit finest of Ltotfrm, oy of cowm, fetest In styft ond color.

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