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Almanac Th ir Nov. 11 Oct ai zi Eagle Stock Averages (Noon) Dow-Jones (Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc.) 30 Industrials 823.03 2 69 20 Transp. 207.93 44 15 Utilities m.84 Sales 8,000,000 Second Section SnwiUtet NewiBM 44,3 Fnil mooa .51 Day of year trace Degree days Kgh (yesterday) Law (yesterday) bow this morning Range year ago Precipitation Snow Snow season Ml trace Degree days seasM Page 15 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Tuesday, October 18, 1977 111111 111111111 11111111111 iiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii minim 1 miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMg SdDettli creech to be delayed 1 Major work put off until spring to avoid added traffic snags Bv Grier Horner sa' project will be limited help people get out of that diffi- have been calling for alleviation The City Council at By Grier Horner said, the project will be limited The City Council at Coughlin's to "minor" work like in cult sidestreet. request had voted last week to of the rush-hour traffic jams The Petricca Construction Co. said yesterday it will hold South Street reconstruction work to a minimum this year, postponing until spring the full impact of the reconstruction project which is expected to add to South Street congestion that developed with the closing of the Holmes Road bridge.

During a meeting called by Mayor Paul E. Brindle III yesterday afternoon, Robert W. Petricca, vice president of the company, said that no actual road construction will be launched this year. Instead, he stallation of drains during the remainder of the year. Relieve congestion At the meeting of state and city officials, it was decided to take three steps to try to alleviate the rush-hour congestion on South Street until the new Holmes Road bridge opens next June.

These are the steps that the city will take: Stationing a policeman at the intersection of South Street and Gamwell Avenue from 7 to 9 a.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. to that are occurring daily on South Street. They also have been apprehensive that the start of South Street reconstruction will compound the problem. Problem in spring While the major South Street work will not be tackled this year, Petricca will begin with the heavy work next spring.

That means that the work on South Street and on the Holmes Road bridge will be under way simultaneously for several months before the new bridge opens in June. Eliminating the scattered parking now allowed on South Street between Taylor Street and South Mountain Road. Allowing a right turn during red lights for northbound South Street traffic turning onto Crofut Street as soon as state clearance is obtained. State District Highway Engineer Dean P. Amidon, who said that the idea of erecting a temporary bridge on Holmes Road was impractical, said he would try to expedite state approval of the right-on-red proposal.

City officials and candidates N.H. man to head YMCA ill i l-'Tr ft. 1 r. u.i ask the state to postpone the South Street project until Holmes Road was reopened to through traffic. Because the contract had already been awarded, state officials declined that request.

But Petricca said that he and Amidon worked out the delay in tackling the heavy roadwork in an effort to cooperate with the city. Mayoral candidate Philip J. Tully Jr. and1 Ward 5 Council candidate Francis Chichetto told the gathering yesterday that cars trying to pull out of side streets face major delays and hazards because of the heavy South Street traffic. Chichetto called the situation "unbelievable." Traffic is so dense, he said, that it took him five to seven minutes to get out of Bay State Road recently.

Conditions are so bad at the intersections of South with Gamwell and Cole, officials said, that drivers are taking risks because they get exasperated waiting. Accidents Three accidents have occurred in a week involving cars pulling out of the Lipton gas station in the dip before Gamwell, it was reported. Perhaps the only way to alleviate the problem there, Amidon quipped, is to get Lipton to elevate its low gas prices. Amidon suggested that the Keene Rotary Club, on the board of directors of the Monad-nock Area Pastoral Counseling Service, on the board of the Keene Day Care Center and a member of the Masons. He is a member of the New Hampshire Camp Directors Association, the American Camping Association and is active in the Academy of Professional Directors.

Toot is married to the former Janet M. Wulff. They have two children and presently make their home in Swanzey Center N.H. recreation. He began his YMCA career while a student serving as counselor at YMCA summer camps in Bridgeport and Hartford, Conn.

His first full-time appointment was as youth and camp director for the GLoversville, N.Y., YMCA. He also served as youth, family and camp director for the Pawtucket, R.I., YMCA and was named to his present post in 1971. He is active in Scouting, currently serving as a troop committee member in Swanzey, N.H. He is a member of the Frederick P. Toot, executive director of the Cheshire County YMCA in Keene, N.H., has been named executive director of the Pittsfield YMCA to succeed Walter D.

Malins. Malins announced last week he would step down from the post at the end of this year. The new director was approved by the board of directors last night. Toot, 38, is a native of Amsterdam, N.Y. He is a 1961 graduate of Springfield College where he earned a bachelor of science degree with a major in aluminum 1 Jf Jt Frederick P.

Toot Photos by Dorothy W. Chapman STUMP of old apple tree in Windsor is where Theodore Shogry found two sets of rosary beads seen in photo below. Stones at base of tree are believed to mark grave of an early settler or settlers. Old rosary beads found in Windsor apple tree Courtney loses bid for aco post problem for through traffic was not so bad as it seems to some drivers. "If it takes five minutes long er to get through, it's a lot," Amidon said.

During the reconstruction of South from the end of the first and successive out-of-town candidates for the position. Reynolds was finally appointed as superintendent by the School Committee in September 1962 after prolonged and heated community involvement on both sides. "Those small towns are vicious to get involved with," Courtney said, "but it's been an education." He will be working on his formal education, he said, doing the final work for a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts. While he wanted the job, he said, his loss is not an unmixed blessing, considering Maine weather. "It would have been a nice set-up up there, but it would have been a lonely winter," he said.

TOPICS project to Crofut, two lanes will be kept open to traffic votion at Lourdes began in the late 19th century. Shogry speculates that the beads may have been left hanging on what was then a sapling by a mourner or by a passer-by. Or they might have been hidden in the tree by someone living in that early settlement. Roman Catholics were a distinct minority in the early days of Berkshire County. at all times, Amidon said.

In addition to that work, some improvements are to be made to the South Mountain Road intersection at the same time. REGISTER FOR THIS FREE MAGEE RANGE By Dorothy W. Chapman WINDSOR Two sets of rosary beads have been found inside an old apple tree growing in what apparently was once a graveyard here. Theodore L. Shogry, of Flintstone Road was clearing part of his land in late August when he cut down an old apple tree about 30 inches in diameter.

As he was removing rotted wood from the center of the tree, he found the rosaries there. He counted the rings in the stump of the tree and concluded that it is about 270 years old. Last week, Shogry discovered what appears to be a grave at the base of the tree. He found several flat stones set in a circular formation to the east of the trunk. Edgar A.

Turner, a Windsor native, said the stones signified the presence of a grave. "That's the way they used to bury them with the stones over the top to keep animals away," Turner said. He also said that the history of the town indicates there were houses in the area in the late 1700s. What were apparently cellar holes can still be seen there. I 2 I a.

i By Mark C. Miller Sheriff John D. Courtney's efforts to become police chief of Saco, Maine, were ended last night when his major rival, Acting Chief Alberick Martin, was appointed to the post, Courtney said this morning. Courtney said that as an outsider he lacked a majority of votes on Saco's seven-man City Council. Martin was approved in a 6-1 vote.

In a conversation with City Administrator John S. Dexter yesterday morning, Courtney said, he learned he had the support of only three city coun-cilmen. Dexter had nominated Courtney after interviewing a number of applicants. Martin, 41, is an 18-year veteran of the Saco police force, had been deputy chief since 1973 and acting chief since April, when the previous chief resigned. Martin's appointment to the job, which pays $13,400, became effective immediately.

"It developed into a big political hassle," Courtney said this morning. "It turned into a political football and I don't want to be a football." Courtney, who has already announced his resignation as Berkshire County Sheriff, effective no later than June, said he would not apply for any other law enforcement positions. Set sights elsewhere "What I will be doing is setting my sights on something in the academic world," he said. The unexpected development is a complicating factor in what was foreseen as a smooth transition for Courtney. He had expressed confidence in recent weeks that he would be appoint- l0 Ej 1 Shogry related that he took the rosary I beads to the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield and the Dehon Seminary in Lanesboro in an I effort to have their age determined.

Bartlett Hendricks, science curator at the 1 museum, said today that the beads "might I be more than 100 years old." A spokesman for the seminary said it was difficult to I place an age on the beads. He said they are I the oldest he has ever seen, but added, 1 "I'm only 40 years old." I Both sets of beads are made of wood, ap- I parently handmade. What appears to be the older pair has some of the beads missing, I and the wooden crucifix has a silver back- ing on it. The inscription, "Lourdes I France" is printed on the back. The beads are connected by gold links.

1 The seminary spokesman said the de- 1 i FREE ed Saco's police chief, and agreed to vacate his 16-room residence at the county jail and House of Correction this month to make room for a pre-release center and administrative offices. He did not say today whether he would move to his home in Wells, Maine, or find a temporary residence in the Pittsfield area. Courtney said the outsider-versus-insider disadvantage he had in the Saco contest was exacerbated by the fact that the previous police chief there, also an outsider, had stayed in the job for only seven months before resigning in April to assume a higher-paying position as director of public safety in Portland, Maine. Election approaching In addition, Courtney said, a local election was approaching and Saco's City Council was under increased pressure to appoint Martin. Courtney's account of the erosion of his initial support was corroborated today by Kenneth Ehrlich, a reporter for the Bid-deford-Saco Journal, who has covered Saco governmental affairs for the past year.

"It's all speculation, but it's probably right," Ehrlich said. "It's safe to state that it has become a highly politicized issue in the last couple of months." Courtney likened the situation to the Pittsfield school superin-tendency contest between James P. Reynolds, the former principal of Allendale School, Mother-In-Law Her day is Sunday, Oct. 23. Flowers from Follwell's, 805 North St.

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iiif 111 iiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiitiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitriiiriiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiur iiiiitiiiTI Brindle, Tully each report campaign gifts near $1,400 There's nothing to buy to win this Deluxe Pilotless Gas Range. Come in. Register before 4th, 1977. Drawing held November 9thf 1977. COME IN Births Berkshire Medical Center Benny and Darryl Fritz Albert, Worthington, a daughter, Monday.

James N. and Noreen Jenkins Blair, Richmond, a son, Monday. Other hospitals Dr. Louis J. Diamond and Judith Allen Diamond of Betten-dorf, Iowa, a son, Jonathan, Sept.

19 in Bettendorf. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Allen of Wells, Maine, and Mr. and Mrs.

Louis J. Diamond of 159 East New Lenox Road. Christopher Smith and Elaine Diamond Smith of Roslindale, a son, Matthew Louis, Sept. 25. Grandparents are Mr.

and Mrs. Louis J. Diamond of 159 East New Lenox Road and Mr. and Mrs. John Matthews of Brook-line.

John and Jean Govoni Hughes of Clifton Park, N.Y., a son, Michael Joseph, Saturday at Al-v bany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Hughes of Buffalo, N.Y., and Mr. and Mrs.

Caesar Govoni of Lenox Dale. Great-grandmother is Mrs. Mae per of 52 Crane Ave. Ask Dick Froio about our lucky "7" Discount and how you can save up to 77.77 on your choice of a gas range. Mayoral candidates Philip J.

Tully Jr. and Paul E. Brindle III each reported receiving about $1,400 in contributions prior to the primary election. In state-required reports filed with the city clerk, Tully said he received $1,425.50 and Brindle said he had been given $1,390. Of the other mayoral contenders in the primary, third-runner Theodore E.

Hatin said he had received $32 and Marshall G. Clark Jr. reported he had received no contributions. Among the ward Council candidates running in the primary, Angelo A. Fabino reported spending $465.56 far more than any of the other ward candidates reported.

Fabino reported no contributions. He ran second to Ward 6 incumbent Wil-bert N. Stockton Sr. Stockton reported no expenditures or contributions for the period ending eight days prior to the primary. The following were listed as contributors to the Tully campaign: Giving $50 each Bernard Carnevale Jr.

of 213 Second Williams of 2 Franklin St. and Francis M. O'Hearn of 123 Second St. Giving $200 each Anita L. Doucette of 94 Turner Yvon and Sylvia Doucette of 94 Turner Ave.

Giving $100 each Marilyn K. Carnevale of 18 Evelyn Park, Ethel F. Devanny of 371 West Denis Doucette of 94 Turner and Cara Hendricks of 104 Brown St. Mr. and Mrs.

Daniel D. Turner of 68 Mohawk St. were listed as $50 contributors and a $15 contribution was reported from At-Large Council candidate William F. Murray of 86 Euclid Ave. The biggest single expense listed by any candidate was $1,020 spent by Mayor Brindle for billboards.

CORRECTION Psychotherapist Gilbert Slote of Lenox teaches transactional analysis at Berkshire Community College. -An article in yesterday's Eagle incorrectfy identified the course he teaches at BCC. Ward 5 Councilman George P. Coughlin of 110 Cole Daniel Donovan of 114 Partridge Road, Daniel Keegan of 65 Briggs Thomas F. Kelly of 22 Cliff Ronald Kitter-man of 47 Merfiam former Rep.

William Kittemman of 404 Dalton Michael LaDou-ceur of 10 Gillette James D. McKeever of 23 Williamsburg Terrace, Philip J. Tully Sr. of 815 North Marjorie Tully of 815 North Jeffery White-house of 177 Jason Dante S. Zaccari of 168 Partridge Road, Anthony W.

Sottile of 41 Bartlett Ave. and Donald Baumert of 407 North St. i Richard Kelly of 32 Madison Ave. is listed as contributing $150. Carl Laschky of 421 Lebanon Ave.

gave $100. Tully contributed $75 himself, the report said. Peggy H. Sottile of 41 Bartlett gave $40 and Janice Horrigan of 10 Kent Ave. $30.

Brindle contributors The following werejisted as contributors Mayor Brindle: Giving $250 each George im mwm mm ate tr0ii.