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The Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 19

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Stock Averages Almanac IMm) Dmwii Industrial rnxp Utihtrs tuyta HIM 171 715 j- 'V I The Eagle I IT in unch Sole lOJOO.OOO Scroiid Section Pittsfield, MiMicbaietts, Mondsy, April 21, 1975 Statues recall Revolution Ford asks reconciliation in bicentennial speech CMtliaed 1tm Page 1 Ctinaxd tram Page 1 Message to Wall Street, It featured folk suien pete Sei-gef and Berkshire County Ax to Gohne, who teemed better received than speakers such as ecologist Dr. Barry Commoner and Harvard's Nobel laureate. Dr George Wald spiration Sought A with the Use largest office last to make our bicentennial what tube" White Hole spokesman traveling President said the protest was Ford had faced since taking August. There were reports earlier in the morning that he might pass up Concord because of the crowds, but at a.m. mounted park police sealed off the north end of the bodge, in effect, confining the crowd from the disbanding People's celebration to the far side of the over.

Groups of parade marchers making the ceremonial crossing of the bridge were channeled to the sides of the south approach to the site, so that when Ford alighted from the motorcade and walked to the bridge, his path was lined with cheering Muiutemen, Boy and Girt Scouts and high school band musicians. Kitson was thought to be unbalanced by some of Tynngham's less tolerant inhabitants lbs daily attire might have been exported to arouse their suspicion He tu usually dressed In a brown velvet beret, a white Windsor tie, a woolly sweater, krarkers, high Socks with Lassies and sendfy Oxford shoes KiLson's works were often devoted to national heroes and patriotic events, and besides his statue of Capt. Parker in Lexington he also designed the Pilgrim Maid in PtymoUh and the Admiral Far-ragut statue in Boston. He often worked wxhout commission when building committees small towns placed restrictions on his plans. More often than not, localities ended up buying his finished work afterward But quarrels were frequent.

His commission to create a minute-man for the Lexington Green was no exception. The exact nature of his argument with the planners in Lexington. Muiutemen, was never entirely dear, because Kitson would not discuss publicly why they sued him for 850.000 in 1912. This suit was dropped after the statue arrived in Lexington later that year and was immediately accepted and liked A subsequent and trivial fracas ensued in the mid-1950s when French's daughter, the late Mrs. William Penn Cresson of Stock bridge, opposed the name of the KAson statue.

She claimed it should not be called the Minuteman," because her father's statue in nearby Concord had already been given that name three-quarters of a century before. Her appeal to the Lexington Chamber of Commerce and Historical Society 1956 was berated at a public meeting, but the controversy was dropped after was pointed out that most people in Lexington called their Minuteman the Capt. Parker statue anyway. Although he earned hundreds of thousands of dollars during his long career. Kitson lived his later years an impoverished recluse.

He was working on a statue of Si. Francis of Assist and bad recently completed the Indian's Blessing fountain in New Lebanon, N.Y., when his health began to worsen rapidly after a fall down the stairs of his house. The only recent attention either the Kitson or French Minuteman has received was a bomb threat last year to the Concord statue. It was removed from is pedestal and was cleaned, while a plaster copy was made in case the original is ever harmed. ready famous stanza from Emerson's Concord Hymn was engraved on the MiruAeman pedestal By the rude bndge that arched the Hood, Then flag to April breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmert rtood, Ami fired the that heard round the world.

French went on to greater fame. His 200 major sculptures include the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which he carved from 250 tons of white Georgia marble. The statue of Gen. William F. Bartlett of Pittsfield, that stands at the State-house in Boston is also a French work.

A plaster cast of the original Gen. Bartlett statue is at Berkshire Community French's repiiation was already substantial when, at the age of 46 he purchased the former Marshall Warner (arm in Glendale in 1896. French and his wife Mary frequently visited here during the early years of their marriage, and they beard by chance of the 150-acre farm while on a driving tour. They were immediately attracted to the property, with its spaaous grounds and bouse and is commanding view of both the Oxbow section of the Housatonic River and Monument Mountain in Great Barrington. After they settled here and French had a studio built, he gradually used his New York studio less and began to consider Chesterwood his permanent home.

Kitson was born in 1865 in Huddersfield, England and be became a stu-. dent of Bomassieux at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Pans. Before he was his earliest works had won the recognition of artists as famous as Auguste Rodin. Kitson reasons for settling in Tyring-ham have never been entirely known, except that the Englishman, after his marriage to Theo Alice Ruggles of Brookline in 1894, traveled widely in New was an eccentric and often obes-aveiy private man who sometimes gave conflicting accounts of his remarkable life to two different interviewers on the same day. On moving here in 1916 and purchasing the old farmhouse that is now the Tynngham Galleries, be exhibited his uniqueness to the village by transforming the building into the Gingerbread House.

Ford, who had spoken at Boston's Old North Church the night before, arrived by motorcade at the national park surrounding the bridge at I 45 a m. Heavily guarded by Secret Servicemen and police, he spoke briefly over the tumult from across the Concord River and was whisked away to a similar appearance in Lexington, where he encountered no protest. In Concord, he was greeted by Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and Edward M.

Brooke, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late President, as he crossed the bridge to lay a wreath at the foot of the Minute-man statute. In his speech, he decried the use of force as an instrument of national and international policy" and urged Americans to summon higher, greater values" found in the principles of this Republic. By the end of his speech, a contingent of US.

Park Police, state troopers and policemen from Worcester, one of many towns and cities that lent forces to Concord, were holding back a group of protesters at the north end of the bridge who apparently wanted to gain a foothold there. Throughout' Ford's speech, the massed remnants of People's celebration stood on the hill from where the Minute-men fired on the British 200 years ago, booing the President and chanting, No more bullshit" Late in the speech, as Ford commented that our inalienable rights have become even more sacred, a protester bolted from the far shore, spattered through a swampy inlet and made an obscene gesture toward the speaker's stand. He was one of four men who made such a dash. All were collared by the park police as protesters and patrolmen alike stumbled about in the muck. The US.

Park Service estimated 75,000 people may have heard Ford speech here. About 50.000 more gave him the friendly reception in Lexington. There, he said the states opening of bicentennial events had given to the rest of America the guidance, the in The earliest official event took place at 5 a.m. in Lexington, where the traditional re-creation of the Bntish-M mute men dash took place. Events were portrayed more symbolically here, with the galloping arrival of Dr, Samuel Prescott (he, not Paul Revere, actually alerted Concord) and a 21-gun battery by the Concord Independent Artillery.

The horseman playing Prescott made his arrival several times for the benefit of cameramen and, for the record, actually did shout The British are coming." Some real British arrived much later in the day, around 9 a.m., when British ambassador Sir Peter Ramsbotham laid a wreath at the monument commemorating the three British soldiers killed at the bridge, the first to die at American hands during the war. The paraders took three hours to cross the bndge, inducting the break for the ceremonies and an interruption while about 200 young people left over from the Peoples celebration crowded in behind the Hubbardston Muiutemen. Many of the parade groups, including appropriately garbed and armed Minute-man units from rrtany of the towns which furnished 1,500 men the day of the battle, went on to an afternoon parade in Lexington. The spectators began an orderly withdrawal from the town in the early afternoon, leaving Concord in a relative state of peace but looking as if it had been barraged with trash. WITNESS to Saturday's bicentennial celebration at' Concord was Daniel Chester French's Minuteman" statue, standing at end of the rude bridge." House-to-house canvass set in area cancer drive -Hie Central Berkshire unit of being planned by the local unit the American Cancer Society include the annual bikeathon, will conduct a house-to-house scheduled for May 3, and the so-canvass April 29, to raise funds aety's annual radiothon to be to support the work of the vol- held May 10.

unteer group, according to Kent Community-drive chairman Thurston, chairman of the Cen- for Central Berkshire are: Ches-tral Berkshire unit. ter and Middlefield, Miss Cheri- Vol unteer solicitors this year dah Waters; Cummington, Mrs. wilj be assisted by the local James D. Martin Dalton, The Peoples Bicentennial mixed wine music rhetoric mums nEiMimo; sale 4 SELECTED CURTAINS that are used to form government should be applied to the economy, according to Carmen. Unfortunately for the PBC, masses of people do not gather these days just to listen to an-tigovemment oratory.

So in place of Sam Adams and John Hanoock, the PBC rounded ig the free services of Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs and a supporting cast of musicians to insure the large crowd, estimated by must officials to be around 000. Richard Chavez, brother of United Farm Workers President Caesar Chavez, told the assembly which brands of wine to boycott. For those who came for music there was disappointment. Arlo didnt appear until 8 a.m. when half the crowd had left, and the other entertainers were hindered by a sound system that interrupted every second note.

The Persuasions, a black a cappella group, were so frustrated that they left after Mrs. Stephen Clarke; Hancock, Mrs. Donald Leab; Hinsdale, Mrs. Augustus Lombardi; Lanesboro, Mrs. Robert C.

Lenox, Mrs. Will D. Merritt Peru, Mrs. Chester Dodge; Pittsfield, Sheriff John D. Courtney; Richmond, Police Chief Reno Castagna; Washington, Mrs.

Douglas C. Poland; Windsor, Mrs. Ralph Kendall; Worthington, Mrs. Kenneth Pease and Mrs. George D.

Powell. In addition to the unit chairman, the following have been named house-to-house chairmen for the drive: Dalton, Mrs. Robert J. Sedgwick; Hancock, Mrs. Donald Qiimby; Lenox, Dr.

David A. Dean; Pittsfield, Mrs. Ralph C. Giaimone, and Richmond, Mrs. Reno Castagna.

chapter of the United Commercial Travelers. UCT members will act as drivers for a flying squad of young adults being recruited from the YMCA, the Boys Club and the Leaders Club. Thurston said other individuals interested in assisting in the one-night drive may report to the Pittsfield National Bank at on the evening of the drive. Other hnney-raising events CORRECTIONS In the wedding announcement of Miss Susan J. Rice and Carl H.

Ketchum on Saturday, the names of the bride's mother, Mrs. Florence Savko, and the maid of honor. Miss Patricia Huska, were spelled incorrectly. Mayor Dobelle expects to make the first of his recommendations on aspects of the Her-' kJots Report by the beginning of May. An article in Friday's Eagle gave the wrong date.

Not many in the crowd three numbers, seemed to care about economic 24" 30" 36" 45" -54" 63" widths Values from $4.50 to $8.95 Solids, prints, sheers the PBC was Was it a party? Nobody to hear Nobel Wald. Few government everyone cheered statistics were Thirty-eight portable lighting system the PBC by the Somehow mentioned. democracy or Wall Street The primary interests for those present were vintage Wood-stock. The interests included Guthrie (a Woodstock gradu-. Laureate George ate), free admission, a legiti- cared about mate night out in a sleeping bag with whomever, playing in nearby water, Schlitz and Acapulco gold, impatient pushing toward the front, and chants to stop the rain which, as at Wood-stock, failed.

The situation at simply unclear. protest or was it a pushed forward statistics, but when attendance announced. toilets and the were donated to federal government. that has never BEOY-QSE A Banquet for $3.95 Call Lenox House. 637-1341.

Adv. A Great Luncheon At the Longhorn Steak Room. Complete menu and Salad bar. Daily at to 2:00. At the Edgewood Inn.

Pittsfield Lenox Rd. Adv. DRAPERIES 50 Solids, Damask, Fiberglass, Antique Satin, Thermal Lined BCC officials asked to make further budget cut of 7 By Robert McDonough CONCORD If you happen to be among those who missed Woodstock and the 1971 war' protest in Washington, the Peopled Bicentennial gathering here wasn't really such a bad substitute. The People's Bicentennial Commission (PBC) rally in Min-uteman National Park at the North Bridge had only eight hours beginning at midnight Saturday, but still managed to incorporate enough of the name entertainment, slogans, noise, litter and generalizations that lend historical significance to such gatherings. Correlating.

The PBC was formed in 1971 with the purpose of correlating government and corporate tyranny, according to Arthur Carmen, one of the youthful Boston PBC coordinators. Saturdays all-night pajama party at the North Bridge was touted as an appeal for economic democracy to send the message to WaU Street that the same principles Births Berkshire Medical Center Frank and Susan Shorey 'Gag-liardi, 97 Brown a son Friday. Paul and Linda Longerato Krell, Lanesboro, a son Friday. Edward and Mary Gugino Hebert, 102 Stratford a daughter Saturday. Peter and Melissa Smith Matu-revich, Lenox, a daughter Saturday.

William and Virginia O'Regan Hilton, Springside a daughter Saturday. James aid Donna Frazier Eubanks, 81 McArthur a son Saturday. Curtis aid Gail Merwin 558 Lakeway Drive, a daughter yesterday. Richard F. and Helen Forrest DiGesare, 141 Ridgeway a son yesterday.

David and Linda Russo Hinsdale, a daughter yesterday. James P. and Robin Cony Hollister, Washington, a am yesterday. Having a Wedding! Reunion, anniversary, meetings. Bar Mitzvah, banquet.

20-500 people. See Terry, Colonial Hilton. 499-2000. Adv. The Springs Restaurant -t-'very day of the year we offer breakfast, luncheon, dimer.

Just a little lovelier. 10 miles North of Pitts, od Route 7. Adv. iriSTAIJT SKIRTS SORESSES Smocked Waists the next week to 10 days. Once completed, he said, the division heads and Capeti will meet again to determine if 7 per cent pulbacks can be made across the board or there will have to be heavier cuts in some accounts than others.

1 Some areas can't be cut we know that, Pasquini said. BCC President Thomas E. OConnell said he viewed the Ways and Means Qommittee proposal as an effott to reach a compromise between the lO per cutback called for (by wneuier cent Joan Walsh Anglund DRAPERIES 00 off Values to 24.95 1 0 Fsr Division chairmen at Berk- state Educational Affairs sec re-shire Community College have tary Paul Parks, been advised to reduce their i toS cent from the present fecal instructors- at BCC have generated discontent in recent weeks among faculty and stu-Hie 1976 fiscal year will begin 4. rfhaeir'nnw forts to get the BCC admini The 7 per cent nitback pro- make cuts in adminis- posal was revealed Friday to di- vision heads at BCC by Dean of AHminiqf ration Pasqualino Ca- ratter than in teaching and stu-prcT JrHe saidUie cutback tppert services. -was suggested" by Senate Faculty view Ways and Means Committee of- Karen Border, moderator of ficials to administrative deans facufty BCC, says from all state higher-education acutty unanimous institutions at a Boston meeting the first commitment of the JrsdaJr; college is to educate students He said the 7 per cent cut, mi (fired educational ser when cotgiied with the te should be saved from the A note of sincere thanks to all my many friends who made my retiremel testimonial such a memorable affair.

Dick 'de-mens. Adv. Hanes underwear at SukeTs. Values to 35c per inch 1 wide assortment FARIDS 50 off Is computed in-ition factor of 7.8 per cent, will mean an overall reduction fiscal. James J.

Pasquini, BCC busi- Parks and the demands of high- Adv. er education boards that there I be no cutbacks at all. Kellys ftner, WedT night spe- The 7 per cent cutback, if it spaghetti and meatballs, into effect when the legis- -38. Open Sun. morning for lature finally adopts a fiscal Adv.

bud would mean a re- protect your driveway. Have (faction of aboU 8165,000 in ex- sealed inexpensively. Free expenditures at BCC. The present KkKcTor bit. year's budget is $2J6 million, and the cutback would drop next year's budget to approxi- Tennis racquets from Davis, mate ly 5M million.

Head, Wilson, Dunlop Ban- When the 7.1 per cent Inflation croft. Professional stringing, figures a factored in, the value Equipment ft apparel for men, of next year's budget would ladies ft jra. Besse Clarke Sport (kop to QB3 million. Shop. Adv.

in college expenditures next ness manager, said the heads of year of approximately IS per the college's seven adminis-cent. trative division student af- Tbe 7 per cent cutback figure fairs, financial affairs, mauue-is the second presented in the nance, president's staff; occupa-past two weeks to state and bonal education, arts and hu-comro unity college officials, inanities and learning resources The first one was a 10 per cent have been given budget -need reduction established by the analysis farms to fill oU over DRAPERIES PITTSFIELD 70 NORTH ST. A.

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