The Berkshire Eagle from Pittsfield, Massachusetts • 18

Trrr TTt leerT-re "--f 1 -rr? r-- -T- -i 18 The Berkshire Eagle, Monday, Dec. 2, 1974 Historical tout to view Senior Set Two men are sentenced for county jail break TTie 4 tAlbany-Troy homes ui j.v" guilty tq the escape in Superior Court Wednesday Judge Kent Smith ordered -b unauthorized use of a motor ve- hide Perez pleaded guilty to the es- Slide show will revieic activities By Isabel Parker mg the shuffleboard court at the center Seniors interested in ssSStTarS'ScU Aging activities in which Free medical examinations jhey "ave taken part over therpp available for women ast severa years iaa special through Berkshire Medical Cen- also is available for trans- presentation at Wednesdays ter. mainly for Pap smear tests portation to doctors, shopping may be obtained by ealling the Senior Center. Persons over 60 may ride for half fare on fixed by showing their Senior. Center canfe.

The Senior Center minibus reshed in Queen Anne. Chippendale, -Adam. Hepptewhite and Sheraton pieces British General Burgoyne was entertained here after his surrender at Saratoga 1777 A high point the fortunes of the family occurred when Elizabeth Schuyler was married to Alexander Hamilton in December 1780 The marriage took place what has since been known as the Ham" illon Room. regular Senior Citizens Meeting Call the Senior Center in vance for an appointment The regular monthly meeting of the Senior Qub will be Walter Cooper will give a Friday at 2 Seniors' games slide program which will in-, day is Dec 9 at 1 30 The Sen-dude pictures of this year's ba- iors card party will be Dec 11 cookin today: and errands. Its services may be obtained by calling the Senior Center at least one day in advance Questions on the Herklots Report on proposed city governmental reforms and its relation at 1 30.

with refreshments The with the Council on Aging may public is united receive some answers at a Information on route times meeting of the City Council and and days for the Berkshire Re- the Herklots committee at a guinal Transit Authority buses date to be announced zaar Also at this meeting, the monthly bulletins of December activities will be distributed Many thanks to Jack Callaghan for his generous help in fix- ax-month' jail sentences for cape, plus larceny of the auto Nector L. Perez. 24. of Ozone the three men used to flee to Park. and David Heath.

New York His ax-month sen-20 of Lenox Dale fence will be served con- The sentences are to take ef- currently with the remainder of feet, only after terrtis the' 18-month term he was the men are serving in New serving for statutory rape when York correctional facilities ex- he broke out pi re The two men. along with another pair of inmates, escaped from the jail Dec 19. 1973. by breaking through a hatchway The A 4 Root Beer Driveleading from the laundry room In at 1229 North St was ran-to the yard outside sacked by burglars sometime Perez and Heath, along with before a break-in there was dis-another of the escapees were covered early Friday morning subsequently involved a hold- It was not immediately known if up near Rochester. and anything was missing captured Heath is on a four- year sentence to the Elmira Windows in three cars parked State Reformatory Perez at Ken's Bowl at 495 Dalton on a three-year-term at Attica Ave were smashed Thursday State Prison -night, and $15 was stolen from Heath, who was awaiting trial one of the autos, owned by Cyn- Whats G'TT C32A: thia Sniezek of 110 Ashuelot St Dalton A 1969 Chevrolet belonging to Manuel I Cohen erf 33 Adam St was stolen from in front of his house Thursday evening at the time of his escape, pleaded guilty to a -total of six indictments In addition to six months on the escape, he was given three years' probation, to begin when he finally is released.

for the earlier armed GlflOT EJKtSil BSJ.IL, The Berkshire County Historical Societ) will stage a bis tour Friday of four histone houses in the Albanv-Troj area A feature of the day will be a ist to the Hart-duett House, tome of the Rensselaer County Historical Society uTTroy The irnual showing of Christmas greens by the Van Rensselaer jjjrden Club will be on view The house, built in 1827. contains three floors of furnished rooms including a kitchen with beehive oven, dining room, double parlors and several bed-rooms Other bouses Other houses to be visited will include Ft Crailo in Rensselaer and histone Cherry Hill and the Schuyler Mansion' in Albany Lunch will be included as part of the package arrangement Information and reservations may be obtained by phoning the Berkshire County Historical Society Reservations will be accepted on a first -come, first-served boas, societv officials said Crailo stands on the east bank of the Hudson opposite A1 Pan) and close to the center of (lie old an Rensselaer Manor land Built about 17b). the house is turmshed in Dutch sty ie Schuy Ict Mansion, a Georgian structure of bnck. was built by Maj Gea Philip Schuyler in 1761-62 Owned by the Stale of New 'Turk, the house is fur- Advisory unit for Title 1 will elect The Title I Parent Advisory-Council on Dec 9 will hold the first business meeting of the year at' which newly elected members will take part council actions. Election of officers is one of the items on the agenda according to Chairman Juanita Emchelto Newly elected to the 16-member council are Juanita Diltck of 87 Backman Ave and Hcnnelle Grandbois of 15) Francis A ye both Irom West Side Community School.

Louise Townsend of 14 Robbins Ave. representing the three ear-old project. Cynthia Majlette of 154 Summer St and Marilyn Hamilton of 5 Francis Ave both representing the two-v ear-old project, and Sheila Bouquet of 50 Merrtam St Iruin the parochial schools Re-elected were Mrs Erri-ihetto from the four-year-old and Judy Nolli of 28 Grove St and Carol While of 17 Parker St both from Rice School Three members apiece from Rice and West Side schools have one more year left in their terms, as do single, nonvoting teacher members from those schools The new members were welcomed at a covered dish -supper Nov 18 The Dec 9 meeting will be in the Title 1 office on the third flour of Central Annex Also on the agenda will be a report on the Title 1 conference at Wakefield Nov 19 and discussion of subcommittee Built re 17(8 Cherry Hill was erected in 1768 by Col Philip Van Rensselaer as a home for his bride Maria Sanders The histone significance of Cherry Hill is its continuous occupancy for nearly two centimes by the same family. its status as one of the few 18th-century homes remaining in sound condition, and its unique collections of original furniture, documents and fabrics When Lafayette visited Albany- in 1824 he was entertained here The tour bus will leave Pittsfield at 9 a and return at pm 3 i-fm honored for raising capons Three members of the local 14-member Civitan sponsored 4-H Club were presented blue-ribbon awards at a 'banquet Tuesday by County Extension Agent Donald Kelso for their participation in the annual ca-pon-raising competition. The three youngsters and the weights of their winning birds are Kenneth Cowan of Richmond.

11 pounds. 8 ounces. Diane Dev is 'of Lenox. 11 pounds. 1 ounce, and Greta Cowan of Richmond.

10 pounds. 10 pounds. 12 ounces All birds eight pounds or over are bfue-nbbon winners, seven to eight pounds red-nbbon winners and under seven pounds white-ribbon winners. Kelso explained Each of the participating. 4-Hers received eight capons 'in late May and kept them for 18 weeks, dressing them off in mid-October.

Kelso said The largest bird from each batch was submitted in Hie competition. he addd. and the other seven were kept by the youngsters families Kelso distributed 2 100 capons at a cost of $2 000 to 4-H Club members throughout the County-Various service organizations sponsored the competition ThT Berkshire 4-H capon program is the largest such project in the commonwealth. Kelso said Other participants the pro--gram were Colin Cadorette. Henry Cadorette.

John Cado-rette. James Kingsley. Jean Kingsley. Nancy Kingsley. William Kingsley.

Dale Trottier. Loriann Trottier and Tammi Trottier. all of Richmond, and Lois Dev us u( Lenox fir. Samuel Topal New medical head named for areas family-plan board Dr Samuel Topal of Northampton has been named medical director of the Family Planning Council of Western Massachusetts The council provides educational and medical services in the four Western Massachusetts counties Its Berkshire County office is at 100 North St in Pittsfield Dr Topal has been in private practice with the Hampshire Obstetrical and Gynecological Associates Northampton since 1970 He is an attending physician at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital and a clinical instructor at the Albany (NY I Medical Center He is a diplo-mate of the American Board of Obstetrics-Gynecology and the American Fertility Society He has published recent articles in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine and the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Shafiroff joins Downey Side lf am Paul G. Shafiroff has been hired by Downey Side Homes of Berkshire County as a consulting psychologist.

-Paul H. Wagner, director of the organizations three homes for troubled children in the Pittsfield areiu said Shafiroff will join Robert Coakley as Downey Sides psychological team here Shafiroff, a native of Jvew York City, is a resource consultant to the Southern Berkshire Regional School District, and before that held a similar post with the Pittsfield school system In recent years he also has served as a school psychologist, police officer, counselor with the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and a consultant to the state Department of Education Shafiroff and his wife Jane, have five children and live in Otis pnfrrty AlcvtSlrc. (then to RauM A. mt Jam Caras, ttm funk ai pprny Ttayia Aw r. Giant 2 ft inflatable Munchkin Doll, only 99f, when you buy a boxofMunchkins.

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