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Pittsfield High School Class of 1957 - Pittsfield History VI
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1. Where was the first town meeting (1761) held in Pittsiield?
A - Rev. Thomas Allen's house
B - First Congregational Church on Park Square
C - Park Square under the elm.
D - Jacob Wendell's home
E - Deacon Stephen Crofoot's place on Elm Street
F - Solomon and Sarah Deming's home

2. Who gave the property on which the first House of Mercy was built?
A - Solomon N. Russell gave the 'Solomon Elms.'
B - Arthur B. Phinney gave the 'Ponybrake Meadows'
C - John and Eshter Churchill gave their farm
D - Edward Leonard gave part of his estate, 'Elmwood'
E - Solomon Deming donated the land in honor of his wife, Sarah
F - Charles E. Hibbard, a wealthy physician, bought the land and donated it.

3. 'The Maplewood' hotel in Pittsfield was the creation of:
A - Stephen and Eliza Bartlett, wealthy merchants in Pittsfield
B - Arthur W. Plumb whose uncle ran the Stockbridge House now known as the Red Lion Inn.
C - William Horace Coleman who had a farm in Cheshire
D - Harry E. Jeffers, grandson of John D. Rockefeller
E - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
F - Jacob B. Wendell, after he sold his hotel to the Sheraton chain

4. Carr Hardware was originally started when by whom?
A - 1858 by Ebenezer Carr, It has changed ownership 7 times since then, still maintaining the Carr name.
B - 1888 by Pierre Carr who sold it in 1912
C - 1901 by Eleuthiere duCarre who had his name changed to Carr
D - 1919 by Sgt. James Carr, WWI hero
E - 1928 by Samuel Carr who sold it in 1962 to the current owners.
F - 1895 by Heinz Heidel, who had to sell it to the Carr family in 1914 because of discrimination against people with German names in WWI

5. Pittsfield was upset because the Mass Turnpike bypassed it. When was the $239 M.road opened?
A - June 17, 1957
B - May 16, 1957
C - July 1, 1956
D - April 19, 1957
E - April 15, 1957
F - June 21, 1957

6. The first Jewish organization in Pittsfield was formed in what year?
A - 1752
B - 1761
C - 1791
D - 1857
E - 1869
F - 1898

7. The name of the person instumental in forming the first Jewish organization in Pittsfield was:
A - Moses England
B - Irving Shapiro
C - Dr. Robert Budnitz
D - Dr. Herman Selkowitz
E - Simon Dorfman
F - Harold M. Benson

8. What was the name of the priest who celebrated the first Mass in Pittsfield.
A - Father James Joyce
B - Father Jerome O'Farrell
C - Father Robert Bartlett
D - Father James Appleton
E - Father Henry L Dawes
F - Father Jeremiah O'Callaghan

9. When was the first Catholic Mass celebrated in Pittsfield
A - 1761
B - 1791
C - 1812
D - 1835
E - 1876
F - 1898

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