■The tedious job of researching in the field of old records has been made considerably less difficult due to the efforts of Miss Juliette Tomlinson of Northampton, director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum in Springfield. For the last two years the Springfield museum has underwritten the microfilming of these records from its Horace Moses Foundation Endowment fund.
■At the Smith School’s 60th annual graduation ceremony Richard D. Pickett, president of Northampton Junior College, criticized America’s “wasteful affluence” and called for a reordering of economic priorities during the coming decade in an attempt to stem the ravages of environmental destruction.
25 Years Ago
■Three years after the H.L. Childs & Sons Paint and Wallpaper store closed and the owners declared bankruptcy, the contents of the 5,000-quare-foot storefront are up for sale. And so is the property at 23-25 State St., according to George M. Childs, the owner.
■Opponents of the domestic partnership ordinance yesterday submitted to the city clerk’s office 247 pages of petitions containing 2,893 signatures. If certified, a question would be placed on the Nov. 7 ballot giving voters the opportunity repeal the ordinance which was approved by the City Council on May 18.
10 Years Ago
■It might not be clear where the new Catholic church will be located in Easthampton, but the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield announced Sunday that the church’s priest will be Piotr Jacek Pawlus. Pawlus, 28, of Poland, was ordained Saturday during a ceremony at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Springfield.
■A campaign to boycott Arizona over its new immigration law and to educate area residents about this issue began in earnest this morning. The Immigrant and Workers Rights Coalition, facilitated by the American Friends Service Committee, will launch its effort to get petitions in western Massachusetts communities from Food for Thought Books in Amherst.