YouthsYouths Ordered
To Clean Up
Rubbish Mess
LEE - Because they couldn't
find a dump open in Great Bar-
rington, two youths threw a load
of refuse down a Stockbridge
hillside on Thanksgiving Day,
Saturday, Richard J. Robbins,
ic
19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and
Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard
Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of gi
$25 in Lee District Court after
pleading guilty of illegally dis-
posing of rubbish. Special Jus- Ri
tice James E. Hannon ordered
the youths to remove all the
rubbish. They did SO Saturday
afternoon, following a heavy
rain.
Police Chief William J. Oban-
hein of Stockbridge said later
the youths found dragging the
junk up the hillside much har-
der than throwing it down. He
said he hoped their case would
be an example to others who
are careless about disposal of
rubbish.
The junk included a divan,
plus nearly enough bottles,. gar-
bage, papers and boxes to fill
their Volkswagen bus.
"The stuff would take up at
least half of a goodsized pickup
truck," Chief Obanhein said.
The rubbish was thrown into
the Nelson Foote Sr. property
on Prospect Street, a residential
section of Stockbridge consisting
largely of estates on the hill
across from Indian Hilil School.
Chief Obanhein told the court
he spent *a very disagreeable
two hours" looking through the
rubbish before finding a clue to
who had thrown it there. He fi-
nally found a scrap of paper
bearing the name of