DALTON, Mass.—The Historical Commission is still navigating how to reissue the book "Down Memory Lane."

 

The book is a compilation of weekly columns by the Rev. Franklin L. "Cap" Couch that appeared in the now defunct Dalton News Record from 1972 to 1977.

 

In 2006 the publisher, the nonprofit Berkshire Family History Association, compiled the columns from newspaper so the commission is unsure if it can republish it. The book that Commissioner Bonnie Eastwood has does not have a copyright page. 

 

The project would improve the accessibility of the book so that interested buyers can purchase it because finding a copy is difficult. 

 

The Dalton Library has three copies of the book but two have to stay in the library and only one can be borrowed. 

 

The commission reached out to Couch's son Robert Couch and was informed that he is interested in aiding the commission on this endeavor, Historical Commission co-Chair Debora Kovacs said. 

 

Couch intends on meeting with the commission in the fall to discuss the project. 

 

The commission is going to reach out to the owner of Adams Specialty & Printing Co., Eugene Michalenko, to see if it would be cheaper to have it reprinted with them rather than Studley Press. 

 

The commission will determine which company to use when it has a clearer picture on the copyright and cost and will release a request of interest to the community when it has a better understanding of how to proceed with republishing.