Firemen to Hold Second Annual Welfare Ball May 29
Bristol Firemens Memorial and Welfare Committee announced its second annual Firemens Ball at the Midway House on Wednesday May 29. Proceeds fund a welfare fund to erect a monument for deceased members and provide for welfare benefits when insurance falls short. A granite monument is planned for Firemens Memorial Sunday June 9 with attendance invites from the State Firemen's League and RI Fire Chiefs Club. The committee, with five reps from each fire company, selects officers annually. William T Simamons chairs, with Harry R Gray Wilfred G Lemaire Manuel Vieira as vice chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Firemens Memorial and Welfare Committee
Midway House
State Firemens’ League
R I. Fire Chiefs Club
William T Simamons
Harry R Gray
Wilfred G Lemaire
Manuel Vieira
Oscar A. Rishe
George E Dion
Luke H. White
John J Sslvia
Charles E. Luther
Willi
Airman Quartaro Assigned to Jet Mechanics School
Robert Quartaro son of Mr and Mrs Joseph P Quartaro of Mason St Bristol is assigned to the Jet Mechanics school at Amarillo Air Force Base. He will receive specialized training in the Air Training Command program at what is described as the base’s leading training center for jet fighter and bomber mechanics. Former Colt Memorial High School student, he received basic training at Lackland AFB Texas before reporting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Qu
Joseph P. Quartaro
Mason St
Bristol
Amarillo Air Force Base
Air Force
Air Training Command
Senation
Colt Memorial High School
Airman
Quartaro
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Army Chemical Corps
Jack Montgomery
Army Reserve Training Center
Montgomery
Bache House
State St
2Nd Armored Division
Germany
McComb
Mississippi
479Th
342Nd Chemical Company
302Nd Field Artillery
381St Chemical Co
Providence
Mississippi Southern College
England
France
Phillipines
Montgomerys
Castle Construction Co May Use Hopper Earthen Ramp
In Superior Court Judge John E. Mullen denied the town’s plea for a preliminary injunction, lifting the restraining order against Castle Construction Co. The company may operate its steel hopper and earthen ramp until a full hearing later this year, though the judge noted delaying could cause severe injury to the firm. Town Solicitor Frank L. Martin indicated no immediate halt during the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Construction Co
Superior Court
John E. Mullen
Frank L. Martin
Mulen
Fate of Sewer Project To Be Decided Tonite
Tonight a joint meeting of the Planning Board and Sewer Commission weighs whether to place a sewer project on the April 22 town meeting call. Figures from Maguire and Associates could decide the plan to extend lines from McKenzie Drive to Perry and Wood Streets, covering Sowams Greenway and Robin Drives to fix health conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Board and Sewer Commission
Sewer Commission
Charles A. Maguire
Joseph A Margo
McKenzie Drive
Gooding Ave
Perry
Wood Sts
Sowams Drive
Greenway Drive
Robin Drive
Margo
Russell Bray
Mt Hope as Nike Battery Name on Mount Hope
The name Mt Hope is proposed for the Nike Battery site due to its longstanding historic associations with Mount Hope Bay and the hill itself. The document notes Mount Hope’s historic ties to King Philip and the Wampanoags, with the 1668 Plymouth Colony record marking the first appearance of the name in colonial records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nike
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Bay
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
Narragansett
Apponaug
Pascoag
Scituate
Wes Basset Pawtuxet
Pleasant Bay
Bristol
Rhode Island
Philip
Massasot
Plymouth Colony
Mount Hope Battery Name Suggested for Nike Site
A three member Army committee proposes naming the local Nike missile site Mount Hope Battery. The plan discusses possible lands at Mount Hope or Cowsumsett necke and traces the origin of the Mount Hope name to early Narragansett Bay exploration. The report appears here in part and a continuation is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
739Th Aaa
Nike
R. F. Haffenreffer
J. Louis Giddings
Indian Museum
Mt. Hope
John W. Haley
Mount Hope Battery
Army
Mount Hope
Cowsumsett Necke
New England
Philip
Mont Haup
Montaup
Narragansett Bay
Leif Ericson
Cape Cod
Leif
Atlantic
Thor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Am Gordon
Frederick Wilkinson
Burton M. West
Charles A. Andrade
Arthur Sousa
Salvatore Viscione
Frank A. Panzarella
Michael A. Flynn
J. Oliver Desiets
Louis Sylvia
Henry S. Campbell
Robert Quartaro
RED Cross
Castle Constr. Co
U.S. Army Reserve Center
Louis Medeiros
Nike Battery
Thorfinn
Gudrid
Martha's Vineyard
Buzzard's Bay
Hop
Greenland
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