Bristol Town Council Inaction On Wood Street Bill
Vincent L. Malafronte of the Bristol Improvement Association questioned the town council’s failure to direct Bristol’s General Assembly delegation to pursue a Wood Street extension bill. Taxpayers at the March 13 town meeting had called the council to instruct lawmakers to seek required state legislation.
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Ain
Vincent L. Malafronte
Bristol Improvement Association
Bristol
General Assembly
Wood Street
Charter Reform Study Fails To Get Underway
Only four of nine charter reform committee members report to the YMCA, delaying the start of the study before the April 24 town meeting. The absent include Lucien Capone and others, amid local Republican and Democratic tensions over government change and Wood Street extension plans. An open forum at American Legion Hall on Franklin Street is urged for public discussion.
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Charter ‘Reform Committee
YMCA
John Andrade
Frank J. Murphy
GOP
Democratic Town Council
Samuel D. Clark
Lucien Capone
Charles M. Connery
Michael Tamburo
Prescott B. Paull
Malafronte
Woodstreet
Bristol
American Legion
Oach Street
Charles B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Department of Public Welfare
Budget Committee
Highway Department
Russian Locals Topic for Bristol Philatelic Talk
Albert Gold of East Greenwich an aeronautic engineer artist and student was the guest speaker at a Bristol Philatelic Society meeting held last night at Holmes House.
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Albert Gold
East Greenwich
Bristol Philatelic Society
Holmes House
Bristol Gold Star Mothers Plan Local Chapter Meeting
Bristol Gold Star Mothers organize a Bristol chapter of the National Gold Star Mothers Inc with a meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Burnside Memorial Building council chambers. National VP Mrs Ethel A Godfrey will outline aims and enrollment, while Rhode Island division officials assist. attendees must bring death notification and service number and be U S citizens.
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Bristol
National Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Gold Star
Burnside Memorial
Ethel A. Godfrey
Rhode Island
Godfrey
United States
Helen Keenan
Gertrude Warren
Sea View
Newport
Mary Peterson
Actig
Farewell Party For Rev Cooley Held By Pro Christo Club
The Pro Christo Club of the First Congregational Church hosted a surprise farewell for Mrs. Charles R. Cooley at the Guiteras House yesterday. About 25 members attended as Mrs. Cooley received a bouquet and a personal gift. The group shared games and dessert and coffee to close the evening with hostesses listed.
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Charles R. Cooley
Rev. Cooley
First Congregational Church
Guiteras House
Cooley
Maurice C. Smith
Albert F. Means
Clyde Pendleton
al Newton
Sousa Announces Daughter Mary Theresa Engagement
Mr and Mrs Manuel T Sousa of 7 Easterbrooks Avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Theresa Sousa to Anthony C South son of Mrs A. A June wedding is planned.
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Manuel T. Sousa
Easterbrooks Avenue
Mary Theresa Sousa
Ita Anthony C. South
$12,000 Break Reported at Bristol Highlands Estate
Police pursue probe into a $12,000 burglary at William M. Kolb’s Bristol Highlands summer residence on Shore Road. The crime was reported in early February by Raymond J. Makowsky, a friend of Kolb, who assisted authorities in the investigation.
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Bristol Highlands
William M. Kolb
Pawtucket
Raymond J. Makowsky
Shore Road
General Adjustment Bureau, Inc
Makowsky
Kolb
Providence
Oreak
William T. Cashin
Cashin
Fashion Show Promised in Rotary Minstrel Springtime
Rotary Club presents Springtime Minstrels evenings April 25 and 26 featuring a Fashion Show directed by Francois Di Imondiere Direct from Paris He will unveil creations and answer questions on hemline and neckline A lineup includes Polly Witherell Celeste Makowsky Marcia Cole Clarissa Means Yvonne Murphy Greta Connery Molly Hopkins and others Tickets available at Buffingtons Reserved seating.
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Rotary Club
Paris
Francois di Imondiere
Monsieur Francois
Polly Witherell
Celeste Makowsky
Marcia Cole
Clarissa Means
Bebi Bosworth
Yvonne Murphy
Greta Connery
Molly Hopkins
Sally Liscomb
Velma Price
Buffington’s
Large Crowd Hails Scouts Minstrel Show Opening
A Bristol audience packed the Guiteras auditorium for the junior drum corps benefit minstrel show. About 50 performers delivered lively old and new numbers with lively encores. Notable acts included James Reilly as an Irish comic and Joseph Pannone as a Hebrew caricature with strong crowd response.
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Main Street
Guiteras Auditorium
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
James Reilly
Joseph Pannone
Frank Miserandino
Justus
Rose Scolaro
Elizabeth Brown
Mary Pereira
Empire Girls bring Rockettes style to London stages
The Empire Girls, London’s newly formed troupe at Leicester Square Empire, rival the Radio City Rockettes in energy and precision. Nat Karson, former Radio City scene director, praises the show while noting English recruits lack peak rehearsal stamina yet display camaraderie and disciplined routines amid a 36-member line during a bustling two show run.
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New York
Rockettes
Radio City
Empire Girls
Leicester Square
Melita Spraggs
Christian Science Monitor
Nat Karson
Empire Troupe
Gene Snyder
The
Karson
Miss Spragg
Wings
Empire
Union States
Eim
Britain
Riv Sisters
Bones
Adic
Leicestér Sau
é-Banet Company
O¢Ckettes
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Wood St
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Hope Street
Open Forum
Reynolds
Bristol Planning Board
Spencer Tracy
James Stewart
Valentina Cortesa
Malaya
John Hodiak
Sydney Greenstreet
Lionel Barrymore
Leo Gorcey
Bowery Boys
Blonde Dynamite
Dalton Gang
Don B
Lues
Arlene Dahl
Guallenge
Passie
Pepe
Highlands
Robert Shaw Andrews High School
Reynolds School
Frank J Sylvia
Republican Town Committee
Special Sewer Survey Committee
American Red Cross
Rotary Minstrel
Gand Cleansers
State Street
Tel
Tonie
Nunes
Anthony J Nunes
Carol Faria
Kitty Malloy
Carmin Guarnieri
Even Forest
August Arruda
Nancy Brown
Margaret Suevremont
Joseph Pereira
Virginia McLaughlin
Robert Smondi
Vincent DeFelice
John Brusca
Con’t
Jack Carreira
Andrews Auditorium
Holy Cross College
Knights of Columbus
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Roduce
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Tye
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