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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1950

Page

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Planning Board Bill Contested in Senate in final day

In Bristol Rhode Island the latest planning board bill to create three year terms faces likely defeat in the Senate corporations committee on the legislature’s last day. Rep. Gladys M. Brightman introduced the measure March 14, but Sen. William J. Smith says no move has been made to bring it out. Local factions fear shifts in town control ahead of a town meeting planned for next week.

Senate State House Providence Financial Town House Gladys M. Brightman Senate Corporations Committee Daniel G. Coggeshall Bristol William J. Smith Warren Planning Board Tvo Bristol Improvement Association Norman E Benard Edward H Holmes Eugene F. Cochran Roger W Pigeon Coggeshall Association Vincent L. Malafronte John W. Church General Assembly

Registration Tonight for Bristol Gold Star Mothers Involves Meeting

Registration at 7 30 this evening in Burnside Memorial Building council chambers invites all Gold Star Mothers in Bristol to join a local chapter of the National Gold Star Mothers Inc. Officers and state and local members will assist. Members must bring death notices and service numbers.

Gold Star Bristol National Gold Star Mothers, Inc Council Chambers Burnside Memorial U. S Ethel A. Godfrey

Local Election Seats Available at Ferris Dry Goods Store

Voter information notes that interest may be obtained from committee members and seats for the reserved section may be exchanged at Ferris Dry Goods Store on Hope Street. The brief indicates a local process tied to a shop location for exchanges.

Ferris Hope Street Ferris Dry Goods Hope St

District Nurse Clinics Show Big Increase

The Bristol District Nursing Association reported 4360 nursing contacts in the past year including 2988 home visits and 1372 clinic attendees at Rockwell House. Miss Evelyn Carter announced growing educational impact, rising clinic demand, and new bequests to the Anniversary Days Fund while listing officers, board renames, and active nursing committee members.

Bristol District Nursing Association Evelyn Carter Rockwell House Miss Carter Residentsi Robert Franks Connery Jav Alicia Nixon Connery Robert J. Connery Fivelyn Carter Bristol Samuel D. Clark John Condon Halsey DeWolf Arthur H. Eastman Edward J. Fitzgerald Ruth Graham Rudolph F. Haffenreffer A. L. Johnson U. S Edward L. Leahy Guiseppe Perroni Angelo Pozzi William L. Serbst Maurice C. Smith, Jr Clarance R. Spece Nathaniel G. Herreshoff William H. Angevine Luke H Callan Stanley E. Friswell Mollie Hamill A. L. Johnston Arthur McCaw Frank Perry Charles B. Rockwell Henry A. Street W. Frederick Williams, Jr Margaret B Andrade John W. DeWolf, Jr

Race Opens 50 Sailing Here

The Narragansett Bay yacht fleet began the season with six Dyer D dinghies racing from the Rhode Island Yacht Club to Herreshoff’s pier Bristle Harbor Elton Furlong of Warwick won the long distance event with Fred Holt second and Russ Lundstrom third The frostbiters season concluded with Holt leading two dinghy series Ties to reunion planned for April 18 at the RI Yacht Club followed by a farewell reception for Rev and Mrs Cooley at DeWolf chapel with church groups and guests in Bristol.

Rhode Island Yacht Club Edgewood Herreshoff's Brisel Harbor Elton Furlong Warwick Fred Holt Russ Lundstrum Warren Jordan Tannenbaum Providence Halsey Herreshoff John White Bristol Holt Seard Fleet Handuy Tannenbaum Lundstrom R I. Yacht Club Narragansett Bay North American Dinghy Association Pappasquash Point Lloyd Hanscom Bob Powell Sid Herreshoff Bubbleii Dewey Emerson Herreshoff Pier Herreshoff Charles R. ‘Cooley DeWolf Memorial Chapel First Congregational Church Cooley Mr Cooley Mrs Cooley Chicago Jefferson Park Congregational Church John D. Moore Women’s Guild J. H.tuplin Guild Dorothy Sullivan Pilgrim Fellowship Norman E. Benard Charles L. Pendleton Home Department Raymond Gruenwald Pro Christol Society Roswell S. Bosworth Women’s Missionary Society Gilbert B. Shaw Co-Mar-Co Arthur Rolie Men’s Union Marianne ‘Welshman Iby Thomas God Rogers Brother James Jacob Church Quartet Attila Verdi Aida Connery Herrmann Wilbur R. S. Bosworth Lord Buck Miss Connery Mr. Wilbur Scott

Seek State Aid For Wood St Extension Issue

Taxpayers at an American Legion Hall forum urged state assistance to extend Wood street from Perry to Hope and Goodings Lane. A petition directing the Department of Public Works to study feasibility and cost was approved and will be signed by abutting property owners before being sent to Philip Mancini.

State Department of Public Works Wood Street Perry Street Hope Street Goodings Lane American Legion Hall Daniel W. Coggeshall Public Works Department Tor Philip S. Mancini Works Department

Circus at Madison Square Garden Opens Spring Season

Pinto del Oro the 20 year old Spanish acrobat headlines Ringling Brothers at Madison Square Garden performing a netless trapeze act forty feet high. Her family circus background and training from Las Palmas are noted as she recalls the career turning moment in Madrid and her invitation to perform in America.

Madison Square Garden the Garden Pinto del Oro Jon Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey United States Om Beep Grah Circo Sektra Spain Las Palmas Canary Islands

Tears and cheers mark opening night in New York

The performer recalls misread reactions from audiences around the world. She explains whistling means approval in some places and boos in others while expressing relief at the Garden crowd. She and her husband Juan de ja ente, 27, aim to see iconic American sights.

Spain Garden Juan de Jaente New York Statue of Liberty Empire State Building America

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