Bristol Business Civic Association Seeks Members
A campaign letter announces the BBCA aims to unite Bristol merchants and distressed civic groups. It lists dues from $2 to $25 based on company size and notes clergy have full membership free of dues. The charter outlines community improvement and retail interests with meetings first Mondays at Hotel Belvedere.
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Bristol
Alroll
Hope Street
BBCA
Belvedere
Edward J. D Kunz
Bristol Polo Team Plans Air Trip to Norwich University
Weir P Williams says the Bristol Polo Club will fly to Norwich University for a Saturday match. The team departs from McDonald Airways in the morning and returns by plane after the game. horses supplied by the University. Bristol also schedules a May 2 benefit game in Bristol to draw local spectators.
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Bristol
Norwich University
Weir P Williams
Williams
McDonald Airways
Vermont
The
University
Norwich
Newport
Bristol Scout Becomes 40th Eagle in Narragansett Court
John DeWitt Sylvester 19, son of Mr and Mrs Harold T Sylvester of 33 St Elizabeth Street, earned Eagle Scout at the Narragansett Council Eagle Court of Honor in Providence County Court House. He joined the First Bristol Troop in 1942 and earned 21 merit badges, serving as assistant patrol leader, patrol leader, quartermaster and Den Chief. He later became a Life Scout and Eagle after wartime service as a War Service Ace badge recipient.
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John DeWitt
Vincent Sylvester
Harold T. Sylvester
St. Elizabeth Street
Jeremiah E. O’connell
Supreme Court
Providence County Court House
Narragansett Council
Florence Pinhero
Bristol
Corricelli
Board of Review
FirstTroop
Camp Yawgoog
Tribe of
George R Fish
Good Returns In Cancer Drive
Wallace H Dibble is named head of the Industrial and Commercial Division for Rhode Island Cancer Society fundraising. Albert E Marshall leads as campaign chair to secure donations from firms, with a $145,000 state goal and $7,000 target for the Field Army. Local chairmen and donors, including several corporate groups, are listed as regional organizers seek broad corporate support for cancer control.
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Wallace H Dibble
Cancer Control
Herman L Pitts
Rhode Island Cancer Society
Pitts
Rhode Island
Field Army
Albert E Marshall
Rumford Chemical Works
Dr Pitts
Marshall
Wesserly
Earl D Sylvia
Westerly
Ralph Artigas
H W Bentz
Wakefield
Fred Wolf Woonsocket
Joseph Axelrod
Harold Merriman
Providence
Lawrence H Cook
Barrington
Warren
Bristol
Walker Maison
Cancer Control Fund
Raymond Makowsky
Makowsky
Bristol Community Theater Holds Meeting on April 20
The Bristol Community Theater announces a Tuesday meeting on April 20 at 745 P M for ticket distribution and ticket sales discussion. Miss Regina Farley and Donald Morrissey will provide refreshments after the session and plans for a laboratory production advance to April 26 with two one scene plays titled A La Gatre and An Evening of Bridge.
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Bristol Community Theater
Regina Farley
Donald Morrissey
Fire causes minor damage in Alder Beach Terrace kitchen
A small fire sparked by spontaneous combustion in a drawer under a kitchen sink triggered a general alarm and was extinguished early Sunday by local firemen. Fred Guevremont reported about $200 damage to the kitchen of Albert E Alder’s Beach Terrace Road residence.
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Fred Guevremont
Albert E Alder
Beach Terrace Road
Health Dept Probes Bristol Water Pollution Claim
Bristol town council weighs steps after a complaint of stream turbidity near the Mt Hope Farms. The State Health Dept is investigating pollution tied to the Bristol Rubber Co plant dumps and will report findings after analyses.
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Bristol
Spe
R. F. Haffenreffer ‘III
Mt .Hope Farms
State Department of Health
William L. Serbst
Edward A. McLaughlin
United States Rubber Company
Joseph Castronovo
McLaughlin
Bristol Town
Mount Hope Bay
Haffenreffer
Ehost
Quito
Oldest Bristol sign from National Rubber era to be shown
Miss Elizabeth Bourn plans to present Bristol Historical Society with a brass 1860s sign from the National Rubber Co. Bristol plant. The sign reads Office National Rubber Co with a directional hand. It was once near Wood Street archway and will be framed before donation.
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Bristol
Bristol Historical Society
Elizabeth Bourn
National Rubber
United States Rubber Company
Miss Bourn
Augustius O Bourn
Rubber Company
Hus
Wood Street
National Rubber Co
Parish Girls Celebrate Onomastic Day With Gifts And Play
The Junior Children of Mary at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel held an onomastic day celebration on April 14 with poetry and song honoring their pastor Rev. Joseph Sorzana. A farce, songs, and talks featured Etta Cavallaro, Joanna Squatrito, Elena Proto, and others while committees and decorations were noted. John Carlson, a Worthington Minnesota electric worker, witnessed a dramatic sudden bird fall caused by a mass bird strike. He found hundreds of dead and live birds under snow and lights, later reported in Audubon Magazine and linked to a larger 1500 square mile area and millions killed but with no long-term decline observed.
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Grace Vorro
Christine Rich
Margaret Pelland
Joseph Sorzana
Barbara Garvey
Theresa Velleca
Martha Ruggiero
Emilia Notorangelo
John Carlson
Worthington
Minnesota
Carlson
Audubon Magazine
Longspurs Fall To March Snowstorm In Iowa Flight
On March 13 1904 Lapland longspurs迁 flocked from southern Iowa toward the Far North. A southward snowstorm from Fort Dodge to Sioux City blunted the migration, sinking many birds to earth where they died across three states, ending the arduous journey.
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Lapland
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
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