Bristol District Nursing Association Officers Retired
Charles B. Rockwell and Miss Evelyn Carter retire after long service as president and secretary. Rear Admiral Gilbert C. Hoover elected president. Mrs Earl G Sturdevant elected secretary. Carter given token gift. Rockwell named honorary president as new leadership chosen to bring in fresh faces. Board and officers elected, incl Frederick S. Bartlett and Edward J Fitzgerald. Health work highlighted with clinics, immunizations, and tuberculosis efforts.
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Charles B. Rockwell
Bristol District Nursing Association
Evelyn Carter
Gilbert C. Hoover
USN
Rockwell
Earl G Sturdevant
Miss Carter
Carter
Mr Rockwell
Wallis E. Howe
Robert J. Connery
John G. Stewart
Norton M. Zinderstein
Mr. Rockwell
Meris Glieg
Hssean
Brown University
Frederick S. Bartlett
John Condon
Halsey DeWolf
Arthur Eastman
Edward J Fitzgerald
Samuel D Clark
Ruth Graham
Rudolph F. Haf
Wood Street Park To Be Memorial For War Veterans
Town meeting approves using 18 000 remaining for a World War II memorial to remodel Wood Street Park into a community playground and landscaped park. Adm Gilbert C Hoover explains a building memorial is too costly. playing field filling and grading planned instead. Community opposition cited by Edward D Kunz.
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Wood Street Park
Gilbert C. Hoover
USN
Hoover
Veterans Council
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Adm. Hoover
Chest X Ray Clinic Here During May
Oscar A Rishe named chairman for a May chest X ray clinic to be held here. The mobile unit will be directed by Dr Frank A Merlino of the Rhode Island Health Department as part of the District Nursing Association effort.
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Oscar A. Rishe
U. S Rubber Company
District Nursing Association
Frank A Merlino
Division of Tuberculosis Control
Rhode Island Department of Health
Town votes to spend 22800 for sewage plant repairs
At a local town meeting the sewer commission won approval to borrow 22800 for a digester heater heat exchanger and housing unit plus 800 to clean the digester. The deteriorating facility prompted the decision despite objections over borrowing.
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Werner E. Follin
Roydon M. Wardwell
Town Manager Study To Be Continued In Bristol
Bristol taxpayers favor council-manager form and reappoint the budget board to study the plan. A five member committee will continue the study with two additional appointees. Legislative approval from the state is required before any local change. The push for continuation came at a town meeting led by Town Solicitor Lucien Capone.
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Bristol
Frank J. Murphy
Lucien Capone
Norman Servant
Town Meeting Sidelights at Andrews School Auditorium
The Andrews School auditorium hosted a town meeting with 313 attendees many from district 1 and 2. Speakers urged outside experts for tax revaluation while noting the process is technically difficult and costly. The crowd discussed acoustics and possible switch to a council manager form of government.
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Andrews School
Roger Pigeon
Roma Street Extension Plan Sparks Debate and Passage
The council approved a $5,000 250 foot extension to Roma street amid concerns it was too costly. Bristol Lace will need the road for access to a new plant building and blasting will be required. Proponents note increased tax revenue and prior site moves influenced the decision.
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Roma Street
Paul A. Herzig
Bristol Lace Company
J. Floyd Huestis
Maurice C. Smith, Jr
Lace Company
Warren
United States Rubber Company
King Philip League Teams Begin Diamond Work at Guiteras Field
King Philip Little League officials plan a Saturday work session at Guiteras Field to skin runners paths and set backstop position. About 150 boys will practice as managers and coaches work with players. Umpires eight named by the governing board will be registered with the Little League office in Williamsport.
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King Philip League
Guiteras Field
King Philip
Joseph C. Kinder
Governing Board
Louis Castriotta
Little League
Williamsport
William C. Simmons
Manuel Ferreira
Thomas G. Pansa
William F., Boardman
Frank Silvia
Andrew Bogario
John Zegger
Louis Stanzione
Town approves budget of 663943.28 for coming year
Town meeting in Andrews Memorial gymnasium approves total expenditures of 663943.28 for the next fiscal year. Revenue sources include tax levy liquor and gaming fees and short-term notes. Long discussions preceded a late-night decision ending with a record expenditure.
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Andrews Memorial Gymnasium
Carl Scouts Aid Cancer Drive With Tag Days
Twenty five Girl Scouts conducted tag days Friday and Saturday for a cancer drive, turning in 163.30 bringing total receipts to 1874.58 with prior gifts. Co chairs report donations may reach 2000, and note lists of donors in memory of several individuals.
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Raymond J. Makowsky
Nathaniel A. Gladding, Jr
Cochairmen
Henry Sanford
Nathaniel Gladding
William T. Satterfield
Monday Night Club
Sara Bosworth
Pro-Christo
Crowd Cheers Welcome MacArthur in New York Parade
Report describes a massive Fifth Avenue crowd for General Douglas MacArthur in New York. Streets were packed, paper confetti flew, and observers sought high ground from which to glimpse the procession amid a perfect, breezy day.
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MacArthur
House
Senate
Washington
Roosevelt
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mounted Police Advance Through Crowd At Night Scene
Eyewitnesses describe red lights on police motorcycles approaching a crowd, then a larger line of mounted officers emerging behind them. The riders were higher on horses and visible as they moved through the area.
Stroke of luck as bystander notes street scene
The narrator recalls a moment when a janitor swept up papers and a mounted escort passes by, with a brief salute from a familiar figure. The scene includes a wife and companion in a car and a fleeting glimpse tied to a televised moment and a poem fragment.
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Pd Rede
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Matthew Carmone
Edward D. Kunz
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Irene Lau
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