Boat Salvage Plan Set For Hurricanes
Civil Defense, harbor, and National Guard officials approved a Hurricane salvage scheme led by Denis G. Ferreira to protect Bristol harbor boats. The plan assigns five haul-out points, requests robust cooperation from yacht clubs and shellfish dealers, and seeks state guard support and boat identification rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense, Harbor and National Guard
Nelson G. Beals
Director of
Civil Defense
Ferreira
Yacht Club
Bristol Narrows
DaPonte Questions Status Of Rhode Island Highway Study
Senator Anthony DaPonte calls out Gov. Roberts over the lack of public reports from consultants reviewing the Narragansett Bay East Passage highway link. He cites the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority and the Governor's Study Committee as studies underway with no disclosed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony DaPonte
General Assembly
Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
DaPonte
Massachusetts
MaisanoGraduates From Bryant College
Miss Barbara Ann Maisano daughter of Mr and Mrs Anthony E Maisano lived at 182 Bay View Avenue graduated from Bryant College Providence at 10 am during the 92nd commencement in the Veterans Memorial auditorium principal speaker was Hon Charles Sparks Thomas Secretary of the Navy she earned a Bachelor of Secretarial Science She served as athletic director of Sigma Iota Chi sorority secretary treasurer of the secretarial class chairwoman of the sorority fashion show and played on the sorority basketball baseball tennis and bowling teams also a member of the All Star baseball team
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Wm. T. C. Wardwell
James D. Wardwell, Jr
Edward Anthony, Jr
James
N. N. Coles
Hugh Holmes
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
William H. Spooner
Thompson Brothers
C. H. Thompson
W. Fred Fish
J. G. Sparks
Richard S. Gladding
F. A. Geisler
William Johnson
Misses Thompson and Honeywell
J. H. Young and Co
J. Howard Manchester
Marshall Prarie
National Rubber Company
H. M. Gibson
Joseph
Barbara Ann Maisano
Anthony E. Maisano
Bay View Avenue
Bryant College
Providence
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Charles Sparks Thomas
Navy
Opposition to drive-in theatre on Gooding Avenue grows
Marguerite S. Gooding and Matthew C. Borgia vow to pursue a taxpayer equity suit if needed to block the proposed drive-in. They claim nearly all residents along Gooding avenue and nearby streets oppose the project and warn it would devalue land and preclude future industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite S. Gooding
Gooding Avenue
Miss Gooding
Matthew C. Borgia
Cmdr Correia Takes Command of Navy Ship Vandivier
Cmdr Correia returns from a two month midshipman cruise to Barcelona Portsmouth London and Guantanamo and will command the USS Vandivier at the Boston Navy Yard. He now serves as executive officer of the USS Power based in Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Correia
Harbor View Avenue
Barcelona
Spain
Portsmouth
London
England
Guantanamo
Cuba
U.S.S. Vandivier
Boston Navy Yard
U.S.S. Power
Newport
DeLeo Attends Washington Convention on Refugee Study
Michael DeLeo returned from Washington D C where he represented Governor Roberts at a refugee problem convention. He was appointed Rhode Island chairman and attended talks with governors or their representatives. The group heard John Foster Dulles and toured the White House with remarks from President Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael DeLeo
Hope Street
Washington, D C
Dennis J. Roberts
DeLeo
R. I
Washington
John Foster Dulles
White House
Pres
Dwight D Eisenhower
School Committee Sets Evening Session on Teacher Vacancies
The School Committee schedules a special meeting at Colt Memorial High School library at 8 tonight to fill teacher vacancies including a girls physical education director for the junior high and positions in English Portuguese and elementary teaching. Superintendent Edward J. Fitzgerald notes the August meeting is unusual but needed due to shortages and could use substitutes if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Bristol Sees Uptick in Summer Business and Tourism
Bristol gains momentum as summer trade grows in gift shops, hardware stores, restaurants, and beach activities. Optimism centers on location by Narragansett Bay, new recreational facilities, and planned waterfront development drawing out-of-town dollars while locals push for cleaner streets and better upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Upper Bay
Bristo
Ontario
Canada
Metacom Avenue
Hope Bridge
Mount Hope
Robert B. Suzman
Suzman
Anthony Pinhero
August Gibbemeyer
Gibbemeyer
Bakemaster, Inc
Castle
Hope Street
Narragansett Bay
St. Columban’s
Cape
New England
Massachusetts
Taft School
Hope
Thames
Times
Plans for Town Beach recreation building discussed
Town Beach development plans include a bath house and administration building with possible construction this year. The annual playgrounds award night is set for Wednesday August 24 on the Common with trophies for season events. Parking lot attendant Edward J. Rinaldi will serve until September 5 and a state appointed lifeguard will cover the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
John Carre
Carre
Edward J. Rinaldi
Robert
DeCosta’s
Fall River
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Denis G. Ferreira
C. D
Church Street
State Street
Wardwell Cove
Franklin Street
Beals
D. M Weston Co
Rego and Sons
Gov. Roberts
National Guard
Sen.DaPonte
B. Ann Maisano
Barbara A
Borgia
Broad Common Road
Sowami Drive
Fatima Drive
Blivin Avenue
Wm. Rego P. Sousa
Rego
Bay
Cmdr
Correia
Pappasquash Road
Francois L. deWolf
deWolf
B.Y.C
Caswell
Haas
John A. Stohlberg
John W. Tiplady
Virginia Stevens
Walter F. Johnson
John Mason
R. S& Bosworth, Jr
Robert Randall
Arthur C. Simonds
Tony Nevin
Timothy Walsh
Edward Gosling
Henry Morris
Edward C. Ganz
John R. Watson
E. Stuart Smith
Chester E. Gilroy
R. S. Bosworth, Jr
Cape Cod
South County
Long Island Sound
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