Bristol Beach Plan Advances to Town Council Tonight
The Bristol Beach Committee recommends adopting the Beattie plan for a town beach in Rockwell Park with a 40 by 225 foot main area and a 20 by 225 foot enclosed swim zone. An appropriation near $30,000 is urged with a special town meeting if the proposal is approved. A minority report favors an above ground pool known as the Bintz Pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Beach
Burnside Memorial
Beattie Corporation
Fall River
Beattie
Bristol
Rockwell Park
Bintz
Hubert F. Hill
Ian M Walker
Mr. Hill
Mr. Walker
Henry Wood
Lucien Capone
Donald Gladue
Albert A Edmonds
James E Sullivan
Maine
Henry Alfred
Three Men Escape Serious Injury In Waterfront Car Crash
An automobile carrying three men overturned after jumping a stone wall at the Asylum Road waterfront entrance. The driver, John J Fleet, 45, of Riverside, blamed blinded visibility and a jammed left wheel. All occupants suffered only minor cuts and scrapes. Passengers included Howard F Ihley of Barrington and Henry Smutz, 36, of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asylum Road
John J Fleet
Harris Avenue
Riverside
Howard F Ihley
Hamilton Avenue
Barrington
Henry Smutz
Westminster Street
Warren
All Star Teams To Play In Industrial Softball League
The Independents and Leaders in the Industrial Softball League host an all star game at 6 30 pm featuring US engineers and IBEW players. Top pitchers Bolzano and Knox duel while lineup includes Finn Keith Ferrara and Martin for US Rubber and Vesleca Balzano and Bernardo for the Independents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independents
US Engineers
IBEW
Bolzano
Knox
Engineers
Finn Keith
Ferrara
Martin
Wartime Home Canning Center Spurs Civic Effort
Twenty four women at Reynolds School Canning Center produced fifty appointments in three weeks as part of a wartime program. Items canned included beans peas chard beets carrots peaches blueberries raspberries chicken and lobster. Mrs George Magee called the drive a major home front effort essential to guarantee supplies. Mary Foster of Peck Avenue celebrated her 91st birthday with tea and cake and received many cards and gifts as family noted her long life and community support. Foster’s granddaughter Gertrude Foster of Quincy visited. Frederick Foster returned home after visiting his mother.
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Reynolds School
George Magee
Magee
Mary Foster
Peck Avenue
Dirs Foster
Mass Gertrude C Foster
Quincy
Mass
Fredrick Foster
Annual Promenade of Bristol Courts Voiture No 1188
The Bristol Courts Voiture No 1188 Forty Hommes et Fight Chevaux will elect officers this evening at 8 o clock at the Ian Kearney Post Home on Franklin street. After business, a chowder will be served with Percy H Smith presiding and A Elmer McNamara in charge of the collation.
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Bristol
Ian Kearney
Franklin Street
Percy H Smith
Elmer McNamara
Moren Visits Berchtesgaden Hitler Retreat In Alps
Col Albert Moren writes from Holzkirchen Germany about a Sunday trip to Berchtesgaden Austria, Hitler's mountain retreat. He describes the town, scenic Alps, and the bunker like rooms where Hitler and associates plotted, noting an air raid that grazed the site and ending with warm regards to his wife and friends.
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Albert A. Moren
98 State Street
Berchtesgaden
Whitler
Moren
Germany
Army of Occupation
Holzkirchen
Munich
Christian
Doctor Brush
Hitler
Alps
Austria
Mountain
Goerng Borman
Air Corps
Tax Assessors Report Shows Gain in Property Valuations
The Bristol Board of Tax Assessors reports a 35300 increase in assessed land and buildings for 1945 despite losses in tangible personal and intangible property. Net tax assessed rose to 324258.55 with a new rate of 2.30 per hundred on real and tangible property and 0.40 on intangible. Soldier Sailor exemption up by 2136.56, due to estate distributions and Heirs outside Bristol.
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Board of Tax Assessors
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Francis P McGovern
McGovern
Mr. McGovern
Mr McGovern
Bristol
Second Band Concert At Colt Memorial High School
The second band concert in a series will be held Thursday evening on Colt Memorial High School’s facade. Robert Gray and his band perform with James J Velleca organizing town activities and George H Baldwin directing state efforts. The program features marches, overtures, film favorites, and selections from Verdi and Lacombe, concluding with the National Anthem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Robert Gray
James J Velleca
George H Baldwin
State Department
Fec Tures
the Dragoons
Brophy Ovature
Italitans
Y M C A Offers Welcome Home Membership For Veterans
Bristol YMCA announced a three month no charge welcome home membership for local discharged servicemen. Applies within ninety days and grants full senior membership access to all facilities and activities including sports and club events. General secretary Hubert F Hull will assist with personal services and government benefit information.
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Hubert F Hull
Bristol Y.M.C.A
Hill
YMCA
Greene
G.I
Kitty Foyle to Be Presented at General School
Bristol Community Theatre announces the play Kitty Foyle will be presented at General School on September 7 and 8. Directed by Mrs. M Theresa Donovan, rehearsals are held mornings at the YMCA. The cast features many younger group members and adapts the Broadway success about a white collar girl's trials.
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Donald Morrissey
The
Bristol Community Theatre
Kitty Foyle
Guneral School
M. Theresa Donovan
YMCA
Eugene List remembered as prodigy who grew with piano
In a nostalgic reminiscence, the author recalls Eugene List from early piano lessons at Alta Loma School, his prodigious talent, and enduring career. The piece notes List’s wartime service as a GI, his performances with major orchestras, and the Studio community that nurtured him into a celebrated pianist.
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Kimmis Hendrick
Christian Science Monitor
Eugene List
Potsdam
Stalin
Trujan
Eugene
New York Philharmonic
Los Angeles
Sergeant List
Alta Loma
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Bernardo
Col
A. A. Moren
Hitter
Berchtesgarden
Dearest
Irene
Wallace Beery
Tom Drake
James Gleason
Jan Clayton
Selena Boyle
Noah Beery, SR
Walt Disney Cartoon
Springfield
Bataan
John Wayne
Anthony Quinn
Beulah Bondi News
Hot Lips
Salome
Yvonne DeCarlo
Rod Cameron
David Bruce News
Cartoon
Fiesta Time
Y.M.C.A
R. D. Asselin — Warren, R. I
Chevrolet
Kitty Foyle” To Be
Wallace Motors
Truman
Churchill
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