Zoning Board Deliberates on LaFazia Ascoli Case
The Zoning Board met in executive session after nearly three hours of testimony to decide whether to take the LaFazia and Ascoli petition under advisement. Witness swornin contentious testimony about boundary measurements and the fence construction at 5 Westwood Avenue and 1083 Hope Street.
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LaFazia
Ascoli
John
Kathryn
Westwood Avenue
Lawrence Ascoli
Hope Street
Agatiello Rush of Calls Spoils Fenway Trip
Anthony E Agatiello of 34 Central Street faced a morning siege of telephone bells and door knocks as a planned 10 30 Fenway Park trip to see the Red Sox was canceled due to bad weather. By 9 30 a m he could only ask for help as staff would not arrive in time and the trip was finally called off.
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Anthony E. Agatiello
Central Street
Agatiello
Fenway Park
Red Sox
Phoenix
P. S
Third Annual Hog Island Swim Set for August
The third Hog Island swim will be held Sunday August 26 with a four mile marathon open to all aged 15 plus. Vincent Securo town lifeguard says entrants must supply their own boat. six trophies will be awarded to boys and girls with medals for all finalists. Prize donors will be announced later. Mike Tamburro and James Salzano are soliciting for trophies.
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Hog Island
Vincent Securo
Red Cross
Securo
Bristol
Mike Tamburro
James Salzano
Pops Concert Planned by Newport Women's Guild
A Pops Concert organized by the Women's Guild groups of the First Congregational Church will be held September 21 in De Wolf Memorial room. The Swanhurst Choral Society directed by Carroll W. J. Ball will present the program of folk, classical, and semi classical songs. Seating is limited to 200.
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Women’s Guild
Albert F. Means
Frederick F. Driftmier
First Congregational Church
de Wolf Memorial Room
Swanhurst Choral Society
The
Art Association of Newport Carroll
W. J. Ball
First Baptist
Fall River
New England
Martin Hall to Change Ownership and Move Location
Martin Hall, a nationally known speech correction school, will be sold to S Morton Guiles and wife and relocate to Union Street at the former Bristol Children's Home site. The Speech Clinic at Martin Hall will continue Dr Frederick V. Martins methods with an new out patient department for milder speech disorders for home residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hall
School For the Correction of
S. Morton Guiles
Union Street
Bristol Children’s Home
Frederick V. Martin
Three More Bryant College Grads Listed
James A. Celone and William F. St Angelo from this town graduate today from Bryant College in Providence. Celone, son of Mrs. Mary Celone of 104 Court Street, earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration and is on the Dean's List. St Angelo, of 235 Wood Street, also earns a Bachelor of Science in business administration and will join the New York Lace Store in Pawtucket. Thomas R. August, formerly of Bristol, also graduates with a Bachelor of Science in business administration and will work for the Commercial Credit Corporation of Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Celone
William F. St.Angelo
Bryant College
Providence
Celone
Mary Celone
Court Street
St.Angelo
Wood Street
Thomas R. August
Bristol
New York Lace
Pawtucket
August
Commercial Credit Corporation of
R. I
Former Bristol Man Completes Signal School Courses
Private First Class Charles B. Correia son of Mr and Mrs John B Correia of Cherry Farm Bailey's Bay Bermuda recently completed teletype telephone operation and radio repair courses at the Southeastern Signal School Signal Corps Training Center Camp Gordon Georgia He previously served five months overseas in Koizumi Japan in 1946 1947 with the first Cavalry Division The center was established in 1948 to speed the Signal Corps expansion and is now the Army's largest signal training installation.
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Charles B. Correia
John B. Correia
Cherry Farm
Bailey’s Bay
Bermuda
B.W.I
Southeastern Signal School
Signal Corps Training Center
Camp Gordon
Colt Memorial High School
Sar-Cor Radio and TV Co
Pfe
Pfe Correia Has Had Five Months Previous Overseas Service In Koizumi
Japan
First Cavalry
Signal Corps
Army
New Red Feather Vice-Chairman Is Announced
Frederick T. Goff, general chairman of the 1951 Bristol Red Feather Campaign, announced the appointment of Russell W. Southwick as vice-chairman. Southwick is active in fraternal and civic groups, an officer at St Alban’s Lodge and Hope Chapter, past president of St. Michael’s Couples Club, a Bristol Council PTA member, and a United States Rubber Co. Bristol plant general foreman.
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Red Feather
Frederick T. Goff
Bristol
Southwick
St Alban's Lodge and Hope Chapter
St. Michael’s Couples Club
Bristol Council Parent Teachers’ Association
St. Michael’s Men’s Club
United States Rubber Company
Red Cross Flood Relief Funds Grow Amid Bristol Flood Losses
Donors to the Red Cross Flood Relief Fund bring total local contributions to 24500 dollars. Flood damages reach 24349 properties damaged and 2360 homes destroyed. Families displaced cannot return as floodwaters wash away possessions and livelihoods. Contributions may be left with Mrs. Clara Diman or at the Bristol Phoenix office.
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Red Cross
Clara Diman
Bristol Phoenix
John S Palmer
Ezra Dixon, Jr
Gertrude Drury
Isabelle E. Bosworth
Bristol Boy Scout drive date changed to August 18
The town salvage collection by the Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps, for waste paper old rags and salvage material, is moved one week to August 18 from August 11. The corps will perform at Foxboro Mass tomorrow, prompting the date shift.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
Foxboro
Mass
Mosquito Control Summer Drive Under Way Townwide
The public works department launched a summer mosquito control effort focusing on cleaning Tanyard Brook from Hope to East State and widening drainage ditches to Chestnut Street. If funds permit, work may extend to Bristol Narrows and Hopeworth avenue with insecticide spraying. Funding includes a $1000 town appropriation and state aid grants, possibly matching or exceeding last year’s $700.
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Public Works Department
Tanyard Brook
Reynolds G Northup
Northup
Silver Creek
Chestnut Street
Hope and
Wood Streets
East State Street
Bristol Narrows
Hopeworth Avenue
Pappasquash
Perseid meteors to light sky tomorrow night
Stargazers plan to view the Perseid meteor shower around Aug 11 with a likely peak after dark and before midnight. An unnamed informant notes the display may appear in the eastern sky over Mr Hope Bay and could last more than one night.
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Mr. Hope Bay
Miller seeks Bristol council action on industrial areas
Robert Rulon Miller vice president of Dixon Lubricating Saddle Co asks Bristol town council zoning and planning boards to create new industrial areas. He notes expansion and lack of available sites hinder planning and future growth. The issue echoes earlier warnings by planning board chair Roger W. Pigeon about a stalled $400000 business and zoning revisions.
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Robert R. Miller
Council
Dixon Lubricating Saddle Co
Robert Rulon Miller
The
Phoenix
Miller
Muller
Bristol
Dixon Company
Roger W. Pigeon
Planning Board
Pigeon
Zoning Board
Maurice C. Smith
Little League On Air Broadcast Planned From Westerly
WDEM Providence will carry all Little League games at Westerly starting tonight and tomorrow and at 1 30 p m on Sunday. The station broadcasts at 1280 on the radio dials.
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WDEM
Providence
Westerly
Presidents on Washington Life Reflections Across White House Days
The piece surveys U S presidents views on Washington DC life and the White House, noting Lincoln’s damning view of the White House, Jefferson’s social lens and wine spending, Theodore Roosevelt’s blunt daily grind, Wilson’s sense of irony, Roosevelt’s lever metaphor, Roosevelt’s later longing, and Roosevelt’s “no one enjoyed as much” remark. It references Garfield, Harrison, Jackson, Coolidges, Taylor, and others with varying sentiments toward the capital and its imperial routine.
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Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Jefferson
Monticello
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James A. Garfield
Millard
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Cranston
Guy E. Galline
Kenneth Beaver
Barrington
Ascolis
Lucien Capone
George Hibbert
Hibbert
Louis Brule
Child Street
Warren
Brule
Richard Widmark
Dana Andrews
Gary Merrill
the Frogmen
Pirates OF the
High Seas
Barbara Bel Geddes
Richard Basehart
Tubs
Wed
Thurbs
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Virginia Mayo
John Agar
Walter Brennan
Bandit Queen
Barbara Britton
Willard Parker
Philip Reed
BarTon Maclane
Gules
Marion Bowman
Martin
Giles
Marblehead
Cleveland
Ithaca
N. Y
Madame Marshall
High Street
Hopeworth
Mount Hope Bay
Signal School
Louise M. Murray
George H Murray
Millbury
Goff
R. W. Southwick
Dixon Saddle
Shooting Stars
Children’s
Ferris Dry Goods
Hope St
Little League
Somerset
Ichabod
Mr. Toad
Susan
Victor Mature
Hedy Lamarr
Rex Allen
Truman
Lincoln
Hell
Satan
Woodrow Wilson
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Monument
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Capitol
Secret Service
Andrew Jackson
Rachel Jackson
Washington’ N
Jackson
Coolidges
Calvin, Jr
Coolidge
Zachary Taylors
Margaret ‘Taylor
Tay Islor
Herbert
Erin
Alvenys
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