New England Beetle Boat Championship Sailed Here Sunday
Bristol harbor will host the New England Beetle Cat Boat Association senior championship races at 9 30 with 15 boats entered. Skippers must be 18 or over and Franny de Wolf will skipper Bristol’s entry while his brother Jim is junior champion.
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Bristol
New England
Bristol Yacht Club
Franny de Wolf
Jim
deWolf
Bristol Club
John Mason
Barrington
Fran de Wolf
Paper Drive by Bristol Boy Scouts Planned
Bugle notes a postponed townwide paper drive by the Bristol Boy Scouts. Drum Corps will perform Saturday at 10 a.m. Waste paper, rags, and coat hangers to be collected.
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Bristol Boy Scouts
The Apple Problem When is Ach Tet an Apple Not an C
Cirillo explains the board raises about 700 dollars from tag days and a raffle. Funds pay 450 for transportation to see the Braves on August 25 and the rest covers expenses for the annual picnic this Wednesday.
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C. C. Cirillo
Board of Recreation
Mately
Braves
Cirillo
Four Hundred Attend Rhode Island Veterans Home Picnic
Four hundred veterans state officials and guests attended the Rhode Island Veterans Home annual picnic at the home grounds. Chester W. Williams and Albert P. Russo planned the event with leaders from politics and veterans services present.
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Rhode Island Veterans’ Home
Chester W. Williams
Albert P. Russo
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Anthony J. Nunes
Democratic Town Committee
Orlando J. Bisbane
Charles C. Curran
St. Mary’s Church
William M. Kelly
St .Columban’s Seminary
Anthony J. Ferrara
Lucien Capone
Dorothy T. Bailey
State Department of Dietetics
VFW Auxiliary Opens 17th National Essay Contest
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars announces the opening of its 17th annual national essay contest for high school students. Any high school student may view the contest folder with rules at the Phoenix office. Eligibility includes students from public private or parochial schools regardless of local VFW auxiliary presence.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Phoenix
Bristol County Voiture Elects Officers
Bristol County Voiture No 1188 Forty and Eight held a promenade and officer elections Wednesday evening at 8 o clock in the Kearney Post No 6 American Legion home. Walter C Walander was elected Chef De Gare and Ernest R Nelson of Warren was elected Chef DeTrain. Others elected were Harold B Woodard of Barrington Commissaire Intendant Samuel J Smith Francis P Creamer of Barrington and Louis A DiBiase of Warren Chevmen. The Chef DeGare will announce appointments at installa tion exercises planned for early next month. A $5 donation to the Salvation Army was approved and plans were made to attend Providence Vulture No 252 installation on Sept 29. Refreshments were served by Angelo Piccarell of Barrington.
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Bristol County
Kearney
American Legion
Walter C Walander
Ernest R. Nelson
Warrer
DeTrain
Harold B Woodard
Barrington
Samuel J Smith
Francis P. Creamer
Louis A DiBiase
Warren, Chevmenoit
Chef DeGare
Salvation Army
Angelo Piccarell
Louise Murray to Swim in Junior National Long Distance Meet
Louise Murray daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Murray Sr will compete in the Junior National Long Distance Swim Meet at Millbury Massachusetts on Sunday The three mile event favors her as a long distance swimmer She previously won the Hog Island girls title and placed third in the 400 meter New England Senior Women s meet at Cranston Pool on V J Day Lois Aspinal of the Worcester Aquamaids won that race with 5 37.7 three entries competed
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Louise Murray
George H. Murray
Hope Street
Millbury
Mass
Singleterry Pond
Miss Murray
Hog Island
New England
Cranston Pool
Lois Aspinal
Worcester Aquamaids
Six Entered For Hog Island Swim
Vincent Securo announces six entrants for the third annual Hog Island swim on August 26. The one and a half mile race features Alfredo Costa and Frank Perry as past runners up. Bernard Almeida and Louise Murray will not compete due to A A U membership. Trophies from union locals and local sponsors, plus two weeks of life saving and swimming tests start next week at the town beach.
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Hog Island
Vincent Securo
Securo
Joseph Pires
Bill Enos
Kenny Robinson
Alfred Costa
Frank Perry
Carol Benson
Costa
Perry
Bernard Almeida
Almeida
Louise Murray
Mike Tamburro
James Salzano
United Rubber Workers, Cio
Anthony J. Ramos
Cup Defenders’ Association
Mranny’s
Ferris Dry Goods
Red Cross Flood Relief Contributions Sought
Funds for flood relief are collected with checks payable to Red Cross Flood Relief. Contributions may be given to Mrs. Clara Diman or at the Bristol Phoenix office. Previous totals reported 282 dollars with new 5 dollar addition bringing the date total to 287 dollars.
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Red Cross
Clara Diman
Bristol Phoenix
William L. McCaughey
Town Council Seeks Bids for Veterans Memorial Work
The Veterans' Council Sub committee of the Wood Street Park Memorial will meet at 8 tonight at the Kearney American Legion hall to invite all contractors who bid on the memorial work. No awards or bid amounts will be released. donations will be sought to conserve funds before a public bid total on Aug. 31. Subsoil donations include 300 yards from James Bezzullo with additional equipment from Rego Bros Brito Construction Samuel Kinder and DeLeo Construction.
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Veterans’ Council
Wood Street Park Memorial
Kearney
American Legion Hall
Alberto Russo
Veterans’ Memorial
Russo
James Bezzullo
Metacom Avenue
Rego Bros
Brito Construction Co
Samuel Kinder
The
DeLeo Construction Co
Bristol Included in State Civil Defense Test
Bristol will take part in Rhode Island state civil defense drills on October 14 to assess local readiness for rapid mobilization and public alert on an imminent air attack. Teletype warnings will go through state police teletypes. tests use air raid signals bells horns whistles and radio. Yellow alert at 9 am signals air raid warning. red alert at 10 am signals imminent attack with three minutes of signals. all clear at 10:07 am.
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Bristol
Civil Defense
Gordon L. Fleming
Rhode Island
Bristol Phoenix Honors King Philip Little League
This edition is dedicated to the King Philip Little League officers and players. The league, started this year, won Rhode Island District Two and represented the area in the state championship before falling 1 to 0 to Westerly in the final game.
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King Philip Little League
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol
Rhode Island
Westerly
Holmes Construction Co
Roma Street
Lucien Caporte
Town Considers Repairing Four Roads and Bids
The Bristol town council decides to seek unit bids on four roads DeWolf avenue Goulart avenue Broad Common road and Reservoir avenue while deferring Hopeworth avenue. Highway Surveyor Northup will draft bid specs and specify partial bid acceptance.
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Hopeworth Avenue
DeWolf Avenue
Goulart Avenue
Broad Common
Reservoir Avenue
Reynolds G. Northup
Henry F. Serbst
Thinaworth Avenue
Frederick V. Waterman
Waterman Engineering Co
Providence
Smokey Fire Over Lincoln National Forest From March 1951 Feature
A Red Cross magazine story titled Smokey by Duncan Scott recounts a wind driven fire on Capitan Mountain in Lincoln National Forest. A man’s discarded cigarette sparks spread across 17 000 acres destroying 10 million board feet of lumber and narrowly claiming 30 firefighters who escaped by huddling on a rockslide.
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New Mexico
Capitan Mountain
Lincoln National Forest
Duncan Scott
Red Cross
Smokey the Bear Emerges From Forest Fire Rescue
A burned cub rescued amid wildfire danger becomes a national symbol of forest fire prevention. District game warden L. W. Simmons found the singed cub clinging to a tree. after first aid and transport to camp he was flown to Santa Fe for veterinary care and nourishment.
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Smokey
L. W. Simmons
Conten
Santa Fe
Famous bear cub eyed for exhibit after healing
A vet bandaged the cubs paw as front pages showed the appealing image. The famous bear became a national sensation with sympathy letters pouring in. A state fair manager and a large zoo pursued a permanent home while the keeper insisted on the cubs recovery before any long term decision.
Smokey Bear Tours Washington Debut in 1950 Parade
A damaged clipping recalls Smokey Bear’s Washington visit after being named chief forest fire mascot. Eliott Barker arranged the cub’s trip as U.S. Forest Service chief Lyle Watts helped coordinate in the capital with a rain slick parade down Pennsylvania Avenue and a grand entry at National Airport.
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Lyle F. Watts
U. S. Forest Service
Eliott S. Barker
Watts
Washington
Barker
Luey
Cortig Porter Smokey
Smokey
National Airport
Zoo
Pennsylvania
Mokey
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Frank Brown, JR
Charles A. Cory
James B. French, Jr
Sidney Herreshoff
Seth Paull
Herbert T. Anderson
James B. Dow
Russell W. Field, Jr
Mary-Louise Adams
Dolores Beauvais
Doris Bertrand
Judy Bray
Julie Bruno
Henry DeWolf
Jim deWolf
Ralph Farnsworth
Lola Serbst
Bill Serbst
George Spofford
Shirley Olson
John White
Paul Bruno
Francois deWolf
William Farnsworth
Frederick Martin
J. Howard Paull
Angelica
Mattapoiset Y. C
Carroll S. Harrington
Namequiott Sailing Assoc
John H. White
New Bedford Y. C
Charles W. Deasy
Gately
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Warren
Mason
Tom Gately
Edgewoold Yacht Club
Brown
George Robertson
Bass River Club
Cape Cod
Robert Warren
Farley Granger
Ruth Roman
RoBert Walker
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Night Into Morning
Ray Milland
John Hodiak
Nancy Davis
LewIs Stone
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Donald O'Connor
Helena Carter
J. Scott Smart
Emmett Kelly
Veteran’s Home
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Chef DE Gare
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Millbury, Mass
Hog Island Swim
Town Council
Hopeworth
Memorial Park
Waterman
Paul C. Millemaggi
Concensus
M Hopeworth
Samson & Deleeah
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Tech Tony
Nicolor
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