Storione Honors Bristol Town as Ship Returns Home
The Storione crew bid farewell to Bristol with speeches and a new loudspeaker system on deck. Capt Giacchetti thanked Bristol, promising the town will be known in Italy. As the ship sailed, crowds waved handkerchiefs and sang Come Back To Sorrento, the moment marking eight days of naval ceremony and mixed emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bris
Captacchetti
Bristol
Italy
Gracia Bristol
Sorrento
Giacchetti
U. S. Coast Guard
Navy
Storione
Newport
Prudence Island
Bristol past and present in a single photograph
A local fundraiser photo recalls Gladue Ethier and other Bristol youths near the D Wolf Inn and the old National India Rubber pumping station. The letter links the image to plans for an annual picnic and notes mayoral era landmarks and a past hurricane rescue effort along the Blackstone River.
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Bristol Day Committee
Gladue
Ethier
Bristol
Wilfred Gladue
D'Wolf Inn
National India Rubber Co
Church Street
Buster” Moran
Fire Dept
Civil Defense Organization
Blackstone
Diane
Narragansett Bay
Coast Guard
Providence River
Commicut Point
Tax Exemption Plan Sparks Weekend Duty Debate
A city council plan proposes staggering weekend duties with a tax exemption. A union letter recounts a Saturday accident in which a member lost the first joint of a finger after failing to find a doctor, and urges physicians to rededicate to healing. The council also weighs cemetery fill disposal, street construction delays, and beach access issues.
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Warren
Herzig
West
Herzig Street
Bristol Narrows
Northup
Improvement Association
Fatima Drive
Charles Rupp
Cedarcrest Shores
Antonio Borges
Thames Street
Bristol Harbor
Samuel C. Wardwell
State Street
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Funersi
Uy Ve
Etat An
Felevision Factory
Techatelen
Batista Bros. Bakery
Garnevale- Bros. Fence CO
Hartford Avenue
Providence
Cedarcrest
Oy Bajoy
Y Bros Francis
JOS Bevy
Hope St
Archaeena
William ST
Narrows
Mt. Hope Bay
Toby
BS Aeger
Manly
Barrington
G. Thomas cL
Bristol County
Johnnie
Mary
Town Finance Corp
Proto
Joseph Vallone
Public Works
Metacom Avenue
Chestnut Street
St. Mary's Cemetery
Minturn Farm
Caesar Brito
Peter Quito
Raymond Zompa
Bear
Quito
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