From Rhode Island to the Island of Rhodes voyage
Coast Guard engineman first class Joseph C Weicken and family of 62 Burton St Bristol plan October 2 relocation to Rhodes in the Aegean Sea aboard the Courier. They list Bristol as their favorite New England town while children Denise 12 Jerry 9 Doretta 7 Doreen 6 and Joe 4 will attend local American schools.
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Rhode Island
Rhodes
Joseph C Weicken
Burton St
Weicken
United States Coast Guard
Courier
Aegean Sea
New England
Fairhaven
Mags
New Bedford
Block Island
Bristol
Greece
Denise
Jerry
Doretta
Doreen
Joe
Joseph C. Weicken
Joseph
Veteran sailor longs to sail again in America’s Cup races
Lowell Wright, longtime Bristol County resident and quahoger, once quartermaster aboard Ranger and Rainbow in 1930s America's Cup races, now runs Eastern Seafood Corp. in Warren. He welcomed recent Newport contenders but port duties at his shellfish cooperative take priority. Wright is a Deer Island, Maine native with a storied career at sea.
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Lowell Wright
Eastern, Seafood Corp
Warren
Ranger
Rainbow
Wright
Vim
Newport
Deer Island
Maine
Bristol County
Pew
Bristol
Sewer Board disqualifies two bids for Gorham Place project
The Gorham Place sewer contract goes to C Brito Construction for 4050 after the two lowest bidders Rimac Engineering and Rego and Sons are disqualified for lack of prior sewer work and missing certified checks. East Providence based C L Guild Construction had the high bid at 4350. 4500 was appropriated. Bayside Shores bids due Friday. opening Saturday morning.
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Gorham Place
C. Brito Construction, Corporation
Rimac Engineering Corporation
Rego and Sons
C. L. Guild Construction Company
East Providence
Bayside Shores
Public Library Building Fund Donation Acknowledged
Mrs Barnes Newberry Jr chairman of the Rogers Free Library Building Fund committee announced receipt of a donation from Mrs Amy Howe Greenough for five hundred dollars and sixty cents.
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Barnes Newberry, S Jr
Rogers Free Library Building Fund Committee
Amy Howe Greenough
Town Hall in Process Of Complete Change
Bristol's town hall undergoes a full interior overhaul with painters and carpenters in charge. The town clerk Anthony J. Dennis Jr and staff move to new offices near the former council chamber, while public access shifts to a counter in front of their area.
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Burnside Memorial
Town Hall
Bristol
Anthony J. Dennis, Jr
Council
Dennis
Court St
Benjamin Franklin
Bristol Priest Visits From England for Eight Week Stay
The Rev John M Rohrman M S a Bristol native and LaSallette priest is back for an eight week vacation to assist at St Marys Church. He serves at Our Lady of LaSallette Church in Rairsham Essex England where Ford Motor Co is building a 200 million factory. He has traveled to Rome Ireland and England and traces the orders history to 1846. He stays with his mother at 228 Terrace Ave Warren.
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John M. Rohrman
England
M.S
St. Mary’s Church
Father Behrman
LaSallette Order
Our Lady of LaSallette Church
Rairsham- Essex
Ford Motor Company
Ford
France
Hartford, Conn
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Public Library Building Fund
Father Rohrman
Rome
Ireland
Rohrman
Terrace Ave
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