Board denies variance for 810 Hope Street gas station
After a two hour executive session, the Zoning Board of Review denied Anthony S. and Eva Thomas's petition to erect a Sunoco gas station at 810 Hope Street by unanimous vote. The panel found the applicants failed to prove the variance would not unduly conflict with public interest or cause undue hardship. The Thomases were represented by Raymond A. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoning Board of Review
Anthony S
Eva Thomas
Hope Street
Sesson
Raymond A. Thomas
Thomas
John Sinclair
Trinity Episcopal Church
Anthony J. Balzano
Michael Ascoli
Ascoli’s Service Inc
Balzano
Ascoli
DeWolf Perry
Bosworth House
Silver Creek
Perry
George K
Charles
Bosworth
ReviiPe
Sunoco
Falugos
I Theresas
Tes Ascoli
Mangininéini
Ed Inow
Connecticut
Pappasquash Road
Contests and prizes lure wide range of entrants
The article surveys how advertising contests lure buyers with prizes from mink coats to cash and cars. It notes varied formats including boxtop proofs and entry blanks, large prize pools, and careful release of winners for future ads, with examples from Kentucky Club tobacco, O Sullivan shoes, W A Taylor wines, Dial Soap, and Nescafe campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Na Honal
Kentucky
Chub_ tobacco
Galahad II
Kentucky Club Tobacco
Bristol Coast Guard chief Kelsey to leave for Maine transfer
Chief Kelsey, famed for rescuing boaters on Narragansett Bay, will swap commands with Chief Ralph S. Andrews of Southwest Harbor Coast Guard Base. The transfer, part of a routine Coast Guard reshuffle, follows seven years at Bristol Depot and a career highlighted by hurricane rescues and family aid on Prudence Island.
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Winslow C. Kelsey
Bosun
Coast Guard
Bristol
Maine
Kelsey
Ralph S. Andrews
Southwest Harbor Coast Guard
Bay
Narragansett Bay
Andrews
Prudence
Rhode Island
Sage
Prudence Island
Carol
Ralph
Greene
Weather Flags Will Warn Bristol Coast Guard Depot
The U S Weather Bureau and Coast Guard unite to fly storm warnings at Bristol Coast Guard Depot in Rhode Island. A 29 station chain will blanket New England with weather alerts using flags and later possible lights. The system aims to reduce rescues by warning boats near Mount Hope Bay and Narragansett Bay.
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Bristol
C. G
U.S. Weather Bureau
Coast” Guard
Bristol Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Pole
Watch Hill
R. I
Quoddy Head
Maine
Coast Guard
Boston
New England
Newport
Mount Hope Bay
Upper
Narragansett Bay
Jaycees Sponsor Christmas Light Contest With G E
The Junior Chamber of Commerce teams with General Electric for a Christmas lighting contest. Local prize and judges to be announced. Entries must register with George Lima or Richard Spence. Judging nights are December 21 and 22 with the winner to be named in the December 23 Phoenix issue. National prizes include 1000 first, 500 second, 500 third, plus city awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
General Electric Co
General Electric
George C Lima
Richard Spence
The
Phoenix
Highlands GOP Extends Invite to Bristol Women’s Club
Members of the Bristol Highlands Republican Unit voted to invite members of the Bristol Women's Republican Club to join their unit. The motion, adopted at the December 7 Bristol Highlands meeting, aims to unite as part of the Rhode Island Federation of Republican Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Highlands
Bristol Women's Republican Club
Albert W Pearson
E. Stuart Smith
Highlands Group
Bristol Highlands Republican
Bristol Women’s Republican Club
Bristol” Highlands
Rhode“Island
Federation of Republican Women
Flower Expert to Lecture and Demonstrate at Women's Club
Mrs. E. C. Pettigrew of Cranston will lecture and demonstrate dried flower arrangements at the Women's Club meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in Guiteras House. Pettigrew, Federation of Garden Clubs member, is a well known figure in garden club circles. Hostesses include Mesdames Morris, Gay, Wall, Olson and Miss Brechin. the open meeting is announced by President Mrs. Raymond J. Makowsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Pettigrew
Cranston
Women’s Club
Guiteras House
Pettigrew
Federation of Garden Clubs
Garden Club
Bertram Morris
Gilman Gay
B W. Wall
Kenneth Olson
Louise Brechin
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He and
Tle Store Wold
Samuel Ward
John J. Sylvia
Albert Cavallaro
Gilda Cavallaro
Anna Sicignano
Harry Hadfield
Mildred Rishe
Fred McCauley
Walter C
Shirley M. Staples, Jr
John G. Gablinske
Gordon W. Thompson
Paul J. Salcone
Herbert A. Geisler
Sun Oil Company
William Rego
O'Sullivan
W. A. Taylor
Game Company
New York
London
Dial Soap
Dial
Nescafe
CNN
der Brothers
Kelsey Exitis
C.G
Feely
Kelsey and Andrews
C. G. Depot
G.E
Highlands
Women's Club
Barbara Bruno
Josrah Aru
Whys
Lane
Herbert Hisenstadt
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