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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1956
Page
1
Jo se e Gibson Knowlton’s Longfield s The House on the Neck is a substantial Bristol history tracing the DeWolf and related families from 1850 onward. Rich with photos and letters, the book brings ancestors to life, matching scenes with names, dates, and homes, and invites readers to see themselves in the family tale.
Nine days remain for shoppers to finish gifts. Bristol stores will stay open every evening until Christmas for convenience, announced Albert Finger, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Evening hours began last night.
The Bristol Rotary Club presented a $100 check to Battery C, 739th Battalion at a Wednesday noon meeting at the Nike installation control center on Mount Hope. The funds will buy supplies and equipment for the unit’s day room as Lt Col Lawrence R. Ligon and Lt Nelson Leggette expressed gratitude and noted the warm Bristol welcome.
The Superior Machine Company will occupy part of Plant H at Bristol Development on Thames Street. Irving Solomon, the president, said the firm will take a substantial section of the building’s lower part and be operating within two weeks. Lucy Corrignan, president and treasurer, says initial employment will be about fifteen people. The company will manufacture machinery for special purposes and automation.
Bristol sewer plan on Metacom avenue faces slim federal aid chances, state official says. A $214,000 grant application is under review amid a $715,000 project cost, with local funds and clear plans needed to improve prospects. A public hearing is scheduled for Friday December 21 at 8 p.m. to discuss local funding at the January town meeting.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce begins a December safety drive to reduce traffic fatalities during the holiday season. John Texeira chairs the local committee with John Letizia assisting. One hundred fifty posters will be distributed to stores and eleven to schools under the slogan Back The Attack on Safety Accidents. A future road block is planned to distribute stickers bearing the motto.
Post Office extends hours to 7 30 weekdays 6 to 6 Saturdays and Sundays in a bid to handle Christmas rush. Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall notes up to 160000 cancellations since Dec 1 and expects to surpass last year’s nearly 300000. A crew of 24 extra mailmen, many college men, will begin route coverage this weekend.
The school committee schedules a special meeting for Tuesday Jan 8 to discuss the need for new elementary buildings. A Bristol Lions Club report urged immediate action on expanding schools on the town outskirts and consolidation on the Common, plus selling deactivated schools. Superintendent Fitzgerald cautions about downtown crowding and the cost of renovation, and notes east side growth with Metacom Avenue development. Balzano argues new buildings could be funded by modernization costs, while Birin scrutinizes birth rates and priorities competing for taxpayer dollars. The panel also reorganizes with Saviano as chairman, Hazen as vice chair, and Fitzgerald as clerk, amid debates on attendance and executive committee size.
The Bristol Lions Club urged the school committee to stop debating and begin concrete action on the town’s elementary schools. A report led by Albert P. Russo and signed by Lions president Manuel Cardoza recommends decentralizing schools to outlying areas, consolidating near the Common, and selling deactivated facilities. It criticizes most schools as antiquated and costly to maintain, notes transport and cafeteria problems, and highlights the Rockwell and Reynolds schools as potential exceptions. Continued remarks on page 4.
The Zoning Board met briefly last night and received a single petition from Raymond Faria of 210 High Street and Fred Almeida of 395 Child Street Warren requesting a special exception for storage of restaurant equipment and on site sales in a barn building east of Metacom Avenue and north of Narrows Road. The land is in a residential C zone and owned by John and Mary Francis at 146 Metacom Avenue. The applicants cited Section 19B7 of Bristol zoning and the State Enabling Act, with attorney Raymond Thomas adding retail store use.
After year end Lt. Charles D. Cowing will take command of the Cutter Spar from Gloucester while Lt. Royce A. Lewis moves to the South Portland Base. Acting skipper Charles Albanese will cover the gap. Harbormaster Sam Wardwell surveys Mill Pond for small boat use, noting four foot deepest point, thick mud bottom, two rocks as obstacles, and past mill ties to a possible channel. He proposes deepening by sandbagging the raceway and using dredged fill to create usable land and a future breakwater. A new AN ARC-7 radio at CG Depot enhances bay rescue, linking the Spar and buoy boat with radar to streamline searches in Bristol and Newport waters.
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