Bristol Troops Celebrate Nat's Boy Scout Week
Bristol marks the 46th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America with a week of programs. Troop one staged skits on life saving first aid and woodcraft, and Joseph Alfred earned the camping award from Gov. Dennis J. Roberts. Troop two hosts a Parent's Night at First Baptist Church, with a scouting movie and awards. Troop three plans a Frontier camp day in Rehoboth and attends Mass at St Elizabeth's. Troop four's annual program is in early March with a Mt Hope hike. Troop five holds a Valentine dance and a board of review for first and second class scouts.
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Boy Scouts of America
Joseph Alfred
National Council of Boy Scouts
Dennis J. Roberts
First Baptist Church
State House
Harold Tucker
Frontier Camp
Rehoboth
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Oliver
William Head
K. of C. Hall
Alfred Sylvia
Mt. Hope Shores
Howard L. House
St. Michael’s Parish
House
George Felix
Robert Gilbert
Robert Elder
Parker Ludden
J. Foster Price
Gordon Seagraves
John Hennessey
Falkon Davis
Board of Review
Joseph Sansone
Price
C. Lathrop
Ludden
Street widening plan moves ahead in town
The town acquired three land parcels on the south side of East State Street between Wood and First School Streets enabling widening to 32 feet. The deal involved Cannizzaro and Bruno families, with St Marys Church donating 14 feet of land. Costs totaled 8,500 dollars with 2,000 spent on additional plots. Plans by Reynolds G. Northup and engineer Joseph Murgo are on the drawing board, council date pending. A five foot sidewalk will be added and the town will replace church stairs and wall.
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East State Street
Wood
First School
Reynolds G. Northup
Drawin
Joseph A. Murgo
Bris
Northup
St. Mary’s Church
First School Street
Sebastiano Cannizzaro
Francesca
Anthony
Joseph Bruno
St Mary’s Church
Cannizzaro and Bruno
Pato: Argentina’s Rough Horseback Duck Basketball Game
The piece details pato, a horseback sport from Argentina using a duck-turned ball. Players must offer the ball, risking fierce scrambles, penalties, and high speeds on polo‑sized fields. Referees curb rough play. the game blends lacrosse polo and hockey with dangerous moments.
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Argentina
National Geographic Society
Alona
Pato
Niagara Falls
Metacom Ave Extension Plan Cut to 850000
The sewer commission trimmed its planned Neck project from 1.5 million to 850 thousand dollars for Metacom avenue extension. Governor Roberts rejected state financial aid after a Friday conference, affecting Bristol veterans home sewer use plans.
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Commission
Metacom Ave
The
Sewer’ Commission
Neck
Metacom Avenue
Dennis J. Roberts
Louis Medeiros
Roberts
Bristol
Zoning hearings set on Wardwell Lumber plan in Bristol
Bristol zoning board will hold public hearings Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Burnside Memorial Building on two applications. The Wardwell Lumber Company seeks to rezone 7.4 acres on Tupelo Road from residential C to industrial H to allow the George W. Dahl Company to build a new plant. Residents opposed the rezoning due to fears of a drive in theater, but Wardwell proposes no theater as a condition of sale. Debates center on spot zoning and the Dahl Company's Titus area location plans amid broader sewer and Metacom Avenue reconstruction projects and funding talks with the state.
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Bristol Zoning Board
Burnside Memorial
Wardwell Lumber Company
Lumber Company
Tupelo Road
George W. Dahl Company
Dahl Company
High
Washington Streets
Bristol Macaroni Company
William D. Hall
Tupelo
Mt. Hope Avenue
Metacom
Oliver Street
Hope Street
Commission
Bristol Manufacturing to lay off 170 workers
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation will lay off about 170 employees within ten days. Factory manager Maurice C. Smith III said the cuts follow completion of government contracts and a lack of new orders. The firm will then employ about 625 people and continues to produce tennis shoes and boot footwear including a thermo boot used during the Korean War era.
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Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
Maurice C. Smith
Smith
Frostbite Fleet Expands to Eleven Boats at Bristol Yacht Club
Sunday races in the Bristol Yacht Club dinghy fleet saw a capsize when Elton Furlong and crew were dumped into the harbor after a capsize near the windward mark. The frostbiters drew a large turnout as the fleet grew to eleven boats, with Whites and Loring posting strong results in round robin and team races. Marblehead regatta plans arise for February 24 25 with twelve Marblehead boats expected to compete locally in March.
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Predith
Bristol. Yacht Club
Elton Furlong
Bruce Loring Wees
Furlong
White
Loring
Jeff Spranger
Russ Lundstrom
Jock Gifford
Marblehead
Mass
Seth
Paull
Marilyn Smith Appears on Rhode Island Education TV Show
Marilyn J. Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lowell I Smith of 3 Woodlawn Avenue, a senior at Rhode Island College of Education, appeared on a college produced telecast last week. The program featured life in Rhode Island and parts of Bristol visiting Mous Hope and other local spots.
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Marilyn J. Smith
Lowell I. Smith
Woodlawn’ Avenue
Rhode Island College of Education
Rhodeslan
Mous Hope
Bristol
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Domenic Puniello
George Fish
A. Domenic Ruggieri
Edward Oliver
Leonard Raposa
Robert Santos
Joseph Santos
Edward Sousa
Michael Iacovelli
Medeiros
Bristol Narrows
Lower Fatima Drive
Lower
Sowams Drive
Hopeworth
Veterans
Gooding Avenue
Joseph M. Vallone
Har
Medeiro
Planning Board
Russell S. Bray
BMC
Marilyn Smith
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