Club Clarifies Shell Project Not Funded by Memorial Fund
In an open letter Bristol Exchange Club denies using World War II Memorial funds for a shell and comfort station on the Town Common. The piece traces fundraising attempts, council responses, and veteran concerns while asserting financing rests with the Town Council and taxpayers.
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Shell
Comfort Station
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol
R. I
Bristol Exchange Club
Veterans’ Organizations
Exchange Club
Shell and Comfort Station
Bristol County
Recreation Board
Planning Board
Shell-Comfort Station
E. H. Holmes
G M Gross Elected To National Angus Association
Mason Gross of Case Farm Bristol Rhode Island has been elected to membership in the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association in Chicago announces Secretary Frank Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Gross
National Angus Association
Mason Gross
Case Farm
Bristol
Rhode Island
Radio Highlights of Bristol Scouting Anniversary Week
The Sunday station WRIB broadcast highlights of 35 years of Scouting in Bristol led by Scout Commissioner George R Fish with the Bugle and Drum Corps. Events included School Day demonstrations Award Day Court of Honor Citizenship Day and a Town government day with various ceremonies and a quiz led by JASM Michael Flynn.
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Bristol
WRIB
Providence
George R Fish
Scout Movement
America
Mr Fish
Richard K. Belmore
J.A.S.M
Frank Fojo
David Costa
Gilbert Alves
David Alves
Paul Paiva
Daniel Fonseca
George Amaral
Anthony Marabello
Manuel Silvia
Raymond Sartini
Robert Imondi
Raymond Faria
Joseph Sousa Sverett Sousa
Manuel Correir
John Benevides
Joseph Castro
Louis Almeida
John Costa
Bristol County
Board of
Pack No 14
Sss
Kearney
Esther Raiola
Joseph Ruggiero
Admiral Edwards
Thomas van Voast
James Saham
St Elizabeth’s
Cath Zane
Frank Misserandino
Katholhe Church
Erine Hamill
Rose Ferreira
John i
McIntyre
Alice Pahline
Russell
Donovan
Mary Kavanaugh
Carlo
Perry and Watler Kerr
Scout Hall
Jasm Michael Flynn
Black Hawk Patrol
Letter of thanks planned for council on snow cleared streets
A Bristol Civic Association meeting will hear a letter of appreciation to the Town Council for clearing the Hope Street business district from Franklin to Church Streets. The memo also credits contractor Brito & Son for extra efforts. The town aims to seek reimbursement from the State for part of the $9 hour shovel work and $6 hour bulldozer costs.
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Bristol Bussessmens Civic Association
James St. Angelo
Hope Stree
Franklin
Church Streets
Brito & Son
State Department of Highways
Caesar Brito
Benefit Auction At Coll High Draws Donors
Donors respond to the Polio Fund benefit auction set for Thursday February 19 at Coll High auditorium. Mrs Raymond J Makowsky, chairman, said enthusiasm is excellent as residents search cellars to donate items. The committee urges attendance with the slogan Someone else’s jurors will become your prized possession at small cost.
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Coll
Polio Fund
Raymond J Makowsky
Pickup at Colt High for Wardwell Street items
Articles are to be brought to Colt High at the Wardwell Street entrance between 8 p m and 4 a m on Wednesday and Thursday February 18 and 19. Large items will be collected by the committee if needed.
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Colt High
Wardwell Street
Lenten Union Services Planned Across Rhode Island Parishes
A schedule lists Ash Wednesday and weekly Lenten services at Emanuel Episcopal Phillips Memorial Berrington Congregational Church Christ Church Lonsdale St Marks Warren Plymouth Union Congregational United Congregational Newpo Pilgrim Lutheran Hoxie with ministers including Rhein Thompson Kettle, Dunstun Churchill Prince Bare Parshley and Andell among others.
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Ash
Francis B. Rhein
Bayete B. Bare
United Congregational Church
Newpo
James H. H. Lightbourne
G. G. Bennett
Rhee Aland
Anthony R. Parshley
Rhode Island
Arne Andell
Pilgrim Lutheran
Hoxie
R. I
Integrated Public Assistance gains for Bristol Town budget
Director Amando J Bisbane reports Bristol’s integrated Public Assistance program spent 22 940 42 in fiscal year with 13 405 returned by the State and 9 499 90 from local funds. Town aid supported 14 147 06 in state local funds for recipients, cash payments, emergency needs, and hospitalization costs, plus program efforts to reconcile cases and preserve families.
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Bristol
Thejave
Luc UU
Bristol Mansources
Rotary Minstrel Is Well Received in Bristol
The Bristol Rotary Club presented its Winter Blossoms Minstrel Show to a capacity audience at Guieras School auditorium. Sixty performers including 36 Rotarians delighted with songs, skits, and comical numbers. The show featured Mrs. M Theresa Donovan as director and concludes with a grand finale of patriotic tunes.
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Bristol Rotary Club
Guieras School
Wm. D. H
M. Theresa Donovan
Albert T. Fusonie
Salvador Nunes
Edward J Fitgerald
Emma and
Earl Rounds
Nora O'Neil
R. S. Bosworth
Harold Congdon
Charles Liscomb
Vernon Gray
Lucien Capone
Wm H. Sisson
Mr Capone
Arthur H. Eastman
Foster Price
Howard R. Newman
Charles Cole
Stephen Hopkins
Albert Fusonie
Spike Bones
Domenic Capone
William Hall
Orlando Bisbano
Anthony J. Ferrara
Frank J. Sylvia
Mr. Fusonie
Dr. Capone
James F. Meiggs & Sons
Margaret F. Nerone
Margaret F. Ad Dwyer
Remarkable Dog Tracks Down Master 150 Miles Away
In Taftville Connecticut a priest's dog, grieving after the fatal car crash, vanished for weeks then was discovered lying at the base of the same tree where the priest died, a distance of about 150 miles from Taftville.
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Taftville
Conn
Bdog
Fr. Smith Reflects On Power Of God In Sermon
The priest recalls a true story shared as a sermon to illustrate God's power. He notes the tale features a close friend and emphasizes how such power, though hard to grasp, truly exists. The anecdote underscores faith amid doubt.
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Fr. Smith
Sheila the Kerry Blue Dog Returns to Father Curran
A reader recounts Sheila the Kerry Blue, beloved dog of Father Curran, who pines and paces at the rectory when he is away. The dog shows unusual excitement before his return and seems to sense his coming home. The column also notes the narrator’s own dog Petie, recently recovering from a dog attack with stitches and a scarred back.
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Addie
Sheila
Father Curran
South
Fr. Curran
Unusu
Fr. Smith
Ted
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Kay ST
Newport
R.I
Tues
Betty Grable
Dick Haymes
Miss Pilgrim
Don Castle
Peggy Knudsen
Patricia Knight
Peggy Ann Garner
Technicolor
Lon McCallister
Edmund Gwenn
Reginald Owen News
Gail Russell
Claire Trevor
Ann Dvorak
Adolph Menjou
Jane Wyatt
Billie Burke
G. L
Eugene List
Paul Campbell
Gloria Henry
Sport OF Kings
Scout Week
Ning
ASM
Jasm John Sylvester
Union Lenten Services
ST. Michael’s and
First Congregational Churches
St. Michael’s
First Congregational
St. Michael’s Parish House
Fury
Director Lands Integrated Aid
Oper RA Eaters Ata
Amando J Bisbane
Warren
Austin J Smith
St. Mary’s
Getti
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