Post Office Centennial Nears in Bristol
Bristol’s present post office building began in 1857 and opened to the public on Saturday October 31. The red brick structure, a main street landmark, marked its 100th year as of 1957 with early use on the first floor for the post office and second floor for the Collector of Customs. The site, purchased for 4400 dollars from Briggs, deed dated March 12, 1856, with construction costing 20000 dollars by John Coburn of New York. Postmaster then was Hezekiah M. Pitman. current Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall noted the 1857 opening and historical records.
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Bristol
Collector of Customs
American Red Cross
Hezekiah M. Pitman
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Viets G. Peck
Walter D
Sarah M. Briggs
U. S. Triaty de
the Phoenix
PTA Open House at Guiteras School Thursday Night
The P T A will hold its regular monthly open house at Guiteras School Thursday at 7 p.m. Parents may discuss problems with teachers. URI assistant professor Carl V. Slader will speak on home safety with demonstrations on dust explosions and gas explosions. A ten-minute spelling bee with six schools will follow.
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PTA
Guiteras
P.T.A
Guiteras School
Carl V. Slader
University of Rhode Island
Guneras
Five Day Weather Outlook From Hillegrove Station
The Hillegrove weather forecast calls for average five day temperatures two to eight degrees above normal with a colder day tomorrow and a rise in temperatures early next week. Normal Providence values are 28 into the day, 36 high, 19 low. Precipitation totals exceed half an inch, with snow in northern New England and mixed precipitation in Massachusetts and Rhode Island about Sunday and Tuesday.
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U. S
Hillegrove
Providence
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Yugoslav Newsman to Speak at World Affairs Council
Vilko Winterhalter, counsellor of the Yugoslav embassy in Washington and director of the Yugoslav information center in New York, will speak at the World Affairs Council meeting Wednesday night at 8 15 in the YMCA library. The social hour will follow.
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World Affairs Council
Y.M.C.A
Vilko Winterhalter
Washington
Yugoslav Information Center
New York City
Banja Luka
Bosnia
University of Zagreb
Tito
Borba
Association of Yugoslav Journalists
Institute For International Politics and Economics
Belgrade
University of Belgrade
Yugoslavia
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Thunderbird “Jr
Supreme Ice Cream Co., Inc
Warren
Bristol’ Auto Body Works
Burnside ST
Phoenix
Partment
Hezekiah C. Wardwell
W. T. C. Wardwell
S. D. Wardwell
W. H. Teel
John Coburn
New York
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
du Pont Dulux
Bassett
Fall River
Night Stand
District Nursing
Thyra Carlson
Hope Street
Alves Lawnmower Shop
Metacom Avenue
Satel
Tyre Ey Estes
Staples Coal CO
Water St
Schwartz Lumber
Broadway
Suivae
Mercury
Club
Plymouth
International
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