On the Other Foot in 2051 Canadian Invasion Threat
A propaganda style preview envisions the 2051 conflict where Canada masss an invasion of the US. It notes US weakness after 2041 45 wars, reluctant Atlantic allies England and France, and the promise of super bombers to devastate major American cities.
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United States
Atlantic
Boston
Providence
New Haven
Bridgeport
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
France
England
Funeral of William A Norris in Long Island burial
William A Norris 76 a Bristol native died February 12 at his Freeport New York home and was buried Thursday at Juniper Hill cemetery He was the son of Captain Charles A Norris who commanded sailing vessels from Bristol Harbor.
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William A Norris
Bristol
Freeport
Long Island
Juniper Hill
Charles A Norris
Bristol Harbor
Joyce Pickett Guest Soloist at Baptist Church
Miss Joyce Pickett will be guest soloist at the Baptist church during Sunday morning service. Community notices list multiple births, civic group events, and local announcements including dinners, meetings, and upcoming activities for February and March.
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Joyce Pickett
the Baptist Church
Bristol alumni pledge funds for Rhode Island campus student union
Eight Bristol alumni join a Kingston campus drive to fund a new three story student union. One hundred dollars is pledged at the initial meeting. The proposed building will include religious council rooms, a radio studio, newspaper offices, a dining room and more. Designers Howe Prout Ekman and local supporters lead the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Carlson
Margo
Janice L. Hayden
Nancy B. Hawkes
Fred Bruno
Anthony Russo
Joseph Mazza
R. S. Bosworth, Jr
Rhode Island State
Kingston
Howe, Prout and Ekman
New Rockwell School
Industrial Trust
Wallace E. Howe
Railroads Expand Signaling Since 1939 with Thousands of Miles
Since 1939 railroads have installed over 11 000 miles of automatic signals and more than 9 000 miles of centralized traffic control, marking a major upgrade in rail safety and efficiency across the network.
Community fundraisers and dinners schedule for late Feb and March
A sequence of church and club events includes a 6:30 p m turkey supper at Auspices Women s Guild in DeWolf Memorial Room on Feb 20, a Washington frolic Feb 22 at Midway Steak House for St Mary s School, and a Feb 24 annual Eagles banquet at GAR Hall plus multiple events through March 16 and 11 open house meals and sales led by local groups.
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Women’s Guild
First Congregational Church
DeWolf Memorial Room
Frederick F Driftmier
Women’s Guild Congregational Church
DeWolf
Washington
Midway Steak House
St. Mary’s Mothers’ Club
St. Mary's School
Order of Eagles
GAR. Hall
Narragansett Electric Co
Mothers’ Club
St Mary’s School
Carl Witherell’s Final Appeal for Negro Student Fund
Carl Witherell, chairman of the Bristol area division of the United Negro College Fund in Rhode Island, issues a final appeal for contributions to the 1951 drive ending today. He says the Fund provides scholarships for thousands of young Negro students and is the essential educational community resource fostering better race relations, living standards, leadership, and equal educational opportunity.
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Carl Witherell
Bristol Area
United Negro College Fund
Rhode Island
Witherell
Farm Fire Insurance Coalscene Notes 1850 Mutuals Hold $22 Billion
The nation’s 1850 farmers mutual fire insurance companies carried about 22 billion dollars in insurance on their books at the beginning of 1950.
Ragweed Scientific Name Ambrosia
A brief note states the scientific name of ragweed is ambrosia. The line comments on the phrase sounding pleasant.
Y M C A Fifth Gold Medal Basketball Tournament Headed
Louis Castriotta will lead the committee for the Y M C A Fifth Gold Medal basketball tournament set for late March in the high school gym. The event will feature only the fastest state teams and aims to continue the Y’s strong basketball tradition with past winners Ferncroft Bristol Standard Pharmacy Warren and Fall River Ramblers. For details contact Castriotta or the Y M C A office at 448 Hope Street Bristol Rhode Island.
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Louis Castriotta
Castriotta
Ferncroft
Bristol
Standard Pharmacy
Warren
Fall River Ramblers
Y. M.C A
Hope Street
R. I
Audrey Skinner Weds Corp Ronald Wirell Jr at St Michael’s
Miss Audrey Skinner daughter of Boston residents married Corp Ronald Wirell Jr son of New York couple on February 8 at St Michael’s Church. Canon Daniel K Davis officiated. Attendants included maid of honor Lee Ann Reilly and best man John Keefe. Groom a Marine Corps Korea veteran awarded the Purple Heart. A reception followed at the Boardman home before a wedding trip to New York City.
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Audrey Skinner
Corp
Ronald Wirell
St. Michael's
Boston
Ronald Wirell, Jr
Paul Wirell
New York City
St. Michael’s Church
Daniel K. Davis
Lee Ann Reilly
John Keefe
William H. Boardman
Ferry Hill
Bristol January highway work report to town council
Joseph JF Pannone, town surveyor, presented Bristol January highway department activities. Snowstorms required sanding and plowing, sanded streets, hauled salt, and mixed sand with salt using a steam shovel. 200 yards of sand. Rubbish collection totaled 2534 loads over 83 hours, with 249 hours labor plus diver time. New drain installed across Parker avenue on Wood street and drainage grade work begun. Gas usage included 1285 gallons regular and 245 gallons special. 968 gallons regular and 89 percent gallons special dispensed to departments.
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Highway Department
Joseph JF. Pannone
Bristol
Bradford Street
Parker Avenue
Wood Street
End Of Season Garden Advice For Perennials And Roots
E P Christopher from Rhode Island State College outlines careful steps for planting asparagus rhubarb and related vegetables. He notes soil preparation lime and fertilizer needs plant depth spacing and weed control and suggests varieties like Mary Washington and Cherry Red to maximize yields in coming springs.
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E. P. Christopher
R I State College
Mary Washington
Guernsey Cow Donna Sets New Butterfat Record in State
William S. Cherry of this town owns Horse Shoe Bailiff's Donna, a registered Guernsey cow that set a state Herd Improvement Register record for a senior 3-year-old with 11 737 pounds of milk and 572 pounds of butterfat after 1 095 milkings. The cow’s sire is Provost's Bailiff, owned by George P Clark of Shannock, who has 24 daughters in the Performance Register, with the record supervised by Rhode Island State College.
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Wiliam S
Guernsey
Donna
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
N H
Provost's
George P Clark
Obituary of Charles Henry Thompson 76 in Providence
Charles Henry Thompson 76 died Wednesday at a Providence hospital after a long illness. A native of the town he lived on Nooseneck Hill Road in West Greenwich. He was the son of the late Henry Manton and Henrietta Thompson and husband of the late Sarah Whipple Thompson. He leaves a sister Nellie Thompson Martin of Warren, two daughters, two sons and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Burial will be at Spring Vale Cemetery after a service at Remington Funeral Home.
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Charles Henry Thompson
Providence Hospital
Nooseneck Hill Road
West Greenwich
Henry Manton
Henrietta (Buffington) Thompson
Sarah W (Whipple) Thompson
Nellie Thompson Martin
Warren
Remington Funeral Home
1604
Broad Street
Providence
Spring Vale
Rumford
Coal as Foundation of War and Industry Across Eras
The quote traces coal's central role from World War I remarks by Lloyd George to World War II paraphrase by Winston Churchill. It emphasizes coal as the critical driver of production, consumption, and overall war effort.
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Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Rogers Free Library Receives Wide Ranging New Books
New acquisitions at the Rogers Free Library span non fiction works such as Kon Tiki Look Younger Live Longer and The Hinge of Fate. titles by diverse authors including Hemingway Hitchcock and Churchill appear among histories biographies and travel guides.
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Rogers Free Library
Italy
Neck of the Woods
Indiana
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
North Atlantic
Ernie Pyle
Jane Mecom
Paris
Aroand
New York
Gilbretl
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Bristol Phenix
Bristol Phoenix Publishing CO
Roswell S. Bosworth
G. Douglas Wilson
Anna Massano
Emily
Michael
Ann Marie
Gil Carreiro
Hall Ave
Warren, R. L
Lee
Paul
State OF
Probate Court OF the Town OF
Probate
Dewolf John B
Byron
John B
de Silveira
Elias Antonio
Theresa de Silveira
R. 1
Pires
Serafim Augusto
Sam Reis Pires
William A. Norris
Water St
Rbl
Daponte & Son
Baker St
Ispingex
Fer Fleers
Lewis Rego Fus
Brush Man
Ellis Ave
Telconn
Joseph F. Secure
Pearse Avenue
Frances Ellen
St. Joseph Hospital
Anthony J. Ramos
William Gerard Ramos
Lying-In Hospital
Arthur Cordeiro
Shaws Lane
Robert
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Isabella
K of C Hall
Henry Wood
Joseph C Hartwell
St Elizabeth Home
Wood
Michael Cavallaro
Brice Canyon
Pacific
Joseph Cavallaro
Richmond Street
Antonette Sansone
Peter Sansone
Mount Hope Avenue
Dean Armstrong
Wesley A Armstrong
Greenwich
Conn
Renssalear Polytechnic Institute
Stone & Webster Engineering Firm
Armindo Carrino
Joyce Anne
St Michael's Church
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Wll
Holmes House
Cub Pack
Guiteras House
Rotary Club
White Rail Riding Club
Rotary Camp Fund
Bristol Sunshine Society
Cup Defenders’ Association
Osofsky Hil
Negro Student Fund
Leonora Ruggiero
Louis Annarummo
Albert Ethier
Council
Jahan
State
Boxer
Zake
Admirals
RCA
Phileco
Hallicrafters
Olympic
Capehart
Modern Electric Co
Child Street
Plin's
Thames St
Bristol Narrows
J. Hope Avenue
Goulart Ave
All
A. Nunes
Thayer
Brambach
Winecombe
Robeson Street
Alfred N. Nunes
John Francis
Metacom Avenue
Tel
Patel
M. Albert _ Emery
Mt. Hope Ave
John E. Merella
Market St
Warren, & I
F. Vinecombe
Robeson Strall River
Mass
Anderson
Orlando
J. Bisbane
E. Watson Co., Inc
R. Il
Tel. Br
Collins Street
E State Street
Byfield
William S. Cherry
Rhode Island State College
Lincoln-Washington
Colt Auditorium
Madeline Botelho
Washington, Statesman and Soldier
Rupert Hughes
Delphina Oliver John Pivin
Lincoln
Helen Louise Miller
Marilyn Smith
Mrs Cameron
Edward Costa
Mr Cameron
Dorothy Sullivan
Nancy
Carol Benson
Sarah Martin
Robert Flanagan
James Foster
Frank T Canario
Agre O
Heyerdahl
Hauser Churchill Skinner
Carey Reynolds
Overstreet
Ingold Nash
Cardinal
Adventurer
Bennett
St Star
Jonah
Randall
Aame
Keyes Schulberg
Castain Robinson Waltari Caldwell
Mingway Barker Fletcher Kane Winsor
Benedict Adams
Ertz Hall Hale McCauley Jennings Randall Mannin 2
Lawrence Hahn Forester Cronin E. Bates
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