Bulldozer Blade Fatality Shocks Local Community
Giovanni Benigno 25 was crushed beneath a hydraulic bulldozer blade while attaching small cutter blades at Bayside Shores Development near Defiance Fire Station. The Bristol police and state troopers investigated. Benigno, a C Brito & Son Construction worker, leaves a widow and two year old daughter. Funeral planned in Brooklyn.
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Giovanni Benigno
C. Paul Bruno
Defiance
New Bayside Shores
Joseph Brito
Benigno
C Brito & Son Construction Co
Caesar Brito
Wood Street
Euclid Demars
Henry J. Sylvia, Jr
Bristol Police Department
George McGovern
Thomas Morgan
Evelyn Brito
Brooklyn
N. Y
Anthony and
Grace (Capizzi) Benigno
US Coast Guard
NE. Technical Institute
Providence
U. S. Naval Reserve
Bernadette
St John's Cemetery
Queens
Bus Fare Increase Discussed by Town Council Head
Rear Admiral Gilbert C Hoover, president of the Town Council, announced a meeting tonight at Warren Town Hall to discuss a proposed five cent fare increase on the Providence Warren Bristol bus line of the New England Transportation Company. The Public Service Commission, chaired by Adm Hoover, will review the tariff filed last Friday with the state utilities board, with changes set to take effect March 15.
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Gilbert C Hoover
USN
Warren
Bristol County Public Serv
Ice Commission
Providence - Warren - Bristol
New England Transportation Company
Providence, Warren and
Bristol
Highway Department to Begin Northside Cleanup This Week
Acting Highway Surveyor Reynolds Northup said rubbish collection starts Monday February 23 north of State Street and will begin Thursday morning at Highlands and Beach Terrace areas. The effort targets major cleanup routes and nearby streets as crews mobilize.
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Highway Department
State Street
Highlands and
Beach Terrace
Reynolds Northup
Polio Fund Auction Realizes 230 Dollars
An auction in Colt Memorial Hall raised 230 dollars for the Polio Fund. The event was chaired by Mrs. Raymond Makowsky, with donors from the local community contributing a range of items.
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Colt Memorial Hall
Raymond Makowsky
Makowsky
Bristol Teens Earn Nurses Caps in 1948 Class
Three local girls Miss Ella Frances Gray Miss Eleanor Vera and Miss Otilia Botelho will graduate in 1950 from a Bristol Rhode Island nursing program as 21 students receive their caps. A license board review questions White Rail Riding Club calling it a cafe with public patronage and shows moving pictures on site. The board seeks proper licensing for the premises amid church state concerns and new licensing rules.
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Zoning Board of Review
Mary Brite
Metacom Avenue
White Rail Riding Club
Ifrom Residential C
Ironing Board
James S Daneker
Liquor Control
White Rail
Matthias Brito
Lucien Capone
Financial Town
Bristol Retail Liquor Dealers Association
John Romano
Joseph F Benevoles
Bradford Street
Bristol
Truesdale Hospital School, of Nursing
Ella Frances Gray
Vernon A. Gray
Peck Avenue
Eleanor Vera
Manuel Vera
Franklin Street
Otilia Botelho
Louis Botelho
Washington Street
Board of License Commissioners
Rhode Island
Gilbert C Hoover
iGentlemen
Kings and Creeds
Canon Davis Heads Drive For Red Cross Roll Call
Canon Daniel K. Davis rector of St. Michael's Church is general chairman of the annual Red Cross Roll Call campaign running March 1 through March 16. Mrs. Raymond S Brightman executive secretary said Davis will name other officials and helpers soon. Red Cross headquarters during the drive will be in the Holmes House on Hope Street.
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Daniel K. Davis
St. Michael's Church
Red Cross
Raymond S Brightman
Canon Davis
Holmes
Town Council Defers Bid for Town Engineer
The Town Council postponed action on civil engineer Joseph G. Riccio to serve as engineering consultant at 1800 dollars yearly part time or 3000 dollars yearly full time until Council member Paul Herzig returns from Venezuela. Riccio previously offered 1500 dollars part time. he seeks extra funds to cover help and materials and proposes to continue private practice when not interfering with town duties.
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Joseph G . Riccio
Paul A Herzig
Venezuela
Riccio
Oil Heater Fire in Tenement on Richmond Street
A space heater overflow caused an explosion and fire on the third floor of a Richmond Street tenement. Four volunteer fire companies battled the blaze with booster lines. Mr Arruda and his brother-in-law rescued two young sons, while other family members escaped. Damages affected the second and third floors of the Meyer Paley owned building.
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Richmond Street
Frank Arruda
Leonard
John
Arruda
Manuel
Manuel Sousa
Prospect Street
Frank
Dolores
Gloria
Meyer Paley
Fire Stations In Need Of Repairs
The report outlines needed repairs at multiple fire stations to comply with new enforcement and improve prevention. It notes funding gaps, past bids, and specific projects including showers, clerical work, door replacements, and window caulking, with past losses totaling $11 485 and requests for renovations at Defiance and Ever Ready stations.
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Ame
theTown Council
Budget Board of Fire Engineers
Sta
Defiance
Fire Station Interior Repairs and Safety Upgrades Planned
The 1947 budget review notes an expenditure of 272.00 for work on interior repairs and painting at the station. An additional 1,200.00 is requested to complete the project and improve safety for rapid exits to the highway. Councilman Murphy sought state assistance for traffic control devices, but an overhead stop light was not approved by Rhode Island authorities.
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Neenen
Roo
Paicning
Murphy
State Board of Public Roads
Rhode Island
Leerie
General Fund
Hydraulion
Dreadnaught
Two Injured After Metacom Avenue Crash Near Gooding Avenue
Mrs. Maude Holbrook 52 of 132 Hope Street and Gerald Robinson son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Robinson of Bayberry Farm Poppa squash sustained cuts and bruises when their car slid on ice on Metacom Avenue near Gooding Avenue. Operator Stanley Dean 19 and Mrs Ida Dean of 132 Hope Street were uninjured. Mrs Holbrook later taken to Rhode Island Hospital for observation after returning from a Providence State Providence College basketball game at the Auditorium.
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Maude Holbrook
Hope Street
Gerald Robinson
Joseph Robinson
Bayberry Farm
Poppasquash
Samuel D. Clark
Metacom Avenue
Gooding Avenue
Stanley Dean
Ida. Dean
Frederick W. Serbst
Louis di Lauro
Constitution called great human experiment debate at Rotary
Rev Joseph Gamson of Somerset Mass said the Constitution is the greatest experiment in human history noting it took 14 years to effect and urging context for UN progress The Board seeks 50000 to repair Dreadnaught and Hydraulion stations citing dangerous floors and past unspent 1942 funds
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United States
Joseph Gamson
Somerset
Mass
Rotary Club
United Nations Organization
Birth announced of Elizabeth Wylie Campanella
Mr and Mrs Warren A Campanella of 314 Hope Street announce the birth of a daughter Elizabeth Wylie at the Lying-In Hospital. Mrs Campanella is the former Agnes Ann Medeiros.
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Warren A. Campanella
Hope Street
Elizabeth Wylie
Campanella
Agnes Ann Medeiros
Unlabeled Bracketed Mail Sent To Bristol Phoenix
A manila envelope arrived labeled Bristol Phoenix with no sender address. It contained a mixed assortment of items likely valuable only to the owner. The writer notes 11 cents postage and hopes to help return the contents, guessing the owner is male.
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Bristol Phenix
Bristol
A. I
Virginia
la Valentine
Odd Lot of Magazines and Ephemera Found in Mail
A narrator lists items received or found in the mail including copies of Pageant magazine and Hardy’s Railroad Auction, a 1947 48 Power Squadrons log, a Department of Commerce advertising booklet, a Peabody Conservatory yearbook, a Business Executive's Handbook offer, sales newsletters, a 1948 Providence Savings calendar, and a misrouted Valentine envelope marked No such address.
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Union-Liberty
Murphy’s Ale
Bowdoin Beer
Istar Stock Ale
United States Power
12Th District
N. E
U. S. Dept. of Commerce
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Prentice-Hall, Inc
Providence Institution For Savings
Providence
Fixing Returns to Proper Recipients May Improve Process
Officials say the effort aims to return items to rightful owners. Upcoming steps ensure clearer handling and accountability for recovered goods.
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Adm Hoover
General Assembly
Mittee
Daneker
Gamson
Council
Europe
Anthony J. Ferrara
James S. Daneke
Liquor Control Admin
Robert Young
Rubert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
Jacqueline White
Cartorn
Pete Smith
Errol Flynn
Barbara Stanwyck
Alan Hale, JR
Freddie Stewart
June Preisser
Frankie Carro
Noel Neill
Warren Mills
Sarg Goes TO College
Peggy Cummins
Victor Mature
Ethel Barrymore
Gene Autry
Rio Grandi
BUICK
Union Lenion Services
First Congregational Church
James H. Lightbourne
Congregational Church
John D. Kettelle
Barrington
Hawks
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