Bristol Council Drops To Fifth Place in League
Bristol Council, handicapped by only three bowlers, fell to fifth in the six-team Southern R.I. Inter League after a Sunday setback at Interstate Bowl in Portsmouth as Newport Council shut out Bristol 3-0. Middletown leads after blanking Warren and Rooney Portsmouth whitewashed Hickey. Jimmy Harrington led Bristol with 438 series but the trio lost all three strings by 27 10 and 27 pins. Newport’s L. Sullivan top-scored with 323 while Nick Jacowell and Dave Ferris added 278 and 264. Standings: Rooney 19-5, Middletown 15-6, Warren 13-11, Newport 11-13, Bristol 9-15, Hickey 2-19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Council
R.I Intersonice
Knights of Columbus
Island Park
Portsmouth
Newport Council
Bristol
Newport
Middletown Council
Warren Council
Rooney Council
Hickey Council of Baring
Middletown
Dudek
Warren
Rooney
Bristolians
Jimmy Harrington
Harrington
Nick Jacowell
Hickey
Scouts Advance Patrol Leaders At Mount Hope Meeting
In Bristol on February 26, 1957 Thomas binding and Ailsa pees led by Charles Pigeon and Stephen Swanson advanced to patrol leaders. Service stars awarded to one-year troop members. Thomas Goff received the feature award for general all around good scouting as parents served refreshments.
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Bristol Phoenix
Mount Hope
Lees- Febert
New Eagan
Thomas Binding
Ailsapees
Wes
Charles Pigeon
Stephen Swanson
Thomas Goff
Battery C Indoor Rifle Team Finishes Season Undefeated
Battery C indoor rifle team completes 1956 57 season undefeated with a 1265 average, 25 straight wins, and the National Guard Bureau Indoor Rifle Tournament title for the second year. Sgt Gale Savino tops team scoring with 267.5 average and wins off hand honors. Sfc Michael Topazio fires a 288 in a single match.
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Battery “C
Cranston Street Armory
National Guard Bureau
Warren Armory
Rhode Island National Guard
Gale Savino
Battery “C's
Savino
Sfc
Michael Topazio
Battery “B
Newport
M. Set.Savino
M Topazio
Cpl Rybka
Pvt
Franco
Sfe
Topazio
Trask
Massasoit Loses Eighth Straight Basketball Tilt
Massasoit Chapter of Bristol Warren suffers an eighth straight loss at Hope High School Providence as Roger Williams Centre dale wins 69-32. Dodge led with 21. Ken Murray paced Massasoit with 12. Massasoit meets Byron Northup tomorrow in Hope High final league game. Anthony tops Woonsocket 53-27 for its second win. Stu Lawrence Pioneer Fall River leads circuit with 147 points. Bob Smith Thomas Dobson Wakefield 139 in scoring.
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Massasoit
Bristol-Warren
Hope High School
Providence
Roger Williams
Centredale
R.I. DeMolay
Dodge
Ken Murray
Bill Smith
Byron Northup
Anthony
Massassoit
Fidelity
Cranston
Woonsocket
Bil Smith
Jum Thomson Murray
Don Smith
Don Campbell
Stu Lawrence
Pioneer of
Fall River
Bob Smith
Thomas Dobson
Wakefield
Annual Meeting Of BDNA Thursday
The annual meeting of the district nursing association will be held Thursday evening at 8 pm in the Rec Hall. Marshal N. Bulteon of Fulton will speak on heart attack prevention. Officers to be elected include Charles B. Rockwell as honorary president, Mrs Barnes Newberry Jr as president, Wallie E. Howe as vice president, James S. French Jr as treasurer, Earl G. Sturdevant as secretary, and Reynolds G. Northup as auditor.
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Hristo! District Nursing Assa
de Marshall N
Bulteon
Fulton
t + RI heart Association
Charles B Rockwell Honoary
Barnes Newberry Jr
Walli E. Howe
Jamess French Jr
Earl G Sturdevant
Reynolds G Norvthup
Levels Defeat Trowels in Dorie Club Bowl
In Dudek Bowling Alleys Warren two 3-0 wins left Levels first and Squares second as they blanked the Compasses. High scores: Lennie Waitt 346, Ernie Meiggs Jr 329. Dave Horne 123 and 312 for Levels. George Moocross 121 and 283 for Trowels. Paul Thompson 312 for Compasses. Waitt, Moore, Meiggs remain above 100 averaging.
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Dorie Club
Dudek
Warren
Dave Horne
Eddie Bullock
George Moocross
Lennie Waitt
Ernie Meiggs, Jr
Chuck Loring
Paul Thompson
Waitt
Moore
Meiggs
Women Guild Hosts Covered Dish Supper at St Marys Church
Fifty members attended a Guild meeting at St Marys Church auditorium on a Wednesday evening. The Very Rev Msg Charles H Lynch pastor Rev Clyde J Walsh assistant pastor and Miss Concetta Fasano school nurse were guests. Miss Fasano received a traveling clock for her Rome trip. A brief business meeting followed the meal with the arrangements committee listed.
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Women’s Guild of
St Mary's Church
Charles H Lynch
Clyde J Walsh
Concetta Fasano
Fasano
Rome
Warner Tabor
Augustine Nerone
Ernest Gladue
Jeremiah Resnold
John Svivia
Felix Sevtr Mir
New England Electric Moves Plant Site in Somerset Mass
New England Electric System subsidiary buys about 225 acres at Brayton Point Somerset near Fall River for a future modern steam electric generating station. The Somers et site could hold around 1 million kilowatts. NE Electric is the region’s largest utility with roughly 1.3 million kilowatts. Estimated land price near a quarter of a million dollars. no construction start date announced.
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Brayton Point
Somerset
Fall River
New England Electric System
Electric System
Irwin L. Moore
New England Power Company
N.E. Electric
Narragansett Electric Company
New England Electric
Littleton
New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Salem Harbor
Salem
Massachusetts
Moore
Troop Two Hosts Parents Night at First Baptist Church
Troop Two held its annual Parents Night Thursday at the First Baptist Church. Parents attended the opening ceremony and troop committee inspection. First aid was demonstrated and a film on the scout ranch in New Mexico shown by Anthony Russo. A model camp site was displayed on the stage for parents to view.
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First Baptist Church
New Mexico
Anthony Russo
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By Jim Connery
Dave Ferris
L. Sullivan
Newporters
Hope Street
Joseph G. A. Riccio
N. E. Electric
Somerset, Mass
New England
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Rte
Warren Fall Ri River Ra
Troop
Gert's Coffee Shop
Hope St
Sunset Bakery
St. Angelo
Buick
Pontiac
Barrington
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