Sunny South Miami and the changing Florida scene
The author recalls early Miami days and enduring warmth while noting rapid growth. Open spaces shrink under new homes, airplanes, and hotels. Navy and Army presence persists, hotels shift from training centers to owners, while Lincoln Road stores and nightlife bustle as a big season nears.
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Miami
Florida
Navy
Bay
Army
Miami Beach
San Antono
Texas
Ocean Front
Lincoln Road
Bay Front
In Memoriam Mary J. Sylvia January 2 1944
Obituary notice honoring Mary J Sylvia with a Bible verse and elegiac verse. Daughters Veronica and Elizabeth recall her love and kindness. Family mourns her loss and recalls sorrowful bedside vigil and enduring care.
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Mary J. Sylvia
Veronica
Elizabeth
Fire From Thawing Pipes Destroys Partitions At Home
A Friday night blaze at 43 Cole Street caused by frozen pipes and a match igniting newspapers under the kitchen sink spread from the paneling to the kitchen dining area. Five fire companies responded, noting only moderate fire damage but heavy smoke.
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Louis Perreira
Cole Street
Walk Down Cooke Hill In Bristol Memories
A nostalgic poem read at a lodge Christmas party recalls Bristol childhood scenes on Cooke Hill. The verse names neighbors, Cole, Miah Cole, Hog killings, a blood curdling summer eve, an undertaker, old wells, and lantern lit winter coasting, ending with memories that return whenever the speaker passes the hill.
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Cooke Hall
The
Phoenix
Annie Faulkner
Reba Rebekah Lodge
Bristol
Cooke Hill
Old Cooke Hill
Mounties Dominate St Marys In 64 33 CYO Victory
Mounties rolled to a 64 33 win over St Marys Warren in a Sunday CYO game. Balzano brothers Gaglio Del Piano Raiola Maisano Bruno led scoring and passing as Mounties built a 20 8 lead after one period and widened it to 64 33. Gaglio top scored with 14 points while Kartz Urban starred for St Marys.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St. Mary of Warren
Mounties
Balzano Brothers
Gaglio
del Piano
Raiola
Maisano
Bruno
St. Mary's
Kartz
Urban
Colt Alumni Propose All Time Colt Football Teams
Dear Editor, all time Colt team selections by oldtimers from classes 28 to 36. They name Joe Russo as greatest defensive end and Marty Buianvuzzo as greatest offensive player, with first and second teams listed and notes on their era.
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Colt
Bristol Phoenix
Joe Russo
Burrisville
Joe
Bulletin
Marty Buianvuzzo
Huis
Marty
J Russo
A Roderick H. Scott
H. Owens
G Romano
V. Vaccaro
D. Verru
C c
G. Marino
Frederico
J. Catallano
L. Annarummo
A. Asciolla
Colt Trounces Warren In 77 28 Opener
Colt opened the 1945 basketball season with a 77 to 28 victory over Warren at Andrews gym. Cavallaro led Colt with 29 points, outscoring the entire Warren team. Cordeiro added 12, while Higgins topped Warren with 9.
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Colt
Warren Indians
Andrews
Cavallaro
Warren
Cordeiro
Higgins
Funeral Of Mrs Susan Manchester Held At St Michael's
The funeral for Mrs Susan Hoar Manchester was held Saturday at 2 PM from St Michael's Episcopal Church with Rev Anthony R. Parshley officiating. She was found dead at her home 11 Bradford Street Thursday morning and buried in North Cemetery.
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Susan (Hoar) Manchester
St Michael's Episcopal Church
Anthony R. Parshley
Old Smoothies Shine in Ice Capades At Rhode Island Auditorium
Orrin Markhus aged 63 and Irma Thomas 45 star in the Ice Capades of 1945 opening a 13 day engagement at the Rhode Island Auditorium January 11. The couple known for their waltzing charm bring joy to audiences while mentoring younger skaters and enjoying a long coast to coast following. Markhus is a veteran skating teacher and Irma is mother to three girls, with one son Gale serving as a combat engineer in the Air Corps.
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Providence
R. I
Orrin Markhus
Irma Thomas
Rhode Island Auditorium
Markhus
Mrs. Thomas
Irma
Mark
Ice-Capades
Ice-Ca
Gale
Air Corps
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Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Pu One
Norway Street
EE. A. Skinner
Hope St
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Cocke Hill
Cole
Miah Cole
Mr. West
Cess-Pool
Warren Cyo
Susan Manchester
Francis M. Dimond
Charles F. Dimond
John R. Magee
Robert M. Nelson
North Cemetery
Bristol Council
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State Street Door Prize
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S. Employment Service
Walsh-Kaiser Company Inc
Washington Avenue
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Herbert G £ Sales
Fall River
Thames Street
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