Colt Wins Close One at Coventry in Narrow Victory
Colt edged Coventry 72-70 as Dick Gaudette led all scorers with 33 points for Coventry. Tony Bettencourt scored 19 and drew a late foul, while Colt’s Ray Cordeiro and Matt DeLeo fueled a fourth-quarter comeback to seal the win. Colt also won the junior varsity contest 33-31.
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Colt
Coventry
Dick Gaudette
Bristolians
Tony Bettencourt
Knotty Oakers
Bristol
Artie
Warren
North
Nick Tarbox
Ken Anderson
Art McLaughlin
Doug Smith
Bill Ramstead
Pansa
Ray Cordeiro
Ray Cabral
George Mansi
Matt DeLeo
Colt Coventry
Mansi
Bettencourt
Lou Sansone
Tony
Lou
Art Flori
Gaudette
Ronnie Lukowicz
Bristols
DeLeo
Ronnie Townsend
Kingsmen Plan Mop Up Paper Drive After Weather Washout
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps will conduct a second townwide paper and rag collection after a stormy Sunday reduced yield. Three trucks and about a dozen members participated led by Manuel Cardoza with George R. Fish supervising. Residents can leave bundles at Scout Hall or contact the corps by postcard or by phone to arrange pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsmen Bugle
Drum Corps
Manuel Cardoza
George R. Fish
Second School Street
Kingsmen
Hope Street
Scout Hall
Kingsmen Honorary Members Reach Twenty Six Milestone
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps report 26 honorary members as the member drive enters its second week. The campaign runs until April 1 with a goal of 500 signups. To join mail a dollar and your name and address to Kingsmen Corps 679 Hope street. new member names are published every ten days. Recent signups include Edward F.E. Bunn and others.
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Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps
Kingsmen Corps
Hope Street
Edward FE. Bunn
Albert A. Edmonds
Anthony Pinhero
Samuel J. Smith
Earl P. Rounds
Thomas D. Adams
Frederick 8. Bartlett
Abbie G. Palmer
John C. Mello, Jr
J. William Wood
Ruth Graham
St. Mary’s Falls to Sacred Heart in CYO Game
St Marys lost to Sacred Heart East Providence Sunday afternoon at Central Junior High School 37 to 25. Vin Pelletier led Sacred Heart with 12 points while Bob Emery topped St Marys with 11. St Marys substitutes and upcoming schedule noted with a 0 7 league record.
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St. Mary’s
Sacred Heart
East Providence
Central Junior High School
Vin Pelletier
Bob Emery
Bristolians
Bristol
Bill Manchester
Bill Guevremont
Ed McQuinn
Paul Murphy
Paul Mancini
St. Luke’s
St. Brendan’s
Riverside
Victory at Sea to Be Shown At Legion Meeting
Victory at Sea a World War II battle scenes film will close Kearney Post No. 6 American Legion meeting at Legion Home next Friday evening. It is chapter 1 of the series to be shown at each meeting until the full story is told. The Womens Auxiliary plans a penny social during the meeting with refreshments and a social hour. A report on the ten day Legion membership drive will be given Friday evening.
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Kearney Post No. 6
American Legion
Legion Home
Womens Auxiliary
Legion
Bartlett Named Bowdoin Drama Club Member for 1955 56
Frederick S. Bartlett son of Mr and Mrs Frederick S Bartlett of Ferry Road this town has been named a member of Bowdoin College Masque and Gown for the academic year 1955 56 acting director A Raymond Rutan announced Bartlett majors in Biology and is a Theta Delta Chi member he has been in the Outing Club and prepared for college at Moses Brown School
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Frederick S. Bartlett
Ferry Road
Bowdoin College
A. Raymond Rutan
Bowdoin
Bartlett
Theta Delta Chi
Outing Club
Moses Brown School
Middletown Men Fined Fifty Five Dollars Total
Two Middletown men were fined a total of 55 dollars and costs in district court. Wesley A. Gray, 32, pleaded guilty to reckless driving on Hope Street January 27 and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. George D. Vincent, 4, paid 5 dollars and costs for failing to allow land proceed with caution.
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Middleton
Jamies B. Linehan
Wesley A. Gray
Hope Street
George D. Vincent
Grade 9L2 Tops 9L1 39 37 In Intramural Thriller
Grade 9L2 defeated Grade 9L1 for the eighth straight time in Guiteras Junior High intramurals 39 to 37. Jerome Squatrito scored 33 of 9L2’s points, the league high this year, with Sammy Pasqua 16 and Walter Swanson 13 for 9L2. Other winners’ players listed include Guevremont, Isaacson, Sullivan, Campbell, Puniello, Orefice, Annarummo, Cabral, Hennessey, Rawson. Losers’ names include Cicciola, Mello, Bruno, Almeida, St. Angelo, and Fillmore.
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Guiteras
Jerome
Squatrito
Paul Bruno
Sammy Pasqua
Walter
Swanson
Bill Guevremont
Terry Isaacson
Jim Sullivan
Donald Campbell
Carmine Puniello
Roger Orefice
Anthony “Smitty
Annarummo
Denny Cabral
Jack Hennessey
Frank Rawson
Bob Cicciola
Harry Mello
Richie Bruno
Richie Almeida
Jim St. Angelo
Gary Fillmore
Ronny DeLuca
Randy Collins
Bettencourt maintains fourth in RI basketball scoring list
Bettencourt of Colt continues in fourth with 134 points on 48 field goals and 38 free throws. Gaudette of Coventry tops class with 182 points, edging Barrington’s Ray Locke at 181. Locke leads in field goals with 69 while Gaudette tops foul-line points with 52. Tucker is third with 168. Other locals include Mansi 113, Cordeiro 105, Cabral 57, Sansone 57, Andrade 55, De Meo 29, DeLeo 23, Burke 10, Calandra 7.
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Tony Bettencourt
Colt
Glass C
Tony
Dick Gaudette
Coventry
Barrington
Ray Locke
Gaudette
Locke
Cumberland
Paul Tucker
George Mansi
Ray Cordeiro
Ray Cabral
Lou Sansone
Vic Andrade
Mike DeMeo
Matt DeLeo
Johnny Burke
Lennie Calandra
Bristol Y M C A senior team seeks first win at Pawtucket
The Bristol Y M C A senior varsity basketball quintet travels to Pawtucket tonight for a key two state league game seeking their first victory of the season after a 76 60 loss to Fall River Y M C A last Tuesday. Top Bristol scorers were Bill Strain 16 Marion Buzzy Botelho 14 and Joe Simmons 12.
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Bristol Y.M.C.A
Pawtucket
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Fall River
Spindle City
Sylvia
Lawrence
Bristol
Bill Strain
Marion
Buzzy” Botelho
Joe Simmons
Plans For Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program
The Narragansett Bay Yacht Club announced final plans for a junior sailing program starting after school in June. Alden Durfee will instruct ten weeks of classes for 40 youngsters, with two 20 member groups meeting twice weekly from swimming to racing, before moving to sailing pedagogy and safety. The club will rent ten Mercury class sloops for junior and senior use, hoping to inspire Bristol youth and possibly entering bay regattas. Enrollees include Alfred Meyer, Francis Bodell, Geoffrey Davis, and others. only one hearty hopeful so far is Warner Tabor.
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Yacht Club
Alden Durfee
Barrington
Pappasquash
Narragansett Bay
New England
Long Island Sound
Great Lakes
Bristol
Durfee
Alfred R. Meyer
Francis Bodell
Geoffrey B. Davis
Warner H. Tabor
Thomas W. Clark
John T. Howe
Irene K. Howe
Susan E. Geisler
Nancy Holdsworth
Lester H. Gurney
Edward Rulon Miller
Stephen M. Smith
Ralph W. Thomas
Susan Gustafson
Riley E. ‘Lamson, Jr
Ann Ashley
Leonard Sanford
Robert Ramos
Richard Ramos
Judith Ludden
Steven J. Tiplady
Richard S. Lommis
Francois L. deWolf
David Duncan, Jr
Ralph Metz
John R. White, Jr
Lester Gurney
Robert Rulon Miller
Prescott W. Gustafson
John W. Tiplady
Miller
Tiplady
Gus N
Frostbite Fleet Adds Bruce Loring as New Member
The frostbite fleet expanded to ten boats as Bruce Loring, former University of Rhode Island sailing ace, joined after returning from European dinghy races. He won the afternoon races by 10 1/4 points, totaling 55 3/4, with Fred Holtz second at 44 1/2 and Jeff Spranger third at 36 1/4 amid sloppy waters.
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Bruce Loring
Univ. of R. I
Europe
Loring
Fred Holtz
Jeff Spranger
Russ Lundstrom
Nevin and Brooks
Elton Furlong
Jim Mullervy
Frank Louis
Lester Streeter
John White
White
William S. Kirng
Rhode Island winter sports areas expand at Cumberland Hills and Neutaconkanut Hill
Rhode Island features two winter sport sites with a main development at Cumberland Hills Reservation on the eastern Diamond Hill side of Cumberland and a smaller area at Neutaconkanut Hill in Providence and Johnston.
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Rhode Island
Cumberland Hills Reservation
Diamond Hill
Cumperland
Neutaconkanut Hill
Providened ‘and
Johnston
Central point on Sia Road in East Greenwich area
The geographic center described lies along Sia Road in East Greenwich, identifying the midpoint area of the Staniene cer region. Details indicate a central reference point within the East Greenwich locality for mapping or planning purposes.
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Sia Road
East Greenwich
Battery C Breaks Own Indoor Rifle Record at Warren
Battery C’s rifle team fired a high 1347 at Warren Armory indoors, surpassing their 1336 mark and nearing the 1350 goal. Captained by M/Sgt Gab Savino, the guardsmen aim for 1400, with top individual scores led by Sfc Mike Topazio at 271 and Sgt Purdy’s 281 record. They prepare to face 1 Battery D, 118th Engineers, Bristol previously edging them 1296–1221.
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C’s
Warren
Gab Savino
National Guard
Sfc
Mike Topazio
Sgt
Purdy
Battery
Newport
Topazio
Tut
Paul Darling
Louis Costa
Dom Franco
Rhode Island Has Four Electoral Votes in Electoral College
There are 531 presidential electors in the electoral college, a majority of 266 required for election. Rhode Island contributes four electoral votes, highlighting its small but pivotal role in national elections.
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Rhode Island
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