Well Known Captain Chase Dies At 86
Captain Halsey Chase of Prudence Island and Bristol, Rhode Island, died after a short illness at 86. A veteran ferry operator since 1904, he helped develop Prudence Island’s summer colony and owned several vessels including the Harvest and Reliance. He taught school, built the Prudence school building, and was Bristol’s ambassador to the South. He remembered Civil War era events and Florida winters in Miami.
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Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Halsey Chase
Prudence Island
A. Sidney Dew. Herreshoff
Capt. Chase
Bristol
Capt
Chase
Herreshoff
Captain Chase
Island
Daniel and
Harriet
Huestis) Chase
Moses Brown School
Providence
Tiverton
Pawtuxet
Little Compton
Prudence
Little Ferry
Lizzie Kelly Studley
West Dennis
Mass
Prudence Island Navigation Co
Harvest
Reliance
Florida
Miami
Nurse Anna Callan resigns from city school service
Mrs Anna D Callan, school nurse since 1944, resigns for health reasons and the resignation is accepted with regret by Supt Edward J Fitzgerald. Miriam J McCaughey granted a year leave. Margaret Murphy shifts to ninth grade. vacancies to be filled at July 25 meeting with other appointments planned.
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Anna D. Callan
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Callan
Fitzgerald
Miriam J. McCaughey
Guiteras Junior High School
Margaret Murphy
Follin resigns two Bristol sewer posts
Werner E. Follin resigns as chairman of the Bristol sewer commission and secretary of the sewer construction committee. He states he is moving to another part of the state and will take effect June 30. The town council accepts the resignations. vacancies to be acted on at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner E. Follin
Sewer Commission
James S. Coles
Follin
Bristol
Playgrounders Plan To See Red Sox Athletics Game
Artie Pan a announced a special event Friday at 10 am on the common playground as youngsters plan a trip to Boston on August 8 to see the Red Sox face the Athletics. They will solicit funds to cover travel costs. In league play Codfish tied Starfish 5-5 and Peaches beat Bananas 17 to 9.
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Artie Pana
Boston
Red Sox
Codfish
Starfish
Peaches
Bananas
Town Council Minds Dump Fire Costs and Hydrant Plan
Town council hears an $800 repair estimate for a bulldozer damaged by a fire at the town dump. Fires at the dump last May cost $908.96 to control as officials consider a hydrant at the entrance and 700 to 800 feet of two inch pipe. Police chief asked to study no parking zones on Beach road and Wales Drive after a Beach Terrace Improvement Association request.
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Henry F. Serbst
Council Public Works Committee
James Almeida
Metacom
Serbst
Fred J. Guevremont
Ferrara
Beach Road
Wales Drive
Beach Terrace
Grace Castro Crowned Miss Fourth of July Queen
Grace Castro daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Castro was crowned Miss Fourth of July at the bandstand on the common just before the parade. Lt James A Lyle placed the crown after opening a sealed envelope naming the winner chosen by three naval officers.
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Grace Castro
Joseph Castro
Sampson Street
James A. Lyle
Lt. Lyle
Jane Rielly
Jean Garakop
Edith Boutillier
Maralyn Smith
Kathi Bowler
Charlotte Jester
Theresa Eposito
Castro
D. V. A. Capone
Marguerite D. Stone
Funeral Service For Salvatore Coppolino
The funeral for Salvatore Coppolino aged 20 from Pearse Avenue was held yesterday starting at 8 15 from Sansone Funeral Home followed by a solemn high Mass of requiem at 9 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Rev Emy DeMattia celebrated the Mass and read committal prayers at St Marys Cemetery.
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Salvatore Coppolino
Pearse Avenue
Sansone
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Emy DeMattia
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Council Delays $1800 Assessors Bill for 1951 52
The town council held up a $1800 bill for three tax assessors for the 1951 52 year after solicitor Cert Lucien Capone asked for an opinion. The bill listed $600 for each assessor, including Francis P. McGovern, who is on the board of assessors, and noted service from July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1952. The town solicitor ruled the work not yet completed, delaying payment for services not rendered. The assessors are McGovern, State Senator Daniel G. Coggeshall, and Louis Castriotta.
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Lucien Capone
Francis P. McGovern
Board of Assessors
McGovern
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Louis Castriotta
Bristol Fourth of July parade draws 55000 in 1.5 mile procession
Governor Roberts serves as chief marshal as about 55,000 attend a four day celebration ending with a 1.5 mile parade from Reynolds School to Bristol Common. Nearly 4000 participants, 14 F-51 jets, naval ships USS Bristol and USS Hyman, and a King Philip Little League rout highlight a day of pageantry and crowding.
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Dennis J. Roberts
Reynolds School
High Street
Roberts
Grace Castro
Bristol
USS
Hyman
752Nd
Air National Guard
Everett S. Lindley
King Philip
Barrington
Bristol Common
Leonard A. Waitt
Walter E. Collins
William I. Baker
S. Wesley Gladding
Hambrick
Ferrara
William L Baker
Euclid
Demars
Franks, Almeida
Anthony. .Carlone
Jozseph Teixeira
Cistorn
Ang Guard
Goosie O Roberts
Ern
James A. Murphy
William Thi?bodeau
John C. Wail
A.U. 8
National Guard Bureau
John Davis
Rhode Island Naval Militia
Cradr
H. Clinton Owen, Jr
Cale Trumpette
Gladys M. Brightman
Henry Alfred
Manuel Silvia
Bristol County
James O'Leary
Thomas Black
Newport Naval Training Station
Memories of a Canadian bus tour with Inspector Darby
The group traveled through Ontario and northern Canada led by Inspector D H Darby of the Ontario Provincial Police. A young woman traveling with the party learned her father had died and Darby offered to drive her to North Bay for the midnight train to Kirkland Lake. In Sundridge they stayed at Hotel Bernard with Dalton J Caswell, and in North Bay they met a colorful local named Wookey.
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Canada
D. H. Darby
Ontario
Inspector Darby
Bigwin Inn
Bigwin
Kirkland Lake
North Bay
Kirkland Bay
Bernard ‘Fox
Sundridge
Dalton J. Caswell
Caswell
Elother
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Teresa Celli
Richard Hageman
Carl Benton Reid
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California
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Robert Stack
Joy Page
Gilbert RO
Bomba the
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Bomba
Ann Todd
Morris Ankrum
Douglas Kennedy
Clinton Owen
Paul A. Herzig
Bristol Town Council
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Council
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Reynolds
Memorial Park
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Warren Line
Anthony J. Ferrara
Hope Street
East Providence
Warwick
Bristol Rangers
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Kearney Post
St. Aloysius Drum and Bugle Corps
Greeneville
George C. Moore
Westerly
Jamestown
Raymond A. Thomas
Westminster St
Providence, R. I
Dexter
Hope St
Bristol, R
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Jolson
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