White Rail Polo Team Splits With Newport in Doubleheader
The White Rail Polo Club split a Sunday doubleheader with Newport Polo Club. White Rail won 7-6 at Newport, then lost 9-1 at Twin Paddocks in Bristol. Lyle Phillips led White Rail with six goals. Charlie Walker suffered a spill but recovered quickly. Referees were Arthur Spears and Bill Rancourt. Weir Williams announced a next match at Twin Paddocks.
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White Rail
Newport
Lyle Phillips
Arthur Spears
Bill Rancourt
Bristol
Weir Williams
Twin Paddocks
Fourth Ceremonies at Our Farm Metacom Avenue
A social scene at Admiral Hoover and Mrs. Hoover home Our Farm on Metacom Avenue drew U S Senator J Howard McGrath and naval dignitaries including Rear Admiral T Ross Cooley and Mrs Cooley. Bristol Common hosted events through the day ending with fireworks as ships Kennedy and Johnston departed Monday.
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Shal
Admiral Hoover
Maj. C. O. Freese
U S.S. Kennedy
U.S.S Johnston
Singleton’s Club
Bristol Teams Sweep Three Games From Sailors
Bristol di amondmen swept a Fourth of July weekend series against visiting Navy teams. Mt. Carmel defeated Quonset Flyers 8 8 in a crowd heavy game. Twilight League All Stars beat USL Leyte 12 3 in the Fourth feature. Mt. Carmel edged USS Johnston 9 1 in a Sunday single game. Bicycle races and doll chérmage parade honors awarded to local youths.
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Navy
Bristol Diamondmen
Bristolians
Mt. Carmel
Quonset Flyers
USL Leyte
Home Forces
Mr. Carmel
USS Johnston
Thomas Mancini
Paul Mancini
Mary Mancini
Chérmage
Hoover Orders Route and Fare Changes for August Bus Co
Admiral Hoover issues a supplementary Public Utility Hearing Board order granting changes in route schedule and fares for the August Bus Company. The schedule shifts, with one Sunday trip altered to 8 30 am, and Barrington route adjustments plus fare increases or adjustments approved to benefit Narrows residents.
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Admiral Hoover
Public Utility Hearing Board
August Bus Company
Fred B Perkins
Adm Hoover
The
Narrows
Barrington
Mounties Lose Key League Game After Exhibition Wins
Mount Carmel baseball split a holiday weekend schedule with two exhibition victories over Navy teams but lost the decisive league tilt 5-4 to Club Mongenais. A 12-hit attack led by Ace Allen and Frankie Murgo’s seven innings highlighted the Night before the Fourth win over the Quonset Flyers 8-3.
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Navy
Club Mongenais
Mounties
Quonset Flyers
Flyers
Allen
Mike Topazio
Frankie Murgo
Vin
Maige
Club Mongerats
Wus
Visiteurs
Mt Carmels
Harding
Hookie
Dick Harding
Dom Scolaro
Club Ghuester
USS Johnston
Louis Massano
Jim Barry
Scolaro
Martie Bianncuzzo
Bristol
Mt Carmel Baseball Committee
Gulteras Field
Carsta
Guiteras
Guteras Field
Rogers Free Library Circulates Wide Range of New Books
The Rogers Free Library announces new arrivals across fiction and non fiction. Notable titles include Inside U S A Our Island Lighthouse Journey to the End of an Era The Triumph of an Idea and The Tin Flute. Also available are Angling guides mysteries westerns and children's books.
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John Gunther
Our Island
Lighthouse
Bernice Richmond
Melvin Hall
Bristol Athlete to Do Govt Atomic Research
Mr and Mrs Attilio Teet Topazio left July 4 for Tennessee where he will engage in government atomic research work. A Mt Carmel baseball team member, he received a pen and pencil set from Frankie Murgo after his last July 3 game. Teet was an honor student at R I State College and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. His wife Leonora Saccoccia of Cranston is also a RISc graduate and has taught on the college faculty for the past year.
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Attilio
Topazio
Tennessee
Mt. Carmel
Frankie Murgo
Teet
R. I. State College
ATHLETES FOOT ITCH CURES QUICKLY PROMOTED AT BUFFINGTON
An old pharmacy ad touts a strong fungicide with 90 percent alcohol that claims to eliminate Athlete's Foot itch within an hour. The product is advertised as effective against germs and is available today at Buffington's Pharmacy.
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Buffington's
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