Veteran Wins Fight to Start Cement Plant in Bristol
Wellington Pease, war veteran, won a two year temporary permit from the Bristol Zoning Board of Review to establish a cement plant east of the Bristol Mfg. Corp beyond Roma street. The plan faced opposition from twelve residents citing industrial nuisance concerns and smoke. The board also granted a garage setback variance and approved a lot width exception for Poppasquash property development, with conditions and drawn plans to be supplied for gasoline pumps and building removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington Pease
Bristol
Bristol Zoning Board of Review
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Roma Street
Pease
Mr. Pease
Charles D’alessio
Wesley A. French
Ellison MacDonald
Anthony Massano
John Bryars
Warren
Elias Baptista Abelheira
Franklin Street
Metacom Avenue
River Street
Manual
Agnes Tavares
Manuel L. Alves
Salvador Nunes
YMCA Softball League Opens With Bristol Matches
The YMCA softball league starts tonight with Frank Puniello's Studio facing U S Rubber Maintenance on Bristol Common. Games run 6 p m this week with U S Rubber Engineers facing Ralph Bernardo's Bristol Independents tomorrow and Studio versus U S Rubber Engineers Friday. Top two teams after August 23 meet the next week for the championship. League limited to Bristol players and U S Rubber staff, with August 4 17 vacation break for U S A teams. Oscar I Bergstrom directs the league and Anthony E Agatiello was named commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Frank Puniello
U. S
Bristol Common
Ralph Bernardo
Bristol Independents
Tetermine
Bristol
The
Phoenix
Lawson Kramer wed at St Marys Church
Announcement of the marriage of Lillian Lawson of 42 Cottage Street to John William Kramer Jr chief petty officer of Baltimore Maryland. The ceremony Saturday morning at 8 o clock was conducted at St Marys Church by Rev Michael L Ryan with attendants Elizabeth Ainsworth and LeRoy Dunbar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Lawson
Cottage Street
John William Kramer, Jr
Baltimore
Maryland
St. Mary's Church
Michael L. Ryan
Elizabeth Ainsworth
LeRoy Dunbar
U S Rubber Tops Vikings In Bristol Twilight League
A two run homer by Chet Massa in the eighth powered U S Rubber to a 4 2 win over the Bristol Vikings as they moved within one point of the leaders Collins and Aikman The Vikings pitcher Massano allowed only three hits and U S Rubber notched their third straight victory. A protest led to a replay of the June 13 U S Rubber vs Bristol Vikings game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet” Massa
U. S
Bristol Vikings
U S
Viking
Massano
Vikings
C and A
Collins
Aikman
U_S
St. Elizabeth's
A. Massa
Alfano
RBI
Massa
J. Securo
Alves
Cordiero
Annual Outing For Bristol Manufacturing Employees
Employees of the Bristol Manufacturing Corporation held their annual outing Saturday at Leahy's Picnic Grove Metacom Avenue. A large crowd attended the chicken dinner and spent the afternoon swimming bocce and other entertainments. The committee was Vasco Castro Ralph Palma Frank Arruda Joseph De Meo and Anthony DeLima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
Leahy
Metacom Avenue
Vasco Castro
Ralph Palma
Frank Arruda
Joseph DeMeo
Anthony DeLima
Bristol Welcomes Thousands for Fourth of July Celebration
Bristol hosted a large Independence Day program drawing visitors from surrounding communities. The parade featured ten divisions led by Canon Anthony R Parishley and Sgt Cavalieri, with officials from Gov John O Pastore to Navy commanders in attendance. The event honored veterans though turnout was smaller than expected and included troops from Fort Adams, Newport Naval Station, and the Rhode Island State Guard along with civic groups and local dignitaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Carr Mfg. Corp
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Collins & Aikman Corp
U. S. Rubber Company
Anthony R Parishley
St. Michael's Church
Peter Cavaeri
Paul de Luca
Cavalieri
Herman Gablinske
Old Guard
C. O. Freese
Providence
John O Pastore
J Howard McGrath
R F. Haffenreffer
Paul S Theiss
Naval Operating Base At
Newport
Harry G Moore
Kennedy
R C Leach
O'Hare
Daniel G Coggeshall
Davis G. Arnold
Veterans Bureau
Thomas Hammond
R I.state Guard
C R Cooley
First Congregational Church
Navy Chaplains Corps
Samuel A Hall
Fort Adams
Roswell S Bosworth
Newport Naval Training Station
Joseph P Kennedy Jr
Edward Henry O'Hare
Rhode
Manuel Goulart
Kearney Post
American Legion
Legionnaires
State
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Chester W. Williams
George R. Fish
Maurice C. Smith
Boy Scouts Paper Drive Hit By Theft in Bristol
A Bristol Boy Scouts paper drive lost about 25 dollars when a stranger in a large red truck drove through town before the start, taking a sizable load and leaving organizers puzzled about legitimacy. Thirteen tons collected by five troops were weighed and loaded at the Franklin Street yard with trucks lent by city departments and Scouts leaders overseeing weighing and distribution of proceeds. A second collection is planned for mid September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
George R. Fish
Boy Scouts of America
Franklin St
Fish
William F. Head
John Sylvester
Highway Department
Sewer Department
J. F. Huestis
Howard House
James Husband
J A.S M. Conrad Beauregrad
Richard K. Belmore
Commissioner Fish
Parish Picnic Planned for St Elizabeth's Aug 11
The annual parish picnic for St Elizabeth's is set for August 11 at Rego's Farm Bay View Avenue. The activity committee is not yet named but will be formed soon. A feast Mass for St Elizabeth will be celebrated Sunday at 10 a.m. with devotions Wednesday through Friday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Elizabeth's
Rego
Bay View Avenue
St Elizabeth
Bristol Community Fund Elects Officers at Board Meeting
Charles B. Rockwell was re elected president of the Bristol Community Fund at a board meeting at Rockwell House. New officers include Frederick S. Bartlett vice president Roswell S. Bosworth secretary and Harry W. Munro treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Rockwell
Bristol Community Fund
Rockwell House
Frederick S. Bartlett
Roswell S. Bosworth
Harry W. Munro
Robert J. Connery
Henry Wood
J. Floyd Huestis
Joseph H. Farrell
R. S. Bosworth
Charles Wesley A
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts
R. I. Child Service
Rhode Island Officer Nominated for Permanent Commission
Captain William S. Nerone of 1 Prospect Street Rhode Island is among 9 800 officers nominated by President Truman for permanent commissions from over 100 000 applicants This selection used a modern scientific method to determine leaders and assigns a permanent grade in the Regular Army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Nerone
Prospect Street
Rhode Island
Truman
Farewell Party for Miss Abate Honors 1944 Class
A farewell party for Josephine Abate of the class of 1944 was hosted at Carmela Russo’s home on Saturday night. Abate plans to fly to California tomorrow with her brother, as classmates and friends recalled school days. Hostesses were Carmela Russo and Frances Alfano, and five recently discharged veterans from the class of 1944 visited during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Abate
Carmela Russo
Engagement Announced For Pal Marshall And Harold Cooper
Mrs Joseph M. Marshall of 75 Fox Hill avenue announces the engagement of her daughter Pal to Harold A Cooper son of Mrs Emma Cooper of 11 Union street Warren. The announcement notes August 14 at the Reunion Colonial Hotel with Battery C National Guard in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Marshall
Fox Hill Avenue
Pal
Harold A Cooper
Emma Cooper
Union Street
Warren
Reunion Colonial Hotel
Battery C. National Guard
Army discharge for Lt Sgt Peter Pastore announced
Lt Sgt Peter Pastore received his Army discharge on points last week. He is the son of Mrs. Jennie Pastore of 5 Goulart avenue. He earned the Army of Occupation medal the EAME Campaign medal the Good Conduct medal and the World War Two Victory Medal for service in Central Europe Northern France and the Rhineland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Pastore
Army
Jennie Pastore
Goulart Avenue
Europe
France
Rhineland
After Fourth of July misadventures with garden tools
A narrator recounts a string of mishaps on a post Fourth of July holiday. A broken cultivator handle cuts his chest, a slipped back interrupts work, and a chair rail leaves a two inch red brand on his forehead. The moral: I should have stayed in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Bikini
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar I. Bergstrom
Anthony E Agatiello
U.S
Carmen Miranda
Dennis O’keefe
Vivian Blaine
Perry Como
Thurs
Alfred Drake
Janet Blair
Marc Platt
Ann Savage
Hugh Beaumont
Charles Brown
Marx Bros
Casablanca
Charles Drake
Lois Collier
SIG Ruman
Telephone Hour
Strange
Mr. Rockwell
Bartlett
Munro
Huestis
Andrade
Sturdevant
Bosworth
Wellman
Permanent Commission
Abate
A. Eisenstadt
Frank Nastri
Vet's
R. I
R. Ashley Hart
State Street
House OF Choice
TEL
Fellows
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