Bristling Echoes of New Bedford Whaling Ties
Mrs. Bertrand Hornby and Mrs. Albert Pearson, Bristol Highlands residents, discover shared New Bedford roots. Hornby, back from New York eye surgery, recalls her grandfather Robert Warren Bartlett and whaling memories tied to Bates and Kirby’s ice cream, the Etching of William Bradford, and visits to the Whaling Museum with curator William H. Tripp. The museum reveals Bradford cartoons and the 1890 signature tied to Hornby’s cherished memorial etching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand Hornby
Albert Pearson
Bristol Highlands
Mrs. Pearson
Bristol
New Bedford
William Bradford
Ealing
Old Dartmouth Historical Society
Robert Warren Bartlett
Greenland
Bartlett
Johnny Cake Hill
Whaleman's Chapel
Old Mariners Home
Dixon Zoning Plight Faces Bristol Planning Board Meeting
The Dixon Lubricating Saddle Company seeks a zoning change to build a plant on three acres on Gooding Avenue after long searches for industrial land. The Bristol Planning Board convenes tonight amid unveiling of a master plan proposing a 20 acre Industrial H zone near St Marys Cemetery and smaller southern industrial zones.
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Bristol
Bristol Planning Board
Planning Board
Roger W. Pigeon
Bristol Zoning Board of Review
Dixon Lubricating Saddle Company
Dixon Company
Gooding Avenue
Antonio and
Francesca Sousa
Sousas
Dixon
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Herreshoff Shipbuilding Yards
Pigeon Opposes Sousa Request at Zoning Hearing
At a zoning board session Chairman Roger W. Pigeon led opposition to Sousa’s petition citing potential spot zoning. Town Solicitor Capone proposed redesignating an area along Gooding Avenue to Industrial HB as a compromise. The Planning Board will discuss the proposal at a 7:30 meeting in the Burnside Building. public attendance is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoning Board
Pigeon
Planning Board
Sousa
Lucien Capone
Gooding Avenue
Metacom Avenue
Burnside Building
Naomi Sousa Hosts Halloween Party for Girls at the Common
Naomi Sousa directs the second annual out-of-season Hallowe'en party for about 35 girls. The event features costumes including a Carmen Miranda look, song and dance routines, gypsy fortune telling, and a large donated refreshment table.
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Hallowe’en
Carmen Miranda
Naomi Sousa
United Nations
Betty Ann Alves
Judy Borges
Patsy Lopes
Susan Raposa
Bobbins Bust Into Third With 10 3 Win Over Chips
The Bobbins, after a string of losses, won their third straight game 10 3 against the Chips to move into third place in the King Philip Little League 1952 standings. Plumbers also beat the Chips 5 3 this week as the league table showed.
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Bobbins
Tom
Five Volunteers Join Bristol Ground Observer Corps
Five new volunteers and one resignation reduce Bristol’s Ground Observer Corps to 33. Operation Sky Watch enters its second day with two shifts operated yesterday in Bristol. William S. Cherry and Lars Tinger Friswell led the opening shift. Civil defense director Gordon J. Fleming says no one will serve more than two hours per week to maintain coverage and avoid overwork.
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Bristol
Ground Observer Corps
Operation
Skywatch
Saith
William S. Cherry
Lars. Tinger Friswell
Gordon J. Flemhing
Civil Defense
All-Stars Test Power-Packed Providence Club Sunday
The King Philip Little League All-Star team meets Providence in the National Playoffs warmup at Bristol's Little League park Sunday at 2 30 pm. The Federal Hill Olneyville All-Stars bring two strikeout leaders with 86 and 85 Ks and one with 16 homers.
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King Philip
Providence
Federal Hill - Olneyville
Bristol
Little League Park
Bud Toews to MC Coast to Coast Show Tomorrow
Bristol announcer Munro Bud Toews will host a coast to coast radio hookup featuring Guy Lombardo and his orchestra. The 9 30 pm program on WEAN from the Palladium ballroom will be carried by Mutual across 500 member stations. Toews has previously hosted Dr I Q and Taft speech broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Munro
Bud” Toews
Guy Lombardo
WEAN
Paladium Ballroom
Mutual
Toews
Robert A. Taft
Providence
Ist Troop Scouts Off For Yawgoog
First Bristol Troop of the Boy Scouts of America heads to Camp Yawgoog in Rockville Rhode Island for a one week stay at the Backwoods camp of the Sandy Beach Division of the Narragansett Council. Scouts meet at Scout Hall at 7 am Monday then ride to Providence to connect with buses to the camp. Scouts lacking camp registration or medical cards should submit them today or tomorrow. There will be no weekly meeting next Monday due to encampment, but a treasure hunt is planned for July 28 at Mount Hope Bay shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Yawgoog
Rockville
R. I
Backwoods
Sandy Beach
Narragansett
George R. Fish
Fish
Mount Hope Bay
Horseshoe Pitching Slated Next Week
Anthony Agastilello announced next Tuesday’s event, the annual horseshoe pitching contest with five divisions. Elementary and Little League boys play at Veterans Park under Andrew Bozzario, junior high on the common under A A Pansa, and girls compete under Naomi Sousa. Prizes will be awarded in each division. Bozzario also runs the Little League farm program and cited current standings while Fleming called for more personnel to staff the first picket lines of defense.
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Anthony Agastilello
Veterans Park
Andrew Bozzario
A. A. Pansa
Naomi Sousa
Dan Coggeshall Faces Deadline as Run Question Lingers
With 13 days until filing closes, supporters and opponents await whether Senator Dan Coggeshall will run. The 90 year old longtime politician has offered no firm statement and plans to decide in coming days, as July 31 at 5 p.m. looms. Meanwhile a clambake honoring him may coincide with a potential candidacy announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan” Coggeshall
Dan
Constitution Street
State Senate
Coggeshall
Walt
St Michael's August Guest Clergy Listed
Canon Davis announces the August preacher lineup for St. Michael's Church while the rector is away. Guest speakers include Rev. Henry Krusen of St. George's Central Falls on August 3, Rev. Halsey Howe of Christ Church Hamilton Mass. on August 10, Canon A R Parshley archdeacon of Rhode Island on August 17, Rev. Philomen Sturges of St. Martin in the Field Philadelphia on August 24, and an unscheduled date on August 21.
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St. Michael’s Church
Daniel K. Davis
Canon Davis
Henry Krusen
St. George's Church
Central Falls
Halsey Howe
Christ Church
Hamilton
Mass
Canon A. R. Parshley
Rhode Island
Philomen Sturges
St. Martin-in-the-Field
Philadelphia
August Pulpit to Rev Earl H Tomlin at Congregational Church
Rev Frederick F Drittmier announced that Rev Earl H Tomlin will preach in August at the First Congregational Church while Drittmier and his family are on vacation. Tomlin, executive secretary of the Rhode Island Council of Churches, is currently traveling in the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlin
Frederick F. Drittmier
First Congregational Church
Earl H. Tomlin
Drittmier
Rev. Tomlin
Rhode Island Council of Churches
Middle East
Workmen uncover deposits of coal during trench work
Workmen digging an 11 foot trench on Wood street for sewer lines to the St. Elizabeth parish center and school unearthed sizeable coal deposits of poor quality. A large chunk near half a cubic yard was found in a Wood street hole with traces of iron ore noted earlier in a cellar excavation.
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St. Elizabeth's Parish Center
Wood Street
St. Elizabeth Street
Salvador Nunes
GOP Committee Backs DeLeo Perroni For Local Races
The Republican Town Committee endorsed Michael A. DeLeo for lieutenant governor and Domen ic P. Perroni for state senator at a Wednesday meeting. Others backed included Bayard Ewing for U S senator and Charles A. Curran for attorney general. State Committee Chairman William J. Thompson defended his neutrality at the Chicago convention while outlining conditions for his resignation if Raoul Archambault is nominated. DeLeo, national commander of the Italian American World War Veterans, has not held office. Perroni, Bristol civic leader and secretary of the Bristol Budget Commission, has held multiple local posts.
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Michael A. DeLeo
Domenic P. Perroni
Liutenant
Republican Town Committee
Bayard Ewing
U. S
Charles A. Curran
Howard Proctor
George D. Beals
John R. Cicci
William J. Thompson
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Thompson
Torney General's
Perroni
Bristol
Bristol Budget Com
Bristol Charter Commission
Kingsmen Headed to Warren for New England Drum Festival
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps, 1952 Massachusetts junior champions, travel Sunday afternoon from Scout Hall at 1 16 to Jamies Park Warren for the New England Drum Corps Festival. The parade and competition begin at 2 pm with spectators including auxiliary and parents committees. The drive supports funds for a New York trip next month and the group also plans a county fair talent night August 4 9 1952 with prizes and TV radio exposure. The final month of the 1952 membership drive signs up new honorary members Irene Beaudoin Julio Biancuzzo Maye Mellos J C Gomes Lionel Martin Frank Nenna Harry Moyer John Bernardo Anthony A Azzario Margi Ferreira Jaowuit Perry Lewis Rego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsmen
Massachusetts
Warren
New England
Jamies Park
Kingemen
New York
Kearney Post
Post
Franklin Street
Corps
Irene Beaudoin
Julio’ Biancuzzo
Maye ‘Mellos
Lionel, Martin
Frank/Nenna
Harry Moyer
John Bernardo
Anthony
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William H. Tripp
Museum
Brads
Ethel August
Sandra Hazen
Marie Diodati
Susan
Sandra
Margaret Sylvester
Anthony Lopes
Pat Phillips
Mary Ann Lopes
Anne Scolaro
Angela Allaire
Mary Mancini
Jane Sousa
Sue Hazen
Team Gourmets
Air Spotting Corps
Providence Club Sun
Bud’ Toews
M. C's
Ist
Fleming
DaPonte's:Poultry
Pyee Tahle At
Ates
Henry
Alfréd
Senate
GOP
Nthe
St. Michael’s
G.O.P
DeLeo
Tyree
Lt.Gov. Post
Doris
Reagan
Phanton Phanton Legion
Mhae
Greave F Saas
Cesar Romero
George Brent
Audrey Totter
FBI
Yarross
Guy ‘Madison
Barbara 1
Payton
James Craig
Aren
Joe
Ehae
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