Bayside Shores plat re accepted after rail line debate
The Bristol Town Council held a special session to re accept the Bayside Shores plat after engineer Frank E. Waterman explained the dotted lines crossing the railroad were not intended to define a fixed 50 foot right of way. Waterman said the exact width is unknown and rarely stated in deeds.
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Bayside Shores
Frank E. Waterman
Waterman Engineering Company
Council
Fales
Waterman
Mession
Hoover
Herzig
Murphy
Millemaggi
Capone
Bayside Shores Development
Washington Lake Shores Inc
Fales Land
Bristol
Fales Road
Narragansett Bay
Midshipman Williams Joins Europe Training Cruise Aboard USS Randolph
Midshipman Edwin E. Williams son of Chester W. Williams Com mandant at Rhode Island Soldier's Home participates in a summer training cruise to Europe aboard USS Randolph. The voyage began June 23 at Rosyth Scotland and visits Copenhagen Oslo Goteborg and English ports. Two thousand one hundred midshipmen plus 200 NROTC cadets are aboard with additional training on USS Wisconsin New Jersey Kearsarge and several destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Williams
Chester W. Williams
Rhode Island Soldier's Home
US. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Europe
Randolph
Rosyth
Scotland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Oslo
Norway
Goteborg
Sweden
English
London
Portsmouth
Weymouth
Plymouth
Greenwich
Woolwich
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Kearsarge
Cone
Stribling
Meredith
O'Hare
Hugh Purvis
Beatty
Races Planned Around the Common This Thursday
Bicycle races for boys and girls of all ages will be held Thursday at 2 pm around the Common. Tony Agatiello announced the Fourth of July Committee will sponsor the event with playground directors organizing. Prizes from the July 4th races include baseball gear and bicycle equipment on display at Evans Radio Shop. Police supervision will ensure safety during the street race route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Agatiello
Evans
Hope St
Bristol
Guiteras Field
Mount Carmel Feast Ends With Hourlong Fireworks Display
A week of Mt Carmel Church celebrations peaked Saturday with a grand hourlong fireworks show drawing crowds rivaling the Fourth. A morning parade proceeded despite rain, led by chief marshal Nicola Malafronte, while a solemn mass and procession preceded the events. The Colonial Band of Providence provided music and a carnival drew large crowds on the Common, though Mt Carmel league baseball suffered rain-related cancellation. Climbers Frank Topazio Joseph St George and Michael D Amico joined the day’s benediction at 7 30 in the church.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Marshall Nicola Malafronte
Bristol
Band of
Providence
Mt Carmel
Frank Topazio
Joseph St. George
Michael D’ Amico
Full Support Sought In Salvation Army Appeal
Robert W Nelson chairs the Bristol appeal seeking 1000 dollars for The Salvation Army missions in New England. He highlights Wonderland Lake Massapoag and social services including veterans centers day nurseries and women residences funded by the drive. Emilio D Lannuccillo of 539 Hope Street is named attorney for the appeal.
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Salvation Army
Robert W Nelson
New England
Bristol
Nelson
William Wood
Hope Street
Wonderland
Lake
Massapoag
Bristol Service Fund
Veterans’ Service
Emilio D Lannuccillo
Bristol resident Elisha Hibbert dies at 81
Elisha Hibbert 81 of 45 Union St died Sunday night after a week's illness. A Bristol Town Council veteran born in England April 24, 1866, he worked at Herreshoff and Collins & Aikman before retiring. Survived by widow Florence, daughter Mrs Cyril Brigham, brother Reginald and two grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at First Congregational Church. Burial in North Cemetery.
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Elisha Hibbert
Union St
Florence (Johnson) Hibbert
Hibbert
England
Joshua and
Elizabeth
Newton) Hibbert
Herreshoff Manufacturing Co
Senator Coggeshall 85th Birthday Celebrated With White House Letter
Senator Daniel G Coggeshall was honored on his 85th birthday with a Rhode Island clambake at Mount Hope Bay. A White House letter from President Truman conveyed congratulations, along with messages from U S Senators McGrath and Green, and State Chairman John Mullen. The event featured a painting gift and many prominent guests from politics, industry, and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel G Coggeshall
Dan
White House
Harry S Truman
James W Salisbury
Salisbury
Rhode Island
Elton Pierce
U S
J Howard McGrath
Theodore Francis Green
John E. Mullen
Mount Hope Bay
Martin Hall
Anthony J Nunes
Coggeshall
Bristol Boy Scout Drum Corps Sweep Webster Contest
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps captured three first prizes at a Webster Massachusetts meet on Sunday, finishing with an aggregate 284 points. They won first for playing appearance and drum major Walter Machado, despite four missing members due to a car accident.
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Bristol Boy Scout
Webster
Mass
Bristol Scouts
Walter Machado
Final Plans Made For Columban Bazaar
A committee met to finalize plans for the Columban Outing and Bazaar at St. Columban's Seminary grounds on Sunday July 27. Gifts from Bristol businesses and residents were inspected and praised. Volunteers are urged to deliver remaining contributions to the seminary or call Bristol 822 for pickup. The event features an afternoon concert by the Portuguese Independent Band and other artists, ending with Benediction on Calvary Hill overlooking Narragansett Bay.
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Columban
St. Columban’s Seminary
K. of C
Bristol
St. Columban's Seminary
Calvary Hill
Narragansett Bay
Baby Owls Find A Good Home In Barrington
Two baby monkey faced owls captured in the Oliver School tower near Barrington were placed with Miss Jean Duncan who already owns a small menagerie. The remaining two chicks may be sent to Roger Williams Park Zoo soon. The parent birds return nightly, while John McIntosh and helpers captured the brood. Henry Maturi and Frank Deliz assisted. Mr McIntosh plans to rehome them due to time needed to feed them. Maturi also received twins from his wife last week.
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Oliver School
Jean Duncan
West Barrington
John McIntosh
Henry Maturi
Warren
Frank Deliz
Conimicut
Roger Williams Park
McIntosh
Bids for Grading and Clearing Old Dump Site
Bids for the clearing and grading contract at the old dump site were submitted. Rego & Sons bid $960.72 per yard for fill, Holmes Brothers bid $1,350.82 per yard, Romano Bros. bid $4,150 for fill.
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Rego & Sons
Holmes Brothers
Romano Bros
From DP to MIT Hope A Polish Fledgling’s Journey
The article follows Alexander G Makowski a former Polish Underground member who survived Buchenwald and later became a displaced person in Heidelberg. Now in Brighton Massachusetts he works toward funding his studies at MIT. Makowski emphasizes shared struggles and seeks to change American views of DP's.
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Brighton Mass
Alexander G Makowski
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Poland
Buchenwald
Germany
Heidelberg University
United States
Makowski
Berchtesgarten
Hersfeld
Red Cross
Heidelberg
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
William B. Sudduth
Patent Office
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Bayside
Midsh. Williams
Ruth Warrick
Bobby Driscoll
James Baskett
Luana Patten News
Dog Gone Modern
Robert Montgomery
Raymond Chandler
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Mr. M
Ann Southern
Maizie
Zane Grey
Mount Carmel
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Bristol County Court House
Dorothy Holt Manuel
Henry Alfred
Otto J Alletag
John Andrade
Albert and
Daniel Bailey
Thomas H Black
William S Cherry
John W Church
Ralph T Church
William Clark
Geo E Conley
John E Conley
Robert J Conley
Chas C Curran
F P D’ Angelo
Luigi DePasquale
Harold Easterbrooks
Joseph M Edmonds
Abraham Eisenstadt
Manuel Ferreira
Thos J Foley
Wm P Gladding
George D Greenhalgh
Fred Guerre
Ambrose McCoy
Francis P. McGovern
John S. McKiernan
Jeremiah O’connell
Jas O'Leary
Pasquale Pagnano
James A. Peters
Robert E. Quinn
Dennis Roberts
John Romano
Max A. Saugy
Edw. Sevigney
Wm. J. Smith
Louis Sorrell
Robert B Suzman
Henry W.thiele
Anthony S. Thomas
Wm. J. Thompson
Willard S. Kenney
Walter C Walander
Drum and Bugle Corps
Bristol Corps
Scout Hall
Columban Bazaar
Barrington
Warsaw
Russia
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