Fire damages cottage on Gibson Road. elder La Rue rescued
Special Officer Balzano spotted a blaze at 2:30 am and, with Robert Booth, rescued 87 year old father. Alfred La Rue 58 suffered second degree burns while battling flames on the second floor. Bristol fire department used three hose lines, four engines, and rescue squads to control the fire in 45 minutes. The elder La Rue was taken to relatives in Warren. the younger to the Warren home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballyei
Esters
Gibson Road
Alfred la Rue
Michael J. Balzano
Balzano
Robert Booth
la Rue
Bristol Fire Department
Luke H. White
Micha Flynn
Edward J. Wilkinson
Robert J Anderson
LaRue
Brownell Place wedding ties Hope Place to Fenner Brownell
Miss Hope Place daughter of Mrs. Charles F. Place of Meshanticut Park and Fenner Edmund Brownell son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Brownell were married at St Michael's Church at 4 pm on Saturday. Rev Daniel K. Davis officiated. A reception followed at the bride’s aunt's home. The bride wore white organdy with a white horsehair hat and carried white gladiola blossoms. After a motor trip to Nova Scotia the couple will reside in Bridgewater.
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Miss Hope Place
Charles F. Place
Meshanticut Park
Fenner Edmund Brownell
Clifford A. Brownell
Greyledge
Bridgewater
Conn
St. Michael’s Church
Cannon Daniel K. Davis
Watthure
Carergte Rishhawe
G. Robert Glass
East
Meaadow
Long Island
Everett W. Salisbury
Providence
Clifford
E. Lathrop
Newton, Conn
Llewellyn P. Cottman
Two Weddings Highlight Rhode Island Community Socials
Miss Rhoda Helen Nott wed Milton Parker Paine at St Michael Church with Canon Davis officiating. The couple plans residence on Burton Street after a reception at Fore'n Art in Warren and a New Jersey trip. In Pawtucket a second ceremony united Clara Adeline Howe and John Henry Barry at St Joseph's Church with a reception at the bride's home. the bride, a Cumberland High School graduate who managed a supermarket during the war, wore white sheer with navy and was attended by her daughter Shirley J Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoda Helen Nott
Campbell Avenue
West Haven
Conn
Milton Parker Paine
William P Paine
Burton Street
St. Michael's Church
Daniel K. Davis
Fore’n ’Art
Warren
Martin Nelle
Donald S. MacNaught
West Eton
New Jersey
Barry — Howe
Clara Adeline Howe
Edgar E. Church
Prospect Street
Pawtucket
John Henry Barry
Agnes Barry
Union Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Peter J. Foley
Brude
Shirley J. Howe
Donald E. Howe
Cumberland High School
Bristol's Harbor Story and Civic Plans Mention Navy Visit
Report details a US Navy Midshipmen cruise aboard the USS Missouri with 1 235 midshipmen, a La Scala opera visit, and water rate discussions. It notes upcoming events including a Soap Box Derby, a garden party at 221 Hope Street, and St Mary’s Autumn Bridge events as Bristol authorities consider municipal water ownership and rate changes.
Bristol Town Council Acts on Licenses and Safety
The Bristol town council approved a transfer hearing for a Class D license petition by the Bristol Aetia and granted Frank G. Miranda a permit to construct a cement sidewalk at 38 Mt Hope Ave. They referred a complaint about Wood Street damage to police for action and discussed options to protect Ferry-similar Cliffe Farm property, including possible town purchase. A sidewalk curb repair at View Avenue and State Street was approved with building inspector consent, and a cement sidewalk project near Our Lady of Mount Carmel was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Street
Bristol Aetia
FOE
Frank G.miranda
Mt. Hope Avenue
Halsey DeWolf
Pannone
Cliffe Farm
Police Department
Holmes
Havelo
Edward S. Melbeen
Deiros
State Street
Vincent DiDonna
Isidewalk
J. Bruno
Rescue Squad Receives Water Safety Instruction Approval
Bristol Fire Department members approve a water safety training session to be led by Red Cross instructor Ralph K. Nash and assisted by Sal Palumbo and squad officers. All members to report in spring swim attire at Dreadnaught hook and ladder Station by 7 30 p m for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph K. Nash
Red Cross
Sal Palumbo
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Brownell
Paine — Nott
Prahran
Aald i
Squires
USN
Gruise
Pas Sheng
Donald R. Squires
Imate
Rosantia Squires
Constitution Street
Opennapolis
Wood Street Park
Portsmouth
England
Improvement Association
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Missouri
Naval Academy
Naval Re
la Scala Opera House
Milan
Italy
Lon
iColumbans
Bristol Women’s Club
Kenneth L. Olsen
Hope Street
Mary
St. Mary’s
Bristol County Water Authority
John Hutton
Henry F. Serbst
Stanley M. Simister
William T. Lees
Harry W. Bernstrom
Dennis F. Bristow
Thomas E. Goulet
Robert A. McCaughey
Joseph L. Campanella
Lady of
Bristol
alSquad
Khaan
Industrial
Rhode Island
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
ASTEN
Ann Baker
Newport
Pascoag
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