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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1951
Page
3
The Rotary Club of Patterson New Jersey funded 10 000 one year old pine and oak seedlings sent to Bordeaux France after a vast forest fire. With 1000 more seedlings donated by New Jersey the trees are growing in French botanical gardens and parks aiding reconstruction.
The Gourmets defeated the Chips 8-5 to break a second half tie. Foxy Marshall earned the win over Charlie Ouillette as Gourmets scored four runs in the fifth and added earlier momentum from George Mans homering with bases loaded. Hankie Velleca drove in key runs on Ethier’s doubled and a costly Pasqual error marked by a wild pitch sequence that helped secure the win.
A comparison equates 125 years of Pennsylvania coal production to the bulk material needed to dig 71 channels as long and deep as the Panama Canal, illustrating industrial scale.
In Emden Germany once devastated by air raids 34 000 residents, Rotarians from 52 clubs in southern England adopt the city to ease civilian suffering. Ten tons of clothing have already reached more than 1000 Emden families with seven or more children and further distribution is planned.
Frank Murgo of 2 Seigel Street will start as head coach for football basketball and baseball at North Kingstown High in September replacing Al Hayes. A Colt Memorial and Springfield College graduate Murgo is pursuing a masters in science and expects to complete it in early August.
Claire Luce headlines the Newport Casino Theatre as Tennessee Williams Streetcar Named Desire opens for a week. Philip Kenneally repeats his Streetcar role with Clinton Anderson Fran Benton Mary Alce Wunderle Jay Doten Frances Whiting Charles Nelson Reilly and Stewart Baker in a Ramsey Burch directed production with Francis M. Madard scenery. The drama, Pulitzer Prize New York Critics Circle and Donaldson Award winner as best play of 1948, ran two years on Broadway and toured nationally and internationally. Set in a blighted New Orleans district the play follows a streetcar named Desire through stark lives and dramatic encounters.
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