Our Town SeriesSpotlites Bristol Plant And People
A Bristol Rhode Island feature in U S magazine highlights the United States Rubber Company plant and its town. The piece includes photos of Manuel Correira and son, Bristol’s fire department, town officials, and workers in rubber insulated wire manufacture. It recounts Bristol history, local industry, and civic pride in a quiet New England town of 11 700 residents with eight schools and active municipal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
John
Almeida
Ferry Hill
Bristol
John Grabert
Robert J. Ander
Samuel Drury Clark
John Wardwell Church
United States Rubber Company
Rhode Island
Manuel Correira
Robert Clamming
Grr
Wire and Cable Division
New England
Wood Street Park Plans Forwarded to Town Council
An approved long range plan for Wood Street Park development was voted to be forwarded to the Town Council for consideration. The six item program includes park boundaries elevations and recreation areas and requests state funding in annual budgets. The association seeks action on extending Wood Street and potential ice rink land use offers for winter months. Edward H. Holmes will prepare the immediate work plans after bids were ordered under the $2500 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Street Park
DeLeo Bros
Doran Avenue
Dan
Wood St. Extension
Wood Street
Joseph G. A. Riccio
Serafin DaPonte
Edward H. Holmes
Coggeshall Clambake Highlights Local Support
Dan Coggeshall receives praise at Bristol clambake attended by about 150 people. Edward D. Kunz chairs the program. Anthony J. Nunes and Archdeacon Anthony R. Parshley speak. Telegrams from state officials and a film star are noted, with Coggeshall presented a picture by Rod Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward D. Kunz
Anthony J. Nunes
Anthony R. Parshley
Bristol
Dan Coggeshall
Florence Murray
Theodore Francis Green
Armand H. Cote
John O Pastore
James Linehan
Ambrose P. McCoy
Bertram W. Wall
Rod” Cameron
Senator Coggeshall
Twi League Bans Santo For Season
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps known as Kearney Post No 6 will compete as Kearney Post Jrs in the American Legion national drum corps contest in Philadelphia August 28 to September 2. Plans to fund a $700-$800 trip were announced, with a state contest victory noted for Bristol Rangers. A ladies auxiliary is being formed with Raymond Sartini named to lead. The corps will attend events in Meriden and Southbridge before the Philadelphia trip, with a planning meeting set for August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Boy Scout
Kearney Post No 6
American Legion Jrs
American Legion
National Convention of the Legion
Philadelphia
Kearney Post Jrs
Scout Corps
New York
Kearney
Bristol
State Department
Newport
Kearney Post Corps
Bristol Rangers
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle
The
Post
Legion
George R. Fish
Fish
Meriden
Conn
Washington Park
Drum and Bugle Corps
Massachusetts Association
Southbridge
Mass
Drum
Drastic league action sparked protest over game incident
Vin Santo, player coach of St Elizabeth in the Bristol Twilight League, was banned for the rest of the season by the league board after a disputed game on July 21. Teammate Auilo Topazio was suspended for the next game and the club forfeited its $5 entry fee. The protest cites lack of notice for a board meeting and questions the severity of the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vin Santo
St. Elizabeth
Bristol
iGovernors
Edward H. Holmes
Town Board of Recreation
League Board of Governors
St. Elizabeth Nine
Auilo Topazio
Santo
Ascoli
Hugh Fitzpatrick
Cranston
Ascolis
Santé
Board of Governors
Salvatore Maisano
Henry Street
John Borges
George Boutilier
Thomas Maiorano
Joseph Farrell
Orlando Bisbano Fitzpatrick
Topazio
Holmes
Tracers Bureau Checks Prospective Marriages
A background service audits brides and grooms to uncover hidden histories. Cases include bigamy and fraud linked to war plants and orphanage stories. Families seek warning before marriages as investigators track pasts and verify claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tracers Company of America
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U. S. Rubber Co
Our Town
Ber Company
America
Jeanette MacDonald
Claude Jarman, JR
Lloyd Nolan
Percy Kilbride
Lassie
Canadian Pacific
Randolph Scott
Jane Wyatt
J. Carrol Naish
Victor Jory
Nancy Olson
Ifer Jones
Joseph Cotten
Jennie Joan Fontaine
Burt Lancaster
Red Sox
Coggeshall
Twi
Rangers
Newportis
Colt Farm
Itar
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Ee VV
ULE Veel
Aux
Raymond J. Sartini
Tracer
Kansas City
Srbs
Piberle
Utica
Richard Parkman
Tracers i
Tracers
Myrna Lee Broke
Pittsburgh
Andrew Raymond
Myrna
Andrew
Philadelp
Gand
Cleansing Services
Tel
Hope St
R. I
Brookside
Bristol Narrows
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