Dunns Son Becomes Little League Pitcher Darling
The narrator recalls sending Bob Dunn Jr to the mound at a Milburn New Jersey Little League game and imagining a future as a right handed batter with a left handed swing and big league hopes while watching Nap Passarelli manage the Item team. The piece blends playful boast with family sports fantasy.
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Bob Dunn
Milburn
N. J
Napoleon Passarelli
Item
Dunn
Bob Jr
Ding Dong Game Drives Five Run Comeback
The crowd recalls a ding dong baseball game as Bobby paces the line with hits and the team plates five runs while the opposing pitcher struggles. From urging to calm, fans cheer the effort and call for better batting, cigars, and a win in the final frames.
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Bobby
All-Stars Clinch First Playoff Victory Over Warren
Bristol Little League All-Stars swept Warren in the deciding best-of-three series to reach a playoff with Barrington. The 3-2 win set up Bristol Barrington clash at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Barrington Little League Park. Hank Velleca pitched well for Warren in defeat.
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Bristol
Warren
Veterans Park
Ramos
Richard Travers
Bristol Freworks
Whence the Cannon
Bristol historians searched for the cannon’s ancestry after it fell on the Burnside Building lawn along with a broken axle. The piece, dating to the American Revolution, may have come from Burgoyne at Saratoga, though its exact history remains a mystery. Town Clerk John Church said repairs would begin today as the gun is removed. It was presented by the Bristol Train of Artillery and used in many Fourth of July celebrations.
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At & Yig&sidday
Bristol
Burnside
Burgoyne
Saratoga
John Church
Two Firms Eye Gooding Avenue Industrial Site
Bristol planning board meets to consider establishing an industrial zone along Gooding Avenue beginning at the Dixon company land and extending east to Metacom Avenue. Dixon Lubricating Saddle plans a three acre buy opposite Naomi Street, with a trucking concern and a fuel oil firm also eyeing nearby parcels. The goal is to ease spot zoning and expand space for businesses now in congested districts. The 8 PM session at Burnside Memorial Building will be chaired by Roger W. Pigeon.
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Gooding Avenue
Dixon” Lubricating Saddle Company
Naomi Street
Sousa
Bristol
Metacom Avenue
Dixon Company
Lucien Capone
Metacom
Coast Guard Spar Crew Quells Lighter Fire Delaying Sewer Work
Coast Guardsmen from the cutter Spar extinguished a blaze aboard a 100 foot lighter off Walker's Island, preventing a setback to a $600,000 sewer overhaul. Damage reached about $3,500. fire started by spontaneous combustion in the boiler. Crew led by Chief Engineman Edward Barber arrived at 2:30 pm and had the fire under control by 3:10 pm.
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Spar
Walker’s Island
Charles Dew. Brownell
Bristol Coast Guard
Roy S. Paine, Jr
George W. Crane
Edward Barber
Ff Btce
Barber
Coast Guard
Rxport
Aepg
John
Thibault
Jok
Rawtucket
Osthe B Pathe
Francis Clarke
Tabor Sci
S.C. Nichols
Aed
Charter Draft Ready by August 18 in Bristol
The Bristol Charter Commission announced a tentative draft of the new charter will be ready by August 18 for review by municipal groups and lawyers. The completed charter must reach the town council by October 4, ahead of the general election.
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Bristol
Charter Commuuission
Thomas C. Jannsen
of Janngen
First Bristol Troop Scout Camp Ends With Honors
The First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts of America completed its 40th season at Camp Yawgoog Rhode Island, with 20 scouts and 3 officers returning home after a weeklong stay. Many earned honors including Knights of Yawgoog and Tribe of Wincheck inductions, plus CY emblems for marksmanship and other badges. The group camped in the Sandy Beach and Camp Daniel Boone areas and plans include Mystic trip for Explorer Scouts. Meanwhile Bristol County Water Company halted lawn sprinkling to curb storage depletion, ordered meter installation on flat-rate accounts, citing a 52 million gallon weekly drawdown and only 208 million gallons total storage remaining.
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Boy Scouts of America
Camp Yawgoog
Narragansett
John B. Sylvester
John Cardoza
U. S. Marine Corps
Raymond Faria
S.P.L
Joseph Motta
Knights of Yawgoog
Carlton Pinheiro
Anthony Nastri
Tribe of Wincheck Indians
Motta
Joseph Almeida
Kenneth Cardoza
Matthew Carmone
Théodore Carmone
Nicholas DiClanna
Edward J. Ennis
William Ferrara, Jr
Floyd Ferri
Explorer Scouts
Mystic
Conn
Mystic Marine
Tiatorical Association
Fred P. Stradling
Poi Pany
Tofc
Bristol
Warren
Mr. Stradling
Stradling
Day Camp Opens Monday at Hopeworth YMCA
The YMCA Day Camp starts Monday morning August 4 at 9 at the Y. Boys travel to Hopeworth Estate camp site and return by 4. Rain days move activities to the Y building. Weekly sessions run Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays in August with transportation provided. Fees: 12 for four weeks or 72 for two weeks. Registrations due by July 30.
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YMCA
Hopeworth Estate
Crimming
Tion Spa
Pei
Seit AB
Yal
Maryés Pre Et Yewworth Estate
Size of Carrier Lets Local Sailor Meet Brazil Kin
A Bristol sailor on the aircraft carrier US Oriskany met his Brazilian relatives during a voyage around South America. Joseph T. Ventura, CS 3d Class, visited cousin Lena Santos and her husband and brother in San Paulo while the ship stopped in Rio de Janeiro, San Paulo, Valparaiso, and Callao. The Oriskany avoided the Panama Canal due to its size.
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US Oriskany
Cape Horn
Bristol
San Paulo
Brazil
Joseph T. Ventura
Manuel J. Ventura
Washington Street
Lena Santos
South American
Santos
Ventura
Oriskany
South America
Panama Canal
Pacific
Continent
Rio de Janiero
Valparaiso
Callao
Norman Kerr Receives Navy Commission at Newport
Norman J. Kerr of Hope Street was commissioned as ensign at the Navy Officers Candidate School in Newport. The 1965 Rhode Island College graduate completed four months of intensive training alongside other recent graduates as the U S Navy expands officer output during the Korean hostilities.
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Norman J. Kerr
Hope Street
S Co Ralkstone
U. S. Navy
Navy Officers Candidate School
Newport
Ensign Kerr
R.I. College
Wyneler
Sidente
PS School
Naval College Rotc
NROTC
Planning Board Tonight Debates Gooding Avenue Rezoning
The Planning Board meets at 8 to discuss rezoning along Gooding Avenue for industrial use. The Dixon Lubricating Saddle Company seeks to build a new plant on the Gooding site, proposed as an industrial zone by Town Solicitor Lucien Capone.
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Brigtol
Burndide
Gooding
Gooding Avenue
Dixon Lubricating Saddle ‘Company
Lucien Capone
Industrial zoning plan pins 20 acre tract south of St Marys Cemetery
A 20 acre area south of St Marys Cemetery is designated as an industrial zone under the master plan in discussion. The proposal aims to guide development with a focus on manufacturing and related facilities within the outlined district.
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St. Mary’s Cemetery
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Passerelli
All-Stars
Hank Velleca
Burnside Memorial Building
Roger W. Pigeon
Roberte O
Jorn
Finan Ice Corp
Wras
Bristol County Water Company
Cate
Bars Rington
Barrington
Hopeworth
Wane Ft Fa
Ste Ag
Tel
Vane Ra
HoperStes
Marlene Dietrich
Arthur
Kennedy
Mel
Rancho
Jack Winfire
Akeori
Arctic
Rue Iy
RDA
BAI
le Devin
Wayne Lean Peters
Neil
Caxton
Phanton
Eliams
Waxa
Stanley
Clements
Elena Verdugo
Norman Kerr
Navy’ Commission
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