Graveyard Cleanup By Youth Corps Restores History
Gail Eastwood reports five CETA Youth Corps workers, under the Veterans Administration, are cleaning grounds, mapping headstones, and restoring grave markers in East Burial Ground and Kirkemuit Cemetery. The project records Revolutionary War veterans, uses grid archaeologist methods, and aims for a permanent town and state archive. Supervisors include Charlie Morra in town, with John Tansey and Dan Millard guiding Warren crews.
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Ceta Youth Corps
State Veterans Administration Office
Veterans Administration
Newport
Warren
Edward Connelly
Col Ruth Briggs
Wood St
Gus Nunes
East Burial Ground
Kirkemuit
Barrington
Charlie Morra
John Tansey
Dan Millard
Lost veterans honored by memorial oa
Dedication of two memorial squares in Bristol honors two deceased veterans. On V J Day Monday August 11 bronze plaques will be mounted at Wood and Hope Streets and Thames Washington and Hope Streets. The first dedication remembers James Madison Flynn Jr Seaman First Class lost at sea on USS Indianapolis July 30 1945. The second honors Bernard Almeida Private First Class US Army missing in Korea after July 6 1953. The intersections join rebuilt sites under the Topic Program with a $230 federal state grant. Frank Centazzo leads Bristol Veterans Council and Joseph Riccio chairs the dedication.
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Bristol
Thames
Washington
Hope Sts
Bernard “Butch” Almeida
US Army
Korea
Henry Pacheco
Frank Centazzo
Bristol Veterans’ Council
Joseph G.A. Riccio
Cooper Pursues Action to Remove Bristol Councilor Travers
Cooper, Bristol Republican chairman, files a second petition with the Board of Canvassers arguing that Richard Travers cannot hold a Town Council seat while employed by the Recreation Department and asks the Attorney General to begin removal proceedings. Travers counters that the grandfather clause allows dual roles and vows defense at the next council meeting as political backing grows.
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George Cooper
Republican Town Committee
Board of Canvassers
Cooper
Richard Travers
Travers
Recreation Dept
Julius C Michaelson
Mr Travers
Bristol
Board of
Emilio Iannuccillo
Rookie Patrolman Earns Two Days Off With Pay
Bristol Police Department Patrolman Leonard Dennis received two days off with pay after foiling two crimes in recent weeks. Town Administrator Augustine Nunes praised his alertness and police work in a Monday letter, noting he singlehandedly captured a man during a break in and helped save two priceless antique statues by catching the thieves in the act.
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Leonard Dennis
Bristol Police Department
Augustine Nunes
Dennis
Bristol Police Force
Bristol Town Seal Debate Continues on Historic Mural
Col Briggs criticizes the official town seal for depicting an oversized teepee and a painted snake on the ship’s second mast. He notes Indians in the area wore few feathers and questions the seal’s symbolism while urging changes be included in the charter.
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Col Briggs
Bristol
Philip
Nyway
Oswald
Hope
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Memorial
Wood and
James Madison
Bernard
Butch’ Almeida
James Madison Flynn Jr
Cooper Follows
Through
Val Verna
R Cooper
Mott
Verna
Traverence
Democratic Party
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