Prudence Islanders Get Phones Saturday
Prudence Island will connect vocally with the mainland at 7 30 a m marking the first dial system and two undersea cables linking the island to the New England Telephone central office in town. Milton H Chase originator of the project with NET&T experts led the plan linking Pappasquash Point for the island's new telephone service.
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Prudence Iland
Duke of York
John Paine
Boston
Prudence Island
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Homestead Utilities Company
New England Telephone Company
Roger Williams
Portsmouth
Milton H. Chase
Pappasquash Point
Chase
Narragansett Bay
N ET & T
Braves Invite Fathers and Sons to Night Game Event
The Boston Braves host a father and son night at Braves Field on Friday June 22 against the New York Giants. YMCA chapters from Massachusetts and Rhode Island coordinate, with admission set at 1.20 for fathers and 0.20 for sons 16 and under. The event aims to marshal a large YMCA turnout and welcomes non fathers to adopt a boy for the evening.
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Boston Braves Baseball Club
YMCA
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Braves Field
New York Giants
Toswil
Braves
Albert F. Means
Means
Cup Defenders Banquet Set With Past Presidents
The Past Presidents Banquet committee of the Cup Defenders Association meets Monday at 8 PM at club headquarters to finalize arrangements. Committee members include Anthony Cupolo Ralph Quito Frank Arruda John Principe Vincent Pasqua Carl Romano Felix Pasquarelli Kayo Asciolla Domenic Pasquarelli Gaetano Marabello Raymond Bisbano Jerry Botelho Joseph Camara Joseph Cappucci John Sicignano Felix Pumello Virgil Arruda Leo Pelland John Sylvia Bennie Mansi Charles Abate and James Silvia. Honored guests and their wives will attend. In addition to past presidents Invited to the affair Sunday June 10 are Dr John R Bernardo Chief of Police Anthony Ferrara Rear Adm Gilbert C Hoover and Bertram W Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cup Defenders’ Association
Anthony Cupolo
Ralph Quito
Frank Arruda
John Principe
Vincent Pasqua
Carl Romano
Felix Pasquarelli
Kayo Asciolla
Domenic Pasquarelli
Gaetano Marabello
Raymond Bisbano
Jerry Botelho
Joseph Camara
Joseph Cappucci
John Sicignano
Felix Pumello
Virgil Arruda
Leo Pelland
John Sylvia
Bennie Mansi
Charles Abate
James Silvia
John R. Bernardo
Anthony Ferrara
Gilbert C. Hoover
Bertram W. Wall
PTA Council To Hold School For Members June 6
The Bristol County Council PTA will hold a school of information on Wednesday night June 6 at 7 30 in Warren High School. Officers and committee chairmen from county units are urged to attend with speakers including Mrs James J Walker and others from the Rhode Island PTA Congress covering membership, attendance, finances, programs, and unit projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County Council
Parent - Teacher Association
Warren High School
PTA
James J Walker
Rhode Island
PTA Congress
Walter Carlson
William Douglas Wilson
Ralph Pierce
State Ways and Means
Norman A. Larson
Daniel Almeida
Two Local Seamen Serv with Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean
Michael J. Rich seaman apprentice and William C. McCaw quartermaster second class, both residents of this town, are serving aboard Sixth Fleet ships in the Mediterranean. Rich serves on the USS McCombs a destroyer minesweeper while McCaw serves on the USS Samuel B. Roberts a destroyer. The Sixth Fleet ranks among the largest fleets afloat, second only to the Seventh Fleet aiding United Nations operations in Korea.
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Michael J. Rich
USN
Joseph Rich
Wood Street
William C. McCaw
Union Street
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Seventh Fleet
United Nations
Korea
Rich
McCombs
McCaw
Samuel B. Roberts
Civil Defense Key Personnel Discuss Auxiliary HQ Sites
Civil Defense leaders met Admiral Gilbert C. Hoover at the YMCA to plan auxiliary headquarter locations to operate in case of attack. Hoover urged securing sites without rent, noting Taft School basement offered by Edward J. Fitzgerald and other spaces such as a vegetable cell...
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Civil Defense
Gilbert C. Hoover
Ret
YMCA
Admiral Hoover
Edward J.fitzgerald
Taft School
Two WAVES From Hawaii Sail To Navy Schools In U S
Anna R Kebrek SN and Ilene Pearson YN3, both WAVES, left Hawaii aboard the Mars to attend Navy schools on the mainland. Pearson heads to Little Rhody for the Naval School of Justice in Newport and will return to Hawaii after her course. Kebrek attends Hospital Corps School in San Diego for 20 weeks then awaits assignment to a U S Naval Hospital. Both wear the Hawaii Alpha List and were photographed before departure.
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Anna R Kebrek
Ilene Pearson
Minnesota
Hawaii
Pacific
Navy
States
Hawai
Alameda
Cal
Miss Pearson
Naval School of Justice
Newport
Miss Wertek
Hospital Corps School
San Diego
Balboa Hospital
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
U S. Naval
Changes urged at Rhode Island constitutional convention
In Providence at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium a 200 attendee meeting signals expected recommendations to revise Rhode Island's constitution. Delegates from town include Mrs Janet B Clark and Joseph D Accardi for Democrats and Mrs Adele M Sturdevant and Orlando J Bisbane for Republicans. The redevelopment plan, criticized across the state, would empower municipalities to clear blighted areas and create off street parking.
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Veterans’ Memorial
State House
Providence
Janet B. Clark
Joseph D. Accardi
Adele M. Sturdevant
Orlando J. Bisbane
Eto
Site of Sewer Outfall May Be Decided Tuesday When Committee Meets
Memorial Day observations drew over 2,500 along the parade route with 1,000 at Burnside Memorial for a ceremony honoring war dead. Col John E Baird US Army (ret) warned that communism is a major enemy. wreaths marked the graves as veterans groups and schools joined in the tribute at North Burial Ground.
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Burnside Memorial
John E Baird
US Army
Pawtucket
Rhode Island Veterans Home Memorial
North Burial Ground
Henry A. Hambrick
Bristol
Malcom McNaught, Sr
The
DAR
Mabel Belanger
Kearney
American Legion Auxiliary
George R. Fish
American Legion Post
John C. Medeiros
Two Locations Considered for New Sewer Outfall
Dr James S Coles says the sewer outfall may be placed at Walker's Island or in the Hog Island channel, with a Tuesday night sewer committee meeting to decide. Engineers from Fay Spofford Thorne and others will attend as bids on the larger project loom if a location is chosen.
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Walker's Island
Hog Island
Sewer Construction Committee
James S Coles
Frank L Heaney
Fay, Spofford & Thorndike
Ralph W Horne
Coles
Walker’s Island
Maetozo Leads Springfield College Baseball Team
Matthew G Maetozo of 50 Thompson Avenue captained the Springfield College varsity baseball team last season. Coach Archie Allen guided the Maroons to a strong campaign defeating RPI Connecticut AIC Trinity Rhode Island Providence Williams Amherst Yale New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The team once posted eight straight wins including a 3-0 no hitter over AIC.
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Matthew G. Maetozo
Thompson Avenue
Springfield College
Archie Allen
Springfield Maroons
Springfield
RPI
Connecticut
AIC
Trinity
Rhode Island
Providence
Williams
Amherst
Yale
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Oldest GI Bill student Major Radyenko pursues diverse career
Major Peter Radyenko, over sixty, attends Long Island University classes in history and philosophy while serving with the Civil Air Patrol and commuting from Plandome to Oyster Bay and Hicksville. His remarkable background spans British merchant marine service, China as a government adviser, and a later U S military career including the 244th Coast Artillery and Engineers units.
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Peter Radyenko
Austria
University of Vienna
United States Army
Plandome
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Hicksville
Long Island University
Mitchell Air Force Base
Civil Air Patrol
Radyenko
India
China
United States
Shanghai
New York
St. George Hotel
National Guard
244Th Coast Artillery Regiment
Corps of Engineers
Engineers District
Retired Major Aids Army Camouflage and Education Plans
Major Radyenko, now retired, qualified for the G I education allotment of about 100 dollars a month through his Army Engineers district office work. An expert in camouflage, he helped develop luminous paint specifications and aims for four years of government funded study. He may settle into teaching in Puerto Rico.
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G. I
Army Chief of Engineers
Long Island University
Nassau County
Puerto Rico
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