Bristol Fire Department Yields Historic Low Insurance Rates
Fire Commissioner Albert Edmonds and Fire Chief Fred Guevremont announced Bristol now enjoys the lowest fire insurance rates in its history. The rates reward a volunteer force, a strong water system, and hydrant placement within 500 feet of buildings, with discounts for nearby stations and rural properties despite aging reserve equipment.
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Newport
East Providence
Cranston
Barrington
Upper Bay View Avenue
Albert A. Edmonds
Fred Guevremont
Charity Ball to Fund Bristol Civic League Tonight
The Bristol Portuguese American Women’s Civic League hosts the Cotton Ball at Hotel Warren to support charitable activities. Notables include Town Council president J. Floyd Huestis and league president Miss Wilhelmina Silvia. A cotton gown contest, grand march, and dancing with Hotel Warren orchestra highlight the evening.
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Bristol
Hotel Warren
William G Dixon
John Rebello
Providence
Peter J Pimental
North Providence
Manuel Miranda
Portsmouth
Manuel C Lima, Jr
Fall River
Huestis
Counciman A A Edmonds
Paul A Herzig
James J Velleca
John P Marshall
Civic Leagues
Richard Germano
Mary Borges
Mary A Vargas
Naomi Jacome
Joseph Almeida
Bugle and Drum Competition Planned For July Fourth
Arrangements for a bugle and drum corps contest during Independence Day events are to be discussed at a general committee meeting next Monday night in the Town Council chamber. Secretary John G Stewart has invited leading bugle and drum corps across southern New England to participate, with the Rhode Island Association of Bugle and Drum Corps likely to sponsor. A similar past event drew strong crowds and is expected to repeat.
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John G Stewart
New England
Rhode Island Association of Bugle and Drum Corps
Bristol Postmaster Arranges Baseball Stamp First Day Covers
Bristol postmaster Daniel W Coggeshall organizes first day covers for the Baseball Centennial stamp to spark youth interest. Children may leave a self addressed envelope at the Bristol office by June 8 to receive covers at Cooperstown, with three cents for the stamp.
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Daniel W Coggeshall
Cooperstown
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Coggeshall
Bristol
Azore Islands
Otlock
Azores
Forty Attractions At Defenders Exhibition Opens Monday
A Bristol Common festival opens Monday for a week with forty attractions including modern rides like a moon trip on the ferris wheel and Venetian swings. The Miss Bristol contest contestants are Juliette Cardoza Enes Topazio Marguerite Lemaire Ciritlo Leonora Rodericks Virginia Sousa Dorothea Doran Elva Holbrook Connie Orefice Margaret Johnson.
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Bristol Common
Bristol
Juliette Cardoza
Enes Topazio
Marguerite Lemaire Ciritlo
Leonora Rodericks
Virginia Sousa
Dorothea Doran
Elva Holbrook
Connie Orefice
Margaret Johnson
Ghee Ferrara Enforces Parking Regulations
Police Chief Anthony J. Ferrara pledged strict enforcement of a 60 minute limit on Hope street to curb overtime parking, driveway blockages and double parking. Violators will be tagged and cited in district court as signs are installed along 19 Bristol streets and Usher avenue becomes one way westbound.
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Hope Street
Anthony J. Ferrara
Ferrara
Washington Street
John
Court Streets
Bristol Streets
NYA
Highway Department
Usher Avenue
Coggeshall Avenue
Wood Street
Cook Street
Noyes Avenue
Court Street
Shaws Lane
Oliver Street
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Munroe Avenue
Cole Street
Prospect Street
Byfield Street
Pearce Avenue
Cottage Street
Roma Street
Bourn Street
John Street
Congregational Street
Ryan Avenue
Rock Street
Socialites Host Annual Dinner Dance Monday Night
Police Chief Anthony J Ferrara will lead the grand march with Miss Helen Pagnano at the First Annual Charity Dinner Dance by the Italian Socialites Women's Club at the Bristol Casino to benefit a tonsil clinic. Entertainers include Miss Pearl Dion Tulio Gasperini Maxine Bundy Kathleen Brito and more with Alphonse Riccio directing the grand march.
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Helen Pagnano
M@Socialitee Women’s Club
Bristol Casino
Vasta L. Ruggiero
Pearl Dion
Tulio Gasperini
WJAR
Maxine Bun
Antonetta Rucci
Rose Formisano
Sylvia Pagnano
Marion Reilly
Nancy Vitiello
Joseph Calvino
Ruggiero
Minnie Nappi
Mary Salzano
Beatrice Riccio
St Rita Society Plans Annual Outing
The St Rita Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel held its final monthly meeting at 7 30 in the Parish Hall. Members planned an annual outing for the last Sunday of July at Ruby Point with guests and own box lunches, and a donation for the Mount Carmel celebration.
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St. Rita Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Congregational Street
Philipa Pirri
Christine Camera
Mary Proto
Anna Panzarella
Lucy Margo
Mary Florenzano
Stork and JerKed Beef in 1806 Bristol Tale
A Bristol audience recalls a 1806 incident involving the ship Stork and jerked beef tied to British navy action and Nassau Vice Admiralty neutrality laws. A pamphlet printed in Bristol in December 1806 preserves the account, bearing Byron Diman’s signature on its cover.
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Stork
Byron Diman
Hersey Bradford’s Stork Story Aired Against British Trade Policy
The author Hersey Bradford, owner of the Stork, published his tale to protest British mercantile predation. He laments seizures of his ship and beef cargo by two British warships and a Nassau court ruling, urging Americans to resist British policy and defend neutral rights and commerce.
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Hersey Bradford
Nassau
Contested Neutrality Case on Bristols Jerking Beef Venture
The 1806 episode details James O Wolf and Bradford shipping jerked beef from Buenos Aires to Bristol and then Havana. The Stork, bound for Havana, was seized by British ships claimed to violate neutrality laws. Bradford and O Wolf deny collusion, while a Henry Moreton Dyer decree and judge’s opinion critique vice admiralty courts.
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Spain
France
James O’wolf
Bristol
Buenos Aires
Bradford
Havana
New Providence
Henry Moreton Dyer
O’wolf
Messrs
O'Wolf
Mr. Bradford
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