Navy Dims Hopes For Ships On July Fourth
Bristol Harbor Fourth of July plans faced a setback after a Fourth of July committee learned urgent naval commitments prevent ship deployment. Rear Admiral Hewlett Thebaud cited no docks for submarines and hazardous boarding at anchor. The town aims to host a naval craft, while a new parade division and cadet presence were promised.
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Bristol Harbor
R. S. Bosworth, Jr
Hewlett Thebaud
First Naval District
Boston
Mass
Bristol
Coast Guard
New Orleans
Dock Plans Considered at East Greenwich and Bristol
USDA representatives survey Prudence Island site for foot and mouth disease lab project while discussing potential docks for personnel at East Greenwich and at the foot of Franklin Street in Bristol. Exploratory studies continue on dock locations.
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East Greenwich
Franklin Street
Bristol
U. S Department of Agriculture
Prudence Island
Town Meeting Acts on Sewer Repair and Levy
Bristol taxpayers face a 7:30 pm town meeting at Reynolds School to consider a 540000 sewer repair and extension plan and to vote on rescinding an April tax action with a June 15 levy. The report warns the Walker’s Island outfall threatens Bristol Harbor pollution and cites a half century old 16 inch line needing upgrade.
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Bristol
Special Sewer Committee
Reynolds School
Walker's Zone
Bristol Harbor
Hope Street
Wood Street
Walker's Island
Walker’s Cove
Walker’s Island
Zoning Board Denies Ferry Gas Station Petition Again
Roswell S Bosworth Sr of Bristol Phoenix chosen as candidate for town moderator to replace ill Bertram W Wall. Announcement made by Anthony J Nunes and Frank J Sylvia after a joint meeting of Democratic and Republican Town Committees. Taxpayers will elect moderator at the Financial Town Meeting tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell S Bosworth, Sr
Bristol Phoenix
Bertram W. Wall
Anthony J. Nunes
Democratic Town Committee
Frank J. Sylvia
Republican Town Committee
Financial Town
John W. Church
Mile of Pennies Committee to Distribute Cards Saturday
The Mile of Pennies Committee will begin distributing Mile of Penny cards on Saturday, June 3, per chairman E. J. Wilkinson Jr. Citizens who were forgotten may contact committee members or the July 4th committee. This year boxes will be sent to businesses preferring them over bulky penny strips.
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E. J. Wilkinson, Jr
Highest Awards To Four Girl Scouts
Louise Murray Eleanor Proto Carol Benson and Delphine Oliver received Curved Bars the top Girl Scout honor from Mrs Thomas D Adams Jr deputy commissioner at the annual Girl Scout Award night held in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium Friday night approximate
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Louise Murray
Eleanor Proto
Carol Benson
Delphine Oliver
Thomas D. Adams Jr
Colt Memorial High School
Con’t
Zoning Board Denies Carmone De Rosa Gas Station Plan
The Zoning Board of Review refused the request to rezone from Residential B to Business F for a corner Wood and Hope streets gas station. Hearings lasted nearly five hours with testimony from Carmone, attorney Frank Martin, and opponents led by Lucien Capone. Proponents presented a 60-signature petition. Rae disputed sale intentions.
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Zoning Board of Review
Frank J. Carmone
Salvatore A. de Rosa
Wood and
Hope Streets
Frank L. Martin
Lucien Capone
Board of Review
Phenojelu
Carmone
Martin
Toplace
Barrington
Capone
Shearsay
Atlantic Refining Co
Sunoco Co
Hope
Wood Streets
Arthur Rae
Marjorie V Lyons
Rae
Joseph Callahan
Warwick
Atlantic Refining Corp
Newport
Callahan
Col
Julio F. Xavier, Jr
U.S. Army
Boston
Xavier
Liberty Bell Replica to Tour Town on Tuesday
A Liberty Bell replica will tour this town Tuesday June 6 as part of a savings bonds drive. It arrives by trailer and will be shown at Guiteras Junior High 11:00 to 12:15, Town Common 12:30 to 3:45, YMCA 4:00 to 5:30 and 6:30 to 8:15. Dr Samuel Clark will ring in a ceremony at 8 PM.
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Guiteras Junior High
Comnon
Androm
YMCA
Samuel Clark
Sixty Invited To Yacht Club Opening Sunday
Sixty prospective members have been invited to the Bristol Yacht Club opening tea Sunday afternoon at 4:30. The event marks the start of the 1950 yachting season and a drive for new members. Music will be provided by Ralph Stewart under the entertainment committee chaired by Mrs. Rowland I. Stanley, with members including Mrs. Robert Rulon Miller and several other society names.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Bristol
Ralph Stewart
Rowland I. Stanley
Stanley
Robert Rulon Miller
James B. French, Jr
Samuel D. Clark
Joseph C. Kinder
Mary Street
Jeanette MacDougall
William Boardman
Harford Powel
Betty Wood
A. Sidney Dew. Herreshoff
Janice,Carr
Stanley Livingston, Jr
London Bells Rise Again Amid Postwar Rebuilds
The article recounts London's bell history from the City of London carillons to Big Ben and St Paul’s, noting postwar restorations. It highlights the Royal Exchange carillon, the Bow bell from Whitechapel Foundry, and mentions All Hallows Barking and St Clement Danes with ties to William Penn and John Quincy Adams.
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London
Westminster Alley
Big Ben
St. Paul's
Peter of
York
Notre Dame Cathedral
Montreal
England
Tower of London
Church of All Hallows
Barking
William Penn
John Quincy Adams
Ocean
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John D. Langello
Wood Street Park
Burnside Memorial
E. Greenwich
Bristol Fire Dept
Willie
Dan Dailey
Corinne Calvet
Colleen Townsend
William Demarest
Bing Crosby
Gloria Jean
Joyce Reynolds
Ros
Tues
Robert Cummings
Lizabeth Scott
Diana Lynn
John Payne
Jeffrey Lynn
China
Bristol County
Main. St
Warren
The
Gand Cleansers
Liberty Bell
Jack Carreira
Res
Royal Exchange
Thomas Gresham
Exchange
Bow
National India Rubber Co
Whitechapel
Shakespeare
Mears and Stainbank
St. Michael’s
Bay
Bis
Clements Inn
St. Clement’s Church
Hewlyear
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