Ruggiero Elected CYO President at Regular Meeting
Richard Ruggiero was elected president of the CYO at the last regularly scheduled meeting held last Sunday evening. Ellen Leahy was named vice president Nancy Manchester secretary and John Romano treasurer. Outgoing officers Frank Caizzi Priscilla Ruggiero Connie Gogha and Louis Romano presided. Rev Clyde Walsh attended and bade farewell, introducing his successor Rev Daniel McCarthy. Plans included a Rocky Point trip and a hot dog roast with dates to be announced.
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Richard Ruggiero
CYO
Ellen Leahy
Nancy Manchester
John Romano
Frank Caizzi
Priscilla Ruggiero
Connie Gogha
Louis Romano
Clyde Walsh
St. Mary’s Church
Daniel McCarthy
Rocky Point
Ed lortal Quote Penn Dutch Proverb
A brief proverb note presents the line We grow too soon old and too late smart attributed as a Penn Dutch saying, reflecting on wisdom and aging. The entry cites the source as a local proverb collection and highlights its timeless perspective.
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Penn
Can't Do it Alone Keep Hope Street Clean and Civic Pride
A local opinion cites widespread littering on Hope Street with trash dropped from cars near ice cream shops. It contrasts New York City fines for litterbugs with the need for community cooperation across government, businesses, and residents to restore civic pride.
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Hope Street
New York City
Lower Manhattan
Highway Department
Bristol Garden Club
Non-Fiction and Classic Titles Listed In Fragmented Text
A jumbled OCR fragment lists numerous book titles and author surnames across genres. It mentions works like The Ugly American, Dr Zhivago, and Dear And Glorious Physician alongside authors such as Uris and Pasternak, with garbled filler around mid-20th century literature.
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Mount Hope
America
Elizabeth
Anastasia
Russia
Main Street
Ussr
Margaret Nautilus
Dr Zhivago
Arris
Paris
Eliot Ssi
Crown and
the Cross
Hornby Studio Recital Proves Promising Young Pianists
The Hornby Home Studio directed by Mrs Catherine Hornby hosted a Sunday Afternoon of Music on June 7. Performers included Maralyn and Margot Chamberlain and Mary B Chase, daughters of local residents, with Mrs Frederic A Cornell serving and donating programs. The trio will play National Piano Playing Auditions on June 12 at the studio, with Margot and Mary having Critic Circle Ratings from previous auditions.
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Hornby
Catherine Hornby
Maralyn
Margot Chamberlain
George W. Chamberlain
North Scituate
Margot
Mary
Morra Appointed to Naval Academy
Joseph Guy Morra of 629 Wood Street Bristol has been named to the US Naval Academy by the Secretary of the Navy. A Bristol Senior High School graduate he attended the University of Rhode Island for a year and held leadership roles in school and Pershing Rifles. He departs July 7 for the academy.
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Joseph Guy Morra
Alphonse’ Morra
Wood St
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Bristol
University of R. I
Morra
Pershing Rifles
Academy
Cub Picnic At Pagano Farm Recalls Pack No 6 Event
About 30 Cub Scouts and their parents attended the Pack No 6 annual picnic at Mr and Mrs Frank Pagano s farm on Swift s Point last Thursday Prizes were awarded to winners in relay sack and three legged races with names including James Almeida John Murphy Michael Cabral Danny Rogers Virginia McCarthy Fijora Bullock James Osborne Elizabeth McCarthy and Barbera McCarthy Mrs L Eugene Lambert also appeared among the prize recipients.
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Frank Pagano
Swift's Point
James Almeida
John Murphy
Michael Cabral
Danny Rogers
Virginia McCarthy
Fijora Bullock
James Osborne
Elizabeth McCarthy
Barbera McCarthy
L. Eugene Lambert
Coast Guard Cadet Manuel Josephs Heads to Caribbean Cruise
Manuel E Josephs son of Mr and Mrs Josephs of 168 Wood St departed the New London Coast Guard Academy on the CGC Casco for a two month practice cruise to the Caribbean. He is a first class cadet among 350 cadets on the summer training voyage, his third sea experience since July 1956. He graduated from Bristol Senior High School in 1954.
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US Coast Guard
Manuel N Josephs
Manuel E. Josephs
Wood St
New London
U.S Coast Guard Academy
CASCO
Caribbean
Josephs
Coast Guard Academy
Bristol
Fined For Assault In Newport Court
Virgil Almeida twenty seven of 27 Ryan Avenue was fined thirty five dollars in district court Newport after pleading guilty to assault on a Newport sailor earlier the same day Police said Almeida struck Lee S Use causing two stitches in the jaw and a cut over the eye treated at Newport Naval Hospital Judge Paul J Del Nero warned him to stay out of Newport.
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Virgil Almeida
Ryan Ave
Newport
Almeida
Lee
Newport Naval Hospital
Paul J del Nero
Fourth annual combined choir concert at First Congregational DeWolf Room
Friday June 12 features the Fourth annual concert by combined choirs of the First Congregational Church in the DeWolf Room. Saturday June 13 honors dedication of flags and anniversary banquet by the American Portuguese War Veterans Ass'n at Midway House, plus a food and cake sale on Trinity Church Grounds 10 am to 4 pm. June 20 Benefit for Lioness Club with Midway Dance sponsored by Bris Blues 9 pm to 1 am, and June 27 Fourth of July Ball at the National Guard Armory.
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First Congregational Church
DeWolf Room
Midway House
Trinity Church Grounds
Lioness Club
Midway Dance
The
Bris- Blues
National Guard Armory
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Lortal
Rogers Free Library
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Pardee Howe King Golden Jenkins Boone Winwar
Rig . Anderson
Tee
Uris
Pasternak ,Lederer and Burdick Caldwell
G. Morra
Pagano Farm
Pelle
C.G. Cadet
Manuel N. Josephs
Baseball League
Guiteras
Jumbo
Ethiopia
Zoological Gardens
London
Matthew Scott
Scotty
Zoo
T Barnum
England
Queen Victoria
Prince of Wales
Barnum
Atlantic Cable
New York
P. T. Barnum
Justin F. Denzell
Broadway
Madison Square Garden
Barnum & Bailey Circus
U.S
Canada
Bristol Phoenix
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