Colt Completes Baseball Season in Bristol County Race
Colt finishes its 1946 season near the Bristol County title after a 5-4 win over Warren. Warren had led early but Colt surged with four runs in the fourth and one in the fifth to ice the game. Massano led Colt with 2 for 3 while Boulanger pitched six hits allowed and 13 strikeouts. Warren then won the Class C playoffs 8-6 against Burrillville.
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Colt
Bristol County
Warren
South Kingston
Coventry
Barrington
South
Massano
Barba and
Tavares
Boulanger
Fanning
Burrillville
Probate court notices from Bristol dated June 1946
Probate actions in Bristol Rhode Island include the will of Joseph A Paquin probate set for July 1 1946 and guardian Helga E Osterberg's eleventh account for Clarence A Osterberg with notices to publish for fourteen days. Also administration notice for Filesbina Castro Felisbina Castro announcing probate admission and bond for executor with claim filing begin June 1 1946.
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Bristol
Clarence A. Osterberg
Helga E. Osterberg
Clarence A Osterberg
Bristol Phoenix
Notice of Estate of Mary Brechin in Bristol Rhode Island
The undersigned give notice of part of the Last Will and Testament of Mary Brechin late of Bristol Rhode Island. All persons with claims against the estate must file them in the clerk's office according to law beginning June 14 1946. John W Church Clerk Louise Stephen Brechin Executrix
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Anthony P. Perron
Anthony P Perron
Phoenix
John W Church
Filesbina Castro
Felisbina Castro
Mary Brechin
Louise Stephen Brechin
Zoning Board Plans Four July Hearings in Bristol
Bristol Zoning Board scheduled four public hearings for July 8 at the Burnside Memorial Building. Petitions include Elias Baptiste's garage beside his bakery at High and Franklin, Manuel Alves's two gasoline pumps after moving his battery shop back 14 feet, Manuel Tavares's zoning change from residence to business at Metacom Avenue and River Street, and Salvador Nunes's frontage variances on Harbor View Avenue in Pappasquash. Wellington Pease seeks a two year non manufacturing use for cement and cinder block operations in a non manufacturing zone with limits, to be advertised for hearing.
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Bristol
Zoning Board of Review
Burnside Memorial
Elias Baptiste
High and
Franklin Street
Manuel Alves
East State Street
Vise Alves
Manuel Tavares
Metacom Avenue
River Street
Salvador Nunes
Harbor View Avenue
Pappasquash
Wellington Pease
Lucien Capone
Pease
May 1946 District Nursing Report Highlights
Miss Martha Graham releases Bristol District Nursing Association May 1946 report. General care cases 44, met care 4, JH care 4, travel care 5 totaling 57 gen visits 260 met visits 24 JH visits 35 and 2 babies travel visits. Prenatal 21, Tuberculosis 20. Clinics 365. Diphtheria cough 1, whooping cough 1. Pheumothorax 4 with 42 chest visits and 41 X-ray visits. Office calls 20 social calls 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Graham
Bristol District Nursing Association
Legion Junior Baseball league opens with Bristol Warren game
The American Legion Junior Baseball league starts Sunday across the state. An opening ceremony at Warren features the Warren Indian Band and a ceremonial first ball pitched by the Warren Post Commander while "Lizzie" Murphy bats. The Warren versus Bristol game begins at 3 pm, with a return match planned Tuesday on the Common.
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American Legion Junior Baseball League
Warren
Bristol
Warren Post
Lizzie” Murphy
Moones Emerald Ol Promises Quick Skin Relief
Quick acting relief for itching and irritation of rashes and skin troubles. Sold at drug stores with Buffington and Hope Drug shops promoting satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
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Atean
Thomex
Buffington
Drug and Hope
Annual Recital In DeWolf Memorial Chapel
Pupils of Cora Shaw Anderson present their recital in DeWolf Memorial Chapel tomorrow afternoon. The program includes works by Chopin, Brahms, Offenbach, Schubert, Copeland, Mendelssohn, Verdi and more with performances by Barbara Maisano, Ralph Fasano, Judith Coggeshall, Celeste Viera, Anthony Rodrigues, Barbara Garvey, and many others.
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Cora Shaw Anderson
DeWolf Memorial Chapel
Crawford
Rita Sousa
Anthony
Natalie Parshley
Piaget
Cecelia Nastri
Chopin
Barbara Maisano
Paul Price
Londonderry Air
Williams
Sally Town
Hopkins
Ralph Fasano
Benson
Judith Coggeshall
the Scissor
Song
Richter
Nancy Masters
Richard Shaw
Ramsey
Edith Alder
Aunt Belinda
Copeland
Judith Robinson
Greene
John Paul Andrade
Brahms
Charlene Wilkie
Spindler
Thompson
Kenneth Robinson
Mister Major
Mister Minor
Krentzlin
Anthony Rodrigues
Paul Paiva
Kohlmann
Mary Louise Adams
Howell
Butterfly
Merkel
Celeste Viera
Sibelius
Gabriel Marcie
Barbara Garvey
le Hache
Joseph McCann, Jr
Country Gardens
Grooms
Mozart
Joanna Pozzi
Sybil Alder
Burgmuller
Lucretia Massa
Thome
New Cleansing Shop To Open In Bristol County
Harry Main president of the Valet System announced a Bristol County unit will open at 152 Main Street Warren next Monday. The facility aims to employ up to 25 residents of Bristol County in Warren, part of a Rhode Island based chain with units in Providence Pawtucket Attleboro and North Attleboro.
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Bristol County
Harry Main
Main Street
Warren
Mr Main
Rhode Island
Providence
Pawtucket
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Miss Mary Mello Honored With Surprise Birthday Party
A surprise birthday party was held Tuesday June 11 at Mount St Joseph Ferry Road home of her sister Mrs Gilda Sousa to honor Miss Mary Mello of 17 Charles street. Relatives and friends attended and presented many gifts. hostesses were Mrs Gilda Sousa and Misses Eva and Theresa Mello.
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Mary Mello
Charles Street
Gilda Sousa
Mount St Joseph
Ferry Road
Mello
Eva and
Theresa Mello
Old Man in the Cemetery Tale Spooks a Local Walk
A man mows a Juniper Hill Cemetery strip and encounters a pale waxy old man in vintage clothes who speaks of Bristol graves then vanishes. The witness wonders if the figure emerged from a tomb and hints at a supernatural visitor lingering near the tombs.
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Juniper Hill
Bristol
English Name sake Bristol Rhode Island in Ford Times
Ford Times jubilee feature presents a quiz entry describing a quiet elm shaded bay town named after an English town. Noted as a former major seaport and yacht-building hub with many old houses shaping its character. Norse visitation around 1000 AD and first recorded in 1621.
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Little
Ford Company
Ford Times
United States
England
America
Number 5
Bristol, RI
Cocoanuts top hard-fighting team 7 6 in nut league thriller
Pete Quito led the Cocoanuts to a 7 6 victory over Tommy Velleca's squad after scoring two runs on three hits in the final inning. The Nut League game saw a triple tie for first place break with the late rally.
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Pete Quito
Cocoanuts
Tommy Velleca
Miss Maywood Metcalf Weds Robert Kenny at Waterbury Wedding
Miss Maywood Metcalf daughter of Mrs Harris H Metcalf Waterbury Vermont married Robert Pardon Kenny son of Mr and Mrs Pardon R Kenny Cranston Rhode Island at the White Meeting House Waterbury The Rev E S Treat officiated and uncle Charles S Parker gave the bride in marriage The couple left for a honeymoon in Quebec Also noted are the couples college ties and wartime service records.
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Maywood Metcalf
Harris H. Metcalf
Waterbury
Vermont
Robert Pardon Kenny
Pardon R. Kenny
Cranston, R
Willard S. Kenny
Noyes Avenue
White Meeting House
E S Treat
Episcopal Church
Charles S. Parker
Bermuda
Joanna Metcalf
Priscilla Parker
Carolyn Kenny
Richard Sayles
Cranston
Joseph McDevitt
Dudley Davis
Samuel Otis
Burlington
Samuel Edgar Miller
St Albans
Navy
Pacific
McGrath Endorsed by Bristol Democratic Town Committee
The Bristol Democratic Town Committee unanimously endorsed former Gov. J. Howard McGrath for the senatorial nomination. Also backed were Gov. John O. Pastore and Rep. Aime J. Forand for re election, and State Senator Daniel G Coggeshall and Mrs Gladys M Brightman.
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Bristol
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Joseph A. Paquin
Joseph A Paquin
John W. Church
Irene Castro
Hitt
Zoning Board
Legion Junior
DeWolf Memorial
Chase O F. Thompson
Nut League
Bradford St
Perles
Mead
Colgate
Scott
Fletcher
Warner
Vick
Kelley
McGrath
Jenel Ct
Democratic Town
Bristol Motors
Antonio Rucci & Son
State ST
R. I
Pater
I Ae
THE
Presto Delite Co
Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
U. S. Army
P.O. Annex
Providence, R. I
U.S. Army
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