Public rose garden delights Bristol visitors in Barrington
Karl P Jones, New England district director of the American Rose Growers Association, maintains an 8 acre estate at 93 Rumstick Point Barrington open to the public. His 1,500 plants include 400–500 varieties in reds yellows pinks whites and exotic colors. visitors travel from far and wide to enjoy the blooms.
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Jackson-Perkins
Barrington
Rumstick Point
Nayatt Road
Karl P Jones
New England
American Rose Growers Association
Jones
Bristol
Curt Williams
Panama Canal Zone
Mr. Jones
Barrington Rosarian Shares Unusual Pruning and Fertilizer Tips
The hobbyist Mr. Jones shuns fall pruning in favor of minimal cuts and uses bean baskets to shade and ventilate roses through winter. He favors Essence of Guernsey and Jersey as base fertilizers with Goulard and Olena rose food. He breeds roses, fights pests, and keeps quarantined beds for European imports, inviting visitors to his garden.
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Guernsey
Jersey
Bristol volunteers collect clothing for Korea drive Sunday
Bristol workers under Thomas Jannsen plan a Sunday one day statewide drive to raise half a million pounds of clothing for war affected Koreans. Donated trucks with Boy Scouts will gather items door to door starting 1 p.m. Items sought include coats footwear blankets and layette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Thomas C. Jannsen
Howard L. House
Frederick T. Goff
Bristol Boy Scouts
Fitzgerald Declares Final Bristol School Week Schedule
Bristol Public schools announce full sessions through Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will have no afternoon sessions. Promotions will occur between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m. Friday. Senior high Class Day Wednesday and Commencement Thursday evening. Thursday and Friday bus routes listed with Guiteras schedules and elementary departures.
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Bristol Public
Supt
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Guiteras
YMCA to Honor Youth Sports Night Winners Tonight
The 8th annual YMCA Boys Sports Night is set for 7:00 p.m. at the Newport YMCA. Principal speaker will be Mr. Win Mason, with Anthony Agatiello presiding. Awards include merit certificates for Cracker League Nut League and Beginners League teams, 1000 point contest awards, letters for championship teams, Oswald Trophy, track medals, and special athlete honors.
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YMCA
Win Mason
The
Newport Y
Anthony Agatiello
Joseph A. Murgo
John Langello
Hector Massa
David J. Ferris
A. A. Pansa
Ben Hazen
Oswald
C. C. Cirillo
John Borges
A. F. Means
Anthony Massano
Anthony E. Agatiello
Frank O. Rene
Mason
Police chief urges Bristol drivers to avoid meter stalls
Police Chief Anthony J. asks residents to stay out of parking or meter areas as painting crews from the William J. Nolan Company of Waterville, Conn. prepare to paint meters and barriers on Ford Street between Hope and Hope Streets.
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Anthony J. Recites
Bristol
William J. Nolan Company
Waterville
Conn
Ford Street 2
Hope Tear
E King
Hope
Spar Skipper Relieved By Illness Of Lt Openshaw
Coast Guard Cutter Spar relieves Lt Edward L Openshaw due to illness. Lt Albert H Hauser of Falmouth Mass serves as interim skipper and Lt Byron Winike to assume command in August. Lt John M Clark of Annapolis named executive officer after recent posting aboard Blackhaw Charleston. Spar aided in rescues near Narragansett Bay and supported sewer project firefighting efforts.
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Edward L. Openshaw
Coast Guard
Spar
Albert H. Hauser
Falmouth
Mass
Hauser
First Coast Guard District
Byron Winike
John M. Clark
Annapollis
Maryland
Blackhaw
Charleston
S. C
Ramos to Receive Temple Dental Degree in Philadelphia
Dr. Augustine C. Ramos son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustine Ramos of 75 Bay View Avenue will graduate as doctor of dental surgery at Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia. He will join his cousin Dr. Anthony J. Ramos in practice. A Bristol Senior High School graduate, he attended Providence College before Temple. At Temple he joined Delta Sigma Delta, the Newman Club, and Dental Mirror staff, and earned Rohmer Honorary Society and Clinical Histopathology Society memberships. He is married with two sons Stephen and Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine C. Ramos
Augustine Ramos
Bay View Avenue
Temple ,University School of Dentistry
Philadelphia
Bristol Senior High School
Providence College
Temple
Delta Sigma Delta Fraternity
Newman Club
Staff of
Dental Mirror
John H. Rohmer
Frederick James Clinical Histopathology Society
Stephen
Charles
Firemen Honor Their Dead in Bristol Memorial Sunday
Bristol four volunteer fire companies held Firemen's Memorial Sunday honoring deceased members. Ever Ready and Ose travels by car to St Marys Cemetery deviating from past foot process. Committees for the rites were named for each company, listing officers and members.
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Bristol
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Joseph E. Paul
Wilfred G. Lemaire
Alec Guevremont
William T. Simmons
William Butler
Oscar A. Rishe
Defiance
Harry R. Gray
Ein Andrade
Burton West
Charles Andrade
Arthur Sousa
Hydraulion
Oscar Pivin
Louis Gladue
Robert Anderson
Alfred Burke
Charles Arnold
William Head
James Meiggs Jr
Arthur Bullock
Edward Wilkinson
Bristol Garden Club Pilgrimage Tours Six Beauty Spots
Good weather predicted for a Bristol Garden Club pilgrimage to six beauty spots. Tour begins at any stop with tea at Fishhawk Farm Metacom Avenue. Stops include Hope Farm Indian museum Birthwold and others on Metacom Avenue Ferry Road High Street.
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Bristol Garden Club
Arthur Carr
Fishhawk Farm
Metacom Avenue
Mr. Hope
R. F. Haffenreffer
King Phillip Farm
R.F. Haffenreffer
George Lyon
Birthwold
Ferry Road
Robert Rulon-Miller
High Street
Blood Drive Collects 54 Pints at Bristol Red Cross Visit
Bristol residents donated 54 pints of blood during a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at Colt Auditorium yesterday. Sixty-five donors appeared and 11 were rejected after a last minute Junior Chamber of Commerce drive organized to replace a canceled Providence schedule. Francis N. Perry chaired the Jaycees event with many volunteers assisting.
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Bristol
Red Cross
Colt Auditorium
Chamber of Commerce
Providence
Francis N. Perry
The
Jaycees
Miriam McCaughey
J. Francis Connell
O. Reid LeClair
Charles Sylvia
J. Floyd Huestis
Arthur H. Eastman
John D. Moore
James
Clothes for Korea Drive Sunday Needs Listed
Bristol workers of the R L committee American Relief for Korea will be out Sunday afternoon starting at 1 p m to collect clothing for Korea. They need overcoats and suits and ask for bundles to be prepared for pickup.
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Bristol Workers
R.L Committee
American Relief For Korea
Korea
Graduation Events Jammed With Schedule At Bristol Senior High
The Bristol Senior High School class day events begin tomorrow at 2 00 p m in Andrews Auditorium with diploma distribution and class day exercises. Sen John O Pastore is slated as principal speaker at the graduation ceremony with Miss Mary Lou Teixeira expected to be valedictorian. Calandra will give an address and the Pasquale Raifola Memorial Plac will be announced on Friday at 8 30 p m.
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Andrews Audi
Thursds Blake
Sen
John '‘O
Pastore
Lge
Bristol Seni School
Athletic Council
Mary Lou Teixeira
Calandra
A. Pasquale Raifola
Plac
COLE
Bristol Tax Roll Shows Rise in Valuations and Tax Rate
Bristol valuations rose by nearly one million dollars as new buildings and autos push total assessments upward. The tax rate is set at 3.28, up 22 cents from last year's 3.06. Total valuations reach 97,775 and the net tax roll stands at 659,822.88, compared with 621,743.99 last year.
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Bristol
Lee
Fire Rebel Find Donation Entries Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR text notes donations and a bristol related entry. It mentions a fund or donation of 728 dollars and a possible association with a Salvati on Army Bristol. Names Patel and Braashabe appear in unclear context. The passage lacks coherent event details or dates.
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Ramathe
Bristol Republican Women's Club elects Mrs Ruth H Watson
Mrs Ruth H Watson was chosen president of the Bristol Republican Women's Club at a crowded annual meeting hosted by Mrs Edith M Earle. The vote signals stronger support for Watson amid a dispute with town committee leaders over her status as president. Other officers include Elizabeth H Walker as first vice president and Rebecca Herreshoff as recording secretary.
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Bristol
Republican Women’s Club
Ruth H. Watson
Edith M. Earle
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Anil
Newark
N. Y
Llewellyn Jones
France
England
Europe
Korea Drive
R.I. Committee
Jannsen
Vs Rubber Company
State and
Wood Streets
Emmanuel Iacoletti
Daniel Rhee
Warren
Reynolds
Russell J. McVinney
Henry M. Winston
Brown University
Roberts
Openshaw
Narragansett Bay
Ramos
Temple U
Anthony J. Ramos
DR. Ramos
Bristol Historical Society
Samuel C. Wardwell
J. Howard Paull
Sebastian Bernard Jr
Frederick Palmer II
Sidney Herreshoff
John R. Watson
Robert Elder
George Lumbel
T. D. Adams
Edward E. Bunn
Henry Wood
J.B. DeWolf
John G. Palmer IV
Hubert Holdsworth
Maurice Smith II
Howard House
Raymond Magownay
Joseph Robinson
Roswell
Bosworth
Frederick. S. Bartlett
Carl Haffenreffer
George Limb
Sebastian - Mra
Reese
Cee Lada
Tar A
Ng ‘Salvatic
Army
Braashabe
Aiea
Mrs. Watson
Ferris
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