Puppets stage St George and the Dragon operetta on TV
Kukla Fran and Ollie presented St George and the Dragon at Symphony Hall for a Pops benefit. Tillstrom voiced multiple parts while Fran Allison voiced the princess and the duo negotiated rehearsals and backstage tensions. Ollie as dragon faced smokefire limits and the company shared ideas to solve the issue.
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Channel 4
Kukla
Fran
Ollie
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
St. George
Jack Fascinato
Burr Tillstrom
Tillstrom
Colonel Crackie
Fran Iis
Fran Allison
Arthur Fiedler
Madame Ooglepuss
Princess
Miss Allison
Kukila
Joe Lockwood
Possible Bid Switch Seen On Seawall
Bids on repairing the Rockwell Park seawall and rebuilding the Ever Ready fire station ramp drew wide variation. William R. Rego and Sons offered 1480 for the wall and 700 for the ramp while Holmes Brothers bid 675 for the wall and 2395 for the ramp. The council awarded Rego the ramp and Holmes the wall, noting bids totalled 1375 for both items and an April appropriation of 2250 remained.
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Rockwell Park
William R. Rego and Sons
Holmes Brothers
Holmes
Rego
Prospect
Ramp
Sea Wall
Council
Joseph D. Accardi
Reynolds G. Nothup
Kingsmen To Be in Legion Parley
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps will join the American Legion Department of Rhode Island Convention parade in Providence tomorrow evening. They meet at Scout Hall and depart by bus at 4 45 p m. Sunday rehearsal is omitted. drum section meets at 10 30 a m. Next full rehearsal is Tuesday at 7 p m with season contest and parade schedule announced.
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Kingsmen
American Legion Department of Rhode Island
Providence
Scout Hall
Relief Fund Distributed After Bradford Street Fire
The Bristol Phoenix Fire Relief Fund distributed 753 dollars among victims of the June 8 Bradford Street fire. The relief committee met with each family at the Public Aid office on Hope Street and voiced shock at the extent of the loss. Committee members include Rev. Driftmier, Mrs. Perreira, and Mrs. Diman, with Driftmier representing the Salvation Army. Families thanked friends and schoolmates for clothing and aid, and the committee praised public support.
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Bristol Phoenix
Bradford Street
Public Aid
Hope Street
Frederick F. Drifimier
Mary Perreira
Clara Diman
Red Cross
Driftmier
Salvation Army
Solon Votes 18 for Election Age Heavy in 1953 Grads
Bristol class of 1953 honors two top students Edward Paul Calandra and John Paul Andrade at commencement in Andrews gymnasium. Calandra wins Walsh Memorial Medal and Rennselaer Award, delivers salutatory, active in Honor Society and athletics. Senator John O Pastore urges lowering voting age to 18, addressing capacity and responsibility of new generation.
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Paul Calandra
Walsh
Bristol Senior High School
Andrews Gymnasium
John L. Burke
Calandra
Bis
R. J. Honor Society
Athletic Association
John Paul Andrade
Mr. Burke
Thomas P. Brightman
Athletic Council
U. S
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Fragmentary OCR Note Skim of Miscellaneous Items
Fragmented text shows garbled phrases about daily readings and outfits. Mentions shoes wages and scattered names like Collins and Seah rat with unclear context. No coherent event, date, or location is discernible for a clear summary.
Scouts Report for Clothes for Korea Drive
Calling all Bristol Boy Scouts are asked to report in uniform at Bradford Street at 1:00 p.m. Sunday to participate in the Clothes for Korea collection drive. Scouts will ride in trucks donated by local concerns and conduct house to house clothing pickups. Residents are asked to bundle or carton donations.
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Bristol
Oppossite
Bradford Street
Bristol Town Council names Nunes tax collector and others
Bristol town council last night appointed Alfred Nunes as tax collector succeeding Amos Gorham who retires June 30 under an economy merger plan. Nunes earns 400 extra and the town allocates 600 for a clerk and 2500 for fire department costs. The council also named Janet ing to an auxiliary zoning board seat and Robert J. Anderson as parking meter maintenance chief with 2000 annual pay.
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Alfred N. Nunes
Bristol
Amos S. Gorham
Bristol Town Council
Nunes
Aector
Accardi
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Achille Mangiante
Herreshoff
J. Francis Connell
A Iid
Robert J. Anderson
Joseph F. Bruno
Bristol Lions Club Circus Receives Town Council OK
The Bristol Lions Club won Town Council approval to sponsor the Hunt Brothers Circus on July 28. Proceeds go to victims of the June 8 Bradford Street fire, with Lions officials promoting advanced ticket sales to boost the relief fund. Pannone, Rego, and Candermo lead the effort and plan to recruit members and map ticket plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Lions Club
Hunt Brothers Circus
Lions
Bradford Street
Joseph F. Pannone
Pannone
Alfred R. Rego
Natale Candelmo
Father and Son Communion Set at Mount Carmel Church
The Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church sponsors a Father and Son Communion this Sunday at 8 30 am. After the service, Fathers and sons will be served breakfast by the Mothers Club in the school auditorium. Speaker is Albert P. Russo, assistant commandant at the R L Veterans Home. Committee members are Anthony J. Bruno Frank Miserandino and Joseph Goulart.
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Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Fathers and Sons
Mothers Club
Albert P. Russo
R. L Veterans’ Home
Anthony J. Bruno
Frank Miserandino
Joseph Goulart
Local 220 Nominates Goulart as Vice President
Antonio H. Goulart was elected vice-president of Local 220 URCLPWA CIO at Bristol Mfg Corp in a run-off held yesterday at Lincoln Hall St Elizabeth Street. He defeated Julio Biancuzzo. Five members joined the executive board Edward Almeida Mathew Calderiso Joseph Silvia Manuel Castro and John Bernardo while they defeated Ralph Palma Joseph Quintal Domenic Calderiso Alfred Perry and Anthony Medeiros.
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Antonio H. Goulart
Urclpwa, Cio
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Lincoln Hall
St. Elizabeth Street
Goulart
Julio Biancuzzo
Edward Almeida
Mathew Calderiso
Joseph Silvia
Manuel Castro
John Bernardo
Ralph Palma
Joseph Quintal
Domenic Calderiso
Alfred Perry
Anthony Medeiros
Fragmented OCR Summary of Unclear Report
Sparse readable text shows no clear event names dates or places. Likely damaged notice or brief with missing context and entities.
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Toumanova
Olivia
Dragon Retreat
Vermont
Seawall
Solon
John Andrade
Rennselaer Polytechnic
Andrade
Burke
The
Rhode Island Honor Society
Pastore
Nigel
Robert Caizzi
John Matheson
Joseph A. Cardoza
M. Theresa Donovan
Gounod
Konitz
Ward-Pinney
Anija Mater
Werer Marie’ Maciel
Mary-Louise Texeira
Collins
Jobs
Mrs. Clark
Anderson
Clark
Janet ‘D.ing
Will
Saeed
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