Bristol Council Names New Dump Caretaker and Bids on Farm Site Rules
Manuel Lindy Cardoza was named caretaker at the Bristol dump with a $25 weekly salary and salvaging authority. The council also set a $100 annual rental to the Davis Wilson Fund for dump area use and ordered rodent control at Guiteras School. The meeting addressed White Rail Polo Club permits, extra leave for Patrolman Serbst, Emerson resuscitator delivery delays, unsigned resident letters, highway funding, and a proposed comfort station on the Common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Minturn Farm
Manuel ‘Lindy’ Cardoza
Giacomo Morasco
Bristol Highway Department
Paul A. Herzig
Cardoza
Davis Wilson Fund
Wood Street
Guiteras School
Guuiteras
White Rail Polo Club
Griswold Avenue
Frederick W. Serbst
Anthony J Ferrara
Emerson
Arlington
Mass
Cottage Street
Council
Hoover
State Highway Department
Exchange Club of
John P Marshall
Mrs Francis N Perry Appointed Assistant Director of Music
Francis N Perry formerly Marcia Gifford is named assistant director of music in North Kingstown schools with charge of elementary and junior high grades. A 1945 Rhode Island College of Education graduate, she taught at the Rhode Island Conservatory of Music and Wickford schools, and will pursue a master's at RI C E this summer. her husband is a junior at Rhode Island State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis N. Peerry
Marcia Gifford
North Kingstown
Highland Davis
Perry
Rhode Island College of Education
R. I. Conservatory of Music
Wickford
R.I.C.E
R. I. State College
Our Lady of Mt Carmel plans carnival and parade on July 19 20
The church celebration committee was granted permission to use a section of the Common to host a carnival and a parade tied to the religious festival. A nearby resident petition opposed opening a retail store at Mt Hope avenue and Usher street, with the matter sent to the zoning board for action. Three letters on the water supply between Collins and Aikman, Bristol County Water Co, and the Bristol Co firm called for a frank discussion during the week of July 7 to seek settlement after weeks of stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Mt Carmel
State Street
Mt. Hope Avenue
Usher Street
Zoning Board
Joseph T Cahair Acting Director of Labor
Joseph T Cahair serves as Acting Director of Labor on June 18 1947, overseeing department functions and labor policy in a transitional leadership role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T Cahir
Don Reese to Open Banquet for Drum Corps
An opening innovation precedes a testimonial banquet in Kearney with the Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps. At 6:45 p.m. the corps will play, then at 7:00 the retreat ceremony and colors will be lowered. The event, chaired by George R. Fish, is sponsored by Kearney Post 6 American Legion and local citizens to support the corps before the Narragansett Council contest on June 28 at Narragansett. Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall will toast, Chief Justice Jeremiah E. O Connell will speak, and J Russell Gray will represent the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney Post
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
William F
R. I. Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Association
Post
George R. Fish
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Jeremiah E. O’connell
Narragansett
No. 6
American Legion
Department
Bristol Intoxicating Beverage License Transfer Notice
Town Clerk advertises transfer of Class C liquor license from Manuel Marshall to Joseph Benevides at 171 Bradford Street Bristol Rhode Island. Hearing set July 1 1947 at 7 30 PM in Burnside Memorial Building Council Chamber for remonstrances with plat. By order of Town Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T Cahir
Rhode Island
State House
Bristol
R IJ
Manuel Marshall
Bradford Street
Joseph Benevides
Burnside Memorial Building
John W Church
Albert O. Earle Funeral Attended by Prominent Officials
Funeral services for Albert O. Earle were held Wednesday at 2 p m in the First Congregational Church with Rev Charles R Cooley officiating. Attendees included many friends and officials from the Registry of Motor Vehicles VC Veterans Association and State Grange, plus delegations from the Rhode Island State Grange and Nonquit Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Albert O. Earle
Constitution Street
Charles R. Cooley
North Burial Ground
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Riverside
Ralph H. Whitman
Providence
A. A. Marcotte
Registry of Motor Vehicles Department
Walter B. Vickery
VC Veterans Association
Charles Hammann
U. S. State Employees Association
Holder Wilcox
Tiverton
Roswell S. Bosworth, Jr
Russell C. Hawkes
Rhode Island State Grange
Nonquit Grange
State Registry of Motor Vehicles
John F., Johnston
State Grange
State House
Alfonse Ravanelle
Joseph Bristow
John Pettera
Samuel Engdahl
Harry Hughes
Carl Wright
Roads and Bridges Dept
Fred Wild
St Elizabeth's Falls 3 2 to Collins & Aikman
Sam Del Piano of Collins and Aikman out pitched Foxxy Marshall as C A defeated St Elizabeth's 3 to 2. Del Piano carried a two hit shutout into the final inning before St Elizabeth's rallied for two runs. The win moves C A within one game of the YMCA in the Twilight League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxxy” Marshall
St. Elizabeth’s
Sam del Piano
Collins
Aikman
del Piano
Saints
C&a
YMCA
Felecia Goglia Honored At Garden Shower
Miss Felecia Goglia was guest of honor at a garden shower at 127 Franklin Street Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. Miss Minnie Goglia will be her maid of honor and hosted the event. Guests came from Bristol and nearby areas as the bride to be received many gifts. She is set to marry Raymond MacMahon of Burton Street on August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felecia Goglia
Franklin Street
Minnie Goglia
Bristol
Miss Goglia
Raymond MacMahon
Burton Street
Bristol Seniors Win Secretarial Diplomas at Class Day
Miss Rosaline A August daughter of Mrs Rosaline August Franklin street and Miss Anne D Bruno daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Bruno Bradford street completed secretarial courses at Johnson and Wales Business School and received diplomas at Class Day. Both are 1946 Bristol Senior High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosaline A. August
Rosaline August
Franklin Street
Anne D. Bruno
Frank Bruno
Bradford Street
Johnson and Wales Business School
Bristol Senior High School
Local Motor Vehicles Official Dies After Heart Attack
Stuart Barr a chief hearing officer with the Registry of Motor Vehicles Dept suffered a heart attack early Monday and died shortly after He was a native of the town and in his 56th year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Barr
Earle
Registry of Motor Vehicles Dept
Three member panel to study Hope Street parking congestion
Town Council President Hoover announced a three man committee including Ralph F. Kinder Charles DeWolf Brownell and Police Chief Anthony Ferrara to study Hope Street parking. Ferrara backs eliminating on east side parking to ease the issue while Kinder opposes that solution and urges strict enforcement on the main thoroughfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Kinder
Charles DeWolf Brownell
Anthony J. Ferrara
Gilbert C. Hoover
Hope Street
Ferrara
Kinder
Former High Sheriff of Bristol Speaks at Rotary Meeting
Harry Crook the former High Sheriff of Bristol England was a guest at the local Rotary Club on Wednesday. He thanked the community via Canon Parshley for the wartime hostel fund and expressed Bristol’s deep gratitude for the support. The Bristol Playground on the Common is set to open Monday with registration week and activities including swings see-saws and a jungle gym. Assistants at the Common will be Vincent Sonto and Miss Eleanor Lemaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Crook
Bristol
England
Rotary Club
Canon Parshley
Anthony E. Agatiello
Agatiello
Vincent Santo
Eleanor Lemaire
Estate of Bridget T Sharkey administrated in Bristol
Notice: Helen F Horton of Bristol Rhode Island qualified as administratrix of Bridget T Sharkey, late of Bristol, deceased. Creditors must file claims in the court within the statutory period beginning June 6, 1947. John W. Church, Clerk. 6-6, 13, 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bridget E. Culley
Bride E. Culley
Bridget E Culley
Bride E Culley
Proba Court
John W Church
Annie J. Ogier
Sallie Nelson
Annie Ogier
City
New York
Bristol Phoenix
Frank McCarthy
Marcangelo Ferri
Michael A. Ferri
Joseph Ferri
Michael A Ferri
Josaph Ferri
George W Kempf
Wilfred H LaBelle
Olivia Andrade
Frank Andrade
Annie Gravelle
Decca
Bridget T. Sharkey
Helen F Horton
Bridget T Sharkey
Pace
John W. Church
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Warren
Bristol County
Main St. — Warren
F. N. Perry
State OF Rhode Island Department OF Labor
Don Reese
Will
Hope Drug CO
Caterina Ferri
Catherina Ferri
Catherina Ferr
Intoxicating Beverage License
Sadie Dailey
Sadie F Dailey
Linwood
St. Elizabeth's
Collins & Aikman
Business School
Eng
Business Directory
Bristol and Vicinity
Bradford ST
Waldron Co
R M. Stuart Barr
John Donnellis Builder
Bristol, R. I
Wood ST
C. W. Weaver
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Michael R. Ferrara
Ferrara Oil Company
Wood ST. Bristol
Sousa
Hope ST
Tel
Charles M. Connery
Burton
Dominick Paniello
Easterbrooks
Federal Chimney
Parker Ave
Trucking & Moving
Holmes Bros
General Contractors
State ST
TEL. BR
Cav
First Street
John
Joseph Bisband
Frank Cardoza
Shaws Lane
William LeClair Spencer
District Nursing Association
Wurges
Martha Graham
Thyra Carlson
High &T
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Undertaker
William Street
J Accardo
George M. Wilbur & Sons CO
Main St
Constitution St
Dorchester Manual Fire Ins. Co of
Boston
E. L. Watson CO
Wertreenat Cess
J. £. Connors
Bristol, R. L
James E. Connors
Aneshire ¥Eteuriing Co
William Cheshire
Bristol County Movers
Joseph C. Silvia & Sons
Bayview Ave
Bristol R. L
E. J. Steen
HOPE
Geo. E. Wightman & Son
George S. Sparks
Dimond Ave
R.I. Tel
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