YMCA Fourth Annual Sports Award Night in Rockwell Hall
Tonight at 7 the YMCA hosts its Fourth Annual Sports Award Night in Rockwell Hall with 1 000 Point Contest winners basketball and baseball champions merit certificates for all team members and a top YMCA athlete award. Speakers Warren S Walden and Leo Hunt present awards with sports films including 1948 World Series. refreshments served.
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Bristolians
YMCA
Rockwell Hall
Warren S. Walden
Providence
Leo Hunt
CYO
En Fetherston
DEA
D. V. A. Capone
C. C. Citillo
Directors Name Memorial For J. W. DeWolf
Bristol pair Maetozo and Murgo of Springfield College baseball honored as part of a 13 win season. Board names The J Winthrop DeWolf Room in memory of a public spirited Bristol benefactor and Army veteran.
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Matthew Maetozo
Frank Murgo
Bristol Senior High School
Springfeld
D. V. A. Capone
Ymca Athletic Committee
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Bristol
Dr. Capone
Roswell S. Bosworth
Frederick S. Bartlett
Everett E. McMillan
Field Artillery
243Rd
113Th Engineers
C. A
Hig
Mt Hope Avenue
Westerly Highland Pipe Band
George R. Fish
Committee On Bands
Coast Guard Band member shines in Taunton tryout camp
Amid a taunting roster of errors the report highlights a Coast Guard Academy Band member from New London who played third base and outfield with a .270 average in a semi regular role. The piece also notes parade participation and parade prize details as the committee approves prizes of 75 50 and 25 dollars for parade floats.
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Margo
Meat
Meetoza
iFish
Mars
Rébert’ J“Anderson
Fire Company
Marieville
Defiance
Geneva
Freeman Dias on Tour with Navy and Cardinals Camp
Freeman Dias, airman USN and son of Sebastian Dias of Taunton, Naples visit with USS Coral Sea after Mediterranean duty. Hopewell Field hosts St. Louis Cardinals baseball try-out camp July 5 and 6 from 11 am to 4 pm, Scouts Joe Cusick and Jack Sturdy supervising.
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Freeman Dias
USN
Sebastian Dias
Anthony Ave
Naples
Italy
Coral Sea
Mediterranean
Hopewell Field
Taunton
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
Cardinals
Joe Cusick
Jack Sturdy
Rome
Pompeii
Isle of Cardinals
Cappri
St Elizabeth Beats C A 7 3 In Twi Tilt At Guiteras Field
Joe Benevides pitched four hits to lead St Elizabeth to a 7 3 win over C A at Guiteras Field. St Elizabeth moves within one and a half games of first place YMCA while C A drops to last place.
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Joe Benevides
St. Elizabeth
Guiteras Field
YMCA
Land Lease Brings Public Beach To Town
The Haffenreffer property at the Herreshoff yard is leased for one year to the town. Work began yesterday as highway crews clear the site for a new public bathing beach. The plan replaces the Union Street location after discussions between R F Haffenreffer town officials and the yard contractor.
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Highway Department
Herreshoff
R. F. Haffenreffer
Union Street
Haffenreffer
Bristol Senior High Holds Commencement Address and Awards
The Rev Anthony R Parshley will address Bristol Senior High graduates at Andrews Memorial School. Frank Fojo Jr will give the welcome and deliver the valedictory on Atomic Energy in Our Time. Jean Vermete will give the salutatory A Universal Democracy. Class gift presented by Peter Grimo to Eva Alexandre. Diplomas awarded by Benjamin Hazen. Engagement announced for Jean Millard to Andrew Pretzer. Wedding planned for September.
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Anthony R. Parshley
Episcopal Dibessest
Rnop Sialaga
Bristol School
Bristol Senior High School
Andrews Memorial School
Frank R. Fojo, Jr
Jean M. Vermette
Peter A. Grimo
Eva Alexandre
Walsh
John L. Burke
Benjamin Hazen
Monthly Report Records Bris District Nursing Association Game
The Bris District Nursing Association game shows May lead in the first inning with Cirillo's single and Cannella's bunt singles. Vin Santo and Teet Topazio contribute, as Johnnie Cordiero and teammates add hits and an error to reach a 5-3 lead by the fourth. Joe Martin drives in runs with a single and a triple by Joe Benevides closes the sixth, marking a fourth win for Benevides.
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St. Elizabeth
Loujtol District Nursing Association
Cirillo
Vin Santo
Teet Topazio
alGen
Johnnie Cordiero
J.J. H
Ic & A
Iman
Hee Massa
J. H. Cases
Johnnie Bernardo
Joe Martin
Joe Benevides
T Weee Benevides
Dr. Wheough
Mike Morra
Pneumo
Jthorax
Strik Blinkc
Town Building Memorial Committee Hears Department Needs
At a World War II Memorial Committee meeting last evening only three department heads attended to outline space needs for a planned memorial municipal building. The council president and town officials urged a fireproof vault expansion and a main floor location for key offices while examining land options, including the town common.
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Board of Assessors
Albert E. Sousa
Church
Prescott B. Paull
Julio F. Xavier Jr
Sunken boat hauled from shore by town and coast guard
Nick’s boat sank after taking on water at the beach and was hoisted to shore by a coast guard winch with help from the town and local residents. The effort revealed plans for a new public beach area with a sunbathing stretch, playground, and toilets funded by Mr Haffenreffer, with the town supplying hedge and maintenance.
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Burton Street
William Rego
Haffenreffer
Bej
Tt Aor Oh
Rhodel
Hope Street
Burnside Street
Coast Guard
Constitution Street
Samuel D. Clark
Sousa Named Chief Of Staff For Fourth Of July Parade
Staff Sergeant Frank Sousa, a World War I and II veteran, was chosen by Captain Raymond J. Makowsky as chief of staff for the Fourth of July parade. Sousa served in two wars and had three sons in the Navy during the last war, receiving a commendation last year.
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Frank Sousa
Raymond J. Makowsky
Sgt. Sousa
Sam
U. S. Navy
Miss Hill Ends Remarkable Forty-Year Bristol Teaching Career
Miss Cora M Hill retires after 51 years in Bristol public schools including junior high and Reynolds School. Born Mendon Massachusetts in 1879, she began teaching in 1898 and earned degrees from Rhode Island College of Education Brown and Columbia. Dr Lucius A Whipple of Rhode Island College honored her with a citation acknowledging a lifetime of service to youth.
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R. I
so/College of Education
Takmany Bristolians
Miss Hill
Brown
Colin
Peopleumbia
Bristol Grammar and High Schools
Mendon
Mass
R. I. Normal School
tMiy
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Oliver School
The
Valley School
Byfield
Reynolds School
Lucius A Whipple
R. I College of Education
Rhode Island College of Education
Union Street
Sinking Skiff Sparks Waterfront Alarm at Bristol
Nick Ferrara’s 30 foot motor boat, loaned to Whitie Sousa, sank near the Franklin street waterfront. Ferrara, recently from an x ray at the hospital, saw the anchored craft adrift and rushed to have it hauled to the mooring as Bristol’s heat and breeze stirred concerns.
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Franklin
Nick Ferrara
Nick
Bristol
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