Bristol Fourth of July Parade Sets Drum Corps Contest Amid Schedule
Bristol prepares for a Sunday Fourth of July celebration featuring a drum and bugle corps contest with about 25 participating units from Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island. Entries include H I Drummond Pawtucket George C Moore Girls Westerly Jamestown Powers Star Worcester Millbury Leicester Warwick St Aloysius Pawtucket Walter Gatchell VFW Central Falls Oxford groups and more as judges from the Rhode Island Association of Drum Corps Judges assess marching and playing.
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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
High Street
Williams Street
Union Street
Rhode Island Association of Drum Corps
All American Drum Corps
H 1 Drummond
American Legion Corps
Pawtucket
American Legion
George C Moore
Westerly
Jamestown
Powers Star Harmony
Worcester
Mass
Millbury
Leicester School
Leicester
Warwick
R.1
St Aloysius
Greenville
R. I
Walter Gatchell
Town Council Wraps Up Fiscal Year With Bills and Circus Move
The Town Council closed its fiscal year at a Wednesday meeting. The Veterans of Foreign Wars may sponsor a circus on the common on July 11 only if a written release is provided by the July 16 Committee. The council discussed a highway contract with DeLeo Construction for 445.78 and noted材料 discrepancies and prior agreements with Dr. Samuel D. Clark.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Henry F. Serbst
Highway Department
New Street Signs Move To Guide July 4 Visitors
The highway department began installing 186 new street-name signs on Hope Wood High and Thames streets to guide visitors for the July 4 celebration. Crews completed work on arrivals Wednesday and will finish all intersections in phases.
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Highway Department
Hope Street
Historical Group Hears Talk On Old Newspapers
Don E. Burnett of Cranston gave Bristol Historical Society members a talk on 18th century newspapers tracing their origin and development in North America. He showed manuscripts, newspapers, and pictures of editors and printers to illustrate the topic.
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Don E. Burnett
Cranston
Bristol Historical Society
North America
Alice B. Almy
Ethel F. Blaisdell
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
R. S. Bosworth
D. V. A. Capone
Fulton M. Farrell
Clarence R. Spece
Daniel G. Knowlton
Stephen Fales
Henry A. Hambrick
John W. DeWolf, Jr
Record crowds to march in Bristol Fourth of July parade
The 175th anniversary Fourth of July in Bristol will feature a record 1 035 servicemen including 580 Navy and Marine personnel. Newport and destroyer squadron 122 provide many bluejackets, plus 40 Marines, 50 Army troops, 400 National Guard troops and an Air Force color guard. Over two bands are planned to lead the march.
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Bristol
W. W. Hamilton
Newport Navy Base
Newport
Destroyer Squadron 122
U. S. Army
National Guard
Air Force
Dennis J Roberts
Wood Street
Hyman
Bristol Harbor
Newport Naval Station
Camp Edwards
Air Force Color Guard
Otis Field
Rhode Island National Guard
Navy
88Th Army
Quonset
Quonset Point
Destroyers
Barrington
Town Eyes Gooding Lane Tract For Bristol Neck Playground
Bristol planning board discusses using a 10 acre town owned tract on Gooding Avenue between the Defiance fire station and Midway for a future playground. They propose a 10 year lease with a 10 year option to a business that might build a structure and fund the rest of the site. The board will tour possible sites July 26 and then meet to review options.
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Board
Gooding Lane
Bristol Neck
Gooding Avenue
Defiance
Midway
Concensus
Burnside Memorial
Delinquent Tax List Sparks Public Complaint in Town
Maurice Smith 3rd, planning board secretary, defended timely tax payments at a planning board meeting after a report listing over 500 delinquent taxpayers was published. Capone told council many were dead, moved, or the taxes illegal, and the list was reduced June 21.
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Maurice Smith
Planning Board
Lame Gapone
Smith
Capone
Girl Scouts Sell July Fourth Tag Day Listings
Under Mrs. Earl Sturdevant direction the Girl Scouts will sell tags on the Fourth of July. Today volunteers include Julia Card Patricia Egan Marjorie Agilar Gloria Richardson and others. Saturday participants include Peggy Rebellon Angela Allaire Aileen Card and additional helpers.
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Earl Sturdevant
Julia Card
Patricia Egan
Marjorie Agilar
Gloria Richardson
Catherine Magee
Patricia Barlow
Sandy Pagano
Jeannette Foti
Janet Jannsenn
Hope Martin
Peggy Rebellon
Angela Allaire
Aileen Card
Mary Pimental
Carol Faria
Vivian Araujo
Barbara Machado
Mary Mancini
Anna Cavallara
Barbara Balzno
Judges Named For Soapbox Derby Sunday
At least 15 youngsters from the county will take part in the third annual Bristol County Soapbox Derby held to mark Bristol’s 175th Fourth of July anniversary. Judges named include Town councilman Paul C Millemaggi Warren council president Wilfred Jeffries and Barrington representative C George De Stefano.
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Bristol
Bristol County
Frank J. Miserandino
Miserandino
Paul C Millemaggi
Warren Council
Wilfred Jeffries
Barrington
C. George de Stefano
Joseph Sansone
George Oliver
Otis Bailey
James Husband
Kettely
Firestone
Evans
Hope Street
Bristol Fourth of July Parade Opens Historic 175th Anniversary
Bristol prepares for a 175th Independence Day observance highlighted by a massive military civic and firemen parade. Governor Roberts proclaims it the official state observance with nearly 1 000 servicemen and 1 000 civilians. Navy destroyers USS Bristol and USS Hyman arrive, bands perform, and prizes totaling 850 are offered in the parade contests.
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Bristol
Bristol County
Feasts and Tours During Ontario Royal York Reception
Writers recount a 2000 mile Ontario tour with a lavish buffet at the Royal York Toronto hosted by Hon. Louis P. Cecile. Editors receive commemorative ash seals and fishing licenses before a Canadian Pacific Railways breakfast. A Toronto bus tour includes Parliament Buildings, then a visit to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. The guide, a WWI veteran with hooks for hands, impresses with quiet dignity as the group debates the St. Lawrence waterway.
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Royal York
Toronto
Ontario
Cartain
Louis P. Cecile
Ontario Dept. of Travel and Publicity
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railways
St. Lawrence
Rosedale
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Highway Dept
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