Bristol Industrial Trust Bank to Build New Hope Street Branch
Arrangements for the Bristol Branch of the Industrial Trust Co. on Hope Street moved forward as O Ahlberg and Sons began site clearance after signing the contract. The Federal style building by Howe Prout Ekrhan will take about nine months to erect, with vaults drive in window night deposit and parking.
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Bristol
Bank of the Industrial Trust Co
Hope Street
Oerway
O. Ahlberg and Sons
Cranston
T. S. Curtis
New England
Howe,Prout
Bradford Street
A&p
Bristol Women Donate Goods for Naragansett Electric Fourth of July Sale
Several Bristol women volunteered their services for a sale at Nar Ragansett Electric on Hope Street Monday. Proceeds support the Fourth of July Celebration Fund. Items donated by Mrs John Hennessey Mrs Wilfred Smill Mrs Edward J Newbold Kenneth Olson Mrs Louis Ans Mrs Moses Moore Mrs G Martin Mrs John O Lawrence Mrs Joseph Lewis and Mrs Raymond Makowsky.
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Bristol
Hn Hennessey
Wilfred Smill
Edward J. Newbold
Kenneth Olson
Louisans
Moses Moore
G. Martin
John O. Lawnce
Joseph Lewis
Raymond Makowsky
Letter to the Editor on July Committee and John Langello
A reader criticizes the July Committee and John Langello for a poor effort and labels a contributor a moron with a perverted sense of mor and a nitwit with the aura of a louse. The note is terse and offensive in tone.
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of July
John Langello
U S Attorney General to Attend Bristol Fourth of July
U S Attorney General J Howard McGrath will attend the Bristol Fourth of July ceremonies with Antoine Gadza and Frederick C Kilguss. They will arrive by crash boat from Quonset Point Naval Air Station and are guests of Harold C Paull Chief Marshal. McGrath is invited to speak briefly after the parade.
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U. S
J. Howard McGrath
Bristol
McGrath
Antoine Gadza
Frederick C. Kilguss
Narragansett
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point
Harold C. Paull
Fourth of July Tag Days To Be Held Today and Sat
The annual Fourth of July Tag Days fundraise runs today and tomorrow to support the celebration program. Twenty two Bristol girls under Mrs. Earl Sturdevant will distribute and sell tags. The helper list includes Sally Gray Shirley Olson Patricia McHugh Barbara Balzano Mary Andrade Marklyn Trainor Peggy Rebello Janet Jansen Angela Panzarello Sandy Pagnano Joan Pozzi Deborah Adkins Kyath tal Burke Sarah Tuttle Vict Bal Bengon Ann Corenety Aesenson Orreira Gearade Virginia.
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Bristol
Earl Sturdevant
Sally Gray
Shirley Olson
Patricia McHugh
Barbara Balzano
Mary Andrade
Marklyn Trainor
Peggy Rebello
Janet Jansen
Angela Panzarello
Sandy Pagnano
Joan Pozzi
Deborah “Adkins
Kyathtal Burke
Sarah Tuttle
Vict Bal- Bengon
Ann Corenety
Aes
5Enson
Orreira
Gearade
Virginia
Teraaa T
Soloist Elsie Hankins Chosen for Patriotic Program
Mrs. Elsie Lovell Hankins, noted contralto and Bristol resident, will sing the Star Spangled Banner at Reynolds School patriotic exercises after the morning parade. Roswell S. Bosworth Jr. committee chair says the committee is fortunate to have secured her for the event.
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Elsie Lovell Hankins
Reynolds School
Scouts to Parade at Bristol Scout Hall July Fourth
The Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers of the Bristol Units meet at Scout Hall on July 4 at 9 15 a m to participate in the Fourth of July parade.
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Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Explorers
Bristol
Scout Hall
Town Council approves Bristol Garage Dodge Sanivan bid
In a Wednesday special meeting the Town Council voted 3 to 2 to buy a Dodge Sanivan compacting refuse truck from Bristol Garage for 8005.86, rejecting lower or alternate bids from Bristol Motors and Gale Motors. Supporters cited local labor and pre compact hopper features. opponents urged cheaper Gar Wood options.
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Bristol
Tthe Council
Gale Motors, Inc
Fall River
Norman E. Benard
Waterbury, Conn
Highway Department
Millemaggi
Sanivan
Millemagg
Benard
Clark
Holmes
Lawrence
Notables to Take Part in July Fourth Parade in Bristol
Bristol's Fourth of July parade lineup features dignitaries including President Truman’s contender General J Howard McGee US Senator Edward Leahy and Governor John Pastore. The parade begins at 10 25 a m with a three gun salute and marching divisions led by local and visiting units including the Naval Training Station color guard the R I Guard 88th AGF Band Civil Air Patrol and multiple drum and bugle corps.
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Truman
J. Howard McGee
United States
Edward L. Leahy
Mlis
Johnna J. Pastore
Bristol
C. Paull
National Guard
Amon
Cagimand
Anthony
Tho
Sion
Bosworth, Sr
Naval Training St Color Guard
Tion
Edw
Jn Fitzgérald
Geneme
R. I. ‘Guard
Everett E. ‘McMillan
Ene B. T. A
Bristol Fourth of July fund details and parade plan
The Bristol Fourth of July celebration gathers support from numerous groups and individuals. Donations are recorded from Bristol Manufacturing Corp and local clubs, with final plans for a large parade, music from multiple bands, a bonfire at Wood Street Park, and the crowning of Miss Fourth of July under the council and VFW oversight. Governor Pastore and U S Senator Edward L Leahy will attend the commemorations.
Bristol Fourth Preview Ignites Bonfire Preparations
A pranksters’ miniature display touched off the bonfire setup for the Fourth of July three day celebration. The Fourth of July committee called for volunteers to man trucks on Sunday to fetch lumber. Joseph F. Pannone offered use of three town wood for the event.
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Bristol
Joseph F. Pannone
Titanic Sinking Remembered as Iceberg Dangers Return
April 1912 memory of the Titanic disaster endures as news arrives of large icebergs threatening shipping off the northern tip of Newfoundland. Yet officials say no repeat collision is anticipated on the new voyage era.
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Atlantic
Newfoundland
Ice Patrols Guard North Atlantic Waters From 1917 Onward
The ice patrol used the United States base at Argentia Newfoundland as headquarters with icebergs sourced from Greenland's glaciers. Patrols operated through Davis Strait to Labrador then Gulf Stream, measuring risks to Allied ships. In 1930s and 1940s aircraft largely replaced surface ships for patrols, while ice conditions and patrol seasons varied by year with ceremonies and youth programs at the base.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Europe
North America
Salem
Birmingham
Ifo
Retorts Venters
Peeery
North Atlantic
United States
Argentia
Greenland
Davis Strait
Labrador
Hugh Holmes
Pat Anthony Agatiello
Coast Guard
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Gostract
U.S. Atty Gen
Elsie Lovell Hankins I
Humphrey Bogart
Eleanor Parker
Massey
Richard Whor
Leon Errol
Joe Palooka
Humphrey
Jon Hall
Frances Langford
Dick Foran
Dear Wife
William Holden
Joan Caufield
Bill de Wolfe
Edward Arnolds
William Eythe
Marjorie Reynolds
Council
Bristol Motors, Inc
Bristol Motors
Ford
Walter P. Jones
Civil Air Patrol
Sth
Warwick
Muriel Ashton
Kearney Post
American Legion
Bristol Rangers
HL I
Tee
John W. de Wolf Jr
R. I
Bristol Mfg Corp
Bristol Historical Soc
Leo C Tingley
Henry Wood
iBr. Conrail, K. of C
Suzman’s Store
Werner Follin
Defiance Hose Co
Arthur W. Howe
Gremial Daughters of Portgual
John P. Murphy
Marguerite Stone
Lee Ann Reillly
Evelyn Jamiel
Isabel Barboza
Alicia Connery
Betty Bufflock
Agnes Benevides
Dorothy van Voast
Jane Perry
Ethel Viera
Florence Medeiros
St. Elizabeth’s
Collins& Aikman
Roswell S. Bosworth, Jr
Gristol
Bosworth
London
Wood Street
Franklin H. Springer
Langello
Bristol County
Le-1o
sHosworth
Lion
Stanton Post
Highway Surveyor
Providence
East Providence
Cecil Ryan
Wood Street Park
John O. Pastore
U. IS
Rhode Island
T. al
Fool Mauve
Pastore
Auspices of Women’s Auxiliary
Boy Scout Bugle & Drum Corps
Edward Calandra
Ic. C. Cirillo
Kathleen Brito
Vincent J. Santo
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