Junior Chamber Maps Membership Drive At Meeting
The Bristol Chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce approved a one week membership drive during its meeting at BTA Hall. Temporary chairman Michael A Rucci invited 21 to 36 year olds to join and a three member constitution committee led by Anthony Pinhero with Frank Perry and Courtland Chamberlain was formed. The next meeting is set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. at BTA Hall with state VP Charles W Shields and state awards chair William Blackwood attending.
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Bristol
Junior Chamber of Commerce
BTA Hall
Michael A Rucci
Anthony Pinhero
Frank Perry
Courtland Chamberlain
Red Cross Appeal Acknowledges Multiple Donations
The Bristol Red Cross appeal lists donations of 5 to 725 dollars from individuals and organizations including Albert F. Means General Chairman, Mrs. Clara L. Diman treasurer, U. S. Rubber Co., Carr Mfg. Corp., Ezra Dixon Jr., Friends, Jos Sansone, Kearney Unit No.6, Rebekah Lodge, Bristol DAR, and Portuguese Beneficent Assn. Total reached 1685.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Bristol
Albert F. Means
Clara L. Diman
U. S. Rubber Co
Carr Mfg. Corp
Ezra Dixon, Jr
Fulton Farrell Returns from South American Trip
Fulton M. Farrell of 149 High Street has returned from a business trip through South America for Collins and Aikman Corp. He visited Buenos Aires and Montevideo in Uruguay and called on Mr and Mrs Gilbert Shaw, formerly of this town, before returning home via Santiago, Chile.
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Fulton M. Farrell
High Street
South America
Collins & Aikman Corp
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Uruguay
Gilbert Shaw
Santiago
Chile
Miss Zita Fallon Talks Girl Scout Efficiency Plan
The Carl Scout Council heard Miss Zita Fallon Rhode Island Community Girl Scout Advisor at a home gathering. New service and hospitality chairs were named Salvatore Massano and Sidney Kullberry, actions followed by roster additions seven new members.
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Carl Scout Council
Zita Fallon
Girl Scout Council
Rhode Island
Girl Scout
Thomas D. Adams
Burton Street
Fallon
Salvatore Massano
Sidney Kullberry
Howard L. House
Adams
Boston
George Snell
Parker Ludden
Samuel Wardwell
Philip Bodwell
Lester Gurney, III
Frederick F. Driftmier
Louis Castriotta
Cotton Ball to Be Held May 23 at Midway
St. Elizabeth's will hold its fifth annual Cotton Ball Friday evening May 23 at 8 at the Midway. Miss Ida Sousa chairs with Miss Lydia Paiva as secretary. Prizes for the three prettiest cotton gowns and a grand march are planned with tickets, programs, and decorations handled by a line of committee members.
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St. Elizabeth’s
Ida Sousa
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Miss Sousa
Lydia Paiva
Irene Castro
Eleanor Quintal
Mary Cordeiro
Irene Paiva
Adeline Uintal
Ida Carreira
Leonoraes
Dolores Camara
Alice Alrheider
Theresa Camara
Mary Connie Coite
Mary Vales
Delia Arrada
Anita Furtado
Pupils Help Promote Voter Registration in Rhode Island
Rhode Island public schools execute a March civic education drive urged by Governor Roberts and Dr Michael Walsh to boost adult voter registration. Bristol teachers from grades 3 through 12 hold lessons on registration and voting, distribute blanks, and track potential voters in each family using unsigned slips.
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Roberts
Michael F Walsh
Bristol
Walsh
Rhode Island
Edw. J. Fitzgerald
Bristol's native status challenged by new registration law
The article notes that native Bristolians are outnumbered by foreign born residents who have naturalized under a new permanent registration law. It reports 3462 residents had signed under the voting law, 41 registered yesterday, and an extra canvas session was scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Bristol
Board of
Parking Meters Bill Introduced for Bristol Rhode Island
Bristol officials seek state approval to allow parking meters in Bristol and other Rhode Island towns. If passed the bill would let town councils enact meters rules and fees with taxpayer approval at the April 28 town meeting or later elections.
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Bristol
Gladys M. Brightman
Henry Alfred
House of Representatives
Rhode Island
General Assembly
State Bill On Teachers Hikes Noted By School Committee
The School Committee heard a preview of a General Assembly bill proposing a single salary scale for teachers. Superintendent Edward J Fitzgerald estimated Bristol’s cost at about 45 thousand dollars, with half in the first year and 23 thousand more in the next year. The plan would raise starting pay to 2400 and grant annual raises, ending the seniority differentials and affecting long service teachers especially.
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General Assembly
Edward J Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Bristol
Escape From Behind the Iron Curtain Through a Fake Checkpoint
A narrative recounts civilians fleeing across the Iron Curtain into the American zone in Germany. They are intercepted at a fake Soviet checkpoint by U S Army personnel who offer aid before arresting them as escapees for questioning. The piece notes arrests along the route and a radio broadcast warning of such subterfuges.
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Iron Curtain
Kodak
Jula
Bolio
Pisek
Nolice
Kremlin
MVD
Radio Free Europe
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RED Cross Appeal
Reynolds
McConnell
Nancy Securo
Bernice Lewis
Dorothy Brum
Towne Studio
Fulton Farrell
S. America
County
State St
van Heflin
Patricia Neal
Gigi Perreau
Linda Darnell
Stephen McNally
Edmond O’brien
Yvonne Decarlo
Barry Fitzgerald
Silver City
June Allyson
van Johnson
Kiss
Cavalre
Audrey
Long
Jink
Mrs. Massano
Broilers
DaPonte’s Poultry
Baker ST
Bradford St
Bristol, R. L
Sam del Piano
Joseph Gama, JR
Kheena Dhore
USA
Czechoslovakia
Germany
U. S. Army Constabulary
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