Red Cross Drive Surpasses Last Year With 13 Days Left
With 13 days remaining the Bristol Red Cross drive is about 400 ahead of last year’s pace as campaign chairman Albert F Means outlines a 5500 goal. He urges volunteers to canvass uncovered town sections north of Mt Hope Avenue and along Metacom Avenue, noting some areas have yet to report and others have no solicitors.
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Red Cross
Albert F Means
Means
Mt. Hope Avenue
Bayview Avenue
Metacom Avenue
Clara L. Diman
Bristol
The
Red Cross Appeal Donations Acknowledged Bristol Branch
The annual Red Cross appeal lists gifts from 5 to 7500 dollars. Donors include Miss Alice B. Wyatt 7500, Lon Val 25, Robert J. Connery 25, The Rev. and Mrs Driftmier 15, St. Alban's Lodge 10, Mr. and Mrs James A McKenna 5, with total to date 1844.50.
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Red Cross
Bristol
Albert F. Means
Clara L. Diman
Alice B. Wyatt
Lon Val
Robert J. Connery
Frederick F Driftmier
St. Alban’s Lodge
F&am
James A. McKenna
Fred Cavallaro Wins February YMCA Boy of the Month
Fred Cavallaro age 14 son of Mr and Mrs Salvatore Cavallaro of 110 State Street received the February Boy of the Month trophy at the YMCA. Hector Massa assistant athletic director presented the award on March 11.
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YMCA
Fred Cavallaro
Salvatore Cavallaro
State Street
Hector Massa
True Sportsmen Seek to Combine Fishing Derbies
The Bristol County True Sportsmen's Association plans a combined fishing derby with Bristol clubs. Meeting at Sportsmen's Grille discussed large derby plans and seek reactions from other fishing and sporting groups. President Robert Manchester outlined potential for joint events and film showings on hunting and fishing on April 13 at 2 p.m.
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Bristol County True Sportsmen’s Association
Bristol
Bradford Street
Robert Manchester
Association
True Sportsmen's Organization
Sportsmen’s Grille
Bird Club Plans to Join Audubon Society in Bristol
Bristol hosts 31 bird lovers as Harold N Gibbs urges formation of a local Audubon chapter at Guiteras House. Members elect by laws, appoint pro tem treasurer, and 29 join charter roll. Plans include osprey nest surveys and recording of bird species by date to aid local ornithology.
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Bristol
Harold N Gibbs
Fish and Game
Guiteras House
James S Coles
John R. White
Audubon Society
Coles
Gibbs
Authen
Ethel F. Blaisdell
Fred W. Brogden
Joseph T. Brogden
Philip T. Bodell
Arthur H. Carr
Charles F. Dimond
R. S. Bosworth
Agnes M. Herreshoff
Gilbert W. Hardy
Bertrand L. Hornby
Robert F. Munro
Helene O. Mickle
Town Budget Talk Sets Friday Council Meeting
Town Council to meet Friday night at 7 30 with the Budget Committee at town hall to discuss next year’s budget. Council requests total nearly 700 000 with public works and school departments topping the list. Proposals include sidewalk projects, rebates, Holmes Memorial Building garage expansion, and a grader with loader attachment.
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Department of Public Works
Holmes Memorial Building
Reynolds G. Northup
Holmes Memorial
Class of 1942 to Meet March 28 at Colt High Auditorium
The Class of 1942 announces a special meeting for March 28 at 8 p m in Colt High School Auditorium. Sam DelPiano, a class officer, urged all members to attend.
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Colt High School
Sam DelPiano
Bristol Back In Tourney After 1948 Gap
For the first time since 1948 Bristol will have a representative in the Gold Medal Tournament semi finals as Carmel team defeats Fall River Travelers 62-53 at Andrews Gym. The Carmelites led from the start and will join Grande Brothers of Newport in Friday semis after a 68-52 Newport win over Rhode Island Lace Club.
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Bristol
Mit
Carmel
Fall River Travelers
Andrews Gymnasium
YMCA
Carmelites
Grande Brothers
Newport
Rhode Island Lace Club
Auxiliary Pump Arrival Finishes Oliver Street Station Work
The Oliver Street pumping station gets the last major component as the auxiliary pump arrives after prior delays. Project engineers Fay Spofford Thorndike say the unit was sent to New Bedford for prep before installation and will allow testing and sealing within about a month.
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Oliver Street
Forrest Wilder
Fay, Spofford
Thorndike
New Bedford
Lauranger and
Piatelli
Wilder
Hazen Named Secretary of YMCA Board
Benjamin Hazen was elected secretary of the Bristol YMCA board at the regular meeting in the Haffenreffer room. The board also paid tribute to the late John G. Stewart, noting his more than 30 years of service and central role as secretary to many community groups.
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Benjamin Hazen
YMCA
Haffenreffer
Hazen
The
John G. Stewart
Stewart
Albert Means
Bristol Ymca
Y. John
John
Sewers Underway in Second Phase at Cole Street
Auxiliary service continued unimpeded as the overhaul proceeds. Yesterday work began on installing eight inch gravity sewers on Cole street as part of the second phase of the project.
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Cole Street
Bristol charter group cites eight defects in present government
In a blunt Bristol session the non partisan voting proposal topped the eight revealed defects. Officers elected, vague sewer role, and codified ordinances headline three focus areas as Jannsen chairs the panel with Perroni as acting secretary and Brownell absent.
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Sewer Commission
J. Floyd Huestis
Samuel D. Clark
Thomas C. Jannsen
Domenic P. Perroni
Charles Dew. Brownell
John W. Church
Queen Elizabeth II sparks empire-wide changes in honors
The writer notes the upcoming reign of Queen Elizabeth II and predicts broad changes including new coins stamps medals titles and mail boxes. He mentions a slip of the tongue by an ambassador about a king and reflects on how the British Empire will revise its view of the sovereign.
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Ceylon
Elizabeth II
Tradition Guiding Queen's Profile on British Coins
The profile orientation on British coins has alternated with each reign since the 17th century. Charles II reportedly started the practice to avoid facing Cromwell, and today Elizabeth II will decide if the tradition continues with a rightward portrait.
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Elizabeth II
William IV
Edward VII
Charles II
Cromwell
Coins and medals tied to a new sovereign heraldry changes
The plan for a new coin includes artist submissions and a Royal Mint committee selecting designs before the Queen makes the final choice. The Mint will also strike new service medals and a Great Seal. Heralds advise on heraldic emblems, with the Queen expected to adopt her father’s armorial bearings minus the masculine helmet in the royal crest.
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Royal Mint
Elizabeth I
Britain
College of Heralds
Victoria
Queen Elizabeth May Change British Stamp Tradition
The accession of Queen Elizabeth could alter normal stamp issues, which traditionally bear the reigning monarch. Philatelists anticipate a shift as the queen is an avid stamp collector and shares interest in pictorial issues seen across the Commonwealth in recent years.
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Elizabeth
Commonwealth
Queen to Consider Pictorial Britain Stamp Issue
Philatelists hope the Queen will propose a pictorial stamps issue for Britain featuring the sovereign’s head as with other commonwealth issues. The 1937 Canadian, Australian and New Zealand and South Africa stamp programs are cited as models.
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Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Britain
Royal titles endure in military names despite accession changes
The passage explains automatic title changes for officials and phrases from the King to the Queen and notes regiments retain sovereign titles like King’s Dragoon Guards and Queen’s Royal Regiment. It argues these names reflect historic royal status at formation and are unlikely to be altered.
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King’s Dragoon Guards
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Patrice Wympec
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Don Taylor
Rod Cameron
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