Name Trends Shift as Mary Reigns Second to Linda
Editorial notes a shift in girls names on the Bristol Phoenix page. Linda rises to the top while Mary falls to second, with Deborah Susan Karen and other once rare names entering the top ten. Exotics like Nadine Palestrode Erbutus and Letha appear in the background, influenced by films and soap operas.
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Bristol Phoenix
Michael
James
Robert
William
Mary
John
Linda
Nayes
Deborah
Susan
Karen
Nadine
Palestrude
Erbutus
Letha
Love
Palestrode
Wildlife Week Message on Living with the Land and Wildlife
National Wildlife Week highlights the need to value wildlife as a natural resource and to protect lands water and habitat. Walter Disney is named as national chairman. The piece notes population growth economic aspects of hunting and fishing and the recreational value of wildlife for health and esthetic enjoyment.
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Walter Disney
Earth
Stand for Israel Rights and UN US Resolution Demands
A statement stressing deep concern over Egypt's actions affecting Gaza and Aqaba, urging strong UN and US positions to guarantee Israel's borders and free shipping. It backs peace, troop withdrawal from Egyptian territory, and insists others fulfill their responsibilities to Israel as a free nation among free nations.
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Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Aqaba
United Nations
United States of America
United States
Eisenhower
John Meets Linda Gallup Poll on Popular American Names
The New York Herald Tribune reprint cites George Gallup tracing popular baby names over the last decade. John remains the top boys name, with Linda among favored names, reflecting shifts from earlier eras.
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NEW York Herald Tribune
George Gallup
Gallup
John
Miss Nunes to Represent Bryant College at Conference
Ann Marie Nunes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph P Nunes of 73 Church St, is among ten students and two Bryant College faculty members chosen to attend the Thirty-Second Annual Conference of Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers in New York March 21 to 23. The Bristol Senior High School alumna is in the teacher training junior class, serves as corresponding secretary for Phi Upsilon Sorority and Theta Tau Teacher-Training Society, and works on The Ledger yearbook staff.
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Ann Marie Nunes
Joseph P Nunes
Church St
Bryant College
Eastern States “Association of Professional Schools For
New York
Ph. Upsilon Sorority
Theta Tau
Bristol Zoning Change Hearing On Knight ReLane Request
The Town Council of Bristol holds a public hearing on a zoning amendment filed by Knight ReLane Building Bristol Inc. to change property zoning from Residence E to Business F. The applicant seeks approval for the site near Beenail Build One peer interested area.
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Beenail
Knight ReLane
Bristol
BR. 1, Inc
Kingsmen March in New Port St Patrick Parade
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps led the juvenile division in the St Patrick’s Day parade in New Port last Saturday afternoon. They stepped down Thames Street to a standing ovation, following a green stripe painted along the road.
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Kingsmen
Newport
Thames St
Calendar of Community Events and Fundraisers
March 25 Monday annual bridge event sponsored by the International Sunshine Society at Midway. April 2 and 3 Tuesday and Wednesday play Two Weeks Vacation by First Baptist Church Choir in church vestry at 8 p.m. April 25 Thursday annual bridge and canasta party hosted by St. Marys Church in the auditorium. April 26 Friday rummage sale by Ivy Guild at Parish House of St. Michaels Church. September 14 Saturday barbecue flower show auction led by Women’s Guild of First Congregational Church. November 2 Saturday old-fashioned Christmas Bazaar in DeWolf Room at First Congregational Church.
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International Sunshine Society
Midway
First Baptist Church
St. Mary’s Church
Ivy Guild
St. Michael’s Church
Women’s Guild of the
First Congregational Church
DeWolf
First Congregational Chuurch
Shal lop Exhibit in Plymouth Marks Mayflower Rowing
A heavy 36 foot shallop with 9 foot beam, oak frame and cedar planking, was launched before a crowd in Plymouth to accompany the Mayflower and its crew. Harvard rowers tested its handling as dignitaries and photographers watched. Plimoth Plantation sponsors the event to showcase a Pilgrim Village project and the vessel’s return.
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Cape Cod
Plymouth
Alan Villiers
Harvard
Eal
Rube Meyer
Plymouth Rock
Henry Hornblower II
M.C
Foster Furcolo
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