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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1957
Page
1
The administration outlines plans for a state funded launching ramp at the harbor’s Shagae foot and a marine patrol pier. A ten year town lease on State St area is the final local action before ownership reverts after the term.
The Bristol Garden Club features prominently in the April issue of American Home magazine. Three members are pictured with four Providence East Side homes from the Cook's Tour of Providence Kitchens and Gardens, sponsored by the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs.
Fragmented text notes names and terms including Attaché Giura, Mrs. Compton, and President of a federation, with scattered references to Miami in April 1972. Details are incomplete, but indicate a meeting or event involving multiple individuals and agencies in a wartime or diplomatic context.
A Manchester High School official has been appointed general chairman of exhibits for the Spring Conference of the Connecticut Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation. The director of physical education will lead the committee and arrange displays for the event.
Dr Gidaimgs announced a loan exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania and a exhibit fee arrangement. Carletone Brownell, curator of the Little Compton Historical Society, described the Samuel Wilbur house on West Main Road and its 1955 restoration, with an illustrated talk and colored slides. Mrs Anne V Seymour chaired the committee and spoke on the restoration progress.
The Narragansett Bay Yachting Association held an Edgewood meeting recalling the America's Cup era. Dean Bliss of Brown University, navigator on Rainbow, shared memories from the 1930s and photographs from aboard the late Charles Jencks yacht. Bristol figures and histories of Rainbow Endeavor races, including the dramatic 1934 37 series comeback off Block Island, were highlighted, with notes on the forthcoming 1958 Cup defense and the era’s end for J boats.
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