Highway Department Seeks 101000 Budget In Town Meeting
The Public Works Department requests 101425.12 for the coming year with 62925.32 in regular items and 385... for recommended projects. The council left the decision to the incoming body and the budget panel. A long list of road improvements totals 18906.32 and includes materials and labor costs for drivers and laborers.
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Public Works Department
Joseph Pannone
Department of Public Works
Department
Department For
Bayside Shores Improvement Association
Express Bus Trial Start Aids Providence Workers
The New England Transportation Co plans a 5:50 a.m. express bus from town via the Wampanoag Trail to Providence to serve workers there. If demand justifies it, service will continue. The town council approved a trial run on weekdays excluding holidays.
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Providence
New England Transportation Company
Mrs Castriotta Seeks To Direct Public Welfare
Rita Castriotta wife of Tax Assessor Louis Castriotta declares her candidacy for the post of director of public welfare now held by Mrs Mary Pereira. She says she is qualified and has long been a party worker. Rumor says former director Orlando J Bisbane is favored.
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Rita Castriotta
Louis Castriotta
Mary Pereira
Castriotta
Orlando J. Bisbane
St. Michael's Church Elects Its Officers
St. Michael's Church annual meeting re elected Wallis E Howe to a 20th term as senior warden. Other officers elected include Henry Wood treasurer Robert W Nelson secretary Howard R Newman and vestry members Rita Gilman William Boardman Frederick Bartlett James St Angelo Roger Pigeon and Wesley Gadding.
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Wallis E. Howe
St. Michael’s Church
Corporation
Henry Wood
Robert W Nelson
Howard R. Newman
Rita Gilman
William Boardman
Frederick Bartlett
James St. Angelo
Roger Pigeon
Wesley Gladding
Mervyn Clay
Harry Munroe
Samuel C Wardwell
William Wood
Henry Newman
Elizabeth Sanford Velleca
Donald Matheson
Sadie Wood
Rhode Island Cancer Society Plans April Fund Drive
The Rhode Island Cancer Society announces an April fund drive led by co chairs Mrs Nathaniel A Gladding and Mrs Raymond Makowsky with captains including Mrs James Husband and Mrs Raymond Walker. A tag day is scheduled under Mrs T Thomas Balzano to raise 1 400 000 for a hospital in California, though officials caution the link to distant aid may blur local aims.
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Nathaniel A. Gladding
Raymond Makowsky
Rhode Island Cancer Society
Makowsky
T. Thomas Balzano
James Husband
Raymond Walker
Harold Brown
John Hennessey
Salvatore Massano
John D. Moore
Victor Abrams
Bertram W. Wall
James E. Sullivan
Moses Moore
Maxwell Phenes
B. R. Ebersman
John Watson
California
Local
Cancer Society
Rhode Island
Spring Institute for Teachers Set for April 4
Public school teachers from Newport and nearby towns join for the first all day spring institute at Rogers High School in Newport on Wednesday April 4. The program runs 9 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. with lectures by Dr Michael F Walsh Dr Ethel J Alpenfels Dr Harold Gores Dr Charles B Craig and Dr Ellsworth Tompkins and a midday science exhibit and lunch break.
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Rogers High School
Newport
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Jamestown
Little Compton
Middletown
Portsmouth
Tiverton
Michael F. Walsh
Rhode Island
Ethel J. Alpenfels
New York University
Brown University
Harold Gores
Newton
Mass
Charles 8. Craig
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Ellsworth Tompkins
U. S. Office of Education
Washington
United States
Alice Beal
Springfield
Gores
Dr. Tompkins
Institute
Meet Arizona operetta set for two senior nights
The Colt Memorial High School auditorium hosts two performances of the senior class operetta Meet Arizona on March 29 and 30 directed by Mrs Theresa Donovan with Lucretia Massa and Joan Burke as accompanists. The two act musical features a dude ranch setting and a long cast list including Rennie Ernest Calandra Marie Sardinha and Kenneth Robinson.
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Arizona
Colt Memorial High School
Theresa Donovan
Lucretia Massa
Joan Burke
James F. Meiggs and
Rennie
Ernest Calandra
Marie—Mary Sardinha
Cappy
Frederic Rounds
Aunt Lavinia
Beverly Pickett
Bertie— Thomas Velleca
Jack Guldy
Herman Grabert
Larry Benson
Paul Paiva
Emily—Jean St. Angelo
Antonio—Charles Alexandre
Carlotta
Eleanor Coccio
Lettie Blair
Mary Malafronte
Tom Wilder
Kenneth Robinson
Carlos
Frank Cappabianca
Tom
Tonita Sunrise
Mary Ann Velleca
Dudines
Viola Cunard
Philomena Viera
Josephine Goulart
Dorothea Sousa
Genevieve Carreiro
Theresa Cordeiro
Dorothy Silvia
Frances Foti
Dolores Santos
Dolores Camara
Rosaria Pagano
Mary Corricelli
Janice Carroll
Edith Boutilier
Jane Martin
Burnside council swears in new town leaders and outlines roles
The Burnside Memorial Building hosts the Republican oath taking for five council members led by Captain Paul A. Herzig as president and John W. Church as clerk. After, the council plans its organization and committee appointments, with monthly meetings set for the first and third Thursdays. A victory party follows at G A R Hall with Frank J. Sylvia and Vincent Malafronte coordinating.
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Burnside Memorial
Republican Party
John W. Church
Paul A. Herzig
John P. Marshall
Fred J. Guevremont
Paul C. Millemaggi
Henry F. Serbst
Capt. Herzig
John
North Burial Ground
Board of Fire Engineers
Water Authority Board
G. A. R. Hall
Frank J. Sylvia
Vincent Malafronte
Utilities Owe Town Two Thousand Says Pannone
Town surveyor Joseph Pannone told the last council session that utilities owe the town about 2000 dollars while the Highway Department expects 2000 to 3000 dollars for street and sidewalk repairs after gas water and sewer work. He criticized gas firms for timely notice and noted unrepaired streets cause trouble.
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Highway Department
Joseph Pannone
Pannone
Town council ends with debate over sewer bond financing
Last meeting of the retiring council sparked questions about a 3 percent interest ceiling in a proposed bond issue for a 500000 sewerage system upgrade. Town Solicitor Cochran explained the 3 percent figure was a ceiling only and not the intended rate.
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Roger W. Pigeon
Eugene F. Cochran
Cochran
Pigeon
Samuel D. Clark
James S. Coles
Lucien Capone
Clark
Boston
E. Hugh Holmes
Safety talks at Colt H S on water safety with Red Cross
The Colt Memorial High School auditorium hosts lectures on water safety for small craft at 9 45 a m Thursday April 12. Dr Lewis and Carl Slader chief of water safety for the Red Cross speak, arranged by the Providence Chapter Red Cross. Movies will be shown.
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Sultant
Departments of Health and Education
Colt Memorial High School
Lewis
Carl Slader
The
Red Cross
Providence
Spanish Town Fray Over Priests Recreational Plan
In Gerona last July a Catholic priest aimed to introduce a new recreational activity for locals but stirred division. The clash left the community split into rival factions with wine bottles and sombreros tossed in the fray.
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Gerona
Priest brings Babe Ruth bats to Spanish village
Father Reilly, an American educated priest of Irish-Spanish parentage, arrives in Spain with new sports ideas and introduces Babe Ruth bats, baseball gloves, and autographed balls to local youths from his travel trunk.
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Father Reilly
America
Spain
States
New Sport Captivates Crowd At Recreation Field
A local group tried a novel American game on their recreation field. It drew quick spectators who cheered each hit or run with oles and stamping feet, the scene evoking tele vision crime investigation fever.
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America
Village Baseball Chaos Delights Town With Two Factions
Across an hour the score rose from 38 to 41 as residents formed two sides Los Lobos and Los Shamrocks. Hitters drove crowds onto the field in chase of every ball and home runs were common. Father Reilly protested while Don Jose Gomez Heri hit a rising head first slide and kept playing. Darkness ended play with plans to resume next morning.
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Father Reilly
Los Lobos
the Wolves
Los Shamrocks
Eadie
Father Praktyscit
Pitetiter
Don Jose Gomez Heri
Don Jose
Theron
Aunie
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Andrew Ray
Judy Holliday
William Holden
Broderick Crawford
Mars
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Somerset
van Johnson
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