Zoning Board Ponders Riding Academy Or Amusement Park
Anthony De Palma seeks permission to run a riding academy or amuse ment park on Chestnut street, weighing a pony ride venture at nine cents each. The board took his petition under advisement after executive session.
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Anthony de Palma
Metacom Avenue
Bristol
de Palma
Chestnut Street
Lucien Capone
Capone
Januario
Frederick Goff
Miss Mary V. Sousa
Catherine Street
Narrows Road
Gioacchino de Felice
Wood Street
Otis Bailey
DeFelice
Charter reform public hearing invited by Jannsen
Bristol residents are urged to attend a public hearing in Council Chambers next Monday at 8 o clock. Jannsen said the session will consider charter reform and the charter commission will finalize its government type recommendation after the hearing. The commission favors non-partisan voting and uses the council manager form as the study basis.
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Bristol
Council
Charter Commission
Bristol Jaycees to Attend First State Convention
Bristol's Junior Chamber of Commerce will represent the town at the Rhode Island state convention May 16 and 17 at the Earle Hotel Woonsocket. Delegates include Michael A. Rucci Rod Masse and Gordon L. Fleming with Francis N. Perry running for state treasurer.
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Bristol
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Earle Hotel
Woonsocket
Francis N. Perry
Michael A. Rucci
Rod Masse
Rucci
Masse
Gordon L. Fleming
Anthony Bisbane, Jr
Fred P. Bruno
Robert Wiese
St Michael's clock rests after 1870 service in Bristol
The town’s St Michael's Church clock rests after 82 years on the tower. A Bristol seaman Richard C Carr survives a tanker blast in Chelsea and recounts the danger. Clock keeper Mr Myers plans to start the pendulum at three minutes past today, noting weather swings affect the time by about a minute weekly.
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St. Michael's Tower
Richard C. Carr
Fales Road
Hobson
Chelsea
Bristol
Chester C. Myers
St. Michael's Church
Flagpole Ready At World War Memorial Park Dedication
Workmen completed a steel flagpole 80 feet high at World War II Memorial Park as the Veterans Council memorial committee plans a May 18 dedication at 2 p.m. A program book will be published and distributed, and Hope Hardware Co. offered to mow the grass until town arrangements are set.
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Albert P. Russo
Veterans Council War Memorial Committee
Russo
Hope Hardware Company
State K. C. Convention Tuesday in Bristol
The Knights of Columbus state convention will be held in Bristol with Bristol Council No. 379 hosting. An open house at the K of C Home on State street kicks off the events Monday night. Mass at St Marys Church opens the Tuesday session at 9, followed by greetings from Capt. Paul Herzig and church representatives. Delegates will gather for address, committee appointments, and a 1 pm dinner at Midway Steak and Lobster House before reconvening for business, state officer elections, and selecting three delegates for the Los Angeles national convention.
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St. James
The
Knights of Columbus
Bristol
Bristol Council No
K. of C
State Street
St. Mary’s Church
Charles C. Curran
St. Mary’s
Paul Herzig
Bristol Town
Father Curran
Midway
Los Angeles
Cal
Bernard J. McHugh
William T. Dwyer
Salvatore Massano
John L. Burke
Anthony DaPonte
Louis Castriotta
Thomas Camp
Shukri Mohammed el Khatib Seeks American College Life
A shy 20 year old Arab farm boy from near Jerusalem recalls his family losing their farm five years ago. Supported by the Red Cross the family remained in the village now part of Jordan. Shukri studied at a school akin to an American high school and applied to three colleges in the United States. A July 1950 letter from Arkansas State College in Jonesboro invites him to join the State College family.
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Shukri Mohammed el Khatib
Jerusalem
Jordan
Red Cross
Shukri
America
Arkansas State
Jonesboro
Ark
State College
State
Shukri Chooses Arkansas as School Application
Shukri reads a letter and believes free means no cost and ignores other replies. He and friends study an atlas learning Arkansas is very cold in winter and hot in summer. He sends his marks and a five dollar registration deposit.
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Shukri
Arkansas
Shukri Aims for America to Study Petroleum Engineering
His mother opposed his plan to travel, wishing he would marry a local girl. Shukri insisted on going to America to study petroleum engineering, believing there are many jobs in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. He said he would return with a degree to live well.
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Shukri
America
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
It Could Happen Only in the U S A
Shukri arrives in New York with $50 after selling land for $400 and facing Ellis Island detention. He attends Portland Maine courses, learns college costs, and receives campus aid and Rotary support to cover his first semester. A TV show payment and a growing scholarship fund push him toward a hopeful start in Arkansas State.
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Shukri
New York
Ellis Island
Portland
Maine
Arkansas
Rotary
Jonesboro
U S.A
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Maureen Ohara
Jeff Chandler
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Mr. Myers
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