Last Remaining Bristol Shoreline Should Be Protected
The editorial urges caution over Colt Estate disposal highlighting its status as a rare public shoreline. It warns private development could push out public use and notes town gain from new homes is not guaranteed. It calls for close town-state cooperation if purchase as a natural park occurs.
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Colt
Bristol
Colt Drive
Colonel Colt
Rhode Island
Stone Bridge
Warren
Residents oppose water ski-jump near Camp Slocum area
Property owners along the Kirkemuit River west bank protest a nearby water ski-jump. A spokesman says speed boats and wakes at 38 mph could threaten boats moored along their shore, arguing the offshore jump disrupts the popular mooring area. They stress the location is unsuitable for such activity.
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Kirkemuit River
Camp Slocum-Butterworth Avenue
Harbor officials seek calmer water for skiers and public
Farther out in the stream the idea is that water skiers could enjoy their fun with less objection. With ample water to Bay it seems a place could be found where no one is bothered. The Harbor master and Harbor Development Commission are urged to soothe the troubled waters.
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Harbormaster and Harbor Development Commission
Letter to the Editor on Colt estate park plan in Bristol
Mr and Mrs Philemon F Sturges III urge opposition to turning the Colt estate into a state park. They warn of local tax costs from private sale and argue a park could still bring long term Bristol benefits and attract development, preserving access to shoreline and open space.
Bristol Jr Women Enter Community Achievement Contest
The Bristol Jr Womens Club received word from Washington DC of its entry in the 1958-1960 Community Achievement Contest co sponsored by the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the Sears Roebuck Foundation. The club will compete for $65,000 in prizes including a top $10,000 award.
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Bristol Jr Womens Club
Washington, DC
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Francois L. deWolf, Jr
Bristol Eagles Elect Officers for Collegiate Year
The Bristol Eagles No. 953 held last week in Wagwick elected officers for the college year and arranged a convention to be held on June 13 at 1400 hours.
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Bristol Eagles
Wagwick
Science Degree To Be Given Captain Castro Candidate
Captain Joseph F. Castro of 24 Sampson Street is a candidate for a master of science degree in nuclear engineering at the University of Illinois. He will be among the first graduates from the nuclear engineering course. Commencement will be held in June. He received a regular Army commission through ROTC at the University of Rhode Island, where he graduated in 1951.
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Joseph F. Castro
Sampson St
University of Illinois
Castro
ROTC
The
University of R. I
May 20 Fashion Show and Garden Tour Planned
On May 20 a Bristol Women's Club fashion show at Midway and a Bristol Garden Club garden tour are scheduled. May 23 features St. Elizabeth's Annual Cotton Ball at the school auditorium with the Boys Choir and Merf's Glee Club, Guiter Auditorium, sponsored by Mt. Hope Chapter C.E.S. 6 15 pm.
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Bristol Women’s Club
Bristol Garden Club
St. Elizabeth’s
Merf's
Guiteras
Mt. Hope
C.E.S
Floating Bottles and Odd Tales Across the Sea
A century and a half after Matsuyama’s voyage a bottle bearing his tale reappears in Hiratatemura. In 1949 Jack Wurm finds a will note from Daisy Alexander, worth about 12 million, prompting a legal dispute over 30 percent. Stories of lonely sailors and unclaimed estates abound as bottles drift across oceans.
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Matsuyama
Pacific
Hiratatemura
Jack Wurm
San Francisco
Barry Cohen
Share
Daisy Alexander
Daisy
Wurm
England
London
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the Colt Estate
Russins Hwe
Hastis
Aynis Bays
Was Ware
del Sesto
Philemon F Sturges, III
Joseph Pannone
William Rego
Raymond Thomas
David Sanchas
Nicola Guercia
Manuel Cardoza
Joseph Qualey
Salvatore Massa
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