Special Meeting Focus on New Port Ferry Site and Lab Plan
Newport activists push for a Prudence Island ferry terminal and foot and mouth lab site as the U S Department of Agriculture eyes a location near Franklin Street. Public Buildings Service to decide as Senator Green lobbies for Rhode Island gains. Islanders resist the lab and favor Prudence Island south end, already Navy territory and former ammunition dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newart
U. S
Theodore Francis Green
Newport
Aken
Franklin Street
Maurice S. Shahan
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Newport Group
Public Buildings Service
Portsmouth
Prudence Island
Lab
Department of Agriculture
U S. Navy
Town Sets Special Meeting on Sewer Bond and Zoning Change
The town council scheduled a special meeting for June 8 at Rey nolds School auditorium to vote on a proposed 500000 bond for sewer improvements. The call also covers rescinding tax resolutions and adopting new ones with Industrial Trust Company, plus a zoning petition by Carmone and De Rosa for a filling station and repair shop at Hope and Wood streets. The decision to consider the zoning depends on actions by the Zoning Board and Town Council before the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds School
Industrial Trust Company
Hope
Wood Streets
Frank J. Carmone
Salvatore A. de Rosa
Frank L. Martin
Pettition
Hope and
Wood
Ferry Road
Zoning Board of Review
Messrs Carmone and DeRosa
Xavier
Winter Concert Series Planned by Bristol Community
Bristol will feature indoor concerts this winter with three shows between November and March. Baritone Conrad Thibault, pianist Menahem Pressler, and mezzo-soprano Dorothy Sarnoff are booked for the three events. Admission will be by subscription. Arthur Eastman chairs the sponsoring Bristol Community Concert Association.
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Bristol
Edward J. Rinaldi
Salvation Army Annual Appeal Set to Launch in Bristol
A Bristol committee led by Robert W. Nelson will announce tomorrow the Salvation Army Annual Appeal aiming for $800. Other members include Norman E Benard Roswell S. Bosworth John W. Church and Daniel W. Coggeshall with treasurer J William Wood now in his 29th year. Part of the funds will support the Bristol Service Fund which last year spent on groceries clothing fuel dental and optical care transportation and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Nelson
Hope Street
Salvation Army
Bristol
Norman E Benard
Roswell S. Bosworth
John W. Church
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Anthony J. Ferrara
Samuel Hochman
D.M.D
Emilio D Tannuccillo
Albert F. Means
B W. Hall
J. William Wood
Bristol Service Fund
Memorial Day parade chief marshal and pageant plans
George R. Fish, a former commander of the Kearney Post American Legion, selected as Memorial Day parade chief marshal. Miss Sally Gray Bristol high school senior to read the Gettysburg Address. Prize and door prize winners in the Pyramid of Charity Women’s Club bridge event announced, listing many participants and winners.
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George R. Fish
Kearney Post
American Legion
Sally Gray
Bristol High School
Robert B. Suzman
Vernon A. Gray
Peck Avenue
Bristol PTA to Elect Officers During Annual Meeting
Bristol Parent-Teacher Association will elect officers for the next year at its annual meeting Thursday at 8 o clock in Reynolds school auditorium. Members will consider a project to purchase phonograph records to be donated to the schools for classroom use. Annual reports will be presented and a social period will follow.
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Bristol
Parent- Teacher Association
Reynolds School
Bristol School Department
State Departmentt of Education
Guiteras Memorial Junior High
Colt Memorial High School
Providence Rotary Head Will Speak Here
Perry Avery president of the Providence Rotary Club will speak at the Bristol club meeting tomorrow noon at the White Rail Riding Club. Next Monday evening the local club hosts a canasta and card party with Arthur Eastman and John McIntosh as co chairmen. The board voted to sponsor three student subscriptions to the Community Concert series and to hold Ladies' Night on June 28 marking the 21st anniversary of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Avery
Providence Rotary Club
Bristol
White Rail
Arthur Eastman
John McIntosh
Catholic Charity Appeal Lists Special Gifts
The Special Gifts Committer of St. Marys Church headed by US Senator E L Leahy acknowledges donations to the Catholic Charities Appeal. Contributions range from $5 to $250 from multiple individuals and organizations including Carr Manufacturing Co US Rubber Employees Association Huffingtons Pharmacy and numerous named donors.
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St. Mary’s Church
E L. Leahy
Catholic Charities Appeal
Carr Manufacturing Co
U S. Rubber Employees’ Association
Robert W. Nelson
Herman F. Bell
Benjamini F Lindemuth
Stephen W. Hopkins
Abraham Eisenstadt
Capt
Paul
Herzig
Hope Hardware Co
Scout Band Wins Three Prizes in Bristol Contest
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps won three prizes in their first 1950 contest, taking first in junior drum and bugle, first for male junior drum majors Norman Toste, and Leonard Francis second in bass drumming. The group traveled 120 miles by bus, with drill team members and auxiliary along, and earned trophies and medals.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle
Norman Toste
Leonard Francis
Drum Corps Committee
Women’s Auxiliary
American Legion Post No. 45
Meriden
Conn
Gold Star Mothers
Scout Corps
Scout Hall
Bristol Common
Battery C. 243Rd Aaaaw Bn
RING
Foreign Service life and local civic events in Bristol
In Bristol the memory of foreign service careers is tied to a veteran officer who earned a bronze star at Anzio while naturalizing 153 soldiers mid combat. The town prepares for a May 28 Trinity Episcopal Church dedication with a large organizing committee and a full program by the Americanization class and local groups.
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Foreign Service
Christian Science Monitor
Edward J. Fitzgerald
General Arrangements Committee
Charles B. Rockwell
Bristol
Fitzgerald
Veterans
William M. Kelly
St. Coumban's Seminary
Vlark
Robert Jordan
Horace Cabral
Gilbert
Reeves
Victoria Ce
Helen F. Horton
Guiteras Memorial
Anne D. Sisson
Frank Canario
Laurine Bradford
Geraldine Marino
Margaret Nerone
M. Theresa Donovan
Bristol Public
Mary McHugh
Earle P. Mathewson
The
DAR
Catherine Levere
Bristol Historical Society
Domenic Mascola
Bristol Veterans’ Council
Thomas Jansen
J. Floyd Huestis
Bristol Girl Scouts
Francis J. Murphy
Bristol Rotary Club
Donovan
U. S. Army
Anzio
Lst
Trinity Episcopal Church
Albert Battcher
Orrin L. Battcher
Chester R. Burgess
William N. Burgess
George R. Fish
Hezekiah W. Church
Stephen W. Hopkins
Fred M. Straight
Leonard Lee — Redlawn
Foreign Services
Pink Tea Socials and Unusual Dishes Highlight Party Etiquette
The text notes that so called pink tea mobs often feature odd foods like fried grasshoppers and stewed cats. It mentions events honoring U S representatives in the Benelux region and northern Spain, where guests must eat these items to avoid offending hosts.
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Benelux
Spain
United State
Birthday Cake Blunder At Chinese Town Party
A wife recalls a party in a Chinese town where birthday cakes caused a shock as blobs of undercooked dough with magenta sugar turned her stomach. During a speech she drops a cake into soy sauce, prompting a graceful apology that salvages the day and her digestion.
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Rerraiy
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Holy Cross Music Clubs
Andrews Memorial Chool Auditorium
Bristol Puncil
Knights of Columbus
Frederick T. Goff
Holyross
J. Edwards Bouier
Eason
Ersa
Oloist
Joseph J. Murphy
Glee Club
Mr. Murphy
Ethelbert Nevin
Bate
Republic
Agriculture Department
Navy
Navy Reservation
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh Holmes
Town Bridge
Wood Street Park
Council
Samuel D. Clark
Hope and Wood
Salvation Army Appeal
Pyramids
Pyramids of Charity Women's Club
Normar Rowe
Joseph Dupont
John L Burke
Thomas Brown
Angelo Pozzi
Mariano Buccio
Joseph Ruggiero
Anthony Perfetta
Beatrice Abenanti
Louise Garcia
Rose Muna ‘Fo
L. C Silvia
Jame Connors
Lilian Arron
Emily Wilkerson
Laraine Day
Dane Clark
Franchot Tone
Lizabeth Scott
Dana Duryea
Don , Arthur Kennedy
Claudette Colbert
Patric Knowles
Tension
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter
Venrough
Barry
Mar Teele
Steve Bro
Bristol Cleansers and Dyers
PTA
Rotary Head
Catholic Charity Appeal
152Nd
Bing
243Rd Aaa, AW
Raymond J. Makowsky
United States
Joseph L. Breer
Sar
Trinity Names
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