Floats Anticipated for Bristol Fourth Celebration
A Bristol High School art group led by Miss Nunes volunteers to design a float for the Fourth of July. Donations to cover celebration costs total $27 with contributions from F. Dimond Estrella and others. The Yacht Club invited visiting ships and guards to a pre Fourth of July dance, while the bonfire committee was urged to secure a site despite no report on the event.
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Pstade
Alfred Regd
Bristol Senior High School
Miss. Eens Nunes
YMCA
F. Dimond
Estrella
Yacht Club
Bristol
Nike
Coast Guard
National Guard
Local Jaycees To Host State Convention Tonight
Local Junior Chamber of Commerce will host 300 visiting Jaycees from across Rhode Island for the annual convention opening tonight at 8 30 pm at the American Legion Hall Franklin Street Twelve clubs will be represented The program includes a state directors meeting, Norman Baris award competition, and a 1230 luncheon with Harold Geller Gov Dennis J Roberts and Rev Msgr Charles H Tymch to speak The convention closes with a dinner dance tomorrow at the Midway Richard Rene chaired the planning committee Also, former St Louis Cardinals player Herman Grabert was flown to Rhode Island Hospital after an injury in Georgia and will be out about a month
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Harold Geller
Commerce Oil
Jamestown
Dennis J Roberts
Charles H Tvnch
S* Mars
Coo Orch
Javece
YMCA
H -Y Club
Richard Rene
Richard Hitchcock
Francis Perry
Herman Grabert
St Louis Cardinals
Georgia
Providence
Rhode Island
Hats Off To The Ladies Garden Club Effort
The Bayberry Garden Club planted geraniums and petunias along Hope Street near the Post Office. They request nearby businessmen water and watch over the flowers until October. The note imagines Postmaster Coggeshall and Councilman Ferris volunteering to water and sweep sidewalks each morning.
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Bayberry Garden Club
Hope St
Coggeshall
David Ferris
Phone Company OKs Bristol Bid for Exchange on Court Street
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. board accepted Bristol’s $15,000 bid for the former Court Street exchange. The decision, announced at a planning board meeting last night, ends a lengthy town bid process.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bristol
Court St
Elks To Discuss New Home With Larger Quarters
The Bristol County Lodge of Elks will hear a report from its building committee Monday night on a possible new Elks Home. They seek a larger hall and more auto parking, preferably closer to Warren and B where many members live. The Mid way Steak and Lobster House at Hope Standing Ave is among sites discussed.
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Bristol County Lodge of Elks
Warren and
Midway
Hope Standing Ave
Fails To Stop Bid Invitation Delays Post Office Site Move
A five week litigation delay surrounds the State Street post office site with bids still due June 15 as the postal department maintains plans for a new building. In superior court the second postponement of an injunction hearing was ordered, Dr Antonio D'Angelo facing the suit against Knights of Columbus Association over the site. The town plans include a parking lot and potential uses for the old post office and jail, with council awaiting further action.
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U S
State St
Damiel W Coggeshall
Superior Court
Antonio D'Angelo
Knights of Columbus Ass'n
Bray
Everett T. Francis
Francis Bros
Svill
Cedarcrest Shores
Mt. Hope
Brown Univ
State Division of Sanitary Engineering
Colt Upset St Raphael in 12 Innings at Pawtucket
Colt pulled the upset of the Eastern Division at McCosx Stadium beating St Raphael Academy 5-2 in 12 innings. Mascola earned the win with six strikeouts over seven innings, while Usher drove in the deciding run in the twelfth. Newport rolled past West 14-0 as Caswell’s squad extended its winning streak to nine before facing Rogers.
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Colt
McCosx Stadium
Pawtucket
St Raphael Academis
wWn
Bob Usher
Saints
Guiteras Field
Artie Pansa
Rogers Club
Newport Boys
John Caswell
West
Vikings
Stan Achill
Pasqual
Frank Silvia
Bristolians
Barrington
Bob Dalessio
Kagies
Eages
Muscola
Warren
Bob Rivet
Achill
Bobby Perreault
da Ponte
Silvia
Usher
Achille
Perrault
Bruno
Mascola
Barney Garrity
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Old Exchange
Elks
Burnside
Russell S. Bray
Joseph Vorro
Pasquale Pagnano
Tony Mascola
Pawtucket West
St Raphael
Werren
Tolman
Nosed de la Sallie
South Place
de la Save
Tolmain
Rogers
Pete James
Bill Regan
Mike Paduano
Dwight Dunn
Bill Shepley
John Anthony
Cort
Paul Bruno
Johnny Pasqual
Nick Conti
Pansa
Tony DaPonte
Conti
Pete Natale
Richie Travers
John Babiec
Joe Coleman
Phil Landry
Perreault
Ralph Tomei
Johnny O Connor
Chick Thorpe
Natale
Travers
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