Bristol Drum and Bugle Corps to Enter Indoor Competition
The Bristol Drum and Bugle Corps will join the first annual indoor contest sponsored by the R I Fifers Drummers and Buglers Association at the Cranston Street Armory Providence at 2 p m on Saturday May 26 The corps will parade May 30 in Bristol and Newport, with May engagements to be announced. The drum corps committee met May 9 at Kearney Legion Post Home to plan the August 12 competition in town Manuel P Goulart named program chairman and George R Fish head of the competition committee The bus will be painted and prepared for the first contest later in May.
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Bristol Drum and Bugle Corps
R. I. Fifers
Cranston Street
Providence
Newport
Kearney
Little League Helmets and Fences Stir Local Games
Parents back safety caps for young batters as Little League players remove hats at base. A fence issue cleared the field for Colt High games on a larger diamond, with umpires earning praise for their Dignity. Talks of an electric scoreboard circulate among league governors, possibly by season end.
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King Philip Little League
Guiteras Field
Roger W. P Gron
John Carmone
Frank Brown, JR
Colt High School
COLT
Little League Board OF Governors
Seekon Speed Wa Sets Fourth Start Tonight
Seekon Speed will make a fourth attempt to start its season tonight at 4715 under the Yankee Anata Racing Association. Three previous openers were cancelled due to weather and a rain date remains uncertain.
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Yankee Anata Racing Association
Ensign Edwin E Williams Visits Local Commandants
Son of Commandant and Mrs Ches ter W Williams Ensign Edwin E Williams visits the Veterans Home after months in the Far East. He served aboard a destroyer and will join another ship re commissioned after World War I mothball status at San Diego. He graduated from Annapolis in 1949.
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Edwin E. Williams
Chester W. Williams
Veterans’ Home
Far East
San Diego
Calif
Annapolis
Local drivers set for Saturday night race
On Saturday night top drivers include Lloyd Lockhart of Somerset and Norm Canuel of Falls River. They will drive Nos. 29 and 30 as a team for Al Blanchette of Somerset. Lockhart was very hot in the trials and should challenge for top honors. Canuel starts his fourth season with one feature win and many near-misses.
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Lloyd Lockhart
Somerset
Norm Canuel
Falls River
al Blanchette
Lockhart
Canuel
Leather Soles Had Distinct Right and Left Shapes
A note on footwear history states that in the last 75 years leather soles were cut in right and left shapes, whereas earlier shoes used identical soles.
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Roger W. Pigeon
Roger
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Saginaw, Mich
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Bobby
Angelo’s Market
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Voccio
State St
Pirri's Market
Bourne St
Castro's Market
Listro
Nastri
Wood St
Russo's Market
Church St
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