Pease Wins Right to Establish Industry in Zoning Dispute
Wellington Pease's bid to operate a new industry in an industrial district was approved after the Zoning Board found his project within rights and required only a building permit. Opponents led by Henry Benevides questioned impacts on neighboring property and long delays. board advised appeal to Town Council for further action if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pease
Augusto C. Ramos
Thompson Avenue
Wellington Pease
World Wareteran
Zoning Board of Review
Bay View Avenue
Graniure
Roma
Callan Construction
Cgi
Elmer E. Angell
Peti-Banks
Edward Bromage, Jr
Memors
Peter J Maturi
Angell
Ease
Head
Court Street
Frank Romano
Wood Street
Romano
Wellington
Ain Aenas
Ose
Benevides
Strial H
Peti
Historical Society Hears John Perkins Brown
Bristo l Historical Society hosted John Perkins Brown a famed restorer of old houses as guest speaker on Monday evening. The membership committee accepted new members Miss Isabelle Bases Bosworth Miss Ida F Hammond Mr and Mrs Robert Rulon-Miller Mrs Edward L Leahy and Mrs Henry F Serbst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Perkins Brown
Bristol Historical Society
Isabelle "Bases Bosworth
Ida F Hammond
Robert Rulon-Miller
Edward L. Leahy
Henry F. Serbst
Halloween Plans Announced by Local Committees
Miss Muriel G. Ashton chairs the Halloween committee with members from the American Legion and Bristol Rotary Club. The first meeting approved a teen dance at the Y and a youngsters program with prizes and refreshments. Funds are sought to complete plans ahead of a parade led by bands. Next meeting is Tuesday October 7 at the American Legion Post Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel G. Ashton
Kearny Post
American Legion
James A. Sisson
Manuel Goulart
Walter Briggs
Robert Suzman
Ralph DeLeo
Frederick Garvin
Rotary Club
Jeven Hopkins
Raymond Makowsky
Edward J. Fitzgerald
John Andrade
Oscar Bergstrom
Frank Sylvia
Bristol Rotary Club
Miss Ashton
Ands
Amerian Legion
Franklin Street
Ernest Meggs
Bristol Planning Board to rename nine streets at hearing
At Town Hall Wednesday the Bristol Planning Board approved nine of fifteen street name changes to reduce duplication. The change from King Philip Avenue to Tower Street faced opposition from the Bristol Narrows, who urged retaining the historical name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
Bristol Planning Board
Bristol Narrows
King Philp Avenue
Narrows
King Philip Avenue
Metacom Avenue
O Tower Street
Sherman Avenue
Thayer Street
Gooding
Mt Hope Avenue
Woodlawn
Avenue
DeWolf Avenue
Usher Street
Siegal Street
Bristol Historical Society
Vliss Marguerite Gooding
Norman E. Benard
Charles Liscom
Henry F Serbst
Usher’s Place
Usher Farm
Usher Place
Raymond S. Brightman
Usher Terrace
Planning Board
Serbst
William F Head
C A Group Leaves Today for Washington Trip
Collins and Aikman Quarter Century Club members with 25 years service begin a weekend trip to Washington DC. Seventeen hundred employees travel from Providence via Union Station to Mount Vernon Arlington Cemetery and a Willard Hotel banquet. President W G McCullough will present emblems to 34 new members at the banquet. The RI group returns Sunday evening arriving at 6 05 pm.
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Collins and Aikman Quarter Century Club
Plant J
Washington, DC
C & A. Corp
Mount Vernon
Arlington Cemetery
Willard ‘Hotel
Union Station
Providence
Pullman
Washington
U S Rubber Workers Reach Six Holiday Pay Agreement
Representatives of United Rubber, Cork Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America COI and United States Rubber Company announce a retroactive six holiday pay for not working covering New Year's Day Decoration Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The pact affects about 34,000 employees across 16 plants in the rubber group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America
COI
United States Rubber Company
Red Feather quota for Bristol set at $18767
The 1947 Red Feather drive for Bristol has a local quota of 18767 dollars. Campaigns begin October 19 for the Industrial Division and November 2 for the Residential Division, with 119 agencies in 26 cities and towns participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Edward J Fitzgerald
Stephen W Hopkins
Providence
Colt High
Red Feather
Theresa Donovan
Frederick B Read
Nursing Association
YMCA
Girl Scouts
Service
Boy Scouts
Five Juniors Voted Into Trinity Parish Honors Vets Prum Corps
The Vets Drum and Bugle Corps voted in five junior members at Scout Hall. Walter Machado will lead the new unit as drum major joining Albert Silvia Edward Silvia Gilbert Alves and George Amaral. The event accompanied a rector farewell for Rev Beauchamp and a reception for Rev Little. The corps plans a Providence World War II dedication trip and a Walker donor drive, with funds reaching 415 dollars toward a 1250 dollar goal.
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Trinity Parish Honors Vets Prum Corps
Bristol
Vets
Scout Hall
Walter Machado
Albert Silvia
Edward Silvia
Gilbert
Curly” Alves
George “B.C
Amaral
Kieler
I Thomas E Little
S.S
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lawrence Cheetham
Women’s Guild
Vets Corps
Helen Church
Providence
Roger Williams Post
American Legion
Bertram Wall
W C Walander
Wally
Bert
Bristol Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps Victory Parade
The Bristol Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps celebrated their state championship with a parade through town Tuesday night led by George R. Fish and William F. Head. The procession started at Scout Hall and passed Hope Street Church Street Wood Street Franklin Street to the hall amid kerosene torches and car horns. Afterward, performers and townspeople enjoyed food and soft drinks at Scout Hall.
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Bristol Boy Scout
George R. Fish
William F. Head
R.J. Fife, Drum and Bugle Association
Corps of Champions
Scout Hall
Hope Street
Hope
Church Street
Church
Wood Street
Wood
Franklin Street
Warren
Warren T
War memories of Surigao Strait battle on ship decks
A humorous wartime reminiscence recalls the Surigao Strait clash in the Philippines. The destroyer captain on the bridge orders crowds to view the action while the commodore in the CIC observes radar and explosions from a safe seat, a striking near contact engagement with Japanese ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surigao I Strait
Philippines
CIC
Combat Information Center
Seabee Buglers Use Varied Tunes for Chow Calls Abroad
In the Pacific theater during the war, each Navy Seabee unit received its own chow call from the bugler beyond the standard summons. The transportation company favored Wagon Wheels, while other companies used Tea For Two Indian Love Call Ciri Biri Bin Shortenin Bread and Tuxedo Junction.
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Navy Seabee
Pacific
Admirals and Seabees share wartime wit in navy tales
In Washington a Navy Department course in speech making draws admirals, Seabees and sailors into humorous wartime vignettes. Anecdotes recount driving to night school, shell fire near Bougainville, foxholes and lost dog tags, beer fortifications at Tinian, and mistaken passes from Australians evaluating Seabee collars.
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Navy Department
Washington University
Annapolis
Bougainville
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Peter J Sansone
Cummline
Natarl
Leek
Sansone
Historical Society
Colt
E. Greenwich
Cornel Wilde
Maureen O‘hara
Randolph Scott
Barbara Britton
Bruce Cabot
Joan Fontaine
Mark Stevens
DeCampine Judge
Rosemary
Henry Morgan
Arline
March of Time
Miss Regina Farley
Joseph Quartaro
Frederick Goff
Quarter Century Club
U. S
St. Mary’s Church
J E Madden
Our Lady of the Rosary
Fatima
Portugal
Father Madden
Joseph Sousa
O’wolf Avenue
Henrique R. Rocha
St Elizabeth’s Church
Hyacinthe Moniz
St Anthony's Church
Sun- Pawtucket
Luiz A. Palo
Holmes House
Deco
St Eliza
Canon Davis
Peth
John Mello
Manuel Fernandes
Manuel Alegera
Gene Massa
Manuel Alves
Edward Mello
St Mary's Cemetery
St. Michael’s Church News
Edw.j. Fitzgerald
Stephen W. Hopkins
Marjorie McCann
Emma Rounds
Joseph McCann, Jr
Bishop Bennett
Father Little
Father Beauchamp
Andrew Walker
Walter St. Germain
Marion Blease
Chester Burgess
Daniel Chase
Fred M. Straight
Charles Weaver
Sal Dell Monte
Robert J. Connery
Bertram W. Wall
Boy Scout
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
The
Blue Bird Shop
Hope St
Lingayen Gulf
Tinian
Saipan
Melbourne
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