Conkey to Speak at Bristol Women's Club Meeting
Robert W. Conkey will headline the Bristol Women's Club Monday at 8 PM at the Guiteras House. An illustrated talk titled The Story of Williamsburg Its Restoration and Significance will precede a business session. Conkey, former Colonial Williamsburg educator and Navy veteran, will narrate with slides.
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Robert W. Conkey
Bristol Women’s Club
Guiteras House
Williamsburg
Education Department
Colonial Williamsburg, Inc
College of William and Mary
Pacific
China Coast
T. Thomas Balzano
Bristol Veteran Firemen Open Charter to All Local Members
The Bristol Veteran Fire men's Association voted to admit all active Bristol Fire Department members to its charter. Previously limited to Hydraulion Hose Company members, the move aims to meet New England Firemen's League requirements and host muster events here in future years. The window for new applications opens until the next January meeting.
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New England Firemen’s League
Bristol Veteran Firemen’s Association
Hydraulion Hose Company
New England Firemen
Red Feather Campaign Plans House To House Canvass
Local Red Feather organizers outline a one day, Oct 21 canvass in Bristol residential districts led by mayor Thomas D. Adams. Zone captains named. 200+ volunteers needed. aim to boost Bristol Community Chest and fund United Defense Fund for USO entertainment.
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Thomas D. Adams
Red Feather Campaign
Haffenreffer
YMCA
Red Feather
Adams
Wallace H. Dibble
James A. Sisson
Alfred E. Newton
Walter C. Walendar
John A. Ruggiero
A. Domenic Ruggieri
John J. Egan
James M. Flynn
Anthony di Cianni
Anthony Principe
James J. Bernard
Frederick T. Goff
Goff
Bristol Community Chest
United Defense Fund
USO
Bristol Red Feather
Russell W. Southwick
Southwick
Reynolds
Community Chest
Positive Thinking Drives Bristol Red Feather Day Plan
The state slogan Their future is your present is linked to Think Positive as Bristol aims to meet its goal. Every body Gives-Everybody Benefits guides the Red Feather Campaign with zone captains reporting to a central auditorium board. Volunteers are arranged for even workload and up to date notices show progress toward Red Feather Day on October 21, ending the 1951 drive after October 20 solicitations.
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Bristol
Goff
Red Feather
Southwick
School Committee Tackles Lunch Program Woes
Superintendent Edy gerald says the district faces a red ink high school lunch and a subsidized junior high and elementary program. Secretary Fitzgerald will present consolidation ideas for home economics rooms. The panel will also consider adding a school bus and new routes with route suggestions under review.
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Gerald
Fitzgerald
Guiteras
Tho Balzano
East Providence Guests to View Colts Pro Football Game
East Providence youths from the King Philip Little League will ride to the Bristol courthouse area on High street for the pro football game. Roger W. Pigeon announced the start time of 8 00 p m and asked for drivers to transport players. The Colts will allow viewing from the 50 yard line.
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East Providence
Bristol Colts
High Street
Roger W. Pigeon
King Philip
Pigeon
Colts
Council Okays Brito Construction Road Work Contract
Town council last night approved the contract with Brito Construction Co. for scarifying grading gravelling and surface treatment of four roads with a November 15 completion target. The deadline is subject to interpretation by the highway surveyor after debates over timing and duties.
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Mieque
Fowa Council
C Brito Construction Co
Caesar Brito
The
Brito Co
Hen. F. Serbst
Brito
Trinity
Trinity Church
Hope Street
State Department of ‘Public Works
Fales Road
Ridge Road
Goulart ‘Avenue
Reservoir Avenue
Broadcommon Street
Philatelics Meet and Auction Set for Next Thursday
The Bristol Philatelic Society will hold a meeting and auction next Thursday at the Congregational Church. Miss Jessie Molasky, secretary, said plans include juvenile stamps, a dinner at Midway at 1 pm, and guest speakers Reverend Ralph Larker and Judge Louis W. Cappelli. The event features an honor guard of Knights of Columbus and parish societies assisting.
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Bristol Philatelic Soci Pat
Congregational
Jessie Mylasky
C Angell
Mersman
Elwin
Molasky
A. N. Nunes
Vinney
Nunes
Ralph Larker
P.s.5.c
St. Michael’s’ Church
New Haven
Conn
John C. Rub
PTA Fathers Plan Drive For A New Member Drive
Exchange sales enable parents to dispose of outgrown clothes and raise funds while allowing purchases of second hand garments at reasonable prices. Open houses bring parents and teachers together at night to educate them on Bristol school system structure and procedures. Father Sorzana was ordained in Cuneo, Italy, Oct. 7, 1901.
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Bristol
Father Sorzana
Cuneo
Italy
Wele Mae Department Shows Decrease from Last Year
Orlandog Bisbane, director of the Wele Mae Department of Public Welfare, reported a total of 189 assistances this period, 35 fewer than last year. Breakdowns show 34 general public, 29 old age, 2 dependent children, 2 blind, and 1 aid to the deaf.
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Wele Mae
Department of Pub Welfare
Orlandog
Bisbane
Bristol County history profiled in Mother magazine feature
The falledi t of H 20 house organ reviews Bristol County in a 15 page Bristol County article. It traces the county from its founding to the present day with photographs including the Bristol County Courthouse Mount Hope Bridge U S Rubber Plant Bristol Phoenix and Samuel P Colt Memorial High School among others.
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Mother Magazine
American Water Works Companies
Bristol
Bristol County
Mount Hope Bridge
U. S
Bristol Phoenix
Samuel P. Colt
WGBH FM Boston Opens With BSO Live Broadcast
The new noncommercial FM station WGBH in Boston premieres tomorrow at 8 30 p m on 89 7 megacycles with a live performance by the Boston Symphony Orchestra marking the first Saturday evening program of its educational and cultural lineup.
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Boston
WGBH
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New Noncommercial Station Promises Wide Educational Programs
The station will offer courses from Tufts Boston College MIT and others plus broadcasts of the Budapest String Quartet and Shakespeare via BBC. Sunday programs include Gielgud Hamlet while Monday features Carl Sandburg poetry and Brattle Theatre's Billy Budd.
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WGBH
Budapest
Coolidge
Library of Congress
Washington
British Broadcasting Corporation
John Gielgud
Carl Sandburg
Brattle Theatre Company
Billy Budd
Tufts and Boston events highlight week of performances and broadcasts
Thursday evening features Young Land Players from 8 30 to 10 00. Friday October 12 2 15 to 4 30 and Saturday October 13 8 30 to 10 30 present Boston Symphony Orchestra under Charles Munch. Also world affairs forums and Tufts Arena Theatre dramas. Nursery Training School hosts Children 6 Hour. WBH plans daily weather broadcasts from 3 am due to early performances. Micro waves link Boston Symphony from Symphony Hall to Gréd Blue Hill. Educational programs planned with Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council. Potential 208 000 families in New England may access the station reaching 740 000 persons.
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Youngland Players
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch
Tufts Arena Theatre
Nursery Training School of
Boston
Tufts
New England
Boston Symphony
Symphony Hall
Gréd Blue Hill
Ednice
Lowell Institut Cooperative
College
Boon University
Harvard
Lowell Institute M. I. T
Northeastern
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Defiance
Dreadnaught
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New England Firemen's League
Council
Janet B. Clark
Rogers Free Library Board of Trustees
Mary Locke Howe
Planning Board
Tank Street
Tank
Bay View ‘Heights
Henry F. Serbst
Charles Falugo
Joseph F. Rose
Swansea Mass
Renegades Bugle and Drum Corps
Eugene J. Girard
Summer Street
Anthony A. del Toro
Department of Public Works
Public Welfare
Dog
Gon ‘Lle
Betty Grable
Rath ‘MacDonald
fRicie Albert
Don Dae Pahebevil
Loretta Young
Joseph Cotten
Lita Baron Savage
Harvey
James Stewart
Josephine Hull
Peggy Dow
Cecil Kellaway
Wallace Ford
Barber Shop
Tal Erdition P.S
Licity
Ksell J. Mcf
Providence
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PTA
Plannaor
Burton
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Peking Express
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Gomerset
Boston College
United States
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