Colt High School staff praised as models of guidance in 1929
Dr Akin recalls Colt High School as the right size for individual attention and broad activity. He notes staff as trusted advisors shaping career skills beyond classwork, praising teachers like Miss Sisson and Miss Callan and highlighting after school work with Arthur McCaw and William Buffington. He stresses ongoing education week and the value of language and initiative.
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Colt High School
Ben Franklin
Colt
Sisson
Miss Callan
Dick Cornell
Pop Brightman
Rhuland
Carlson
Arthur McCaw
William Buffington
Dr Akin's Career Highlights in Chemistry and Industry
Dr Russell B Akin, a Brown University and Columbia trained chemist, built a career at DuPont on safety glass nylon and plastics. He led sales and management across regions, wrote technical articles, coauthored books, chaired society divisions, and served as a church deacon with a family of three.
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duPont Company
Bristol
U.S. Rubber Company
Washington
duPont
Polychemicals Department
New York
Midwest
Chicago
Evergreen Road
Wilmington
Delaware
National Technical Conference of
Society of Plastic Engineers
American Chemical Society
Ruth Delclisur
Brown
Akin
Kingsmen Paper Drive Tomorrow
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps will run a town wide salvage collection tomorrow and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Bundle paper and magazines at the curb before 10 am and bag rags if not curbside. Call CL 3-8877 or CL 3-8824 for pickup. Members meet at Scout hall at 9 45 am. Proceeds support the corps equipment fund.
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Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps
Scout Hall
Indian Summer Brings Five Pleasant Weather Days
Indian summer appeared early this week with warm temperatures in the 80s and vibrant foliage seen across town. A hazy ground climate formed from atmospheric smoke linked to autumn fires, but a shift in pressure next day cooled readings to the 30s and 40s, ending the spell amid forecasts of a tropical storm in the Caribbean and another warm spell ahead.
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Indian Ocean
Caribbean Sea
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Columbia
Theresa Donovan
Laurine Bradford
Perley Lane
Bristol Phoenix
Phoenix
Ine (Feanebaker
Sunset Bakery
Hope Street
Russell B. Akin
Colt Memorial High School
Brown University
Alcoa
Chionchio Elmhurst
Kingsmen
Phoenix Stationery Department
Bradford Street
Stationery Department
Jer
Caron’s Jewelry and Gift Shop
Hope St
Hobgoblins
Harriet Bradford Inn
Fisher
Chevy
Chevrolet
Mys
Tod Re
Asselin Chevrolet
Child Street
Warren, R. I
Bel Air
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