Water Company Plans Tank Covers in Bristol
Fred P. Stradling, manager of the Bristol County Water Company, told the Town Council the firm will cover two storage tanks at an estimated cost of 13,000 dollars. The plan includes installing excelsior filters before hot weather and aims to prevent future issues from the Bristol distribution system incident.
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Fred P. Stradling
Bristol County Water Company
Bristol
Stradling
Bay View Avenue
Hope Street
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Central Falls
United States
William L. Serbst
Canon Anthony R. Parshley
Lucien Capone
John M. Booth
Swift’s Point
Arthur Cure
Otis. M. Bailey
Capone
William Luther
Swift
Mounties Edged by Federal Knife in 12 Inning Loss
Mount Carmel dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Federal Knife in 12 innings at Guiteras Field. Dick Harding took the loss as Mt. Carmel falls to 4 defeats, narrowing their league lead over Club Giester to one game with two remaining.
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Mount Carmel
Federal Knife
Mounties
Guiteras Field
Carsta Tuxedos
Joseph Donigian Park
Giester
Mt. Carmel
Dick Harding
Singleton
Joe Benevides
Nary
Club Giester
Bristol Scout Drum Corps Dominate Jamestown Event
The Bristol Boy Scout Drum Corps won four first prizes at the Jamestown drum corps competition including high aggregate, junior class, appearance, and drum major. The Bristol Senior Drum Corps also captured first in the senior class, marking a full Bristol victory day. New York events saw the corps compete without placing in nationals. Commissioner George R. Fish praised their performance and promised a three part Phoenix series on their New York trip.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle
New York City
Jamestown
New York
Norwalk
Conn
St. Mary’s Church
Hope Valley
American Legion
Bristol
Scout Corps
George R. Fish
Scout
National American Legion
Bristol Corps
Fish
Belanger Completes Navy Radar Course
Norman W. Belanger radarman second class USN son of Joseph Belanger this town finished a three month training at the U S Naval School for radarmen Fleet Training Center Boston Mass He qualified for operation and maintenance of modern Navy radar equipment after completing the course in electricity and electronics
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman W. Belanger
USN
Joseph Belanger
U. S. Naval School
Fleet Training Center
Boston
Mass
Bristol Sees Enrollment Rise as Schools Open
School bell marks end of summer in Bristol as enrollment is expected at 1720, about 40 more than last year. New and transferring students register this week at Byfield, Guiteras, St Mary’s, and Taft schools with staff changes including retirements and new appointments.
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Bristol
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Byfield School
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Evelyn B. Lemaire
Rhode Island College of
Gladys M Brightman
Anne P Twomey
Mathew A. Capone, Jr
Reynolds
Valley
Taft
Merriwell-like rally lifts C and A to 4 3 win in TW I league playoff
In a tense deadlock, Arty Pansa’s two-run single in the seventh capped a 4 3 comeback as C and A overtake Ascoli’s in the Twi League playoffs. Sammy DelPiano pitched five clean innings for the win while Bob Cabral took the loss after allowing the decisive hits.
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Frank Merriwell
Collins
Aikman
Bristol
Ascoli
Arty Pansa
Eric Dober
Bob Cabral
Dober
Cabral
Joe Cordiero
Texas
Cordiero
Sammy DelPiano
Annie Oakley
Benny Esposito
Mat Maetoza
Camera
Joe Parisi
Danny Vargas
Spece
Ralph Nash
Louis Desmarins
Zip” Raiola
Nash
Desmarins
Dreadnaughts Plan Sunda yclam bake outing
Final arrangements for the Dreadnaught Hook and Ladder Co. outing and clam bake on Sunday at Colt Farm are set for this evening at 7 o'clock. Tickets will be sold at the meeting. no sales afterward. A chowder lunch follows a sports program at 1 p.m.. bake opens at 4 30 p.m. Transportation is provided, leaving the hall at 12 30 p.m. In bad weather the bake moves to the company station. Bake committee includes Donald Van Voast Charles West Joseph Quinn Luke White and Elton Pierce.
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Hook and Ladder Co
Colt Farm
Donald van Voast
Charles West
Joseph Quinn
Luke White
Elton Pierce
Rev Thomas E Little New Rector of Trinity
Rev Thomas E Little formerly of Quincy arrived in Bristol to assume duties as rector of Trinity Church. Appointed with approval of Bishop Granville G Bennett he will lead services in Trinity Chapel Sunday at 9 30 am and Wednesday at 8 30 am and will live in the chapel building at High and State streets. Announcement came from Stephen W Hopkins vestry clerk.
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Thomas E. Little
Quincy, Sr
Bristol
Trinity Church
Little
Granville G. Bennett
Trinity Chapel
High
State Streets
Stephen W. Hopkins
Elizabeth Remieres Receives Surprise Going Away Party
Miss Elizabeth Remieres daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Remieres of 11 Cottage Street was honored with a surprise going away party hosted by the Misses Mary and Sarah Bottomley. She departs today for Rhode Island Hospital Nurses Home to begin training this week.
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Betty Remieres
Frank Remieres
Cottage St
Mary
Sarah Bottomley
Remieres
Rhode Island Hospital
Henry Cassidy and the Stalin interview pioneer
Henry C Cassidy famed American correspondent who started the question answer interview with Stalin in 1942 and later became NBC European news chief and Paris Anglo American press leader He recounts his Kremlin notes and wartime broadcasts noting censorship and limited air access in Russia and Europe.
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Henry Cassidy
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Cassidy
Jerry Walker
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Anglo-American Press Association
Paris
Hans V. Kaltenborn
Russia
Kremlin
Europe
Radio Experiments Prompt Poison Worries in Censor House
Cassidy recalls Russian experiments with radio broadcasts and commercials. During a conference a censor questioned the Alka Seltzer tasting, fearing it could poison the entire group after the Russians each took a sip and passed the bottle around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassidy
U. S
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Bayview Avenue
F. Romano
Frank Romano
Fifth Avenue
Rhode Island
Robert Allen
Middletown
Ray Goulette
Brian Donlevy
Robert Walker
Monte Cristo
Louis Hayward
Barbara Britton
George MaCready
Ana O’connor
Henry Stephenson
Mr. M
Millerson
Warner Baxter
Lone Star
Ken Curtis
Joan Barton
Guy Kibbee
Robert Stevens
Claudia Drake
Warren
Norman Belanger
St. Mary’s
ASC & A
Ascoli’s
Willie Alves
Louis Massano
Alves
Silvia
Dreadnaught
Trinity
Elizabeth Remieres
Henry C. Cassidy
Josef
Associated Press
Cassidis
Moscow
Washington
HCC
Omaha Beach
NBC
Jefferson Caffrey
France
London
Berlin
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