Lawrence Claims Decision On Class A License Settled
The town council claims a decision on the Class A license is settled. Councilman John O. fires at the dump and warns of public apology if the outbreak at the town dump continues. Holmes arranged actions regarding the license and the dump. The council met to welcome the Kearney Post baseball team back from Omaha and appointed E. Hugh Holmes as special representative to the celebration committee.
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Lawrence Claims
Holmes
Manuel F. Silvia
John O
Lawrence
Ee Ptr
Kearney Post
Omaha
E. Hugh Holmes
Counc
Kearney
American Legion
Democratic Town Committee
Millemaggi
Washington
Rhode Island
Eugene F. Cochran
Washington Bureau
Norman E. Benard
Benard
John W. Church
Giovannina Ferrara
Bradford Street
Marco C. Troiano
Hope Street
Inl
Manny
Division Age Store, Inc
State Board of Elections
Providence
John O. Lawrence
Bown
Church
Council Debates Dividing Rhode Island District for Election
The council reviews petitions for a Class A liquor license and considers dividing the Second Representative District to ease polling crowding. A census-based action from the Rhode Island Attorney General affects eligibility for Bristol’s population count, with hearings set for October 9.
Bristol Colts Open 1950 Football Season at Guiteras Field
The Bristol Colts start the 1950 grid season Sunday at 2 15 pm against Club 400 at Guiteras Field. Ed Finn returns as coach quarterback leading a veterans roster from last year’s undefeated two platoon squad. Newcomer Armie Green and familiar linemen Manchester Rodericks Catallano join backfield with Primiano Vollaro Stanzione.
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Bristol Colts
Guiteras Field
Ed Finn
Brown
Colts
Finn
Armie Green
Brown University
Manchester, Rodericks
Catallano
Primiano
Vollaro
Stanzione
Green
Red Feather Day Set For October 15 In Bristol
Bristol declares Sunday October 15 as Red Feather Day for the 1950 Red Feather Campaign with Russell W. Southwick in charge of a one day townwide canvass and more than 200 solicitors expected to participate. The plan uses a single day street drive following divisions running September 15 to October 13 across Special Gifts Industrial Corporations Clubs Small Business Educational groups.
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Bristol
Thomas C. Jansen
Russell W. Southwick
Johnsen
Red Feather
Kearney Jrs Welcome Team After National Finals
About 40 townspeople attended the Kearney Post meeting as the executive committee planned a welcome home parade block dance and banquet for the Kearney Post baseball team in Omaha. Sub committees named under George Fish for parades, dances, and escort duties with Chief Ferarra heading the escort to greet the team upon their return possibly Sept. 10 or later depending on playoff results.
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Kearney Post
Omaha
Neb
Anthony J. Ferrara
Bristol Woman Receives Korea Army Letter After Six Years
Mary Ferrera of 300 Thames Street Bristol received a letter last week from Corporal C. Tierney of U S Army forces in Korea. The note lists multiple committees including Warren Banquet Committee chaired by George Salmonese and Mary Garvin Speakers’ Committee chaired by Daniel W Coggeshall, with numerous members and subcommittees.
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Mary Ferrera
Thames Istreet
Bristol
C. Tierney
U S. Army
Korea
George Salmonese
Thomas Black
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Walter C Wallander
Vincent L Malafronte
Edward D. Kunz
Mary . Garvin
Must Win Tonite In Order To Stay In Omaha Finals
Bristol Kearney Post baseball team suffers a 22 to 12 loss to Oakland in Omaha as they fight to stay alive in the national finals. Oakland leads the series as Bristol faces elimination with two losses needed to end their title bid.
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Omaha
Bristol Kearney
Neb
Oakland Calif
Bristol
Opening Day Registration Falls Short of Projection by 41 Pupils
Bristol School Department reports 1737 pupils registered on opening day, down from an expected 1778. Superintendent Edward J. Fitzgerald cites some students away in Omaha and others not yet started. Grade tallies show Pre-Primary 143 First 47 Second 182 Third 202 Fourth 179 Fifth 161 Sixth 119 Seventh 122 Eighth 141 Ninth 127 Tenth 95 Eleventh ae Twelfth 93. Totals 1737.
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Bristol School Department
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Parent Teachers Assn Uses Clothing Exchange Fund Plan
The Bristol Parent Teachers Association will raise funds this year with a unique method called a clothing exchange. Parents may sell clothes their children have outgrown to generate income for the association.
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Parent Teachers Assn
Bristol Parent Teachers Association
Sailor Pleads Guilty After Assault on Bristol Man
Charles W. Bowen Jr a U S Navy sailor stationed on the U S S Charles H Roan pleaded guilty to assault in Fifth District Court He was fined 50 and costs for striking Arthur Aguiar with a 16 ounce can as they rode from Bristol to the city Aguiar received two stitches for a head wound after the blow Martha McNally drove the car and testified Bowen struck while in the rear seat with no exchange of words noted during the ride.
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Charles W. Bowen, Jr
U. S. Navy
U.S.S
Charles H. Roan
Emilio D. Iannuccillo
Fifth District
Bowen
Strikeae
Arthur Aguiar
John Street
Bristol
Aguiar
Prudence Island Affected By Food Poisoning Incident
The narrator details a Labor Day aftermath on Prudence Island with a ptomaine poisoning incident. A doctor and baker Mr DeWitt aided a patient at home, illustrating island reliance on local help and the quiet after a busy summer season as fall begins.
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Dewitt
Meeting Doc or Ross at Prudence Wharf Note
The narrator recalls meeting a cheerful, well connected woman named Doc or Ross at the Home stead wharf. Her family has visited Prudence for nearly 40 years and her mother, 96, remains active despite partial blindness after an earlier eye injury. The speaker admires the mother's positive disposition and hopes for similar resilience.
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Docor Ross
Homestead Wharf
Prudence
CH Island
Dr. Ross
Rhode Island School Physician Joins Prudence Lab Debate
Dr. Ryass, longtime RI College of Education faculty member and school physician, is known for her outreach to Bristol graduates and summer visits with girls. She voices outspoken opposition to a proposed Govt lab at Prudence, while hosting a medical colleague whose views differ, suggesting softened views after the visit.
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Bristol
Rhode Island College of Education
Dr. Ryass
Prudence
Doctor’s legible handwriting praised by patient at Prudence
After treating her patient the physician wrote clear instructions for 12 hours. She recalled choosing readable prescriptions to spare others the trouble of deciphering doctors’ writing and remarked this summer as the busiest at Prudence.
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