Bristol Harbor ketch sails for shakedown from Bristol
A 43 foot ketch left Bristol Harbor for a shakedown cruise headed toward the Cape. The craft was built by local Bristol artisans, with a modest crew and a “Built in Bristol” nameplate praising individual skill and community effort. Contributors named include Charle Peterson, Harold Greene, Harold Carey, Joe Cunha, Ellen Peterson, Bill Simmons, Myron DeMoranville and Hans Langendoen.
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Bristol Harbor
Cape
Bristol
Charle Peterson
Harold Greene
Harold Carey
Joe Cunha
Ellen Peterson
Bill Simmons
Myron DeMoranville
Hans Langendoen
Many Small Gifts Needed for Red Feather Campaign
The Bristol community plans for the Red Feather drive stress that only broad worker family support can sustain welfare agencies. With fewer large gifts, education of the average wage earner becomes essential to fund youth, old age, sickness, and broken families through the Community Chest.
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Red Feather
Bristol
St Mary's CYO Gala Opens With Art and Music
St Mary's CYO opened last Saturday night with Lou August painting a Mona Lisa over the airwaves while 250 art critics watched in enraptured silence. Carl De Luca's 10 piece band performed I Crossed My Fingers and Al My Love as tributes to absent diamond heroes. Viola Cunard won the door prize and exited whistling Lucky Old Sun as The Tunnel of Love sent teens into a vocal roller coaster. The gala committee included Frank Thurber Kate Estrella Dot Silvia Edmund Costa Theresa Medeiros Elsie Estrella and Kay Bowler.
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Lou August
St Mary’s
CYO
Carl de Luca
Viola Cunard
Frank Thurber
Kate Estrella
Dot Silvia
Edmund Costa
Theresa Medeiros
Elsie Estrella
Kay Bowler
Freshman Week Features Barbecue at Rhode Island State College
Freshman Week at Rhode Island State College kicks off with a chicken barbecue on the quadrangle in front of East Hall on Tuesday September 12. An information tent opens Sunday September 10 with a supper in Lippitt Hall and a musical program before outdoor movies. A Monday September 11 meeting, a music hour, and registration instructions cap the events as the influx of over 600 freshmen begin a season of group calisthenics and football drills led by Kopp Palladino Chapman Cucurzo and others.
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East Hall
Rhode Islandland State
State College
Chester A Berry
Lippitt Hall
Bristol and Vicinity Column Improves Courtesy
A local column in Bristol and vicinity offers tips on courtesy and cooperation. The piece emphasizes practical for readers and notes thanks to contributors and readers alike.
Local notices and greetings from Bristol area crowd
Call 44 Sgt George A Oliver of 568 Wood Street to active duty. First Marine Corps Reserve District. Women's Guild Trinity Church fall meeting at 8 pm Parish Hall. Duarte announce birth of son Raymond August 25 Providence Lying-In Hospital. Mrs Duarte formerly Miss Cecelia Rego. Mary Ann Arruda recovering after surgery at Truesdale Hospital Fall River. Bertram W Wall family back from Cape Cod. Joseph Qualey Bristol Eagles guard sends telegram to Kearney Post in Omaha. Louis H Gallo and wife return from Deer Lodge Montana visit to daughter. Labor Day guests at Bristol Narrows include Jerry Sides Uruguay Manuel Barroca Portugal Arthur A De Araujo Portugal. Mr and Mrs Joseph St George announce birth of daughter Gail Ann August 28 Providence Lying-In Hospital. Mrs St George formerly Helen Travers. Merrill H Boynton of Cleveland and family visit Upper Longfield. Bristol Civic League plans Sept 13 meeting at Bristol Narrows clambake discussed. Fred Martin and Winston O Fetherston return from Rye with Mrs Stanley Friswell in NYC. Ella Frances Gray graduates Truesdale Nursing School. Will enroll Mayo Clinic physiotherapy program in Rochester Minnesota. Sister Sally K Gray to Chamberlain School Boston. Both Bristol Senior High graduates, daughters of Vernon A Gray.
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George A. Oliver
Wood Street
Marine Corps Reserve District
Women’s Guild of Trinity Church
Frank Duarte
Oliver Street
Raymond
Providence Lying-Ir Hospital
Duarte
Cecelia Rego
Mary Ann Arruda
Bay View Avenue
Truesdale
Fall River
Bertram W Wall
Margaret Susan
Brewster
Mass
Cape Cod
Joseph Qualey
Bristol Eagles
Brisol Eagles
Order of Eagles
Kearney Post
Omaha
Louis H Gallo
Franklin Street
Deer Lodge
Mont
Edward Mo
Joseph St George
Bradford Street
Gail Ann
Providence
St. George
Helen Travers
Merrill H Boynton
Cleveland
Ohio
H W Boynton
Upper Longfield
Boynton
Robert
Bristol Civic League
Minn
Sally K. Gray
Chamberlain School
Boston
Bristol Senior High School
Vernon A Gray
Bristol Built Sea Goose Sets Sail On Two Week Shakedown
The 43 foot auxilliary ketch Sea Goose, built at Bristol Yacht Yard in Pappasquash, departed for a two week shakedown cruise with owner J Seward Johnson aboard. Designer F Spaulding Dunbar and nine knot speed powered by two 60 hp Chris Craft engines, the vessel aims for treacherous coral waters this winter and may spawn a larger ketch if successful.
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Bristol Yacht Yard
Bahamas
Bristol
Pappasquash
J Seward Johnson
F [Spaulding Dunbar
Chatham
Mass
Cape Cod
Johnson
Ram Team Opens Fall Practice Under Coach Hal Kopp
At Kingston on Saturday September 23 the 30 candidates reported to Ram coach Hal Kopp. He cautioned linemen as they flashed aggressive blocks at the dummy during the first day of drills.
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Luc Vpc
Baie Wit Bates
Kingston
Hal Kopp
Kopp
Card of Thanks for Joseph Correira Bereavement
The family expresses sincere thanks to relatives neighbors and friends for sympathy spiritual bouquets and floral offerings during bereavement special thanks to Plant H Collins and Aikman Corp and the Crown Girls for the night shift support.
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Ghbors
Plant H Collins and Aikman Corp
Crown
Joseph Correira
Autumn Food Sale and Bridge Planned for St Marys
St Mary's Church announces an Autumn bridge and food sale to be held in the church auditorium on Thursday evening September 14. Multiple committees manage tickets, tables, refreshments, candy, prizes, aides, accessories, and general arrangements led by chairmen Mrs Moses Moore and Mrs James Sylvester with numerous assistants.
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St. Mary‘s Church
Moses Moore
James McGinn
James E. Connors
Beatrice Lavoie
William Manchester
John Burke
Mary Walsh
James Murphy
James D Sullivan
Adelard Beauvais
Edward LeClerc
Andrew Vorro
Olyver Desilets
Adolph Ferrara, Jr
Charles Connery
William LeClair
Charles Burke
David Ferris
Anthony Medeiros
Wiliam Josephs
James Sylvester
Louis Beauregard
James Sisson
Everett McMillan
Emil Dubuc
John McKenna
James Ruggiero
E. Hugh ‘Holmes
Thomas Balzano
Louis Evans
John Rushneck
Carl Witherell
John H Hennessey
Joseph Malloy
Arthur Tattrie
William Carstena
James Bernard
Edward Rinald
Lallian Connery
Molly Long
Henrietta Connery
Alicia Connery
Marion Long
Charles Richards
Margaret Morris
G Elton Pierce
John Egan
Henry Serbst
Evelyn Mullaney
John O Lawrence
Ann McCallum
O’brien
Thomas J Foley
Edward J. Newbold
George Wallace
Anita la Fazia
Arthur Demers
Thomas Pansa
Donations for Kearney Post Team Champions Fund
Contributions support Kearney Post No. 6 American Legion junior baseball as they pursue state region and sectional champions. Donations fund travel equipment and uniforms for the team.
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Kearney
American Legion
Posters Remind Bristol Drivers as Schools Open
Bristol police urge caution as schools reopen with posters reading School's Open driving or walking take it easy. The AAA joins local groups to distribute safety placards and urge motorists to watch for children near streets during opening days and beyond.
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Bristol l
Posee
Burchiel
Town Council Considers Polling Place and Voter List Update
The council discussed using Guiteras Memorial High School auditorium if districts are split. Town Clerk John W Church reported 5809 eligible voters for November, down 432 from 1948 due to registration lapses. District figures show First District 1326, down 213. Second District 1760, down 150. Second Representative District 2723, down 69.
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Lawrence
Guiteras Memorial High School
John ‘W Church
Weekend Gardener tips for Rhode Island growers
The column advises picking fading annual blooms to renew vigor, pinching back houseplants before frost, and fertilizing chrysanthemums at one pound per 100 sq ft. It also covers sowing lettuce and radishes in cold frames for December, banking frame sides for insulation, and apple harvest with homemade applesauce to save costs. It ends with trivia on the muskellunge as a top fighting fish.
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Bristol Phenix
Bristol Phoenix Publishing CO
Roswell S Bosworth
Russell C. Hawkes
Secon
Bristol Fashion
St. Mary’s
R. L State
Rams
Vic Palladino
Johnny Chapman
Paul Cucurzo
Bristol & Vicinity
Cooper
Bristol Narrows
Jerry Sides
Uruguay
South America
Manuel Barroca
Portugal
Arthur A de Araujo
Bristol Built
BAY State Tanka Theater
Gary Cooper
Franchot Tone
Frances Langford
NTR A
William Josephs
Robert Newbold
Duu
Sam W. Burchiel
Anthony J. Ferrara
Bugle & Drum Corps
Holmes Brothers
Automobile Club of
Rhode
Ralph de Leo
Island
AAA
Bristol Lace Works, Inc
Frank O Rene
Henry Alfred
Albert Brunelli
Nat Raymond
Thomas
Ben F. Lindemuth
Hope Drug Co Enn
Hope Drug Co Enn Nwmen Bened Bama
Chas Pendleton
William B Darling
Charles Martin
William Maisano
Daniel Prechapo
James C Ruggeiro
Charles L. Davis
Mary Silvia Jackie
Georg Ray Manning
Daniel Chase
Ralph McCaw
iJack Carreira
Sal Viscione
Alfred Sousa
John Foti
AZUMI
Ipforum
Cerry
Moore
Fred Lopes
Fred N Palmer
Betty Colt Wilson
Russell Colt
Jesse King Silvia
John D Moore
Alphonse Rebello
John C Mello Jr
Town Tavern Inc
Eugene Cochran
Katherine Weidman
M J O'Brien
Mabel Belanger
Ella Millard
James F Duffy, Sr
Ralph K. Nash
Fred M. Straight
Robert W. Nelson
John “Foxy” Marshall
Harry W Munro
Edward J Higgins
George Salmonese
Samuel A. Hall
George S Marshall
Frank B. Silvia
J Estrella
Charles Correira
George Dion, Sr
Barnacle But the Sailor
Florence Dunbar
MC Smith Jr
Bobby Jogelinger
Aime Forand
Ralph K Nash
Robert W Nelson
John C. Mello, Jr
M. J ‘O’brien
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Town Tavern, Inc
James F Duffy
Fred Straight
Jie
Ollsels
Lene
Mpena Abe
Studebaker
Hog Island
Joe Echo
eAee Buy
P'S
Thames Street
DODGE
Taplin’ Parage
Arsenne
Hope Street
Winecombe
Robeson Street
Studebaker Regal
Tuplin's
Collie
Lady's
Warren
Molasky's Store
State Street
Tel
Ian Ed Man
Anti Family
Bee
Ferrycliffe Farm
Quick Money
Mominated Sign Co
1St Avenue
S. Minneapolis
Garfield Avenue
Cali Br
Albert Emery
Mt. Hope Ave
John E. Merella
Fender
Cabrals
Corner Market St. and
Redmond — Warren, Rbi
Turing
S. F. Winecombe
Robeson St
Fal River
Anderson
John Francis
Metacom Avenue
W. Tm
Spencer
Joseph M. C. Maiato
Constitution Street
S. Blackman
Lowell Avenue
Byfield Street
Bris
Bristol Police
By E. P. Christopher
Rhode Island State College
A. Muskalonge
Federal Sepestt Xserance Corporation
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