Fall fishing picks up in Bristol Harbor with snapper blues and tautog
Snappers or skipjacks appear three weeks late in Bristol Harbor, averaging about half a pound and nine inches. They attract light tackle anglers, especially juniors. Tautog begin fall runs, preferring hard baits like green crabs or clam necks. The Hattie M salvage boat gets repairs, the Marcia Beth is hauled out for painting and engine work, and local boats Fisher Hawk and others are moved to new moorings.
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Bristol Harbor
Freddie Pierce
Hattie M
Soak
Shiek
Eagles and boats and harbor chatter on the coast
Steward Ford carves an eagle to gift Jack for luck while Jack learns the fish hawk is in the eagle family. Joe Rainder’s 33-foot Seal returns after a facelift and now sports a swept-back windshield and swordfish pulpit. Moran Shellfish reports high littlenecks at 12 cents a pound with prices expected to ease. Bristol Harbor remains a major supplier. Ray Warner leaves Thames Street for Florida after operating a local boat shop for years. Hurricanes skirt the area as Texans call them a breeze.
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Stern
Steward Ford
Jack
Joe Rainder
Yacht
Herb Luther
Rehoboth
Bill Liscomb
Charlie
Ellen Peterson
Kinder
Peter
Sammy
Block Island
Brother Fetherston
Oliver Moran
Moran’ Shellfish Company
Thames Street
Moran
R. I
Bristol Harbor
Ray Warner
Florida
Ray
School Bus Times To Remain The Same Monday
Edward J. Fitzgerald announces that parish school buses will keep schedules when schools reopen Monday with possible delays on Fatima drive Narrows Sowams Gibson road and Beach road due to crowded first trips. He notes delays may shift next day and cold weather may worsen cyclist or parent rides. 1629 pupils return Wednesday, down 96 from last year as polio closures affected attendance. total expected to rise to pre pandemic levels next week.
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Fatima Drive
the Narrows
Sowams Drive
Gibson Road
Beach Road
Fitzgerald
Pecona
Fizgerald
Gene Ritchie Named Red Feather Major
Gene L. Ritchie named Major of the residential division for the Red Feather campaign announced by general chairman Lester Gurney III. Ritchie, a plant engineer at U S Rubber Co, has held roles with the American Legion the 40 and 8 and the XY board of directors and serves on Bristol Community Fund budget committee.
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Gene Ritchie
Red Feather
Gene L. Ritchie
Red Feather Campaign
Lester Gurney III
American Legion
Gore
Washington Lodge
Warren School Committee
Xy” Board of
American Radio Relay League
Rhode Island C A.P
Ritchie
U.S. Rubber Co
Bristol Community Fund, Inc
Multiple vehicle collisions and thefts reported in local area
Police records list several incidents including a left fender and bumper damage to Mrs Hilda Ferris on State and Hope streets after a collision with Oscar Brouillard. Other reports note stolen rear hubcaps from Albert Lopes, a minor rear-end collision involving Wallace Steere and John McKenna Jr., and a Wood street crash between Joseph Silvia and Reginald Medina. The dragger Thais was towed after a rudder failure and Domenic Savino reported the theft of his outboard motor valued at 300 dollars.
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Hilda Ferris
Thames Street
State Street
Hope Street
Oscar C. Brouillard
Pearse Avenue
Ferris
Broullard
Albert Lopes
Constitution Street
Wallace S. Steere
Milk Street
John F. McKenna Jr
Popular Street
Providence
Beach Road
Steere
McKenna
Joseph L. Silvia
Perry Street
Reginald L. Medina
Wood Street
Mondina
Silvia
di Lauro
Buster Morin
Church Street
Coast Guard
Frank Greene
E. S. Holt
Barrington Beach
Domenic Savino
High Street
Pappasquash
RI Veterans Home to Be Dedicated September 25
The Rhode Island Veterans Home, a $1.5 million project, will be dedicated on Sunday September 25 at 2 PM with U S Senator John Pastore U S Senator Theodore Green Governor Dennis Roberts and many officials on hand The ceremony includes a flag presented by Mrs Laura J Smith and remarks by Gov Roberts Ches ter W Williams and Francis B Condon. A tour and buffet will follow the program with invited guests and dignitaries including local leaders and veterans representatives.
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R. I. Veterans
U. S
John O. Pastore
Aimee Forand
Dennis J. Roberts
Veterans Organizations
Town Council
Joseph F Bruno
Theodore F Green
Congr. Forand
Near East
Ireland
Senator Green
Laura J. Smith
Ladies
Gov. Roberts
Chester W. Williams
Division of Soldiers' Welfare
Home
Senator Pastore
Congr
Forand
Francis B. Condon
U. S. Supreme Court
R. I. Dept. of the American Legion
Edward E. Turgeon
Charles H. Lynch
John N. Sinclair
Obituary: Nathaniel A Gladding Dies at 67 in Warren
Nathaniel A Gladding 67 husband of Alice B Gladding of 134 Gibson road died last night at home after a long illness. Born July 30 1888 he was a machinist at US Rubber Co and a member of St Albans Lodge F and AM. Survived by wife two sons Nathaniel A Jr and Raymond S Gladding a daughter Mrs Charles Munroe 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from George M Wilbur Memorial Warren with burial in North Cemetery.
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Nathaniel A Gladding
Alice B Gladding
Gibson Road
Nathaniel
Hattie (Perry) Gladding
US Rubbey Co
St Alban’s Lodge F
A.M
Nathaniel A Jr
Puerto Rico
Raymond S. Gladding
Key West
Fla
Charles Munroe
Hollywood
George M Wilbur
Warren
North Cemetery
Funeral of Mrs Emily Peterson at First Congregational
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Knudsen Peterson 71 wife of Charles Peterson of 168 High Street were held Tuesday at 2 pm in the First Congregational Church with Rev Albert E Hutchison officiating Bearers were Arthur Sherman George McCarthy Harold Van Voast William Simmons Harold Carey and Charles Booth Burial followed at North Cemetery where the Rev Hutchison presided over the committal Mrs Peterson a town resident for 40 years died Saturday at her home after a short illness.
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Charles Peterson
Emily (Knudsen) Peterson
High Street
First Congregational Church
Albert E. Hutchison
Arthur Sherman
George McCarthy
Harold van Voast
William Simmons
Harold Carey
Charles Booth
North Cemetery
Hutchison
Peterson
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Jack DeWolf
Fritz Hanson
Bill King
Bailey Island
Maine
Texas
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Moore
LS Moore
A Amin Moore
Hope Hardware
Hope St
Manuel R. Freitas
Colonial Rd
Veterans Home
Somersef
John Payne
Hell's Island
Robert Mitchum
Technicolor
Walt Disney
Bigelow
Bristol Hoor Covering Co
Bristol
E Co., Inc
Nathaniel A. Gladding
Sungger
Ranake Andl Capes
Metacom Ave
Warren Dial
Counttry Club
Enna
Journal
Mannan
Fall River
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