Bristol School Board rejects Riccio lighting plans for Guiteras Field
The Bristol School Committee declined proposals by Joseph Riccio of the Bristol Town Team Association to floodlight Guiteras Field for night sports. They favored town-owned equipment and warned against tying the field to one organization, with a separate Sunday and Wednesday use proposal withdrawn and a denial of Sunday morning field use.
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Guiteras Field
Bristol School Board
Joseph G . Ricco
Bristol Town Team Association
Wilfred M Hamill
Ricci0
Hamill
Assation
Bristol School Committee
Owould
Edward J Fitzgerald
Riccio
R I Press Club Plans Bristol Meeting Tomorrow
The Rhode Island Press Club meets in Bristol tomorrow afternoon starting at Martin Hall. Members will tour the Mt Hope Farms Museum with Haffenreffer’s Indian relics, visit Mt Hope Bridge and Colt Drive, then return to Martin Hall for a Mt Hope Bay bake by Bakemaster G Elton Pierce. Arrangements are by R S Bosworth. club president is Frederick B Tew Jr of West Warwick.
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Rhode Island Press Club
Bristol
Martin Hall
Mt. Hope Farms
Haffenreffer
Mt. Hope Bridge
Colt Drive
G. Elton Pierce
Mt Hope Bay
R. S. Bosworth
Frederick B Tew, Jr
West Warwick
Miss Gladys Brightman to Direct Girls at YMCA
Miss Gladys Brightman will become the Girls and Women's Athletic Director at the YMCA starting Sept 25, announced by O I Bergstrom. Classes for girls and women will be held every Thursday evening from 7 to 10, with badminton volley ball tennis and basketball instruction plus other group activities.
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Gladys Brightman
YMCA
O I Bergstrom
The
Battery C to Share in National Guard Fund
Rhode Island authorizes distribution of 4661.67 to reactivated National Guard units. Battery C, 243rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion in Bristol will receive 43.79, representing 90 percent of funds turned in by inactivated units. The War Department holds 10 percent for delayed claims, with remaining balance to be distributed.
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Rhode Island
National Guard
War Department
State Adjutant General
243Rd
Bristol
Vermette Installed For 2nd Term As Bristol Council Grand Knight
Norman J Vermette was installed as grand knight of the Bristol Council Knights of Columbus for a second term at a Wednesday evening ceremony at the K of C home on State Street. Ambrose Carroll installed him and named officers including Anthony DaPonte as deputy grand knight and Anthony D Dupont as chancellor. Other officers were Joseph Cavallaro recorder Cae Connery Jr treasurer Judgedward L Leahy advocate Jerome Donovan warden Joseph Malloy inside guard William Flanagan outside guard and Robert J Connery trustee. Guests included State Deputy Donald J Murray and clergy Charles C Curran and Austin J Smith. Salvatore Massano was named lecturer. Refreshments followed.
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K. of C
State Street
Norman J Vermette
Bristol Council
K of C
Ambrose Carroll
Vermette
Anthony DaPonte
Anthony D. DuPont
Joseph A. Cavallaro
Cae Connery, Jr
Judgedward L. Leahy
Jerome Donovan
Joseph Malloy
William Flanagan
Robert J. Connery
Donald J. Murray
Charles C. Curran
St. Mary’s Church
Council
Austin J. Smith
Salvatore Massano
Grand
Transportation Problems To Be Aired At Joint Meeting
A joint meeting of Prudence Island Navigation Company officials and Prudence Island residents is set for September 28 to discuss local transportation problems according to PINC official Elmer E Angell.
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Prudence Island Navigation Company
Prudence Island
Elmer E Angell
The
PINC
Wilkerson Assigned to Advanced Gunnery School
C R Wilkerson a U S Navy chief gunnery mate and husband of Mrs Walker of 266 Wood St has been assigned to the Advanced Gunnery School in Washington. He entered the naval service May 21 1939 at the Naval Recruiting Center Greensboro.
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R Walkerson
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Walkerson
Wood St
Advanced Gunnery
Scho
Washington
Wilkerson
Naval Service
Naval Recruiting Center
Greensboro
Trinity Chapel schedules and rector welcome event announced
The article lists weekly services at Trinity Chapel on State and High Streets with weekday mass times and Sunday masses starting September 14. It notes Evensong at 7 pm and a church school at 9:45. Mrs Lawrence Cheetham heads the Women’s Guild arrangements committee planning a September 30 reception at 8 pm for Rev. Thomas E. Little. It also serves as a farewell to Rev. John P. Beauchamp. Plans to be finalized September 24.
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Trinity Chapel
Lawrence Cheetham
Women’s Guild of
Trinity Church
Thomas E. Little
CSSS
Trinity Episcopal Church
John P. Beauchamp
Portsmouth
C and A Girls Club Plans Banquet At Special Meeting
The C and A Girls Club will hold a special meeting on Monday September 15 at 7 p.m. in the Plant J lounge to finalize plans for the annual banquet. Members are requested to be present.
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Plant J
Guardsman recruitment contest in Rhode Island opens September 16
National Guardsmen compete to recruit the most new members in a two month drive with top prize a plane trip to Washington and a free Army Navy game ticket in Philadelphia. Local prize goes to Battery C’s best recruiter who will win Harvard Yale football class tickets.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Raymond J Makowsky
Battery C
Harvard
Yale
Nick Cariglia Named Athletic Director at YMCA
Nick Cariglia of 104 Kirkemuit Road Warren will become Athletic Director of the YMCA on Sept 15 as announced by Dr D V A Capone chair of the Y committee. A Providence College graduate and former Chiefs player he will direct afternoon classes for youth and evening programs for adults at the Y. He plans to form a touch football league.
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Nick Cariglia
Kirkemuit Road
Warren
Y. M.ca
D. V. A Capone
Cariglia
Providence College
Chiefs
Army
Nick
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Fire at Colt Farm Destroys Barn on Poppasquash
A wooden barn at Colt Farm Poppasquash burned Wednesday evening near 6 15 from an undetermined origin. The shed held about 10 tons of fertilizer and $200 worth of shavings. Fire Chief Guevremont directed removal of the standing frame and firemen used a nearby hydrant. Manuel Andrade reported by neighbors and police investigated by Patrolman Serbst.
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Colt Farm
Poppasquash
John T. Goggin
Colt Estate
Fred Guevremont
Manuel Andrade
Frederick W Serbst
Blue Ribbon Winners At Rehoboth Flower Show
Mrs Howard Paull president Bristol Garden Club and Mrs Sebastian Bernard Jr member Bristol and Countryside Garden Clubs won blue ribbons at the Rehoboth Garden Club Flower Show at Goff Memorial Hall Rehoboth Mass. Paull entry featured baptism seedpots red zinnias and small red tomatoes in an old gray mor tar. Bernard received a Special Judges Award for an outstanding arrangement of black baptista pods and yellow bronze dahlias in a low black urn before an antique tray.
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Howard Paull
Bristol Garden Club
Sebastian Bernard
Bristol and Countryside Garden Clubs
Rehoboth
Deadline Extended on Terminal Leave Pay For Veterans
The Finance Office of the U.S Army in New England reminds veterans the deadline for terminal leave pay applications has been extended to September 1 1948 under Public Law 239. The 1946 Armed Forces Leave Act initially set September 1 1947 as the final date.
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Finance Office
U.S Army
New England
Narrows School Bus Route Expanded by School Committee
The school committee voted to extend bus service to the Narrows area to serve 17 Bristol Narrows children, starting Monday. Temporary one year teaching appointments were made for elementary grades including Jean Mulligan Helen Perry Alice Barlow Margaret Ruggiero and Father C Vitek Virginia Martin and Virginia Borges. Minor appointments include Helen Gallo for Household Arts and Rose McIntyre Alven Pahline in Senior High Commercial and Household Arts respectively. Swanson retired Oct 10 and Vicent Saviano replaces Rev Anthony Parshley on the Retirement Board. Emily Camara and Dorothy Trasiello were named substitute teachers.
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Jean Mulligan
Helen R Perry
Alice G Barlow
Margaret M. Ruggiero
Father C. Vitek
Virginia I. Martin
Virginia Borges
Helen H Gallo
Rose M McIntyre
Alven Pahline
Miss Swanson
Teachers Retirement Board
Vicent Saviano
Anthony R. Parshley
Emily B. Camara
Dorothy F Trasiello
Mount Carmel Seeks Big Win In Do or Die Clash
Mount Carmel faces Club Giester at Richardson Park in Providence in a pivotal Providence Independent Amateur League race. A Mt Carmel victory could move them into first place a half game ahead of Giester, with Massano on the mound and a 10 am batting eye sharpen. The article also notes Holy Communion and church meetings scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
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Mount Carmel
Club Giester
Richardson Park
Providence
Giester
Mt. Carmel
Federal Knife
Federal Hill
Federal Kn
Mounties
Trotter Family and Rotary Coincidences from Madison
A column recalls Ramsay Trotter and his humor as the Trotter family seeks a new home in Madison Wisconsin. Dr. Fred Martin recounts a Toronto Rotary meeting with Dr Seagraves linking Bristol Rhode Island and Johns Hopkins, highlighting shared memories and coincidences.
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Ramsay
Trotter
Fred Martin
Toronto
Rotary
Seagraves
Burma
Will
Martin
Bristol
Rhode Island
Dr. Seagraves
Johns Hopkins
H. Newell Martin
Dr. Martin
Colt Memorial Hosts Cranton in Test Game Tomorrow
Colt Memorial meets Cranton in a 2 PM test game at Guiteras Field to open the season with a mid afternoon matchup.
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Colt Memorial
Cranston
Guiteras Field
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