Kingfisher Power Boats To Be Built At Bristol Yard
Shipyard in Bristol revival marks startup under skipper Hans Langedoen from Marblehead. A fleet of 15 foot Kingfisher power boats to be built, powered by 25 hp Universal engines, aiming for 18 knots, with storage and repair services maintained. Yard to store 100 boats this fall and employ Bristol men as production begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morniing
Hans’ ‘Langedoen
Langedoen
Marblehead, Mass
Langedeen
Bristol
Train of Artillery Plans Anniversary Trip and Europe Expedition
Members of the Bristol Train of Artillery met at headquarters for a spaghetti dinner and discussed the Kentish Guards Rhode Island Militia 175th anniversary celebration in East Greenwich on October 29. They also outlined the Centennial Legion Expedition to Europe next spring to promote peace and goodwill among Atlantic nations and formed a five man indoor rifle team for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery
Henry A. Hambrick
Comac
East Greenwich
Kentish Guards
Rhode Island
Centennial Legion
Europe
Atlantic Community of Nations
Town's First Polio Case Reported Yesterday
Pete Pardee of Bristol Ferry returns from a Bermuda to England cruise aboard a 45 foot cutter mixing vacation and hobby with hard work. He sails past Cowes regatta on the English mainland and ends on the French liner De Grasse. The article also notes the town's first infantile paralysis case, Miss Elsie Cruz, 19, of Second School Street, and four crew members landing at Chapin Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Pardee
Bristol Ferry
Bermuda
England
Pete
de Grasse
Cowes
Isle of White
Elsie Cruz
Second School Street
Chapin Hospitallers
Robert Somerset
Providence
William L. Serbst
Bay Dump Protest Mounts Over Wardwell Site
Walter J. Shea warned Bristol residents and the town dump study committee of possible Bay pollution from a proposed Wardwell salt water spray dump. Objectors argue spray and bulldozer compaction may seep into Mt Hope Bay, endangering health as data on such methods remain limited. A Minturn Farm study precedes Wardwell review, with next meeting set for Sept 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Shea
State Division of Sanitary Engineering
Wardwell
Bristol
Julio F. Xavier
Shea
Mt. ‘Hope Bay
Werner
E. Follin
Joseph L. Campanella Jr
Xavier
Minturn Farm
Martin Hall
R. I
Five Braves Expected To Stay On 1950 Club Roster
Providence Journal-Bulletin promotions chief HH Webster Youlden told Rotarians the Boston Braves will likely retain only five of their 1950 roster. He named Warren Spahn Del Crandall Earl Torgeson Vern Bickford and Alvin Dark as surviving players. He cited discontent over Johnnie Antonelli’s bonus and noted the club’s $225000 gate loss from TV broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Braves
HH Webster Youlden
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Rotary Club
Warren Spahn
del Crandall
Earl Torgeson
Vern Bickford
Alvin Dark
Youlden
Rotarians
Braves
Billy Southworth
Dave
Johnnie Antonelli
Egan
Rockingham Race Track
Industrial Division Goal Set in 1949 Community Chest Drive
The Industrial Division aims to raise 5125 in four town plants during the Red Feather Drive week of October 3 7, with October 2 kickoff. Leaders from A S Rubber Carr Mfg Bristol Mfg and Collins and Aikman attended the Wednesday session, chaired by 1949 head Francis Murphy. Next week focuses on the Residential Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Francis J. Murphy
J. Foster Price
Frederick S. Bartlett
Bristol Community Chest
A. 5. Rubber
Arthur Eastman
Carr Mfg. Corp
Anthony J. Nunes
Bristol Mfg. Co
Clarence Spece
Collins and Aikman
Bartlett
National Guard Starts Two Month Recruiting Drive
Rhode Island National Guard Battery C 243rd AAA AW Bn launches a two month recruiting drive on September 19 to boost from 128 soldiers and 4 officers toward 140 enlisted and 6 officers. Captain Raymond J. Makowsky invites all men 17 to 35 to enlist, with twelve teams planned to recruit one member each.
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243Rd Aaa
AW Bn
Rhode Island National Guard
Raymond J. Makowsky
Battery C
National Guard
Rhode Island Guard
National Defense
Makowsky
Alll
Harvard Army
Harvard
State Armory
Church Street
Guard
Defiance Aims for 15th Water Battle Title
Defiance Hose Company's water battle team leaves Saturday afternoon to defend the U I State Firemen's League crown at Saylesville. The 14 time champ squad features Angelo Andrade as captain with John Francis Manuel Terra James Almeida and Charles Andrade. On Sunday September 25 they travel to Geneva for Field Day battles.
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Defiance Hose Company
U. I. State Firemen
Saylesville
Angelo Andrade
John Francis
Manuel Terra
James Alimeida
Charles Andrade
Defiance
Geneva
Colt Opens Grid Season Under Ares
The Colt Memorial eleven begins the 1949 grid campaign tonight visiting Rogers High of Newport in an arclight contest. Coach Ralph K. Nash lineups keep the same starters except Enos at left tackle replacing Ernie Cassandra. Kickoff is 6 815 at Freebody Park with Rogers new coach Leo Crowe of Notre Dame tuning up a team seeking an upset.
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Colt Memorial
Mt. Hope Bridge
Rogers High of
Newport
Enos
Ernie Cassandra
Nash
Rogers
Leo Crowe
Notre Dame
Bristol Waterfront Recalled in Old Bristolian Series
In the Phoenix files of 1907 the old Bristol waterfront is remembered. Sixty seven years ago two wharves stood where the Sugar House now sits. One wharf belonged to James White Sr. and his family, with wood storage and early coal trials. The other wharf hosted the Clarke Freeman sugar refinery and a growing sugar trade tied to local leaders, with St. George’s era politics hinted at through club elections and notable names in Bristol history.
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Bristol
Old Bristolian
Phoenix Files
James White
Newport
James Perry
Raymond JH. Perry
Constitution Street
David Waldron
Perry
James Wits
John Norris
Samuel ‘Norris
U.S. Rubber Company
Sigar
Clarke Freeman
Horace Barns
Samuel Norris
Squash Point
New Sr
C. R. Dimond
Bristol Yachtion
Commodore Freeman
Gilbert C. Hoover
Francois L. de Wolf
John Brechin
John R. White
A. Sidney Dew. Herreshoff
William Boardman
W. Frederick Williams
Roland Stanley
Stanley Livingston, Jr
Robert Rulon-Miller
George Lamb II
Charles B. [Rockwell
Paul C. Nicholson
Bristol Sugar Trade and Wharf Legacy in Early Days
The narrative traces Bristol area commerce from the Diamond and Go export import venture with Cuba to the Phoenix Sugar Refining Company formed by Hugh N. Camp Edward W Brunsen and Charles Sherry. It notes stockholders native to Bristol, the company’s failure after two assessments, its sale to Albert H. Flint for window shades, and the wharf’s evolving use by Crawford Easterbrooks Hezekiah Wardwell and successors including Seth Paull. It mentions Dimond's Wharf and ships at the Text wharf and nearby lumber and grain trade in a shifting 19th century port economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix Sugar Refining Company
Chapman
New York
Bristol
Henry Goff
S. D. Wardwell
W. T. C. Wardwell
John B. Munro
J. A. Miller
Alfred Pearse
A. M. Newman
Seth
Paull
J. H. Manchester
Wil H. West
N. N. Cole
Nel ‘Cole
Benjamin West
Albert H. Flint
Ant
Crawford ‘Easterbrooks
Easterbrooks
Hezekiah Wardwell
Fardwell
Dimond
Seth Paull
Cas
James
DeWolk
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Bristol Shipyard
Train
Pete Pardee
Carleton Carpenter
Beatrice, Pearson
Mel Ferrer
Susan Douglas
Canada Lee
Ireland
Underworld
Dan Duryea
Dorothy Lamour
Sterling Hayden
Tubs
Edward G. Robinson
Susan Hayward
Rotary
Sale
Brookside
Bristol Narrows Rd
Nat'l
Colt
Ares
Ralph K. Nash
Sea’ers
Aldrich
Freebody Park
L. E. Herman Grabert
L. T
W. Enos
L. G. Evo Alexandre C. John Cardoza
IR. G. Charles Alexandre R. T
Bill Mancelli
IR. E. Joe Russo
Q.B
Tommy Velleca
R. H. Lou Murgo
L. H
Alfred Costa
F.B
Neil Arrone
Yacht Club
Céintaodors
Ferry Road
Hope Street
Hope S& and High
Hope St
Metacon
Washington St
High St
Wood St. Ferry Rd
Wood St
Metacom Ave
Bay View Ave
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