Island Town Braces As Storm Bypasses Shoreline
Residents escaped damage as a Caribbean spawned storm skirted Block Island. Schools closed, streets clogged, and florists gathered debris. Coast Guard units, Red Cross, and Civil Defense teams activated shelters and ready stations. Preparations included evacuations along Thames Street and Poppasquash. The storm drifted south of Cape Cod by afternoon, allowing recovery efforts to resume.
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Caribbean
Rhode Island
Block Island
Esther
Atlantic
Civil Defense
Mr. Beals
Cape Cod
Mancieri Promoted to Sergeant Major in Army Reserve
Sgt Maj Robert Mancieri receives special orders promoting him to sergeant major at U S Army Reserve Training Center No 3 in St Louis. He enlisted in 1943, served in Europe and Far East, and now lives with his wife and two sons in Florissant, Missouri.
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Robert Mancieri
U. S. Army Reserve Training Center No. 3
US Army Corps
Maj
John W. P. Conboy
U. S. Army Reserve
Corps
Twelfth
Spruce Streets
St. Louis
Mancieri
Bristol
Army
XI Corps
Det
U 5S Army Medical Training Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Far East
U. S Army Hospital
Tokyo
Japan
School Board approves ten thousand dollar Teachers Fund investment
Reynolds G Northup town treasurer told the school committee the board authorized investing 10000 from the Teachers Retirement Fund into securities. Of this 2700 goes to American Tel and Tel 1500 to Group Securities and the rest to Bristol County Water Co. The committee also approved a release time program for religious instruction for junior and senior high students starting Sept 26 and ending June 12 with early seniors last instruction May 29.
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Reynolds G. Northup
Joseph J Lamb
St Mary's Church
Warren
Rockwell School
Bristol
St. Mary's
Warren the
Red Cross On Duty During Storm Esther Shelter Passes No Aid
Bristol Red Cross members set up an emergency shelter at St Michael's Parish House for residents in danger zones during Hurricane Esther. No residents sought aid as storms dumped heavy rain and 40 mph gusts. Fire Chief Goulart said storm watch remained, with shelter led by Charles Sylvia and William Baker III and Red Cross workers including Mrs Adams, George Green, and Floyd Huestis.
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Bristol
American Red Cross
St Michael's Parish
Esther
Herbert Eisenstadt
Antonio Goulart
Charles Sylvia
William Baker III
Red Cross
Mesdames
Thomas Adams
George Green
Floyd Huestis
Navy Chaplain Named Interim Pastor at First Congregational
The Rev Charles S Piggott a chaplain at Quonset US Navy station will serve as interim pastor at First Congregational Church starting the first Sunday in October He cannot be in the pulpit every Sunday due to base duties and substitutes will preach when he is away Burnham board deacons chairman says Piggott a nearly twenty year chaplain and US Marine Corps veteran is married with three children and lives in Jamestown.
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Charles S Piggott
Us&s. Naval Air Base
First Congregational Church
Cmdr Piggott
Herbert B Burnham
Board of Deacons
US Marine Corps
Jamestown
Red Cross Volunteers Named in School Report
James McKenna, Miss Margaret Nerone and Miss Janet McDougal led Junior Red Cross workers Donna Reed Miss Paula DeLeo Patricia Rielly Sebastian Bernard Michael Eisenstadt and Elaine Beausoleil in the activity report.
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James McKenna
Margaret Nerone
Janet McDougal
Red Cross
Donna Reed
Paula DeLeo
Patricia Rielly
Sebastian Bernard
Michael Eisenstadt
Elaine Beausoleil
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bro- Florists
Thomas
Saint Chael's
Sghelter
Junior Cross
Pearson Corp
James Granger
Uscg R
Coastardsmen
Nelson
Citizens Rand Radio Bile
Citizens Radio
Edward Cardoza
Albert Va
Vncent Grabert
Anthony R.* Berretto
Rmer
Harriet Bradford
Paul A. Botelho
Beals
John Church
John Colt
Poppasquash
Bristol Harbor
Coast Guard
Spar
Thames St
Colt’s Drive
Opatinja
ATUC
Bristol Sewer Dept
R. N. Mancieri
Deiat
Rere
Fitzgerald
Navy Chaplain
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