Hello, Bristol!
The calendar claims it’s Thursday, but it feels like a Wednesday. Oh well, let’s get on with it.
Weather
Cloudy, low 70s.
Pothole Patrol
Driving Beths Avenue is like driving over rumble sticks because there are problems throughout this road.
Beths Avenue was built in 1941 and was named for Elizabeth Zigman. Why not call it Elizabeth Zigman Drive?
June 1949: a married 34-year-old man and the father of two children, went missing. Apparently, he had become stuck in the swampy brush south of Beths and Mt. View avenues.
May 1966: the city acquired the land along Beths Avenue to build what would become Mt. View School.
April 1970: over 100 people crowded into City Hall to protest the resumption of an apartment complex being built on the west end of Beths Avenue.
Birthdays of people that you will never know and they don’t want to know you
Dave Chappelle (1973)
Mike Huckabee (1955)
Irma Lozano (1943)
Cal Ripken (1960)
Ben Wa Cho Cho (1970)
50 years ago today in Baseball History 1973
Due to injuries to Red Sox players Dwight Evans, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli, first baseman Carl Yastrzemski moved over to third base in games versus the California Angels where he remained the rest of the season.
The dismount
Time to go because we are losing daylight, Bristol. See you next time (maybe).
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