Bristol Train of Artillery Elects Officers in 1967 Meet
Bristol Train of Artillery reelects Col Stephen W Bourn as commanding officer and Merton A Cheesman as Lieutenant Colonel. New officers include Mayor William F Eddy Captain Fred M Straight Lieutenant John T Robertson Clerk Thomas Cuff Treasurer John T Robertson and Hall Agent William H O Francs. Veteran Association names Joseph B Buress President Arthur W Barrett Vice President William F Fish Secretary. Officers attend supper prepared by Bickford Speeches by Col Bourn Col Barrett Mayor Paddy Captain Straight and Treut Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery
Veteran Association
Stephen W. Bourn
Merton A Cheesman
William F Eddy
Fred M. Straight
John T Robertson
Thomas Cuff
Hall
William HO
Arthur W Barrett
William F Fish
Bickford
Col Bourn
A W Barrett
Fisher
Paddy
Capt Straight
Treut Robertson
Trombone Soloist Harvey Straight Returns Home
F Harvey Straight the trombone soloist for seven months in St Johns New Brunswick returns home Wednesday evening. He has an engagement at Sandy Beach for the summer and plans to travel with Barnum Bailey circus through the South next fall.
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F Harvey Straight
St Johns
New Brunswick
Canada
Mr Straight
Sandy Beach
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Local Church Annual Meeting and Bristol Baseball Signups
Rev Alfred Stowell presided at the First Baptist Church annual meeting held in the vestry. Reports were read and accepted, officers elected for the year including Stowell as moderator and I A Anderstrom as secretary. The Bristol baseball team has organized for the season with manager Fred LaFountaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred So Stowel
Pirst
Mr Stowell
I. I Anderstrom
George U Arnold
Free Fish
Jasper Bullock
WF Fish
F F
Hodgdon
William Darby
L. L. Anderstrom
F Hodgdon
John M Stowell
Joseph T Landsey
Brainans
Wm Darby
John Stowell
Bristol
Fred LaFountaine
Wanderers to Tour Europe by Cunard Ship
The party will depart New York on April 11 aboard the S S Slavonia of the Cunard line bound for Naples. They plan a grand tour through Italy Switzerland France Germany Austria Holland England Ireland Scotland and Wales and expect to return on July 1.
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Més. WF Diy
New York
S. S. Slavonia
Cunard Line
Naples
Italy
Switzerland
France
Germany
Austria
Holland
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Scout notes outline Narragansett council jamboree plans
The local Scout troops prepare for the Narragansett council Jamboree at the State Auditorium Providence on April 22 and 23. Bugle and Drum Corps join Battle of Music and Drum Corps Contest while the Silver Fox Patrol of Troop 4 builds a 50 foot bridge for the pioneer act and twenty four scouts join clown acts. District Commissioner George R Fish and Acting Scoutmaster Lawrence S Ashton spoke at Fall River Scouters course with Ashton a Harmon Foundation Eagle Scout awardee meeting Hillard Nagle. A handicraft course for Scout Leaders and older scouts will start next Monday in Bristol County District. Three new members join Awashanks Herd, with Spring Ceremonial planned for April 30. Troop 4 Scouts earned pioneering merit badge at Camp Takares, and Troop S planned First Aid focus tonight with a Spring Society and a tenderfoot investure to close the meeting.
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Jamboree of Narragansett Council
State Auditorium
Providence
Silver Fox Patrol
Troop 4
George R Fish
Lawrence S Ashton
Fall River
Fish
Ashton
Harmon Harmon Foundation
Eable
Hillard Nagle
Fart River Council
Bristol County
Awashanks Herd
Mt Hope Bridge
Camp Takares
Mrs Réberc Crowley Rites Held In Warren
The funeral for Mrs. Réberc Alice Crowley who died Saturday morning while visiting her daughter Mrs. Francis Mahfis in Warren was held at 8 30 from her daughter's residence, with a 9 o'clock requiem mass at St Marys Church. Burial followed in St Marys Cemetery. She was 64, widow of Thomas Crowley, born in Shirley Mass, survived by a brother Attorney William Perry.
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Réberc
Alice Crowley
Francis Mahfis
Warren
St. Mary's Church
Patrick Mahoney
John White
Moses Connery
Luke Corey
J. Wm. Crowley
William Coggeshall
East Providence
St. Mary's Cemetery
Crowley
Thomas Crowley
Shirley
Mass
William Perry
Funeral of Mrs Eddy Held at Warren
The funeral of Mrs Julia Allen Eddy was held yesterday afternoon at one oclock from the George M Wilbur Funeral Home in Warren Rev Herbert D Graetz pastor of the First Congregational Church officiated. Bearers were Col Fred M Straight F Harvey Straight Witham IL Branch and Roger N Brooks all of Bristol. Burial was at Mineral Springs Cemetery Pawtucket.
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Julia Allen Eddy
George M Wilbur
Warren
Herbert D. Graetz
First Congregational Church
Col
Fred M Straight
F. Harvey Straight
Witham IL. Branch
Roger N. Brooks
Bristol
Mineral Springs
Pawtucket
April Community Events Schedule Across Local Groups
The notice lists several April activities including Netopian Society Mystery Supper for members only on April 6 followed by a business meeting and social evening. dance in Colt Auditorium on April 8. minstrel show at St Michael's Parish House April 11-12. parish hall event April 16. operetta Henry's Wedding April 28-29 by Universal Producing Co and St Michael's Parish Council. Also bridge and tea April 29 at Guiteras House and an April 12-13 comedy Daley at Guiteras School by Poole Entertainment Association.
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Netopian Society
Colt Auditorium
Bristol Colt Alumni Association
St Michael's Parish House
Auspices
St Michael's Brotherhood
Dana m
Congregational Street
Junior Holy Name Society
Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Universal Producing Co
St Michael's Church
Congregational Club
Guiteras House
Daley
Po Ot
Entertainment Association
Guiteras School
About Ourselves Remembering Honor and Effort
The excerpt reflects a call to earn genuine homage through deeds not words, urging self reflection and measured expectations as a guiding ethic. It emphasizes sincerity of heart in actions and public speech as a standard for character.
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Glen Ug
Enduring Pride in World Cemeteries and Monuments
A Detroit News excerpt argues civilization raises artful burial splendor from crude earth and stone to pyramids and famed tombs. It places Westminster Abbey as a culmination of 1,100 years gathering illustrious figures beneath one roof in human history.
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Pris
Wto
Monaco
Mentone
Rome
Westminster Abbey
Detroit News
Trail of Cynicism in Poor Richard's Counsel
The Philadelphia Ledger discusses Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard sayings noting they mix practical thrift with virtue. It argues Franklin claimed not originality but assembled wisdom from ages and nations to promote industry and frugality as virtuous means.
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Richard
Franklin
Tod Richard
Philadelphia Ledger
Earliest Known Gardens and Ancient Landscape Styles
The article discusses ancient Egypt and Rubustonians shaping early garden designs. It notes house yard layouts with flower beds walks arbors lawns and ponds plus potted plants. It suggests intercultural exchange influenced landscape styles as civilizations rose to power and traded ideas.
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Egypt
Ing
Rubstonians
Hektograph Nest Process For Copy Production
The procedure describes mixing water and glyc erine in specific ratios to form a humectant mass that cools into a shallow pan. Air bubbles are skimmed off, then a letter sketch is traced on hemp paper with ink. After drying the sheet is laid on the pad ink side down and pressed to transfer copies, yielding up to about sixty legible prints before repeating.
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Laia
Ocean term in Homer described as outer water world
The fragment discusses the Greek concept of the ocean as the great outer water, naming mythic figures Toranus and Gala and contrasting with the Mediterranean. It notes the term ocean and ocean bed usage evolving before 1400 and into 1640, referring to vast waters as the ocean bed.
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Toranus
Gala
Bethys
Meteorites and Earth Life Theorized Link to Space Germs
Scientists debate whether meteorites dispersing from space seed life on Earth. Some argue fiery passage alters meteors enabling arrival of potential germs and organic material. Further study is needed to prove all meteorites survive atmospheric transit and impact.
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Earth
Space
Annuities Origin At Rome And Later American Practice
The concept of fixed annual payments in exchange for consideration dates back to Rome around 40 B. C. The modern business operates mainly on volume now, with extensive activities in American companies before recent decades.
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Rome
Candle clocks at English land auctions
The piece of land known as Church Acre in Aldermiston Berkshire is rented for three years by candle at Church of England auctions. The candle is lit to mark bids and the highest bid wins as the flame goes out. The Times notes this as a historic English practice, contrasting with French use of wax tapers in auctions.
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Aldermiston
Berkshire
Church Acre
Church of England
England
France
New York Times
Shaw Letters to Ellen Terry Reveal Rejection and Scorn
Excerpt from Shaw's letters to Ellen Terry depicts blunt claims of possessiveness and manipulation in love and friendship. He condemns Irving as egotistical and wasted years while asserting his own demand for a instrumental role in Terry’s life. The tone is caustic and personal, reflecting bitter tensions among literary figures.
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Shaw
Ike
Irving
Foat
Ellen
Shaws
Ellen Terry
Tung Oil Trees and Their Uses Across Chinese History
The tung oil tree has long supplied China with lacquer, waterproofing, and inks. Its oil dresses leather, waterproofs silk, and oils jankhs, while the tree itself is valued for beauty and March blossoms. Introduced to the United States in 1905.
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China
India
United States
Fairyland Imaginings Spotted Across Europe This Year
Children in London Kensington Gardens honor Peter Pan while Danish youngsters pay tribute to Hans Christian Andersen on his statue anniversary. In Copenhagen and Paris adults visit monuments to Charles Perrault as the familiar magic words echo at fairs.
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Surrie
Peter Pan
Kensington Gardens
London
Hans Chrigslian Andersen
Dewers
Copenhagen
Charles Perrault
Fairs Lane
Sweet Potato Not Yam Distinct Edible Roots Explained
The article clarifies that sweet potatoes and yams are different plant families. It notes sweet potatoes grow from a vine and have a more delicate taste suited for food. It also mentions yams are from a different plant family and occur in the southern deserts.
North Pole At The Top Of Maps And Globes
The article explains that map design has long placed the north at the top and the south at the bottom. It notes Mercator projections and globes reinforce this view, shaping our perception of the North Pole as the top and the South Pole as the bottom of the Earth.
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North Pole
South Pole
Homemade Little Charles Makes Ice Cream Lesson
A neighbor story about Little Charles visiting and learning to make ice cream at home. Charles explains they create ice cream by hand in their house. He answers a friend's question with a playful mispronunciation about baking and wind.
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Little Charles
Hig
Charles
Ancient shorthand origins and Roman business use
The article discusses ancient scribal shorthand, noting its roots in Roman trade and early abbreviations. It cites scholar Giio Mas sano tracing a full alphabet of shorthand symbols, suggesting modern methods echo these early practices.
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Giio Massano
Trallas Savant
Rarhin
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