Appointment of New Patrolman Meets With General Approval
Bristol Town Council unanimously named Joseph T Texeira to the police force after Chief Ferrara recommended him. A Bristol native and Colt Memorial High School alumnus, Texeira played varsity sports and served in the 243rd Coast Artillery. He is married with one child and a former employee of Collins and Aikman. The eight-man department will start duties within a fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Texeira
Anthony J. Ferrara
George S. Pailthorpe
Joseph T Texeira
Bristol
Olympian Club
Joseph Teixeira
Colt High School
Olympians
Ferrara
George S. Pailthorpe Texeira
Colt Memorial High School
Teveira
Joseph
Louise Texeira
243Rd Coast Artillery
Texerra
The
Collins and Aikman Corgora
The Crucifixion Sing Sunday Eve
The sacred cantata The Crucifixion by Sir John Stainer will be performed Sunday evening by the united choirs of local Protestant churches at First Congregational Church under Walter Angell. Mrs. Cora Shaw Anderson is organist with soloists Herrmann L. Wilbur Vernon A. Gray Enoch Marsden and Allen M. Newman. The cantata closes the Lent union meetings sponsored by the Protestant churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stainer
First Congregational Church
Walter Angell
St. Michael’s Church
Cora Shaw Anderson
Herrmann L. Wilbur
Vernon A. Gray
Enoch Marsden
Allen M. Newman
Glassware Display At D A R Meeting In Bristol
Mrs. Robert E. Lanphear will display her glassware collection at Bristol Chapter D A R Monday afternoon at 202 Hope Street. A report on the Rhode Island Chapter spring conference in Providence will be given by Regent Mrs Charles F Thompson. Emma Bonsinein and Violet Calin, Good Citizenship award winners, will receive pins. Hostesses include Mrs Lanphear and Mrs Samuel C Wardwell, Mrs William W Perry, Mrs Earl P Mathewson, and Mrs Beebe H Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lanphear
Bristol
Hope Street
Charles F Thompson
Rhode Island
Providence
Emma Bonsinein
Colt Memorial High School
Violet Calin
Peck High Barrie
Thompson
Tanphear
Samuel C Wardwell
William W Perry
Earl P Mathewson
Beebe H Smith
Conservation Topic At Taft School Session
Burton K. Harris directed an illustrated talk on The Problems of Conservation at Taft School Club opening its 20th year. Mrs William Pinch introduced him as director of the Department of Agriculture and Conservation. Children sang patriotic airs under Miss Annie M Tobin and displayed interest in the movies. Mrs Carlton Hill was named delegate to the Rhode Island Congress. Mrs A A Moren will serve as alternate. A $1 donation to the cancer control campaign was voted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton K. Harris
Department of Agriculture and Conservation
Taft School
William Pinch
Annie M Tobin
Carlton Hill
Rhode Island Congress
Parent Teachers Association
A A. Moren
A Frank Usher
J Harrys Tuplin
Anthony Costa
Mammoth Raisin Bread Contest at Ferncroft Market
A 20 pound loaf baked by Gorman Bakers of Pawtucket will be on display at Ferncroft Market during the food carnival week. Patrons guess the number of raisins. the closest guess wins the loaf shaped like a yard by a foot by a foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferncroft
Hemp
Gorman Bakers Company
Pawtucket
Cancer Control Lecture April 19 at Rockwell Residence
Dr. Herman C. Pitts of Providence will lecture on Cancer Control at the home of Mrs. Charles B. Rockwell 2 High Street on Tuesday April 19 at 8 pm. Announcement by Mrs. Newton M. Zinderstein chairwoman of the Bristol Unit of Women’s Field Army for Cancer Control lists local advisory board and unit committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Pitts
Providence
Charles B. Rockwell
High Street
Newton M. Zinderstein
Bristol
Women’s Field Army For Cancer Control
Zinderstein
A. W. Burton
Joseph Castronovo
A. F. D'Angelo
Harold DeWolf
W. F. Duffy
Herbert D Graetz
Max Grossman
Edward L. Leahy
E. S Mapes
J. A. Mellone
A. M Merriman
William T
Merriman Named RTA Head for 10th Consecutive Year
Colonel Alfred M Merriman was reelected head of the Bristol Train of Artillery for the tenth year running at the annual chartered command meeting held last night in the State Street Armory. Officers reappointed include Lieut Col Edwin A Godfrey Major Henry Hambrick and Captain Manuel P Goulart with Rex Arthur R Burdon as chaplain. Edward Bullock adjutant. Edward Shea as judge advocate. James J Velleca paymaster. Bertrany F Bullock commissary and armorer. Captain Albert Hartley becomes head of Colonial Company C with Lieut Fred Marz as second. Col Merton A Chessman chaired the meeting and speakers touched on the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred M Merriman
Bristol
Edward R. Bullock
Edward Sieahy
James J Velleca
Bertrany F Bullock
Albert Hartley
Colonial Company C
Fred Marz
Col Merton
Chessman
Tram
Col Merriman
Vote of Confidence in Chief Anderson by Local Fire Companies
The Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company voted Wednesday night to recommend reappointment of Fire Chief Robert J Anderson to the Town Council. Defiance Engine and Hose Company discussed the issue but took no action. Members across Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company also expressed satisfaction with Chief Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J Anderson
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Anderson
Pastor's Wife Honored At Birthday Party
Members of the Pro Christo Society at the First Congregational Church honored Mrs Herbert D Graetz wife of the pastor at a birthday party last night in the Gutteras House High Street. Games and refreshments provided with Mrs Thomas McCaughey and Miss Eunice Marshman organizing the games. Collation served by Mrs Arthur B Rae Mrs Henry Sanford and Mrs Marius Paulin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pro Christo Society
First Congregational Church
Herbert D Graetz
Gutteras House
High Street
Thomas McCaughey
Eunice Marshman
Arthur B Rae
Henry Sanford
Marius Paulin
School Board To Consider Medical Inspector Position
Dr William F. Duffy is expected to be re appointed medical inspector of the Bristol public schools at the April school board session. The meeting will also rename Dr Michael J OBrien as school dentist Dr C J Astle as oculist Mrs Mary B Sanford as school nurse James F Meiggs as attendance officer Elmer S Mapes as superintendent of schools and reappoint engineers for Colt Memorial high and Gutteras Memorial junior high schools. Several janitors are listed for reassignment or continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Duffy
Bristol
Duffy
Michael J O'Brien
C. J. Astle
Mary B. Sanford
James F
Safety Committee Plans Highway Campaign in Bristol
The Bristol Safety Council highway and executive committees will meet Monday night at Stanley Friswell’s home to map a general highway program and report progress on enrolling motorists. Thomas Gardner leads the highways committee with Harold DeWolf Jr Earl P. Mathewson and John F. Viera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Safety Council
Stanley FE Friswell
Thomas Gardner
Committee On Highways
Safety Council
Gardner
Harold DeWolf, Jr
Earl P. Mathewson
John F. Viera
Friswell
Arthur H. Carr
Norton M. Zinderstein
Mondlay Night
Bristol Grotepp
House of Representatives
Vincent Leahy
Carl T Carlson
Bristol
Mrs. Sarah Kearney Dies in Bristol After Illness
Mrs. Sarah Kearney longtime Bristol resident died at 61 Church Street after a four month illness. Born in Duttonfield England she came to America as a young woman and later lived in Pawtucket and Fall River. Survived by Maurice and Charles Kearney sons and sister Margaret Hirst Bennett. Funeral at St Michael's Church with burial in North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah (Hirst) Kearney
William Hirst
Kearney
Bristol
Church Street
William
Ann (Bowden) Hirst
Duttonfield
England
America
Pawtucket
Fall River
Mdaurice Kearney
American Legion Auxiliary
Gold Star
St. Michael's Church
American Legion Post
Maurice Kearney
Watertown
Conn
Charles F. Kearney
Margaret Hirst Bennett
Providence
Anthony R. Parshley
North Cemetery
Colt Warren boxing meet falls through over student participation
Principal Edward J Fitz refused to allow Colt and Warren high schools to box in the scheduled grudge fight last night. Bristol students filled in after Fitz blocked the school event, with Warren sponsors bring in a non-school team to stage the matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J Fitz
Colt
Warren High
Bristol
Fitzgerald
Warren
Legion Post to Assemble for Funeral of Mrs Sarah H Kearney
Members of Kearney Post No 6 will gather at the post on Franklin street at 7 15 PM to march to Wintbur Memorial Chapel Warren to honor the late Mrs Sarah H Kearney. Kearnes Unit Auxiliary will hold a ritual at 7 45 AM Saturday in the Chapel and all members should attend the funeral at St Michael's Church Bristol at 11 AM. Uniforms or post caps to be worn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney Post
No. 6
The
American Legion
Franklin Street
Wintbur Memorial
Warren
Sarah H Kearney
Kearnes
St Michael’s Church
Bristol
Rubber Co. Team Fights to Even Series with Olympians
US Rubber Product basketball squad, hammered 24 22 by the Olympians in Bristol Hoop League playoff opener, travels to the Y M C A gym tonight to even the best of five series. Olympians captain Gomes hospitalized after appendicitis. Mansi leads scoring with 140 points while Butler bounces back to center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lee
Max Phenes
Bristol
Olympians
Foxy Marshall
Tony” Gomes
Truesdale Hospital
Gomes
Lneup
Marshall
Jiggs” Butler
U. S
Leo Mansi Butler
Jimmie Duffy
Tony Agatiello
Paul Margo
Tony del Piano
Bill Simmons
Tommie van Voast
Fitzpatrick
Veherek
Rego
Joseph A Murgo
R. S. State College
U S
Mansi
Curly Desilets
Jimmie Salvano
Eddie Sousa
Paul Bruno
River” Cardoza
Flash” Ferreira
Bruno
Michael W. Pasquarelli
Shis and That Health Tips for Men Over Forty
Health column offers ten tips for men over forty from reducing meat to walking more. It urges yearly physicals with a family doctor and moderation in smoking drinking and social dining. It adds a Rotarian piece noting post meal sleep from stomach blood flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Officers Digest
Rockefeller Center
Rotarian
Donald A. Laird
Man Advocates Split Daily Meals For Better Sundays
He proposes a hearty breakfast, a high noon lunch, a snack around four, and an honest evening meal. He would not exempt Sundays, believing noon stuffing dulls the mood and worsens company for the rest of the day, possibly linking it to Sunday car accidents.
Noon meal focus by Dr Laird noted at Rotary meeting
Dr Laird stressed the noon day meal and cited an example at a Rotary lunch where the head table ate bread and milk. The speakers reported feeling more alert and energized for afternoon work after light noon meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
Rotary
Club
Scientist Tests If Light Lunch Boosts Afternoon Efficiency
Dr. Laird, an experimental psychologist, sits with two colleagues who share a belief that a light lunch improves afternoon efficiency. He plans real experiments to measure the claim's accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
Nineteenth Century Study Uses Students as Guinea Pigs
A researcher enlisted eight college men, telling them they were testing air conditioning effects. He withheld the true focus, fearing bias if participants learned the study examined meal size effects on responses.
Deception Tactics Documented in Air System Manipulation
Records describe how temperature humidity air flow and barometric pressure were logged to support a deception. Odors were intermittently sprayed into ventilating ducts to reinforce the false scenario.
Volunteers Eat Alternating Meals in Month Long Lab Study
Eight young men participated in a month long laboratory meal study. On random days they received a full meal with bread and seconds, while on other days they were served a smaller menu including half a banana cereal and milk cottage cheese and fruit cup.
Light meals boost mental work, study finds
At 1 o'clock tests measured mental effort after light noon meals. Dr Laird reports results nearly spectacular, vindicating the habit of business and professional men and women who eat lightly at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird
Noom
Doctor praises afternoon tea and light lunch habit
The Doctor recommends the classic English half day meal at four o clock as a remedy for hunger pangs that cause restlessness. He says a proper tea and wafers restore calm and comfort in the afternoon.
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Squadron OF Honor
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Henry Stephenson
Joseph Schildkraut
Nigel Bruce
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John Wayne
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Cancer Control
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