School Board to Consider Medical Inspector Position
The school committee will meet at Colt Memorial high school library next week to appoint a new medical inspector to replace the late Dr. William F. Duffy. Acting inspector Dr. Harold DeWolf is expected to receive the appointment, with other local physicians also seeking the post. The April meeting is expected to rename several district staff positions and engineers at Colt Memorial and Guiteras Memorial, along with multiple janitors.
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Harold DeWolf
Duffy
William F. Duffy
Colt Memorial High School
Michael J. O’brien
C. J. Astle
Mary B
Oliver
Samuel J. Connery
Burton
Sebastian Bernard, Sr. Taft
Frank Francis
Mason
William T. Dwyer
Andrews
Annual Rotary Frolic Boosts Bristol Scholarship Fund
The Bristol Rotary Club annual Frolic at the New Bristol Casino drew a large crowd and raised funds for the Student Scholarship Fund. Patrons enjoyed a completely lit setting after remodeling, dancing to Ted Murphy’s orchestra, and a floor show. Stephen W. Hopkins chaired the arrangements with assistances from William Pinch and John Williams.
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Bristol Rotary Club
New
Bristol Casino
Bristol
Ted Murphy
Stephen W. Hopkins
William Pinch
John Williams
Town Council Clarifies Retaining Wall Location
The council says Francois L. deWolf asked for an inexpensive wall if WPA and SAR aid remain available but the land in question is town owned at the foot of Union Street. He is funding a wall on his own property to replace hurricane damage.
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Francois L. deWolf
Mr deWolf
Union Street
Battery C Men To Join Governor For New York Trip
Battery C Bris tol unit of the 243rd Coast Artillery will accompany Governor William H Vanderbilt to the World's Fair in New York City for Rhode Island Day from May 2 to 6. The unit officers and enlisted men also prepare for the Governor's review on May 6 and the regimental banquet on April 22 at the Narragansett Hotel in Providence.
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Bristol
243Rd Coast Artillery
William H Vanderbilt
New York City
Rhode Island
Narragansett Hotel
Providence
New Fire Chief Attends First Blaze at Bristol Home
Fred Guevremont Bristol's new fire chief attended his first incident in office joining the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company on a still alarm for a chimney fire at the home of the late Edward J. Ryan in Shaw's Fane on Friday night.
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Fred Guevremont
Bristol
Edward J. Ryan
Shaws Fane
Clean-up Week Planned In Bristol
Bristol hosts its annual clean up week from May 1 to 6 with Dr William L Serbst leading the effort aided by Highway Surveyor Richard Connery. Trucks will be provided to haul away rubbish from local homes.
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Bristol
Matthew G Maetoza
William L. Serbst
Richard Connery
Officers Named By St. Michael's Church Corporation
St Michael's Church Corporation re-elected Wallis Howe and J Winthrop DeWolf as senior and junior wardens and Rev Anthony Parshley as rector and chairman. Frederick Coggeshall and Robert Nelson kept roles as clerk and treasurer. John Stewart as assistant treasurer. Vestrymen and delegates to the Diocesan convention were chosen with alternates listed. Sub-committees named. Canon Parshley gave his parochial report. a framed document honoring Dr George Le Locke was presented by Mrs Howe.
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St. Michael's Church Corporation
Holmes House
Wallis E. Howe
J Winthrop DeWolf
Anthony R. Parshley
Frederick W. Coggeshall
Robert W. Nelson
John G Stewart
Harold DeWolf
Howard R Newman
Henry Wood
William H Angevine
Wallace L. Mossop
Frank A. Rounds
John R. Magee
Robert W Nelson
James R Wood
Harry W Munro
Charles B Rockwell
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Wallis E Howe
DeWolf
Wood
Mossop
Harry W. Munro
Providence
J W DeWolf
George S Pailtoro
J William Wood
J Wiliam Wood
William Pinch
Cailbraith B Perry
Mr Nelson
Charles A Sylvester
Emma
Stanton
Massop
George le Locke
Water Rates To Be Discussed In Bristol Warren Meeting
A Bristol County discussion on lowering water rates is set for tonight at the Warren Town Hall. A four man Bristol town committee to attend the conference was announced by Town Council President Jo Floyd Huestis and includes Frank I. Doran Albert Johnson James J Velleta and Joseph Hammill. The Warren panel asked for the committee to cooperate with its own, formed at the annual financial town meeting. The panels, with James W Goff, may petition the Administrator of Public Utilities over alleged excessive rates.
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Bristol
Warren Town Hall
Warren
Town Counce
Jo Floyd Huestis
Frank I. Doran
Albert Johnson
Collins and Aikman Nils Corp
James J Velleta
Joseph Hammill Power
James W Goff
Town Council Restores Midnight Hour for Class B Venues
The Republican Town Council in a special session rescinded the 1936 midnight closing order, restoring an extra hour for Class B establishments while boosting Class B license fees to 600 and hotel fees to 550. Proposals to extend privileges for other venues were debated, with attention to Class C comparisons and non-discrimination among local venues.
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Republican
Good Government Council
Edward D Kunz
Belvedere
Nunes-Coggeshall
Prescott B Paull
Paull
It sponsorseHs
Gatd
J Wilord Huestis
Paul A Herzig
James Jelleca
Mixed Chorus to Star at St Marys Minstrel April 19 20
A mixed chorus of 47 voices directed by Eddie Leclerc will headline the St Marys Church minstrel in the auditorium on April 19 and 20. Soloists include Francisco T Canario Raymond McNamara and Misses Nora F Dwyer Genevieve Saucier. The group features many Jamiel Sousa Kerr and Partington family members. Scenery painted by Harry Young J with Thomas McGrath assisting. William Guevremont on piano and James F Meiggs as stage manager.
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St Mary's Church
Eddie Leclerc
Francisco T Canario
Raymond McNamara
Nora F. Dwyer
Genevieve Saucier
Anna
Julia
Jeannette
Lucy
Rose
Josephine
Evelyn Jamiel
Mary Walsh
Fanny Turillo
Charlotte Sousa
Lorraine Sousa
Irene Head
Dorothy Lewis
Regina Partington
Anna Sousa
Clare Baker
Josephine Kerr
Mach CIA Gifford
Florence Owen
Dorothy Harboza
C A Girls Plan Dinner Dance At Bristol Casino
The Collins and Aikman Gnarls Club votes a May 25 dinner dance at the Bristol Casino replacing the annual banquet. Miss Mary Paul named general arrangements chair with spaghetti supper set for April 27 in Masonic Hall and a salvage sale May 6.
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Bristol
Collins and Aikman Gnarls
Thames Street
Mary Paul
The
Are
Masonic Hall
Hope Street
Laura Freitas Sousa
Laura Sar
Ada Perreira
Mary Russo
Madeline Cortellesa
Ida Principe
Emily Monti
Bridget Nastrr
Trene B. Lewis
Evelyn C Carter
Blanche Gladue
Mary McKenna
Anna Natel
Amelia Medeiros
Margaret Brown
Sai
Sousa
Mary Andreozzi
Julia Freitas
Lillian Dunbar
Pasqualina Nero
Mary Santo
Leonora Roderick
Emily Monts
Mary Phillips
Civic League Plans Annual Cotton Ball
Bristol Portuguese American Women's Civic League met at the president Miss Wilhelmina Silvia's home to outline plans for the Cotton Ball. General chair man Silvia will lead the arrangements with a tentative date set for Friday June 2 and a cotton gown contest featured at the event.
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Bristol
Marian Pimental
Naomi Joacome
Mary Victoria
Mary Borges
Mary C. Mello
Juliette Cardoza
Dorothy Cardoza
Helen Enos
Mary Marshall
Theresa Raposa
Josephine Mello
European Powers Clash Over Mussolini and Rome Berlin Axis
The piece cites Professor Joseph A Leighton on hostility between Italians and Nazis and predicts Italians may not fight alongside Germans in a showdown. It notes German pride in Italy, Nazi tourists with swastika armbands, and cramped Italian resentment of Nazi influence and colonial boasts.
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Mussolini
Hitler
Italy
Rome-Berlin
Germany
Naz
Easter Morning Service Feature at St Michael's
At St Michael's Easter dawn service an organ piece by Walter H Angell, the church organist, titled Flushed With Rosy Light, was dedicated to the choirs. Angell had sent the score to publishers in Boston before a September hurricane tore the written sheets from a window, but he saved the original notes and rewrote the card.
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St Michael's
Walter H Angell
Angell
Britain Tops Gold Imports Then Switzerland Reenters
Great Britain remains the main source of gold imports with the Netherlands second. After nearly two years of suspension gold has again arrived from Switzerland, adding to the already large Swiss balances on deposit here.
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Great Britain
Netherlands
Switzerland
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Bristol Cleansers, Dyers and Furriers
Priscilla Lane
Jeffrey Lynn
Roland Young
Fay Bainter
May Robson
Aren
Pride OF the Navy
James Dunn
Rochelle Hudson
Macnamee
Mickey Rooney
Huck Finn
Walter Connolly
Cagney
Wews Reel Stooge
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
Rosemary Lane
Donald Crisp
Betty Boop
St. Michael’s Church Corporation
Democrat-Good Government
Vedere
Town Tavern
Kunz
St. Mary’s
DULUX
Bristol Housing Guild
Wardwell Lumber Company
Thames St
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Joseph A Leighton
Ohio State University
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National City Bank of New York
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