Yacht Yards and Shops Prepare For Season
Yacht yards and shops gear up as old keels are replaced and boats, including Resolute and Duchess, receive lighter masts and new fittings. Capt Berry and crews prepare for the coming season while owners like Floyd Carlisle and Nicholas Potter open offices and ready craft at Burnside Street slips and local yards.
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Floyd Carlisle
Herreshoffs
Resolute
Capt Berry
Nicholas Potter
Wilmington Cal
Burnside Street
Limon
Hope Streets
Samuel
Wardwell
John
Palmer
Doreen Wotooter
Harold Hoffman
Richard S
Parsley Used in Ancient Greece for Heroic Garlands
In ancient Greece parsley frequently adorned heroes with garlands. The herb symbolized honor and achievement amid ceremonial uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Bristol Fire Department Sealed Bids For Rubber Gear
Town of Bristol invites sealed bids or proposals to supply 20 rubber coats and 20 rubber boots for the Fire Department. Bids due by Monday May 4 1931 at 4 pm. Specifications available from Robert J Anderson Chief Engineer. Town may reject any or all bids in best interests. Board of Engineers Fire Department Robert J Anderson Chief Frank J Rinaldi Secretary.
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Bristol
Robert J Anderson
Woodstreet
Bristol R. J
Board OF Engineers, Fire Department
Frank J Rinaldi
Kelley A A Holds First Practice For Colt Baseball Team
The Kelley A A baseball squad held its first practice of the season on Bristol common to defend last year’s Bristol County League title. Twelve veterans from last year were present, with Coach Joseph Kelley Syvlara and Manager Anthonys Bonanno aiming for a strong season. Many players including Marts Biancuzza Leo Mansi Jack Marsden Thredders Pagurs and others from Colt and Kearney Post are listed among key pitchers catchers and infielders.
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Kelles
Bristol
Joseph ‘ Kelley
Syvlara
Anthonys Bonanno
Marts’ Biancuzza
Colt
Leo Mansi
Kearney Post
Canteras Mine
Andy D Ambrosio
Jack Marsden
Mie
Lea
Jimmy Sob
Aare Valley Inspires Wyss Bewitching Imagery
The River Aare seizes Wyss with vivid imagery describing it as a young river god racing across plains and threading through Brienz and Thun lakes. Coxe notes the scenery is so majestic it defies description and resists pen and pencil.
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Aare
Wyss
Brienz
Thun
Coxe
Switzerland
Studio Club Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
At the Studio Club annual meeting last evening officers were elected and installed with G Eph Marz as president and H Ingraham Young Jr as vice president. Committees were appointed including Executive N Eddy Benard and Insurance A Randolph Pierce, Eckersley W Connery, Refreshments G Eph Marz. A summer plan included a benefit bridge and a relief committee led by Connery Eckersley with Pierce and S Olson Burt assisting. members then traveled to Providence for a banquet at Fred Carrs in Warren.
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Studio Club
G. Eph. Marz
H Ingraham Young, Jr
Jamess. Dunbar
W Connery Eckersley
N Eddy Benard
Randolph Pierce
W Conner
Eckersley
G Eph Marz
High School Alumni Plan Victory Dance in May
A Bristol-Colt High School Alumni Association meeting approved a Victory Dance for Friday May 15 at the Colt School auditorium. The event honors outstanding students and members of the orchestra and school athletic teams with two tickets for alumni in good standing and additional tickets for honor society members and athletes.
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William J Rinald
Bristol-Colt High School
Colt School
Charles I. Hughes
Edward J
Rtnald
Ralph J Petrover
Frederick T Goff
Elizabeth Dwyer
Mary O Scanton Moss
Ruth Suzman
Faleon DD
Moore
Jook
Rites Unite Miss Mars August and Frank Viera in St Elizabeths Church
Miss Mars August daughter of Mrs Joseph August of Franklin Street and Frank Viera of Bay View Avenue united in marriage at St Elizabeths Church yesterday in the presence of relatives and friends Rev Joseph Amaral officiated. The bride wore white bridal satin with lace edged veil and held a shower bouquet, maid of honor wore edition gown with Butterfly roses. A wedding breakfast followed and the couple plan to reside on Munroe Avenue.
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St Elizabeths Church
Mars August
Joseph August
Franklin Street
Frank Viera
Bay Veen Avenue
Trien
Joseph Amaral
Eleanor Sto Angelo
Daniel Viera
Ami
New York City
Munroe
Debelee Tour Nuptials Planned At 270 High Street
Coming wedding announced for Miss Pamela Debelee and Tour Nasrr wheel at 270 High Street. Both families are noted in local church circles and social life. Ceremony set for Monday April 27 at 2 o'clock.
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Mron
Mes
Gabriele Debelee
High Street
Pmela Debelee
Church of Our Dads
Mito Carmel
Coming Events at Bristol Area Schools and Clubs
A sequence of community events listed for April and May includes operetta performances, card games, concerts by the Road State College Glee Club, a fourth annual ball by the Bristol Fire Department, a musical comedy Oh Doctor at Colt High School, and the Junior Class Prom at Colt High School. Details include dates, venues, and local organizations such as the Bristol Yacht Club and Hope Circle.
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Concert Road State College Glee Club
Hope Circle
Do of
Bristol Fire Department State Armory
Colt High School
Fire Engineers Elect Rinaldi Clerk At Meeting
The Board of Fire Engineers organized last night at No 1 station electing Frank J Rinaldi as clerk and James Magee declining re election. The group discussed the non response of Dreadnaught Companys motorized ladder at a Sherry avenue fire and the new Chief Robert J Anderson reported driver interviews. The board ordered all No 1 drivers to report to stations on general alarms and approved rubber clothing and boots bids and $600 in department bills.
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Board of Engineers
Fire Department
Dreadnaught Company
Frank J Rinaldi
James Magee
Frank J Silvia
Sherry Avenue
Robert J Anderson
Alumni Association Bridge Benefit at Colt Memorial
The Bristol Colt High School Alumni Association sponsors a bridge event at the Colt Memorial Auditorium on Friday evening April 24. The organizing committee reports progress in social and financial planning with many subscribers and ticket sales underway led by chair Margaret Nerone and a large list of supporters.
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Bristol-Colt High School
Colt Memorial Auditorium
Harrys Wo Munro
William
I. Serbst
Carmine J Massano
George H Baldwin
Dorothy Higgins
Margaret F Dwyer
Sebastian Bernard Jr
George Winilcox
Paleen
Moore
Marguerite Brogan
Anthony Moren
James ( Rug
Alice Vermette
Jessie Molasky
Fdna
Boilers Begin Operation at Colt School as New System Tests
One of two new boilers installed at Cutt Memorial High School was tested and warmed the building yesterday. Dismantling of the old boiler began as the second unit installation is set to start, with completion expected soon. Contract awarded to Mr Tay turn ve bas bed dee mig FIUSS.
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Lews Tortorte
Cutt Memorial High School
Seheout
Tay Turn
Porst Baptist Church campaign notes and meetings
The Porst Baptist Church committee oversees the on site campaign work and will visit Newport for a conference with the Parst Baptist Church campaign team. Regular prayer and fellowship meetings occur Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in the vestry.
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Porst Baptist Church
Bvers
Phapetist Church
Newport
Parst Baptist Church
Birth Announcement for Manuel Silvia Jr
A son was born on April 12 to Mr and Mrs Manuel Silvia of Fav View Avenue.
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Manuel Silvia
Fav View
Marriage Notice in Local Town
A marriage notice records the wedding of Vera August and Mary August in the town with Dr Joseph Amaral and TPrath Vera present as witnesses. The brief item notes the couple’s union and local attendance.
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Viera
Joseph Amaral
Deaths in Lora Ohio Edith Corthell and Norman Viveiros
Edith Corthell wife of Lester Corthell died in Lora Ohio on April 13. Norman Rego Viveiros, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Rego Viveiros of 145 Bay View Avenue, died in this town on April 9 at age 6 months.
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Corthell
Lora
Ohio
Edith
Lester Corthell
Simple Strategy That Ended Frogs at a Californian Hotel
Picturesque lily pools at a famous hospitality site in insRase dena California hosted loud nightly frog chatter. Ducks were tried and a 3 cent bounty on each frog attracted many from nearby, but the frogs persisted. A sharpshooter failed to curb the noise, until the manager installed electric lights over each pool which silenced the amphibians by darkness.
Rioting Students of Oxford 14th Century Provoked by Officials
Medieval university rioting featured proctors orchestrating attacks on townspeople. A March 1326 incident saw an Oxford proctor with a pole axe directing violence and threats to burn houses, amid 13 murder inquests of scholars among 29 total coroners' inquiries from 1297 to 1322.
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Manchester University
Oxford
Robert Germyns
Rashdale
Cambridge
Manchester
England
London Bridge Through the Ages in Brief
The article traces the old London bridge begun in 1170 and completed in 1209 with timber houses and a punishment tower. It notes the structure lasted until the early 1800s and served as a busy trading hub. The present bridge was started in 1824 and finished in 1831 with five granite arches spanning 928 feet.
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London Bridge
St. Thomas of Canterbury
Halcyon Days of Greek Myth and Calm Seas
The tale features Alcyone wife of Ceyx and Aeolus daughter whose sorrow over Ceyx death moves the gods to revive them as halcyons. To honor them the sea stays calm for seven days from December 22 to 29, giving rise to the term halcyon days.
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Alcyone
Halcyone
Aeolus
Ceyx
Vicar’s water reservoir saves Uppe r Chute villagers in drought
In Upper Chute Wiltshire village with no water supply Rev Samuel Conway built an underground rainwater reservoir. He left it to the parish. In drought each cottage can draw four pails of water daily, a priceless boon in dry summers.
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Pope
Upper Chute
Wiltshire
Samuel Conway
Chute
Medical officer cites book transmission myth in epidemic control
Billings, former NYC medical officer, says 80 percent of communicable diseases spread person to person and rarely by books. He notes libraries ignore book-borne risk and cites tuberculosis adhering to saliva touched areas. Examining books shows bacteria in only one in twenty volumes, suggesting book transmission is not a major factor.
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Billings
New York City
Tiny medieval shrines fetch huge sums at London auction
Two 12 by 10 inch medieval shrines sold for striking amounts. One from Malmesbury Abbey opened at 5000 dollars and drew a Paris bid, final price 45000 dollars. The other linked to Croyden Abbey went to an English collector for 24000 dollars.
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London
Abbey of
Malmesbury
Paris
Croyidnd Abbey
Definition Is Qid in Horsepower History
The text notes horsepower originated with James Watt in 1780 while linking it to motor cars, discussing its historical tie to steam engines and the evolution of power measurements in vehicles.
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James Watt
Look on the bright side Uncle Eben jokes at fortune tellers
Uncle Eben quips that even a fortune teller does not expect special pay for bringing bad news in a Washington Star humorous ditty.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
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Warren
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Bristol Yacht Club
Board of Fire Engineers
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Alumni Association
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Mro
Anthea Baters
Hope Avenue
Eben
Signs & Sho
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Harry Young, JR
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Frankin & Co
Wood Street
E. W. Weaver
Heney 202
High Street Telephone
Dorchester Mutual
Boston
EL Avenue
Weybbase Street
Providerice
Charles M. Connery
Burton St
Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Thyra Carlson
Hope St
Peter Bonvicin
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
O. M. Bailey, JR
P. O
National Radio Institute Bristol
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Wiliam Street
Freeborn R. Cole
Cook Street
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Bristol Phoenix
Bosworth Bristol
Bristol Phoenix Publishing Company
Bristol Phenix Bits Co
Hi deWoilf Allen
Tie Ii Barns
R. S Bosworth L. H_ Callan
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J _de Rocha
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R Dimond
Julia C Drury Mars
Drury Jennie H Gallup
Julius C Gallup
Gertrude FE Gultteras
Julia A Herreshoff
Mary JL Howe
Wallis E Howe
Joseph Kinder
Louisa C_ Lanphear
E. Leahy
J B Lee
B M MacDougall
J R. Magee
Marjorie H Magee
Bessie P McKee
W L McKee
A M Merriman
Metta Nelle
Florence T Nelson H. R. Newman
A R Parshley
B Rockwell Jr
T Sherman
Skinner St Michael's Church
J.C Church
G Farrally
Rhode Island
Roswell
R Bosworth
Philip Brady
Justice of the Peace
Bristol, R. L
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