Community Events Lineup For Late April To May
Readers are invited to a series of church and club gatherings including a chicken salad supper at the K of C Home hosted by St Mary's Altar Society on April 29, weekly Bristol Yacht Club dances starting May 1, May Breakfasts at the K of C Home and Holmes House on May 1, the Ladies Benevolent Society event, and a May 20 Men’s Get-together Supper at the Y M C A with D Brewer Eddy delivering a talk on America's Problem with Japan.
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K of C. Home
St Mary’s Altar Society
Bristol Yacht Club
K. of C
Holmes House
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
St. Michael's Church
Brewer Eddy
America
Japan
Boy Braves of America Hold Weekly Council at Trinity
The Wampanoag Tribe Boy Braves of America met in the Long House at Trinity Parish House Saturday morning with Chief Sachem George R. Fish in charge A May 1 party was planned and an outdoor session announced A Paleface Howard Bennett was advanced to a Brave Measurements for uniforms were to be taken at the next council assisted by Chief Henry Sanford and Fred Alger
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Boy Braves of America
Long House
Trinity Parish House
Sachem
George R. Fish
Howard Bennett
Henry Sanford
Fred Alger
Elizabeth Wardwell Gulleras school building plans move forward
Robert T. Connery chairs a meeting of the Elizabeth Wardwell Gulleras school building committee at Colt Memorial high school library. The group discusses May and June travel, payment of contractor bills, budget delays, and appoints a vice chairman for his absence. They also draft condolence resolutions for James F. Lavander and review building progress with Architect Wallis Howe and supervising architect Samuel W. Church.
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Robert Tj. Connery
Connery
Joan Benjamin M. MacDougall
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Harry W. Munro
James F.lavander
Lavander
Mary J. Condon
Harry W Munro
Charles B. Rockwell
Howe
Samuel W. Church
Rockwell
Metacom Avenue
Slaughter House
Mason
Condon
Annie Scanlon
Oliver School
Conners
Vichgits
Conery
Benjamin F Lindemuth
White Mice feature filmed in Cuba with Powell and Logan
The Richard Harding Davis romance and revolution novel White Mice was slated for filming by Pinellas Films in Cuba after location searches. Jacqueline Logan leads the cast with William Powell opposite, directed by Edward H Griffith for Associated Exhibitors.
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Cuba
South America
Richard Harding Davis
Pinellas Films, Inc
Jacqueline Logan
Wiliam Powell
Edward H. Griffith
Associated
Olympia Theatre
Fifth District Court Finds Sousa Guilty In Dog Cruelty Case
James N. Smith of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals led the prosecution as Joseph Sousa of Bay View avenue was judged guilty and fined five dollars plus costs for shooting a dog. Dr. Joseph B. Munro treated the injured canine while neighbors heard the gun report and observed the dog fleeing Sousa claimed self defense against the dog and hens. Judge Hammill noted Sousa could have sought redress and imposed a nominal fine as a warning. Other docket items included neglect charges against Jerome M Donovan and continued cases involving Bristol Shoe Co and Hare & Chase Inc.
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Fifth District
James N. Smith
Rhode Island Society
Joseph Sousa
Bay View Avenue
F. L. Hanley
Providence
Joseph A. Hammill
Joseph Rego
Joseph B. Munro
Warren
Rego
Sousa
Agent Smith
Joe Sousa
Tee
Ono
Hammill
Jerome M Donovan
Lillian M
Joseph A Hammill
Donovan
Noto
Bristol Shoe Company
FE Morris
Henry C .Gagnon
Hare & Chase, Inc
James E Parks
William J. Callan Obituary World War Veteran
William Joseph Callan born June 4 1888 in Warren died Sunday at State Sanatorium Wallum Lake after treatment. A plumber by trade he served in World War I with Company A Seventh C A and Fort Greble. He leaves brothers John F Providence and Peter New Haven. Funeral from George M Wilbur home followed by a requiem Mass at St Marys Church and burial in St Marys Cemetery.
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William Joseph Callan
Wallum Lake
Michael
Alice (McMaster) Callan
C. A
Fort Greble
John F
Providence
Peter
New Haven
George M Wilbur
South Main Street
Warren
St. Mary's Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Alexander Davidson Dies After Long Illness At 21 Cottage Street
Alexander Davidson longtime Herreshoff mill carpenter died Sunday at home following a two year illness. Born in Canada he was nearly 78 and had lived in town over 30 years. Survived by wife Isabella and brother James of this town. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at home with burial in North Cemetery.
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Alexander Davidson
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Cottage Street
Mr Davidson
Canada
Isabella
James
Mrs Catherine McCaw Dies After Long Illness in Providence
Mrs Catherine McCaw 78 widow of Archibald Brown McCaw died Sunday morning in a Providence hospital after three years of treatment. Her husband, a former shoemaker, died 27 years ago. She had lived in Providence for 25 years and leaves a California niece. Her body was brought here and funeral is set for 3 30 PM tomorrow at the Mortuary Chapel North Cemetery with Rev James J Goodacre officiating.
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Catherine McCaw
Archibald Brown McCaw
Providence
McCaw
California
North
James J. Goodacre
First Congregational Church
Profit From Diversified Farming Urged In Rhode Island Talks
At a Bristol county farmers meeting in Defiance Fire Company rooms, George E. Adams of the State extension service argues that diversified farming best suits Rhode Island conditions. He cites rotation, risk reduction, and dependence on uncontrollable factors like weather pests and prices as reasons to avoid single income sources.
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Rhode Island
Bristol County
Defiance Fire Company
George E. Adams
State Extension Service
Miss Mary Ruggiero Weds Anthony Contieri in Cambridge
Miss Mary Rosemary Ruggiero and Anthony William Contieri were married at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Cambridge. Rev. Joseph Polya officiated the nuptial mass. A reception followed at the groom’s home with a string orchestra. The bride is a Colt Memorial High School graduate, class of 1925, and her husband is a MIT graduate working as a chemist for Hood Rubber.
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Mary Rosemary Ruggiero
Anthony William Contieri
Holworthy Place
Cambridge
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Joseph Polya
John A. Ruggiero
Dora Ruggiero
Ernest Monturi
Fitchburg
New York
Contieri
Frances
Alphonse Ruggiero
Colt Memorial High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hood Rubber Company
Costa Arruda Wedding in St Elizabeth's Church
Miss Mary Medeiros Arruda of this town married Antonio Costa of Woonsocket at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The ceremony at St. Elizabeth's Church was conducted by Rev. Francisco G. assistant.
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Mary Medeiros Arruda
Antonio Costa
Woonsocket
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Francisco’ G
Local couple wed in town ceremony
The attendants were Mr and Mrs Alitio Martin of this town. After a short wedding trip Mr and Mrs Costa will live in Woonsocket.
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Ee Vieira
Alitio Martin
Costa
Woonsocket
Miss Exiana Collard Weds Annie Lambert at St Marys
Miss Exiana Collard of this town married Annie Lambert of Swansea in St Marys Church at 7 o clock Saturday morning. Rev Thomas J Gillan officiated. Attendant was Miss Helena Collard and best man was John Collard, sister and brother of the bride.
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Exiana Collard
Annie Lambert
Swansea
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas J. Gillan
Helena Collard
John Collard
Marriages Reported in St Elizabeth and St Mary Churches
On April 17 in St Elizabeths Church Rev Francisco G Vieira married Antonio Costa of Woonsocket to Mary Medeiros Arruda of this town. Also on April 17 in St Marys Church Rev Thomas J Gillan joined Annie Lambert of Swansea to Exiana Collard of this town.
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Costa—Arruda
St. Elizabeth's Church
Francisco G. Vieira
Antonio Costa
Woonsocket
Mary Medeiros Arruda
Lambert— Collard
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas J. Gillan
Annie Lambert
Swansea
Exiana Collard
Death notices for Davidson and McCaw in local town
Alexander Davidson died April 18 at age 77. Catherine McCaw, formerly of this town, died April 18 in Providence at age 78. Funeral for McCaw set for 3 30 PM Wednesday April 21 at the Mortuary Chapel of the North Cemetery. relatives and friends invited.
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Davidson
Alexander Davidson
McCaw
Providence
Catherine McCaw
North Cemetery
Individuality as Power Says Trine Quote
A brief quotation by R W Trine urges readers not to surrender individuality to mass customs. The message emphasizes personal force as the source of power and identity amid societal pressures.
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R. W. Trine
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