Odd Fellows United Brothers Hold Anniversary Service
Members of United Brothers Lodge No 13 and Rebekah Degree Lodge No 12 attended divine service at State Street M E Church in a joint gathering with visiting groups. Rev Dr A C McGilton preached on The Charm of a Useful Life and Cardinal principles of the order. An 98th anniversary of Odd Fellowship will be celebrated Thursday at Odd Fellows Hall with program and guest allowances.
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Brothers Lodge
Réba
Rebekah
State Street M. ‘E
United Brothers Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Rebadge
McGilton
America
Odd Fellowship
Odd ‘Fellows’ Hall
Rector's 50th Anniversary at St Michael's Church
The wardens and vestrymen outlined plans for Rev. Dr. George L. Locke's fiftieth year as rector begun in May 1867. A Sunday May 6 service will mark the anniversary with Bishop Perry delivering the evening sermon. A social reception follows May 15 in the Chapel during the Diocesan Convention on May 15–16. The arranging committee includes Rev. A B Howard Frederic F Gladding Wallis E Howe John W Best James T Robertson and J F Farrally.
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St. Michael's Church
George L. Locke
Locke
St. Michael’s
Perry
St Michael's Parish
Rev
A. B. Howard
Frederic F. Gladding
Wallis E. Howe
John W. Best
James T. Robertson
J. F. Farrally
Flag Raiseings At N I Rubber Company
Flags were unfurled at the National India Rubber Company factory in multiple departments with patriotic exercises. Charles Cooper gave a speech, Miss Elsie Nisbet sang the Star Spangled Banner, and cheers accompanied salutes in the Wire, main offices, and other departments.
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National India Rubber Company
Wire Department
Charles Cooper
East Providence
Elsie Nisbet
Riverside
Wire and
Carpenter Department
Miss Nisbet
George Schlosser
Companyere
Nelatine
Bristol Boy Scouts Plan Scent Garden and Crop Plot
The First Bristol Troop of Rhode Island Boy Scouts seeks land to plant a scent garden and vegetables for the coming season. They plan to divide land so each scout tends a section, growing potatoes corn onions and peas. They lack land and appeal to a public spirited citizen to loan a plot. Troop members are placing recruiting signs on windshields for the Navy League.
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Bristol Boy Scouts
Bristol
Rhode Island Boy Scouts
Navy League of the United States
Navy League
Gardens for mill workers in Rhode Island
Rhode Island manufacturers promote gardening for their workers by expanding vacant land allotments for home plots. Several mills that already provided land for employee gardens plan to increase cultivated areas to cut living costs.
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Rhode Island
Letter From French Front Describes War Zone Life
John R. Edwards Jr writes from Paris March 21 1917 to his parents detailing life with the American Ambulance Field Service near the front. He recounts gas attacks shelling wounded soldiers gas masks and the harsh conditions of trenches and ambulances while noting meals weather and fellow volunteers including two Croix de Guerre recipients.
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John R. Edwards, Jr
France
American Ambulance
Service En Campagne de Y Ambulance Americaine
Raynouard
Paris
Poste Secours
Galle
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COAL
State Street
F. T. Remieres
Hope
Bradford
Wik
TN - Murdock Sratione
Aley Mason
George Leguere
Lednesday
Louise Glaum
Charles Righman
Dorothy Kelley
Im “Fhe
Billie West
Charlie Chaplin
Anita Stewart
Diana
United Brothers
St. Michael's
N. LI. R. Co
Hope Street
Edward D. Kunz
Jeweler-Optician
Bristol, R. I
Cele
Providence Telephone Co
Cor
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Bradford Street
Ion Pigfures
Dustin Farnum
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