Bristol Police Implement New Stagger System
The Bristol police department began a new stagger schedule ordered by the Town Council to save costs. Seven patrolmen split into two platoons will rotate, keeping four on duty while three are idle, with shifts from 6 am to 6 pm and 6 pm to 6 am. The three idle officers will be assigned special tasks to offset lost salary.
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Bristol
Kavanaugh
William T Cashin
Frederick W Serbst
John McMahon
William I. Baker, Jr
James W Goff
Serbst
Hope Street
McMahon
Baker
Hugh Kelley
Euclid J. Demers
Anthony J Weerara
Newport Mayor Says Armaments Must Not Be Reduced
Newport Mayor Mortimer A Sullivan addresses the Bristol Lions Club condemning large cuts in armaments as unAmerican and urges relief for unemployed workers. He credits wartime unity, warns against pacifists, and pledges renewed national effort to aid distressed families as he predicts America will rebound.
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Mortimer
A Sullivan
Newport
Bristol Lions Club
America
Sullivan
Heart of
Babies’ Milk Fund
Sons Club
James J Lanzire
Lion Chase Brownell
Part of State Highway Added to System
Gooding avenue became part of the State Highway System after the State Legislature added it in the session’s closing days last week.
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Gooding Avenue
Town to vote on extra ten thousand for highways and sidewalks
Taxpayers gather for a special town meeting at Pastime Theatre to rescind March action and fund a new ten thousand dollar appropriation for highways and sidewalks while debating road funding and zoning changes Magnolia Roma streets Pinehurst area and a before distant factory project and land releases from Brig Gen Callan holdings
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Department of Public Aid
Industrial Trust Company
Financial Town
Budget Commission
Callan
Office of Surveyor of Highways
F. L. Church
Magnolia and
Roma Streets
Pinehurst Avenue
L. H Callan
Public Triple Wedding Show At Gurtteras School In Bristol
Rehearsals of Henrys Wedding draw crowds as a lively Bristol production directed by Clarice Meek of Universals. The comic plot follows Uncle Henry (Charles Liscomb) pursuing Samantha Green (Mire Ivy Stewart) amid a cast of era characters and musical numbers. A staged seance with the Mistre Shrine further entertains, with many local names appearing in crowd roles.
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Henry
Bristol
Gurtteras School
Clarice Meek
Universal Producing Company
Luca
Charles Liscomb
Samantha Green
Mire Ivy Stewart
Walter Wennerstrand
Reverend
Bennie Bert
Annie
Walter Robb Joe
Pateguard
Harry Vien Mainme
Flav Huestis Shiekh
Chicago
Sam Smith
Arthur Quance
Benjamin M. MacDougall
New York
J Fitzgerald
Sas
Harry Tan MC Walker
Miss Hobbbleskirt
Glen Smith
Charles
Alexander
George Marshall
Arthur Belmore
Brethren
Sisters of the
Mistre
Uncle Henry
Ionesome Road
Dem
Burnside Lodge To Honor Grand Chancellor With Minstrel Show
Burnside Lodge No 34 K of P hosts a reception tonight for Paul A Herzig Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Rhode Island Domain at the G A R Hall. A minstrel show by St Michael's Church Players under Fred G Dietz features interludes by Fred Coggeshall Rev A R Parshley and a lineup of end men and soloists with the St Albans Lodge quartet and mixed chorus including Joseph Hall Hiram A Rounds and John G Stewart among others. Archie Rounds chairs the committee with George F Luther and Gordon R Brown assisting.
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Paul A Herzig
Knights of Pythias
Rhode Island
Burnside Lodge
St Michael's Church
Fred G. Dietz
Attleboro
Fred G Coggeshall
A. R Parshley
Allen Newman
Walter Wennerstrand
George P Hayes
Elmer Rounds
Andrew J Iverson
Vernon A Gray
Willam HH Angevine
St Alban’s Lodge
Mr. Gray
Mr Angevine
H. A. Wisbey
A W Barrett
Joseph Hall
Hiram A Rounds
John G Stewart
George S Pailthorpe
Lester Dunbar
Lawrence S Ashton
Lester Bush
Nelson Newman
Herman Gablinske
Archie
Rounds
George F Luther
Gordon R. Brown
Twenty Appointed on Registration Committee
Anthony J Nunes was named chairman pro tem of the registration and citizenship committee of twenty appointed by Anthony Daponte, president of the Bristol Portugue- American Association at a meeting Sunday afternoon in Lincoln Hall. The committee includes Sebastian Bernard Jr, Raffaele Martins, Virginio J de Rocha, Joseph A Almeida, John Cordeiro, Henry Fernandes, John Joseph, Anthony Alfred, Matthew Maetozo, Frank J Sylvia, Frank Silvia, John Da Ponte, Daniel Vargas, John Andrade, Francisco Canario Jr, John A Victoria, Manuel Perry, Joseph Agnes, Joseph Nunes. The committee will meet soon for organization and plan an extensive registration campaign among Portguese extraction residents.
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Anthony J Nunes
Anthony Daponte
Bristol Portugue- American Association
Lincoln Hall
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Raffaele Martins
Virginio J de Rocha
Joseph A Almeida
John Cordeiro
Henry Fernandes
John Joseph
Anthony Alfred
Matthew Maetozo
Frank J Sylvia
Frank Silvia
John da Ponte
Daniel Vargas
John Andrade
Francisco Canario, Jr
John A. Victoria
Manuel Perry
Joseph Agnes
Joseph Nunes
Dragon of Wu-Foo operetta shines at Colt High May shows
The Dragon of Wu-Foo cast and nearly 70 pupils in the chorus rehearse for performances May 5 and 6 at Colt Memorial High School to raise funds for the senior class and athletic association. Mrs Theresa Donovan supervises the production with a Rhode Island Music Supervisors Association appearance on May 9. The cast features John Rohrman Vincent Mescall Ralph Gallo Elmer Rounds Bertram Bullock Thomas Brown William Connery Addison Hill and Misses Frances Gallagher Charlotte Manchester Mary Victoria Magdalen Wyhe.
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Colt Memorial High School
Theresa Donovan
Rhode Island Music Supervisors’ Association
John Rohrman
Vincent Mescall
Ralph Gallo
Elmer Rounds
Bertram Bullock
Thomas Brown
William Connery
Addison Hill
Frances Gallagher
Charlotte Anchester
Mary Victoria
Magdalen Wyhe
Keepers of the Dragon
Louis Guida
William du Ponte
Joseph Fernandes
Anthony Thomas
Stanley Gras
John Gray
Herbert Gray
John Flynn
Alfred Dubuc
Bruce Matheson
Henry Sanford
Frank Brown
Kenneth Weaver
Henry Levy
John White
Frances Byrnes
Mary Magee
Raphelina Codola
Lorena McKay
Angelina Paiva
Margaret Gallagher
Laura Balzano
Lillian Dunbar
Lillian Nussenfeld
Anna DeRosa
Raphelina DeRosa
Elizabeth Matheson
Dorothy Wardwell
Mary Corey
Anna D'Alessio
Christine Byrnes
Esther Conley
Anna Romano
Alice Sousa
Gilda Proto
Caroline D. Donna
Lucy Ferrara
Mildred Dion
Jean Tobin
Mary Sisson
Evelyn Weaver
No More Blues
Ralphelina Coddy
Minegaret Gallagher
Raphelina
Colt High Baseball Postponed to May 20
Coach Edward J. Fitzgerald of Colt High announced this morning that the game at Wickford against North Kingstown scheduled for this afternoon has been postponed to May 20.
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Edward J. Fitzgerald
Colt High
Wickford
Colt
North Kingstown
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