Friday Night Club program features Challice talk and music
The Boys Friday Night Club will hear W. R. Challice social secretary of the Providence Y M C A speak on Who's Who in Our Country Today. Hezekiah Church performs mando lin selections with Miss Lilian Church. Roswell Bosworth leads patriotic songs and moving pictures are shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Challice
Providence Y. M. C. A
Challice
Hezekiah Church
Lilian Church
Roswell Bosworth
Sunday School Nominations Made at First Congregational Church
The nominating committee for the Sunday School of the First Congregational Church met at Rev John F Whitleys home to nominate officers and committees for the ensuing year. Nominees include Robert Munro as Superintendent and Reginald Diamond as Secretary Treasurer with Gertrude Hasbrouck as Superintendent of the Primary Department. An Advisory Committee named Mrs John E Whitley Miss Harriet P Wardwell Mrs Chinton Sherman and Miss Gertrude Hasbrouck. The Missionary Committee includes Mrs C J Hasbrouck and Miss Mabel Gardner. Home Department workers are Mrs William H Bell and her class. Social Committee includes Miss Gertrude Church Annie Pearse Mae Williams Marguerite Lee and Mrs Eckersley. Visiting and Flower Committee lists Miss Mabel Pearse Grace Paull Funice Manchester Damiel W Coggeshall and Roswell Bosworth. The group reviewed a year of work and praised officers and teachers as bills are paid and funds secured for future expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
John F. Whitley
Robert Munro
Reginald Dimond
Gertrude Hasbrouck
Advisory
John E. Whitley
Harriet P Wardwell
Chinton T Sherman
C J. Hasbrouck
Mabel Gardner
William H Bell
Gertrude Church
Annie Pearse
Mae Williams
Marguerite Lee
Eckersley
Mabel Pearse
Grace Paull
Funice Manchester
Dam
Bristol Naval Reserves Sailors Return From Duty
Chief Carpenter's Mate Cyrus A fetenor of Bristol’s First Division was on leave due to illness after active service at Commonwealth Pier South Boston. Bristol Reservists George Marshall, Carl Butters, Percy Dakin, and Nathaniel Herreshoff Jr. were assigned to ships or Navy shops. Kearsarge heads to France and Herreshoff works resume electrician duties.
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Cyrus
R M
Commonwealth Pier
South Boston
Bristol
Bristol Naval Reserve
George Marshall
Morris
Newport
Carl Butters
Georgia
Percy Dakin
School Garden Project In Bristol Lets 16 Boys Plant
Superintendent T H DeCoudres leads a Bristol Improvement Association garden program enlisting 16 boys from Colt Memorial High School and the upper Eighth grade. They will farm a Wood and Valley streets lot loaned by I Munro, with scouting help to clear brush and fathers to plow. Each boy must document his seed and supply costs. the most profitable gardener wins a substantial prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T H. DeCoudres
Bristol Improvement Association
Colt Memorial High School
Munro
Wood and
Valley Streets
Bristol
The
Improvement Association
YMCA to Open Day and Evening Moving Picture Series
The YMCA will start a two session moving picture program tomorrow with 4 30 pm show for children and non evening attendees and an 8 pm show for adults. Features include Pudd n Head Wilson starring Theodore Roberts, a Burton Holmes travelogue The Lowlands of Luzon a Bobby Bumps cartoon and the Photoplay Magazine The Sparks instrumental duo will provide music.
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Theodore Roberts
Pudd’n Head Wilson
Mark
YMCA
Pudd’n Head
Wilson
Mark Twains
Pudd'n Head Wilson
America
Mr Roberts
Luzon
Bobby Bumps
The
Sparks
Bristol Boy Scouts Plan Dedication of New Troop HQ
Arrangement completed for dedication of the First Bristol Troop of Rhode Island Boy Scouts at their new Rhode Island headquarters on Independence Day May 4. The building will open for public inspection and dedication ceremonies follow with a brief parade and invited out of town troops, town and state officials. Part of the building lacks interior finish due to funds, with a vaudeville and motion picture benefit planned for May 22 at the Pastime Theatre. Scouts are asked to report in uniform tonight at 7 30 for drill and tomorrow evening to attend the King Philip Fire fair.
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Bristol
Rhode Island Boy Scouts
Rhode Island
Towa
Bristol Train of Artillery
Bristol Brotherhood
King Philip Fire Company
Mother-in-law assault case filed against Conceicao duo
Jose R Conceicao and Maria Conceicao were arrested on a private complaint by Virginia A Rodrigos alleging a violent assault on her. They pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice Philip Brady and were bound over to the Fifth District Court with $100 bail each, posted by Solomon Nussenfeld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose R. Conceicao
Maria Conceicao
Quitver = street
Thomas Dwyer
Virginia A. Rodrigos
Justice of the Peace
Philip Brady
Fifth District
Solomon Nussenfeld
Illustrated lecture ends winter series at church
The Memorial Chapel of the First Congregational Church hosts the season finale Sunday evening. Pastor Rex John F Whitley presents an illustrated lecture titled The Flags of the Nations with pictures on Columbia the Gem of the Ocean and screen displays of Drake’s Ode to the Lag and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Memorial Chapel
First Congregational Church
Rex John F Whitley
Columbia
Drake
Bristol Red Cross forms local auxiliary at Belvedere
Members of the American Red Cross in Bristol met at the Hotel Belvedere to organize a local auxiliary. Mrs. W. Fred Williams was elected permanent chairman with officers and committees named. Executive plans set for May 4, and donations totaling 56 dollars acknowledged as early contributions.
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American Red Cross
Bristol
Belvedere
E. I. Brownell
W. Fred Williams
Edward G. Easterbrooks
Edward I. Brownell
F. N. Dunbar
Amos S&s. Gorham
Robert E. Lanphear
Andrew Weeks Anthony
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Harriet R. DeWolf
A L. B Wyatt
Lewis B. Waldron
Charles E. McCoy
Harriet
Church
Lanphear
Lawless House
Hope Street
Williams
Red Cross
M. MacDougall
Harriet R DeWolf
Madeline W Wyatt
FE. I Brownell
Bristol Red Cross Auxiliary
R F Lanphear
Mite Society Delivers Humorous Schoolhouse Sketch
The Mite Society hosted a well received rubber social in the First Baptist Church vestry. Col A W Barrett played the schoolmaster in The District School at Blueberry Corners, with Mrs C A Aldrich and others managing the entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite Society
First Baptist Church
Blueberry Corners
A. W. Barrett
C. A. Aldrich
Charles Liscomb
Thomas Manchester
Alfred Stokes
Bradford Newman
Alvin M. Bullock
A W Barrett
Propriety Store Owner Beaten During Robbery Attempt
Godfrey Picard proprietor of a Water street Warren periodical shop was held up and struck in his yard by two highwaymen near 10 pm Tuesday. He suffered a head gash needing three stitches and was treated by Dr. John J. Conway. The attackers fled before completing the theft after flashing a light and ordering Picard to surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Picard
Water Street
Warren
Picard
John J. Conway
Hidden Children to Feature Lockwood and Allison at Pastime
Harold Lockwood and Mel Allison debut in The Hidden Children at the Pastime Theatre tomorrow night. The Metro Yorke adaptation from Robert W Chambers portrays Revolutionary era struggles with the Iroquois Confederacy and highlights the founders’ heavy odds. The program also includes Rhode Island Weekly depictions of local events and the Melrose Park baseball opener, plus Triangle Keystone comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lockwood
Mel Allison
Robert W Chambers
Rhode Island Weekly
Melrose Park
Triangle Keystone Comedy
Run-Down Woman Rebounds With Vinci Strength Aids
Mrs Elmer Glidden of Fort Edward New York reports a run down weak state improved after using Vinci. She says the product built up her strength and she can now handle all housework. Hope Drug Co Bristol endorses Vinci with a restoration claim.
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Fort Edward
N. Y
Vinci
Elmer Glidden
Hope Drug CO
Bristol
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