Town Council Reviews Voter List and Meals for Poll Supervisors
Council canvassed the eligible voter list for the May 1 special election and discussed paying about 50 for meals for poll supervisors because the liquor question election is nonpartisan. Moderator Edmonds said supervisors cannot leave the voting area during vote counting. John S Ingraham resigned from the North Burial Ground Commission. Ralph F Kinder appointed to fill the vacancy. The council also approved daylight saving time starting April 30 and authorized a 789 bill for a highway department truck from H H Lawson Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A&8
Joseph M Edmonds
John S Ingraham
North Burial Ground Commission
Town Pound
Ingraham
Elisha Hibbert
Ralph F Kinder
Burial Ground Commission
North Burial Ground
Highway Department
H H Lawson Company
Probable Bristol Train of Artillery to enter Twilight League
The Bristol Train of Artillery may join the Bristol Twilight League after a Board of Governors meeting at the Y M C A. A Ways and Means Committee must vote on the plan, with Edna Currier Jr and Col Alfred Merriman among supportive members. Other clubs from last year may also enter. Schedule targets late May. A field rearrangement moves home plate eastward and alters foul lines, impacting batted balls near the Court House. James F Duffy was re elected president. other officers named include Samuel J Smith Frederick Garvin Roswell S Bosworth with George Boutcher and George Solmonese as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery
Board of Governors
B. T. A Ways and Means
Edna Currier, Jr
Alfred M Merriman
Engine & Hose Co
Defiance Hose Co
Olympian Club
Court House
James F Duffy
Samuel J Smith
Frederick Garvin
Roswell S Bosworth
George W Boutcher
George Solmonese
Athletic smoker committee thanks supporters for Colt Memorial High School fundraiser
The committee in charge of the athletic smoker held last night in Artillery Hall to benefit the Colt Memorial High School baseball team and extends appreciation to all who helped make the event both financially and socially successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artillery Hall
Colt Memorial High School
Olympian Show Boat Promises Bristol Minstrel Night
The Olympian Club of the Bristol YMCA stages a minstrel at Guiteras Memorial Auditorium on May 4 and 5. Joe Pannone and Eddie LeClerc direct a 50 voice chorus with diverse acts by Bob and Rita and Dorothy St Angela plus piano accordion virtuoso Tullo Gasperrim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympian Club
Bristol Ymca
Guiteras Memorial
Joe Pannone
Eddie LeClerc
Raymond
S&s
Bob
Rita
Pawtucket
Bristol
Dorothy St Angela
Newport
St Angela
New York
Tullo Gasperrim
Buddy
WPRQO
Gasperrim
Ascoh
Audrey Munro
Munroe
Local Veteran Receives Purple Heart for WWI Wounding
Joseph M Bottomley of 48 Charles Street was notified by the War Department that he earned the Purple Heart for a wound received October 17, 1918, while serving as a private in Company D 112th Machine Gun Battalion 29th Division. The article recounts actions near Verdun and includes his personal World War I recollections and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Bottomley
War Department
Joseph M Bottomley
Charles Street
Co. D. 112
George Washington
War Dept
Washington
Bois de Consenyvoye
Moleville Farm
Verdun
Bottomley
The
Phoenix
Alsace-Lorraine
Arvonne Forest
Colt High Assured Of Baseball Team From Benefit Smoker
Colt Memorial high school earned strong local support for its athletic smoker at the B T A Armory last night raising funds for a baseball team. Close to 200 attendees including officials witnessed six boxing bouts and several novelty events. The wrestling match Pasquarelli versus Cardoza ended in a ten minute draw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. A. Armory
Colt Memorial High School
Armory
Mike” Pasquarelli
Boyd
Crank
Caputo
Johnson
Smith
DeLuca
Savage
Pineau
Monis
Imondi
Rice
Kagan
Jack
Bristol-Colt High Alumni Association
Colt
Mary Morris
Edna Demers
Faileen Dol. Moore
Wm H. Angevine
Elisha Hibbert
John Romano
Joseph J. Dennis
Wm P. McLaughlin
John W Church
Amos S Gorham
Richard J. Kavanaugh
Alfred M Merriman
Edward L. Leahy
Emilio D. Iannuceillo
Benyjamin F Lindemuth
Anthony H Alfred Arthur J Duffy
Philip Sansone
V. J deRocha
Arthur M. McCaw
George H Baldwin
B. W. Wall
Anthony A Moren
Earl P Mathewson
A F D'Angelo
John R Lake
CC Getchell
Joseph C Kinder
Roswell S Bosworth
Ezra Dixon, Jr
John R Bernardo
E A Currier, Jr
John G DesLauriers
Howard R Newman
Col Samuel A Hall
Charles Quen, Jr
Reginald Dimond
Manuel Serpa
Augustine B Nerone
J Francis
Connell
Lea Cantwell
James J Lanzire
James McKenna
Fred E Suzman
Earle W .Ingraham
Wm. T. Dwyer
Four Bristol burglars sentenced for bakery shop robbery
Judge Jeremiah E. O Connell gave five year terms to Bristol pair William Perry age 18 and Albert Diodati age 19 for the bakery holdup. Boston men Joseph L. Ramison and Samuel N. Cohen received eight and seven year sentences for robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah E. O'Connell
William Perry
First Street
Albert Diodati
Ryan Avenue
Bristol
O'Connell
Joseph L. Ramison
Blue Hill Avenue
Boston
Samuel N. Cohen
Cohen
John Nash
Shawomet Avenue
Matthew Trotano
Wood Street
Lous DeFelice
Chilton Street
Colt High
Troiano
DeFelice
N. I R. Co. Watchman
Perry
Diodati
Seth Paull Coal Company
Thames Street
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Council
John S. Ingraham
James F. Duffy
A. C
Franklin St. Garage
Pastime Theatre
Lewis E. Lawes
SPEED
William Collier, JR
Joan Marsh
Una Merkel
Americas
Kate Smith
Randolph Scott
Sally Blane
Olympian Show Boat
Nora Dwyer
Roswell
Bosworth Domenic Por- Misano
Britto
Oscar Rishe
Frank Corea
Rishe
Oscar
Faldie
Cavart Bens
Eddie
Joe
Sockanosset Boys
al, Diodati
Wm. Perry
Baker Shop
Jones
Ramison
Cohen and
Nash
Edward Nice
Newton Street
Anna “Brownie” Korsak
Quincy Street
Barrington
East Providence
Lincoln
Nice
Staples Coal Company
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contractors
Hope Street
Staples Coal CO
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