Teachers Alarmed At Prospect of World War
Bristol Hi Y Club hears principals warn of possible call to active service as Roosevelt hints at war. Superintendent Mapes links national defense to athletics, urging balanced school programs and continued training. Guests Huston Murgo and others attend a turkey dinner and trophy presentation.
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Edward J. Fitzgerald
Bristol High School
Warren L. Huston
Joseph A. Margo
Shorty
Warren
Elmer S. Mapes
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Washington
Fitzgerald
France
Hitler
America
Mapes
Waterloo
Eton
England
Europe
Michael Balzano
Joseph Pacheco
Slim
Roderick Daniel Vargas
Edward Russo
Anthoni Ascoli
Leo Marino John Church Jr
Albert Velleca
Chief Ferrara Sets Do and Donts for Bristol Cyclists
Bristol police chief Anthony J Ferrara announces spring and summer bicycle safety rules. Riders should obey traffic signals, use white front and rear danger lights, ride straight, keep to themselves, and yield to pedestrians while avoiding congested areas.
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Anthony J Ferrara
Newport
Bristol
Ferrara
Bristol Woman Dies After Burns From Rubbish Fire
Mrs Emily Schneider Galle 80, of Bristol, died at Rhode Island Hospital hours after clothes caught fire while tending a rear rubbish fire at 130 Constitution Street. She suffered second and third degree burns to face hands and body. her son-in-law Leroy Bush and four fire companies aided. Survivors include daughter Mrs Bush four grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral set for 2 in the afternoon from her son-in-law's home with Rev Anthony Parshley officiating at St Mary's Cemetery.
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Emily (Schneider) Galle
Bristol
Rhode Island
Constitution Street
Galle
Samuel D Clark
John Galle
Wartenberg
Germany
Kai} Sehneider
Keds
National India Rubber Company
Bush
St Michael's Church
Anthony R. Parshley
St Michael’s Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Bristol Names Fred Guevremont Fire Chief Testimonial
Will Guevremont be honored as Bristol's new fire chief in a testimonial by the Fryer Ready Ph one and Hose Company to be held May 27. Invitations go to Town officials including Town Council members chief of police board of fire engineers and captains of other companies. Among guests are former fire chiefs Robert J Anderson and John Grabert and former Town Council President Henry S Peterson who helped form the Ever Ready Company in 1924. Five Ever Ready captains Frank Lewis John Ezikovich William Hughes Joseph Paul and Harvey Gladue assist with plans.
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Bristol
Fred Guevremont
Fryer Ready
High School Students to Gain Practical Garden Experience
Bristol high school agriculture students 68 in number, under instructor Ian M Walker, will work on a garden behind the Merriman home on Hope street. The project, funded by Mrs Alfred M Merriman, aims to blend classroom theory with hands on farming, include canning and food prep lessons, and run for at least one growing season to gauge future viability.
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Alfred M. Merriman
Bristol Garden Club
Ian M Walker
Bristol High School
Merriman
Hope Street
Walker
New Andrews School
Agricultural Department
Edgehill Temple Marks Its 31st Anniversary In Bristol
Edgehill Temple Pythian Sisters celebrated 31 years since inception with a banquet at K of P Hall Hope Street. About 60 members and guests attended as Grand Lodge officers and four charter members joined, while Bristol lodge was praised for its achievements.
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Edgehill Temple
Grand Lodge
Edgehill Temp
Pythiaus Sisters
K of P
Hope Street
Bristol Lodge
Mildred E. Bolton
Riverside
Lida Cole
Isabelle M Andergom
Corréspondérice Mirus
Katherbren M. Cohen
Providence
Anna Brown
Newport
Grand Guard
Hulda Long
Ellen Cadby
Catherine
Brelsford
Bristol
Chg
Soh
Pauline Brelsford
Emma Prime
Jennie Nelle
Bristol Garden Club Donates To Tree Replacement Fund
Mrs William W Perry reports the Bristol Garden Club executive committee voted 50 to the tree replacement fund. The club asks for more contributions to replace hurricane damaged trees in Bristol before planting season. Donors listed include Bristol Garden Club 50 Miss Belle M Wardwell 10 totaling 83.00.
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Bristol Garden Club
William W Perry
Bristol
Garden Club
Belle M Wardwell
P. T. A. Forms High School Unit in Bristol County
A Bristol County Council meeting at Andrews Memorial School organized a new P T A unit for senior and junior high schools. Chairwoman Mrs Lucien Capone outlined extending the program without disrupting current units. Attendees included Supt Mapes Edn J Fitzgerald Principal James E Sullivan and several council and school leaders. A nominating committee and by law committee were named and officers appointed. After the session, participants toured the building.
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Andrews Memorial School
Bristol
Supt. Mapes
Edn J. Fitzgerald
James E. Sullivan
John H Gaw
Sencebaugh
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Wm. Hartland
Robert Dunbar
Bristol County Council
Carl Carlson
John L. Burke
Manuel Almeida
Norman Brownell
Earl G Sturdevant
Capone
Margaret B. Andrade
James McKenna
Margaret F Nerone
Dunbar
Sturdevant
Roswell S. Bosworth
Mapes
Fitzgerald
Sullivan
Gaw
Hartland
Daniel Doyle
Dr Rego Appointed to U S Public Health Service
Dr Rodrigo P Cunha Rego is appointed to replace the late Dr Alfred Merriman as acting assistant surgeon in the U S Public Health Service in this town. His duties involve personnel at the Lighthouse Service tender stationed here and at Hog Island Shoals and Muscle Bed lighthouses.
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Rodrigo P Cunha-Rego
Alfred M Merriman
U. S. Public Health Service
Rego
U. S Lighthouse Service
Hog Island Shoals
Muscle Bed
Whiskers fashion and quilting links across nations
The piece recalls quilting parties in the South and notes Chatham County women reproducing English quilt patterns. It covers Oberammergau beard growing for the Passion Play, Guthrie Oklahoma’s 1889 land run anniversary, and a hand vein pattern identification claim, plus a new telephone volume control device.
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Chatham County
England
Appalachian Mountains
Mountains
Blue Ridge
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