Fifth Grade Class Photo From Valley School 1907
A reader recalls a 1907 Valley School class portrait noting Miss Mary Spooner and a trainee Miss Brady. He lists several students by name across front rows, mentions both living and deceased, and recalls many girls by maiden names while seeking identifications from others who remember the faces.
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Valley School
Mary Spooner
Brady
Eddie Hughes
Flynn
George Dunbar
Charlie Miller
Eddie Garvin
Walter Winward
Harold Chadsey
Esther Osterberg
Elizabeth
Miss Spooner and Miss Anna Pierce Ideal Teachers
In my view Miss Spooner and Miss Anna Pierce were ideal teachers who enforced discipline fairly and earned respect without demanding it. I recall Miss Spooner delivering a lick while Miss Brady scolded Walter Winward, and I laughed as I mimicked her on the aisle.
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Spooner
Anna Pierce
Miss Spooner
Miss Brady
Walter Winward
Winward
Stranger’s Laugh Turns to Embarrassed Doorway Memory
A narrator recalls classmates laughing as they watch a self conscious moment in a doorway. The memory ends with a sting of punishment and the resolve that the speaker deserved it. The line closes with a thanks for the experience.
Aunt Annie Celebrates 95th Birthday Surrounded by Kin
The Brightman clan hosted Aunt Annie Coon at the Ush er Terrace homestead to mark her 95th birthday. A Civil War memory keeper born in 1860 she recalled Lincoln and the 1869 Gale while planning to reach 100 with family support.
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Annie Coon
Dennis J. Roberts
Gladys M. Brightman
Annie
Raymond S. Brightman
Brightman
Usher Terrace
Bristol
Westerly
Warren
Lincoln
Providence
Peleg T. Brightman
State Capitol
Gladys Brightman
Missour
Peleg
Gladys
South County
Charles F. Coon
General Stanton
Benjamin Franklin
Providence Lying-In Hospital Building Fund Update
Subscriptions totaling 20 274 were turned in at a fourth report meeting, part of a drive now at 830 036 total. Women’s division raised 11 264 men’s division 2 551 allied towns 6 459 with Barrington Bristol and Warren reporting 1 621. Trustees authorized final plans to call bids for a new wing.
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Providence
Allied Towns
Barrington, Bristol and Warren
Robert V. Elder
Hospital
First Congregational Church Celebrates 275th Anniversary
Dr Douglas Horton new Harvard Divinity School dean and Congregational Conference minister will keynote the May 7 8 services marking the churchs 275th anniversary. Rhode Island Conference events follow an afternoon Sunday program with exhibits and a four to six oclock reception in the DeWolf Room.
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Douglas Horton
Harvard Divinity School
Congregational
First Congregational Church
Rhode Island
DeWolf Room
Thomas D. Adams
Colt Rained Out Twice In Early Baseball Season
Weather halted Colt and other state schoolboy baseball games as rain canceled Tuesday’s scheduled match between Colt Green and White and St Raphael at Guiteras Field. The article notes further rain impacts continuing on page 8.
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Colt
St. Raphael
Guiteras Field
Health Officer Reports Teams Are Ready for Polio Vaccination
Health Officer Samuel D. Clark reports his volunteer group is prepared to administer polio inoculations to Bristol children. No vaccination date is set yet as nurses have volunteered to join teams visiting schools next month. Nurse Consetta Fasano and Mrs. Frank L. Martin coordinate. veterans home nurses will sterilize needles. Clark notes rising demand for Salk shots with over 50 private requests.
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Samuel D. Clark
Bristol
Consetta Fasano
Frank L. Martin
Court OKs Dock Fund Increase in Taxpayers Suit
In a Providence Superior Court ruling Judge Thomas H Roberts allowed raising the town dock appropriation from 15000 to 20000 at a Jan 26 financial town meeting. The decision leaves unresolved the constitutional challenge to how the Harbor Development Commission is elected.
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Thomas H Roberts
Lucien Capone
Harbor Development Commission
Ca~pone
Harbor Commission
Rhode Island Doctors Urge Free Salk Vaccination for Needy Children
Rhode Island Medical Society committee on child health relations urges free Salk polio vaccine and physician services for eligible children. Priority goes to ages 1 to 6, then 7 to 11, with state purchase of vaccine for welfare families and no charge for those unable to pay. Doctors pledge to inoculate in offices and provide services pro bono.
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R. I. Medical Society
Committee On Child Health Relations of the Society
State Director of Health
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Medical Society
Weather Dampens Vacation Week For Local Kids
A six day stretch of cold rain and gray skies hits area families as public school spring break continues. Forecasters say low pressure offshore near Nantucket brings rain and wind with a return to sunshine by Monday morning. Mothers feel the strain, YMCA facilities stay busy, and fathers plan a post break treat. Weather setbacks ease when work and school resume Monday.
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Nantucket
Dad
YMCA
Eads
Northup Sousa Map Road Rebuilding Work
Public works officials announce a 38145 dollar road and drainage program approved by taxpayers. Mulberry Road on the Neck will be rebuilt with a gravel base and asphalt seal while major projects on State Street Hopeworth and King Philip avenues will follow, with bids likely from private contractors.
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Public Works Department
Public Works
William P Sousa
Reynolds G. Northup
Mulberry Road
Hope Street
Northup
Hopeworth
King Philip Avenue
Sousa
Fatima Drive
Fales Road
Base
Hopeworth Avenue
Annawanscutt Drive
Herzig Street
New Road
Wheeler Avenue
Cole Street
West Street
Ansonia Ave
DeWolf Avenue
Surf Drive
Peck Avenue
Hoop Coaches To Banquet Here
The R I Basketball Coaches Association hosts its first annual dinner Thursday at 6 30 p m at the Midway Steak and Lobster House. President Leo Crowe Rogers High coach will preside. Officers will be elected and plans for next year's injury fund games outlined.
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R. I. Basketball Coaches Association
Midway Steak & Lobster
Leo Crowe
Rogers High
Pigeon Sits Through Final Bristol Planning Board Session
Roger W. Pigeon, retiring head, met with the Bristol Planning Board to transfer records and wind up his role. New members Margo and Pasqua were not sworn in. Rulon-Miller represented Mrs. Leahy on Wood and Valley streets matter. Riccio urged changes in approaches to the planned expressway per state board plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Pigeon
Bristol
Joseph Margo
Samuel Pasqua
Robert Rulon-Miller
Edward L. Leahy
Wood
Valley Streets
Joseph G. A. Riccio
State Board of Public Roads
Star and Life Scout Awards Presented to Bristol Scouts
Three star and one life rank were earned by First Bristol Troop and Troop 4 Boy Scouts as Bristol County District Board of Review met at Holmes House. Recipients included Robert Dennis Life Scout and Floyd Ferriand Carmine Panielo and Frank Caizzi. J Foster Price presided with Dr Shulman and A Domenic Ruggieri assisting.
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Bristol
Bristol County District Board of Review
Holmes House
Hope Street
Robert Dennis
Life Scout
Floyd Ferriand
Carmine Panielo
Frank Caizzi
J. Foster Price
Advancement
Bristol County
Dr. Shulman
A. Domenic Ruggieri
Boy Scouts
Pawtucket
Tanyard Woods
Boy Scout
Narragansett
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Carl Newman
Charlie Farley
Bernie Callan
Walter Bovay
Meiggs
Eddie Trainer
Bill McKenna
Hannah Kinder
Marguerite Lee
Ruth Murray
Marguerite MacDonald
Julia Nerone
Thomas Brightman
This Town
Thomas P Brightman
Gibson Road
Raymond S. Brightman, Jr
Ralph F. Kinder
T. P. Brightman, Jr
R. A. Ballou
Divinity School
Church Historical Committee
Herbert B. Burnham, Jr
Capone
G. Frederick Frost
John W. Church
Fr L. Martan
Alfred N Nunes
Board of Tax Assessors
Louis Castrioteta
R. I
Northup, Sousa
State Street
St. Mary’s Church
Fatuma Drive
Pigeon
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