Pagnano Again Heads Bristol Democratic Committee
Pasquale Pagnano announces he will again lead the Bristol Democratic Town Committee after resigning in March 1947 amid a police laxity letter controversy. He met with three committee members to discuss reconciliation and aims to heal the party and win in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Pagnano
Democratic Town Committee
Bristol
Raymond Brightman
John Romano
Janet Clark
Pagnano
Bristol County Court House
General Assembly
Feast of Blessed Sacrament Program at St Elizabeth's
The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament at St Elizabeth's Church runs August 14 and 15 with salvos at Wood Street Park, a parade, sermons, benediction, two band performances by the Portuguese Independent Band and the National Band of New Bedford, a mass, religious procession, and a grand fireworks display. Committee president John T. Vasconcelos leads the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Wood Street
National Band of
New Bedford
Wood St
Wood St Park
John T. Vasconcelos
Saints To Play Fall River Nine Wee
The St Elizabeth's nine currently lead the Bristol Twilight League will host the Webco's of Fall River in an exhibition tomorrow at 6 p.m. Fall River's club enters with 18 wins in 119 starts and will bring several noted players including Edward Ferreira Joseph Toste Victor Teixeira Vincent Teixeira Joseph Ferreira, and more as they showcase before a home crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Elizabeth's
Bristol
Webco’s
Fall River
VJ Day Dance Plans For Friday At Victory Lab
The Couples Victory lab announced plans for the fourth annual VJ Day dance to be held Friday evening from 3 to 12 pm with Jimmy Martin and his orchestra. Third Street from Mt Hope Avenue to State Street will be roped off for the event, with intermission entertainment and a weather contingency for a later date. The committee includes Mrs Mabel Anselmo prescient, Mrs Margaret Machado, Mrs Mabel Travers, Mrs Margaret Marshall, Mrs Virginia Manchester, Mrs Lucy Alfred, and Mrs Agnes Fojo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Lab
Jimmy Martin
Third St
Mt Hope Avenue
State St
Ain
Mabel Anselmo Prescient
Margaret Machado
Mabel Travers
Margaret Marshall
Virginia Manchester
Lucy Alfred
Agnes Fojo
Murphy to preside at Republican clambake Aug 22
Councilman Francis J. Murphy will be toastmaster at the Republican clambake set for Sunday August 22 at Minturn Farm Metacom Avenue John P Marshall is general chairman and a prominent New England Republican is expected to speak Open ticket sales end August 10 after which Alphonse Rebello handles sales Rain date set the B T A Hall State Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Murphy
Minturn Farm
Metacom Ave
John P Marshall
New England
B. T A. Hall
State St
Bristol Firms Close For VJ Day Observance
Local stores in the Bristol Business Civic Association will close all day Saturday to honor VJ Day. Several shops will stay open Thursday and Friday evenings while other businesses face a textile plant curtailment with mixed production outlooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Assoc
Bristol Business Civic Association
BBCA
Max Makowsky& Sons Inc
McLellan
Appeal for Volunteer Typists in X Ray Drive
Miss Mary Street appeals to Bristol women to help register people for a community X ray drive. Typists are needed from 1 to 8 30 p m on August 20 21 and August 23 to 28. Call Bristol 778 to volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mary Street
Bristol
Miss Street
Steam shutoff at US Rubber plant and Bristol line
The steam at the US Rubber So plant will be shut off between 3am and 5pm Thursday, requiring the whistle signal at the Collins and Aikman Corp for the Bristol. Fire District Signal stated this morning by Fire Chief Fred Guevremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins and Aikman Corp
Bristol
Fred Guevremont
Band Concert Here Tonight at Bristol High School
The State Department of Education presents a band concert this evening at 8 o'clock outside Bristol Senior High School. The Eddy Denish Concert Band, 25 pieces, will perform. James J. Velleca, chair, expects a large crowd and Bristol police will manage traffic on Hope Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Eddy Denish
Bristol Senior High School
James J. Velleca
Bristol Police Department
Hope Street
X Ray Drive Starts Friday at Carr Plant Bristol
Preparations for a two week X Ray drive begin Friday when the Imobile unit arrives at Carr Manufacturing Corp in Bristol. The drive runs Monday through Friday at the Carr plant and then through town industrial plants into a community drive starting Friday. Registration urged for all townspeople including those recently examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carr Plant
Bristol
Carr Manufacturing Corp
Wesley A .Armstrong
Drive
Carr
Bradford St
Trinity Church Plans Lawn Social for Sept 11
Trinity Episcopal Church members announce a lawn social scheduled for September 11. Charles E. Livingstone, chair of the arrangements committee, revealed the plans on Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Church
Trinity Episcopal Church
Charles E. Livingstone
Political meeting outlines Hazard Senate bid in Bristol
Thomas P Hazard the Republican candidate for U S Senate will speak Thursday at 8 pm to the Bristol Republican Town Committee at the Hotel Belvedere. Also attending are state chairman Thomas Casey Greene Eleanor Johnston GO JP statistician and three local state legislature candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P Hazard
U. S
Bristol
Republican Town Committee
Belvedere
Thomas Casey Greene
Eleanor Johnston
GOJP
Battery C Brings Home Guard Honors At Camp Edwards
Report from Camp Edwards documents Bristol Battery C of the 243rd Group earning first place in kitchen inspection and softball, plus guards mount and visitors day. Training includes artillery, communications, and admin as two platoons race for best performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Edwards
243Rd
Bristol Coun
Bon RR
Ear‘nest
Pfc
Edward Travers
Cpl
Edward Oliver
I“C
Battery “C
Battery “D
Battery “B
88Th Army Ground Force
Met
Rangers Win Fifth Annual Bristol Drum Corps Competition
The Bristol Rangers won top honors at the fifth annual drum corps event held in Bristol on a Franklin Street to Guiteras Field parade route. Sixteen to eighteen corps from Rhode Island and Massachusetts performed before a large crowd as judges announced the senior corps prize for the open competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Rangers
Bristol Boy Scouts
Franklin Street
Hope Street
Church Street
High Street
Guiteras Field
Chief Marshall
Wen Ocamar Wlaltaw MO
Wlhalandar
American Legion
Providence
Kearney
Bristol
Manuel P. Goulart
Ralph M. DeLeo
Richard E. Rosenhausen
Rangers
Smith
Tooksman
Mankt
Annen
First Days as a Newsman Exposé Draws Mixed Rejoinder
The piece critiques a cub reporter memoir detailing early newsroom misery caused by editors and experienced staff. It questions the motive and calls out the self important tone while suggesting the work aims to teach mankind a lesson.
Broken Man Smith Faces Occupational Evil After Blues
Ten hours after a failed night Smith lies despondent among crumpled paper seeking hope and wondering about marrying an heiress while confronting a necessary professional burden. He recalls Bristol and figures he would not be of interest to White or Gertrude Stein and contemplates returning to Hope Street. The scene ends with him accepting his martyrdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice C. Smith Jr
Bristol Manfacturing Corp
Rubber Shoe Manfacturing
Smith
Erican College
New England
Theoffice
Sweetieface
Humphrey Bogart
Nyah
Cubs
Jboss
Sprof
Bristol
William Allen Smith
Hope Street
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Bristol Democrats
Saints
Manuel Andrade
Costaritino’ Ferreira
Bristol McMahon
Iillo MacDonald
Carullo
Tessier
Santo Onelette
Topazio Varnesse
del Piano
Maurer
Cordeiro
Rakowskie Ferreira
McDermott
Ferreira
Greene Benevides
F. J. Murphy
Tobs
Wed
Thurs
Dana Andrews
Merle Oberon
Ethel Barrymore
Hoagy Carmichael
Wolf
Girl Tisa
Lilli Palmer
Sam Wanamaker
Akim Tamiroff
Alan Hale
Jesse James
Bowery Boys
Angel's Alley
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
GABRIEL D=LL
Frankie Darro
London
Gerald Mohr
and Evelyn Ankers
Collins and Aikman
Albert Fusonie
Textile Corporation
Fusonie
Wesley A Armstrong
United States Rubber Co
Joseph T. ‘Brogden
Brogden
B.M.C
Andrews School
Armstrong
Mary Street
Charles A. Richards
R. S. Brightman
Trinity Chapel
State Street
Stephen W Hopkins
Elizabeth Chase
Thomas P Warren
Lawrence Cheetham
Albert Battcher
Thomas E Little
T. P. Hazard
iTo G. O. P
Tax Assessors Office
Jae Tha
Vanitas
Norman Rene
Willduy LithUux
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