Open Air Concert by Bristol Train of Artillery Band
Second in a series of open air concerts at Colt Memorial High School features cornetist James C. Ruggerio soloing. Mrs M Theresa Onovan conducts with Col Merriman arranging elevated seating and St Marys Church loaned platforms. Major Hambrick directs traffic and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery
Colt Memorial High School
James C. Ruggerio
M. Theresa Onovan
Col. Merriman
St. Mary’s Church
Henry Hambrick
Tags to Be Sold Tomorrow by Bristol District Nursing Association
Bristol District Nursing Association schedules a tag day on principal streets to raise funds toward a $2000 goal. Heads of the drive include Miss Laurine Bradford and Mrs Nathaniel Herreshoff with a group of sales assistants listed, coordinating from Rockwell House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Dist. Nursing Association
Bristol District Nursing Association
Rockwell House
Laurine Bradford
Mollie Hamill
John Condon
Harry DeWolf Allen
William B MacColl
Julia A
Endeavour Leaves Herreshoff for Tuning Up Off Newport
The British challenger Endeavour departed from the Herreshoff yards at 2 25 pm on Wednesday bound for Newport waters to meet the New York Yacht Club fleet returning from Vineyard Haven. T O M Sopwith steered with Mrs Sopwith and Lady Leon aboard, as crowds watched the launch cruise under perfect conditions and spectators cheered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereshoff Company
Newport
New York Yacht Club
Vineyard Haven
T. O. M. Sopwith
Vita
Endeavour
Gosport
England
Atlantic Passage
Brenton’s Reef
Brenton
Sopwith
Newport Waters
Miral
Edward H. Campbell
USN
Mortimer Sullivan
Sopwiths
Thomas Lipton
United States
Sullivan
Charlie Nicholson
America
Royal Yacht Club
Junius Morgan
Mr. Morgan
En-deavour
Aeeet Eee Falas
New England
Harold Vanderbilt
wWé
Brenton's Reef
Bristol
Miss Helen Howe Praised By New York Critics For Monologue
New York critics hail Miss Helen Howe for her one woman show in Bristol at Colt Memorial Hall on Saturday September 1. Reviews from the Sun Times and World Telegram praise her character work and light but pointed humor in sketches about family and social foibles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Howe
Bristol
Colt Memorial Hall
New York Sun
Little Theatre
Byrth Mery Reet Beaved
Gocenelia Otiskinner
Miss Howe
Miss Draper
Miss Skinner
New York Times
Ruth
Draper
New York World-Telegram
Manhattan
Howe
Harry DeWolfe Allen
W H Angevine
Evelin Bache
Rockwell Rumored as Senate Candidate in Bristol
Bristol chatter suggests Charles B Rockwell chairman of the School Committee will be the Republican Town Committee choice for State Senator from the area. Also linked to his name are Henry Wood former superintendent at Crans ton Worsted Mill as First District representative and C Getchell, manager of Bristol County Water Works as Second District representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Charles B Rockwell
Republican Town Committee
Rockwell
Henry Wood
Cranston
C Getchell
Bristol County Water Works
Vermette and Sampson Will Wed in Lewisdale Nova Scotia
Mr and Mrs George T Ingram of Hope Street announce the marriage of Euclid Vermette and Miss Marie Sampson of Warren in Lewisdale Nova Scotia on Monday Home plans place the couple on Green Street Warren after their arrival today The bride has ties to Warren and formerly worked at the Warren Handkerchief Company Vermette works as an automobile mechanic in Providence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T Ingram
Hope Street
Lewisdale
Nova Scotia
Ingram
Euclid Vermette
Marie Sampson
Warren
Green Street
Warren Handkerchief Company
Vermette
Providence
Munro Leaves Brown 120000 Endowment and Gifts to Colleges
Providence probate records reveal Wilfred H. Munro longtime Brown history professor leaves 120000 for a European History professorship funded from the Wilkin son Building interest. He also bequeaths artworks to the Rhode Island Historical Society and establishes funds and libraries at Pembroke College Brown University and a 10000 scholarship at DeVeaux School Niagara Falls in memory of his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Brown University
Pembroke College
DeVeauz School
Niagara Falls
Stacy Tolman
R. I. Historical Society
Providence
Wilfred Harold Munro
Brown
Pembroke
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Wilkinson
Westminster, Eddy and
Middle Streets
Browning, King & Co
Rhode Island Historical Society
Brown Uniersity
Library of
DeVeaux School
Prof Munro
Susan Wilkinson Munro
Eagles Plan Annual Outing and Clambake in Rhode Island
Bristol Aerie No 953 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles completes plans for a Sunday outing and clambake at Fales's Orchard. Invitations go to Rhode Island members. George Dion chairs the arrangements committee with Domenic Mascola as treasurer and Anthony J Nunes as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Aerie
Order of Eagles
Fales
Orchard
Rhode Island
George Dion
Domenic Mascola
Anthony J Nunes
Donations to Bristol Children’s Home Acknowledgments
A summary of two months of donations to Bristol Children’s Home lists contributors and gifts including cake vegetables clothing eggs shoes ham and potatoes and sewing services. Notable donors include Mrs C B Rockwell Mrs Halsey DeWolf Miss Cathleen Barton Mrs Vincent Pettine Mrs Earl Dunbar and Bristol Y M C. respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Children’s Home
St Alban’s Lodge
A. M
C. B. Rockwell
Halsey DeWolf
James Church
Cathleen Barton
Vincent Pettine
Earl Dunbar
Bristol Y. M. C
Henry Sanford
Rockwell
Levy
Troiano Held as Material Witness in Stabbing Case
Domenico Troiano, 43, of 17 Coggeshall Avenue, jailed in Bristol County then brought to Providence Superior Court on $3000 bail as a material witness sought in the stabbing of Stanzione and his cousin near Wood and Bradford streets. Stanzione, 53, faces two charges of violent assault with a dangerous weapon and awaits grand jury action. he disappeared from the area prior to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabatino
Stanzione
Domenico Troiano
Coggeshall Avenue
Troiano
Bristol County
Providence
John V. Nolan
Frederick Frost
Francesca Federico
East Cambridge
Mass
Wood
Bradford
Bristol
Benjamin F Lindemuth
Michael A Addeo
Massachusetts
Newspaper Man Speaks At Rotary Meeting
Mr WK Bassett, copy editor of the Providence Journal, spoke at the Rotary Club meeting at the Hotel Belvedere. He recounted 27 years in journalism across the world and shared memories from The Golden Era where Bret Harte once worked as a typesetter. He noted his father published the paper and refused to sell the old files of the story M Liss despite offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WK Bassett
Providence Journal
Rotary Club
Hotel
Belvedere
San Francisco
Bret Harte
Bret Hart
M'Liss
Bassett
Melissa
Bis bane returns from Grand Aerie Convention
Anthony J. Bis bane, worthy president, has returned from Cincinnati Ohio where he attended the Grand Aerie Convention as Bristol Aerie No 953 Fraternal Order of Eagles representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Bisbane
Cincinnati
Ohio
Grand Aerie
Bristol Aerie
Order of Eagles
Black Maria Tops Midweek 121 Footrace at Bristol Yacht Club
Black Maria won a midweek Bristol Yacht Club series race on a 4 3 4 mile course to Mount Tom Rock and back. The victory moved Black Maria from fifth to second in the series as 14 boats finished under uneven winds. Remora still leads with 66 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Maria
Herreshoff
Bristol Yacht Club
Remora
Yacht Club
Mount
Tom Rock
Widgeon
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J. C. Ruggiero
M. Theresa
Donovan
John Philip Sousa
Suppe
James C. Ruggiero
Baby
Beers
W. O'Keefe
John T. Hall
Invercargill
Lithgow
Seitz
S. Romberg
P. Bacalossi
Billy Hill
J. Strauss
R. B. Hall
E. Friswell
Rose Pozzi
Ruth Graham
Marguerite Flowers Hill
Barbara Newman
Betty Hambrick
Shirley Levy
Eva Holbrooke
Loretta Burns
Ermina Romano
Ann Leahy
Mildred Littlefield
Roberta Dixon
Margaret McGann
Jean Malafronte
Nancy de Felice
Josephine deFelice
Marion Langello
Margaret Simmons
Eunice Marshman
Madeline Neiderer
Louise Ruggiero
Arlene Fiske
Dorothy Morris
Louise Nystrom
Jeannette McCaw
Cynthia McCaw
Nancy Allen
Francis Usher
Louise Usher
Misses Langdon
Claire Foster
Marguerite deRocha
Jean deRocha
Elizabeth Gifford
Martha Gifford
Herreshoffs
Vermette—Sampson
Lyric Theatre
Warner Bros
Dick Powell
Ginger Rogers
Mills Brosted Fiorito & Band
Pat O'Brien
Spencer Tracy
Madge Evans
Sir Guy Standing
John Halliday
Judith Allen
Tom Brown
Amiles
Diana Wynyard
Clive Brook
Irene Hervey
Helen Vinson
Theodore Newton
Arthur Hoyt
Wilfred H. Munro
Rotary Meeting
Black Maria
Wall Stereo
Nicholson
Schipperke
Danforth
Shrimpe
Gardner
Nancy Belle
Congdon
Poppy II
Freeman
Moro
Gloria II
Allouette
Steele
Little Rhody
Tillingshast
Pappoose
Ahy
Rhode Island Red
DeWolf
Palmer
Phantom
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