Water tests to reveal Bristol County samples tomorrow
State officials say further tests on Bristol County Water Company samples and in West Barrington and Warren will be ready by tomorrow at the earliest. If negative the findings will be released. if suspicious the tests stand 24 hours longer. Residents are advised to boil drinking water as a precaution.
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Bristol County Water Company
West Barrington
Warren
Walter J. Shea
State Division of Sanitary Engineering
Shea
William L. Serbst
Serbst
Bristol
Hope Street
Bayview Avenue
Water Company
Massive playground outing set for St. Columban's grounds
Nearly 400 children sign up for a Bristol playground field day at St. Columban's Seminary starting 11 am. Events include bubble gum blowing, races, tug of war and baseball throwing. Police patrol, city armory rain backup, and a picnic with hot dogs and fruit mark the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Columban’s Seminary
Tony Agatiello
Tony
William T. Cashin
Carl Carulli
Mathew DeMeu
Highway Department
Gladys M. Brightman
State Armory
Mary Mancini
Lois Anne Allaire
Bristol
Theresa Ann Cardoza
George Salmon
First Day Of New Hope Street Parking Fetes 25 Violators
The 60 day trial banning daytime parking on the east side of Hope Street began yesterday at 10 am. Police Chief Anthony J Ferrara reports 25 motorists were tagged for illegal parking despite educational notices and new signs. He warns speeding will be enforced as the street clears and traffic increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Street
Anthony J Ferrara
Ferrara
Firemen and Portuguese Band Hold Annual Outings at Poppasquash
Nearly 100 firemen and guests attended the Ever Ready Engine Hose Company bake at Robinson's Bayberry Farm in Poppasquash. The event featured an informal sports program, with Councilman Francis J Murphy and Fire Chief Fred Guevremont among the attendees, and was organized by Frank Lewis and a committee. Approximately 200 members and guests joined the Portuguese Band's 29th annual bake, with Anthony Almeida as sports chairman and several other organizers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ever Ready Engine Hose Company
Robinson's Bayberry Farm
Francis J Murphy
Fred Guevremont
William I. Baker, Jr
Frank Lewis
Philip Osborne
Alfred Ascoh
Jesse King Silvia
George Desmarais
Anthony Almeida
John Viera
Joseph Oliver
Manuel J. Cordeiro
Manuel J. Silvia, Jr
Fred Frank
Antone Tavares
Anthony E. Williams
Engagement Announced for Claudia DeWolf and Samuel Rice
Dr and Mrs Harold DeWolf of Four Eagles Hope Street announce the engagement of their daughter Claudia DeWolf to Samuel Percey Rice son of the late Mr and Mrs Samuel Percey Rice of Scott Ga.
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Harold DeWolf
Four Eagles
Hope Street
Claudia DeWolf
Samuel Percey Rice
Scott, Ga
Reverend Davis Accepts St. Michael's Call
Rev Daniel Knittle Davis has accepted the call to St. Michael's Episcopal Church in this town to succeed Rev Anthony R Parshley as rector. A former U S Navy chaplain, Davis has led Holy Trinity Church Georgetown Ky since 1946. The vacancy committee named to fill the Parshley ditch resignation includes Wallace E Howe Howard R Newman and Dr Samuel D Clark.
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Daniel Knittle Davis
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Anthony R Parshley
Mr. Davis
U S. Navy
Davis
Holy Trinity Church
Georgetown
Parshley
Wallis E Howe
Howard R Newman
Samuel D. Clark
Concert Band Plans Thursday Program Under Pettine
Pettine's Concert Band rehearses for a Thursday 8 PM show at Colt Memorial Hall. The program includes Cole Porter and Mascagni works with Ponchielli, featuring Cancelled items like Begin the Beguine and Dark Eyes in special arrangements under James J. Velleca.
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Pettine
Cole Porter
Mascagni
Ponchielli
Guiseppe Pettine
Colt Memorial Hall
America
Bagley
Overture
Oklahoma
Rodgers
F H Malone,Jr
Cavalleria Rusticana
Columbus
Bristol Battery C Heads to Sun Valley Camp
Bristol's Battery C 243rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion Rhode Island National Guard departs for a week at Sun Valley Rhode Island with a send off by the Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps Captain Raymond J. Makowsky leads the unit many veterans of World War II or the U S State Guard accompany the march They will be trained and paid during the encampment.
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Bristol
R. I. National Guard
Sun Valley
R. I
Boy Scout
State Armory
Church Street
Hope
Washington Street
Raymond J. Makowsky
U. S. State Guard
Haffenreffer Hosts Bristol Historical Society Picnic
The Bristol Historical Society met at Mt Hope Farms with 35 members visiting Gov Bradford House Crystal Cave White Rock and King Phillips Chair. Members elected Edw. P. Church and Joseph Hartwell to membership and paid tribute to Emma Bradford Stanton charter member who died last week. The group observed a moment of silence.
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Bristol Historical Society
R. F. Haffenreffer
Mt Hope Farms
Gov Bradford House
Haffenreffer
Crystal Cave
White Rock
King Phillip
Herbert B. Burnham, Jr
Edw. P. Church
Joseph Hartwell
Emma Bradford Stanton
Society
Miss Stanton
Gov. Bradford
High-Wheel Ride to Newport for Gay Nineties Parade
John H. Bacon of Wellesley Hills will ride a 62 inch Coventry high wheel 70 miles from Wellesley Town Hall to Newport to join the Gay Nineties Parade and Festival. He plans a Sunday ride with a division of other period vehicles and historic equipment. The journey passes through Holliston Franklin Pawtucket Providence East Providence Barrington Warren Bristol Portsmouth and Middletown before reaching Newport around 11 am. Bacon estimates five to six hours with early 15 mph and later 6 to 7 mph, noting past crashes and 20 scalp bumps as hazards.
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Coventry
Harvard
John H. Bacon
Garden Road
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Wellesley Town Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Newport
R. I
Mr. Bacon
Newport Fire Department
Wellesley Sat
Holliston
Franklin
Pawtucket
Providence
Kenesaw Mountain Landis shaped by war and law
The piece outlines Kenesaw Mountain Landis’s extraordinary life from his birth name and the Civil War injury that shaped his family, to his rise as a renowned lawyer and 25 year Federal Judge who led baseball governance. It notes J G Taylor Spink’s book detailing Landis and his quarrels with Spink, and Landis’s fearless, headline making years in Chicago and as a judge.
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Kenesaw Mountain
Landis
Mary
Kennesaw Mountain
Georgia
Judge Landis
J. G. Taylor Spink
Thomas Y. Crowell Co
Spink
Sporting News
Saturday Post
Stanley Frank
Logansport
Ind
Chicago
Bristol Drum Corps Heads to National Legion Contest in New York
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps leaves Thursday noon by chartered bus for New York City to compete in the National American Legion convention drum corps event at Van Courtlandt Stadium. The group, aided by Kearney Post No 6, will perform Friday and join Warren Indian Band from Warren Post No 11 for Saturday’s parade. They will stay at the William Sloane House YMCA and return Sunday morning after a stop in Jamestown Rhode Island for a separate drum corps contest. Accompanying staff include Adjutant George R. Fish and Post Commander Samuel J. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Boy Scout
New York City
National American Legion Convention
Kearney Post
No 6
van Courtland Stadium
Rhode Island
Bristol Corps
Warren Indian Band
Warren Post
No 11
American Legion
William Sloane
West 34Th Street
New York
Jamestown R. I
Arnold Zwier
No. 22
Landis Grants Overcoat To Chicago Prisoner
Newsmen praised Landis for his unpredictable nature. A prisoner sentenced on a cold Chicago day asked for an overcoat after the judge shouted about not having one. Landis ordered the bailiff to fetch his own coat so the man could wear it on the trip to Leavenworth Federal penitentiary.
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Landis
Chicago
Leavenworth
Landis Era Baseball Chronicles Highlight Historic Moments
A readable account covers Organized Baseball and Commissioner Landis influence. It praises the author for precise records of pivotal moments since 1915 including the 0 ball versus the Federal League case before Judge Lanis, noting Landis’ key role shaping the sport.
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Landis
I Aeral League
Lanis
K. M. Landis
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