Bristol Considers Food Stamp Plan for Relief Load
Bristol weighs adoption of a food stamp plan to cover about 225 relief cases including WPA SAR and dependent children aid. About 150 may use stamps, needing a $1500 revolving fund. purchases occur through designated town officials with no cash transactions. Merchants must sign a retail statement and limit sales to edible items only.
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Rhode Island
Bristol
Orlando J. Bisbano
Work Relief Bureau
Bisbano
WPA
SAR
Department of Public Welfare
Bisbane
State House
Testimonial clambake for Fire Chief Moore at Bayberry Farm
The Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company hosts a Sunday clambake for Fire Chief Moses M. Moore at Bayberry Farm Poppasquash with arrangers William Simmons John Nixon and John Barry. The event features a Cup Defenders Association outing at Min Turn Farm Metacom Avenue plus a boccia contest among Bristol County clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses M. Moore
Bayberry Farm
Poppasquash
William Simmons
John Nixon
John Barry
Cup Defenders Association
Minturn Farm
Town Farm
Metacom Avenue
Bristol County
Bristol
Bradford Street
Fuer Ready Engine and Hose Company
Mount Hope A
Norman Servant
Dom Pasquarelli
Martin Mansi
Richard Bisbane
Frank Arruda
Mattio Damiano
Peppe
Ralph T Church
Henry Alfred
Anthony J Ferrara
L. H Callan
B W Wall
John R. Bernardo
Michael W. Pasquarelli
Antonio Cupolo
General Arrangements Committee
John Sicignano
Joseph Sansore
Mattia Capone
Lous Alfano
Felix Langello
Peter Cristando
John Langello
Anthony DuPont
John Bisbano
Mine Sweeper Heroic to Launch in Warren
The minesweeper Heroic, under construction for the Navy at Warren Boat Yard Warren, will be launched at 1200 noon DST tomorrow. Miss Sybil FE Alder is designated sponsor by the Commandant First Naval District for the vessel in this area’s Navy construction program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heroic
Navy
Warren Boat Yard, Inc
Warren
First Naval District
Boston
Sybil FE Alder
Five Dollar Bills Return From Predepression Era Exchange
In the Tax Collector Amos S. Gorham’s office a rush of exchangers traded for old-fashioned five dollar bills. The bills came from a taxpayer settling accounts with a stack of pristine predepression fives. The currency was unusually clean and crisp, like new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos S. Gorham
Wall Toastmaster Named for Rhode Island Republicans Watch Hill Event
Former Rhode Island state senator Bertram W. Wall of this town will serve as toastmaster at the Rhode Island Young Republicans conference banquet at Watch Hill. Main speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts will headline, with Gordon Allott James McManus Charles Eden and John Murphy among other invited leaders. The conference runs September 6 and 7 with co chairs Anthony Cimino and Pauline Rushing overseeing events and guests including Mayors Sprague and Beurat.
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Bertram W. Wall
Rhode Island
Young Republicans
Watch Hill
Joseph W Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
National Republican Committee
Martin
Paul Fitziimons
Newport
Gordon Allott
Colorado
National Federation of Young Republians
James O McManus
West Warwick
Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee
Charles H Eden
Providence
Men's Republican Club
John H Murphy
Vermont
New England Council of Young Republicans
Ernest I. Sprague
Cranston
Albert P. Beurat
Anthony Cimino
Pauline Rushing
Mothers' sail-off to decide top boat honors
Tuesday morning the 124 footers sail for the Mothers' Series finale at the Bristol Yacht Club. Mrs Ernest G Brown and Mrs Donald S Babcock steer Me Too and Baumara, after last week’s top scores, forcing a sail-off to crown the season. Other participants include Mrs Norton M Zinderstein Bevis Mrs Carl Haffenreffer Skeedaddle Mrs R F Haffenreffer third in Skeedaddle, Mrs Sidney Harr eshoff Minx and Mrs Maurice Congdon Nancy Bell.
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Ernest G Brown
Donald S Babcock
Bristol Yacht Club
Me Too
Babcock
Baumara
Brown
Norton M. Zinderstein
Carl Haffenreffer
R F _ Haffenreffer
Skeedaddle
Sidney Herreshoff
Maurice Congdon
Nancy Bell
Bristol Man Held on Assault Charge Pending Complaint
Bristol police detained Antonio Almeida of 63 Mount Hope Avenue after his wife accused him of beating her. Patrolman A Michael Bullock took him into custody last night. No charges were filed yet, according to Police Anthony J Ferrara.
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Bristol
Antonio Almeida
Mount Hope Avenue
Michael Bullock
Anthony J Ferrara
Rhode Island Soldiers Home Hosts Annual Bake
The Rhode Island Soldiers Home held its annual bake yesterday with state and town officials and service organization reps in attendance. About 200 people gathered in the pine grove behind the Home, with Attorney General John H. Nolan among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Soldiers Home
John H. Nolan
Bristol Scout Bugle and Drum Corps concert preview
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps will give a 7 PM concert at Colt Memorial High School as a prelude to Sunday’s competition. Over twenty corps have accepted invites, with many more expected. registrations Sunday noon to 1 PM at Scout Hall. A street parade and field events will follow, with judges, trophies, and medals donated by local groups and businesses.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps
Colt Memorial High School
Bristol Group
Scout Hall
Hope Street
Church
Guiteras Athletic Field
Edmund S Rex
Kearney
American Legion
Rhode Island Drum Corps Association
Scout
St Anthony's Knights of Columbus Corps
Providence
Spectown
Southbridge
Mass
New Era
Warren Boy Scouts
Warren
West Warwick
Rockdale
Northbridge
Warwick
Washington Park
Meriden
Universal
Webster
St Agnes
Cumberland Girls
Cumberland
George C Moore
Westerly
Holy Family Troop
Woonsocket
Holy Family
William Shields
Lakewood
Langevin Post
St Cecelia’s
Pawtucket
James E. Keegan
Pascoal
Boy Scouts Corps
Central Falls
Fourth Ward
Democratic Club
Well Lumber Company
Charles B Rockwell
Carr Manufacturing Company
Lombard Pozzi
Olinto Mirabassi
Charles H. Liscomb
Paul C. Nicholson
Salvatore Nunes
William B. MacColl
Asselin Motors, Inc
Frank J Murphy
John Andrade
Perry's Spa
Manuel Perry
Bristol Cleansers
J Winthrop DeWolf
Manuel Serpa
William L. Serbst
William O'Rourke
Henrique R. Rocha
St Elizabeth's Church
Roland Martelly
Arthur J. Duffy
Echo Spring Bottling Company
George A Long
Rhode Island Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Association
Frank Peabody
Newport
Henry Foss
Charles Pipher
Pawtuxet
Fire King
Charles Tessier
Charles Nelson
Connecticut Fifers and Drummers Association
Pozzi
Druma Corps Committee
George R. Fish
Frank O. Rene
William F Head
Domenick Ruggiero
Virgil Arruda
Salvatore Massano
Charles Mello
Norman Rene
Fire in Barn Causes Slight Damage at Perry Estate
Bristol's volunteer fire department answered a general alarm for a storage barn fire on the Perry estate on Hope Street. The fire caused slight damage and was quickly extinguished. A separate scene at John the Barber on State Street featured a union representative in dark glasses, fooling a passerby who offered a dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
William W Perry
Hope Street
John the Barber
State Street
John
Rotary Relief Fund Aids Refugees Amid Bombed Cities
Chungking Rotarians contribute to the Rotary Relief Fund aiding refugees and war prisoners with monthly care parcels. The Rotarian story details attendance drops after air raids, deaths, and family losses, plus efforts to locate missing prisoners of war through Red Cross and Continental offices.
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Chungking
China
Rotary Relief Fund
Jefe Williams
Rotarian Magazine
France
Zurich
Red Cross
Germany
Relief Fund aids Polish Rotarian family across borders
A Polish Rotarian and his wife with three children fled to Budapest aided by the Rotary Relief Fund which kept them from starving until funds for further travel arrived. A cablegram reports he reached Palestine, using remaining resources. The Fund relies on methods like the 40 17 luncheon bread and milk meals, box suppers, and auctions to raise money.
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Rotary Relief Fund
Rotary
Budapest
Balkan
Palestine
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