Bristol School Board Names Temporary Appointments
The Bristol School Committee approved two temporary hires and assigned four other new appointees with several transfers on the permanent list. Matthew Capone will teach science at Guiteras Memorial Junior High, while Mary Andrade moves to Byfield School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol School” Committee
Mary Andrade
Rhode Island College of Education
Capone
Guiteras Memorial
Miss Andrade
Byfield
Benjamin Hazen
Marguerite Vermette
Reynolds
Rose Fasano
Aurelia Faria
Mary Malafronte
Margaret F. Nerone
Guiteras
Mary E. Gladding
Kathleen F. Kelley
Walley
Mary M. Mancini
Katherine C. Menard
Oliver
Waley
Margaret G. Doran
Rose B.mcgovern
Colt High
Genevieve Pagnano
Elizabeth Hopkins
Marion E. D. Newman
Helen P.morris
Josephine T. Baldwin
Dorothy D. Nelle
Doris P Church
Catherine G. Munroe
Elmer S.ages
Mary V. Scanlon
Bristol Red Cross Water Carnival Concludes With Trophies
The Bristol water carnival at the community beach closed the swimming school run by the Red Cross. Senator Green awarded the Kearney Ship cutter trophy after their victory over the Cup Defenders and the Paull trophy for Bristol crew wins in the dory rescue race. Raymond Bisbane captained the Kearney Ship crew with Van Voast Bowron Scott D Alessio Tamburro and Roderick. Michael Tamburra won the half mile swim with Caroline Salzano Natalie McLean among top finishers. The event drew several thousand spectators and featured life saving demos by Quartaro McLean Freitas. William McCullough supervised the program with judges Becket and Quartaro.
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Éasey
Ship of Sea ‘Scouts
Bristol
Senator Green
Prescott B. Paull
American Red Cross
Kearney
Cup Defenders’ Association
Paull
Red Cross
William T. McCullough
Raymond Bisbane
Donald van Voast
Clarence Bowron
Felix Scott
John D'Alessio
Alfred
Natalie McLean
Providence
Louise Quartaro
Catherine Connery
Bernard Quartaro
Caroline Salzano
Bertha Rodrigues
Quarell
Pasquali DiLello
Michael Ascoli
Angelo Mascena
Norman Stewart Bisbano
Arruda
Michael Tamburro
Boudreau-Clay Nuptials Held at St Michael's Church
Estelle Dorothy Boudreau and Mervyn Clay wed at 11 o'clock Saturday in St Michael's Church. Canon Parshley officiated before family members. The couple, after a dinner at Elm Farm, will reside at 210 High Street. Mr Clay works with Bristol Lace Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Church
Estelle Dorothy Boudreau
Victoria Boudreau
Beach Point Drive
Riverside
Mervyn Clay
Edward Clay
Hope Street
Anthony R. Parshley
Boudreau
Ernest L. Boudreau
Charles F Brown
Riley E. Lamson
Elm Farm
Clay
High Street
Bristol Lace Works
Benefit Game Set For Chassie LeClerc Injury Fund
Bristol Twilight League All Stars arrange a 3 PM Saturday benefit game against Warren Town Team to raise funds for Chassie LeClerc injured sliding into third base. Warren lineup features Duke Abbruzzi Jake Rippel Lety Greenwood Sunny Hebert and more. Bristol fans expect a large crowd as twilight league officials run the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B Lee
Alphonese Rebello
All Stars
Donat Brochu
Warren Town
Chassie” LeClerc
Connie LeClerc
Chappie” Oliver
Warren
Duke Abbruzzi
Jake Rippel
Lety Greenwood
Sunny Hebert
Proulx
Joe Sagan
Alex Fish
Biddy Fish
M. Abbruzzi
N. Urban
Jack Hanley
Brochu
Bristol County Baseball
Twilight League
Howe and Church member sought to bias school inquiry
Wallis E Howe writes to editors denying Robert L Bowen is part of Howe and Church He asserts Bowen a trained structural engineer and former supervisor on Providence projects offered to privately fund an impartial inquiry into conditions at the General School Bowen would be biased if he belonged to Howe and Church and urges publication of the clarification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe & Church
Robert L. Bowen
Guneral School
Howe
Church
Bowen
Providence
School of Design
College Street
Wallis E. Howe
Thanks to Winthrop DeWolf and Bristol Branch Carriage History
Walter E. Munroe thanks his old friend Winthrop DeWolf in a letter dated August 18 praising him and noting the Bristol Branch once offered 5 cent fares and strong passenger yields. He recalls high fares and poor service, urges reasonable fares and convenient time cars, and defends supporting the Phoenix editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop DeWolf
New Haven
Bristol
Bsernie Ims
Lee
Spee
Tadelle
Pete
Walter E. Munroe
Untitled Letter on Bus Service and Manners
A 1937 Bristol letter criticizes unsigned female readers for delaying trains and bus services. The writer argues late arrivals harms workers and mocks a reader for lacking courage and signing with a pen name. He notes 5 cent tickets, crowded trains, and commuter frustration.
Calm winds greet boatsmen at Bristol Yacht Club regatta
Sailors from Rhote Island gathered for the Bristol harbor regatta as light NW wind forced all starts to delay.137 boats across 18 classes began on a tight Prudence Island course with many finishing times omitted amid nearly calm waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhote Island
Yacht Club
Bristol Harbor
Prudence Island
Henry Benson
Gannet
Pete Haffenreffer
Buccaneer
Gilineau Brothers
Reed
Vindex
Fellows Davis
Tinker Too
Anne Wickes
Penguin
John Ferry
Tip III
Jack Tiplady
Spica
Miriam Parsons
Sirius
Herbert Harris
Joca
W. H
R. G. Alexander
Sunny
Frante Slintuff
Estrelita
Alice Mays
Rhody
Ben Comstock
Eelorry Sheerwater
Ned Smith
Polly
Billy
Ceeal
Horace Beck
Sea Hawk
Rose Dolan
E. P. Mann
Swansop
S Seagreee
Mark Yishler
Walrus
Kenneth Munro
Herreshoff
Shewink
W. F. Whitmarsh
Phantom
Benson Rockwell
Poppy II
Hovey Freeman
Whitecap
Gilman Lowe
Black Maria
S Brooks Wall
Gloria II
Frank French
Remora
Martha Nicholson
Pappoose
Ed Leahy
Doldrum
Murray
Danforth
Rambler
Samuel Parsons
Aurora
George deWolf
Rhode Island Red
Mary Howe DeWolf
Bevis
Tony Zinderstein
Alouette
Frank P. Steele
Baumora
Ernest Brown
Nancy Bell
John S. Congdon
Shrimpe
G. P. Gardner
Widgeon
Jane Palmer
Argo W. Manace
Clippers
Whistler
Mary Harris
Cutty Sark
William Huntoon
Snipes
Dee Dee
Ken Wood
Enght Ball
Ken Mars
Lee E. Osterguy
Annie Laurie
Elwell Wagner
Skipjack
Preston Gladding
Seahorse
Duncan Colley
Gobi
Charles F Barber
Clam
Fred Mason, Jr
Coyote
Bill Bernstrom
Bluepoint
Frank Field
Bob Allen
Jeep
Jinx
Salar
Crane
Nimblets
Lone Eagle
Malcom Ripley
Land Boy
Peter Reed
Revenge
Hope Saunders
Vinge Mouse
Diana
Lanier
Caprice
Henry Ripley
Yrak
Guy Cary
Sea Spray
Nancy Saunders
Chieftain
Sea Dove
Mae West
C. F. McCloskey
Randal Harrington
We Stitch
Ted Parsons
Tyrrell Cobb
Moon
Bill Wolfe
Diaduc
Sam Roush
Hope
S Duerdon
Bay Neck
Mimi
Dotmar
Five Bristol Organizations Hold Sunday Outings
Five Bristol groups staged outings at local venues on Sunday. The Holy Name Society dominated events at Fales Field with wins in most running events and a 7 to 4 softball victory for the married men over the single men. Umpires were G R Perron and James Velleca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society
Fales Field
Joseph Sorzano
Anthony Baiinotti
Jerry Russo
Domenic DeRiso
Martin Mansi
Louis Nastri
Raymond Cavallaro
John Santully
John Sansone
Elia Giusti
Ralph Simonelli
Stephen Mascena
Michael Pasquarell
Eugene Mansi
James Salzano
Felix Pasquarelli
John Sicignano
Adolph Giglio, Jr
Ralph Bernardo
Cosmo Marabello
Loms A Gunda
G R. Perron
James Velleca
Salvatore Saccocio
Eugene Mans
Fortunato Caruso
G. R. Perroni
Domenic Perroni
Louis Giusti
Joseph Sant
Domenic DiGiorgio
James J. Velleca
William J. Mausané
Dudges
inGhpy
Pert
Willa Manchester
Raymond J. Cavalaro
William J. Massano
Domenico Giorgia
Children of Mary Hold Annual Get Together at St. Columban
Rev. Henrique Roch and Sisters of St. Dorothy hosted the Children of Mary society gathering at St. Elizabeth's Church grounds on Ferry Road. Winners in Balloon race Martha Travers and Lilian Costa led the list, with results also including Mary Martin Alice Lewis Angelina Costa and others in events like threading the needle 30 yard dash soda drinking fat girl race peanut relay barnyard race and related team placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children OF Mary
Henrique Roch&4
Sisters of St. Dorothy
Children of Mary Society of St. Elizabeth’s Church
St. Columban Seminary
Ferry Road
Elizabeth Sous
Lillian Costa
Martha Travers
Alice Pacheco
Mary Martin
Alice Lewis
Angelina Costa
Dorothy Perreira
Elizabeth Sousa
Palmeira Marshall
Esther Ferreira
Alice Sousa
Ida Sousa
Mary Pacheco
Mary Vargas
Margaret Travers
Louise Freitas
Elizabeth
Local Baseball Contest Winners Named
Marian Marshall Sousa, Alice Lawis na Mary Ferreira, Mary Costa, Della Carvalho and Alexandrina Fernandes won the baseball contest in a tight race.
Daughters of Isabella Hold Clambake At Bristol Narrows
Hope Circle No. 70 of the Daughters of Isabella staged the annual outing and clambake at Mrs. Henry Sweeney’s summer home in Bristol Narrows. About fifty members and guests enjoyed a competitive sports program with balloon race won by Mrs. Bessié Crowley and two others, a dart game won by Mrs Annie Lombardi and Mrs Mary McKeough, and cracker eating won by Mrs Rose Burke. Mrs Sweeney’s husband supervised the clambake served at 4 o’clock after chowder at noon. Nora E. Dwyer chaired the outing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sweeney
Bristol Narrows
Hope Circle
Isabella
Bessié Crowley
Mabel Allard
Ethel Marz
Annie Lombardi
Mary McKeough
Rose Burke Henry Sweeney
Nora E. Dwyer
Portuguese Band Club outing features food and sports duel
Sixty five members and guests attended the annual outing of the Portuguese Independent Band and Club. Chourico chowder and a clambake led a sports program with a tug of war and baseball deadlock. Winners in events included John Motta and Manuel Castro in the 100 yard dash and three legged race, with Frank Cabral near top in several contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chourico
Anthony Ferrara
Crescenzo Della Morte
John Motta
Frank Cabral
Manuel Castro
Arthur J. Mello
James Rebello
Manuel Silvia
Alfred Costa
Frank Perreira
Joseph Saishee
Arthur ‘Mello
Joseph Castro
Rees Gags Cabral Epio
Fare James
Jose
Correira
Incenh
A. Sousa
Manuel Philips
Joseph A. Ing
Beane's Portuguese A A Outing Features Chowder Clambake
The Portuguese A A at Gece Farm Metacom avenue held a Sunday outing with a chowder and clambake. Capt Manuel Spindler prepared the af fair and a Fall River stringed orchestra provided music. A New Bedford nine beat a local team 10 8 at Sargents field during the event. Members later attended the outing with town councilman Joseph J Dennis as chairman of the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Armand Vierira
Ohn Cordeiro
Luiz Vénacio
New Bedford
Joseph J. Dennis
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