Auto Registration Sub Station Opens In Bristol
Bristol County motorists can register locally as a sub station of the State Division of Motor Vehicles opens in Bristol Monday morning. Senator Bertram W. Wall says Louis Castriotti and Miss Mary Borges will manage. office in Makowsky building hours 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. daily except Saturdays.
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Bristol County
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Bristol
Bertram W. Wall
Louis Castriotti
Mary Borges
Makowsky
Wall
George R. Beane
Sea Wall
Tts
Star Beane
State Regist Aror
Elmer Maxfield Wins First Christmas Seal Block Again
Elmer Maxfield a Collins and Aikman Mill worker and World War veteran repeats as the Bristol Christmas Seals first buyer. He is famed as a longtime First Customer and avid collector.
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Elmer Maxfield
Collins and Aikman Mill
Bristol Committee
Evelyn Carter
Maxfield
Barrington Minister Addresses Rotarians on Pilgrim Feast
Rev John J D Kettelle of the White Church in Barrington told the Rotary Club at the YMCA about Pilgrims choosing to enjoy life while honoring God. He praised balancing resources and celebration and noted religious insight in moderation. Canon Parshley introduced him.
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John JD Kettelle
Barrington
Rotary Club
YMCA
Mr Kettelle
Canon Parshley
Club
Manuel Oliver
Wood Street
New York
Washington
Wales Wil
Usher Avenue
Usher Avenue Pompei- Marshall
St Elizabeth’s Church
Senarinha Marshall
Manuel Marshall
Magnolia Street
Albert S Pompei
Theresa Pompe
South Street
Henrique Rocha
Resting Comfortably Highway Surveyor Connery
Highway surveyor Richard Connery has been confined at home for a week with grippe and is reported resting comfortably. He is expected to return to his duties next week.
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Richard Connery
Bazaar Draws Crowds at St Elizabeth’s Church Fundraiser
Several hundred people attended the annual bazaar at Columbia Hall Wood Street for St Elizabeth's Church. Booths were well patronized and organizers expect continued success. The bazaar runs again tonight and tomorrow night.
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Columbia Hall
Wood Street
St Elizabeth’s Church
C and A Girls Club Plans December Children’s Party
The Collins and 9 Vikhman Girls Club wall sponsor a children's party on December 17 at Thames Street quarters. Miss Madeline Cortellesa is chairing the committee with assistants Miss Josephine Russo Mrs Anna Ether Miss Mary Philips and Mrs Marjone B McCann assisting.
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Collins and 9 Vikhman Girls Club
Wall
Thames Street
Madeline Cortellesa
Josephine Russo
Anna Ether
Mary Philips
Marjone B McCann
Bristol Class B venues pay extra for extended hours
Bristol Class B liquor establishments seeking to stay open until 1 am after the midnight licensure update must pay higher fees. Hotels Belvedere and Town Tavern face $50 more yearly, while New Bristol Casino incurs a $100 increase due to not paying tavern tax. The ordinance, effective midnight, allows 1 am opening by special application.
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Bristol
Belvedere
Town Tavern
Bristol Casino
Sos Youn Ins
Carney
Recordacoes da Patria Club
Thanksgiving observance marked by church services and weddings
The town observed Thanksgiving with special services at First Baptist and St Michael's Episcopal churches, five weddings at St Elizabeth's and Our Lady of Mt Carmel, and an alumni association dance at the Bristol Yacht Club. Charities distributed baskets to the needy, including Ivy Guild St Michael's, Girl Scouts, and Boy Scouts, totaling well over 100.
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St. Michael’s
Baptist
Congregational
St.Mary’s R. C
St. Elizabeth
Mt . Carmel
Bristol Colt Alumni Association
Brown Rutgers
Ivy Guild
St Michael's Church
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Rhode Islands
Home For
Bristol
Canon Parshley
Herbert D Graetz
First Congregational Church
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St Mary's Church
Bristol Yacht Club
Highliight
Bob White
Col M A Cheesman Injured In Auto Crash
Col Merton A Cheesman a former Bristol artillery commander and community figure was seriously injured when the car driven by Harry DeWolf Allen collided with a telephone pole on Pappasquash road. Cheesman was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in fair condition and Allen received facial injuries.
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Harry DeWolf Allen
Colt Farm
Pappasquash Road
Col Merton A Cheesman
Bristol Train of Artillery
Allen
Rhode Island Hospital
Colt Memorial Ambulance Hospital
Col Cheesman
Mr. Allen
William I. Serbst
Joseph Robinson
Joseph Texeira
Melvin W. Bair
Samuel P Colt
Cheesman
Poetic note found on door prompts curiosity about wartime travel
An officer leaves a playful warning letter about doors on November 27. Joseph C Harsch describes wartime travel through England France and Italy noting strict frontiers and rigid inspections with Swiss censors and passport delays.
Travel notes on visas and transit across European cities
A reporter discusses visa ease in Germany and France with Paris as a bottleneck, notes taxi shortages in Germany, horse drawn carriages in Rome, and argues modern transit shifts. He cites Switzerland as easy for train travel but hard for longer stays and calls it disinterested in journalists.
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France
Paris
Italy
Switzerland
Rome
Germany
Big Press Association
London
Berlin
Harsch
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Nathanael G Herreshoff
Charles B Rockwell
Bristol District Nursing Association
Joha M Herreshoff
Wallis E. Howe
C. & A. Girls’ Club
America
James Cagney
Priscilla Lane
Humphrey Bogart
Gladys George
Jeffrey Lynn
Frank McHugh
News Reel Cartoon Sport Reel Travelogue
Tracy
Barbara Read
Patric Knowles
Allan Lane
Linda Hayes
Heaven
Lowell Thomas
Universal
Erich Maria Remarque
Iale
Bristol Housing Guild
Wardwell Lumber CO
Bristol, R. I
Tel
Carvaturo
Silvia
Mary Lucy Silvia
Joseph Silvia
Bay View Avenue
Fred Carraturro
John
Mary Carraturo
St Elizabeth's Church
Annie Peters
Agnes Andrade
Carmine Carraturro
Washington, DC
Roma Street
Wales
Almeida
Gloria Almeida
Manuel Vales
Fr Rocha
Israel Recta
Naugatuck, Conn
Miss Almeida
Gilda Mattos Marshall
John G Ferri
Tinibride
Lincoln Hall
Charlie's
East Providence
White Mountains
Mr. and
Col. M. A. Cheesman
A. Michael Bullock
Europe
Joseph C Harsch
The
Christian Science Monitor
England
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