Charity Group Plans Christmas Sale Bazaar
Bristol's Pyra mids of Charity Women's Club announces a Christmas sale and bazaar at St. Mary's Church auditorium on Friday December 16. Santa Claus will visit for the first three hours starting at 5 30 to greet children and hear gift requests. The event aims to raise funds to aid the town's neediest families and ease travel for children to Providence to see Santa.
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Bristol
Pyramids of Charity Women’s Club
St. Mary’s Church
Santa Claus
Vasta L. Ruggiero
Providence
Santa
St. Nick’s
Christmas Story Presented At Ladies Benevolent Society Meeting
The Ladies Benevolent Society heard Mrs. John Velleca read The Christmas Story with slides by Canon Daniel K. Davis at Holmes House. Members donated gifts for Exeter School and the event included a bazaar with six door prizes to raise funds for holiday dinners and other charities.
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Daniel K. Davis
St. Michael’s Church
John Velleca
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Holmes House
Exeter School
John Wood
J. William Wood
Frank Rounds
William F. Liscomb
George P. King
Chester Whitman
Edward G. Easterbrooks
J. Howard Paull
J. Ellery Ingraham
Change in Meeting Site Announced for Monday Evening
The Bristol Women's Club shifts venue to the MCA for Monday's 8 o'clock meeting. Mrs. William P. Suzan's Merry Christmas program will be heard, replacing the prior Guiteras House location.
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Hackhoor
Bristol Women’s Club
William P. Suzan
Plans for Bristol Christmas Lights Program Expand
Bristol's Community Christmas Committee advances the Yuletide lighting plan with street bulbs on Hope and Wood streets and new tableaux on the common. The event will include a Christmas tree, nativity scenes, and December 15 18 17 tag days in business districts, with appeal for public support led by Edward D Kunz.
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Bristol
Hotel
Belvedere
Hope Street
Edward H. Holmes
First Baptist Church
Bradford
Church Streets
Wood Street
State
Bradford Street
Hope
Wood Streets
Edward D. Kunz
Hope Circle D I Sets Christmas Party Date
Members of Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella voted to hold their annual Christmas party at the Fore n Art Restaurant Warren at 8 o clock Monday evening December 19. Those attending should contact committee members Mrs Winifred Sylvester Mrs Joanna McClure Mrs Margaret Connery or Loretta Connell ex officio.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Fore ’N Art
Warren
Winifred Sylvester
Joanna McClure
Margaret Connery
Loretta Connell
Rubbish Collection Guide Free to Bristolians
The town unveils a free reference guide on rubbish collection by the highway department. Three thousand copies were issued to Town Clerk John W. Church and placed at newsstands. The booklet maps collection districts and includes fire police and school department details.
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Highway Department
Department of Public Works
Armstrong Receives Little All-American Grid Honor
Dean Armstrong of RPI earns selection as fullback on the Little All American squad after a storied four year career. Co captain in 1949, he rushed for 508 yards, averaged 38 yards per punt, and played iron man defense and lacrosse recognition accompanies his football achievement.
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Dean Armstrong
Brisol
Rensselaer Poly
Wesley A Armstrong
Armstrong
Ed Jontes
Rochester
Brooklyn
Dean
Engineers
R P. I
Hope Street
District Scouts Elect Mersman Committee Head
Dr. Oscar L Mersman of this town was elected committee chairman of Bristol County District Boy Scouts of America at the district dinner last night in the Warren Hotel. New members include George O Peabody Frank Dutra Theodore Price Nathaniel Gifford Rockwell Gray. re elected Munroe and Albert P Pezzulo. Principal speaker was H Cushman Anthony with Profook de Spook entertaining.
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Oscar L Mersman
Bristol County
Boy Scouts of America
Warren Hotel
Howard E Munroe
Barrington
Elmer S Horton
Board of Review
Kearney
American Legion
cEarg
Bristol
Lester M. Hood
George O. Peabody
Frank Dutra
Theodore Price
Warren
Nathaniel Gifford
Rockwell Gray
Munroe
Albert P. Pezzulo
Mark A. DeWolf
Alfred J. Ratier
Manuel P. daRosa
Arthur J Johnston
Armon Jamiel
J. Foster Price
Anthony J. Nunes
Daniel G Coggeshall
H. Cushman Anthony
Narragansett Council
Angelo Succolo
Profook de Spook
F.O.B
George Lamb
George R. Fish
James S. Coles
Howard House
John E. Horton
Joseph Dutra
Insurance settlement offered for fire damage at Byfield School
The Byfield School fire damage prompts the school committee to recommend to the town council acceptance of an insurance settlement of 9326.88, far below the estimated 13809.96 by Superintendent Fitzgerald and contractor Salvador Nunes. Council President Dr Samuel D Clark says the matter will be reviewed at the next meeting along with possible reconsideration of building valuation for fire insurance.
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Byfield
Samuel D Clark
Clark
Beore
Nunes
Fitzgerald
St.Mary's Church
St. Marys Parochial School
Eugene F. Cochran
Owen J Jones
General Advustment
Rescue Squad Meeting Cancelled By Illness
The Bristol Fire Department Rescue Squad cancelled its regular meeting because the guest speaker Chief Abel S. Eldredge of the Newport Fire Department is ill. Capt. Luke H. White says Eldredge will speak at a March squad meeting. The next regular meeting is Tuesday, December 22.
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Bristol Fire Department
Abel S. Eldredge
Newport Fire Department
Luke H. White
Two-Side Hope St Parking Draws Little Notice
Bristol shoppers paid little heed to two sided parking along Hope Street as city officials began enforcing a one hour limit from 10 a.m. to 6 30 p.m. The east side received temporary signs over existing no parking notices, while the policy mirrors the west side rules. The allowance ends December 31.
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Hope St
Hope Street
Merchants
Parkers
Bristol
Franklin
Constitution Streets
William T. Cashin
Florida Road Trip 1920s Echoes of Change
A letter recalls early automobile travel from St Petersburg to Bristol and a longer 1921 Florida journey. The writer praises progress toward road comfort, notes road dangers from trucks, and details routes via Ocean Highway Route 17. Williamsburg, its restoration, and the College of William and Mary are highlighted as historic sightlines and tourist draw.
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St. Petersburg
Bristol
Jersey
Jacksonville
Deep South
Miami
New England
Norfolk
Fla
Pennsville
Upper Delaware
Baltimore
Cape Charles
Virginia
Williamsburg
Jamestown
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Christopher Wren
College of William and Mary
Wren
Duke of Glocester Street
College
Palagi
Virginia House of Burgesses
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Tom Brown
Gary Cooper
Jane Wyatt
Wayne Morris
Walter Brennan
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Dana Andrews
Lilli Palmer
Louis Jourdan
Rimfire
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