Bristol Council Approves Seventeen CWA Drainage Projects
Bristol Town Council approved sixteen CWA projects to be funded by Public Aid Director DesLauriers. Estimated total cost about 22 237 50 with 15 422 50 for labor and 6815 for materials, employing about 151 men for 32 weeks. Funding gaps raise concern as no town funds exist for materials, though two costly projects may be delayed until funds are raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
John G. DesLauriers
Elisha Hibbert
Sewer Commission
Wm. T. Dwyer
Dwyer
Peck Avenue
Wm. W. Perry
Wm. H. Angevine
Angevine
High
Washington Streets
Wood
Perry St
Wood St
Hill Side Road
Minturn Farm
W W Perry
Mt. Hope Avenue
Wood Street
Church Street
Richmond Street
Tanyard Brook
Sea Scout Ship Kearney Plans Program For Year
Sea Scout Ship Kearney No. S11 outlines a new year with 21 Sea Scouts 3 officers and 4 ship committee members. James Middleton U S Navy retiree joins as second mate with A J Belmore as first mate, as the ship seeks a successful year and invites Bristol residents to visit Friday meetings.
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Union
Wala
James Middleton
Navy
Kearney
Eagles Hall
Hope Street
Sea Scouts
Cbsmiiftteemen
U. S. Navy
Middleton
A. J Belmore
U. S. Marines
LeClair
Samuel J. Smith
Paul Herzig
William Paine
Frank Spencer
M. Tamburro
P. Camera
O. Bisbane
J. Pimental
Bristol
Girl Scouts Invest Three Tenderfoot Scouts in Goldenrod Troop
The Girl Scouts of Goldenrod Troop 1 met at Reynolds School on Wednesday. Bridget Turillo Mary Clark and Maria Quintal were invested as tenderfoot scouts and made Christmas greeting cards under instructor Mrs George Millard. Lightning Patrol to lead next week's opening ceremony and games with Capt Mrs Francis Bragg in charge.
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Girl Scouts of
Goldenrod Troop 1
Reynolds School
Bridget Turillo
Mary Clark
Maria Quintal
George Millard
Lightning Patrol
Francis Bragg
Town Council protests railway service curtailment plan
Town Clerk John W. Church filed a formal protest after a council vote to object to New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad plans to cut train service on the Providence to Bristol line. The company announced several westbound and eastbound trains would be discontinued or rerouted starting next Monday due to low patronage and other conditions.
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John W. Church
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Providence
Provinence
Bristol
Warren
Barrington
West Barrington
Riverside
Constitution Street
Olympian Club Plans Musical Entertainment
The Olympian Club discussed a Bristol auditorium musical production next month directed by veteran trouper Joseph F. Pannone. The show will feature Bristol amateur artists with a committee of assistants handling talent tickets stage program publicity and other duties.
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Guiteras
Olympian Club
Joseph F. Pannone
Bristol
Pannone
Max Phenes
Anthony Marino
Andrew Dunbar
Steven Machina
John Marshall
Anthony da Ponte
James Salzano
George Magee
Sayre to Preach at St Michael's on January 14
Canon Parshley announces Rev. John Nevin Sayre secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and brother of Francis B. Sayre will preach at St Michael's Church on January 14. Sayre a Princeton and Cambridge Episcopal School graduate has taught at Princeton and Brookwood School and served as a missionary in China before returning to ministry in New York. He will also address the Men's Union of the First Congregational Church and the Bristol County Ministers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony R. Parshley
St Michael's Church
John Nevin Sayre
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Francis B. Sayre
St. Michael's
Mr. Sayre
Princeton
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mass
China
Christ Church
Suffren
N. Y
Brookwood
Katonah
Sayre
First Congregational Church
Bristol County Ministers’ Association
Pageant to Be Staged in Congregational Church
Rehearsals are underway for The Adoration a Nativity pageant by Frederick A Willmot religious editor of the Providence Journal It will be presented Sunday evening Dec 24 at the First Congregational Church by the Young People under the direction of Rev Herbert D Graetz The pageant promises to be impressive and beautiful and has been successfully performed in several Providence churches last Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Willmot
Providence Journal
First Congregational
Herbert D Graetz
Providence
Christmas Seal Sale Delegations Planned at Local Post Office
Christmas seal sales at the post office are organized by dates with Miss Mary Callan leading December 8 assisted by Daughters of Isabella. December 9 features Miss Laurine Bradford aided by Colt high school staff. December 11 has Mrs. Henry Boynton supported by Taft School Club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Callan
Daughters of Isabella
Laurine Bradford
Colt High School
Henry Boynton
Taft School Club
Bristol Basket Ball League Opens With Big 50–10 Win
The Bristol League kicked off at the YMCA gym with BTA five routing Battery C 243rd CAC 50 to 10. Herzig led with 19 points eight goals and three fouls while Ralph Church scored the first basket and Johnny Kingadded eight points. Jackie Bisbane hit a plane basket for the 3rd feed as Lester Lombardi topped the losers with eight points. James J. Lanzke, league president, jumped the opening ball.
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Bristol Basket Ball League
Y.M.C.A
B.T.A
Battery C
C. A
Olympians
N.la. Ve
Herzig
Ralph Church
Johnny King
Tubby” Gorham
Nuts” Lemaire
Ham” Remieres
Jackie Bisbane
Lester Lombardi
James J. Lanzke
Olympians defeat National India Rubber in league clash
Olympian Club led by Capt Ruggeiro and Georgie St Angelo defeated National India Rubber 33 to 25 in a fast second league game. Medeiros and St Angelo produced key baskets, a late sideline shot broke a 19 all tie, and a fourth quarter fistfight led to ejections. Referee E J Fitzgerald officiated.
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Olympians
S. R
Weenie” Ruggeiro
N.lr
George St. Angelo
Medeiros
Magee
M. R. CO
Perry
Desilets
Borges
Ead
Lemaire
Salzano
Leclerc
E. J. Fitzgerald
James B Lee
D. Langello
Study of Italian Urged at Colt Memorial High School
A petition presented to Supt EF S Mapes after a PTA meeting urges making Italian a regular Colt Memorial High School course. The proposal names Miss Geraldine Marino of Guiteras School as a potential teacher and outlines private subscription funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
EF. S. Mapes
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Geraldine Marino
Guiteras School
K of C Open Meeting With Rev Ambrose Gallagher Speaker
The Bristol Council No. 379 opens its second open meeting at its State street home Sunday night with Rev Ambrose Gallagher of the Columban Fathers as speaker A musical program will be presented The event is open to members and their friends.
Venetian Bazaar Benefit Notice at Our Lady Mount Carmel
Coming events list the Venetian Bazaar benefiting Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. It will be held December 1 2 8 9 15 16 at the Armory on State Street in BTA.
Rubber Co Willing To Erect Fence Around Reservoir
The United States Rubber Company proposes a steel and wire fence around its reservoir on Fast State Street to reduce hazards. Conditions include laying out and marking the street line, removing public dumps, maintaining culverts, providing night street lighting, and ensuring the town bears minimal costs while the company erects the boundary fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Company
Fast State Street
Ernest G. Brown
John W. Cauren
Couderp
Rubber Company
Wm. P. McLaughlin
Brown
Bristol
New York
Canon Bell to Preach at St Michael's Sunday
Canon Bernard Iddings Bell dean of St. John's Providence will preach at the 10 45 Sunday service at St Michael's Church He is noted as a forceful speaker with broad clerical background including past president of St Stephen's College and dean of St Paul's Cathedral Fond du Lac He has served as examining chaplain to EBB and preacher to numerous colleges and authored books including Sense in Education
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Bernard Iddings Bell
St. John’s Cathedral
Providence
St. Michael's Church
Canon Bell
St. Stephen's College of
Annardale
N. Y
Oak Park
Chicago, Ill
St. Paul’s
Fond du Lac
Wis
Religious Education
du, Lacs
EBB Ae
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Association of American College
Columbia
Williams
Amherst
Princeton
Wellesley
Smith
Hobart
Chicago
Lafayette
Union
Wesleyan
Authors’ Club
London
Currier Praises CCC Camps Work at Rotary Meeting
Edward A. Currier Jr. spoke at the Hampton Rotary Club on Camp Ferno noting the CCC program trains youths well and benefits public works. He listed projects from road and trail construction to tree disease treatment and fire protection, saying participants now show tempered conduct and pride in national service.
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E. A. Currier, JR
Edward A. Currier, Jr
Ferno
Hampton
Currier
Curriér
Rotarians
Christmas Seal Sale Yields Encouraging Early Returns
Officers of the Bristol District Nursing Association report strong progress from the Christmas seals and Health Bond sale with $207.05 collected to date. Last year’s grand total was $437.28, and officials expect this year to surpass it as eighti percent of the money raised supports local health efforts.
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Bristol District Nursing Association
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