Exhibition of Primitive Art Draws Bristol Audiences
The Historical Society hosts an exhibition titled Primitive Art featuring itinerant artists who painted portraits by filling in faces from portraits shown. It includes cigar box cover images, whaling scenes, and related books from the library. Daily hours are 3 to 5 and 7 to 9, with Saturday 3 to 5. under Miss Margaret Nerone and helpers. free but donations encouraged.
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the Historical Society
France
America
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Library
Margaret Nerone
Legion Christmas Party Plans Set for December 21
The Americ Legion seeks $125 for expenses for its December 21 Christmas party for children. $37 has been raised. donations can be sent to Richard E. Rensehausen at 19 Roma Street or to Post Commander Raymond A. Thomas of Hope Street. Last year the post hosted over 200 children from welfare families at Legion Hall on Franklin Street at 2 p.m.
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Americ Legion
Chidren
Richard E. Rensehausen
Ren
Sehausen
Roma Street
Raymond A. Thomas
Hope Street
Kearney Post
Anthony Ruggiero
William I. Baker
John J. Sylvia
Legion Hall
Franklin Street
Weekend Visits And Military Returns Noted In Bristol
William MacDonald of New Brunswick visited with Mr and Mrs Philip Osborne at 137 Bradford Street. Ensign Russell P Cole USN son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Cole of 943 Hope Street returns from Korea this week aboard the destroyer USS Porter. E James Vermette of 46 E St is recovering at home after surgery at Osteopathic General Hospital Edgewood. John E Hopkins Jr Fall River Chamber of Commerce manager will speak tomorrow at Rotary Club meeting. Topic Building a Bigger and a Better Community. Mrs Frederick W Holloway a national council flower show judge from Woodbridge Conn will speak on Christmas Decorations Thursday at 2 pm before Bristol Garden Club at St Michaels Parish House.
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William MacDonald
J. John
New Brunswick
Philip Osborne
Bradford Street
Russell P. Cole
USN
Charles H. Cole
Hope Street
Korea
Porter
E. James Vermette
E. St
Osteopathic General Hospital
Edgewood
John E. Hopkins, Jr
Fall River
Frederick W. Holloway
National Council
Woodbridge, Conn
Bristol Garden Club
St. Michael's Parish House
Sousa Murphy Engagement Noted In Local Announcement
Miss Lorra ine Sousa daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank R Sousa of 42 Franklin Street to John Paul Murphy son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Murphy of Somerset announced Sunday. Sousa a Bristol Senior High School graduate now attends Rhode Island College of Education. Murphy attended Diman Vocational School Fall River and now works at the Brass Foundry Fall River.
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Lorraine Sousa
Frank R. Sousa
Franklin Street
John Paul Murphy
Thomas Murphy
Somerset
Miss Sousa
Bristol Senior High School
Rhode Island College of Education
Murphy
Diman Vocational School
Fall River
Brass Foundry
German Visitors Impressed With Indian Museum
A group of eight German visitors from Muenchen-Gladbach toured the Bristol area with the World Affairs Council. They visited North Farm and Ferry Cliffe Farm, the Indian Museum on Mount Hope, and Newport. The party included manufacturers, engineers, a labor leader, a newspaperman, a clergyman, and teachers. They spoke English well and praised the Indian Museum, receiving booklets about Mount Hope and the Herreshoff Company.
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Bristol
World Affairs Council
North Farm
Ferrycliffe Farm
R F Haffenreffer, Jr
Hig Indian Museum
Mount Hop
Newport
Holmes House
Muenchen- Gladbach
Manchester
Germany
Coblenz
Freiberger
Bayer
Igleberg
Bongartz
Kohl
Adams
Hep
Elsbeth Waddington
Mr. Haffenreffer
Denver
Cal
Obituary of Robert Spencer Ross
Robert Spencer Ross 63 of 326 Thames Street died suddenly at home Saturday night. He married Edith Smith Ross and had been in failing health. Born in Nova Scotia June 10, 1890 he was son of Donald and Margaret Ross. He worked 26 years at Collins and Aikman Corp plants here. Survived by wife, one brother Gardner in Nova Scotia, two sisters Mrs Orrin Seymour Warren and Mrs Thomas Brown Nova Scotia, two stepsons Gregory and Francis Duffy Warren, and one granddaughter. Funeral at George M Wilbur Jr Memorial Chapel 613 Main Street at 2 p m today with burial in South Cemetery Warren. Bearers Richard Smith Samuel Sherman Harry Redfern Orrin Seymour Howard Jones.
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Robert Spencer Ross
Thames Street
Edith (Smith) Ross
Nova Scotia
Donald
Margaret (Ripley) Ross
Collins and Aikman Corp
Gardner
Orrin Seymour
Warren
Thomas Brown
Gregory
Francis Duffy
George M. Wilbur Jr
Main Street
South Cemetery
Richard Smith
Samuel Sherman
Harry Redfern
West Barrington
William Flanagan
Fitchburg
Mass
Howard Jones
Bristol Man Leonardo Masanotti Dies at 92
Leonardo Masanotti a Bristol resident for five years died Sunday morning at 92 Franklin Street where he lived with his daughter Beatrice Abenante after a long illness. He was born January 26 1867 in Viesti Italy and came to the United States in 1906 establishing a shoe repair business in Newport. He returned to Italy in 1934 and came again in 1947 after his wife Palumbo Masanotti died. He leaves two daughters Frances Di Mauro Hudson Massachusetts and Maria Pagano Brooklyn New York seven grandchildren three great grandchildren and a brother Antonio Masanotti of Viesti Italy. Funeral services will be held tomorrow from Joseph Sansone Funeral Home 192 Wood Street with a high requiem mass at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church at 9 o clock. Burial will be in St Marys Cemetery.
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Leonardo Masanotti
Bristol
Franklin Street
Beatrice Abenante
Viesti
Italy
Francesco and
Imperatrice Masanottl
United States
Newport
Palumbo) Masanotti
Abenante
Frances DiMauro
Hudson
Mass
Maria Pagano
Brooklyn
N. Y
Antonio Masanotti
Joseph Sansone
Wood Street
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St Mary’s Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Amelia Alesio at Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Federico Alesio who died Wednesday at 14 Rock Street were held Saturday from her home with a high mass at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church. Rev Emy DiMattia PSSC officiated and read committal services. Members of the Holy Rosary Society attended as honorary bearers. Louis Mascola Joseph Ayres Charles D Alessio John St Angelo Joseph Cavallaro and Charles Burke were bearers.
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Amelia Federico Alesio
Rock Street
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Emy DiMattia Pssc
St. Mary's Cemetery
Holy Rosary Society
Alesio
Louis Mascola
Joseph Ayres
Charles D’ Alessio
John St. Angelo
Joseph Cavallaro
Charles Burke
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
I sincerely thank my relatives and friends for expressions of sympathy during my bereavement and for the beautiful flower pieces. Special thanks to the choir vestry and the Women's Guild of Trinity Church Mrs William N Burgess
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Women's Guild of the Trinity Church
William N Burgess
Death Notice Ambrose Montross Somerville Mass
Ambrose Montross of 46 Wallace Street Somerville died December 8 Funeral service at GM Wilbur and Sons Inc Funeral Home 613 Main Street Warren December 11 at 2 pm Interment North Cemetery Bristol.
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Montross
Somerville
Mass
Ambrose
Wallace Street
Wilbur and Sons Inc
Main Street
Warren
North Cemetery
Bristol
Christmas Program at Bristol Garden Club
A December 11 program at St. Michael's Parish House features a Bristol Garden Club event. It begins at 2 p.m. and is hosted on Thursday in the parish house building.
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Bristol Garden Club
St. Michael’s Parish House
Readers question curb project cost to taxpayers
A letter to the editor questions town funded cement curbing in front of private property and who should pay. The writer asks Mr. Marshall to cover the expense and implies taxpayers will bear the cost unless he backs out. Also thanked are mothers and fathers and participants for Colt Memorial football banquet, with sign off from Coaches Nash and Panso.
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Phoenix
Mr. Marshall
Mr. Pozzi
Boys of Colt Memorial
Nash and
Panso
Ambrose Montross obituary from Somerville Mass
Ambrose Montross aged 73, native of Bristol, died at his Somerville home. He worked for Dixon Lubricating Saddle Co. for years, later moving to Appenoug and then Somerville. Survived by two sisters Annie Green and Louise Dickerson and brother Edward. Funeral Thursday at 2 at George M Wilbur Memorial Funeral Home Warren with burial at North Cemetery.
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Ambrose Montross
Bristol
Somerville
Mass
Mr Montross
John and
Mary (Gladding) Montross
Dixon Lubricating Saddle Company
Appenoug
Hattie McCaw Montross
Annie Green
Louise Dickerson
West Barrington
Edward
Conshohocken
George M. Wilbur
Warren
North Cemetery
Town
R. I. Diplomatist Club Plans Friday Meeting
The R I Diplomatist Club will hold a Friday gathering at the International Institute Providence. Twelve school teachers from around the world tour this country will attend as guests led by Senorita Blanca Galarza of Sucre Bolivia who was recently entertained by the Dominican consulate.
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R. I. Diplomatist Club
International Institute
Providence
Senorita Blanca Galarza
Sucre
Bolivia
Senorita Blanca
Sousa Enrolled in Guided Missiles School at Fort Bliss
Corporal Joseph B. Sousa Jr., son of Mr and Mrs J B Sousa of 52 Richmond Street, is now enrolled in the Anti aircraft and Guided Missiles Branch of The Artillery School at Fort Bliss Texas. He will spend eight weeks studying to be an antiaircraft artillery mechanic. Sousa entered the Army in October 1949 and is a Colt High School graduate.
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Joseph B. Sousa, Jr
J. B. Sousa
Richmond Street
Artillery School
Fort Bliss
Texas
Sousa
Army
Colt High School
Bristol High School Dance Sponsored by Student Council
A Friday night dance in Colt Auditorium sponsored by Bristol Senior High School’s student council succeeded. Music was by Joseph Savino, with Dorothy Medeiros as committee chair and members from each class: Joseph Brum Edward Calandra seniors, Robert Cordeiro junior, Charles Ouellett sophomore, Mary Lou O Gara freshman. Michael Securo faculty adviser. faculty guests invited.
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Colt Auditorium
Bristol Senior High School
Joseph Savino
Dorothy Medeiros
Joseph Brum
Edward Calandra
Robert Cordeiro
Charles Ouellette
Mary Lou O'Gara
Michael Securo
Turkey the Year Round and Cranberry Dishes Guide
A USDA bulletin notes turkeys are now a global staple, with options for large or small families, plus stuffing tips using bread crumbs or rice and herbs. It also details cranberry yields and a Vermont extension recipe for cranberry ber ty serving six with layered bread crumbs and raisins.
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Turkey
H. D
Farm Bureau
Greenville
U.S.D.A
USDA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Vermont Extension Service
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix Publishing CO
Roswell S. Bosworth
Alden Poole
R. I
R. 1
NEW Method
NEW Method Finance Corp
Child Street
Warren Tel
A. N. Nunes
Enigagal
Atlantic
Pacific
Kay
New England
Walter Truslow, Jr
Mary Street
Rowland I. Stanley
Marshall Fulton
Helen F Horton
World Affairs Committee
Samuel D. Clark
Benjamin Ebersman
Harleigh Tingley
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Ralph Lawson, Jr
Virginia Butler
R. S. Bosworth
Butler
Portside
Capt
Bernard J. Hogue
Clark
Amelia Alesio
Bristol Senior High
Sen
Henry Pacheo
Tel. Br
Wood St
Frank R. Perry
John E. Merella
S. F Winecombe
Robeson St
Anderson
Orlando Jrisbane
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
R. I. Tel
See
Carl Ames
Stoughton
jane _tizy oy
Emerson TV
Hope Glenwood Duplex
New Call
M. Finger & Sons
Bristol Drees
DeWelf Ave
Ee Catek
Ghewrer
Meuttie Bald
Keem
Hope
H. Aineindbers
North America
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Europe
Central
South America
Asia
Nunes
Brisdal
John Donnellis
Siegel Street
Mt. Hope Avenue
BOY Scout Hall
Kingsmen
The
Bristol Music
Center
State ST
Piano
Joseph Gama, Jr
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