Glowing tribute for Congressman-elect Aime Forand at Bristol banquet
A testimonial banquet at the Hotel Belvedere honored Congressman-elect Aime J. Forand for his gentlemanly qualities and public service with over 80 guests including jurists state and town officials and Lions and American Legion leaders. Speakers praised his rise from bakery wagon helper to a House member, with Judge O Connell and Judge Congdon leading the tributes and a finale of Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Lions‘Club
Aime J. Forand
Hotel
Belvedere
Francis ‘B. Congdon
Supreme Court
Jeremiah E. O’connell
Superior Court
Forand
Congreess
Leo H. Beaulac
Pawtucket
Lions District
Congress
Bertram W. Wall
Bristol Lions Club
John J. O'Brien
Warwick
Sebastien Bernard, Jr
Bristol Lion Club
Roland J. Martelly
General Arrangements Committee
Judge O'Connell
O'Connell
Aime Forand
Rhode Island
Congdon
O’connell
Washington
Bristol
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Installation of Gremal Daughters of Portugal Officers
Newly elected officers of the Gremial of the Daughters of Portugal will be installed at a Bristol Casino ceremony on June 15. Anthony J Nunes, Bristol Portuguese American leader and Democratic town committee chair, will install. Arrangements are by a committee chaired by Mrs Clara Sylvia with members Mrs Mable Gladue Mrs Cecelia Marshall and others.
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Gre
Daughters of
Portugal
Bristol Casino
Anthony J.nunes
Bristol
Democratic Town Committee
Clara Sylvia
Mable Gladue
Cecelia Marshall
Luella Andrade
Julia E. Ferreira
Mary Andrade
Julia Ferreira
the Gremial
Mary Alfred
Olivia Andrade
Alden Rego
Gloria Cabral
Mary Perry
Mary Rosa
Retail figures for Bristol Rhode Island 1935 sales
Final 1935 Bristol retail totals from the Bureau of the Census show $1,798,000 in sales across 164 stores. The establishments employed 196 workers with a $147,000 payroll. Food Stores led with 77 outlets and $780,000 in sales, plus categories include Eating and Drinking, General Merchandise, Apparel, Automotive, Filling Stations, Furniture, Lumber, Drugs, and other stores.
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Rhode Island
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Bristol
Easing the Burden of Bureaucracy by Raymond Pittairn
An essay argues that duplication in federal and state agencies wastes resources and burdens workers and households. It notes past pledges to reorganize government failed and urges practical reduction of bureaucratic overhead to aid the nation’s recovery and economic efficiency. The piece stresses how bureaucratic costs come from workers’ pockets and hinder progress.
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Washington
America
How Modern Women Lose Fat Safely
A vintage diet ad urges daily Kruschen Salts with hot water before breakfast and to reduce pastry fats potatoes and sugar. It claims four weeks on the regimen will show weight loss and a trimmer figure, promising safety and vitality.
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Krueshen
National India Rubber Company Reorganization Meeting
Creditors and new stockholders meet in Bristol to approve incorporation of the National India Rubber Company. Samuel P Colt presides. A C Bourn elected chairman. stock at 250000 dollars. five directors chosen including Colt, Shepard, Daggett, Lowenthal, Wilbur. Board authorized to purchase old plant for 200000 dollars and related assets for 10000 dollars. Meeting adjourned with directors to reconvene in Providence.
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National India Rubber Company
Old Rubber Company
Samuel P. Colt
New Concern
Bristol Phoenix
National India Rubber Company of
Bristol
Westminster Street
A. C. Bourn
George F. Chapman
G F. Chapman
F M Shepard
New York
Howard Walker
George F
Chapman
Frank R. Ames
A O Bourn
Cine
BOE Karenecta
QO Bourn
Asek
Poin
Augustus O. Bourn
Messrs
Samuel P Colt
H. L. Daggett
Boston
Charles Lowenthal
Joshua Wilbur
Coit
National Rubber Company
Henry L. Daggett
F M. Shepard
Old Nation Rubber Company
Wardwell
Clade Ee Williams
Daggett
William H ‘Spooner
S. P. Colt
Shepard
Colt
Charles A. Emerson
Providence
Guiteras Pupils Stage One Act Play and Music
The Guiteras Memorial Junior High School presented The Last Letter a one act play by class 9A as part of weekly entertainment. The program included the school orchestra group singing and a reading by Rose Securo directed by Miss Jessie Molasky with cast members Shirley Heibecker Cosmo Castiglie George Murray and others. Joseph Celone served as announcer and Benny Peckham oversaw curtains with Gabriel Saviano and Joseph Russo as stage managers.
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Hanea
Warace
Mr. Wall
Mtr
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Lions Club
Raymond S. Brightman
Bristol
Town
Prescott B. Paulland
John Romano
Rey
Irémthis
Daniel W. Coggeshall
John W. Church
Carl Carlson
Colt Memorial High School
James EF. Sullivan
Guiteras Memorial
W. J. deRocha
Charles E. Burns
A. F. D’angelo
Emil Klein
Henry Sweeney
Rhode Island Soldiers’ Home
Earl P. Mathewson
Roswell S. Bosworth
Arthur M. McCaw
Frederick Beauchaine
John E.conley
Warren
David DeBlois
Bartington
William Payne
Providence
John Derick
Roland Castonguay
Auburn
William P. Shugney
State Division of Soldiers’ Relief
Raymond A. Petk
Soldiers’ Relief
Edward. d.Shay
Charles Rilevvaccquataht
Stapes
Minaoe
Guiteras Memorial Junior High
Rose Securo
Jessie Molasky
Shirley’ Heibecker
Cosmo’ Castigliego
George Murray
Henry Hambrick
Edna Atkinson
Mabel Belanger
Mary Bisbano
Ralph Morasco
Herbert Eisenstadt
Joseph Celone
Benny Peckham
Gabriel Saviano
Joseph Russo
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Kate
Lions
Ering Cone
Warren Line
Court House
William W. Perry
Hope Street
Bristol, R
Devil's Island
Mick
Fenderewills
Buick
General Motors
H. H. Lawson, CO
Hope and
Washington Streets
Sh Ronen
Fuony
Anthony J. Nunes
Raymond Pitgairn
An and
Cretinii Sentinels of
The
Republic
Bourn
BOWEN
Bowen Heating Oil
Bowen Motors
Market Street
BR. 1
Cal A
Wights
Asu
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, R. 1
Marlton
West 8Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Washington Square
Orcas
Pian
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