History of Silver Creek Reviewed by Bristol Historical Society
Rev. James DeWolf Perry Jr. presented a 265 year sketch of Silver Creek Bristol's oldest house at Holmes House. He traced owners from Deacon Nathaniel Bosworth built in 1680, noted its role as a religious and educational site, and recounted cannonball evidence from the Revolutionary War. Four new members joined the society and sympathy extended to treasurer Robert Connery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Bristol
James DeWolf Perry, Jr
Bristol Historical Society
Holmes House
Mr. Perry
Perry
Nathaniel Bosworth
England
Bosworth Field
Henry the
Bosworths
Nathaniel
Mary
James DeWolf Perry
Bosworth
Bourn
Jones
Der
The
Historical Society
John Brechin, Jr
Herbert F. Newman
Robert A. McCaughey
Miriam McCaughey
Robert J. Connery
Gladys E. Paull
Dorothy Holt
Anne V. Seymour
Arthur H. Carr
Gladys G. Friswell
Frederick N. Palmer
Catholic Churches Rally Food Drive Across Three Parishes
Clergy from St. Marys St Elizabeths and Our Lady of Mount Carmel urged parishioners to donate canned foods for Europe via a National Catholic War Relief Agency campaign. St Marys and St Elizabeths will collect in church and parish hall respectively while Mount Carmel conducted a special collection for the war needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Catholic War Relief Agency
Europe
St. Mary's Church
St. Elizabeth's Church
Joseph Sorzana
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Box For Immigrants To Be Packed By Society
The Pro Christo Society of the First Congregational Church will send its yearly Christmas box for immigrants at Ellis Island. Clothing, books, toys, writing and sewing materials are welcomed. The box will be packed at the Guiteras House on the 18th with contributions accepted until then. Monetary gifts may be left with Mrs Arthur Rae or Mrs Henry L Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pro-Christo Society of the
First Congregational Church
Ellis Island
Guiteras
Arthur Rae
Henry L. Sanford
Vets To Receive 15 Books From Bristol Buddy Fund
Three Bristol hospitalized veterans will each receive 15 books from the Literary Guild selections. Funds come from the Bristol Buddy Bundles Fund, with purchases arranged by Frederick T. Goff and cooperation from The Boston Store Providence. Books include Green Dolphin Street and Captain From Castile among others.
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Bristol
Literary Guild
Bristol Buddies Bundles
Louis Evans
Hope Street
Frederick T. Goff
Boston
Providence
Bristol Buddy Bundles Fund
Green Dolphin Street
Castile
Josephine
Sewer Department Busy Pumping Flooded Cellars After Rain
Anthony W. DuPont, chairman of the Sewer Commission, said heavy rainstorms dumped 259 inches of rain and have kept crews pumping out flooded cellars. Oil burners and water pumps were submerged, with pumping into the night in Washington Street, Bristol Narrows, east side, and south end areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony W. DuPont
Sewer Commission
Washington Street
Bristol Narrows
DuPont
Hope Circle 70 D of Isabella Christmas Party Committee Forms
A meeting of the Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella to plan the Christmas Party is set tonight in the K of C Rooms after St Mary's Church Novena. Co chairmen are Mrs Marguerite Jordan and Mrs Anna Trudell with a long list of helpers including Margaret Morris, Anna Sevigney, Bridget Sicignano, Genevieve Saucier, Madeline Almeida, Ethel Burke, Mrs Gibson, Lena McKenna, Ruth Flynn, Nancy Bullock, Catherine Francis, Nora Toplin, Frances Hackley, Rose Preble, Katherine Bottomly and Rose Ferreira.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
K of C
St. Mary's Church
Cochairmen
Marguerite Jordan
Anna Trudell
Margaret Morris
Anna Sevigney
Bridget Sicignano
Genevieve Saucier
Madeline Almeida
Ethel Burke
Mrs. Gibson
Lena McKenna
Ruth Flynn
Nancy Bullock
Catherine Francis
Nora Toplin
Frances Hackley
Rose Preble
Katherine Bottomly
Rose Ferreira
Return of George McCarthy brings joy to Richmond family
Elizabeth Ryder of Richmond, Virginia spent Thanksgiving with William McCarthy and his mother Mrs Mary McCarthy at 326 Wood Street and has returned home. George McCarthy, back from Germany, reunited with Bill for the first time in 2 years 8 months, and another son Pfc. John J. McCarthy is expected home in January from Cuba. Donations to the American Legion Christmas Fund total 184.00 with many local groups and individuals contributing.
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Elizabeth Ryder
Richmond
William MacCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Wood Street
McCarthy
George
Germany
Bill
Pacific
Pfc
John J McCarthy
Cuba
Christmas tableaux advance by junior pupils art project
Townspeople will view near final life size Nativity Wise Men and shepherds tableaux built by junior high pupils under Miss Margaret Nerone. Plans include electric sign at State and Wood and a Saturday Tag Day for fund raising. Carol service set with band rehearsal December 17 and a program across churches with Sisson and Giles coordinating readings and choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret F. Nerone
Legion Hall
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Mt Hope Avenue
Santa Claus
Valley School
State Street
State and
Wood Streets
St. Mary's Church
Conrad Beauregard
Louis Cirillo
Lucia Saviano
Adele Sturdevant
State
Theresa Donovan
American Legion
S. Morton Giles
Community Theatre Guild
Sisson
Pastore
St. Michael’s Church
Home Demonstration Club Christmas Party Planned
The Home Demonstration Club will hold their Christmas party Thursday evening in the K of C Hall on State street. The committee includes Mrs. Liza White Mrs. Ethel Connery Miss Margaret Callan and Mrs. Sarah Sweeney with refreshments. Additional members are Mrs. Margaret Butcher Mrs. William Magee Mrs. William Cross and Mrs. Madeline Almeida.
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Home Demonstration Club
K. of C. Hall
State Street
Liza White
Ethel Connery
Margaret Callan
Sarah Sweeney
Margaret Butcher
William Magee
William Cross
Madeline Almeida
Barrington and Warren Players Invited to Rotary Banquet
The Barrington High School football coach and captain and Warren High School coach and captain will be invited to attend a testimonial dinner January 19 honoring the championship Colt team under Rotary Club auspices. Chairman Hubert F. Hill said other banquet plans are moving ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Warren High School
Rotary Club
Hubert F. Hill
Mrs. E M Ricketson to Speak Before Society
The Missionary Society meets Wednesday at 2 30 in the General House. Guest speaker Mrs. E M Ricketson of Providence will discuss the postwar emergency program of the Congregational Christian Churches. Hostesses are Mrs. Charles F Dimond and Miss Mary McShane.
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The
Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church
Guneral House
E. M. Ricketson
Providence
Congregational Christian Churches
Charles F. Dimond
Mary McShane
Teachers’ Salaries Topic For Joint Session
The Bristol Teachers Association letter on revising salary schedules was discussed in executive session by the school committee last evening. A meeting with Association representatives is planned for Monday evening in Colt Memorial High School library to discuss a simplification of salary schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Teachers Association
Colt Memorial High School
Benjamin Hazen
Wartime voice discs boost morale and postwar hopes
A wartime morale innovation, plastic voice discs captured three minutes of loved ones for soldiers at home and abroad. The article recalls dramatic messages from a soldier’s will to a minister delivering sermons, and notes discs now aid troops overseas with Christmas greetings and farewells. It also reports women veterans eye postwar life under the GI bill with varied ambitions.
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Connecticut
USO
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T. Society
Bristol HI Y Club
Bristol Y.M.C.A
Tom Neal
Barbara Hale
Tokyo” News
Jasper’s Minstrels
Alan Curtis
Lois Collier
Jack London
Alaska
Margaret Lindsay
John Carradine
John Garfield
Eleanor Parker
Dane Clark
Gypsy Life
the Ape
Bristol Buddy Fund
D. of
I. Party Com
Community Christmas Fund
Order of American Legion
R W. Nelson
Reba Rebekah Lodge
I.C.C.F
Fern D. Leahy
Eva Makowsky
Albert Makowsky
Margaret Susan Wall
Order of Eagles
Mite Society
First Baptist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
F. F
A. E Potts
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Ever Ready Engine & Hose Co
St. Michael’s Couples Club
Hydraulion Engine & Hose Co
Babyland
Manuel F. Ribeiro
Kearney
Hope ST
Daugher
Tennessee
Lincoln
Edward Everett Hale
Brooklyn
Air Force
Wacs
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