Bristol Woman Stricken in Providence Dies After Heart Attack
Mrs Margaret Romano of 236 State Street Bristol was stricken with a heart attack yesterday afternoon while Christmas shopping with her husband in Providence. She died before medical aid arrived. Born December 21 1904 in Terzigno Italy she would have turned 31. Survivors include her husband two stepsons Joseph and Louis and stepdaughter Josephine Romano. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Providence
Margaret “Romano
State Street
Fdaneser
Rhode Island Hospital
Knowles. Wrence
Romano
Led Caslin
SS Peter and Pant Cathedral
William A. Magill Dence
Central Police Station
Sansone
Bristol
Terzigno
Naples
Italy
Luigi
Angelina Avino
Joseph
Louis
Chicago
Josephine Romano
Garden Club plans floral competition at Bristol meeting
Bristol Garden Club prepares for a floral decorative schemes contest to be held Thursday at Mrs William L McKee home Ferry Road. Classes include Christmas table centrepieces winter bouquets and original Christmas door wreaths or sprays. Competing arrangers include Miss Julia Drury Miss Agneis Herreshoff Mrs William J McKee Mrs R Haffenreffer and Mrs Samuel C Wardwell.
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Bristol Garden Club
William L. McKee
Ferry Road
Julia Drury
Agneis Herreshoff
William J. McKee
R . Haffenreffer
Santa Claus to visit DeWolf Memorial Chapel event
Sunday School members of the First Congregational Church prepare franking for Santa Claus visit to DeWolf Memorial Chapel Friday night. The visit accompanies the annual Christmas tree party for children with an arranged program led by Esther Osterberg Sunday school superintendent.
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First Congregational Church
Santa Claus
DeWolf Memorial
Santa
Jesse Lyick
Esther Osterberg
Stunday School
Reba Rebekah
Las” Ellows Hall
Rachel Simmons
Pauline Brelsford
Ruth Hall
Metta Nelle
Ivy Stewart
Awashanks Herd
P OW. S
Boy Scout Honor Society
Rocco Proto
William F. Head
Samuel Leviten
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
Nellie Byrnes
Bessie Crowlex
Mary Guevremont
Rose Alfano
Bridget Nastr
Children of Mary Society
Mary Pimental
Shepherds
Irene Lewis
Josephine Medeiras
Mis Mary Castro
Virgin
Aida Sylvia
St Joseph
Mis Mary Courtado
Mary Ar
Mary Victoria
Albertina Sousa
Josephine Mello
Leonora Faiva
Dorothy Paiva
Irene Rogers
Esther August
Leonora Castro
Funeral services for Philip Pasquarelli prominent Italian resident
Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church for Philip Pasquarelli who died Saturday at St Josephs Hospital Providence after a brief illness. Rev Joseph Sorzaila officiated. Burial was in St Marys cemetery. Survived by widow Mrs W Felix Alexander and Domenic Pasquarelli and four daughters. two sisters, a brother and two grandchildren. He was born Campo Basso Italy 65 years ago and came to America 35 years ago settling in Bristol. He worked 26 years at National India Rubber Company and active in Italian community affairs. He belonged to Santa Maria Maddalena Lodge and Sons of Italy.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Philip Pasquarelli
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Providence
Joseph Sorzaila
St.Mary’s Cemetery
Domenic Prato
Gaetano Prato
Joseph Nenna
Peter Cassano
Louis Perrazzo
John Durcinto
Santa Maria Maddalena Lodge
Sons of Italy
United States Rubber Company
Collins and Adventuy ‘Bratis
Mumiad Club
Whale-Americas
Goh
Cup
Asociation
Pasquarell
Campobasso
Frosoione
Italy
America
Bristol
National India Rubber Company
Order of the Sons of Italy
Felix
Alexander
Domenic Pasquarelli
Rennie Mansi
Litlian
Mary
Grace Pasquarelli
Santa Claus Visits Spark Busy Week in Bristol
Santa Claus faces a hectic holiday schedule in Bristol this week with multiple visits to local groups and churches. He will attend events at St Elizabeths Cheternie, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, St Nicholls School, the D of I Hank Circle, the Italian Club at Colt Memorial High School, the Girls Friendly Society, Bristol Rotary Club, and Knights of Columbus.
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Santa Claus
Kris
Children of Mary Soiality
St. Elizabeth's Cheternie Sebi
Rosary Society
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St. Nicholls
St. Michael's Church
Bristol Rotary Club
Thames Street
Caguins and Aikman
May Newman
Alice Gamelin
Victoria Vona
Mary McKensin
Basketball stars aid Kearney Christmas Basket Fund
Bertram W. Wall reports funds for Bristol needy fall short and Bristol Basketball League president Joseph Riccio and Colt Memorial High School principal arrange two charity games at Guiteras gym. Regular interscholastic game features Fitzgerald versus Riccio’s Olympian Club and Sons of Italy, with Colt squad coach Ian M. Walker.
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Bertram W. Wall
Christmas Basket Fund
Bristol
Vitzgerdiad
Colt Memorial Hig School
Joseph Riccio
Bristol Basketball League
Fitzgerald
Riccio
Te Olympian Club
Sons of
Italy
Guiteras
Colt
La Bella Sicilia Society Elects Officers For New Year
The La Bella Sicilia Society reelected Bartolo Scolaro as president at its annual meeting held Sunday at the organization's headquarters. Officers named include Pietro Cristado as vice president and Carmelo Giusto as recording secretary.
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Filipe Catalfonio
Saverio Manciere
Francisco Manorana
Carmelo Abate
Antonio Cupolo
Antonio Butighere
Francisco Abate
Nunziato Iye Pasquale
A. F D'Angelo
Wall renews appeal for Christmas basket fund
In a plea by the local American Legion auxiliary, residents are urged to donate to the Christmas basket fund to aid the needy. The appeal notes a $300 goal and asks readers to mail or deliver contributions to B. W. Wall, chairman, at 539 Hope Street, with Bristol 421 as a contact option.
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Santa Claus
Kearney Post
Legion Santa Claus
Bristol 421
B. W. Wall
Hope Street
St Elizabeth's Church Repainted Sanctuary Attracts Parishioners
The renovated sanctuary of St Elizabeth's Church draws praise from parishioners and visitors. Murals reproduce works by world famous artists and the ceiling features a starry sky with the monogram of Christ.
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ST. Elizabeth’s Church
St Elizabeth's Church
Christ
New 200 Inch Telescope Sparks Astronomy Speculation
The article notes a 200 inch telescope glass to be submitted for grinding after a year of idle work and hopes it will be usable by 1939. It promises major astronomical discoveries and claims the device could let a New Yorker read a San Francisco street sign with the naked eye.
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New York
San Francisco
Poker Fable in Tirana with King Zog Caller
An American group in Tirana hosts a poker night in a hotel as a mysterious caller from King Zog's court asks to join bluffing through Italian French and English. The odd intrusion turns a quiet game into a surreal encounter in Albania's capital.
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Orker
Tirana
Albania
Royal
King Zog
Palace Life Echoes of Harun-al-Rashid Night
In a colonial era vignette a king maintains a grand persona at a palace bar. A guest recalls losing about $150 in a night of gaiety as the ruler ends the evening with hospitality and a telescope connection to city nightlife.
Historic Bristol tale of British invasion in 1778
In the Phoenix reprint series Historic Bristol author G. H. Coomer recounts the 1778 British invasion and how ancestral property in South Warren then Bristol was overrun by redcoats. The article links the tale to old copies from the 1880s.
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The
Phoenix
Historic
Bristol
G. H.C
George H. Coomer
Southarren
Local linotype worker ties to Coomer family ancestor
The man operating the linotype, who retypes these stories, is a direct descendant of the Coomer family and lives next to the original Coomer homestead. He is also descended from William H. Simmons mentioned in the same article.
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Coomer
William H. Simmons
Boundary Change Near Warren Placed in May 1873
A resident of Coomer z Vavente in Warren notes local coincidence with a past article and an L Your Column letter. The town boundary between Bristol and Warren was once about a mile north of its current line, near St Mary's Church on Main Street. The boundary shift occurred in May 1873.
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Coomer
Warren
Bristol
St.Mary’s Church
Main Street
Archbishop of York comments on world peace in America
The Archbishop of York expressed skepticism that the church has done much to keep the world out of wars. He warned that a great conflict in Europe may be needed to defend authority and that future generations could face horrors and massive casualties.
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York
England
America
Swat
Europe
Inti
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