Bristol Christmas Greetings Reach Town Council President
Prescott B. Paull, president of the Town Council, received two Christmas greeting cards from Bristol England. One from the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress features a Bristol 1690 scene with Peter Monamy engraving, the other from the Port of Bristol Authority shows a Bristol Docks scene.
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Prescott Bickford Paull
Bristol
England
Port of Bristol Authority
Tas
Ayoress
J. Ee J. P
Peter Monamy
Broad Quay
Samuel Pepys
Frome
St Mark's
St. Michael’s
British Museum and Art Gallery
London
King George
EI Eard M Dyer
Wilde Parsons
R.W.A
Bristol City
HM S. “Daedalus
Sheerness
Bristol Harbour
Daedalus
Woolwich
Prescott B. Paull
Dinner Fund Nearly Over the Top
As Christmas Day approaches Bristol seeks to finish a drive for 200 dinners for needy families. The committee needs about 100 more to reach the goal and asks public spirited residents to contribute. Send donations to B W Wall, chairman, 539 Hope Street or 37 Cook Street.
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Bristol
W Wall
Hope Street
Cook Street
A World Where Adults Return to Childlike Eyes
A reflective poem envisions a different world where adults regain childlike wonder year round. It imagines joyful growth and playful perception if a magical method restored perpetual youth.
Robbery of Ferrycliffe Farm Prize Turkeys Under Police Scrutiny
Police follow strong clues in the theft of nine prize winning bronze turkeys from Ferrycliffe Farm owned by Dr and Mrs Halsey DeWolf. Feathers found south and north of Griswold avenue link to the Birds and a man claims a $2 purchase from a Massachusetts truck. Three suspects grilled with key testimony under a lie detector.
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Ferrycliffe Farm
Glen Smith
Halsey DeWolf
Smith
Griswold Avenue
Massachusetts
Missing Bristol Man Crawford Easterbrooks Feared Dead
Crawford L Easterbrooks 86, a former census and tax enumerator, disappeared from his Diman Place home early yesterday. A 35 member Boy Scout search and radio broadcasts covered the town and state police inquiries, noting he was inadequately dressed for cold weather.
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Crawford L. Easterbrooks
Diman Place
George R Fish
Mr Easterbrooks
William Spooner
Easterbrooks
Spooner
Fish
Girl Orchestra to Play at GAR Hall
The advance ticket sale promises one of the largest holiday gatherings as Cecile Lawrence of East Providence and her Modernettes perform tomorrow afternoon at the GAR Hall under the Olympian Club. Lawrence led prestigious ensembles including the Vassar Girls Orchestra and Philadelphia Symphony Ladies, with each member noted as a trained musician. Michael Ascoli chairs the arrangements committee with Henry Levy, Steve Masceno, Raymond Bisbano, John Mirranda, and Michael Pasquarelli assisting.
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Cecile Lawrence
East Providence
Modernettes
Gar Hall
Tomorow
Olympian Club
New England
Lawrence
Gene Dail
Vassar Girls
Philadelphia Symphony Ladies
Atlantic City
Julia Baker
Barnum & Bailey
Crescent Park
Park
Michael Ascoli
Arangemnts
Henry Levy
Steve Masceno
Raymond Bisbano
John Mirranda
Michael Pasquarelli
Ocicio
Pageant by Church School Highlights Nativity Theme
The Congregational Church School presented The Adoration of Kings and Shepherds, a Nativity pageant with special music by organist Mrs Cora Shaw Anderson and a choir double quartet. Soloists Roswell Bosworth and Hermann Wilbur performed, with lighting by Archibald Dunbar and Robert Munro.
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Congregational Church School
Cora Shaw Anderson
Sybil Anderson
Rachel Guthrie
Jack Marsden
Herman Wilbur
Roswell Bosworth
Herrman Wilbur
Henry Sanford
Herbert D Graetz
Gladys Osterberg
Robert F Munro
Archibald Dunbar
Elaborate Yule Programs Mark Bristol Churches Christmas
Bristol churches present elaborate Christmas programs with sacred cantatas carols and pageants. Tomorrow Christmas Day many churches including Roman Catholic and Trinity Episcopal will host midnight services masses and cantatas followed by festive services and ensembles led by organist Miss Anna Peters with soloists and choirs.
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Bristol
Trinity
Glorious Christmas Pageant at Baptist Church Festival
A Christmas Festival at the Baptist Church features the pageant Glorious Christmas in the church auditorium followed by a party in the vestry. Principals include History Esther Perkins The Star Hope Mowry Prophets Edward Luther Harry Bullock Jr William Alger Charles Reed Jr Frances Luther and others with lists of Shepherds Wise Men Angels andYoung Recitations by Beginners and Primary Class members.
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Pagent
Esther Perkins
Star
Angels
Elva Holbrook
Vivian Hill
Marjorie Taves
Doris McPherson
Robert Bullock
Evelyn Pedley
Harold Pedley, Jr
Esther Luther
George Luther, Jr
Dorothy Freitas
Alice Freitas
Daniel Freitas
Mother
Stanley Dean
Holly
Francis Bullock
Barbara Battcher
Barbara Slater
Midnight Mass Choirs Feature Traditional Carols and Soloists
The junior choir directed by Mrs Vasta LaR Ruggiero will sing a set of traditional carols at the 8 o clock Mass including Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Silent Night with soloists Miss Emily Delmonico Ralph DeLeo and Valentino Alessandro. The senior choir under Mrs Dora R Janniuccillo performs at tonight’s Midnight Mass and tomorrow’s 10 am service with Gesu Bambino Silent Night and Mass in B Flat among offerings with Theresa Ruggiero soloist and instrumentalists Giglio Campagna.
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Vasta Lar Ruggiero
Dielman
Herald Angels
Mendelssohn
Gruber
Valentino Alessandro
Tomorow
Dora R. Janniuccillo
Gesu Bambino
Paul C. Millemagegi
Harrison Millard
Novello
L. Pagnano
Sylvia Pagnano
Philomena Tamburro
Jenie Balzano
Anna Marshall
Michael Cappucci
Anthony Ruggiero
Michael Proto
John Marshall
Adeste Fideles
Willis
Emily Mello
Theresa Reposa
Mary Goulart
Christmas Midnight Mass at St Marys Church
St Mary's Church hosts a 11 45 P M carol service followed by The New Born King and a 12 Midnight Solemn High Mass with Senior Choir. Included are soprano and alto solos, a full Mass in honor of Our Lady of Good Counsel, offertory Adeste Fideles, and benediction. Repeat services include 7 30 A M Low Mass 9 00 A M Children's Mass and 10 30 A M High Mass with junior and senior choirs. Organist Henry F Serbst Jr directs with Mrs M Theresa Donovan conducting.
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L’espoir
Nora Dwyer
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Hammerer
Christe Eleison
Cuet
Eloise Dunbar
Theresa Rinaldi
Gloria
Hammerel
Gratias Agimus
Frank Rinaldi
Qui Toll
M. Conley O’brien
Eloise ,Dunbar
Albert Pierce
Adeste Fideles
Novello
Margaret Johnson
Benedictus
M. Conley
O'Brien
Alice Sylvia
Agnus Dei
Dielman
Margaret C. O’brien
Roselma Desilets
Nora E. Dwyer
Henry F. Serbst, Jr
M. Theresa Donovan
Midnight Service at Trinity Church Prelude to Hark the Herald
Music program lists Handel and Moir works plus plainsong pieces for a Trinity Church service. Includes Silent Night arranged by Damrosch and traditional hymns like O Come All Ye Faithful and Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
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Moir
Damrosch
Herald Angels
Hope Circle Delivers Thirty Christmas Baskets to Needy
Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella distributed thirty Bristol families baskets for Christmas dinners. A committee led by Mrs Henry Sweeney arranged delivery. Today Kearney Post American Legion packs over 200 baskets from Reynolds school basement with volunteers including Bertram Wall and Dominic Mascola. Salvation Army also distributing baskets to the needy.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Bristol
Henry Sweeney
Charles M. Connery
John Lanon
Marie Vermette
Mary Callan
Nora E. Dwyer
Alice L. Sylvia
Kearney Post
American Legion
Reynolds ‘School
Bertram W. Wall
Domenic Mascola
Manuel Brown
Joseph Enos
J. J. Perry
Wm. LePage
Eber Hill
Charles Romano
Virgino Cabral
Joseph Bruno
Salvation Army
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