Yacht Club Hosts Junior Members Dance Saturday
More than fifty couples attended Bristol Yacht Club's junior members dance last Saturday night. Mrs. Frederick Martin and Mrs. Helen LeClair organized it, with assistance from Misses Doris Bertrand Lola Serbst and Julie Bruno. Escorts came from Moses Brown Providence Country Day School and other schools home for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Yacht Club
Frederick Martin
Helen LeClair
Doris Bertrand
Lola Serbst
Julie Bruno
Harleigh Tingley
Paul Bruno
Frederick Serbst
Moses Brown
Providence Country Day School
Town Employees Celebrate Natality Birthday at Memorial Building
Town clerk John W Church was guest of honor at a Monday party in Burnside Memorial Building council chambers. The event marked both Christmas season festivities and Churchs 72nd birthday, with 14 town officials in attendance amid decorations and carols led by Reverend Frederick F Driftmier. Also present were State Sen Daniel G Coggeshall and several town officers while illness kept former fire chief Robert J Anderson from attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Church
Burnside Memorial
Mr Church
Robert J. Anderson
Daniel G Coggeshall
Amos S. Gorham
William H Angevine
Francis P McGovern
Louis Castriotta
Euclid Demars
Arthur Manchester
Burnside Mem Gai
Leah B. Young
Guy A Sullivan
Arthur Tattrie
Rose Dias
Stephen Mason
Camille Raiola
Yuletide Spirit Keeps Bright At Bristol Home
Christmas may be over but spirits stay bright at the Bristol Home for Aged Women on 55 Franklin Street as residents receive gifts and heartfelt thanks from Mrs. Ethel M Copeland. Community groups including the Bristol Sunshine Society Salvation Army Missionary Society and the First Congregational Church Home Department are thanked for the generosity.
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Bristol
Franklin Streets
Ethel M Copeland
Bristol Sunshine Society
Salvation Army the Missionary Society
First Congregational Church
Fleming Invites Public to Attend Meetings on Jan. 15
Fleming invites the public to an Eastern Air Defense Force informational meeting at the Bristol Train of Artillery Hall on January 15 at 7 30 p m Civil Defense Director Gordon L Fleming says Major H Symmonds and his New Haven Filter Center team will visit to train and coordinate defense information The Major will also conduct an instructional session for the Ground Observer Corps which handles spotting for the EADF Fleming seeks volunteers to join the spotting staff for education and public benefit.
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Eastern Air Defense Force
Bristol
Ground Observer Corps
EAD
Deadline set for Haffenreffer Essay Prize entries
J Harold Williams of Narragansett Council urges Scouts to submit essays for the R F Haffenreffer Indian Essay Prize by January 15, 1952. Winners will receive medals and Indian relics at the Big Indian Pow Wow on February 16, 1952, with leaders reminded to warn entrants of the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R F Haffenreffer
J Harold Williams
Narragansett Council
Boy Scouts of America
Williams
Scout
Aliens Must Register By January 10
Foreign residents in the United States on January 1, 1952 who do not hold authorized temporary status must inform the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization in Washington DC of their current address within ten days. The duty applies each year, with penalties including a fine for noncompliance.
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United States
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
Washington, D. C
Americanization teachers to assist aliens with registration plan
In Bristol an Americanization teacher will be at Andrews School to aid aliens with registration. Bring alien registration receipt card from 1940 or arrival if after 1940. Available Monday Jan 7 from 2 15 to 4 15 pm and 7 to 9 pm, and Tuesday Jan 8 from 7 to 9 pm.
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Bristol
Andrews School
Christmas Seal Sale Supports TB Fight Nationwide
Health for All Among the pieces of Christmas mail many of us have received In the last few weeks is a Christmas Seal Sale letter. Proceeds finance the TB prevention and control work of voluntary tuberculosis associations nationwide. Despite declines, TB still kills about 100 people daily, mainly youth aged 15 to 35. The National Tuberculosis Association leads education, case funding, rehabilitation, and medical research, funded solely by the annual Christmas Seal Sale from Nov 19 to Dec 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Association
NTA
Thefts Of Outboard Motors Reported
Two outboard motors were stolen from skiffs tied at Bristol Yacht Yards. Elton A. Coswell valued at 325 dollars reported his motor missing over the weekend. William Walsh valued at 200 dollars said a nearby flashlight was found in the water and that the motor supported his family through fishing.
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Bristol
Elton A. Coswell
Beach Point
Riverside
William Walsh
Hope Street
Walsh
Needham Heights Nurse Marries USN Officer at Treasure Island
Miss Rita Ruane daughter of Mrs James M Ruane of Needham Heights Mass wed Ltjg John Bucolo USN son of Mr and Mrs Santo Bucolo of Wood Street at the Catholic Chapel on Treasure Island Cal The ceremony was performed by Lt A Rademacher USN The bride a Newton Wellesley Hospital nursing school graduate holds a lieutenant rank in the Navy Nurse Corps The groom a 1946 US Naval Academy graduate is stationed on the USS Black in the Pacific Ocean
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Bucolo—Ruane
Rita Ruane
James M. Ruane
Taylor Street
Needham Heights
Mass
Mariana John Bucolo
USN
Treasurer Island
Cal
Santo Bucolo
Wood Street
A. Rademacher
Newton - Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing
U. S. Navy Nurse Corps
U.S. Naval Academy
Black
Pacific Ocean
Funeral of Domenic Palumbo
The funeral for Domenic Palumbo aged 80, of 19 Wilson Street, was held from Sansone Funeral Home at 8 15 am with a requiem Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. He died Friday in Providence after a two month illness. Bearers were club members from the Citizens of the Province of Foggia and Frank Marabello. Burial followed in St Mary’s Cemetery.
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Domenic Palumbo
Wilson Street
Sansone
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Palumbo
Providence
YMCA Christmas Vacation Basketball Tourney Kicks Off
Four teams for ninth grade and under compete in the annual YMCA event under sponsor names. Morning games include Hope Hardware vs Andrade's Insurance and C&A vs F Murphy Oil, with Wardwell Lumber vs A W DuPont Plumbing and Bristol Cleansers vs Ferris Dry Goods slated for afternoon. Semis tomorrow, consolation Monday, final Wednesday with 55 trophies awarded by R S Bosworth.
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YMCA
Anthony E. Agatiello
Hope Hardware
Andrade’s Insurance
C&a
F. Murphy Oil
Wardwell Lumber
A. W. DuPont Plumbing
Bristol Cleansers
Ferris Dry Goods
R. S. Bosworth
Funeral of Octave LeClair at St Michael’s Church
The funeral of Octave LeClair aged 74 from 17 Burton Street was held Monday at 2 p m in St Michael's Episcopal Church. Canon Daniel K Davis officiated. Bearers were William Eckersley Edmond S Rex Alfred H Morse Harold Green Harold Harvey and Fred Martin. Burial followed at Juniper Hill Cemetery with committal service read.
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Octave LeClar
Burton Street
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
LeClair
Boston
Daniel K. Davis
William Eckersley
Edmond S. Rex
Alfred H. Morse
Harold Green
Harold Harvey
Fred Martin
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Canon Davis
Funeral of marine artist George Gale held in Barrington
The funeral for George Gale a renowned marine etcher and Barrington resident was held yesterday at the George M Wilbur Memorial Chapel in Warren The Rev W Ownings Stone of St Johns Church Bar rington officiated The body was cremated at Swan Point Cemetery Gale born in Bristol 58 years ago was a son of the late Albert T and Addie Tubbs Gale He studied at the RI School of Design left in 1925 and his ship and horse etchings gained wide renown He married Mary Virginia Drowne in 1930 and is survived by his wife two sons Christopher George 6 and David Russell 4 and a brother William Gale of San Fernando California.
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George Gale
George M. Wilbur
Warren
W. Ownings Stone
St. John’s Church
Barrington
Swan Point
Gale
Bristol
Albert T
Addie (Tubbs) Gale
OPS urges clear ceiling price info for housewives nationwide
OPS director Michael V. DiSalle emphasizes that housewives must have complete information on legally charged ceiling prices to be protected. Providence OPS notes explain that used car trade-ins may exceed but not exceed the new car ceiling, and orders set basic prices for Packard vehicles while other makes await rules.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSalle
OPS
Westminster Street
Providence
Packard
Michael Vv. DiSalle
Scouts Hold 40th Bristol Christmas Party and Contests
The First Troop of Bristol Boy Scouts celebrated its 40th annual Christmas party at Scout Hall on Wednesday night. The event concluded the year’s first inter patrol contest with Panther Patrol winning, Pioneers second, and Mohawks third. Assistant Scoutmaster Manuel Torres Jr led the contests with Scoutmaster George R Fish and others aiding.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
Manuel Torres, Jr
George R. Fish
Torres
Roger Pereira
Frank Bettencourt, Jr
Manuel Correira
Roger Belmore
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Warren, R.I. Tel
Silentites
Silentite
Cook Borden Co., Inc
Pall -River
Jane ‘Foundation
Aynee
Frank Brown
Santa
Cup Defenders’ Association
John Frincipe
Anthony Langello
Felix Langello
Raymond Bisbane
James D Reilly
Louis Cirillo
Memorial Bldg
Frederick F. Driftmier
Charles Pendleton
Edward Easterbrooks
Mary Ingraham
Stuart Barr
Minnie Farrington
Wiliam Day
Richard Cornell
Henry Boynton
Myra Whitman
Annie McCaughey
Samuel Kinder
George Phillips
Early Sturdevant
Staples Coal Co
Fleming
Boy Scouts
Haffenreffer
Whdding
Phoenix
Octave LeClair
Munro
The
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