Bristol Boy Scout Week Kicks Off February 7
Bristol Scoutdom prepares for the 27th anniversary of the Boy Scout movement with activities from February 7 to 13. Chief Scout Executive James E. West will renew the Scout Oath in Reynolds school auditorium, and Troop events, patrol contests, merit badge awards, and a winter camping camp start are planned across Bristol with Sea Scouts and Cub packs participating.
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Bristol
Boy Scout Movement
America
Awashanks Herd
Boy Scout Honor Society
Haffenreffer
Reynolds School
James E. West
Providence
Kearney
Sloop of Sea Scouts
Boy Scout Week
Boy Seaguts of America
Awashonks Herd
Bristol Boy Scout
Honor. Society
All Bo Scouts
S Scouts
Ubs Apel Pbeka Bo
Hoebee Cuatches
St. Elizabeth’s Church
R. I
Boy Scout
Scouter of America
Boy Scouts
St Michael's Parish House
Scout Hall
Lincoln
Takarest
Warren Town Hall
Bristol County
Pas Thuytad
Hon
George R. Fish
Red Cross Eulogized by Guiteras Students
The 8A class at Guiteras Memorial Junior High staged an afternoon program honoring the American Red Cross. The feature was the play Florence Nightingale directed by Miss Jes sie Molasky with many students in named roles and additional musical items and acknowledgments.
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American Red Cross
Guiteras Memorial Junior High School
Jessie Molasky
Florence Nightingale
Alexander Fales
Elsie St Angelo
Clara Harmon
Nightingale
William Pinch, Jr
Jois Brownell
Edward Malsaky
Amaid
Josephine DeFelice
Reader
Carmella Caratura
Columbia
Elmer Angell
Frank Catalfamo
Mariano Buccolo
Curtains Casimir
Antonio
Edward Russo
Bristol Urgently Rallies for Red Cross Relief Fund
A Bristol drive for flood relief raises 1416 dollars as residents and organizations pledge support. The appeal, led by Rear Admiral Cary Grayson, urges continued gifts to Miss Florence T. Nelson and the Bristol Phoenix office, listing numerous donors and amounts from local groups and individuals.
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Red Cross Organization
Bristol
Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
The
Lorence T. Nelson
Bristol Phoenix
Miss Nelson
Bristol County Water Co
Bristol Post Office
Defiance Hose Co
C. E* Society
Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Srae
Nellie Donahue
Sherman Hasbrouck
Osterberg
Dhdirs P
Jennie and
Martin
Albert Makowsky
Lee
John Carraturo
Anthony DaPonte
John Winthrop DeWolf, Jr
James C. Ruggiero
J Francois Connell
Albert H Fint, Jr
Thomas J Gillan
Lillian T Wilson
Lillia R Farrington
K. G. Leonard
H Mvers
William J O'Conor
Sarah E. Hughes
Fred Marz
Edna Demers
Burnside Lodge
K of P
William I Serbst
Harry H Allen
W M Gifford
Salvadore Nunes
St Michael's Church
Ear K Dunbar
Mary T. Hammill
Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella
Sidney Dew Herreshoff
Bessie G Wilbur
Ginteras School Library Club
Buffington
Dreadnaught Hook & Ladder Co
A. G. Fales
Former Bristolian Named Secretary Treasurer in Attleboro Firm
Albert E. Sparks a native of the town and local public schools alumnus has been appointed secretary treasurer of the Mossberg Pressed Steel Company of Attleboro where he has worked for several years.
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Albert E. Sparks
Mossberg Pressed Steel Company
Attleboro
Bristol Council asks United States Rubber to hire Bristol workers
Bristol Town Council urged United States Rubber Company to employ more Bristol residents at its Naugatuck and Providence plants to ease local unemployment. President Prescott B Paull cited WPA and SUR lists showing 238 workers and urged private industry hiring to relieve a $50,000 annual relief burden and protect city revenue.
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United States Rubber Company
New York
Bristol
Naugatuck
Providence
Prescott B. Paull
Paull Simets
Chinery
Keds
U. S
Prancois
de Wolf
Paull
deWolf
Ernest G
Brown
Mdeaihage
Pilldicnanes Ae Ae
States Rubber’ Company
Coricéha
Thomas H. Byrnes
John R. Magee
Pasquale Pagnano
The Bohemian Girl at Bristol Train of Artillery
The Bohemian Girl, a popular Balfe opera with a storied history, was announced for presentation here on Feb 9 by the Bristol Train of Artillery. The production features Mrs. M Theresa Donovan as director, Mrs Emma Rounds as accompanist, James F Meiggs as stage manager, with the BTA orchestra and a long cast including Allen Newman Edgar Jeunesse Albert Pierce Marjorie B McCann Minnie Gogha Eleanor R Perry and many others.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
London
Drury Lane
Germany
Michael William Balfe
Theatre Lyrique
Parish
Balfe
M. Theresa Donovan
Emma Rounds
James F. Meiggs
B. T. A. Orchestra
Count Arnheim
Presburg
Allen Newman
Thaddeus
Edgar Jeunesse
Florestein
Newphew
Albert Pierce
Devilshoof
Calbraith
Perry
William Sisson
Arline
Marjorie B. McCann
Buda
Minnie Gogha
Eleanor R. Perry
Wielliam Remieres
Charles Liscomb
James Wylie
Antonio Mezza
Enoch Marsden
Chester Burgess
Addison Hill
Clinton Pendleton
Joseph Pine
Domenic Puniello
Fred Lopes
Madaline Neiderer
Flora Fusco
Loretta Moren
Bridget Turillo
Shirley Meyerson
Doris Martelly
Margaret Mansi
Adele Sturdevant
Olive Peckham
Helen Hambrick
Maybelle Remieres
Frances Antonelli
Audrey Munro
Muriel Bullock
Mary Santos
Dorothy Mott
Water company famed for color removal feats praised
Superintendent G. Guy Morrow tells Rotarians the Bristol County Water Company plant is among the nation’s most famous for its color removal process. He traces the 1893 start, highlights modern electrical and steam emergency equipment, water treatment to kill bacteria and algae, and notes four reservoirs with Anawan unused.
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Bristol County Water Company
G. Guy Morrow
Hotel
Belvedere
Morrow
Water Company
V Erv
Anawan
College trained men to fill steel industry jobs this spring
Nearly 1000 college trained men will find jobs in the steel industry when they graduate this spring. Most come from engineering and technical schools as steel companies recruit from colleges and offer summer mills training. Most start in overall roles with slower early earnings and faster increases after gaining industry understanding.
Skittles Meaning Revealed Through Webster
A reminiscence recalls a radio interview where the term skittles puzzled the interviewer. The author notes Noah Webster clarifies that skittles meant a game of bowling with beer in old England.
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Noah Webster
Blanks Flood Mail to Citizens in Tax Season Era
A writer laments modern life for the average businessperson as Federal and State officials flood households with tax and form requests. The passage lists Capital Stock Tax Blanks, Old Age Pension Blanks, Unemployment Tax Blanks, Federal Corporation Tax Blanks, Federal Income Tax Blanks, State Income Tax Blanks, and Compensation Insurance Blanks as the starter for tomorrow’s mail deluge.
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Johnny Q
Modern movie palaces offer cinema and care
The article notes lavish theaters like Music Hall in Rockefeller Center provide lounges with tea, exhibits to pass time, and even equipped hospitals for emergencies and births. It adds stage performers fear colds most, while other patients most often suffer upset stomachs from unwisely consumed drinks.
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Music Hall
Rockefeller Center
Oldest Organ Found Near Budapest Restored for Play
A fragmentary column notes the discovery of a nearly 1700 year old organ at Aquincum near Budapest Hungary. The instrument was found in a burned mass of red pipes and wood but has been restored to playable condition.
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Aquincum
Budapest
Hungary
Excavators Find Latin Brass Plate in Aquincum Ruins
Archaeologists at Aquincum uncover an organ fragment and a brass plate bearing Latin directions for tuning and a tale linking the organ to Julius Viatorianus the chief of the fire department in year 228 A D. The plate sheds light on a fire incident that led to the organ’s eventual fate.
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Aquincum
Julius Viatorianus
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