Bogus Bill Passers Turned Over To Federal Authorities Today
Two Providence men Antonio Letizia and Frank Russo were handed to Federal authorities after a chase in Warren. Police recovered 19 counterfeit five dollar bills and 20 packs of cigarettes along with $28 in cash.
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Providence
Warren
Robert L. Hunt
Secret Service
James F. Fitzpatrick
Anthony J. Ferrara
Antonio Letizia
Eagle Street
Frank Russo
Atwells Avenue
Bristol
Biagio del Toro
Catherine Street
Albert
Joseph
Hunt
Pasquale Barba
Child Street
Russo
William Cerra
Letizia
Berrara
Sewer Commission Seeks Reduced Budget and Savings
The Sewer Commission told the Budget Committee it can operate next year with about 1900 in savings from 1937 costs. It requests 11603.35, about 1900 less than 1937 spending, citing cuts in chemicals repairs and sludge removal. Salaries would stay, plus 500 for supervision and 100 raises for each long serving operator totaling 3932.
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Sewer Commission
Budget Committee
Infantile Paralysis Drive Adds 17 Subscribers
The Infantile Paralysis Drive committee for the National Foundation adds 17 new subscribers to Founders' Certificates. New donors include Gertrude Guiteras ten dollars and Florence T Nelson five dollars, with several one dollar gifts from names such as Dr. William F Serbst and J W DeWolf Jr. Postmaster Daniel W Coggeshall, the general chairman, says the final list will be published Friday.
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Ralph Church
Resigns College Job To Manage Bristol Farm
Richard F Quarry resigns after nearly eight years on Rhode Island State College greenhouse staff to become superintendent of Point Pleasant Farm at Bristol. A native of England, he came to the U S in 1907 and has lived in Southam New Britain since then. He leaves Kingston and will move to Bristol after a new house is completed.
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Richard F Quarry
Rhode Island State College
Marth
Point Pleasant
Bristol
England
Quarry
Southam
New Bane Land
Green
Danvers Mass
Port Pheasant
Charles F. Herreshoft
Charles B Rockwell
Pappasquash Point
Kingston
Colt Warren football sparked push for a high school band
Supt Elmer Mapes seeks funds and tacit school support to form a Colt High School Band Instrument Fund using unused monies from graduating classes plus proceeds from a Rhode Island Symphony concert. Plans include a band for Armistice Day events and a piano recital at Colt auditorium. The school board adopted a 1938 39 calendar with recesses and graduation set for June 22.
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Elmer S. Mapes
Miso
Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra
Eoent
Woalliam
Hobbs Bortoer
Bristol Phoenie Publisiie Company
Mapes
Madeline
Margaret B Andrade
Charles B Rockwell
Colt
Bristol Garden Club
Virginia Dixon Leahy
Rhode Island
Food Sale Planned By Mt Hope Chapter
Mt Hope Chapter announces a food sale to be held Saturday afternoon at the Hopkins Electrical Store on Hope Street. The organizing committee includes Mrs Vincent Jo Pettine, Mrs Elizabeth Gladding, Mrs A Tona Young, Mrs Marguerite Kebrek, and Mr Jeane Marshall ex officio.
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Mount Hope
Hopkins Pleetriccal
Hope Street
Vincent Jo Pettine
Plabeth Gladding
Tona Young
Marguerite Kebrek
Jeane Marshall
Origin Of Girl Scouts In Bristol Described By First Troop Captain
The Bristol account recalls the winter of 1920 when Rosalind Howe and friends formed a Girl Scout Troop at the Y MCA with 40 girls. The Goldenrod Troop met at Reynolds School and grew to 22 Troops and 280 Scouts.
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Bristol
Alice DeWout Pardee
Lighthouse Farm
Conyngham
Mr. Bosworth
Bristol Phoenix
Girl Scout Council
Rosalind Howe
Providence
Y Oca
SRG
Betty Kinder
Dilys Wall
Viola Palmer
Elizabeth Marz
Dorothy Hanson
Norma Mathewson
Mary Mathewson
Dorothy Holt
Madeline Holt
Arlene Holm
Virginia_LeClayr
Doris Bullock
Amna Coggeshall
Reynolds School
Goldenrod
Holt
Dorothy
Hazleton
National Headquarters
Liberty
Newport
Sid
Becky Herreshoff
Hesuias
Aps Pressng
Colt High to stage Belle of Barcelona after 11 years
Colt Memorial High School prepares a production of the operetta The Belle of Barcelona on Thursday and Friday with nearly 100 students involved. Lead roles include Matthew Romano as Don José de Vien and Donalda Saucier as Gloria, under director Mrs M Pheresd Donovan. The Junior High orchestra accompanies with a large cast and multiple chorus groups including a Spanish and Marine division.
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Barcelona
Thursda
Priday
Ain the Colt Memorial
Pied School
Loo
Airs M Pheresd Donovan
Gerblre Sebueds
Apo Mathew Romano
Tus de Vientoro
Donalda Saucier
Gloria
Leadsonccidental Music Memoral
Mire Dono
Walsh Heads Bristol County Providence College Building Committee
James J Walsh of this town is named president of the Bristol County Providence College Building Committee. Augustine Bonerone will be secretary. other local members include Gen LT H Callan IT Leo Cantwell William To Dwyer Edward Simmons Matthew Maetazo John Burke Joseph Ko Perron John G Weslauriers Judge Edward J Leahy and R F Haffenreffer, who also serves on the state executive committee.
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James J Walsh
Bristol County
Providence College
Augustine Bo Nerone
H Callan
Leo Cantwell
William To Dwyer
Edward Simmons
Matthew Maetazo
John Burke
Joseph Ko Perron
John G Weslauriers
Edward J Leahy
R F Haffenreffer
Hi Y Club Plans Spaghetti Supper and Dance
The Hi Y Club of the Bristol Y M C A will meet Wednesday evening to advance plans for a spaghetti supper and dance set for February 23. Chairman Gaetano Marino leads the arrangements committee with Joseph Russo Frank Federico Angelo Massa and Joseph Romano serving ex officio.
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Bristol Y M. CA
Gaetano Marino
Joseph Russo
Frank Federico Angelo Massa
Jous Romano
Death of Esther Schofield in New York City
Esther Schofield aged 89 died in New York City at her son Fred Schofield's home 600 Riverside Drive. Funeral Thursday at 3 pm from the George M. Wilbur Jr Memorial Chapel Warren. Relatives and friends invited.
Fr Ryan Addresses Holy Name Society
The Rev. Michael L. Ryan of St. Mary's Church spoke to the parish Holy Name Society on the churchs attitude toward the day s problems. Plans were made for a forum next Monday night with Harry S. Young Jr taking the lead.
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Michael L. Ryan
St. Mary’s Church
Holy Name Society
Harry S. Young, Jr
Fannie Crosby Inspires Despite Blindness and Handicap
This story highlights Fannie Crosby whose courage and long life led to over 8000 hymns. Born blind at six weeks from an incorrect eye poultice, she stood four feet seven inches tall and weighed 80 pounds yet wrote famous hymns like Blessed Assurance and Jesus Is Tenderly Calling Me Home. Her life shows happiness and usefulness beyond disability.
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Fannie Crosby
Jesus
Hymnists and a Saintly Lineage in Gospel Verse
The piece recounts Frances Crosbie’s late shift to gospel hymn writing in 1864 at age 44 and her lifelong output until 1915. It also tells how John Henry Newman wrote Lead Kindly Light in 1833 at thirty two, tracing his Oxford years, clerical rise, and a famed clash between reverence and revivalism.
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John Henry Newman
Oxford
St. Mary's
England
John
Charles Wesley
Journey to Rome and the Tough Call to Return Home
The narrative recalls a man who visited the Pope in Rome and faced religious doubt while political news in England favored Liberal Reform. He chose to return home to fight for his beliefs, waiting in Sicily for a Marseilles voyage, then found peace in the calm aboard a becalmed ship as he reflected on Lead Kindly Light.
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Rome
England
Sicily
Marseilles
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Collins and Aikman
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Kerry
West Barrington
Albert Johnson
Namquit
Joseph Hall
Burnside Mill
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Hartley
Joseph Warren
Fred Atkinson
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Edward Cunningham
Charles Bo Benson
Offine
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THE
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N Broderick
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Ann Miller
Richard Cromwell
Helen Mack
Lionel Atwill
Popeye
Pat O’brien
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George Brent
Frank McHugh
Doris Weston
Coastguard
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Lehn
Alice Dew. Pardee
Bubble
Herreshoffs
Boat Yards
Bristol Shore Line
Alice W. Dew. Pardee
Frank Pardee, Jr
Belle OF Barcelona
Antonette Garista
Victoria Man- Mars Marshall
Mlazzie Matrone
Carolyn Miranda
Edith Morra
Toutse Pansa
Mars Ramos
Sadie Russo
Zena Savino
Mary Furtado
Lydia Sousa
Finma Rbonvinci
Jean de Rocha Marines
Joseph Aguiar
Henry Brelsford
Henry Demers
Amos Dupont
Francis Federica
Bernard Grabert
Walter Kerr
Raymond McMahon
Walter Moren
Irving Pierce
Raymond Laver
Frank Cabral
James Correia
Robert Dion
Attiho Pansa
Edward Trainor
F Edward Migliori
Howard Byone
William Owens
Angelo Carulli
Joseph Mazza
J. J. Walsh
Fr. Ryan
Fannig Crosb
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