Hot Contests Loom At Democrats Meeting In Bristol
A Bristol town committee special meeting tonight at the county courthouse previews a fierce clash between the Paull faction led by Prescott Paull and insurgents led by Anthony Nunes and Daniel Coggeshall. Both sides plan to shape the Saturday caucus with votes for a moderator clerk and three district checkers amid intense door to door campaigning and charges of intimidation.
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Democratic Town Committee
Bristol County Court House
Prescott B. Paull
Anthony J. Nunes
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Cauucus
Anthony Alfred
Proup
Aho
Colt High School conducts conduct theme study playlet
Colt Memorial High School Room 3 presented a 14 scene playlet to illustrate right and wrong conduct in a character study. Students Mary Andrade Irene Garard Frank Coreia and Arthur Williams performed with Miss Laurine Bradford as adviser.
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Perools
Room 3
Colt Memoral High School
Mary Andrade
Irene Garard
Frank Coreia
Arthur Willams
Laurine Bradford
Harold C. Johnson
Providence
Washington
Johnson
Bnstol
Charles O F Thompson
Bristol
Bristol-Colt Alumni to Hear Dr Martin at Friday Meeting
Members of the Bristol-Colt Alumni Association will meet Friday and hear Dr Frederick Martin, director of Martin Hall. The program also includes soprano solos by Miss Audrey Munro, piano by Mrs Helen Her tfeshoff and violin by Miss Barbara Newman.
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Bristol-Cott
Loan exhibition of chairs at the Corn Crib
Miss Gladys Paull hosts a loan exhibition of Hitchcock and Sheraton chairs at the Corn Crib from February Mth to fixed clock hour. Chairs are loaned by Bristol owners and offer a rare chance to study classic American chairmaking techniques through examples and comparison.
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Gladys Paull
Bristol
The House That Ann Built at Wardell Lumber screening
A talking motion picture titled The House That Ann Built will be shown Friday in Rockwell Hall under The Wardwell Lumber Company and Johns Manville. The film follows a typical American family as the daughter renovates an aging house into a stylish home. Shows for one hour with no admission charged.
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Ann
Rockwell Hall
Wardwell Lumber Company
Johns Manville
Red Cross Relief Fund Donations Listed
A record of contributions acknowledges gifts totaling 1 648 06 from Mrs John Brechin and Miss Lewise Brechin 700 from Miss Gertrude Drury 500 from Portuguese Ind Clib and Band 500 to Cup Defenders Association 511 from Bristol Mfg Co employees 2700 plus 142 Tin box and 224 Buffingtons Diner tin box.
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John Brechin
Lewise Brechin
Gertrude Drury
Cup Defenders Association
Bristol Mfg Co
Buffington’s
Duffy's Diner
Evening School Graduation Exercises Tonight at Colt Memorial High
Several hundred relatives and friends are expected to attend the Colt Memorial High School auditorium graduation tonight. Miss Doris Hudzik of Warren and Miss Antoinette Tufarola will deliver the valedictory and salutatory addresses. John daPonte, class president, will give the welcome. Diplomas will be awarded by a school committee member. The program is organized by Miss Annie D Sisson with Class of '37 members Capilaina Ferreira Wilhemina Sitma Helen Dennis Rose DeLuca and Mary Perrys assisting.
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Colt Memorial High School
Doris Hudzik
Warren
Antoinette Tufarola
John daPonte
Annie D Sisson
daPonte
Hudzik
Tufarola
Matises Capilaina Ferreira
Wilhemina Sitma
Helen Dennis
Rose DeLuca
Mary Perrys
Rhode Island Aeries to Host Fraternal Order of Eagles State Convention
New England ritualistic and drill teams will gather in Bristol next June for the F OE state convention. James Holmes chairs arrangements at Sandetory Hall. Rhode Island Aeries lead in drill and ritual contests with Warwick and Central Falls rivals. The 90 member Central Falls band will provide martial music. Fundraising socials include bingo at Makowsky Building and a Columbia Hall dance. New committee members Pasquale Marsano John Principe Manuel Vargas Jr and Joseph Marshall added.
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New England
Bristol
Order of Eagles
James Holmes
Competitiee
Sandetory
Sinoay Imwagied Hall
Wood Street
Providence
North Providence
Rhode Island
West Warwick
Central Falls
Warwick
Leominister
Mass Aerie
Holmes
Central Falls Aerie
Makowsky
Apul 3
Columbia Hall
Frank Cunha
Pasquale Marsano
John Principe Manuel Vargas Jr
Joseph Marshall
Town Council to Convene as License Commissioners
The Bristol Town Council will meet as license commissioners tomorrow night at 7 30 PM in open session. Petitions for liquor licenses from the Loggia Santa Maria Maddalena Club and the Hotel Belvedere are to be considered with remonstrances heard. The Maria Maddalena Club requests a club permit for 215 State Street and the Hotel Belvedere seeks a transfer to Edward D Kunz of 423 Hope Street.
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Bristol Town Council
Board of License Commissioners
Loggia Santa Maria Madalena Club
Belvedere
Maria Maddalena Club
State Street
Belvedere Hotel, Inc
Edward D Kunz
Hope Street
Washington Ball at Bristol Casino Draws High Interest
The Bristol Train of Artillery prepares for the annual Washington Ball on Monday evening February 22 at the Bristol Casino. Booth reservations are already underway with James J Velileca handling arrangements. An acclaimed orchestra with a soprano soloist is planned, aiming to surpass previous years.
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Washington
Bristol Casino
Bristol Train of Artillery
James J Velileca
Oedestra
Migliori Rejects Della Calce Charges as Childish Publicity
Rocco Migliori of Princess Elena Lodge in Bristol dismisses Carlo Della Calce's claim he interfered with Della Calce's Italian society plan. Migliori says the lodge supports using its hall for meetings advancing the movement and accuses Della Calce of past failed organizing attempts in Scafati and the United States.
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Rocco Migliori
Pricess
Elena Lodge
Sons of Italy
The
Phoenix Today
Carlo Della Calce
Migher
Delta Calce
the Phoenix
Miglion
Princess Elena Lodge
Della Calce
Wood Street
Fronte Unico Italiano
Mighori
Bristol Phoenix
Principessa Elena Lodge
S O. I
Principessa Elena
Della Cake
Bristol
United States
Principess Elena Lodge
Scafati
Italy
Supt of Schools Writes for Night School Paper
Superintendent Elmer S. Mapes writes in The Beacon about Bristol evening schools evolving from programs for children to adult education. He notes early schools predated compulsory schooling and that evening courses will expand to all ages, driven by economic advancement and use of leisure time.
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Supt. OF Schools
Elmer S. Mapes
the Beacon
Bristol Evening Schools
Bristol
Quefitty
Cron
Mapes
Judge pounces on drivers with fake plates in court
Judge William T O'Donnell presided in Fifth District court as Joseph Brown age 26 of 11 Catherine Street and Philip Besignano of Minuteman Court Providence faced charges of operating improperly registered autos. Both were fined 10 dollars plus costs and admonished to be more careful. Two week continuances were granted in civil cases Neo Sicilia Loan Co versus Natalie Squatrito and James Wood versus Ettorino Lucido.
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William T O'Donnell
Fifth District
Joseph Brown
Catherine Street
Philp Besignano
Minutom
Providence
O'Donnell
Neo Sicilia Loan Co
Natalie Squatrito
Assumps
James Wood
Ettorino
Lucido
Lenten Services At St Michael s and Trinity Churches
The schedule lists Holy Eucharist times on Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings at 7 and 7:30 am, 6:30 and 9:30 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 am Saturdays, daily 9 am Morning Prayer, and 4:30 pm Evensong. Tuesday 3:30 pm Lent Tea addresses, Wednesday 3:30 pm Woman's Auxiliary, Young People 3:45 pm, Wednesday 7:30 pm Lenten service, sermons by Rev Augustine McCormick, Friday 7:45 pm Trinity Mission service, sermons on the Devotional Life by Rev Albert C. Larned.
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St Michael's
Trinity
Roger Alling
Woman's Auxiliary
Augustine McCormick
Albert C. Larned
Esther Howland and the Worcester Valentine Card Factory
The article recalls Esther Howland founding a major Worcester business in 1840 after graduation from Mount Holyoke. She designed about a thousand valentines, courted skepticism from her engraver family, and by a decade built a thriving operation with brothers later selling the cards.
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New England
Worcester
Mass
Esther Howland
Mount Holyoke
England
Esther
Whitney firm and the Valentine card trade history
The Whitney company grew from Sophia Starr and assistants managing demand into a 300 worker firm by 1870 after selling to George C. Whitney. The Whitney plant, pivotal in valentine cards, burned in 1910 destroying millions of cards and creating shortages for dealers during peak season.
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Starr
George C. Whitney
Whitney
Miss Howland Passes From Life As A Spinster
In a remark on the originator of a cherished romantic product, the article notes that Miss Howland lived her life as a spinster, reflecting on her enduring dedication and solitary path.
Holmes Asks To Be Seventy Again In Daring Gaze
In an anecdote from The Nine Old Men, Oliver Wendell Holmes, then 92, paused to admire a passing young woman and sighs to Justice Brandeis that he would give anything to be seventy again. The tale reflects views on Supreme Court justices aged over seventy.
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Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pearson and Allen
Holmes
Justice Brandeis
Brandeis
Little theatre movement in the United States grows
The BTA Entertainment Association plans for a musical or dramatic production as part of a larger trend. About 500000 Americans participate in make believe activities and the nation hosts nearly 2000 small theatre organizations.
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B. T. A. Entertainment Association
Land of
Make Believe
United States
Amateurs from many walks join theater in make believe
An article notes how diverse professionals from doctors to students seek release in amateur stage work. Katherine Norris stirred Palo Alto with Molnars The Swan while Canon Douglas portrayed Becket in Murder In The Cathedral in Denver. In Shreveport Yellow Jack cast included five doctors and three dentists.
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Delineator Magazine
Carl Glick
Katherine Norris
Palo Alto
Cal
Molnar
Canon Douglas
St. John’s
Denver
Thomas Becket
Shreveport
Roles Behind the Stage in Amateur Theater
The article notes designers builders wardrobe and prop teams behind stage work are essential to amateur productions. It highlights scenery costumes props and ushering as crucial contributions that support the show though less visible to audiences.
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Democrats’ Meeting
Ei Tee Brennan
Wean
Charles Romang
John Romano
Jeremiah W. Romano
Romano
Paull
Cla Uvanet
Walter Kerr
Colt High
Bristol-Colt
RED Cross Relief Fund
Katharine Hepburn
Herbert Marshall
Elizabeth Allan
Donald Crisp
Claire Trevor
Michael Whalen
Isabel Jewell
Eric Linden
Virginia Field
Gene Lockhart
Joe
Merriest Brown
Joe E. Brown
Carol Hughes
Richard “Skeets
Gallagher
Gladys Swarthout
Fred MacMurray
Jack Oakie
Veloz
Yolanda Herman Bina
Vivienne Osborne
Popeye
WIRE
Kat
Mam Greene
Ieee
Migliori
New
Activy Committee
Philip Besignano
ST. Michael's — Trinity
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