School Committeeman MacDougall Celebrates 16 Years
MacDougall completed sixteen years as School Committeeman at the meeting on Wednesday evening. Mr. Connery received a bouquet of carnations from fellow committee members. The schools will close for Easter recess on March 28 afternoon, including Good Friday March 29 and the following week. The Bristol Garden Club petition to use Colt High School auditorium for a meeting and a Rhode Island State College faculty address at Kingston was granted for Friday afternoon March 1.
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Kingston
Colt High Loses to Mt. St. Charles in Woonsocket
Colt Memorial High School basketball dropped a 29 to 14 defeat at Mt. St. Charles Academy in Woonsocket. Colt showed a weak offense, scoring 6 from the floor and 2 from fouls as Woonsocket built a lead with 14 field goals and 1 foul shot.
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Colt Memorial High School
Mt. St. Charles Academy of
Woonsocket
Bristol Boys
Woonsocket Boys
Colt
Legionaires Pean Safety Campaign At Kearney Post
At a Kearney Post American Legion meeting a safety campaign was planned by a committee led by James T Pierce and George R Fish. The post also scheduled a junior baseball team and discussed a building fund entertainment. The 10th anniversary observance is set for March 15 and 16 with several committees appointed.
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Kearney Post
American Legion
Boy Scouts
James T Pierce
George R. Fish
James J. Haines
Thomas A. Hickey
Fred M. Straight
al Phonse Yelle Post
Woonsocket
Warwick Post
George M Cohan
Baldpate
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Kearney
Harold W Gifford
Wass and Means
A A Edmonds
Bo W Wall
Samuel A Smith
Je. Hospital
Charles F Burns
Louis Brosseau
John Bo Troiano
Pagano Announces Engagement of Miss Sadie Pagano
Mr and Mrs Frank Pagano announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Sadie Pagano to Mr Antonio Stanzionesone of Mrs Filippa Stanzione. The announcement came at a family gathering Sunday afternoon at their home with many relatives and friends in attendance to congratulate the couple.
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Frank Pagano
Gar. Held Avenue
Mass Sadie Pagano
Antonio Stanzione Sone
Filippa Stanzione
Hope and
DeWolf
Delegates Named for Daughters of Union Veterans Convention
Mary Atkinson Tent No 4 of the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War elected delegates and alternates for the Providence Department Convention. First delegate Mrs Metta Nelle, second delegate Mrs Edna Fields, first alternate Mrs Lillian Carnes, second alternate Miss Helen Remieres. The meeting at Mrs Christina E Remieres home included one initiation and routine business followed by refreshments.
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Department
Providence
Mary Atkinson
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Christina E. Remieres
Pearse Avenue
Metta Nelle
Edna Fields
Lillian Carnes
Helen Remieres
Funeral set for James Vraness Stoughton on Ferry Road
Funeral services for James Vraness Stoughton were held at his Ferry Road residence with Rev Fran as Ro Fnehin officiating. Stoughton, about 60, died Sunday after a short illness, survived by wife Anna Charlotte, son James Jr, daughter Charlotte, two sisters and two brothers, with interment at a nearby cemetery.
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James Vraness Stoughton
Ferry Road
Griswold Avenue
Fran As Ro Fnehin
First Baptist Church
Jamestown RI
Stoughton
Bristol
Tova
Sparks
Highop Street
Borton Street
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Hie
Mie Stoughton
Nna
Charlotte Stoughton Tersons
James Do Stoughton Jr
Phederik To Stoughton
Charlotte Wo Stoughton
Katherine Lothop
Adam Stoughton
Rifle Range Repairs At Bristol Tram Of Artillery
Extensive repairs upgrade the anchor rifle range on State Street. A new concrete bulkhead wall and steel plating back the target to prevent stray bullets. An angled steel plate directs bullets into a pit, with full wall and ceiling plating planned. The range extends 73 feet and until completion, mile practice is suspended.
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Bristol
State Street
Local Births Reported in Town Notices
In this town on February 13 a son Ferdinand to Mr and Mrs Joseph Bruno of 204 State Street. On February 17 a daughter Mary to Mr and Mrs Joseph Pacheco of 29 Iaincoln Avenue. On February 14 a daughter Antonetta to Mr and Mrs Gaetano Murgo of 53 Usher Avenue.
Stoughton Rites Held for James F. Stoughton
In Stoughton on February 19 James F. Stoughton aged 60 years passed away after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements were pending with local services.
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Stoughton
James F. Stoughton
Council Appoints Election Officials
City council sets polling places for First and Second Districts for the March 13 town elections and names Republican and Democratic election supervisors. It also approves budget requests for the East Burial Ground, Children's Home, Bristol Nursing, and other funds, with various re-elections and license approvals.
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Bradford Street
James F Whe
Gabrele Accard
Manuel H Goulart
William P Gladdine
Frank Gigho
James FE. Conley
Frank Goff
Joseph Joseph
John F Brides
Carmine Biastice
Charles F Burns
Hiram A. Rounds
Paul Tammaro
John H Toplin
George L. Kinnicutt
Richard R. Cornell
Onipher Rene
George R Fish
James T Pierce
John H Kemph
Henry S Wright
Andrew Francis
East Burial Ground
Children’s Home
Bristol District Nursing Association
LeBaron C Colt Memorial Ambulance Fund
Mothers’ Aid Fund
Financial Town
Ernest E. Alder
John Kemph
Manuel B Sousa
Frazin Street
Joseph Marshall Mendes
Second Street
Cornel
Board of Engineers
The
Fire Department
Seagraves
Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose Co
Democratic Caucus Names Town Officers and School Candidates
At a Democratic caucus in Artilers Hall on Wednesday evening the party adopted nominations for town offices. James T Pierce appeared for School Committee but withdrew. Dr John R Bernardo was expected to replace him. The caucus also selected a slate including Edward J. Leahy as Moderator and John W. Church as Town Clerk, with Holmes and others named for Town Council and other posts.
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Artilers Hall
Democratc
James T Pierce
Pierce
John Wo Church
Mall Proub
John Ro Bermarda
Bernard M Callan
Democratic Town Committee
Benes S Wright
Democratic Flown Committee
James Holmes
John Ro Bernardo
Bernardo
Holmes
Edward J. Leahy
John W. Church
Luke H Callan
Matthew G Maetore
Salvatore Della Morte
Elisha Hibbert
Edward L. Leahy
Amos S. Gorham
Bristol native buys NYSE seat in major rights purchase
William Francis Heffernan, newspaper man of New York City and son of Bristol residents, purchases four NYSE rights entitling him to membership. No price disclosed though last sales were about 110000 per right. Heffernan’s mother Mary Connery is from Bristol and his brother John Connery Heffernan has long been a NYSE member.
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William Francis Heffernan
E. Frank Heffernan
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Heffernan
Edward Frank Heffernan
Bristol
Greater New York
Mary A M Connery
John Connery
William Francs Heffernan
First Baptist Church Extends Call to Mark Strickland
Members of the First Baptist Church voted Wednesday evening to extend a call to Mark Strickland a Colgate University student and recent services officiant to become pastor of the church filling the vacancy left by Harold W Baker Strickland aged about 24 will finish studies at Colgate this week and is expected to accept and pursue special study at Brown University
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Mark Strickland
Colgate University
First Baptist Church
Harold W . Baker
Strickland
Brown University
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Martha Graham
Hope Street
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Liberty Tailor
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H. W. Vermette Ice, Coal & Coke
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Reba Rebekah
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Mae D Feeney
Celestia Lodge
Warren
Mizpah Lodge
East Providence
Reha
Annie Faulkner
Addie E Gale
Eliza Usher
Luella Rrgone
Gladys Brelsford
Minne Alder
Rachel Simmons
Hattie Northup
Anna Saunders
Odd Fallows’ Hall
William Saunders
Council
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Hugh P Breen
J Fo Currer
Peter Galroy
J F Gilroy
Medeiros
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Patrick F Mahoney
John Pinhhetta
Oscar Pivin
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F. Reginald Dimond
Anderson & Company
Industrial Trust Building
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