Newly Elected Officers Seated By Civic League
Newly elected officers of the Bristol Portuguese-American Women's Civic League were installed at ceremonies in Columbia Hall Wood Street Col umbia Hall Mrs Manuel C Lima Jr Fall River officiated with Miss Irene Vieira as master of ceremonies The program featured soprano solos by Evangeline Paiva a comic sketch by Alice Sousa and piano accompaniment by Emily Xavier Bouquets were given to Mrs Lima and newly installed president Mrs Joseph A Almeida, while Miss Vieira received a silver pendant.
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Bristol
Lima
Joseph A. Almeida
Vieira
Joseph J. Marshall
Manuel Tavares
Joseph Medeiros
Frank Perry
Clara Silvia
Anna Paiva
Almeida
Elvira Mello
Joseph Dennis
Willa Correia
Emily Vargas
Manuel Silvia
Joseph Madeiros
Stvank Perry
Anna Motta
Theresa Reposa
Elizabeth Correia
Vital statistics of 1932 show decrease from 1931
Bristol's 1932 deaths births and marriages fell short of 1931 figures per Town Clerk John W Church. Deaths 106 vs 110. births 130 born in Bristol vs 158 in 1931. marriages 55 total with 31 in Bristol and 17 contracted by a Bristol party in Bristol.
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Bristol
John W
First Birth and Marriage Licenses Recorded in 1933
The town notes its first 1933 birth and first 1933 marriage license. Lena Lombardi’s baby, a daughter to Mr and Mrs Frank Lombardi of 243 State Street, arrived Tuesday evening at Wachok Hospital, with Dr Bernards as attending physician. Manuel Sousa Kaleno on Third School Street and Mars Ba Beza Almeida of Franklin Street filed intentions with Town Clerk John W. Church on Wednesday.
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Benny Bristol
Lena Lombardi
Frank Lombardi
State Street
Iwachok
Bernards
Manuel Sousa Kalen
Third School Street
Mars Ba Beza Almeida
Franklin Street
Bristol
John W . Church
Longtime Providence Institution for Savings treasurer LeBaron Bradford dies
LeBaron Bradford of Bristol dies at Truesdale Hospital Fall River at age 84 after an illness of hiccups that progressed to pneumonia. A Bristol native, he served 64 years as treasurer of the Providence Institution for Savings and never missed a day at the bank. Funeral services are set for Trinity Church with burial at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
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LeBaron Bradford
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
William and Ann Wilson (Nooning) Bradford
Bradford
Providence Institution For Savings
Bristol
Providence
Wilson G Wing
Old Stone Bank
Robert H Ives
Cestor
Governor Bradford
the Mount
Mount Hope Farms
Bristol Savings Bank
Spate Street
Trinity Church
Corporation of
Juniper Hill Conetery
Mark DeWolf Bradford
Massachusetts
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Providence Institution
Roll Call Chairman Expresses Appreciation
Mrs Raymond So Brightman chairs the 1932 Red Cross Roll Call morning statement of thanks to Bristol citizens for support. Roll Call ends with 575 members enrolled. gratitude to merchants for use of stores for displays and to the press for help promoting the appeal.
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Raymond So Brightman
Red Cross
Bristol
Churches Unite For Cappelli Recital In Bristol
The State Street Methodist and First Congregational Churches cancel evening services Sunday to host Signor Marie Cappelli at 4 o clock in De Wolt Memorial Chapel. Cappelli, Italian American tenor, has sung at memorials for Harding and Wilson and won a prize from the Musical Academy of Caserta. He is noted for Italian folk songs and plantation tunes.
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State Street Methodist
First Congregational
Marie Cappellis
van de Wolt
Signor
Cappelli
Harding
Wilson
Musial Academy of
Caserta
Italy
Bristol
Men’s Union to Discuss Effects of Ambition
The Mens Union will discuss ambition and its effects at a Sunday noon meeting in the General House. Any man in the community desiring fellowship and wholesome discussion is invited to attend.
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Mens Union
Guneral House
Local Boy Scouts Mark 20th Anniversary Banquet
William F Hoffmeister urged Bristol area parents to enroll boys in Scouts. He cited benefits over other programs and warned of crime among non scouts, noting Troop 1's 20 year record. Local figures including George R Fish and Brad ford highlighted Scout achievements at the Hotel Belvedere Banquet.
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Boy Scout Movement
William F Hoffmeister
Fall River Scout Council
Hotel Belvedere
Hoffmeister
George R
Fish
Bradford
AH Field
Narragansett
Providence
Merton
Chee&man
Mr Fish
Bristol
Bertram W Wall
Bristol Lions Club
Bristol Box
Hugler Edward Alessandro
Edward Alessandra
Amon James
Proop
John WW Church
Getchell
Mapes
George White
Samuel J Smith
Fred M Straight
John T Ashton Lawrence PopAshton
Read de Chai
Barry Will Face Breaking and Entering Charge
Barry Will face a breaking and entering charge after arraignment in Parth District Court. He pleaded not guilty and posted $2000 bond. police traced him to a rubber factory building where he formerly worked and later turned himself in. He is married with three children and works as a salesman for the Quality Insulated Wire Company.
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Tam and
Barry Boor
Charles Street
Benjamin Fodlandemuth
Parth District Court
Uos) Rubber Company
Justice At the Peace
Joseph Hammill Oan
Barry
Polwe
Public Budget Hearing Voices Mixed on Town Finances
Budget Commission members and residents debated the 1933 Bristol town budget at a Wednesday hearing in the Reynolds School auditorium. Walter Kerr urged a $100,000 cut while de Wolf warned against harming essential services, citing sewer and police needs and potential school budget impacts. Senator He Callan praised aid directors, urged careful cuts, and proposed hiring a Chamber of Commerce secretary to attract industry.
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Reynolds School
Budget Commission
Francois Levay de Wolf
Frank L. Doran
John H Wall
Clinton T Sherman
Robert J Connery
deWolf
Walter Kerr
Kerr
de- Wolf
Sewer Commission
Police Department
Department of Public Aid
Jacob Bassing
deWolt
Chamber of Commerce
Bristol
Highway Department
Cailan
Directors of
Public Aid
Wm. F. Duffy
Dr I Dean Makowski Returns to Bellevue Hospital New York
Dr I Dean Makowski returns to New York to begin a two year appointment in urology at Bellevue Hospital. A 1930 Jefferson Medical College graduate, he then served six months in medicine at Charles V Chapin Hospital Providence and one and a half years in Bellevue Medicine and Surgery. He later completed a three month surgery residency at the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled New York.
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I. Dean Makowski
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Makowski
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Charles V Chapin Hospital
Providence
Bellevue
Thomas Morrissey
Rotary Club Awards Medal for School Progress
The Rotary Club will present a yearly medal titled The Rotary Medal for Effort and Progress to the pupil in local public schools showing the greatest improvement in work. President F. R. Dimond named a committee including Elmer S. Mapes Rev Herbert D. Graetz Earl Ingraham and Charles Cutler to arrange details. Reports from officers and committees were reviewed and Howard R. Newman read a special report No 2 upon publicity committee request.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
F. R. Dimond
Elmer S. Mapes
Herbert D. Graetz
Earl Ingraham
Charles Cutler
Howard R. Newman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Civic League
Manuel C. Lima, Jr
Columbia Hall
Providence Bank
William Bradford
Plymouth Colony
Devetiar
Bank
Pogland
Roll Call
Pastime Theatre
Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
Tom Keene
Preston Foster
Howard Phillips
John Barrymore
Katherine Hepburn
Bille Burke
David Manners
Calvin Coolidge
W. F. Hoffmeister
Breaking and Entering
Edwards, Kunz
Jeweler & Optometrist
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