Passenger linked to Bristol to New York textile rise
The text outlines a Bristol native known as Buster Mathewson who started at Collins & Aikman and rose to become a director at Wormalds and Walker in England. It traces his career from Johnson & Johnson to the American Tread Company, then to a consulting practice in New York, and later to the North Star Blanket Company and Wormalds and Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Mary
England
New York
Elmer
Buster” Mathewson
Mathewson
Bristol
Hope Street
Collins & Aikman
Cranston Worsted Mill
Worwards and Walker, Limited
Dewsbury
Johnson & Johnson
American Tread Company
North Star Blanket Company
Minneapolis
Wormalds and
Walker
Cormalds
Matty Mathewson Named Director Amid Warm Dewsbury Welcome
The passage praises Matty Mathewson for bringing hustle and friendly energy from the Middle West. It notes his appointment to a firm’s directorship in Dewsbury and extols his generosity and kindness. It describes the firm as old yet stable and offers warm wishes for his and Mrs. Mathewson’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogether
Matty
Middle West
Bristol tax sale notice for 1944 and prior years
The Town of Bristol Tax Collector announces a public auction at Memorial Hall Burnside Memorial Building Bristol on January 27 1950 at 11 oclock a.m. to sell parcels of real estate for unpaid taxes and assessments from 1944 and earlier with various adjournments listed and plats on file with the Town Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Burnside Memorial
Rea
Memorial Building
Don
Zoning Board Session for Crescienzo Malaponte Petition
The Zoning Board of Review will meet at 7 30 p m February 2 1950 in the Burnside Memorial Building to hear Crescienzo Malaponte of 136 Mt Hope Avenue Bristol R I on a petition for a special exception under Section 19 for a 14 by 33 foot private greenhouse to be used commercially at Wheeler and Mt Hope Avenues in Bristol Assessor's Plat 39 Lot 1 in Residential District. By order of the zoning Board of Review Frederick T Goff Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoning Board of Review
Burnside Memorial Building
Crescienzo
Wheeler and
Mt. Hope Avenues
Bristol
Assessor
Administrator's First and Final Account for Silvia Jordan estate
Estate of Silvia Jordan alias administrator files first and final account for court hearing set February 6 1950. Records show filing date January 20 1927 and case 2 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
John RR
Silvia, Jordan
Ifelicio Antonio Martins
Rotary Speaker Reflects on Century of Change and Democracy
In 1911 the Manchu dynasty fell and democracy seemed victorious, but Rev. Dunstan warned that not all are ready for self government. He linked postwar peace terms to German hardship, noted 1917 Russian upheaval, and compared it to post World War II Berlin actions. He lauded medical advances and called this era the most transformative in history. Canon Daniel K. Davis introduced the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xcott
Behina
Dunstan
China
Wilson
Germany
Hitle
Berlin
Daniel K. ‘Davis
St. Michael's ‘Church
Red Cross Field Directors Office Locations Named
The field director's office for the Red Cross is at Key West Naval Base Florida, the southernmost site. The northernmost location is at Dow Air Force Base Bangor Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Key West
Fla., Naval Base
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Maine
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Fall River, Mass
Cleansers & Dyers
Main St
Warren
Res
Lenny Medeiros
Dupont
Tel
Hope St
Sion
Oh Town
Tax Collector's Office
Frederick T Goff
State OF
Rhode Island
Probate Court
Town OF
Desousa
Antonio
R. I
Antonio Garcia Sousa
DeSoto
Plymouth
St. Angelo Motors
Rotary
High ST
Alfred N. Nunes
Wood ST
Joseph B. Munro
Charles M. Connery
Fel
Burton
J. E. Connors Funeral Home
State Street
High Street
A. R. Samson & Sonsee Plumbing
Ting Tinsmith
Cliff Drive
Beach Terrace
Electric Shop
Victor Shade & Blind CO
Barrington, R
Wy + wi
the Shoe Box
Bristol, R. I
Your Sundial and Red Cross Store
Blue Bird Shop
Hope Si
Ford
Kay Kyser
Thurs
America
Reridal
Bristol R
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