Local Y basketball league opens with strong contenders
Enthusiastic fans line up for the second half at the Y gym at 8 p m as four teams resume play. Battery C adds Hunt and Piepowski boosting hopes to challenge Nationals led by Capt Herzig. Olympians meet Battery C with Ruggeiro St Angelo Medeiros Larne Bisbane Magee in the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Hunt
M. Piepowski
Battery C
National India “Rubber
Company Five
Oscar Herzig
Church
Gorham
Duffy
Nuts
Leon) Lemaire
Paulie Thompson
Ham” Remieres
Balfour Brothers
King
Jimmie Sullivan
Nationals
Chassie
Leclerc
Perry
Desilets
G Lemaire
Julio Borges
Jim Salzano
Medeiros
Mansi
Ferreira
Dickinson
B. T
Command Five
Olympians
J Bisbane
Levy
Bo” Hanatow
Correira
Edward J Fitzgerald
D Langello
James Blee
Rotary District Governor to Make Annual Visit
Dr EF Lester Merritt, Governor of the 31st District of Rotary International, will visit the Bristol Rotary Club tomorrow evening at the Belvedere Hotel. There will be no noon meeting of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF Lester Merritt
Rotary International
Bristol Rotary Club
Belvedere
Tiger Patrol Regroups After Friday Scout Meeting
Tiger Patrol Troop 4 held its regular meeting Friday afternoon with opening exercises and games. Tests led by acting patrol leader Shulman passed as plans were made for a hike on Monday. Scout master Wi Head and eight scouts attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiger Patrol
Shulman
Wi Head
Bristol School Land Mystery Highlighted by Genealogist
Oscar Stetson of Barrington spoke at a Bristol Men's Union meeting about land known as the schoolmaster's land on Bristol Neck. He traced ownership back to colonial times noting it was never town property and could only be deeded by a state appointed schoolmaster. The event followed a spaghetti supper hosted by A. H. Bease and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Hope Street
Goodings Lane
Defiance Hose Company
Oscar Stetson
Barrington
Men's Union
Guneral House
Stetson
Bristol Neck
Silver Creek
Warren
Back Road
Metacom Avenue
Broad Common
Guiteras
Thames Street
Lawless Pier
Chestnut Street
Shaw
New England
Orm
A. H. Bease
E. S. Mapes
James F Meiggs Elected Sheriff of Bristol County
James F Meiggs former deputy sheriff of Bristol County won the sheriff's office after a General Assembly vote of 75 to 64 over John C Healey of Warren a barber Healey carried Democratic support while Callan Dixon factional lines shaped the race Meiggs will appoint deputies jailer and court house janitor and be sworn in by Secretary of State Louis Cappell tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F Meiggs
Bristol County
Philop Cady
John C Healey
Healey
Warren
Green
Sheriff Cady
Meiggs
Callan
Dixon
L. H Callan
Everett Leb. Church
William G Dixon
General Assembly
Mr Meiggs
Henry Fowler
Barrington
Meiges
Court House
Louis Cappell
P T A Observes Founders Day With Multilingual Talk
Bristol Parent Teachers Association marks Founders Day with a program on The History and Ideals of the P T A. Mrs Earl H Hobson Mrs Elizabeth Bernard and Mrs Vasta LaR Ruggeiro will present talks in English Portuguese and Italian. The event at Reynolds School forum is for adults only. A social hour and entertainment follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT A
Earl H Hobson
Elizabeth Bernard
Vasta Lar Ruggeiro
Bristol
Parent-Teachers' Association
Reynolds School
Mary FE Spooner
Bristol Dances Fill Two Halls Amid High Pressure Sales
Bristol organizers planning dances seek Frank Sthyia of Wood Street to avoid losses. Mr Silsia uses a personal system to pack crowds, drawing a large turnout during a period of low mood. Silvia headed a committee that sponsored a chamarita and dance in Columbia Hall, Wood Street. Doors opened at eight, crowd rushed in, forcing a second hall and orchestra. total attendance nears seven hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Frank Sthyia
Wood Street
Silsia
Silvia
Columbia Hall
Fire Dept seeks budget rise for maintenance and gratuities
Fire Chief Robert J Anderson and Councilman Elisha Hibbert push for 1300 more in general maintenance and 400 more in gratuities for the four fire companies for next year. Budget committee weighs against funding with March town meeting likely to raise maintenance from 5000 to 6300 and gratuities from 1000 to 1400 while sewer and police requests add pressure on the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Anderson
Elisha Hibbert
Council Committee On Fire Departments
Budget Commission
Francois L. DeWolf
Financial Advisory Board
Sewer Commission
Budget Committee
William = T Dwyer
Hope Street
John G. Des Lauriers
Bristol
Richard J Kavanaugh
William P. McLaughlin
Highway Department
McLaughlin
Budget Board
Kavanaugh
Ever Ready Engine and Hose Banquet Hosts Local Fireside Guests
The Twilight League Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company held its annual banquet on Thames Street with about 150 attendees. National Legion official Bertram W Wall acted as toastmaster and introduced speakers including Chief Robert J Anderson and Elisha Hibbert. Baseball players Frank Sousa and others from the local team attended, with Arthur Guevremont chairing the planning committee and Providence troupe providing entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Street
Bertram W Wall
The
American Legion
Robert J . Anderson
Elisha Hibbert
Harrys R Gras
Moses M Moore
Raymond A Card
Board of
Fire Engineers
Wilfred Lemaire
Ever Readys
James F Meiggs
Raymond S Brightman
Oliver Lemaitre
Providence
Frank Sousa
Martin Mansi
Hut’ Correira
Gene Mansi
Harvey Gladue
Wilfred Gladue
Leon Lemaire
Hank” McGrath
Albert Ethier
Anthony Silvia
Arthur Guevremont
Tony's Wedding opens with rehearsals and previews
The Stellar cast and crew prepare for Tony's Wedding at the Gallergs.apgitorium with private rehearsals at Rockwell Hall and the YMCA. Oscar Rishe and James Salzano lead the lineup including Maria Brace and Virgil Arruda, as Miss Theda Bennett is ill. The preview highlights bridal dances, a night club floor show, and a full orchestra delivering a lively wedding and honeymoon sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
Y.M.C.A
Gallergs
Apgitorium
Joseph Pannone
Rockwell Hall
Rishe & Co
Oscar Rishe & Co
Oscar
James “Rabbit” Salzano
Anthony “Baker” Perry
John “Groove-Ball
Hogan
Marilyn Brace
Committee On Talent
Theda Bennett
Bennett
Wall Ping
Iss Maria Brace
Bristol
Assault Case Discontinued Upon Payment Of Costs
Judge Linde muth granted a discontinuance upon payment of costs in the assault with a dangerous weapon case against Francesca Buttighieri of King Philip Avenue. The incident followed a long dispute with Mrs Santa Guisto, with no injuries reported. The case arose years ago over alleged slander involving Buttighieri and Guisto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Hammill
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Fifth District Court
Francesca Buttighieri
King Philip Avenue
Buttighieri
Santa Guisto
Bourne Avenue
Hammill
Buttiglieri
Gusto
Rafael Fusco
Domenic Vitiello
Antrello Federico
Bradford Street
Manuel Perry Valante
RFD
Metacom Avenue
Valante
Woodstreet
Joseph Federico
Laura Martelly
A H. Carr
Arthur H Carr
Bristol Firemen Aid Fall River Blaze Killings
Fire Chief Robert J. Anderson led 20 Bristol volunteers and the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company to help Fall River authorities at a morning blaze that destroyed six structures. An entrapment collapse killed one person and injured twenty others, with losses estimated at $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Anderson
Fall River
Youth found guilty of strangling wife in school civics play
Ninth grade pupil Louis Celone acts as defendant in a mock court at Guiteras Memorial Junior High School. Judge Chester Gilroy sentences him to life, but the result is declared entertainment rather than a real conviction after a contested trial. The Civics pageant included witnesses, a jury, and school orchestra performances supervised by Edward J. Rinaldi and M. Theresa Donovan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Celone
Guiteras Memorial
Chester Gilroy
Young Celone
John Abenante
Arthur Manchester
Celone
James Silvia
John Sousa
Virgil Lee
John D'Alessio
Cornelius Gallagher
William Doran
Clarence King
Herman Kemph
Gregory Duffy
Frederick Nenna
Merton Morgan
Manuel Cabral
Edward Allessandro
Thomas Leone
M. Theresa Donovan
Colt Meets Barrington In Class B Basketball Showdown
Colt Memorial faces Barrington at Guiteras gym in a Class B contest. Bristol previously beat Barrington 35 17, and Colt seeks a return to victory after a setback against Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High
Barrington High
Guiteras
Bristol
Barrington
Colt
Warren. High
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Joan Bennett
Frances Dee Paul Lukas
Jean Parker
Edna May Oliver Douglass Montgomery
Henry Stephenson
Clive Brook
Irene Dunne
Chester Morris
Helen Twelvetrees
Menamee
Newsreel
Man’s Castle
James F. Meiggs
Callan-Dixon
Howe
Virgil Arruda
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