Taxpayers Approve Land Deal To Clear Collins and Aikman Site
In a Bristol town meeting the taxpayers unanimously approved abandoning all claim to a Constitution Street land strip owned by Collins and Aikman. The firm will pay 400 for 21 000 square feet to clear a title cloud. A Gotham NoveltyParagon Togs consolidation was also discussed with a 15 000 grant request to attract jobs and a 50 000 to 75 000 annual payroll projected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Reynolds School
Constitution Street
Schubarth
Collins and Aikman
Edward L. Leahy
Gotham Novelty Company
Bristol
J. A. Bernstein
Gotham Novelty
Parrigon Togs Inc
Bus
Elisha Hibbert
Hammill
J Floyd Huestis
Hall
Men’s Union To Honor Past Presidents
The Men’s Union of the First Congregational Church plans Past Presidents Night tomorrow at 8 in the General House. Prof George H Baldwin State Education official will speak on Present Day Problems of Youth. Vincent J Pettine heads refreshments with Warren L Huston A H Bense Carl T Carlson as members. Carl T Carlson the current president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Guneral House
Hich Street
George H Baldwin
Vincent J. Pettine
Warren L. Huston
A. H. Bense
Carl T Carlson
Howard W Church
F Reginald Dimond
Alfred M Merriman
Gordon R Brown
Elmer S Mapes
R S_ Bosworth
Vincent J Pettine
C Clifford Wilson
David A Horne
Church events calendar of February fundraisers
February events include a Friday card party at Colt Memorial Auditorium for St Mary's Church on Feb 2, a Feb 15 turkey supper by the Amucae Guild at the Baptist Church, and a Feb 24 bean supper by Mt Hope Chapter No 23 O B S in the Masonic Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial Auditorium
St Mary's Church
Amucae Guild
Baptist Church
Mt. Hope
O B. S
Masonic Hall
Dr Rego to Leave Bristol Practice February First
Dr Rodrigo P Da Cunha Rego announced he will discontinue his Bristol practice effective February 1. He plans an office in Providence after four years in Bristol where he served as acting assistant surgeon for the Federal Department of Health and physician for the Don Luis Felipe Society. He was also a Rotary Club member and many friends regret his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodrigo P da Cunha-Rego
Bristol
Providence
Rego
Federal Department of Health
Don Luis Felipe Society
Rotary Club
Bucket Brigade Mounts Save Two Story House on Plat Street
Fire threats in Bristol Narrows forced residents to form a bucket brigade when a frozen water pipe thawing with a blow torch ignited wood in a two story house on Plat Street. Sergei Medeiros and his wife own the building. Manuel Ferreira is the owner. Four volunteer units battled the blaze. damage was under $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Narrows
Plat
Sergei Medeiros
Manuel Ferreira
Bristol Teachers to Play for Infantile Fund Thursday
Bristol teachers stage a charity basketball game on Thursday to support the infantile paralysis fund. Opponents are Lockwood High School teachers from Warwick led by Charles Schurman with former college stars Ted Nordyke and others. The program includes a Colt High vs Colt stars preliminary and features local teachers and alumni from Rhode Island institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Lorkwood High School
Warwick
Charles Schurman
University of
New Hampshire
Ted Nordyke
Springfield College
Lockwood
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Warren
Warren Huston
Springfield
Joseph Murgo
Carl Carlsen
Rhode Island State
Anthony Agatiello
Benjamin Hazen
R.I C. E
James E. Sullivan
Holy Cross
Colt High
Colt Stars
Beta Phi Alpha Fraternity
Rhode Island State College
Newly Elected Officers Installed by Italian Socialites Club
Newly elected officers of the Italian Socialites Women's Club were installed at a candlelight ceremony on High Street. Anna Guarini of Brooklyn presided as president, with Nancy Vitiello as vice president, Josephine Calvino as secretary, Mary Salzano as treasurer, Grace Ciciola as director of ways and means, and Vasta La Ruggiero as chair. The club read a 1939 charities report, gifted bouquets to officers, and hosted luncheon and bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggriero
Ruggiero
Vitiello
Guarin
Burnside Lodge Marks Founding With Dinner Tonight
The 46th anniversary of Burnside Lodge, Emehts of Py thias, will be observed tonight with a dinner and entertainment in the organization's rooms on Hope Street. Rhode Island Historian John W Haley will give the principal address. guests include state and town officials. Vocal selections by St Alban's quartet Vernon A Gray Roswell S Bosworth Allen M Newman and Col Arthur Ws Barrett. Pending committee leadership by Gordon R Brown with Grand Vice Chancellor George Luther Past Chancellor Martin Nelle Alfred Burke and Chancellor Commander Arthur Brels ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnside Lodge
Emehts of
Pythias
Hope Street
John W . Haley
Rhode Island
St Alban’s Quartette
Vernon A Gray
Roswell S Bosworth
Allen M Newman
Arthur Ws Barrett
Gordon R Brown
George Luther
Martin Nelle
Alfred Burke
Arthur Brelsford
Don Luis Filipe Society Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Don Luis Filipe Society re elected Albert Bo Momiz as president at its annual meeting. Other officers chosen include Anthal Estrella as vice president Antonio de Sousa secretary Antonio Arruda treasurer Henry Alfred receiver and Dr C Paul Bruno physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bo Momiz
Don Luis Filipe Society
Anthal Estrella
Antonio de Sousa
Antonio Arruda
Henry Alfred
Finnish Relief Fund Noted A Friend of Finland Jam
Acknowledges a contribution of 86.00 and 10.00 totaling 96.00 as the to date amount for the Finnish Relief Fund. The record lists amounts aligning with a fundraising event labeled A Friend of Finland Jam. No further details on donor identities or event specifics are provided.
President's Ball Aids Infantile Paralysis Fund In Bristol
The Bristol County President's Ball at Hotel Warren aims to raise funds for research and treatment of infantile paralysis. Mrs Doris L. Shaw and John S. Ogg lead the grand march. 150 plus couples expected. entertainment includes Virginia Bryden and Rita Phillips. March of Dimes tag day collected $184.36, Warren contributing $109.36, with funds split between national and local foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris L. Shaw
John S. Ogg
Bristol County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hotel
Warren
Rhode Island Country Club Orchestra
Virginia Bryden
Rita Philips
Barrington
Bristol
Shaw
Carr Hoop Five To Play Benefit For Paralysis Fund
The Revere Brass Company of New Bedford meets the Carr Manufacturing Company of Bristol in a charity basketball game at the Y M C A gym. No admission fee, a collection will be taken with 60 percent donated to James Carns for the Infantile Paralysis Fund. A preliminary game at 7 30 precedes two novelty features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Revere Brass Company
New Bedford
Carr Manufacturing Company
Bristol
James Carns
E. A McClure
Carr
Californian Fined On Speeding Charge In Fifth District Court
Francis Craven a Californian tied to the Naval War College in Newport pleaded guilty to speeding after a January 22 arrest for 55 mph on Hope Street. Judge William T O'Donnell fined Craven $20 plus costs and granted a two week continuance in a separate Interstate Home Equipment Company case against Rafael Matrone 23 of Rockstreet for embezzlement valued at 125 dollars. Defaults were ordered in several civil matters including Eva Makowsky vs Amaral and Eva Makowsky vs Rebello and Abraham Eisenstadt vs Downey. Continuances were also granted in Lorenzo Castriotta vs Joseph A August.
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Rhode Island
William T O’donnell
Francis Craven
Fifth District Court
Craven
Naval War College
Newport
Hope Street
O’donnell
Interstate Home Equipment Company. Inc
Raffael Matrone
Rockstreet
Eva Makowsky
Joseph Amaral
John Rebello
Abraham Eisenstadt
Thomas Downey
Lorenzo Castriotta
Joseph A August
Mfg League resumes play tomorrow night at YMCA gym
The Bristol Manufacturers Basketball League will resume tomorrow night with two games at the YMCA gym. US Rubber faces Aratex and Carr Manufacturing meets Collins and Aikman at 8 o clock, with a large crowd expected.
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YMCA
US Rubber
Aratex
Carr Manufacturing
Collins and Aikman
Colt Seniors Plan Operetta Oh Doctor at Colt High
Colt Memorial high school Seniors rehearse the two act operetta Oh Doctor to be staged February 15 and 16 in Colt auditorium directed by Mrs M Theresa Donovan with more than 20 students in cast and chorus. The comedy drama features Peter McClure Shirley Heibecker Edna Atkinson Pearse P Mathewson William Conley and many others in the ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Oh Doctor
Colt Auditorium
M. Theresa Donovan
New Andrews School
Peter McClure
Shirley Heibecker
Edna Atkinson
Pearse P. Mathewson
William Conley
George H. Murray, Jr
Henry Hambrick
Mary V. Aiello
Margaret Remieres
Agnes Andrade
Florence Jordan
Pasquale Parisi
William A. Bottomley
Gabriel Saviano
Eli Moniz
Charles Abate
Margaret McGann
Franklin
Reynolds
J. Puya
Mary C. Baker
M. Bisbano
Muriel Fiske
J Celone
Jean Malafronte
Maurice Caizzi
Cosmo Castigliego
Margaret Greene
Bertha Cabral
Mary Palumbo
Eleanor Soldano
Scouts Observe President's Birthday
Scouts of the First Bristol Troop pledge to help fight infantile paralysis during a Scout Hall meeting. Dramatizations by patrols depict Franklin D Roosevelt and his work with the National Foundation in the anti polio effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Foundation
Collins and Aikman Men's Club to Hold Fourth Banquet
The Collins and Aikman Men's Club plans its fourth annual banquet on February 10 at Columbia Hall Woodstreet. Committee chair Joseph Warren leads the group with Earl P Mathewson Frank Vorro Anthony DuPont Jr Frank Langello Joseph Sai Albert Metcalfe and Joseph Marshall ex officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins and Aikman Men's Club
Columbia Hall
Woodstreet
Joseph Warren
Earl P Mathewson
Frank Vorro
Anthony DuPont
Frank Langello
Joseph Sai
Albert Metcalfe
Joseph Marshall
Scouts Aid March of Dimes Campaign
Commissioner George R Fish led the local March of Dimes sales in town last Friday and Saturday. A score of local Boy Scouts volunteered their services and helped raise a substantial amount toward the drive's quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R Fish
Roosevelt
Voters List Places Fall River in Rhode Island 1862 Document
Amos Gorham uncovers a dated 1862 voting list printed with Fall River Rhode Island instead of Bristol Massachusetts. A 1898 pamphlet notes Fall River claimed by Rhode Island briefly, a curious archival anomaly.
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Fall River
Amos Gorham
Bristol
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Amos
Fall River, R. L
Border City
Borden City
Borden
Smith
Jones
Fall River history notes old border and 1862 change
The pamphlet recalls Fall River as a border city straddling Massachusetts and Rhode Island until 1862 when the boundary moved south, uniting the city as one municipality. It notes the 1837 Phoenix edition, editor Bayley, local ads, and varied notices including an unusual runaway ad describing Cyrus Oliver.
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Fall River
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mass
R. I
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Men’s Union To
Dr. Rego
Narrows
Bucket Brigade
Richard Greene
Richard Dix
Brenda Joyce
Zane Grey
America
Joan Bennett
Adolphe Menjou
Cesar Romero
O Henry
Old Southwest
Marjorie Weaver
Crispin Martin
George Montgomery
Robert Barrat
Metreotone
Don Ameche
Andrea Leeds
al Jolson
Swanee River
Felix Bressart
Chick Chandler
Russell Hicks
George Reed
Dick Tracy
Infantile Fund
Mark
Don Luis Filipe
Moniz
Finland
Paralysis Fund
National Foundation For
National. Foundation
Mr. Carns
J. Floyd Huestis
William Angevine
John W Church
James J Velleca
Paul A Herzig
Albert A. Edmonds
John Marshall
Anthony Parshley
Michael L. Ryan
Arthur W. Burdon
Herbert D Graetz
Joseph Sorzano
Henrique Rocha
Harold DeWol
A. F. D'Angelo
R. P C. Rego
William L. Serbst
Samuel D. Clark
John A. Mellone
Joseph
M R. Andrade
John W. Haley
Walter Kerr
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Prescott B. Paull
George R. Fish
Nancy Vitiello
Californian
Colt Seniors Plan Operetta
C. & A. Men’s Club
March of Dimes Campaign
Alere
W.hls. Bayley
Thames Street
Marine Notes
William Threop
Bayley
Congregational Meeting House
J. & N. Chadwick
Boston
New York
Nathan Warren
Malden
Cyrus Oliver
Oliver
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