July Fourth Community Celebrations and Events Schedule
A list of Bristol events on July 4 includes 5:30 baseball between Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Brendan's, 8:00 black dance on High Street, 10 to 12 pm Portuguese Independent Band concert on Bristol Common, noon patriotic exercises at Reynolds School, 2:30 water battle near St Mary’s Church, 3:00 bugle and drum competition, 3:30 twilight game Ever Readys vs C A, 3:30 patriotic pageant, 9 pm vaudeville at Reynolds School, and 9:30 to 11:30 pm Portuguese-American Independent Band concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
St. Brendan’s. of
Riverside
CYO League
James F. Meiggs
United States
Theodore Francis Green
Bristol Common
St. Brenden’s
Bristol
Colt Memorial High School
Linden Place
Colt
Hope Street
John W Haley
Samuel A Hall
Rhode Island Soldiers Home
Rhode Island
J Howard McGrath
DeWolf
Prescott B
Bristol Train of Artillery
Mt. Carmel
St. Brendan's
High Street
Court
Church Streets
St Mary's Church
Massasoit and Mechanics Companies
Warren
Reynolds School
Mary
Taverns Offer Special Programs Tonight Through Tomorrow
Special holiday programs are listed for tonight and tomorrow in Bristol at four taverns plus Bristol Casino Hotel Belvedere Colonial and Anchor Inn. Dancing runs all night with Casino vaudeville and Belvedere Colonial adding features. Ed DePierto orchestra at Casino with 16 vaudeville acts. Irving Rosen orchestra at Colonial with Horace Crossley slides. Boston orchestra at Belvedere. local band at Anchor Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bristol Casino
Hotel Belvedere
Colonial Hotel
Anchor Inn
Colonial
Belvedere
Ed DePierto
Irving Rosen
Horace Crossley
Boston
Bristol Registers 73 Youths For Draft
Bristol County youths registered for selective service in Warren this week. Of 161 new 21 year olds, 73 were from Bristol town. Two Bristol boys attained majority on registration day, Manuel Paul Vieira of 23 Roma street and Frank Lucio of 157 Franklin street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County
Warren
Mary Jane Lee
Bristol
Lee
Manuel Paul Vieira
Roma Street
Frank Lucio
Franklin Street
Bristol Readies Independence Day Parade Amid War Cloud
Bristol prepares a two day Fourth of July program led by General Meiggs and a large town committee An immense parade proceeds through Bristol with 30 000 spectators from across the country Governor McGrath rides in the procession U S Army Navy Coast Artillery and local fire units join a full civic military pageant plus concerts and a water battle on the common
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Haley
Col Samuel A Hall
Bristol
James F Meiggs
Colonial
J Howard McGrath
Sons of Union Veterans Reserves
Warren
Recreation Board Gains $125 from Work Relief Bureau
The Bath Town Recreation Board is set to receive $125 from the Work Relief Bureau for recreation needs. The relief bureau will keep control of the funds and must wait on state social workers before further action. 27 applicants are on the SAR list. Councilman Herzig notes the highway department may need more workers to finish Shaw's Lane and Congregational Street work initiated by the WPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
Relef
Recreation Board
Bath Town
John P Marshall
Jerermah W Romano
WPA
Bristol
Bureau
Paul A. Herzig
Council
Highway Department
Shaw's Lane
Congregational Street
SAR
Union Plans Drive On Bristol Mfg Company
United Rubber Workers of America campaign activity among Bristol Manufacturing Company employees culminated in a large mass meeting at Poh Hall State Street. Organizer Pasquale Gallucci noted most workers signed cards but the factory president would not meet with a committee, insisting on meeting the organizer alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Rubber Workers of America
C, I O
Bristol Manufacturing Company
Poh Hall
State Street
Pasquale Gallucci
Gallucci
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
United States Rubber Company
Maurice C. Smith, Jr
Y M C A Tea Canteens Aiding British Troops In Iceland
The Y M C A operates mobile tea canteens for British troops in Iceland to ease hardship at remote mine camps. A worker notes cold winds and icy roads as cakes and tea travel to lonely camps fifteen miles up the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M C.A
Iceland
Everthing
O. K
Mr. Hobson
Woman's Auxiliary
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Mary's Church
Ever Readys
Vaudeville
New Bristol Casino Management
U. S
Green
McGrath
Defiance Engine
Massasoit and Mechanics
Anthony J. Ferrara
United States District Court
John P Hartigan
Arthur W Burdon
First Baptist Church
Marjorie B McCann
Nancy Dimond Bosworth
Bristol Senior High School
Army
Navy
General Arrangements Committee
Russell G. Colt
J Winthrop DeWolf
Tohn G Stewart James J Velleca
Roswell S Bosworth
Thomas G Brightman
Sadie Almeida
M Theresa Donovan
William P. Gladding
Tohn W. Haley
Samuel A. Hall Dean Tremenhauser
Arthur W Barrett
Domenico Mascolo
J Floyd Huestis
Gladys M. Brightman
Rand
Arthur ‘W Burdon
Nancy D. Bosworth
John P. Hartigan
Marjorie McCann
John W. Haley
243Rd Coast Artillery
Albert A Moren
Fort Adams
Fort Witherall
Harry S. Young
U_ S Naval Training Station
Naval Training Station
Albert Hartley
Ray Stone
Shrewsbury
Mass
G. R I State Guard
Charles T. Heilborn
Belhumeur-Duhamel
Woons
Martha Scott
William Gargan
Miss Bishop
Louis — Conn
William Powell
Myrna Loy
King of the Royal Mounted
Warren William
Lloyd Nolan
Land OF Liberty
America
Flag-Of- Humanity
SUR
Bristol Mfg
Little Rhody
Rhode Island Department of the American Region
John W. Hambrick
Kearney Post
The
American Legion
Frank Murgo
Bristol Rotary Club
James J. Connery
Bristol Council
R. of C
Kenneth Sturdevant
Ralph DeFelice Jr
Louis Alfano
Cup Defenders Association
Thomas Campagna
Elena Society
Crescent Park
Reginia Elena Society
Anna Parisi
Mies Anne Romano
Philomena Ferrara
Antoinetta Raiola
Mary DeFelice
Wood Street
DeFelice
Fannie Langello
Miss Romano
Mary Belmore
Raiola
Henry P. Trudell
Air Service
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Second Street
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