Bristol to get new federal building
A telegram from Washington to Congressman Forand confirms funds allotted for a new federal building in Bristol. The Postmaster General and Treasury Secretary approve demolition of the old structure and construction of a larger facility with more land and improved yard and driveway access on Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee Forand
Post Office Department
Washington, DC
Forand
Central Falls
Daniel W. Coggeshall
John W. Church
Secretary of Treasury
Bristol
Smith W. Purdum
Peatmaster - Goggeshall
Atehywytse
Terday
Court Street
New Haven Railroad Honors A E Benard 50 Year Pin
Albert E. Benard of New Haven received a 50 year gold pin from the New Haven Railroad for fifty years of service. He is a regular engineer on the Comet service between Providence and Boston. Railroad officials and coworkers attended the ceremony led by Superintendent J Snavely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Benard
New Haven Railroad
Benard
New Haven
Providence
Boston
Jf J Snavelv
Shs
Wads
Berri
Thomas Brightman
Free vaccination clinics for entering schoolchildren
Free vaccination clinics for children entering school in September are set for Monday and Tuesday at Rockwell House starting at 9 a.m. Superintendent E Scapes announced. Birth certificates must be presented and all five year olds on or before August 30, 1938 may enter school if vaccinated before that date. Mr Mapes added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell House
Mapes
Carnival Dates Set On K of C Grounds
Upcoming events run August 1 to August 6 at the K of C grounds under the auspices of K of C No 379 and Hope Circle No 70 of the D of I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk of C
K. of C No
Hope Circle
D of I
Bristol Youth Faces Larceny Charge
John Principe, 19, of 644 Wood Street, is charged with larceny after he admitted stealing a trumpet worth 35 dollars to pawns for 11 dollars. The trumpet belonged to Anthony Orefice, 23, of 631 Wood Street, and was recovered by Providence police in a pawn shop following information from Anthony Ferrara. Principe is to appear before Judge William T O'Donnell in Fifth District Court next Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Principe
Wood Street
William T O'Donnell
Fifth District Court
Anthony-Orefice
Providence
Ae Anthony
J. Ferrara
Roe
Youth Pleads Not Guilty in Trumpet Thefts at Bristol
Joseph A Hammill arraigned in Fifth District Court with not guilty plea and $500 bail. Police sought suspects after a June 11 larceny of a trumpet at the Urefice home. Chief Ferrara and Sgt Cashin questioned several suspects before a written confession from Principe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A Hammill
Fifth District Court
Antonio Guida
EE Taye
Urefice
Bristol
Ferrara
William T Cashin
Principe
Garden Club Luncheon At Bristol Meeting
Bristol Garden Club held an alphabetical outdoor luncheon yesterday at the home of Mrs Arthur H Carr on Griswold Avenue. Thirty two members and guests attended. The organizing committee included Mrs R F Haffenreffer Mrs William J O'Donnell Mrs Carl Haffenreffer and Mrs RF Haffenreffer. The next meeting is planned for Wednesday at Mrs Ralph Kinder's home on High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bristol Yacht Club
Carl W Haffenreffer
Leonard B. Colt
Charles B. Rockwell
Spencer Borden
William U Swan
J Peter Geddes
John W DeWolf, Jr
Arthur W
Jeff) Davis
Charles B Rockwell
Frank N Whitford
Paul C Nicholson
Ferry Hill
Jehe
Fey
Tai ‘E. Howe
Student To Preach At M. E. Church Sunday
Rev Frank Jo Mucer a Boston University student will be guest preacher at the 10 45 morning worship Sunday at the State Street M E Church. The Boys Club Senior Group held its annual outing yesterday at Crescent Park with a private car tip box lunches and park amusements. The group meets tonight at the club rooms Constitution Street and the junior boys meet tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jo Mucer
Boston University
State Street
MOF
Crescent Park
Club
Constitution Street
Vargas Seeks State Legislature Seat in Bristol First District
Daniel M Vargas announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Bristol First District representative. The move hinges on Senator Thomas H Byrnes re election and Governor Quinn's stance on dual office holding. If Byrnes runs or not, local factions including Pasquale Pagnano and the Insurgent group shape the race amid a contested Bristol Democratic Committee appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M Vargas
Pasquale Pagnano
Representative District Committee
Bristol
Democratic State Central Committee
Edward L Leahy
Pagnano
Anibal Estrella
George R Fish
Mary Corey
A F. D’angelo
Discreet
Komunities
Republican caucus law reshapes local party duties and rifts
Readable fragments detail towns taking over caucus duties from the local town committee including naming delegates and nominees. Rumors mention Dr John Bernardo and John Josephs clashing over leadership and a possible bid by Bertram W Wall for the senatorial nomination signaling shifting local Republican alliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
John R Bernardo
John Josephs
Josephs
Bernardo
Lst
Bertram W Wall
Rotarians Hear Report of Convention at Bristol Club
Dr Frederick V. Martin gave a report on the Rotary International convention at the Bristol Rotary Club meeting held at the Hotel Belvedere. Members passed a resolution thanking Richard J Simmons for years of service as club treasurer and set August 3 as the annual outing date. The Club Service Committee was named by President Earle H Ingraham to arrange the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick V. Martin
Rotary International
Bristol Rotary Club
Hotel
Belvedere
Richard J Simmons
Earle H. Ingraham
Sea Scouts Name Workers for Memorial Cup Races
Sea Scouts from Kearney named eight members to assist in the Nathanael G Herre shooff Memorial Cup races hosted by the Bristol Yacht Club 12 1-2 Footer Association. The workers are Felix Scott America Bis bane Ludwig Schiniger Norman Bel more Clarence Bowron Charles Mc Ginn Israel Osofsky and Francis Perry.
Yacht Club Opens Busy Season With Memorial Cup Races
Bristol 12 1-2 footers launch the season with a three day Nathanael Greene Herreshoff Memorial Cup from July 12 to 14 using a round robin format. Crews will change boats after each race while hosts plan dinners dances and lectures for visiting yachtsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Street Parade Carnival Opens With Citywide Groups
Bristol Council joins K of C and Hope Circle to host an August 1 to 6 outdoor carnival on the K of C grounds State street. Joseph J. King chairs with subcommittees led by James A McKenna, James F Wrghie, H I Young Jr, and others coordinating entertainment tickets baseball refreshments turtle races and amusements for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panratie
Bristol Council
K of C
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
State Street
Joseph J. King
James A McKenna
J. G Des Lauriers
Madeline Almeida
Marnie Vermette
Catherine Gibson
James McHugh
Joseph F. Lewis
James F Wrghie
Harry I Young, Jr
James Ruggiero
William T Dwyer
Joseph King
James T Meiggs
H I Young, Jr
Charles M Connery
James Hammill
James Connery
Fred Guevremont
Roland Martelly
Charles Burke
H Erances
William P Hammill
Erasmo Mancini
John QC Connor
Walham Burke
John Malo
Rose Preble
William II Sisson
John Connors
Louis Beauregard
Charles Mc Connery
Nora KE oDwrer
Joseph F Lewis
Manuel Goulart
John R White
Catherine Gibbson
Frederick Goff
Irene Lewis
Manuel Perry
Penny
Bernard Breen
James Connors
George T Ingram
Albert Dubuc
Virgil Brunell
William H Connery
Frank Rene
Bernard Callan
John G. Les Lauriers
Fred Cleaver
Herman Vermette
James Sylvester
James F Wylie
Special Town Meeting Called for July 25
Town announces a July 25 meeting to vote on a roads and sidewalks program costing 70 000 to 60 00 and 10 00 for relief, postponing construction of a new town hall funded by PWA. President Prescott B Paull cites relief obligations and balances in the Work Relief and SUR accounts, with 142 on SUR and Home Relief, 305 on WPA, 12 WPA supplement cases, and relief decisions pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott B Paull
Domenic Mascola
Charles E. Burns
James Holmes
P.W.A
Paull
Mascola
Town Needs State License to Run Community Beach
Town must apply for a $10 state health department license to operate the Community Beach. Council President Prescott B Paull said there goes another ten after receiving the notice from Dr Joseph Castronovo district health unit head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott B. Paull
Joseph Castronovo
State Health Department
Julia Herreshoff Named Chairman of Membership Drive
Miss Julia A Herreshoff today named chairman of the Bristo l District Nursing Association membership drive committee. The drive runs July 15 to July 22 with association board members and nursing committee listed as supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Herreshoff
Julia A Herreshoff
Bristol District Nursing Association
Charles B Rockwell
Wallis F Howe
Norton M . Zinderstein
Evelyn Carter
Robert J. Connery
Andrew Arrone
John Condon
Halsey DeWolf
Edward J Fitzgerald
Dramatic search at sea for Lutine wreck
The Karimata, the world’s largest dredger, operates from deck to uncover the Lutine wreck. Fifty men work continuously to recover treasure and relics from the frigate’s ocean floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Looting the Lutine Treasure and Other City Salvage Tales
The Lutine wreck at the Zuyder Zee site, sunk October 9 1799, is linked to a vast treasure potentially worth ten to twelve million dollars. Dredging efforts by the Karimata of the Billiton Tin Dredging Co aim to reclaim gold and coins, with Lloyds insurers poised for share. Nearby Philadelphia salvage stats show 156 398 90 dollars earned from kitchen waste and by products last year, reducing collection costs for 430 000 families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuyder Zee
Karimata
Billiton Tin Dredging Company
Netherlands
East Indies
Globe
Philadelphia
Bureau of Highways and
Smiths Most Common American Family Name in Social Security
In Washington archives 470190 people bear the surname Smith making it the most common American family name. Johnsons follow with 348530, Browns 253750, Williams 249312, Millers 238 and Jones 232540, according to the files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Washington
Smith
Johnsons
Browns
Williams
Millers
Jones
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D. W. Coggeshall
Congressman Forand
R. R
A. E. Benard
A C
T _O'Donnel
Carlo Perry
R. W Nelson
Evelin Bache
Walls Howe, Jr
George F Phillips
Bristol Post Office
NFE Metal Co
Arthur B Rae
Gordon R Brown
Prederick Wath Is Jr
Bristol Youth
Larceny Charge
Garden Club
M. E
Fred MacMurray
Cocoanut Grove
Zobro
the Kid
Wayne Morris
Hollywood Stadium
Neil Hamilton
Evelyn Venable
Lowell Thomas
Newsrffl
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
James Ellison
Beulah Bond
Charles Coburwyn
Movita and
John Carroll
Daniel Vargas
Sea Scouts
Edward L. Leahy, Jr
Woodbury Polleys
Charles F. Tillinghast
William H. Angevine
Gilman Law, Ltd
Revere Widdlison, Jr
Shares Freeman
Samuel Parsons
Mr. Polleys
Breckenridge Marshall
Martha Nicholson
Yacht Club
Joseph Edmonds
Thomas Henry
William Simmel
Dr. McCarthy
Thomas Tobin
Edward Menard
William Guevremont
James F Meiggs
Frank Murphy
Ruth Graham
Marguerite Flowers Hill
Edward I. Leahy
William B MacColl
Angelo Pozzi
Matthew C Maetoza
Elmer S Mapes
Rudolf F Hafferreffer
Ernest G Brown
Arthur H Carr
Nathanael G Herreshoff
Harry d’Wolf Allen
William Angevine
Juke H Callan
Stanley E. Friswell
Mollie Hamill
William B. MacCoy
Arthur McCaw
Charles G. Nystrom
Frank Perry
The
Christian Science Mentor
England
Hamburg
Puenae
London Stock Exchange
Lloyd’s
William I
Holland
George IV
Lloyd's
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