Bristol Piano Recital Benefits Pupils and Teacher
The annual piano recital of Miss Reba Howe Church’s pupils was held at the Bristol yacht club house with a large audience. The program featured numerous students performing pieces by a range of composers and duets, reflecting credit on the teacher and students. Coral Hull departed yesterday for New York en route to Rotterdam for a ten week European tour aboard the SS Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Howe
Bristol Yacht Club
Marion Dunbar
Dixie Gavotte
Thomas Remieres
Fleur
Annie Marshall
Dixie
Annie Dimond
Miriam McCaughey
Tina Benard
Ethel Makowsky
Little Pussy
Bertha Kemph
Harold Ashton
Miss Coral Hull
New York
Rotterdam
Holland
Local graduates secure offices at National India Rubber Company
Frederick Wilson Frederick Bowl er and Carlton Hill of this town and Miss Mabel G Walter formerly of Bristol were graduated from Bryant Stratton Business College Providence Monday evening. The three young people have secured positions in the office of the National India Rubber Company of this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Wilson
Frederick Bowler
Carlton Hill
Mabel G Walter
Bristol
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Providence
National India Rubber Company
Mrs Lewis Visits Bay View Heights With Family
Mrs John Taylor Lewis of Clarks ville Virginia and her daughter Elza beth arrived Monday for a two weeks visit with her brother and sister at Bay View Heights. Her son Wardwell stayed in the south. When she returns Jack Lewis will accompany her for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor Lewis
Clarksville
Elzabeth
Bay View Heights
Wardwell
Jack Lewis
Grammar School Graduating Exercises at Colt Memorial High
The Grammar School held its graduation yesterday afternoon in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. Graduates included Eldena Usher Harleigh Van Sinck Tingley Lloyd Clowes Ethel Irene McCaw Walliam Bottomley Doris Buckley Mildred Ione Goettler Frederick Edward Garvin Mary Matilda Rodrick Mary Clyde Francis Isaac Goettler Margaret Watts Rose Blackman Anna Veronica McKenna George Maxwell Cady Adelaide Featherston Baker Agnes Cecelia Murphy Thomas Stephen Leah Helen Howard Trotter Gladys Pearl Cobleigh Grace Alice Jones John Jer ome Condon Timothy Walsh Mary Eleanor Nefone Ada Augusta Conn ers John George McKenzie John Montgomery Archer Harold Francis Greene Frank McCarthy Samuel Joseph Brelsford and Mark Anthony ID Wolf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Eldena Usher
Harleigh van Sinck Tingley
Lloyd Roberts Clowes
Ethel Irene McCaw
Walliam Bottomley
Doris Buckley
Mildred Ione Goettler
Frederick Edward Garvin
Mary Matilda Rodrick
Mary Clyde Francis
Isaac Goettler
Margaret Watts
Rose Blackman
Anna Veronica McKenna
George Maxwell Cady
Adelaide Featherston Baker
Agnes Cecelia Murphy
Thomas Stephen Leah
Helen Howard Trotter
Gladys Pearl Cobleigh
Grace Alice Jones
John Jerome Condon
Timothy Walsh
Mary Eleanor Nefone
Ada Augusta Conners
John George McKenzie
John Montgomery Archer
Harold Francis Greene
Frank McCarthy Samuel Joseph Brelsford
Mark Anthony ID Wolf
Brightman Birth in Fall River Hospital
A son was born last night at Truesdale Hospital Fall River to Mr and Mrs Raymond S Brightman Usher Place in this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brightman
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Mir
Raymond S— Brightman
Bristol Train of Artillery Tops Defiance Hose Co in Five to One
Mosie Moore pitched four hits with four strikeouts and Louie Rinaldi powered the offense as Bristol Train of Artillery beat Eddie Menard's Defiance Hose Co 5 to 1 on the common. Head's dazzling catches saved runs for Defiance, while Me nard drove in their lone run with a second-inning single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosie Moore
Louie Rinaldi
Doc” D’angelo
Bristol Train of Artillery
Eddie Menard
Defiance Hose Co
Moore
Babe” Ethier
D'Ambrosio
Lous Rinaldi
Caruso
Perry
Menard
Mansi
Rinaldi
Excelent
Jimane
Head
Johnnie Andrade
Rubinoff" Russo
Ethier
Jim Head
Securo
Legion Delegates Chosen for August Jamestown and September Westerly
Kearney Post 6 American Legion selected delegates and alternates for the district convention in Jamestown in August and the department convention in Westerly in September. Delegates include A A Edmonds Harold W Gifford Joseph W Enos Domenic Massola and Samuel Smith. Alternates are Eber W Hill Manuel Perry Cornelius P Head Charles Burns and Joseph Bruno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Department
Westerly
Kearney Post
American Legion
Grand Army Hall
A. A. Edmonds
Harold W. Gifford
Joseph W. Enos
Domenic Massola
Samuel Smith
Eber W. Hill
Manuel Perry
Cornelius P Head
Charles Burns
Joseph Bruno
L. H Callan
National Executive
Bertram W. Wall
Joseph M Edmonds
William A Bottomley Acops
Francis P Cuomo
Veterans Hospital
Ladies’ Auxiliary
G. A
Harry H Bullock
William Marshall
Raymond McNamara
William Perrys
Edward I. Leahy Jr
Historiin
William S. Burns
Nelson Beals
L. H Callan, Jr
William T. Cashin, Jr
Robert H. Bullock
Fnos Adjutant Bottomley
Finanu O
Frederick E Garvin
Lincoln Park
Mary 9 Marshall
Helen A Condon
Mount Hope Bay
Louise Ruggiero
Martha DiMezzo
Constance Campanella
Vivian Hall
Obituary of Clara Munroe Thurston Dies in New Ipswich
Clara Munroe Thurston, 78, died Friday at her New Ipswich home. Funeral services were held here yesterday with Rev A R Parshley of St Michael's Church officiating. Born August 28, 1855 in this town, she taught school for 31 years and later worked with Peabody Home Rest Camp in Hyde Park and the Jordan-Marsh Rest Camp in Wrentham. She led the Girls' Home in South Manchester Conn before retirement, survived by sister Madeline Reynolds Thurston, two nephews and a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Munroe Thurston
New Ipswich
N. H
Anon A R Parshley
St Michael’s Church
Mercer
Thurston
Thomas J
Clara M Thurston
Great Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Arrives in Fall River
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus brings the world famed wild animal show to Fall River at Sanford Road North Westport on Saturday July 14 with afternoon and night performances. A morning circus parade is featured, the first major parade since 1926, headlined by Clyde Beatty renowned animal trainer and the spangleland stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Sanford Road
North Westport
Clyde Beatty
Appetizers for Summer Meals on the Porch
Simple porch friendly hors d oeuvres to whet appetites before supper. Leftovers with sauces and spreads become canapes. Recipes include Ham Canape Tuna Canape Cheese and Olive Canape Caviar Canape Dexter Canape Peanut Butter and Pickle Canape Stuffed Eggs Potato Chips with Roquefort Stuffed Celery and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dexter
Drinking Drivers Increase After Repeal Says Safety Council
The National Safety Council reports a 30 percent rise in drivers involved in nonfatal crashes during the first quarter of 1934 versus 1933, with intoxicated drivers up 40 percent but overall driving volume also higher. City and state figures vary, showing New York and Chicago among notable increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
New York State
Michigan
Chicago
Boston
Akron
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Viva Villa! at Lyric Theatre Warren July 11 12
Lyric Theatre Warren presents Viva Villa a Metro Goldwyn Mayer saga starring Wallace Beery with Leo Carrillo Tay Wray Donald Cook and others. The production features hundreds of Mexican extras shot largely in Mexico with battles noted alongside a romantic photoplay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Mexico
Wallace Beery
Villa
Oklahoma
Cimarron
Beery
Beers
Leo Carrillo
Tay Wray
Donald Cook
Stuart Erwin
George E Stone
Joseph Schildkraut
Katherine de Mille
Philip Cooper
Frank Pughia
Henrys B Walthall
David Durand
Francis N. Bushman Jr
Adrian Rosley
Henry Armetta
Early American Smock Marriage Customs Revealed
The article recounts 18th century Shift marriages to shield grooms from prior bride debts. A penniless widow was bound to a semi unclothed wedding, often walking in a shift, or immured in a closet with a hand shown for the ceremony. Edgartown records from 1757 note Elizabeth “unclothed except her shift.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgartown
Elizabeth
Council Delays Action on Geo Solmonese Petition
Town Council defers decision on Stanley Salmonese for a class B victualling license at 1242 Hope Street, referring the matter to Acting Police Chief Ferrara for investigation and seeking the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission opinion. Protest by 15 property owners in Neck section cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley G. Salmonese
Hope Street
Anthony J Ferrara
State Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Petiand
Neck
Solomonese
Albert J. Dubuc
Joseph Dupont
Manuel Estreud
Charles Makowski1
Maria Kerr
Aaron F. Usher
Percy J McCarthy
Julian Newton
Max H Seiffert
Susan I Newton
Dorothy M Foster
Laura D. Simmons
Joseph Dubuc
John Usher
John Street
McLaughlin
Committee On
Burton Street
New Town
Mount Hope Bay
Ferrara
State
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Luigi Malafronte
Wood Street
Domenico de Cristofaro
Thames Street
Lorenzo Santulli
Thomas J. Goff
George Vona
George Dion
Ralph Quito
Louis Cirillo
Capt. Ferrara
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Phoenix Files
B.T A
By James B. Lee
America
Bristol Housewives
Rousseau
Henri Rousseau
Fall River, Mass
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Sat
Josephine Gibson
Heinz Food Institute
Lyric Theatre
Warren, BA. L
Council
Geo. Solmonese
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