Battery C Bristols Coast Artillery Begins Two Week Duty
Battery C of the 24rd Coast Artillery arrives at Fort Wright New York for a two week annual tour of duty. Activities include artillery and infantry drills guard mount regimental parade and simulated service. An upcoming volleyball game baseball wrestling and boxing exhibitions are planned with rival units and civilians.
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Bristol
24Rd Coast Artillery
Fort H. G. Wright
N. Y
Artillery
Battery A
Bristol Battery
Fishers’ Island
Church Street
Providence
New London
Rhode Island Tercentenary Exposition Planned at Cranston Armory
Honorable Lloyd Letts announces September 11 to 19 as a wide scale industrial exposition marking Rhode Island's tercentenary. The Armor will house main and lower floors with departments across agriculture materials textiles fisheries iron and steel jewelry leather lumber machinery printing papers utilities transport rubber shipbuilding rayon wool and more. Exhibits will interrelate with the state's industrial history and progress.
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Rhode Island
Lloyd Letts
Rhode
United States Census Bureau
J Winthrop DeWolf Recalls Old Time Baseball Days
The Olympian Club at the Y hosted J Winthrop DeWolf known as the globe trotter who described 1879 baseball rules and evolution to today. He recounted 50 game score records from Providence in the National League and shared stories of the Boston old timers game. A clambake and outing were planned for next month with committee chairs named and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Winthrop DeWolf
Providence
Boston
John P Marshall
Edward Sousa
Ralph Gallo
Edward Caladrone
Tony Gomes
George S Pailthorpe
Manuel Sousa
Elmer Rishe
John Mirranda
Anthony Agatiello
Pasquarelli
Cnet
Providence Alderman to Speak Here Tomorrow
A Bristol Men's Republican Club meeting tomorrow at 8 pm in the Makowsky building Hope street will feature Mr Henry A Violet, Providence Board of Aldermen member, as guest speaker. He will discuss the Rhode Island Tercentenary Committee investigation led by Mr Andrews Moriarty.
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Republican Club of
Bristol
Makowsky
Hope Street
Henry A Violet
Providence Board of Aldermen
Rhode Island Tercentenary Committee
Andrews Moriarty
Mrs Herreshoff Sets Sail On Girl Scout Cruise
Mrs Sydney Herreshoff skipper of the Girl Scout Mariner ship Vigilant and Miss Ruth Hazeldine sail Saturday for a week aboard the schooner Yankee owned and skippered by Captain Johnson of Providence. Seventeen other girl scout mariners join the crew for a voyage from Gloucester Massachusetts along the Maine coast.
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Herreshoff
Sydney Herreshoff
Girl Scout Mariner
Vigilant
Ruth Hazeldine
Yankee
Johnson
Providence
Gloucester
Mass
Maine
Miniature Flower Show by Countryside Garden Club
The Countryside Garden Club will hold a miniature flower show this Friday at the home of Mrs John Condon. Committee includes Mrs Sebastian Bernard Jr chairwoman, Mrs William L Serbst, Mrs John J Condon, Mrs James Connors, Mrs Charles M Connery, and Miss Nora F E Dwyer ex-officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Countryside Garden Club
John Condon
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
William L. Serbst
John J Condon
James Connors
Charles M Connery
Nora FE. Dwyer
Bristol Chapter DAR to Attend Coventry Ter Centenary
Bristol Chapter DAR has been invited to attend the Coventry Ter centenary celebration on July 2. The event is in cooperation with the Nathaniel Greene Homestead Association, with a parade at 2:00 PM starting from Veterans Square in Centerville and a pageant at the homestead.
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Bristol
Dar
Coventry
Gen
Nathaniel Green
Bristol Battery A Wins Merit Pennant at Fort Adams
Several Bristol boys in Battery A were awarded the merit pennant for highest efficiency at the C M T C camp at Fort Adams Newport. Named are Peter Alfano Maynard Suzmar Henry Trudell Martin Edmonds and Michael Parisi.
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Bristol
Battery A
C.M. T C
Fort Adams
Newport
Peter Alfano
Maynard Suzmar
Henry Trudell
Martin Edmonds
Michael Parisi
Doctor Castronovo Named Bristol Newport Public Health Director
Dr Joseph Castronovo of Providence is appointed director of the new Bristol and Newport Counties Public Health Office. The Rockwell House second floor will host the branch with Joseph Maguire as sanitary inspector and Dorothy Markoff as clerk technician.
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M. L Grover—Rockwell
State Public Health
Joseph Castronovo
Providence
State Department of Public Health
Bristol
Newport Counties
Rockwell House
Castanovo
Castronovo
University of Oklahoma Medical School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grover
Joseph Maguire
Dorothy Markoff
Maguire
Providence College
Miss Markoff
Pembroke
Rhode Island Hospital
Bristol District Nursing Association
Robkwell House
Ney
Pubne Heann
Phantom wins 124 foot race at Bristol Yacht Club
Phantom owned by Paul Rockwell finishes nearly a minute ahead of rival Black Maria in a 124 footer race off the Bristol Yacht Club on Saturday afternoon. A moderately heavy southeast breeze shaped the conditions as the line was crossed with Phantom in first place.
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Cedssing
Phantom
Paul Rockwell
F B. Wall
Bristol Yacht Club
Annual Y M C A Drive Set for July 27 to August 2
Superintendent of Schools FE Mapes will direct the annual YMCA fund drive from July 27 to August 2. Charles Otten and Earl P Mathewson are named as chief assistants. The goal is $5000 to cover YMCA expenses and reduce indebtedness.
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Mapes
YMCA
Charles Otten
Earl P Mathewson
Will of William G Low Leaves Bulk to Family
Brooklyn filed will distributes main estate to children and several charitable groups. Boulder Cottage goes to William G Low Jr while Happyland is left to Benjamin R C Low in Bedford Hills New York. Rosamond Chapman gets Hill Cottage in Greenwich Connecticut. Bungalow at the Ferry goes to Lois and Harriet Low with Remsen Street home split among them and Esther H Little. Lois and Harriet receive 40000 each equal to their brothers and sisters marriages. Grandson William Low receives 25000. Sons-in-law Herbert G Watson John H Chapman and Virginia W Low get 10000 each. Two cousins receive 3500 each and three godchildren 1000 each.
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William G Low
Brooklyn
Boulder Cottgae
Benjamin R C Low
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Happyland
Rosamond Chapman
Greenwich
Greenwich, Conn, Is Left the “Hill
Ferry
Lois C. Low
Harriet Low
Thhe Ferry
Remsen Street
Esther H. Little
Lois
William
Law
Herbert G. Watson
Helsingfords
Finland
John H. Chapman
Conn
Virginia W. Low
Best Country Newspaper Correspondent of 1936 Named
Mrs Susan Frawley Eisele of Blue Earth Minnesota named the top rural newspaper correspondent for 1936 by Wheeler McMillen editor of The Country Home Magazine. She writes a weekly column for the Fairmont Mina Sentinel and will receive 200 dollars and a trip to New York and Washington. Previous year's winner was Mrs Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey of Oasis Missouri.
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Susan Frawley Eisele
Blue Earth
Minnesota
Wheeler McMillen
Country Home Magazine
Crossroads
Eisele
Fairmont
Mina
Sentinel
New York
Washington
Metropolitan Press
Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey
Oasis
Missouri
Country clipping contest selects top rural writing
Mrs Exsele’s piece stood out among 3,600 clippings from country papers chosen by rural editors and judged by Mr. Mc Millen along with Miss Gertrude B. Lane editor of The Woman's Home Companion William L. Chenery editor of Colliers and Sumner Blossom wife of Tiesophie.
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Exsele
Mr. McMillen
Gertrude B. Lane
Woman’s Home Companion
William L. Chenery
Colliers
Sumner Blossom
Tiesophie
With a Penny Pencil
How quiet it seems after the threshing machine vanishes behind the bend in the road. The place feels empty like after a funeral. You wish they would return, the threshing crew with their swearing and laughter and quarrelling. Behind the barn a gleaming yellow stack of straw looms—familiar yet alarming—monument to a husband’s toil and sweat. Life becomes intensely precious.
Moment Before Daybreak Inspires a Quiet Morning
A reflective vignette describes a woman alone at dawn between waking and the day. The kitchen is warm, breakfast cooks, children sleep, and the husband is away. In that brief, quiet interval she finds a rare, almost magical, moment to savor the new light.
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Longfellow
Cannery Quips On Women Canning Skills
A fragment discusses a woman and her jars, praising canning effort and the idea of a well stocked cellar. The tone hints at gendered bragging about preserving abundance through careful work.
Nightgown and Pajamas Prompt Household Debate
A housewife remarks that hanging a nightgown beside the mister’s pajamas feels off to her. She hints at a washday item of interest and notes that schools overlook many things children learn. She adds the world holds many kinds of people.
Bristol Strives to Shine for Tercentenary Visitors
Bristol shows a spruce facade with fresh paint, new sidewalks and curbs, repaired streets, shade trees, and newly laid sod along Hope street. The old seaport town aims to welcome many visitors this Tercentenary year by presenting its best appearance.
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Bristol
Hope Street
Seaport
Council Urges Repair or Demolish Eyesores in Residential Areas
Amid strong local support the Town Council demands that remaining eyesores in upscale districts be brought up to habitable standards or razed. Neighbors praise the firm stance, noting improved surroundings depend on addressing these dangerous properties.
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Bechimes
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