Graduation Night Honors 152 Seniors at Colts School
One hundred fifty two seniors marched into Andrews Auditorium from the Colts School last night as the girls wore white gowns and bouquets and the boys white dinner jackets with carnations. The graduation program featured invocations, salutatory and valedictory essays, and multiple school awards including Walsh Memorial and Brightman Medal. Recipients included Safi Lynn Paull, Francis Matthews, Sylvia Goglia, Harold Cardan, and others as the ceremony highlighted citizenship, math and science excellence, and service to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Auditorium
Colt School
Vario Bordignon
S.C
Our Lady of Mount Cardel Church
Albert L Wing
Pil Goglia
Christian Charity
Mary F. Macedo
Macedo
Peace Corps
Eality
John L. Burke
Walsh
Safi Lynn Paull
Brightman
Francis
Matthews
Romano Fetball
Frank J
Sylvia Gail
Judge Quinn Urges Bristol Graduates to Face World
Chief Judge Robert E. Quinn of the US Court of Military Appeals addressed 152 Bristol Senior High School graduates at commencement. He warned of internal and external dangers, urged reliance on common sense, and urged kindness and public service as true marks of greatness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Quinn
US Court of Military Appeals
Bristol Senior High School
Quinn
Firemen's Sunday Memorial Program This Weekend
Sunday marks the eighth annual Firemen's Memorial Sunday with a parade starting at 1 o'clock from Dreadnaught Station. The procession travels down High Street, along Franklin, up Wood, across to Union, and back to Hope Street, culminating in memorial exercises at the Burnside Memorial Building. The organizing committee is led by Louis Sylvia, chairman, with Fred Wilkinson as 1st vice chairman and William as a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreadnaught
High St
Franklin
Wood
Union
Hope St
Burnside Memorial Building
Louis Sylvia
Fred Wilkinson
William
VFW Plans Buy Former Trinity Church on Hope Street
Preliminary talks underway for Anthony C. Almeida Post, VFW to purchase the former Trinity Church building on Hope Street from the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. Anthony J. Dennis handles post legal matters and Robert E. Jackson of Edward and Angell Providence represents the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Trinity Church
Hope St
Anthony C. Almeida Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
Episcopal Diocese of
Rhode Island
Anthony J. Dennis
Robert E. Jackoson
Edward and Angell
Providence
Episcopal Diocese
Park Museum to Name Halls for Judge Martin and Bertrand
The late Judge Frank L. Martin will be honored October with the Hall of Astronomy at Roger Williams Park dedicated as his friend of the Museum. The Hall of Wildlife will be named for Novie E. Bertrand, the museum taxidermist who died the same day. Dedication set for Friday, October 4, with Roland C. Clement of the National Audubon Society as principal speaker. The Hall of Wildlife opens with bird calls and brief shows at the Planetarium. construction by Vincent A. Tedeschi continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Martin
Roger Williams Park
Providence
Marlcbelle Cormack
Planetariu
Alse
Hall of Wildlife
Novie E. Bittrand
Ise
Roland C Clement
National Audubon Society
New York
Clement
Rhode Island
The
Audubon Society
Bertrand
Vincent A. Tedeschi
Chief Marshal Named for July 4th Parade
Rudolf F Haffenreffer the third will be chief marshal of the Fourth of July parade according to Manuel A Sousa chairing the observance committee. A 1925 Dartmouth and 1927 Harvard Business graduate, he heads Mount Hope Bridge Authority and serves as trustee and director for several organizations in Bristol and Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf F Haffenreffer
Narragansett Brewing Co
Manuel A Sousa
Rudolf F
L Maude (Munroe) Haffenreier
Bristol
Mount Hope Farm
Governor Bradford House
Dartmouth College
Harvard School of Business Administration
Virinia F. Petrequin
Virginia H Brightman
Jean H Baker
Ann H Southwick
R. F. Haffenreffer
Allison Brightman
Prentiss Frederick Brightman
Carolyn Manchester Baker
Elizabeth Horn Baker
David Cheevers Southwick
Haffenreffer
Mount Hope Bridge Authority
Utah-Apex Mining Co
Herreshoff Mfg Co
Mount Hope Bridge Corp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phonies
Liz Taylors
Elvis Presleys
Jane Mansfields
Linda Christians
Tit
Andrews
Prgrm
Park Museum
Martin
Joseph Boubsa
Bristol Senior High
Gail Goglia
the RI Hospital
Impact
Industrial National Bank
Narragansett Council
Boy Scouts of America
Nickerson House
Weekapaug Group
RF Historical Society
Marine Historical Assn
Mystic, Conn
Bristol Historical Society
B. F. Haffenreffer Il
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!