Tribute by Education Director at Colt Memorial Graduation
James F. Rockett, State Director of Education, praised teachers and parents at Colt Memorial High School graduation in Guiteras school auditorium. He urged graduates to live nobly, citing courage perseverance and patience as keys to citizenship, as 66 diplomas were presented to over 400 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Rockett
Ais Andress
Colt Memorial High School
Guiteras School
Rockett
Mr. Rockett
Mendelsohn
Athalie
Tia Rae
Fred M Hammill
Hammill
Joseph F Securo
Esther Hazen
Rose H Campagna
Viola C Leclerc
Peter Alfano
Albert G. Larned
Bristol Girl Scout Council appoints day camp officers
The Bristol Girl Scout Council named officers for August day camp at Holmes House. Lead by Mrs Albert H Print Jr as general chair, the team includes Tana Pi, Seanlegle Af, Dr Alfred Merriman, Mrs Charles No Strom, Mrs Sidney Herreshoff, Mrs Fred M Dixon Jr, Mrs George Millard, and Mrs Francis Bragg. A delegation will attend the June 27 Camp Hoffman Day exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Sidney Herreshoff
Fred M Dixon, Jr
George Millard
Francis Bragg
Camp Hoffman
Julia W Herreshoff
Rotary Boy Scout Fund
Alan M. Poole
Bartlett
Bragg
Ralph Kinder
Rose Tufarola Wins Rotary Achievement Medal
The Rotary Club awarded the Achievement Medal to Mrs Rose Tufarola 15 at a Wednesday noon meeting at the Hotel Belvedere. Rev Herbert D Graetz delivered the presentation. Tufarola, a Guiteras Memorial School junior, will enter Colt Memorial High School in the fall. the medal honors the junior high pupil with the greatest improvement in school work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Rose Tufarola
Belvedere
Herbert D Graetz
Tufarola
Guiteras Memorial School
Colt Memorial High School
Women Sell 93 Tables for Grand Benefit Bridge Party
Women’s Committee reports 93 bridge tables sold for the Dwyer Memorial Fourth of July Fund event to be held Monday night at the State Armory. A door prize and per table prizes are promised. additional subscribers listed include many local women and several men supporting the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Committee
Dwyer Memorial
R. S. Brightman
State Arimary
Dennis Sullivan
Arthur J. Duffy
Emily L. Jester
New Judge Appointed for Bristol Tol Town
O Donnnell named to Fifth District Court succeeding Benjamin. Bristol native born December 2 1872 educated at Brown 1895 Columbia 1898 admitted Rhode Island bar 1899 practiced locally since. He served as judge advocate of Bristol Artillery with captain rank and during World War I aided draft administration. Married Elizabeth M Bransfield in 1908. serves as director of Providence Warren and Bristol railroad and Bristol Industrial Trust administrator.
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Green
O'Donnnell
Benjafo Tol
Fifth District
Warren
Bristol
The
Industrial Trust
Codle
Elizabeth M. Bransfield
New York
Sumpter Named Warren Clerk Succeeding Fowler
Mr Sumpter a Hudson Mass native and Warren resident since 1922 becomes town clerk succeeding Henry T Fowler He is husband of Mary Walbur and son of public affairs leader in Warren chairing the town finance committee He earned a Bachelor of Laws from Northeastern University in 1926 and joined the firm Gardner Moss and Haslam later Gardner Moss and Arnold
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Tribune
Sumpter
Henry T Fowler
Hudson
Mass
Warren
Mary Walbur
Hudson High
Tufts College
Rhode Island
Northeastern University
Providence
Gardner, Moss and Haslam
Gardner, Moss and Arnold
Dwyer Memorial Fourth of July Fund Established
John G Stewart James F Meiggs and Roswell S Bosworth headline the Dwyer Memorial Fourth of July Fund in Bristol. Contributions reach recipients via the Bristol Branch Industrial Trust Company depository with checks payable to the fund. Existing acknowledgments include Beta Sigma Bradford Society 100 and Goldenrod Troop I 200 in memory of a Colt alumnus and a father who enjoyed Bristol July 4th celebrations.
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol
The
Industrial Trust Company
John G Stewart
James F Meiggs
Roswell S Bosworth
Beta Sigma Bradford Society
Colt
Goldenrod Troop I
Dorie Club
Collins and Aikman Protest Sewage Connection Action
Charles B. Rockwell Jr treasurer of Collins and Aikman Corp says the Bristol plant has long been connected to the municipal sewer and should not be forced to join the town system He notes the company is voluntarily building new tanks to ease the harbor and would connect immediately if asked by the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Rockwell
Collins and Aikman Corp
Bristol
Rhode Island
Evening Bulletin
Sewer Board
Collins & Aikman Corporation
Francois J. de Wolf
State Board of Purification of
Deeke Rha
Lieve
Collns & Atkran Corporation
Carpusac
Tree Corporation
Bristol Harbor
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Banquet Opens Spanish War Veterans Encampment Program
The 3rd annual encampment of the Department of Rhode Island United Spanish War Veterans opens with a banquet honoring Department Commander Edward P Gladding at Hotel Belvedere on July 3. More than 400 attendees are expected from across the state for the encampment and the 20th annual Department Auxiliary convention. Meetings continue July 4 in Colt Memorial Hall, with potential Fourth of July parade leadership by Gladding’s ex-members of the First Division Naval Battalion Rhode Island Militia, some 75 veterans of Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
Edward P Gladding
Department of RI United Spanish War Veterans
Hotel Belvedere
Gladding
Department Auxiliary
Colt Memorial Hall
Naval Battalion
R I Militia
William Hodgkinson
Bristol
Navy
Substantial local subscribers aid encampment program
Commander Edward P Gladding announces names of additional supporters for a detailed encampment project. Donors include Samuel C Wardwell Bertrand W Wall Court Street Garage Buffington Pharmac Max Makowsky & Sons Pozz's Pharmacy Blue Bird Store and many other local businesses and individuals who funded the effort. A program will be handed to each participant and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P Gladding
State Department
United Spanish War Veterans
the Phoenix
Samuel C Wardwell
Bertrand W Wall
Court Street
Buffington Pharmac
Max Makowsky
H Carr
Ocean View
Franklin
Vermette
Louis Tortorice
Belvedere
Help 4th July Fund Mass Schedule At St Marys
The summer mass schedule at St Marys Church begins Sunday with services at 7 8 9 and 10 30 am. An additional 9 15 am mass will be held at Prudence Island church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Mary's
St. Mary’s Church
Prudence Island
Bristol Home for Aged Women names officers for year
Mrs Samuel C Kinder was re elected president at the Bristol Home for Aged Women 42nd annual meeting held at 55 Franklin street. Canon Anthony R Parshley presided and gave the benediction. Officers chosen include vice president Mrs Edward Easterbrooks secretary Mrs Robert F Munro treasurer Miss John A Herreshoff and several board members and advisory figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C Kinder
Bristol
Franklin Street
Anthony R Parshley
St Michael's Church
Edward, Easterbrooks
Robert F Munro
John A Herreshoff
St Michael’s
Lillia R Farrington
John R Magee
Henry Barton
Alfreta M Whittemore
Trinity Church
Henry W. Boynton
Richard Cornell
Harriet P. Church
Frederick Blaisdell
Eber W. Hill
Ida Newman
Benjamin M MacDougall
Edward P. Church
Frederick F Hodgdon
Clinton T Sherman
William H Angevine
Barbara Chase Wins Essay Contest at Pembroke
Miss Barbara Louise Chase of Prudence Island won the Gaspee Chapter DAR prize for the best essay on an American History topic at Pembroke College Brown University. Her topic was "Mercy Otis Warren" and she has just completed her junior year after prep at Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Louise Chase
Eugene Chase
Prudence Island
Gaspee
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pembroke College
Brown University
Chase
Mercy Otis Warren
Miss Chase
Lincoln
St Andrew's Club Schedules Lawn Sale and Pet Exhibit
The St Andrew's Club of St Michael's Church plans a yard sale tomorrow afternoon on the Holmes House lawn with cakes candies novelties tea sandwiches strawberry shortcake and cold drinks. An adjacent rectory garden exhibit features pets and freaks as the club raises funds for Kay School and parish day schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew's Club
St Michael’s Church
Holmes House
Kay School
William H. Angevine
Harold Waite
White Elephant
Harry Munro
Walter Carr
Winston Featherston
B M.macdougall
J. W. DeWolf
John Wall
Drury
Janette McCaw
Irene Gallo
Mildred Littlefield
Muriel Ashton
William Pinch
Austin Waitt
William Shayer
Scout Court of Honor Meets At Hope Street Hall
The June session of the Boy Scout Court of Honor to be held this evening at 7 in Scout Hall Hope Street marking the final indoor meeting before summer camps at Camp Takarest Awashonki Herd P O W S. The Scout Honor Society meets at 7 30 tonight in Scout Hall. The First Bristol Troop hosts a closing up party for trade committee Monday night in Scout Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scout Court OF Honor
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Scout Hall
Hope Street
Camp Takarest
Awashonki Herd
Scout Honor Society
Bristol
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Director OF Education
Colt Memorial
Barbara Huestis
Walsh
Russell Bullock
J Floyd Huestis
Walsh Memorial
John
Joseph Walsh Colt
Providence College
Miss Huestis
Wheaton College
Norton
Rennsweller Polytech Institute
Joseph Bullock
Gooding Avenue
Bristol Colt Alumni Association
Emily Borges
Ruth Kerr
Alfred LaRue
Viola Leclerc
Mary Walsh
Edward J Fitzgerald
Angelo Russo
M. Therese Doonegan
Girl Scout Council
Rotary
Chester Morris
Jean Parker
Damon Runyon
Collier's Magazine
Princess O'Hara
RED Rider
Buck Jones
Paramount News Reel
Groome
Robert Young
Evelyn Venable
Charles Bickford
Helen Vinson
Lowell Thomas News
Mary Dow
Raymond Milland
Henry O'Neill
Baby Jane
Shady Past
Rosy Future
Chinatown
America
San Francisco
Chinatown Squad
Lyle Talbot
Valerie Hobson
Hugh O'Connell
McNamee
Newsreel
Arthur M McCaw
John J. Condon
Harry W Munro
Albert Dubuc
John Tobin
J. H Callan
Carl Bisbane
M. Williams
Harold Gifford
J Matsano
Roland Martelly
Thomas Brightman
John W Card
William P Gladding
Francois L. de Wolf
William H. Remieres
Wallace L. Mossop
Minnie Gogha
B W. Wail
Lueis Durga
George Wiilcox
Elizabeth McGann
Charlotte Young
Lucien Capone
Stephen W Hopkins
Jessie Molasky
Ru Tiner
William T. O'Donnell
Néwa-Tribune
W. Vincent
Poar
C. B. Rockwell
Samuel C. Kinder
Canon Parshley
Barbara Chase
Pembroke
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