Bead Heads and Gas Works on Hope Street Then and Now
A reminiscence recalls Ma Holmes guiding a boy through old Bristol landmarks including a bead head pin craft, a harbor view from Linden Place, and a walk past a gas works. The narrator notes family relations, familiar homes, and a remarkable wall built by a blind man as the scene closes with “To Be Continued.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Ma Holmes
Gertrude
Arch
Wells
Sarah
Mother
Lambie
Cousin Ruth
Little Arch
Cousin Ruths
Julia Green
Silver Creek
Town Bridge
Bosworth
Billy Perry
Seniors Mark Close Of Their School Days With Commencement
Class Day exercises at Bristol High School set for 2 pm in Andrews gym. Commencement Thursday at 7:30 pm with Justice Francis B. Condon delivering the address. Diplomas awarded by School Committeeman Wesley A Armstrong. Rev Joseph Sorzana offers invocation and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol High School
Andrews Gymnasium
Colt Memorial High School
Andrews School
Graduation Exercises and Commencement Program
The program lists invocations by Reverend Joseph Sorizana and speeches including Welcome by Joseph Parisi and Salutatory by Lucien Capone Jr. It features songs by Anna Kebrek, Dix Richard Biden, and ensembles, with prize awards to John L. Burke acting principal and diploma honors. Francis B. Condon Associate Justice Rhode Island Supreme Court attends as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis B. Condon
Rhode Island Supremme Court
Wesley A Armstrong
Joseph Sorzana
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church
Joseph Parisi
Lucien Capone, Jr
Evelyn Blanche Lemaire
Mr. Burke
Pasquale Raiola
Ralph Celone
Navy
Graduation Class Roster List of Graduates and Affiliates
A long list of graduates and associated individuals organized by household arts and related names. The record names many students with surnames such as Bruno, Costa, Cabral, Ruggiero, and Delasquide among others, alongside household arts groups and staff. The document reads as a formal compilation of attendees and family names linked to the graduation event.
Missing Youth Beloved Son of Joseph Bento Sought
The seventeen year old son of Joseph Bento has been missing for five months. He previously worked as a Western Union messenger, at New Haven Railroad, and at Collins and Aikman. His father, now residing on Milwaukee Avenue in Warren, R. 1, requests any information regarding his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bento
Western Union Messenger
New Haven Railroad
Collins & Aikman
Milwaukee Avenue
Warren
R. 1
Colt Memorial Faces Cranston In State Title Series
Colt Memorial and Cranston meet in the state schoolboy baseball championship with game one at Cranston Stadium at 2 30 this afternoon and game two at Guiteras Field at 2 oclock Thursday. A possible third game would be at a neutral ground on Saturday. The series is coordinated by Herbert Taylor with Colt Memorial led by John Burke and Cranston by Raymond R Thompson. Colt Memorial earned the Suburban Division crown by defeating St Raphael, while Cranston claimed the Metropolitan Division title by beating West Warwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial
Cranston
Cranston Stadium
Guiteras Field
Herbert Taylor
John {. Burke
Raymond R Thompson
St Raphael
West Warwick
Children Day Exercises Held at First Congregational Church
Primary School program in DeWolf Memorial Chapel featured recitations by Carol Graetz William Terra Esther Booth Janet Jansen Richard Shaw Donald Smith Emma Dimond Hollis Buffinton Charles Booth Edmund Berube George Terra Singers included Charlotte Brooks Jane Millar Sally Town Mary Jane Terra Stephanie Newton Louise Murray The Rosebud and four pink rosebuds drills and several dialogues were presented Rev Herbert D Graetz led devotional and awards were given for Scripture proficiency Attendance awards named to Charles Booth Esther Booth Stephanie Newton Beth Lee McCaughey etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
DeWolf Memorial
William H Remieres
Clyde Pendleton
Maron Munro
Carol Graetz
William Terra
Esther Booth
Janet Jansen
Richard Shaw
Donald Smith
Emma Dimond
Hollis Buffinton
Charles Booth
Edmund Berube
Louise Murray
Jane Millar
Charlotte Brooke
Nancy Masters
Jean Galt
Mary Jane Terra
Eunice Megathlin
Sally Town
Robert Brown
Marshall Horne
George Terra
Paul Clark
Jesus
Wayne Hamilton
Clifford O’connel
David Usher
Nancy Master
Cynthia Walker
Barbara Millar
Herbert D. Graetz
William Sousa Returns to San Francisco Aboard Navy Vessel
Seaman William Sousa returned to San Francisco after an eight day furlough with his mother Mrs Rose M Sousa at 53 Charles Street. He wears a bar and three gold stars signaling three major battles in the South Pacific aboard a cruiser. Sousa seeks the war’s end and home, while his brother Alfred Sousa serves with the Army Air Corps in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sousa Slr
US Navy
San Francisco
Rose M Sousa
Charles Street
Sousa
South Pacific
Alfred FE. Sousa
Army Air Corps
North Africa
Mrs Anderson Presents Pupils in Recital at DeWolf Chapel
Mrs Cora Shaw Anderson presented her pupils in a piano recital in the DeWolf Memorial Chapel on Saturday afternoon. Soloist Marorie Burgess McCann sang Mr Major and Mr Minor and closed with The Star Spangled Banner. The program featured numerous named pupils and several accompanying students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Shaw Anderson
Charlotte Brooks
Theresa Velleca
Sally Town
Barbara Massano
Cynthia Garvin
Celeste Viera
Sybil Alder
Joanna Pozzi
Lucretia Massa
Joseph McCann, Jr
Jacqueline D’amico
Anne Bruno
Margaret DuPont
Barbara Parker
Joan Osterberg
Marguerite Kebrek
Virginia Marshall
Jacqueline Pettine
Francis Velleca
Pauline Bruno
David Mathewson
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Hope Street
Samuel Norris
Linden Place
George French
Big Square House
Bradford
Theresa Alves
Concetta Mascena
Richard Biden
Sue Rohrman
William Moreno
Frank Codola
William Byrnes
Anna Kebrek
Domenic Cannavaccinola
Douglas Klein
Archie P Allen
Burke
Reverend Joseph Soriana
America
Phillips
Dix
Evelyn Blanche I.emaire
John L. Burke
Pasquale Raiola and
America Calling
Meredith Wilson
Honorable Francis B Condon
Rhode Island Supreme Court
College Preparatory
Lvean Fluntington Armstrong
Angela
Dorothy Bruno
Pauline Anne Bruno
Frank Cosmo Codola
Eileen Margaret Costa
Margaret Mars Delton
Richard Revron DeWwell
Ernest John Frederick
Evelyn Bianche Leniere
Dorothy Irene Moren
Richard Andrews
Muren
Ihilomena
Margo
Emily Anne Nappi John Salvatore Ruggiero
Lao Simmel
Lenora Kathryn Aguar
Mary Theresa Alves
Mary Lucille Anania
Anne Elaine Horges
James Leo Bottomley
Hattie Brown William Patrick Byrnes
Helen Carol Cabral Mary Gloria Cabral
Annunzio
Michael Candelmo
Rita Elvira Cappucci
Carmela Angela Catalfine
Dorothy Ann Cenerini
Tina Elizabeth Delgaco
Brenda Adele Levy
Michael Malafronte
William Crowley McCaw
Jean Outerbridge Millard
Fasquale Carmine Rajola Danel Francis Rene Emily Alberta Rohrman
Vincent James Saviano, Jr
Julian James Trofano
Richard Edward Bidon Armindo Louis Cairrag
Mary Carreiro
Patrick Costa
Antonette Fiore
Dorothy Frettas
Lorraine Gladue
Juliette Ann Jamiel
Anna Rebecca Kebrek
Frederick Henry Morris Clara Emma Seyer
Valzumira Marie Silvia
Gemma F
Pauline Topazio
Dorothea Ann Travers
Priscilla Ruth Brelsford
Aida Anne Costa
Ralph DeLuca
Stephen Santo Delasquide
Lydia Cynthia Td.as
Anna Madeline DuLont
Rose Mary Foti
Leonora Mary Garafa
Margaret Irene Manchester Concerta
Emily Mascena
Matilda Martha Medeiros
Elena Louise Migliori
Priscilla Dorothea Peters Joseph Cabral Rezendes, Jr
Anna Marie Ruggiero
Minnie Margaret Truiano
Industrial
Frank A Ahate John James Almeida
Audrey Grace Baker
Barbara Butt
Domenico Cannavaccinolo Leonard Joseph Digati, Jr
Ann Meredith Foley
Antonetta Rose Giglio Veronica Dorothy Iasiello
George Thomas Ingram, Jr
Elmer Everett Angell, Jr
Thomas Howard August Frank Oliver Bragantin Ieonel
Joseph Carreiro
Joseph Domenic Catalfano
Louisio Costa Ralph Joseph Defelice
William J Dias John Louis Federico Norman Joseph Ferreira Nicholas Francis Gayle
Douglas Carr Klein Frank Andrew Marabello
Angelo Pasquale Pirri Thomas Waldron Remieres, Jr
Charles James St. Angelo John Louis Silva Edward Silvia Andrew Anthony Vollaro
Jesse Bento
Colt
Congregational Church
William Sousa
Vier
Ucvised
Pipsi- Cola Bottling CO
R. Inc
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N. Y
Madame Chiang
Free
China
United China Relief
National War Fund
Mrs. Anderson
Industrial Relations Office
Pagpanta
Bristol Manufacturing. Corp
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