Judge Walsh Sets Colt Grads On Three Guideposts
Judge Charles A. Walsh addressed 80 Colt Memorial High School graduates at Guiteras Memorial auditorium stressing three guides to a successful future: common sense caution and conscience. He urged graduates to stay mentally clean and alert and keep physically sound, as educators and civic leaders filled the capacity crowd.
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Colt Memorial High School
Charles A. Walsh
Chode Island Superior
Wilfred M. Hamill
Edward Ta Pitzgersid
Miss Virginia Leahy Graduates from New England Conservatory
Miss Virginia Dixon Leahy daughter of Judge and Mrs. Edward L. Leahy of this town earned a Bachelor of Music with highest honors from the New England Conservatory of Music. Commencement was in Jordan Hall Boston where she also performed the first movement of Schumann's Pianoforte Concerto in A minor as part of the program.
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Virginia Dixon Leahy
Edward L. Leahy
New England Conservatory of Music
Miss Leahy
Jordan Hall
Boston
Schumann
Plans to Erect Filling Station and Grocery Store
Sebastian and Mary Benard secured zoning approval to build a filling station and grocery at 1070 Hope Street. A public hearing will be in the Burnside Memorial Building Council Chamber on Tuesday July 5 at 7:30 PM. The site sits north of Chestnut Street on Hope, reclassified from residential to business by the last Town Meeting vote.
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Hope Street
Sebastian
Mary Benard
Council
Burnside Memorial Building
Chestnut Street
Hope
Warren Safety Patrol to Parade on July Fourth in Bristol
Eighty youths aged 9 to 16 from Warren Safety Patrol will march in Bristol’s July Fourth parade. Organized a year ago by Warren Police Chief George W. Lewis with St John’s Church, the group has earned school support and wears white trousers blue shirts black ties white hats and Sam Browne belts with the AA emblem. Local Portuguese and Italian groups will also participate in the celebration committee plans.
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Warren Safety Patrol
Bristol
George W. Lewis
Warren Police
St. John’s R. C
Lewis
Sam Browne
American Automobile Association
James F. Meiggs
Will.2
Bristol City Observance Committee Plans Parade
The Bristol council offers its organization rooms as a parade headquarters for the celebration committee with Knights of Columbus support. Mrs. Mary Colt Gross, Bristol native, is a candidate for the Rian attics nomination from the First District and will participate. Mayor Henry S. Wheeler of Newport cannot attend due to a prior engagement. The parade formation was discussed but deferred to a meeting next week with George M. Cadly as chief marshal and Edward J Fitzgerald as chief of staff. Registration for election shifts the committee’s meetings to Monday and Friday nights.
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Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Mary Colt Gross
Bristol
Rian Attics
He. First District
Henry S. Wheeler
Newport
George M. Cadly
Edward J Fitzgerald
Legion Women To Conduct Whist At Legion Headquarters
Members of the Kearney Unit American Legion Auxiliary plan a 3 court whist event tomorrow night at Legion headquarters on Franklin Street. Mrs Mildred Dunbar chairs the general arrangements committee with Mrs Elizabeth Carr Mrs Mary Cuom Mrs Hope Cote Mrs Elizabeth Gifford and Mrs Anne Seymour as officers.
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Kearney
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Headquarters
Franklin Street
Mildred Dunbar
Elizabeth Carr
Mary Cuom
Hope Cote
Elizabeth Gifford
Anne Seymour Exoffiero
Great Day For The Shusmans Marked 20th Anniversary And Tevis Shusman’s Graduation
Yesterday at 574 Wood Street Mr and Mrs Philip Shusman celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary alongside the graduation of their son Tevis from Colt Memorial High School Class of 1938. Tevis gave the welcome address as class president, delivered the valedictory, won the Rensweller Polytechnic Institute medal and an alumni award, and was named to the Rhode Island Honor Society.
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Jerome Donovan
Lillian Donovan
Lincoln Avenue
Brightman
Thomas Brightman
Tevis Shulman
Rensweller Polytechnic Institute
Antonette Garista Wanners
Bristol-Colt High School
Hetsy_Hambrick
Dgrome I Donovan
Tevys Senate
Ae Shusman
Louis Romano
Emma Bu
Philip Shusman
Wood Street
Tevis
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island Honor Society
Rotary Club Presents Boomerang For Benefit of High School Band
The Rotary Club hosts Boomerang at Bristol Guiteral School to raise funds for new band uniforms. Broadway professionals led by Alice Hepburn Don Lee and Dick Burgess perform with local amateurs. Rip Van Winkle prologue by 50 children precedes the main play amid a large regional audience.
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Rotary Club
Alice Hepburn
Don Lee
Dick Burgess
Belvedere
Rotarus “Club
Emiline Bogue
Amateur Theatre Guild of
Boston
Fail River
Barrington
Providence
Warren
Bristol
Ian M Walker
Rip van Winkle
Nicholas Vedder
Marshall Bailey
Derick van Brummel
Francis Velleca
Bram Dutcher
Adler
Frank Perry
Otto Pumpernikel
Albert Osterberg
Jack Moren
Wolf
Rip
Sanford Town
Dame van Winkle
Sally Mapes
Rip van Winkle, Jr
Carlo DeLuca
Edward Costa
Roger Cabral
Joln Balzano
Joseph Castro
Colfax
George Travers
Judith van Winkle
Emily Botelho
Dolores Sousa
Lucy Saviano
Betty Ferrara
Rose Foti
Mercédes Sousa
Mrs. van Ness
Nancy Ferrara
Erik
Henry Hudson
Fred Bruno
Hudson River
Robert Sherman
Taonel Martin
Clarence Willis
Old Rip van Winkle
John F.maisanoyohn Broomfield
Savy Witello
Rip Vani
Rip Jr
Ol Wot
Robert
Vey Bruder
Joseph Sousa
van Bruder
Ida Carriego
Judith Gardner
Mary Pacheco
Joris Hid
Dorothy Almeida
Vanderdon
Rotarians
Rev. Harpole
Pawtucket
Rev
Claypool
East Providence
Alice Alves Wins Rotary Medal at Guiteras School
Alice Alves, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Lewis Alves of 26 East State Street, received the Rotary Club medal for best overall progress in the graduating class of Guiteras Memorial School. Principal James E Sullivan noted tough competition among finalists. Rotary Club president Charles Otten Jr announced the winner at a class assembly and Alves attended a noon Club meeting at Hotel Belvedere with faculty member Miss Miriam McCaughey.
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Rotary Club
Guiteras Memorial School
Alice Alves
John Lewis Alves
East State Street
James E Sullivan
Ther
Charles Otten, Jr
Alice
Hotel Belvedere
Miriam McCaughey
Guiteras School
Baptist Church Plans Evening Prayer Service
Parishioners of the First Baptist Church gather in the church auditorium at 7 30 tonight for a service of song and prayer led by Pastor Rev Arthur W Burdon. The sermon at 10 30 Sunday morning will be on Eternal Vigilance, with Rev Burdon officiating. Church school begins at noon.
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First Baptist Church
Arthur W. Burdon
Mr Burdon
Clean Up Week June 26 To July 2
Circulars outline Bristol County Clean Up and Fire Prevention Week to be distributed in Warren Bar rington and Bristol by the Betterment Group. Residents urged to clear attics and cellars and place rubbish on sidewalks for quick collection on Thursday Friday and Saturday June 30 July 1 and 2. Town trucks assigned and the group hopes for an annual event.
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Bristol County
Warren
Barrington
Bristol
Bristol County Betterment Group
James Holmes
Betterment Group
Work Progresses On New Andrews School
The new Andrews Memorial High School project advances with brick reaching the cornice line and gym steel beams in place. Inspector Benjamin M. Hall notes attic floor poured, ventilation ducts installed, drainage laid, basement steam mains underway, and interior carpentry prep for plastering begins.
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Andrews Memorial High School
Benjamin M. Hall
Hall
A Dog Caged in the Truck Sparks Sentiment
The observer recalls a dog locked inside a wire cage at the rear of a truck used by a dog officer. The breed is unclear, but the mutt appears friendly and well fed, panting and seeking release. The piece muses on ownership, licensing, and the dog’s fate.
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Husky
Local Reflections and Theater Notes Highlight Community Life
A reader muses on dog ownership and humane ideas, while praise for the play Boomerang highlights its cast and fundraising purpose. Local sports coverage details Marty Biancuzzo guiding the E T A to a Twilight League win as Colts grads balance exams and games, with a 12 to 3 victory over Defiance.
Diploma Moment Trumps Ball Game Thrill
The speaker contends that the real victory yesterday was not winning the game but presenting graduates with the diplomas after 12 years of effort. It emphasizes achievement and recognition alongside sports.
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N. E. Conserv. of Music
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Carlo Perry
R W Nelson
Albert Pierce
Harry Young
Guy Morrow
Francis Bragg
Roswell Bosworth
Mr. Powers
Erik Bense
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