Recreation Board Designates Beach and Oversees Public Recreation
The five member Town of Stamford Recreation Board gains full authority to designate beaches and manage playgrounds athletic fields swimming pools and other recreation centers. The board will meet tonight at the Burnside Memorial building with Councilor John P Marshall presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
Burnside Memorial Building
John P Marshall
Wesley A. Armstrong
Rebecca C. Herreshoff
Orlando J. Bisbane
I Leo Cantwell
Marshall
Scout group meetings outline summer plans and parade
Sea Scouts of SS Admiral Edwards meet at 7 45 pm after drum corps rehearsal at Windmill Point Pappasquash Road Water work and summer plans occupy most of the evening Cub Leaders No 14 meet at Scout Hall 7 pm Wednesday for den pack meetings and summer hikes Drum Corps meets at 7 pm tonight with practice and events planned July Fourth parade plans include many Narragansett Council units and drum corps exhibitions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Scouts
Admiral Edwards
Windmill Point
Pappasquash
Cub Pack No 14
Scout Hall
William F Head
Narragansett
Harvard pitcher Dick Harding stifles Carr in 8-2 win
Dick Harding of Harvard University limited Carr to three hits in his first start of the year, guiding the Ever Readys to an 8-2 Bristol Common victory. Massa triple sparks a first inning rally, nine batters bat in the second, and two more runs come in the third. Arty Pansa adds two infield hits for Carr. Harding adds two hits including a triple. Thursday features Collins and Aikman versus U S Rubber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Harding
Harvard University
Carr
Bristol Common
Massa
Carr Boys
Arty Pansa
Harding
Collins and Aikman
U. S. Rubber Co
Private Hogan detailed to Delgado Trade School
Lt Col Welch announces Private William J. Hogan of 26 Usher Place has been assigned to Delgado Trade School in New Orleans for six months to study Airplane Mechanics. Chosen after War Department evaluation, he enlisted in 1940 for three years and practiced football swimming and National Guard at Colt Memorial High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Welch
New Orleans Air Base
William J. Hogan
John D. Hogan
Usher Place
Delgado Trade School
New Orlean
Hogan
War Department
Air Corps
Providence
Colt Memorial High School
National Guard
First Bristol Troop Holds Indoor Meeting In Weather Change
Scouts of the First Bristol Troop met indoors at Scout Hall due to weather after a planned Camp King Phillip session moved indoors. Bob Cat patrol led by Joseph Sousa earned 13 points, with Panthers 8 Flying Horses 6 Black Hawks 3. plans included a Treasure Hunt at Camp King Phillip and July camping trips to Camp Yawgoog and Camp King Phillip. Assistant Scoutmaster Joseph Belanger led the program with Scoutmaster George R Fish and Scribe Albert Silv ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Camp
King Phillip
Scout Hall
Joseph Sousa
Panthers
Black Hawks
Bob Cats
I- 15
Warren
Camp Yawgoog
Joseph Belanger
George R Fish
Albert Silvia
Davis elected Rotary president for 1941 42
Dr Frederick V Martin reports Tom J Davis of Butte Montana has been chosen president of Rotary International for 1941 42 succeeding Armando de Arruda Pereira of Sao Paulo Brazil The 9 000 Rotarians from 15 countries met at Red Rocks Park Amphitheatre with leaders including J Gerlein Comelin J Serratosa Cibils C J Steiger Yen Te Ching Francis A Kettaneh and T A Warren The convention site for 1942 was Toronto Ontario Canada and a Rainbow trout was caught during outings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick V. “Martin
Rotary International
Tom J. Davis
Butte
Montana
Davis
Armando de Arruda Pereira
Sao Paulo
Brazil
University of Michigan
Safeway Stores
F. W. Woolworth
Soo Line Railway
Northwest Casualty Co
Lebanon
T. A. Warren
Wolverhampton
England
North America
United States
Rotary
Red Rocks Park
Metropolitan Opera
Helen Jepson
Ralph L. Carr
Colorado
Ben F. Stapleton
Denver
Barclay Acheson
Reader’s Digest
Kenneth McFarland
Kansas
Clarence Streit
Union Now Fame
Clifton L. Utley
Hugh C. Stuntz
Scarritt College
Rilen Doe
Miles Robertson
Oneida Limited
Hon C. Friedler
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lakeside Park
Pereira
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
International Rotary
Martin
Serpa's Newsboys Defeat Warren All Stars
Serpa's Newsboys won their fifth straight victory over the Warren All Stars. Oliver pitched, Margo and Chirico behind the plate, O Benevides two doubles and a single, F Proto a double and two singles. Every player had a single. The scores show a 10-5, 7-4, 5-3, 1-0, and 16-3 run of games against Warren.
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Catallano
Margo
Proto
O .Benevides
Newsies
Warren All Stars
Neck Rangers
Warren Rollers
Skunk Hollow
Obituary Joseph Marshall 1908 34 died at home Bristol native
Joseph Marshall aged 33 34 born July 4 1908 Bristol native died at his Bay View Avenue home after a long illness He was employed in the United States Rubber Company wire division and survived by his wife Mary Cabral Marshall a daughter Terraine and sister Mary Sousa Funeral services will be held from his home at 8 15 am with a high mass at St Elizabeth Church and burial in St Mary’s Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Marshall
Bay View Avenue
Bristol
Mr Marshal
Joseph
Gertrude Marshall
United States Rubber Company
St Elizabeth’s Church
Don Lars Felipe Society
Portuguese Beneficial Association
Mary (Cabral) Marshall
Terraine
Mary Sousa
Tiverton
St. Elizabeth's Church
Henrique Rocha
St Mary's Cemetery
Fire damages Bowen Street home during Sunday heat wave
Bristol firemen fought a stubborn blaze at 76 Richmond Street the two and a half story home of Mr and Mrs Carmine Puniello. Damage came from smoke and water as four families occupied the residence. Reserve Police Officer Orlando Ruggiero spotted the fire. A 14 month old boy from nearby Taunton Avenue was treated after heat exposure at Mount Hope Bay. Community Beach draws a crowd amid the heat wave.
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Bristol
Carmine Puniello
Richmond Street
Paniello
Frank Carmone
Antonio Cangano
Reserve
Orlando Ruggiero
Joseph Sousa Jr
Taunton Avenue
East Providence
Mount Hope Bay
C. Paul Bruno
Annual Report Of Bristol Home For Aged Women
The Bris tol Home for Aged Women presents its forty-ninth annual report. The Board notes twelve meetings with about ten of fourteen members attending. Changes to the constitution were made and the entrance fee raised from 200 to 300 dollars due to rising costs. A new member joined after the death of Mrs Delia Hamilton on May 2. The board honors Mrs Hamilton and acknowledges ongoing health issues for one member. Eleven names remain on the waiting list. Donations from American Legion Trinity Church Ivy Guild and others supported meals, groceries, flowers, and gifts. The tea and sale on May 15 raised about 100 dollars. The board emphasizes future repair and fundraising needs and united support. Carrie T Munro, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Bristol
Delia Hamilton
Hamilton
Clark
American Legion
Trinity Church
Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Church
Baptist
Congregational
Girl Scouts
Salvation Army
Edward E. Bunn
Bradford Street
Franklin Street
Everyon
Rhode Island Workshop Launches Educational Innovation
Nearly 100 Rhode Island public school officials including five from Bristol assemble at Henry Barnard School Providence to form an Educational Workshop. The five week program from 9 to 12 aims to tackle practical classroom problems with inputs from across the state culminating in 90 credit hours for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Henry Barnard School
Rhode Island College of Education
Providence
Rhode Island
Henry Barnard
Shpt
E. S. Mapes
James E. Sullivan
Mary E. Spooner
Jessie Molasky
Ann D. Sisson
State Commission On the
Commission
Frerett L. Austin
James F. Rockett
Paul Mort
Teachers College
Columbia University
Commission On
Clarence W. Bosworth
Cranston
Harold T. Lowe
Newport
Elmer S. Mapes
John F. Brown
Candance Street
Elmer R Smith
Oliver Hazard Perry
Superintendent Maps Announces Attendance Honors for Elementary Grades
UEBE Superintendent Elmer S. Mapes released the list of students honored for attendance in the second term ending in June. The recognition covers Reynolds Grade 6, Grade 5 at Reynolds, Byfield, and Valley schools, as well as Oliver Burton Taft grades and special rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner Uebe
Elmer S. Mapes
Ojf
Reynolds
John ‘Balzano
Ennis Bisbano
Rupert* Bullock
Manuel Gasper
Antonio Nunes
James Waite
Barbara Battcher
Frances Bullock
Dorothy Moran
George DuPont
Joseph Furtado
Mariano Roderiques
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New ‘Recreation ‘Board
BOY Scout
Bristol Twilight League
Carr Mer
Nnn
U. S
Sekmene
Win. Hogan
Peg
Herbert GC
Tall River
Serpa
Newsboys
Fall River Avenue
Seekonk
John Hannz
Care Sun Silk Co
Central ‘Falls
R. I. Perry
Wayne
Sunshine Peed
Bath Street
Gaspee
Town Electric
East
Annual Report of Home For Aged Women
Bristol Children's Home
Warren Methodist Church
Ivy Stewart
St Michael’s Church
DAR
Carrie T. Munro
Putte
Benefit Bridge
St. Michael’s Parish
the Home For Aged Women
Valley
Lucy Foti
Catherine Malloy
Robert Arruda
Maxinean Barros
Ernest Calandre
Ludwig Murgo
Louis Rodrianes
Lorraine King Silvia
Dolores Sousa
Robert Cabral
Constance Lawrence
Josephine Murgo
Alexandrina Oliveira
Albert Costa
Anthony Medeiros
Dorothy Arruda
Mary Corricelli
Vivian Foio
Rosaria Santos
Marion Winsor
John DaPonte
Dolores Santos
Charles Alexandre
Raymond Furtado
Joseph Madeiros
Carlo Rinaldi
Oliver
Sarah Toste
Celeste Vieita
Shirley Cadima
Lucy Cavallaro
Burton
Elizabeth Schiniger
Taft
Elizabeth Moren
Henry R. Bullock Warren
R. I
E. W. Weaver & Son Building Contractors
High Street
Ulysse Forget
M. D
Main ST
Warren, RB
Pelephone Warren
Robert J. McKay
Estate of
G. W. Simmons
William Street Ta. Conn
George M. Wilbur & Sons CO
Constitution St
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
L. Watson Co., Inc
Weyborset
R. L
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
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