Public Schools in Bristol Grow With Select School History
1848 sees four school houses planned in Bristol as the South and North Primary Schools shift to new quarters. The Select School, later High School, opens with 45 scholars led by William E. Gillson, then Lafayette Burr and Dr Nathan B. Cooke driving a multi-year growth plan. The academy expands in 1852 with Mary W Shepard as assistant and philosophical apparatus funded, while Cooke remains for nine years before moving on.
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Byron Diman
Samuel Sparks
Ephraim Gifford
George B. Munro
Hope and
Constitution Streets
Rowse Potter
William Pearse
John Peckham
Hezekiah Wardwell
Ruth Bosworth
Oliver Mason
Elijah Gray
John C. Rich
Joseph L. Gardner
William B. Spooner
John Norris
Nathaniel Bullock
Franklin Street
High
High Street
Union
Shepard
Waitham B Spooner
Select School
William E. Gillson
Gillson
Congressional Library
Washington
Public Library
Boston
Lafayette Burr
Nathan B. Cooke
Burr
Cooke
Baptist Society
Mary W Shepard
Newton
Massachusetts
Lewis Monroe
Monroe
Leicester
Lonsdale
Rhode Island
Bristol
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Mary Howe DeWolf Weds Dr Marshall Fulton at St Michael's
Miss DeWolf and Dr Fulton marry at St Michael's Episcopal Church attended by Baxter family relatives and friends from Bristol Providence Keokuk Bryn Mawr Cooperstown and Boston. Bishop Perry presided with a large reception at The Ledges Fer ry Hill before the couple sails for a New England honeymoon.
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St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Mary Howe DeWolf
Marshall Nairne Fulton
DeWolf
Halsey DeWolf
Bristol
Providence
Fulton
William Jewett Fulton
Keokuk
Iowa
James DeWolf Perry
Diocese of
Rhode Island
Arthur H. Beaty
St John’s Cathedral
Anthony R. Parshley
St Michael’s Church
Ruth Mary Penfield
Montreal
J Angus Thurrett
Southampton
Rene
Maid of Honor
Frank T. Fulton
Usberg
John Davies
Frank D Ingraham
Boston
Robert T Monroe
Brookline
Mass
Herbert M Howe
John W DeWolf
Frank
Alfred Steel
Chestnut Hill
Frederick Peter Jordan
Glenside
William H Edwards
Edgar J Lanpher
Walter H Angell
M. A DeWolf Howe
the Ledges
Ferry Hill
Riverway
Mary C Wheeler School
Brin Mawr College
Munich
Germany
Popularity Contest to Open Air Carnival at St Mary’s
The popularity contest linked to St Mary's Church carnival will run June 27 to July 27. Alumni reunion for St Mary’s Parochial School is planned for the same period. Committee meetings were held at Augustine Cherone Jr.’s Prospect Street home and July 9 in St Mary’s auditorium after the Norvada service to finalize plans.
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St Mary’s Church
Augustine Cherone, Jr
Prospect Street
St Mary’s Parochial School
St Mary’s Auditorium
Two Weddings Solemnized Saturday in Local Churches
Two weddings were held Saturday morning at St Marys and St Elizabeths Churches. Elizabeth M Warner and Joseph T Vermette wed with attendants Euclid Vermette and Marguerite Vermette, then Edith Alves and Anthony Medeiros joined in holy matrimony with Bertha Medeiros and Joseph L Alves as attendants. The weddings featured formal gowns, corsages, and bridal bouquets. after a Cape trip the Vermettes plan to reside in Bristol and the Medeiroses will live at 9 West Street.
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St Mary’'s
St Elizabeth's Church
St Mary's
Elizabeth M. Warner
Bessie Warner
Burton Street
Joseph T. Vermette
E. H Vermette
Gibson Road
Rex Michael L. Ryan
Euclid Vermeatte
Marguerite Vermette
Maid of Honor
Washington, DC
Vermette
Bristol
Edith Alves
Mariano Louis Alves
East State Street
Anthony Medeiros
John Medeiros
Charles Street
Henrique Rocha
Bertha Medeiros
Joseph L. Alves
Annie Peters
Holy Ghost Hall
Medeiros
West Street
The
Cape
Gems of Thought in Quiet Home Living
Compilation of quotes on quiet living and inner peace from Drummond Pascal Bowes Mary Baker Eddy Isaiah 32 17 and a concluding verse. Emphasizes serenity, self control, divine love, and steadfast joy as daily guidance.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Holiday Orders For July 4th At Corner Hope And Franklin
Holiday orders are being taken early at the Corner on Hope Street and Franklin Street. Customers are asked to place July 4th orders by phone at 177 R for pickup or delivery options.
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Hope and
Franklin Sts
D of I Schedules Open Air Meetings And Clambake
The Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella announces two open air meetings and the annual clambake and outing on its summer schedule. July meetings set for the 5th at St. Columban Seminary with an elaborate program by a committee led by Catherine Bottomley. The August 19 meeting will be at Sara Sweeney’s Mount Hope Bay summer home. The annual outing and clambake will be at the Sweeney residence with Lena Ingram chairing the committee assisted by Sweeney and many members.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. Columban Seminary
Catherine Bottomley
Helen Byrnes
Catherine Gibson
Emma Young
Pauline Langello
Lena Ingram
Mary Kerr
Bessie Crowley
Nora Toolin
Sara Sweeney
Mount Hope Bay
Nellie Connery
Marenette Jordan
Eva Burke
Rose Preble
Ethel Burke
Edna Dubuc
Mary Mancini
Theresa Robel
Genevieve Dunbar
Rose Breen
Edna Brooks
Helen Condon
Frances Horton
Sweeney
Helen Callahan
Jessie St Angelo
Luella Andrade
Loretta Connell
Ethel Marz
Laura Sousa
Annie Farley
Mary Guevremont
Elizabeth Goulart
Ellen McKenna
Eileen Pierce
Winifred Walsh
Martha Gallagher
Mary Corey
Miss Horton
Anania Announces Vita Vita Engagement to Squatrito
Mr and Mrs Michaelangelo Anania announce engagement of daughter Vita to Frank Squatrito son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Squatrito 57 Usher Avenue. The couple's families attended a dinner at 28 Richmond Street. Wedding planned for September.
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Michaelangelo Anania
Vita
Frank Squatrito
Jerome Squatrito
Usher Avenue
Richmond Street
Miss Chemistry and the Plastic Wardrobe Takes Center Stage
A feature on fashion built from laboratory science details wool pulp fabrics, coal tar colors, plastic heels, nylon stockings, Lucite jewelry, rayon dresses and gloves, and cellulose film hats and handbags. The article highlights how chemistry shapes everyday wear with durable, synthetic fibers and plastics transforming modern style.
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du Pont
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Ellen R. Luther
Thomas Shepard
George B Munro
Robert S Andrews
John N Burgess
Robert S. Andrews
Grammar School
James W. Cook
James Sykes
Vermette- Warner
Alves
Virginia Leahy
St. Mary’s Choral Society
Drummond
Pascal
Bowes
Grete
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