Grand jury to rehear Bristol man on bad checks
Zigmund Peret of North Attleboro faces a grand jury today for a rehearing on three counts of passing worthless checks after a technical sentencing flaw. Perez previously served two weeks of a one year sentence and will now be tried on three charges with embezzlement dropped. a prior assault of nine cases was dismissed.
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Fifth District
Attorney ‘General's Department
Zigmund Peret
North Attleboro
Perez
Bristol
Provdence County
William. T. O'Donnell
Anthony J. Ferrara
O'Donnell
Ferrara
Raymond Makowsky
Edward Levy
Makowsky
Levy
Buffington Drug Store
Attorney General's Department
Peret
Providence
Bristol Women Given Keys For Better City
The National Consumers Tax Commission introduces local government yardsticks to Bristol led by Mrs Elmer FE Angell. Women are urged to check police clearance rates, municipal debt levels, budget realism, and financial ratings to gauge city performance and tax burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
National Consumers Tax Commission
Elmer FE. Angell
Financial Department
Melville Bucklestone
Chicago
Commission
Govette Fined Five Dollars for Wrong Way Driving
Joseph A Goyette, 29, of 177 Quarry Street Fall River paid a $5 fine and costs in Fifth District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to driving east on John Street a thoroughfare designated for westbound traffic. A two week continuance was granted in the private complaint Fleming v Garvin.
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Joseph A Goyette
Quarry Street
Fall River
Fifth District Court
John Street
Robert G Fleming
Chris A Garvin
Bristol Women Lead Campaign For Maternal Health Funds
Mrs Carl W Haffenreffer heads the Bristol committee for the Rhode Island Maternal Health Association annual campaign launched yesterday. Bristol workers include Mrs Ernest G Brown Mrs Harleigh Tingley Mrs Melvin Bair Mrs Wesley Armstrong and Mrs Daniel Chase. A tea for workers was held Friday at 88 Cooke Street Providence. Dr Woodbridge E Morris of the Birth Control Federation of America spoke at the Plantations Club luncheon. The campaign runs through March 14.
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Carl W Haffenreffer
Rhode Island Maternal Health Association
Bristol
Ernest G. Brown
Harleigh Tingley
Melvin Bair
Wesley Armstrong
Daniel Chase
Maxwell C. Huntoon
Cooke Street
Providence
Woodbridge E. Morris
Birth Control Federation of America
Plantations Club
Bristol Men Face Massachusetts Charge over Pig Theft
Four Bristol and one Fall River man were arrested after 18 pigs were stolen from pens near the Westport Dar mouth line in Massachusetts. Manuel Carvalho, 26, of Bristol and Frank Sousa, 52, of Fall River face larceny charges with sureties set at 300. James Barboza, 27, Joseph Brown, 29, and Joaquim Rodrigues, 54, all of Bristol, face fugitive from justice charges and are to appear before Fifth District Court Judge Waitham O'Donnell Monday morning.
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Bristol
Fall River
Westport
Darmouth
Massachusetts
Manuel Carvalho
Goulart Avenue
Frank Sousa
Main Street
Liberty
James Barboza
Thames Street
Joseph Brown
Metacom Avenue
Joaquim Rodrigues
Catherine Street
Nancent Sumpter
Gerk
Fifth District Court
Waitham
O'Donnell
Miss Juha C Drury Payment Total Mentioned
A financial note records a prior acknowledgment of 103.00 dollars to Miss Juha C Drury and a total to date of 108.00 dollars.
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Juha C Drury
Watercolors by Dorothy Holt Exhibit at Bristol Library
Bristol artist Dorothy Holt displays seventeen watercolors at Rog ers Free Library after a December showing at Ferargil Galleries New York. The works depict local homes buildings and scenes with meticulous faithful observation and a personal yet imaginative touch. Holt teaches at the Rhode Island School of Design Evening School and is praised by art critics for a distinctive, serious, individual style.
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Dorothy Holt
Rogers Free Library
Ferargil
New York City
Bristol
New York
The
Art News
New England
Ralph Holt
Miss Holt
RI School of Design
Gordon School
Mt Hope Chapter Presents Musical Program in Snowbound Meeting
Inclement weather did not stop the Mt Hope Chapter Order of Eastern Star from a well attended meeting at Masons Hall Hope Street. After routine business a hillbilly trio Harold Congdon Merton Morgan and John Anderson performed. Past Worthy Patron Stephen W Hopkins led the entertainment with refreshments served by a committee headed by George F Marshall and including Harrys W Munro Vincent J Pettine Leon McCaw Emil Klein Co Arthur W Barrett and William Remueres.
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Hope
Order of Eastern Star
Masons Hall
Hope Street
Hilly Billy
Harold Congdon
Merton Morgan
John Anderson
Stephen W Hopkins
George F Marshall
Harrys W Munro
Vincent J Pettine
Leon McCaw
Emil Klein
Arthur W. Barrett
William Remueres
Planning Board to study town owned factory proposal
The Bristol Planning Board would study a town owned factory plan for small industries if initiated by a taxpayers group. The board underscored it is not an Industrial Promotion committee but could study public building plans of town wide importance. A Town Council meeting tonight is expected to consider the proposal amid some opposition and notes that WPA labor is not available for skilled work.
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Taxpayers Association
Bristol Playping Board
Roswell 5
Bosworth
Planning Board
J. Floyd Huestis
Paul A. Herzig
John P. Marshall
Orlando J. Bisbane
The
Phoenix
Bisbane
Bristol
Salvation Army Drive Receives Satisfactory Response
Chairman Robert W. Nelson said the Salvation Army annual appeal has been satisfactory so far but many former contributors have not yet given this year. He urged donations via Mr. Cady or by mailing to J William Wood, local Treasurer, care of the Industrial Trust Co Bristol Branch.
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Robert W. Nelson
Salvation Army
Mr. Cady
J William Wood
Industrial Trust Co
Bristol
Hobson Speaks at Bristol PTA Meeting
Earl H Hobson director of the Bristol M C A will address the Bristol Elementary Parent Teacher Association at the Reynolds School auditorium Thursday night. Mrs Earl G Sturdevant president will preside. A musical program directed by Miss Jessie Molasky features group singing led by Mrs Frances Antonelli and singers Dorothy Barbara Moren Anna Marguerite Kebrek Dorothy Antonelli and Jacqueline Pettine. Refreshments served by hospitality chair Mrs Albert Brunelli.
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Earl H. Hobson
Bristol , M. C. A
Bristol Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
Reynolds School
Earl G. Sturdevant
Jessie Molasky
Guiteras Memorial
Frances Antonelli
Dorothy
Moran Denies Manslaughter Charge in Court
Oliver M Moran 19 pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the death of John T Xavier 51 after police allege Moran struck the fatal blow. Judge William T O'Donnell continued the case two weeks for hearing with bail set at 400.
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Oliver M Moran
State Street
John T Xavier
Franklin Street
William T O‘donnell
Fifth District Court
Anthony Grilli
Moran
Anthony J Ferrara
Antonio DuPont
Bristol
Navier
Thomas FE Bovlan
Fall River
Church Society Seats New Officers
Pamily Furtado was installed as president of the Daughters of Mary Society of St Elizabeth's Church at ceremonies Sunday afternoon in the new parish hall Wood street. Other officers seated were vice president Angelina Tera, treasurer Mary Ferreira, and secretary Wilhelmina Victoria. The spiritual ceremony was read by Rev Henrique Rocha, acting pastor. A buffet lunch was served by the arrangement committee which included the Misses Mary and Phoebe Goulart, Ruth August, Esther August, Emily Borges, Mary Almeida, Miranda Medeiros.
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Pamily Furtado
Daughters of Mary Society
St Elizabeth's Church
Wood Street
Angelina Tera
Mary Ferreira
Wilhelmina Victoria
Henrique Rocha
Mary
Phoebe Goulart
Ruth August
Esther August
Emily Borges
Mary Almeida
Miranda Medeiros
K of C Plans Palm Sunday Communion Breakfast
Bristol Council Knights of Columbus schedules a Palm Sunday Communion breakfast for March 17 with Holy Communion at 8:00 a m in St Marys Church followed by a breakfast in the K of C rooms State Street prominent K of C officials and town Catholic clergy invited Henry Trudell chairs the committee with Frank Canario Roland Castonguay James Connery Jerome Donovan Joseph Gallagher George Ingram John Mello James Ruggiero and John Burke assisting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's Church
K. of C
State Street
Henry Trudell
Frank T. Canario
Roland Castonguay
James Connery
Jerome Donovan
Joseph Gallagher
George T Ingram
John Mello
James Ruggiero
Mr Burke
Society Buys Don Luis Filipe Hall in Usher Avenue
The Portuguese Beneficial Society Don Luis Filipe purchases Lincoln Hall and the Usher Avenue site from Recordacoes da Patria Club in a deed filed with Town Clerk John W Church for 4000 dollars. Officials say the two societies will likely unite. Don Luis Filipe had earlier sold Columbia Hall to St. Elizabeths Church for 8000 dollars.
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Don Luis Filipe
Netopian Society Sponsors Turkey Supper at Church
The Netopian Society of the First Congregational Church sponsors a turkey supper Thursday at 6 30 p m in the Guneral House. Mrs Vincent J Pettine chairs the arrangements with a list of committee members including Mrs Herbert F Newman Mrs Arthur Rae Mrs Robert F Steen Mrs Samuel Steen Mrs P O Peters Mrs Leslie Young Miss Sophia R Young Mrs Malcolm Clark and Mrs Harold OConnell.
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Netopian Society
First Congregational Church
Guneral House
Vincent J. Pettine
Herbert F Newman
Arthur Rae
Robert F. Steen
Samuel Steen
P. O. Peters
Leslie Young
Sophia R. Young
Malcolm Clark
Harold O'’Connell
Andrea Leeds Staircase Scene Impresses in Moving Picture
The writer recalls Andrea Leeds in a Bristol Stage Door film scene where she ascends stairs intent on death. He notes J. P. McEvoy's Baltimore Sunday Sun article describing actors struggles to reach emotional peaks and the director's pivotal influence in such moments.
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Moving Picture
Bristol
Andrea Leeds
J. P. McEvoy
Baltimore Sunday Sun
McEvoy
Stage Door
Gregory la Cava
Andrea
Duse
Bernhardt
Snow White
Marie Dressler
Iconic Directors Push Actors to Extreme Takes
Excerpts recount famous film scenes where directors Gregory La Cava Charlie Chaplin and Ford demanded grueling, exhausting takes for powerful acting. Andrea Leeds Andrea Temple Jon Hall faced hours of strenuous staging to heighten realism and emotion on stage and screen.
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la Cevar
la Cava
Andrea Leeds
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James Cagney
Pat O’brien
George Brent
Mt. Hope
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PTA
Church Society
K. of C. Plans
Lincoln Hall
Turkey Supper
Charlie Chaplin
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Chaplin
Shirley Temple
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Paramount
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Mrs. Temple
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