Books Found in the House Offer Historical Treasures
A reader recounts two nonrecent volumes found in an old bookcase. America's England by H V Hughes surveys English places tied to American history, while Through Our Unknown Southwest by Agnes C Laut explores early Southwest ruins, archaeology, and Navajo Hopi myths with extensive notes and illustrations.
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America
England
H V Hughes
Plymouth
Washington
Sulgrave
North
Wales
Elihu Yale
St. Giles’s Church
Wexham
Southwest
Agnes C Laut
Europe
Laut
Frijoles Canyon
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Santa Fé
Nejese
Taos
North America
Phrygia
Mexico
Puebla
Rotary Club Notes Highlight Edmiston Talk and Bridge Series
Hartford past governor Edmiston will speak at the Rotary Club on Aims and Objects of Rotary. A committee report on the monthly collegiate bridge series is due. Grand prizes went to Marguerite Hill Miller Johnston and V J deRocha. The club plans a similar series next winter. Bowling league matches move to High Street Alleys due to the town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qos Edmiston
Hartford
High Street
Rhode Island Chess Champion Defeats Six Bristol Boys
Albert Martin, Rhode Island chess champion and Hope Street High School junior, visited Bristol to play six local boys in one session at the Guiteras House. He defeated Clyde Pendleton, Clinton Pendleton, Norman Hibbert, M. C. Smith Jr., Robert McGann, and Henry Holden, proving his title to the assembled group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Martin
Rhode Island
Hope Street
Providence
Bristol
Herbert B Burnham
Clyde
Clinton Pendleton
Norman Hibbert
M. C. Smith, Jr
Robert McGann
Henry Holden
Guiteras
Bristol Observes St Patrick with Three Day Festivities
Bristol marks St Patrick's Day with a three day celebration led by local groups including the Bristol-Colt Alumni Association and Kearny Post No. 6 American Legion. Festivities feature dances, dinners and house parties, with Irish music, decorations and contests drawing attendees from Bristol, Warren and Barrington.
Colt Memorial High Honor Rollis Announced
Principal Edward J. Fitzgerald lists the honor roll for the six weeks term ending March 8 at CA Memorial High School. Names include Rose Campagna, Mar Walsh, Robert Tourigney, Emily Borges, Carmine Carvaturo, Dudley Holden, Barbara Huestis, and many others across 1935 1936 and 1937 classes with high averages around 90 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Fitzgerald
CA Memorial High School
Emily Borges
Carmine Carvaturo
Dudley Holden
Barbara Huestis
Mary Larice
Frank Mancier
Wendell Marshman
Marguerite Mathews
Manuel Sousa
Frances Capone
Sally Hurch
Rose Formisano
Norman Hibbert
Marjorie Magee
Esther Perkins
Anne Russo
Ruth Tatne
Henri Trudell
Uot Cassano
Almerinda Correira
Leah Eisenstadt
Irene Gallo
Elsie Gilroy
Elmina Marino
Theresa Marino
Roseline Maturt
Irving Murray
Ruth Sanford
Mars Velleca
Marguerite Sisson
Peter Alfano
Witham Angevine
Josephine Bruno
Mary Castro
Hilda James
Raymond McNamara
Probate court admits Bennett will. Mac Dougall named administratrix
Judge Edward L Leahy admitted to probate the will of Mrs Emma S G Bennett widow of former Town Clerk Herbert F Bennett at yesterday's Probate Court session. Her daughter Mrs Emily D B Mac Dougall was named administratrix with waiver of notice. The bond was set at $500 without surety to pay debts and legacies. The petition of the guardian of Salvatore Anthony Gigho, ward was allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L Leahy
Emma S G Bennett
Herbert Franklin Bennett
Emily D B MacDougall
Salvatore Anthony Gigho
Ward
Five Minutes a Day to Safety in Driving
A motorist urges slowing by five minutes daily to cut accidents. He argues haste fuels crashes and speeding wastes time at lights. By starting earlier and taking a calmer pace, drivers may prevent harm and improve health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers Insurance Company
The Mid Week Sermon by Bristol Churchman
The sermon discusses the moral law of the first and last in God s kingdom. It contrasts indifference in Christian America with zeal among Africans Japanese and natives, urging better use of opportunities through education and service. It condemns arrogance toward newcomers and calls for deep devotion to God.
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St. Mark x
Earth
America
Zanzibar
Christ
Jerusalem
Titus
Making Over of Sadie at Guiteras Memorial School
Grade 9C presents a Friday entertainment at Guiteras Memorial Junior High School featuring The Making Over of Sadie with Ethel McNamara in the lead role and a cast including Elizabeth Brown Irene Belmore Rose Rich Mary Cavallaro. Also staged is the one act Lucky Girl with a large student lineup and school orchestra accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Guiteras Memorial
Ethel McNamara
Shamrock Whist Tonight at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Junior Choir of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will host a Shamrock whist in the parish hall on Congregational street this evening. Proceeds go to church funds. Mrs Wasta LaR Ruggi ero heads the arrangements committee with hall chair Ralph De Leo and subcommittees for candy prizes and other tasks.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Congregational Street
Wasta Lar. Ruggiero
Hall
Ralph de Leo
Peter Alfano
Angelo Carulli
John Principe
Candy
Emily Delmonico
Josephine Maturi
Christina Camera
Anne Romano
Anne Fiore
Caroline DiDonna
Newport Woman Candidate for Prominent National DAR Office
Mrs. Philip Caswell of Newport Rhode Island is the nominee for recording secretary general on the ticket led by Dr Flora Myers Gillentine of Nashville Tennessee who seeks president general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution The election occurs at the DAR Continental Congress in Washington April 15 20 Caswell a Rhode Island State Regent also served as state historian and librarian and chairs the Rhode Island Regents Club Gillentine an educator author and speaker with a national reputation holds a PhD from Peabody and has served as faculty head at State Teachers College New records note her advanced degrees from Columbia University and study in Boston She is an officer in the American Association of University Women and Delta Kappa Gamma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Caswell
Newport
R. I
Flora Myers Gillentine
Nashville
Tenn
State Text Book Commission
Tennessee
Gillentine
Ward- Belmont and
Peabody Colleges
Boston
Columbia University
New York
Peabody
American Association of University Women
Delta Kappa Gamma
State Teachers’ College
National Officers’ Club
Washington
Caswell
Soiets
Constitution Hall
Rhode Island State Board
New England
National Society of
Townsend Aid Society
Arkansas
State College of Tennessee
University of Florida
Rhode Island
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Notable Women Active in National Civic Groups
Mrs Caswell and Dr Gillentine are described as prominent figures in national and regional women’s organizations. Caswell holds Rhode Island and New England ties with Daughters of the American Revolution groups and welfare work, while Gillentine is noted for leadership in Tennessee federation clubs and forestry advocacy leading to forest reserve gains.
Newport Faces U S Rubber Co in Local Hoop Showdown
A fast Newport basketball team meets Leo Cantwell’s U S Rubber Co five tomorrow night at 8 at the Recreation Room of the local plant. Coach Jimmie Sullivan will pick starters from LeClerce Bruno Gagia Mansi Herzig Perry Desilets Borges Salzano and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Leo Cantwell
US Rubber Co
Jimmie Sullivan
LeClerce
Paul Bruno
Gagia
Leo Mansi
Herzig
Perry
Desires
Demaire
Borges
Jim Salzano
City-By-The-Sea
Rogers High
de LaSalle Academy
Ainsworth
Warren
James B Lee
Passaic
I Leo Cantwell
Erasmo Mancine
Oscar Herzig
Chassie” TeClerc
Julio Borges
Pat” Gaglio
Nuts” Lemaire
Bisbane Brothers
Mike Pasquarelli
Tony (Baker) Perry
Cup Defenders League Individual Averages Listed
Readable as of March 15 the Cup Defenders League lists player names teams and their strings with percentages. The compiled table includes E Mansi R Bisbano B Mansi S Matrone L Langello and many others across Columbia Rainbow Resolute Enterprise and Eterprise with scores from 70s to 100s plus several mis-typed entries.
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E. Mansi
Resolute
R. Bisbano
Columbia
B. Mansi
Rainbow
S. Matrone
L. Langello
Enterprise
Bisbane
MN Mansi
M Ascoli
A. Cappucci
A. Marabello
IL. Mansi
J. Velleca
F. Pasquarel
M. Pasquerelli
Eterprise
V. Arruda
E. Mancini
C. Accardi
A. Guido
A. Nastri
Resolve
D Pasquarelli
J Cadille
P Camera
J Rich
L. Alfano
Arada
J. Bisbano
J. Marabello
J. Sicignano
M. Corriera
J. Sousa
Marabello
F Marabello
M Proto
L. Principe
G.’ Vergilli
M Tamburro
M Antinucci
B. Marine
L. Malafronte
S. Mascon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Club
ST. Patrick
Sons and Daughters of
Briain
Friendly Sons
Robert J. Anderson
Chit” Beuregard
Arthur Demars
Arthur Lewis
James Saviano
Anthony Perry
John Martin
Charles Young
Marguerite Doyle
Joseph Sansone
Isabel Castro
John L. Rego
James Connors
Elmer Drew
St Patrick's Day
Michael Deleo
Eleanor Rae
Laura Balzano
Andrew Iverson
Luke White
Frederick Goff
Colt Memorial High
Rose Campagna
Hazen
Mar. Walsh
Robert Tourigney
Helen Raposa
Ruth Ruggieri
Flsie Weaver
Isabel Bento
Joseph Borges
Constance Campanella
James Conley
Arnold Dryer
Esther
Ferreira Carmeflra Formisano
Antoinette Gaglio
Charles Harfley
Ruth Hazeldine
Rhoda Hobson
Herman Kemph
Virginia Maisano
Fannette McCaw
Robert Newbold
Audrey Newman
Arthur Nunes
Antonio Perron
Dominic Puniello
Antoinette Rucci
Shirley Sparks
Anne Turcarola
Jeannette Charrette
Frances Dolan
Memoriam
Margaret Hacon Flynn
Owers
Liea
Wm J Flynn
Don Herold
Motorist
Shamrock
National
D.A.R
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Flora Meyers Gilizntine
Nashville, Tenn
U. S
Thomas J. Connery
Sartini
R. G Quirk
Bristol Caning CO
State Street
E. W.' Weaver
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