Architect survey offered to diagnose Guiteras roof leaks
Bristol school board discussed a survey by Howe and Church Providence architects to determine roof leaks at Guiteras Memorial Junior High, with criticism of prior work. The panel also considered auditorium use restrictions, endowment fund purchases, health exams, and a piano and radio upgrade for the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras Memorial
Elmer S. Mapes
Howe and
Church
Providence
Howe
New Andrews
Wilfred M. Hamill
Guiteras
Hamill
Howe and Church
Colt* Memorial Htch School
Rhode Island
Cole Jege
Cayhe
Mapes
WPA
Bristol
Edward J Fitzgerald
Geraldine Marino
Colt Memorial Endowment Fund
Joseph Castronovo
Life of St Patrick Told at Rotary Meeting
Mr John Green Newport clerk at Newport County Superior Court gave a Rotary Club talk on St Patrick Born in Brittany he was captured by Irish pirates and enslaved six years then escaped He followed a vision to lead the Irish to Christianity and became Bishop of Armagh His mission left churches and schools with missionaries aiding Europe after Rome declined He died after a turbulent life and was hailed as a great presta
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick
John Green
Newport
Rotary Club
Belvedere
Green
Newport County
Edward L. Leahy
Brittany
Ireland
Aaron
Tor
Rome
Leeland
Don
Foren
St Patrick
Europe
Mr Greensand
Man injured as auto strikes pole on Metacom Avenue
Tons Travers 18 of 59 Mount Hope Avenue suffered a cut to the left leg when the car he rode in swerved off the highway and struck a pole on Metacom Avenue. Albert Guevremont 2 of 245 Thames Street faces a reckless driving charge and will appear in the Fifth District Court Monday morning. Other car occupants Salvatore Ntate 22 Ralph Caizzi 19 and Nick Dilello 22 escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travers
Mount Hope Avenue
Metacom Avenue
Albert Jo Guevremont 2
Thames Street
Pifth District Court
Salvatore Ntate
Ralph Caizzi
State Street
Nick Dilello
Il Usher Street
Heirlooms Topic at Bristol Historical Society Meeting
Bristol Historical Society met in the Masonic building on Hope Street for a discussion of family heirlooms. Guests and members displayed and spoke on telescopes brass pieces silver logs and shipwreck relics with notes on New England silversmiths and 1848 Alst railroad sponsors. Four new members were admitted and a brief board session preceded the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Historical Society
Masonic Building
Hope Street
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
William H. Eddy
Providence
Evelin Bache
Cori”M. Hill
Maria Norris
New England
Miriam Skinner
Charles H. Liscomb
William Paine
Albert A Edmonds
Bristol
Board of Directors
John W Haley
Agnes Herreshoff
A A Marcotte
Muce Almy
Colt High seniors air radio debut of The Willow Whistle
Colt Memorial High School readies a radio debut Monday afternoon as the Senior Dramatic Club broadcasts The Willow Whistle on Station WEAN at 5 30 pm. Cast includes Uncle Dan Robert McGann Alma May Ethel Kerr Billie Arnold Diyer Otamah Robert Touriznes Blind Chief William Ross Spirnit Madge Klein Spirit of Peace Rhoda Hobson First Indian Jeanette Charette Second Indian Norman Hibbert Third Indian Clyde Pendleton and Chilton Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
WEAN
Uncle Dan
Robert McGann
Alma May
Ethel Kerr
Billie
Arnold Diyer
Otamaha
Robert Touriznes
William Ross
Rood) Spirnit
Madge Klein
Spirit of Peace
Rhoda Hobson
Jeanette Charette
Norman Hibbert
Clyde Pendleton
Vowes and
Sounds
Chilton
Rehearsals Begin for Colt High Operetta Magazine Princess
Colt Memorial High School prepares two act operetta Magazine Princess with April 22 and 23 performances in the school auditorium. Mass Janette hCow stars as the Princess with Gordon Morgan Robert McGann and others in principal roles. Theresa Donovan conducts and proceeds benefit the Senior Class and the school activities fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mass Janette hCow
Gordon Morgan
Robert McGann Machael
Turilafiste Gitro
Arthur Manchester Vernon Gray
Theresa Marine
John Simas Wuham Ross
Charles Scott Joseph Gallagher
Ruth Hazeldine
Marguerite deRocha
Theresa Donovan
Sons of Italy grand venerable to visit Sunday
Bristol Counts residents of Italian extraction will honor Luigi Scala of Providence Grand Venerable of the Sons of Italy Society at a mass meeting Sunday afternoon in Academy Hall Wood Street. Accompanying Mr Scala will be his suite of officers with Rocco Mighor venerable of Princess Elena Lodge presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Luigi Scala
Providence
The
Sons of Italy Society
Princess Elena and
Santa Maria Maddelena
Academy Hall
Wood Street
Scala
Rocco Mighor
Princess Elena
Engagement announced of Bristol pair's daughter Dunbar
Fredericka Lee Dunbar to Norman Paul Samborn of Providence announced by Mr and Mrs Frederick L. Dunbar at their Hope street home. Miss Dunbar, Bristol resident and Colt Memorial High School and Rhode Island School of Design graduate, becomes engaged to broker Norman Samborn, son of Dr and Mrs Harvey B. Sanborn of 37 Hope Street Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericka Lee Dunbar
Norman Paul Samborn
Providence
Frederick L. Dunbar
Hope Street
Miss Dunbar
Bristol
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island School of Design
Sanborn
Harvey B. Sanborn
Bristol Police Receive Two Dollar Raise After Safe Year
The Bristol Town Council approved a $2 weekly pay increase for all seven police officers as thanks for an exemplary year. Police Chief Anthony J. Ferrara received a commendation letter from the National Safety Council. The raise, announced after a brief executive session, comes with an austerity plan that blocks new cruiser purchases this year. Weekly salaries include Chief Ferrara at $42, and officers at $31 to $30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Anthony J. Ferrara
Bristol
Prescott B. Paull
Paull
eHesttighout
Eucelia J Demars
Frederick W. Serbst
Henry J Sylvia
Michael Bullock
Mt Carmel Mission at Mt Carmel Church Draws Large Crowds
Attendance at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church services has been strong over the past week. The mission opened last Sunday and ends this week under Rev Thomas Keenan of the Redemptorists. Blessing of the Palms is planned for the 7 am Mass on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church
Thomas Keenan
Congregation of the Redemptorist Fathers
Pittsburg
Fr Keenan
Wavelack
Rex Joseph Sorzano
Holy Name Secrety
Columban
Annual Rotary Frohe event and Colt Memorial High show
On March 29 the Annual Rotary Frohe event will be held at Bristol Casino. From April 22 to 23 Colt Memorial High School students present Magazine Princess in the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber
Reynolds
Kearney Post
American Legion Auxiliary
Ghiteras . Auditorum
Princess
Bristol Casino
Colt Memorial High School
Rockwell Reappointed School Board Chairman for Ninth Year
Charles B Rockwell Jr reelected unanimously as chairman of the school committee for a ninth consecutive year at the organization meeting. Elmer S Mapes was reappointed secretary of the board, a post he has held since 1930. Subcommittees were appointed by the chairman for curriculum tests books health and school houses with committee members Cantwell Saviano Andrade Condon DaPonte Hamill and others named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred MacHamill
Anthony DaPonte
Andrade
Condon
DaPonte
Hamill
Cantwell
Saviano
Police Chief Urges Bristol Victualling Permits Renewal
Police Chief Anthony J Ferrara warns Bristol victualling owners to renew permits before the April 1 licensing deadline. Applications should be presented to the Town Council at next Wednesday nights meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J Ferrara
Bristol
Bond sale proposal faces council opposition in town meeting
Town Treasurer William Angervine urged selling 23 000 of US Government bonds in the Poor Farm account and reinvesting in bank stocks while Councilman Francois deWolf warned against liquidation. Debate over risk and accountability followed as the council postponed other business and authorized a 30 000 tax anticipation borrowing. Joseph Jacintho gained sidewalk approval for 8 Roma Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H Anegevine
Francois I deWolf
deWolf
Prescott B Paull
John W. Church
Angevine
Joseph Jacintho
Roma Street
Dear Mister President humorous letters in Saturday Evening Post
A satirical piece by Ben Whitehurst reprints letters to the President from the Saturday Evening Post. The column shows how ordinary readers blend troubles with natural humor. A 25 clerk staff processes daily mail ranging from two to seven thousand letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Ben Whitehurst
FERA
WPA
Whitehurst
Fragmented letters reveal varied pleas and grievances
In a sequence of fragmented quotes from a Negro writer and Rochester residents, individuals express urgent needs for clothing and shelter, critique relief and government aid, reference personal losses and hardship, and request attention to family and living conditions in a distressed plea for assistance.
Blurred Pledge and Plea From a Jobless Worker
A blond headed man seeks guidance to lead a Christian life and asks President Roosevelt for a red car and a U S Check Book claiming fatigue from years of hard labor. A former vaudeville contortionist now out of work for a year describes dire circumstances after being struck by a car and speaking broken English.
Letter chain to Ickes traces oil supply path
A reader explains the bureaucratic relay from Perry to oil divisions and finally to the Secretary, outlining how oil procurement moves through the Fat and Lubricating Oil Sections and asking who to contact next. The letter highlights the tangled nature of wartime administrative routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ickes
Perry
Chrystalnity
Letter to Hoover on White House mail asks for $100
The text recalls a man who sent a plea to the White House in Hoover’s final year, requesting $100. Hoover gave $50 from his own pocket, as there were no federal relief agencies then. A year later the same man wrote again asking for $100, noting Hoover kept half last year and asking for direct payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Hisself
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Madeleine Carroll
Berlin
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Deanna Durbin
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Florence Rice
Nat Pendleton
Ecken
Ole Olsen
Emil Johnson
Country Gentlemen
FOX Movietone News
Marech
Abbey Theatre
Dublin
Barbara Stanwyck
Aibg
Charles Starrett
Historical Society
Colt High
Abe
Willow Whistle
WHRAN
Colt High Operetta
Colt Memoral High School
Vanity Commission
C H Watson
Ferrara
Safety Council
New York City
MT. Carmel
Fr. Sorzano
Tion
Pro Sorzano
Anthony Barnotth
Milwaukee
Wis
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Collins and Aikman
Shere
Rochester
New York
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Neal
Dows
Caure
Pope
Erwardine
Sandie
Tos
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