Bristol Hosts Good Will Courier Tour For 1939 World’s Fair
Philip L. McFadden arrived in Bristol in an official World’s Fair car featuring a Trylon and Perisphere motif. Local officials greeted him at the town line and Burnside Memorial building before a dinner at the Lobster Pot. The visit showcased a nationwide safety driving demo with U S Rubber tires under AAA coordination.
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Bristol
United States
Philip L. McFadden
Good Will Courier
Trylon
Bristol-Warren
Francis Connell
Bristol United States Rubber Co
Stanley E Friswell
Bristol Safety Council
Henry H. Lawson
Anthony J Ferrara
Burnside Memorial Building
Prescott B Paull
John W Church
McFadden
United States Rubber Company
Ernest G. Brown
American Automobile Association
U. S
U.S. Rubber Field Engineering Organization
Courier
Bristol Scouts Plan Evening Meetings and Memorial Day Prep
The Drum and Bugle Corps of the Bristol Troops Boy Scouts meet at 7 pm in Scout Hall for practice and to discuss upcoming competitions in two months. Awashanks Herd POWs resume after vacation with a plan for the Spring Ceremonial on May 14 and a plane making contest in Air May Week. Memorial Day parade plans are outlined for Troop 4 with uniform inspections and outdoor meetings next month. Admiral Byrd Night honors Admiral Richard Byrd with patrols presenting explorer life stories.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Poloc
Scout Hall
Awashanks
Seaston
Ain
Awashonks Herd
POO Woos
Washonks Herd
Troop 1
William F Head
Admiral Byrd
Richard S Byrd
Lament of the Normal Child by Phyllis McGinley
A verse about a student who sees peers labeled as problem children while the speaker, deemed perfectly normal, endures school routines and labels. The poem mocks the expectations of modern schooling and the pressure to fit a perceived ideal learner. It critiques teachers and peers who stigmatize difference as normality.
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Mortimer Sears
Jessamine Gray
Frederick Knipe
Scientiti
Fred Thes
Clam
Cuthbert Jones
A &Av
Local church and school events listed for May
May events include a rummage sale by Mount Hope Chapter O FE on May 13. An Immaculate Conception Sodality dance at St Marys Church Colt Auditorium May 13. A Topsy Turvy Party at Baptist Church Vestry May 18 by the Anncac Guild. Colt Memorial High School presents The Gypsy Rover May 19 and 20 in the auditorium.
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Immaculate Conception Sodality
St Mary’s Church
Colt Auditorium
Baptist Church
Uspices
Anncac Guild
Colt Memorial High School
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Brookside Creamery
Finast
Prerfifeld
Richmond
Goffee
Richmond Creamery
Crisco
Golden
PEG
Aed
Lee
TIN
Baby Foods
Florida Orances
Sunkist
LGE
BOY Scouts. OF America
Cubs
Phyllis McGinley
Pasha Sehowhouse
Mount Hope
O. FE
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