Bristol Garden Club Wins Blue Ribbon at Flower Show
The Bristol Garden Club earned first prize in the calendar arrangement class at the Flower Show held at the Rhode Island Auditorium. Mrs. Fred M. Dixon Jr led the Bristol exhibit and coordinated the Girl Scouts section, with helpers Mary Mathewson Elizabeth Mathewson Peggy Connors Rhoda Hobson and Ruth Hazeldine. The centerpiece depicts an Italian garden with loggia marble pool fountain and a 40 foot cascade amid hundreds of blooms and tropical plants surrounding a warm pool for tropical specimens.
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Bristol Garden Club
R. I
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
Bristol
Girl Scouts of the-State
New England
Rockett to Speak at Colt Memorial High Graduation
James F. Rockett, newly named State Director of Education, will be principal speaker at Colt Memorial High School graduation exercises in June. Rev Manuel J Barres, pastor of St Elizabeth's Church and Bristol School Committee member, will deliver invocation and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Rockett
Colt Memorial High School
Edward J Fitzgerald
Manuel J Barres
St Elizabeth's Church
Bristol
Former Bristol Police Chief seeks back pay after suspension
A petition from Richard J Kavanaugh former Bristol Police Chief asks the Town Council to compensate him for $1600 in wages from his suspension June 24 1934 to February 21 1935 when he was formally removed. The council opened an investigation into property allegedly in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J Kavanaugh
Edward L. Leahy
Kavanaugh
James H. Kiernan
John W . Church
Prescott B Paull
Kavanaugihag
Rhode Island
Bristol
Three Bristol Churches Announce Charity Drive Workers
Three Bristol Roman Catholic parishes named chairmen and 29 teams for the Catholic Charity Fund drive. St Marys Church lists Senator Thomas H. Byrnes as chairman with ten canvassing teams and a long roster of captains and workers. Our Lady of Mt Carmel names James J. Velleca as chairman and four teams with captains and workers. St Elizabeth Church lists Anthony DaPonte heading workers, with multiple teams and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Byrnes
St Marys Church
Our Lady of
Carmine J Massano
Frank Trea* Nor
Marv M Mancini
Philip Morris
Francis Connell Ath
Madods
Ateene Wells
Helen
T Scanlon
Mary V Scanlon
Mars M_ Lannon
Lillian B Connery
Henrietta M C Connery
Fileen D Moore
H Frances Horton
Mary A. Magee
Mary F. Long
Nellie Duggan
Frank Bruno
Louis Nasta
Alfonso Riccio
John Santulli
Town Council Offers Reward for Bristol Vandal Arrest
Council votes a 25 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of vandals in Bristol after a gang desecrated DeWolf Cemetery on Woodlawn avenue two weeks ago. Councilman Francois L. deWolf criticizes the recent acts as worse than stealing.
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Francois L. deWolf
Bristol
deWolf
Woodlawn Avenue
HELP 4TH JULY FUND COLT STUDENTS ENTER BETTER HOUSING CONTEST
Nine Colt Memorial High School students competed this noon in the Federal Housing Administration essay contest. Local FHA officials attended the event with judges including Rep. John R. Magee and W. J. deRocha. Prizes of 4 dollars were awarded to the girl and boy first prize winners. runners-up received 1 dollar each. The two district winners advance to a later district contest to decide entrants for the state competition.
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Colt Memorial High School
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
John R. Magee
W. J. deRocha
Better Housing Campaign Committee
Ralph W. Childs
Bristol
The
Industrial Trust Company
Town council approves ERA sidewalk plan for three streets
The town council unanimously backs an ERA project to build six to eight miles of cement sidewalks on Hope High and Wood streets with ERA labor and no cost share for abutting owners. Officials will extend curb edging and start the 1935 highway project including Church street repairs.
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Francois I. deWolf
Hope
Wood
deWolf
State Unemployment Relief Commission
ERA
Wood Street
Perry Street
Hope and
High Street
Washington
Hope Street
Walley Street
James Holmes
Church Street
High Streets
John W. Church
State Public Works Department
Bishop Keough to Officiate at Bristol Confirmation
Most Rev Francis P Keough Bishop of Providence will officiate confirmations at St Marys Church on May 21 marking his first official visit to Bristol Bristol Council No 379 Knights of Columbus will appoint a guard of honor to greet him on arrival
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Francis P. Keough
Diocese
Providence
St. Mary’s Church
Bristol
Knights of Columbus
Olympian Club Hosts Amateur Nights for July Fund
The Olympian Club of the YMCA plans a weekly series of amateur nights to aid the Dwyer Memorial Fourth of July Fund. The first event starts tomorrow at 7 45 in Reynolds School with committee heads George S. Pailthorpe and members John Marshall Michael Pasquerelli Orlando Bisbano Bernard Quartaro and Anthony Marino organizing.
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Olympian Club
Y.m.ca
Bristol
Dwyer Memorial
Reynolds
George S. Pailthorpe
John Marshall
Michael Pasquerelli
Orlando Bisbano
Bernard Quartaro
Anthony Marino
Albert Johnson
George Boutillier
Doric Club
George R. Fish
John Joseph
Pailthorpe
Hope Street
Ivy Guild Marks 40th Anniversary At St Michael’s Church
The Ivy Guild of St Michael's Church celebrated its 40th anniversary with a program honoring its charitable work in the parish and community. Miss Evelin Bache and Miss Lena Morris led the program, noting $18,000 raised for the needy over 40 years, with attendance over 150 parishioners and guests.
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Ivy Guild of
St. Michael’s Church
Evelin Bache
Lena D. Morris
Morris
Times of Thes
Hay
Anson Howard
Manville
Rit
St Michael’s
William Darling
Guild
A R. Parshley
St Michael's
Ernest G Brown
Audrey C. Munro
William H. Angevine
Ernest G. Brown
Ernest G.brown
William Wood
Matthew Cahoone
Willian
H. Angevine
Mass
Antas
Arocreni
SS Stenson
Arthur M. McCaw
Anthony R. Parshley
Alfred M. Merriman
Mayme Wood
Howard R. Newman
Ellen Wood
Thomas Roberts
John H. Wall
J. William Wood
Georgianna Stenson
Minnie Brownell
Clara “Diman
New Hymnals Dedicates Congregational Church Service
A S Bosworth will sing hymns at 730 o clock service in DeWolf Memorial Chapel. He will lead congregational singing as the church uses the 1934 Pilgrim Hymnal for the first time in Church School and evening services. The Mother's Day service is at 1030 o clock.
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A S Bosworth
DeWolf Memorial Chapel
New Church School
Church School
Knights of Columbus Plan Joint Meeting With Daughters of Isabella
At a Knights of Columbus gathering on a Wednesday evening plans were laid for a joint May 22 meeting with Hope Circle No. 70 D of I. Rev Owen McGrath will speak on Missionary Work in China. Joseph Flynn discussed 100 Years of Progress in Railroad Transport and New Haven Railroad’s streamline train The Comet.
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Knights of Columbus
Hope Circle No
Daughters of Isabella
Owen McGrath
Society of St. Columban
China
Joseph Flynn
New Haven Railroad
Boston
Providence
Dwyer Memorial Fourth of July Fund Drives Community Support
Contributions to the Dwyer Memorial Fourth of July Fund are underway with local groups planning events. Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella names a bingo party, Olympian Club starts Amateur Night series, and a horse racing stunt is proposed to boost donations. Total to date is not yet stated.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Olympian Club
the Phoenix
Rotary Club
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