Annual Meeting Reveals Bristol Home Officers and Reports
The Bristol Home for Destitute Children lists officers elected at the annual Board of Managers meeting led by chairwoman Mrs Wallis E Howe and secretary Miss Sarah C Munro. The secretary reports fourteen children housed this year with donations and new facilities improvements, plus welcomes Dr W Fred Williams to the advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Bristol
Sarah C Munro
Harriett Church
Edward I. Brownell
Wallis E Howe
E K Reynolds
Edward P Church
Frank H Buffinton
John C Drury
Theodora Barrows
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Robert C Lanphear
Howard W Church
Guy A. Sullivan
Harold E Hill
Ida Newman
George F Marshall
Samuel Kinder
George Crown
Samuel C Wardwell
Ezra Dixon
LeBaron Bradford
Arthur W. Barrett
Robert A McCaughey
W Fred Williams
Charles B Rockwell
Anson B. Howard
Kingdom of Heaven
Sarah C. Munro
Sec’y
Bristol Pythians at Grand Lodge in Rhode Island
Burnside Lodge presented a large gavel that has toured state lodges. At Providence on Tuesday the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island elected Paul A. Herzig Grand Inner Guard and John J Hackett to the executive council. Catherine Marz was named Outer Guard of the Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters Rhode Island at the same session.
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Burnside Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Rhode Island
Providence
Paul A. Herzig
Grand
John J Hackett
Catherine Marz
Edgehill Temple
Pythian Sisters
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Obadiah Devol Dies From Barn Fall in Scituate
Obadiah B Devol a World War veteran died at Rhode Island Hospital Providence from injuries after falling through a barn trap door in Scituate. He was 44 and survived by siblings. His funeral with American Legion comrades and a rifle volley was held at North Cemetery Bristol Neck.
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Obadiah B. Devol
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence
Scituate
Scituaté
Elisha Waterman
State and
Davol
Leroy J. Devol
Obadiah B. Dev
Margaret Henderson
Martha Devol
Warren
Minnie Kemph
John H. Kemph
Pearl Stanford
Hope Street
Bristol Neck
Kearney Post
No. 6
American Legion
North Cemetery
Arbor Day Program At Guiteras Memorial Junior High
Guiteras Memorial Junior High held Arbor Day exercises with readings songs and a tree planting. A maple tree donated by pupils was planted on school grounds. Presidents of the three sixth grade classes Louis Annarummo Ethel O Brien and Arthur Costa assisted.
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Guiteras Memorial School
Guiteras Memorial Junior High School
Marjorie Manley
Agnes Currier
Alice Oliver
Mary Ferreira
Mary Alesandro
Mary Puya
Mary Pacheco
Laura Balzano
Adolph Giglio
Benjamin Hazen
Lawrence Cheetham
Henry Caruso
Andrew Vorro
Frank Brown
Tony Cirillo
Kenneth Weaver
Fannie Vicenzio
Anna Sousa
Annie de Rosa
Ruth Molasky
Mary Morris
Gigina Matrone
Harriet Denniston Long
Final Rounds Named For Gateiras Memorial Spelling Bee
An old fashioned spelling con test narrows to finalists at Gateiras Memorial School with 97 students eliminated in early rounds. Finalists include Mary Sousa Claudia DeWolf Louis Sousa and many others as the final round is set for Friday May 18 in the school auditorium.
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Guiteras Memorial School
Mary Sousa
Claudia DeWolf
Louis Sousa
Shirley Newman
Mary Mason
Elmer L. Manley
Mary Gladding
Peter Gilroy
Louis Romi
Anna Carmone
Catherine St. Angelo
Emelia D. Flori
Ivy Guild Annual Meeting at St Michael's Church
The Ivy Guild of St Michael's Church held its annual meeting and supper Tuesday in the Holmes House. Mrs William Hangevine presided as president while reports from officers and committees were presented and officers were elected before the supper.
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Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Church
Holmes House
William Hangevine
Paper Money in Asia: Marco Polo’s Thirteenth Century Note
The article recalls Marco Polo’s account of paper money in China during the 1200s, noting early use of paper currency in the region as observed by the traveler on his journeys.
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Marco Polo
China
Missionary Societies Merge In Bristol
The Bristol Woman's Foreign Missionary Society voted to merge with the Women’s Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church after 41 years of support and $4700 raised for foreign work. A bank offering of $100 was also approved. Mrs. William H. Bell and Miss Harriet D. Skinner led tea service after the meeting. The Junior baseball team elected Frank Martinez chairman Joseph Sousa secretary Louis Gladue manager and Manuel Joseph captain. They plan to meet on the common at 6 PM for practice.
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National Council of the Congregational Church
Bristol Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Sarah B. Hasbrouck
State Street
Woman's Missionry Society
First Congregational Church
William H. Bell
Harriet D. Skinner
Frank Martinez
Joseph Sousa
Louis Gladue
Manuel Joseph
Community meetings and event notices in Cranston area
The School Committee holds its monthly meeting Monday evening. The Fourth of July celebration committee meets this evening in the Council Chamber. Tomorrow afternoon a food sale occurs at Trinity Church parish house hosted by the Girls Friendly Society. Cranston Worsted Mill.
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Council
Trinity Church
Girls’ Friendly Society
Cranston Worsted Mill
Address by Prof May Stevenson at Bristol Teachers Meeting
Prof May Lillian Stevenson of Rhode Island College of Education spoke on Italian Hill Towns to the Bristol Teachers Association in the John Post Reynolds School auditorium Tuesday afternoon. The audience included all local teachers and guests. a refreshments social followed, organized by committee chair Catherine Gilroury and assistants Helen Campagna Mary Conitibrs Margaret Dwyer Marion Verai and Margaret O Neill.
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Ass'n
May
Lillian Stevenson
Rhode Island College of Education
Bristol Teachers’ Association
John Post Reynolds
Stevenson
Italy
Catherine Gilroury
Helen Campagna
Mary“ M. Conitibrs
Margaret F. Dwyer
Mafion Verai
Margaret O'Neil
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