Registry voters urged to benefit from special plans
Town Clerk John W. Church announced extended registration hours and alternate locations to speed registration for registry voters. Second Representative District sessions at Burnside Memorial Building proceed with two hour blocks, and First District registration will move to Columbia Hall with evening hours on May 24 26 and June 12 14, plus regular hours in the Town Clerk's office.
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John W. Church
Columbia Hall
Wood Street
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Burnside Memorial
Court House
Mr Church
Memorial Day Plans Set by Local Committee
The Memorial Day Committee outlines a Memorial Sunday service at First Baptist Church on May 28 at 7 30. Rev Arthur W Burdon will lead and serve as chaplain. Joseph Edmunds will be chief marshal of the parade. A Rhode Island State Guard firing squad will honor veterans at Juniper Hill and St Marys Cemeteries at 7 30 with five volleys. Members include Robert McKay Henry Bullock George McGann Samuel A Hall Ezra Dixon William G Dixon Walter Remmeres William Remmeres Frank Slade and William Dunbar of the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War.
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Memorial Day Committee
First Baptist Church
Arthur W Burdon
Joseph Edmunds
Bristol County Voiture
Robert J. McKay
RI States Guard
Juniper Hill
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Robert McKay
Henry Bullock
George McGann
Samuel A Hall
Ezra Dixon
William G Dixon
Walter T Remueres
William H. Remueres
Frank Slade
William Dunbar
The
Sons of Veterans of the
Softball League Meeting Planned By YMCA
The Senior Softball League of the YMCA will meet this evening at 7 30 at the Y Hubert F Hill general secretary asks all teams interested in joining the league to send representatives There may be two teams from US Rubber Co one from Collins and Aikman Corp and possibly one from Bristol Manufacturing Corp Independent groups may join.
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YMCA
Hubert F Hill
Hill
US Rubber Co
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
Rotary Club Receives War Bond As Service Award
The Rotary Club received a $100 War Bond from President A A Edmonds to Treasurer A L Johnston during a Wednesday meeting. District Governor Philp Fenner praised the club for outstanding service at the Fall River conference. John F Hogan spoke on rent control aims and fairness to tenants. Guest George Cote, son of Leo and Mrs Cote, recently with the Seabees in the Aleutians, attended as a guest. he is a ship fitter second class.
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Rotary Club
A A Edmonds
A L. Johnston
Fall River
Philp Fenner
Rotary
John F Hogan
OPA Rent Control Division
Rhode Island
George Cote
Leo Cote
Aleutans
Seabees
Catholic Charity Drive Total St Marys Contributions
Catholic Charity Drive contributions from St Marys Church total $513. Rev Michael N. Ryan, treasurer, announced the fund would be withheld until captains and workers meet. Rev Fritho Donanzan, treasurer for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, confirmed the hold until meeting of organizers.
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St Mary's Church
Michael N. Ryan
Fritho Donanzan
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Volunteers Urged to Make Millions of Surgical Dressings
Mrs Henry Wood chair of the Red Cross Surgical Dressings division appeals for volunteers to produce over two million dressings by July 1st 40 000 daily and more than 100 000 every three days reporting at Red Cross HQ Hope and Church streets daily 10 30 to 4 pm and evenings 6 30 to 9 Monday through Thursday wear a wash dress and hair covering Miss Nancy Dyer urges no failure in Rhode Island war effort.
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Henry Wood
American Red Cross
Wood
America
Red Cross
Hope and
Church Streets
Rubber Co Broadcast Premier Honors YMCA Centennial
The New York Philharmonic will premiere Morton Goulds four movement symphony A Symphony on Marching Tunes at Carnegie Hall on Sunday June 4 broadcast worldwide from 3:00 to 4:30 PM EWT by CBS. Vladimir Golschmann will conduct the occasion sponsored by United States Rubber Company celebrating the YMCA 100th anniversary with 10000 YMCA's in 68 countries.
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Morton Gould
YMCA
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Hubert F. Hill
New York City
United States Rubber Company
Carnegie Hall
Columbia Broadcasting System
Vladimir Golschmann
Hill
Gould
Girls Form Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary
The Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary will hold its first meeting Monday at 7 30 in the BTA Hall on State Street. Open to girls 16 and older, the group will wear a uniform similar to the Women’s Army Corps. Col Henry A. Hambrick Capt Francis Tutner and Lt Louis Falco will teach drill first aid and target practice. Miss Nellie Medeiros helped form the unit.
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Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary
BTA
State St
Auxiliary
Women’s Army Corps
Henry A. Hambrick
Francis Tutner
Louis Falco
B. A
Nellie Medeiros
Hope Circle Communion Breakfast Planned at St Mary’s Church
Members of Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella will receive Holy Communion together at eight o clock mass in St Marys Church. They meet at 730 in the church auditorium and, after the service, hold their annual Mothers Day breakfast in the K of C Hall with a committee led by Anna Connors and co chairs Lois Preble Bridget Lewis Sarah Sweeney Louise Doyle Nora Toolin and Margaret Callan.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. Mary’s Church
K of C Hall
Anna Connors
Lois i Preble
Bridget Lewis
Sarah Sweeney
Louise Doyle
Nora Toolin
Margaret Callan
Bristol Honor Roll deadline urges complete service list
The Bristol Phoenix sets Friday May 19 as the deadline to add names to the Bristol Honor Roll. Families of service members are asked to verify current entries and submit missing names by mail phone or in person to ensure every Bristol man or woman in service is recognized.
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Bristol
Bristol Phoenix
Cameron Beck to speak at Y M C A centennial dinner
Cameron Beck, noted for his youth advocacy, is the featured speaker for Bristol Community YMCA centennial week ending June 10. The June 16 dinner, arranged by local volunteers, marks Bristol YMCA’s 101 years since 1863. Beck previously spoke in Bristol at the high school and elsewhere to praise his speaking ability.
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Cameron Beck
Y.M.C.A
Bristol
Ym.ca
YMCA
London
George Willams
United States
Mount Hope
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
Hi-Y
Mr. Beck
High School
Aall
New York Stock Exchange
Roswell S Bosworth
Joseph H. Farrell
Frederick S. Bartlett
Hubert F. Hill
D V A Capone
Marion Kinder
Henry A. Street
Ivy Guild Elects Evelyn Bache to Lead 50th Year
Mrs Evelyn Bache, former Ivy Guild president 49 years ago, was elected president during the Ivy Guild of St Michael's Church annual meeting held Tuesday evening. Other officers chosen include Mrs Charles Davis as first vice president, Mrs Mervyn Clay as second vice president, Mrs Henry A Hambrick as secretary, and Mrs Herman Gablinske as treasurer. Retiring president Mrs Stannard B Sylvia received a gift.
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Evelyn Bache
Ivy Guild
St Michael's Church
Charles Davis
Mervyn Clay
Henry A. Hambrick
Herman Gablinske
Teen-age Girl Problem Thought To Be Nonexistent
The Phoenix notes no response to a proposal for a meeting on supposed teen age girl problems. Local officials and leaders may feel no discussion is needed or that youth issues can be handled differently. The piece suggests conditions on the streets during late hours may not be as dire as depicted.
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the Phoenix
Young Women's Club To Host Servicemen
The YMCA Young Women's Club hosts armed forces members from nearby camps and Newport at the Bristol Yacht Club Saturday evening 8 to 12. The Rhythmaires will play and refreshments served. Each guest wears a V shaped name tag identifying her. Members asked to bring refreshments to the Yacht Club.
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YMCA
Camps
Newport
Bristol
Graetz Elected Moderator of Rhode Island Congregational Conference
Reverend Herbert D. Graetz pastor of the First Congregational Church was chosen moderator of the Rhode Island Congregational Christian Conference at its annual meeting in Pawtucket. He succeeds Gurney Edwards of Providence and was named a delegate to the general council meeting in Grand Rapids Michigan next month.
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Herbert D. Graetz
First Congregational Church
Rhode Island Congregational Christian Conference
Pawtucket
Graetz
General Council
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rummage and Dance and Food Sale Planned This Weekend
The Flower Committee of the First Congregational Church hosts a rummage sale on Friday May 19. On Saturday May 20 the Second Annual May Dance of Company G I State Guard meets at the State Armory on Church Street. Also on May 20 the Congregational Church stages a food sale.
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First Congregational Church
Co. G. R. I. State Guard
State Armory Church
Congregational Chub
Bristol scrapbook preserves town’s 19th century scenes
A Bristol resident Charles O F Thompson places a scrapbook of old Bristol photos at Rogers Free Library. It includes 1873 croquet scenes on Main Street, St Michael’s Church through tower changes, street life with horse drawn carriages, and an 1930s- era Mount Hope Building move by Spencer Rounds crew.
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Charles O F Thompson
Main Street
Hope Street
Bradford
Sam the Shoeman
YMCA
Mello’s Market
Colt Memorial
Wardwell Street
Mount Hope
Spencer Rounds
Mr. Mello
Spencer
Church Street
Photographs Show Historic Boats Fires and Schools Nearby
A sequence of 19th and early 20th century images depicts the Bristol steamer entering New York Harbor, the Empire State after a dockside fire near Franklin Street, the Easterbrooks Block after a 1899 blaze, Hydraulion Hose Co. No. 1 with its flowered hose cart, the King Philip Fire Company at Thames Street, DeWolf Inn section around 1900, Dreadnaught Fire Station builders, and schoolhouse groups including the Old Brick School and Bristol High School with noted locals such as Nellie Reed and Mary Reynolds among the children and teachers pictured.
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New York
Bristol
Empire State
Franklin Street
Easterbrooks
Duffy's Store
Hydraulion Hose Co. No. 1
Boy Scouts
King Philip Fire Company
Thames Street
DeWolf Inn
Dreadnaught
Spencer Rounds
Jas. T Robinson
L. I. Anderstrom
Jim Cook
Manchester
Edn Lindsey
Bristol High School
Byfield School
Nellie Reed
Mary Reynolds
Gertrude Talbee
Henry Dryer
Annie Cady
Gallery of Bristol portraits from 1882 to 1903
An enlarged photo of Wash Gorham tending a garden and a 1882 portrait of Senator Daniel G. Coggeshall appear on opposite pages. The group includes Spencer Rounds, Thomas N. Allen, and Jim Shields. Many images are from Beautiful Bristol (Phoenix, 1903) and other sources, forming a valuable local historical collection for the library.
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Gorham
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Spencer Rounds
Thomas N. Allen
Jimmie Shields
Bristol
the Phoenix
Thomipson
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