Self Help Garden Plan Starts With 62 Prospective Gardeners
The program on King Philip Avenue provides 200 donated acres for winter food. Each family receives two 100 by 50 foot parcels with seeds fertilizer and tools. Participants must return ten percent of produce to the committee. Edward A Corner Jr leads the sponsoring group with support from clergymen and civic leaders and a $2500 relief grant.
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King Philip Avenue
Edward A Corner, Jr
Lncal
Work Relief Bureau
State Unemployment Relief Commission
Local Legion Posts Plan Dedicatory and Installations
Members of Kearney Post No 6 and nearby Legion groups attend Sunday dedicatory rites with Mendes Hobson Post Providence. Local Legionaires attend installation by South Attleboro Post tomorrow night. A district Legion mass meeting is set for next Wednesday with topic Veterans legislation. Committee appoints observance for the post’s 14th anniversary next month.
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Kearney
American Legion
Mendes-Hobson
Providence
South Attleboro
Riverside Post
B W_ Wall
Walter Briggs
Domenic Mascola
Mrs Edith Cabot funds camp house dedication for Girl Scouts
Mrs Edith Thornton Cabot of Providence gives a new camp house at Camp Hoffman near West Kingston to the Girl Scouts of Rhode Island. The dedication on Sunday May 21 from 3 to 5 pm will feature colorful exercises and invites all interested in Girl Scouting to attend. Mrs Norton M Zinderstein can provide further information.
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Camp Hoffman
West Kingston
Edith Thornton Cabot
Providenc
Girl Scouts of
Rhode Island
Ain Girl Scouting
Norton M
Zinderstein
Seekers Of Beer Permits Appear Before Council
Two unsuccessful applicants for Class B beer licenses and a third’s representative appeared before the Town Council to renew pleas for permanent permits. The council offered no action but promised reconsideration after a public hearing next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Martinez
Luigi Malafronte
Wm. H. Angevine
Fabio DeCristofaro
Domenico DeCristofaro
Zoning Board of Review
1600
Hope Street
DeCristofaro
Miss Martinez
1500
Zoning Board
de- Cristofaro
M. Malafronte
Bristol
Angevine
Joseph R Silva
Wood Street
R Broadhead
Narragansett Electra Company
Lon Vail
Pastime Theatre
Walse
Vail
Angeline
State Unemployment Relief Commission
Special Scenery and Lighting Created for Happy Go Lucky
Sets crafted for the E T A Entertainment Association drama Happy Go Lucky debut June 9. James F Meiggs designed the lighting. Two Georgian interiors were built by James Meiggs and Harry S Young Jr designed and supervised by Dorothy Higgins and others with Reynolds School pupils assisting.
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E. T. A. Entertainment Association
James F. Meiggs
Lord Mainwaring
Lucius Welwyn
Harry S. Young. Jr
James Meiggs
Harry Young
Thomas Goff
Margaret Nerone
Opportunity
Reynolds School
Dorothy
Twilight League Adopts Two Division Schedule and Ground Rule
The Board of Governors adopts a two division schedule for the Twilight League with 12 and 18 game formats and a possible three game championship. A new ground rule makes the runner advance at risk if the ball hits the backstop. Sealed bids for baseballs were reviewed and John Andrade’s 27 inning ball chosen.
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Board of Governors
John Andrade
Jas F
Orlando Bisbano
Joseph P Quartare
Andy D' Ambrosia
Rob Brightman
Governor Green to Speak at Colt Memorial Commencement
Governor Theodore Francis Green will address Colt Memorial High School at the June 22 commencement in the school auditorium. Principal Edward J Fitzgerald announced the governor accepted the invitation and sent a personal letter of thanks confirming the lecture at eight o'clock.
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Gov. Green
Colt Memorial High School
Theodore Francis Green
Edward J Fitzgerald
Gov Green
Fitzgerald
Alumni Bridge Subscribers Announced for May 24 Event
The Bristol-Colt Agh Alumni association names additional subscribers for the bridge to be held May 24 in the Colt High School auditorium. Mrs Sebastian Bernard Jr chairs the organizing committee and lists couples and single members including Elmer S Mapes Vir, Benjamin MacDougall Wr, Roswell S Bosworth, Andrew Dunbar Wr, J Francis Connell, Ernest Schmultz, Kathleen McDonough, Raymond S Prightman, Wm F Duff, Mary I Perry, Joha V Dyer, Marion Paull, Frank Rinaldi, Marjory Tobin, and Margaret Mullin as contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol-Colt Agh Alumn Association
Colt High School
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Elmer S Mapes
Benjamin MacDougall
Roswell S Bosworth
Andrew Dunbar Wr
J Francis Connell
Ernest Schmultz
Kathleen McDonough
Raymond SS
Prightman
Plans For Junior League Completed Yesterday
Local youth baseball plans finalize a four team league with potential expansion to six or eight teams as interest from players under 16 grows. A tag day is set for fundraising while two weekly games on Wednesdays and Saturdays begin in June.
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Herbert Silva
Manuel Travers
Arnold Dryer
Franklin Street
Frank Cabral
Roma Street
Joseph Moan Munroe
Lous Derem
Banka
Caeratads
Joseph Aguiar
Borden
Frank Russo
State Street
Manuel Cabral
Bay View
Samuel Bruno
Bradford Street
Charles Perron
Coggeshall Avenue
Anthony Nastri
Usher Street
Bernard Grabert
Bay View Avenue
Angelo Mazza
Metacom Avenue
Northwestern
Harris Gray, Jr
Joseph Sousa
John Gray
Charles West
Eugene Byone
Raymond Gladding
Alfred Larue
Vernon Gray
Euclid Vermette
Addison Hill
Eugene Heilfecker
Joseph Brown
Howard Bennett
Plans for Cotton Ball by Bristol Civic League
Extensive preparations are under way for the Cotton Ball hosted by the Bristol Portuguese American Women’s Civic League on June 8 at the Bristol Casino. Invitations have gone to state and town officials. Mrs Joseph A Almeida chairs the general committee with subcommittees for reception, music, tickets, refreshments, and responsible members named.
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Bristol
Renovize Rhode Island Campaign Launched At Joint Meeting
Clemens G. France outlines Renovize Rhode Island a statewide effort to revive trade and employment through home and business property repairs. The drive aims for 3 000 000 in pledges over six months with expected $60 000 000 in trade next year and Boy Scouts to deliver informational literature door to door.
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Rhode Island
Bristol Rotary
Warren Lions Club
Clemens G. France
Providence
Warren Lions Clubs
Belvedere
Roosevelt
France
Wm L. Sweet
Arthur Hemwus
George W. Danielson
Samuel Fitzsimmons
Frederick Wildred
Henrys ID Sharp
Gember
C. C. Getchell
Bristol County
Firemen To Meet Soldiers In Twilight League Opener
Twilight League opens Monday with Ever Ready 1932 champions facing Bristol Train of Artillery nine, a newcomer. Umpire chief Erasmo Mancini will preside, with John Josephs on bases. Firemen batter Correira Mansi expected. Mosie Moore pitcher and Johnny Andrade catcher for the Bristol unit. James B Lee to score.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle
Bristol Train of Artillery
Erasmo Mancini
John Josephs
Hut” Correira
Martin Mansi
James B Lee
Bristol Choral Club Presents Stainers Daughter of Jairus
The Bristol Choral Club performs Stainer s Daughter of Jairus at DeWolf Memorial Chapel First Congregational Church Sunday at 7 30 pm. Vernon R Gray solos My Hope Is In the Everlasting with Love Divine All Love Exelling as a soprano and tenor duet. The program includes women s and men s choruses plus three other choruses under Mass Helen Church who also accompanies the group of 15 members.
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Brstol Choral Club
Christ
Mass Helen Church
Renovize Rhode Island Campaign Names Sub Committee Chairs
C C Getchell announced that he appointed sub committee chairmen for the Bristol County Renovize drive John H Magee in finance George H Baldwin in workers and Roswell S Bosworth in publicity Complete Bristol County plans await final action and the campaign begins Monday May 22 and lasts two weeks.
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C . Getchell
Rhode Island
Bristol County
John H. Magee
George H. Baldwin
Roswell S. Bosworth
Getchell
Gardenrod Troop Plans Camp Hoffman Weekend
Gardenrod Girl Scouts meet at Capt Mrs Fred Bartlett home to plan camping at Camp Hoffman in South Kingstown the weekend of May 26. Committees named for menus program caper chart finance and camp scribe plus nature walk and road map instruction for second class scouts.
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Gardenrod
Camp Hoffman
South Kingstown
Fred Bartlett
Esther Hazen
Leah Eisenstadt
Peggy Mathewson
Barbara Huestis
Aidan Malafronte
Viola LeClerc
Jessie Sanford
Nancy Cortellessa
Mary Walsh
Lavinia Guerremonti
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George Brent
Zita Johann
Vivienne Osborn
Alice White
Verree Teasdale
George O’brien
Mickey Mouse
Ralph Bellamy
Mae Clarke
James Dunn
Warner Pros
Radio City Music Hall
New York
George Arliss
Dick Powels
Patricia Ellis
Renovize
Girl Scouts
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