Bristol Town considers recrea tion commission and advisory group
Town Council may act tonight in the Burnside Memorial Building to revive the long dormant recreation board. A forum in the Y M C A led to a plan for a permanent program with proper supervision. A 14 signatory petition seeks appointment of a personnel to operate under law and report progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
Burnside Memorial
Bristol
Rhode Island League of Women Voters
James J. Velleca
Citizens’ Recreational Advisory Committee
Bristol Town Council
Tional Commission
First Bristol Troop Plans Penny Bazaar Dance Fundraiser
The First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts of America prepares its sixth annual penny bazaar at Artillery Armory on State Street Thursday May 29. The event will feature dancing, booths with hot dogs sandwiches and drinks, games and prizes, plus a bingo game and door prizes. Proceeds fund camping gear for Narragansett Council Pow-wow at Mount Hope June 6 7 and 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Artillery Armory
State Street
Admiral Edwards
Mount Hope
Colt Memorial juniors to hold prom Friday
Colt Memorial high school juniors will hold their annual prom Friday evening in the Colt auditorium. The event features general dancing with music by Irving Rosen of Providence and red and gold decorations. Class officers sit on the arrangements committee: President Frank Murgo, Vice President Edward Massa, Secretary Joseph Accardi, Treasurer Walter Brelsford, and members Angelina Borges, Mary Annania, Felicia Goglia, Louis Alfano, Manuel Canario. Francis T. Canario is the faculty advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Colt Memorial High School
Colt Auditorium
Irving Rosen
Providence
Frank Murgo
Edward Massa
Joseph Accardi
Walter Brelsford
Hope Circle Plans Minstrel at St Marys Auditorium
Daughters of Isabella Hope Circle prepares an Old Time Female Minstrel and Family Album to aid St Marys Church. The event on June 12 and 13 benefits the church and Circle, with Dixieland imported performers and local soloists and chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
St. Mary's Auditorium
St. Mary's Church
Dixieland
Nora F. Fwyer
Special Meeting of Kearney Post Tonight
Members of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion meet this evening at post headquarters on Franklin Street to act on the death of Adjutant William A Bottomley. They will proceed to the departed member's home for the Legion ritual.
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Kearney
The
American Legion
Franklin Street
William A. Bottomley
Canon Parshley Elected Chairman of State Civil Service Commission
Canon Parshley rector of St Michael's Church was yesterday elected chairman of the State Civil Service Commission. The board also includes George R Hurley and Edwin T. Seallon of Providence. Parshley is the sole veteran member of the old commission.
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Canon Parshley
St Michael’s Church
State Civil Service Commission
George R Hurley
Edwin T. Seallon
Providence
Open House at Bristol Senior High Promises Parental Access
Bristol Senior High announces an Open House this Friday evening in both the Andrews and Colt buildings. Principal Edward J. Fitzgerald says two morning periods will be omitted and students return 7 to 9 pm to let parents view actual class work in shop, homemaking, and art.
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Bristol
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Andrews
Colt
Colt Auditorium
Theresa Donovan
Episcopal Women Gather for Rhode Island Auxiliary Meeting
Several hundred members of the Episcopal Church of Rhode Island will convene Friday at St Michael's Church for their annual meeting hosted by the Bristol parish Ladies Benevolent Society. National executive secretary Miss Margaret Marston of New York and Rev Frank Lewis Browne of Rochester will attend as honored guests. The day includes Holy Communion and services, an exhibition of old silver and documents, box lunches at 1 pm, and talks by Browne and Marston with the united bank offering presented in the morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Auxiliary
Episcopal Church of
Rhode Island
St Michael’s Church
Ladies Benevolent Society
Bristol
Margaret Marston
New York
Frank Lewis Browype
Rochester
N. Y
St Michael's
Mr Browne
Browne
Miss Marston
United Bank
St Andrew's Club Lawn Party Planned At Parish Grounds
St Michael's Church parishioners report St Andrew's Club plans a lawn party on Saturday June 21 on adjoining grounds. The May party drew 40 members and guests with a May pole dance led by Gladys Usher chosen as May Queen with two attendants.
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St. Andrew's
St Michael's Church
St Michael's Parish
Gladys Usher
George S. Pailthorpe
Harold Manchester
Robert Williams
Harold Tucker
Ralph McCaw
Harleigh Tingley, Jr
Wesley A. Armstrong
Ralph Kinder
Harleigh Tingley
Fred A Sutcliffe
Important Labor Vote At Bristol Plant Friday
About seven hundred workers at the Bristol plant of the U S Rubber Company vote Friday on affiliating with the American Federation of Labor. Result is seen as shaping future industrial development of the town and is awaited with interest by residents.
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Bristol
U. S. Rubber Company
American Federation of Labor
Firemen's Ball Raises About $500 for Injured Members
Net proceeds from Bristol firemen's annual ball at the Bristol Casino totaled about $500, distributed equally among four local firefighting units for care of injured members. Harvey J. Gladue announced the plan, noting the funds were redirected from a general fund to support individual companies. The event featured helmet and fob novelties, a 79-year-old former Fire Chief as guest of honor, a 24-page souvenir program, and entertainment by Bill Branch and his Apaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bristol Casino
Harvey J. Gladue
Gladue
Daniel G Coggeshall
Moses M. Moore
Henry F Serbst
J. Floyd Huestis
Memorial Day Parade Aides Named by Vernon Gray
James T. Pierce of Kearney Post joins Memorial Day parade staff as aide. Also named are Major Edmund Rex, Capt Max B. Grossman of Bristol Train, and Girl Scouts Priscilla Brelsford and Lucy Romano. Rev Anthony R. Parshley announces sermon by Rev William Couden with music by combined church choirs and soloists in services at St Michael's Church.
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James T. Pierce
Kearney
American Legion
Vernon T. Gray
Edmund Rex
Kearney Post
Bristol Train of Artillery
Max B. Grossman
Priscilla Brelsford
Lucy Romano
Anthony R. Parshley
St. Michael's Church
Soldier Fined In District Court
Manuel Paul Almeida Jr a soldier attached to Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery Fort Getty was fined 5 and costs in Fifth District Court after pleading guilty to driving without a license. Judge William T O'Donnell urged discipline noting you can't flout the State. Police brought him before the court. Almeida appeared at a loss for words after a crash on East State street May 3. The car belonged to his brother in law.
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Manuel Paul Almeida, Jr
High Street
Pawtucket
243Rd Coast Artillery
Fort Getty
William T O'Donnell
Fifth District
O'Donnell
Anthony J. Ferrara
Almeida
Bristol
East State Street
Bristol Women’s Republican Club hears J Melvin Koppi
J Melvin Koppi president of the Providence Young Republicans spoke at the Bristol Women’s Republican Club meeting in the Colonial Hotel. Mrs Albert H Flint Jr presented the speaker and refreshments were served by Mrs John Sylvia’s committee. The session was the Bristol group’s last until fall.
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J. Melvin Koppi
Providence Young Republicans
Bristol Women's Republican Club
Colonial Hotel
Albert H. Flint, Jr
Bristol Club
John Sylvia
Bristol
State Guards G I promotes noncoms in May drill
Company G Rhode Island State Guards appoints promotions for May 9 led by Col Hammond and Capt Heilborn. First Sergeant Henry Correia, Staff Sergeant Arthur Belmore, Sergeants William Francis James Crowley Ernest Benoit Frank Sousa. Corporals George Carroll Seraphine Pacheco Frank Goldstein Allen Bestwick Salvatore Palumbo. Uniforms approved a tan summer set and a blue dress set expected soon. Frequent absence to drill warned with court martial likely. Outdoor drilling to begin with warming weather.
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Thomas H. Hammond
Charles T. Heilborn
Henry E. Correia
Arthur J. Belmore
William Francis
J. William Crowley
Ernest A. Benoit
Frank J. Sousa
George FE. Carroll
Seraphine Pacheco
Frank Goldstein
Allen E Bestwick
Salvatore Palumbo
Heilborn
Bristol
Warren
Hammond
Lafayette J. Cravin
Land transfers include Gooding Manor and Fox Hill parcels
Louise R Silvia transfers 10 lots with all improvements at Gooding Manor to Joseph R Silvia and others. William J Rinaldi conveys property with buildings on Charles Street and Fox Hill Avenue to John Marshall and others. Louise D Moriarty transfers real estate east of Hope Street to Estulano D Carreira and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise R Silvia
Joseph R .Silvia
Gooding Manor
William J. Rinaldi
John Marshall
Charles Street
Fox Hill Avenue
Louise D. Moriarty
Estulano D. Carreira
Hope Street
Bottomley obituary notice from Bristol
Sud denly in Bristol May 18 William A Bottomley husband of Catherine White Bottomley residence 4 Howe street Funeral services May 21 at 2 30 P M at St Michael s Church Hope street Relatives and friends invited to attend
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Bottomley
Bristol
William A
Catherine (White) Bottomley
Howe Street
St. Michael’s Church
Hope Street
Firms return half of Navy contract profit and workers agree to sixty-hour weeks
The Associated Shipbuilders of Seattle return 50 percent of profit on a 1 750 000 Navy contract for converting a passenger liner into a troop transport. the ship City of Newport News becomes U S S Fuller. In New York a Ford Instrument Company plant on Long Island City sees 200 workers on a sixty hour week plus plans to shift 1 300 others to longer schedules as Navy orders rise. The CIO union backs securing peak production with possible 60 hour weeks and reduced vacations for health needs.
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Seattle
Washington
Navy Department
CIO
Ford Instrument Company
Long Island City
Associated Shipbuilders
The
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
Lake Union Shipyards
Baltimore Steamship Line
City of
Newport News
U. S. S. Fuller
N. Y. Times
Tool
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Ellen H. Armstrong
Doris E. Huston
Marshall
Laura E. Smith
Millard
Rebecca Herreshoff
Ann R. Herreshoff
Aurelia Faria
Sadie Almeida
Fessie Molasky
Huston
Daily
Romano
Emma Howe
Peacedale
Neighborhood Guild
National Defense Recreation
Jessie Molasky
Miss Howe
Messrs. Wall
Velleca
Miss Dailey
Colt High
Joel McCrea
Ellen Drew
Eddie Bracken
Albert Dekker
Billy Gilbert
March OF Time Newsreel
Bette Davis and
George Brent In “the Great Lie
Mary Astor, Luelle Watson
Hattie McDaniel
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
the Royal Mounted
St. Andrew’s Club
Huestis
John Church
Moore
Fred Guevremont
Guevremont
Vivian Beauchaine
Harvey Gladue
Louis Cirillo
Oliver Lemaire
Dreadnaught Company
Lemaire
Frank Lewis
Frank J. Rinaldi
Margaret Johnson
Bill Branch
Don DeLeo
Ed DePetro
John W. Church
Ralph T. Church
John W. Card
Zoning Board
Card
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Jean Mailloux
Zenaide Mailloux
Ball Committee
Eugene Heibecker
Defiance Engine and Hose Co
Oscar Rishe
Louis Sylvia
Ever Ready
Heibecker
Charles Fales
Eugene Ryone, Jr
Defiance
Church
Oscar Pivin
George McCarthy
Hydraulion
Rishe
Moses Moore
Serbst
Pierce
Republican Club
R. I. State Guards
Ralph Bard
Navy
Bard
Upom
Berlin
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