Memorial Day Program Planned by Local Veterans Club
Despite the absence of G A R veterans William Bradford and Robert J McKay of the Herbert F Bennett Camp Sons of Union Veterans arranged a Memorial Sunday and Day program. Vernon A Gray World War veteran named Chief Marshal Rev Herbert D Graetz pastor of the First Congregational church chaplain E W Kavanagh World War veteran chief of staff. Services at the First Congregational church with Rev Graetz preaching and Pilgrim Choral Society providing music. Attendees include Sons of Union Veterans Babbit Women’s Relief Corps Kearney Post American Legion and other local patriotic groups.
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Vernon A. Gray
Herbert D. Graetz
William Bradford
Robert J. McKay
Herbert F Bennett
Sons of Union
Marshall
First Congregational Church
E. W. Kavanagh
Pwoelsckh Seniey Creme
Ms. Graeth
Pilgrim Choral Society
Roswell S. Bosworth
Sons of Union Veterans
Babbitt Women's Relef Corps
Kearney Post
No. 6
The
American Legion
Ladies Auxilitary Unit
Graetz
Tercentenary notes Bristol program features Franklin lap desk
A Bristol tercentenary exhibit will include portraits of notable figures, a lap desk owned by Benjamin Franklin reputedly saved during the 1812 evacuation, a life cut miniature of Franklin, a portrait from life with fur cap and spectacles, and facsimiles of Franklin letters. Miss Evelyn Bache curates with Mary Spooner as historian and a large local committee.
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Sitti
Theodora Barrows
William J Miller
Edward S Babbitt
James Lawless
J Tewis Diman
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Bache
Philadelphia
Sally
Franklin
Evelyn Bache
George Washington
Miss Bache
Nancy Clarke
Newport
R Ot
Chest clinic Monday at Rockwell House
A chest clinic will be conducted at Rockwell House Monday afternoon at 1 o clock. Dr A Karan or a staff assistant from the State Senatorum at Wallum Lake will be present. Individuals may arrange with their own physician or call a district nurse for examination. Tuberculosis death rates have fallen but remain the leading cause of death among ages 15 to 45 this year, with warning signs to watch for.
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Rockwell House
A Karan
Wallum Lake
National Association of Tuberculosis
Mariner Ship to Play Big Part in County Fair
The Girl Scout Mariner Ship Nogilant, skippered by Mrs Sidney Herreshoff, sails into Moriarty estate for the County Fair Saturday afternoon. Other ships include Alert Providence Ida Lewis and Triton Barrington with various skippers. Food booths and admission supervision by Farl P Mathewson and Pearce Mathewson accompany the nautical display.
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Mariner Ship
Girl Scout Mariner
Nogilant
Sidney Herreshoff
County Farr
Moriarty Estate
Plaues
Cary- SO
Alert
Providence
Virginia Goulding
Edgewood
George Fales
Ida Lewis
Newport
Hilda Berghman
Triton
Barrington
Albert T Stearns
Farl P Mathewson
Pearce Mathewson
WPA Band Opens Bristol Concert Series With Sousa March
The WPA band of Bristol opened the open air concert series on Bristol Common drawing several thousand locals. John A Sousa’s Lercentenary March and vocal selections by Walter Vines of Providence highlighted the program arranged by Bernard Quatriaro and Ravinen Sartin with special patrols by reserve officers keeping watch during the event.
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Rhode Island
John A Sousa
Walter Vines
Providence
WPA
Edwardo Denish
Bristol Common
Bernard Quatriaro
Ravinen Sartin
Bristol Town Clerk Extends Registration Hours Next Month
Town Clerk John Wo Church announces extended registration hours to cover six evenings next month. Regular hours are 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm Friday nights. On June 12, 19, and 26, the office stays 7 to 9 pm, and on June 27, 29, and 30 operates 9 am to 9 pm.
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Bristol
John Wo Church
Town Hall Nite at Y Center to Benefit Fourth of July Fund
The Olympian Club at the local Y presents a second amateur show tomorrow night in the Reynolds school auditorium to aid the Fourth of July fund. Allen McNewman the Major Bowes of Bristol returns as master of ceremonies with Mass Viola Anderson at the piano. Entrants hail from Providence East Providence Warren New Bedford and Bristol and a large crowd is expected.
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Olympian Club
Reynolds School
Allen Mc Newman
Bowes
Bristol
Viola Anderson
Providence
East Providence
Warren
New Bedford
Annual concert tonight by Bristol Train of Artillery Band
The Bristol Train of Artillery Band presents its annual concert at Guiteras Memorial School auditorium with Mrs M Theresa Donovan directing and harpist Mrs Henretta Staton Platt as guest soloist. The program features a piccolo solo, saxophone sextette, and Sousa’s Tercentenary March among others.
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Guiteras Memorial School
Bristol Train of Artillery Band
M Theresa Donovan
Henretta Staton Platt
Barrington
Faust Fiore, Jr
Rhode Island
John A. Sousa
Donovan
Foster
Joe Faust Fiore, Jr
Wallace
Country Gardens
Grainger
Bellota
Poenitz
Mrs Platt
I Nola
Felix Arndt
Cherrie
F Goldman
Sousa
Vienna Woods
Strauss
Bond
Down South
Rogers
Regen
Ogers
Danteé
Henry Trudell Valedictorian Of Colt High Class 1936
Henry Trudell 17 and Marjorie Magee 16 were named valedictorian and salutatorian for Colt Memorial High School class of 1936 by Principal Edward J Fitzgerald. Trudell posted the top three year average and Magee was close behind. Graduation is set for June 25 in the Gutteras Memorial Junior High School auditorium.
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Henry Trudell
Colt High School
Marjorie Magee
Henrys Trudell
Henrys P Trudell
John Ro Magee
Colt Memoral High School
Edward J Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Saird
Trudell
Miss Magee
Gutteras Memoral
Town Solicitor Probes Water Co Shortages
Town Solicitor Joseph A Hammill meets Bristol County Water Company officials to obtain a full report on alleged shortages. Three former employees are in custody. one faces embezzlement charges and two are accused of aiding and abetting. The town council, citing Bristol’s stock holdings in the company, directs the inquiry.
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Solmater
Joseph
Hammull
Pistol County Water Company
Mero Hammill
Frm
Samuel P Colt
Prescott B. Paull
Bristol County Water Company
Bristol
Unpaid Auto Taxes Target Car Registry And Delinquents
Tax Collector Amos S Gorham reports a large portion of delinquent auto taxes paid since Feb 1 1936 leaving a balance due. An adjourned tax sale on real estate is planned and summonses will be issued to delinquent personal property owners. The act requires forwarding names to the State Division of Motor Vehicles for unpaid motor vehicle tax and possible suspension of registration after 15 days. A delinquent poll tax list is being acted on with a five day demand and possible summons plus costs.
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Amos S Gorham
Mr Gorham
Joseph O Hammill
Geneva Assembly
Railing Noise Complaints Rise Over Bristol Trains
A Brunswick town reader blasts the modern passenger trains for deafening noise along the Thames Street to Warren line. He contrasts the old electric trains and calls for mufflers or lower speeds, citing early morning disruption to summer residents and commuters.
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Thames Street
Here
Warren
Highlands
Beach Terrace
Thames and
Bradford
Railroads Face Critics Over Noise and Competition
The passage argues fault finding is warranted yet notes railroads deserve support despite tough competition from other transport forms. It suggests stockholders are ordinary people and highlights a nuisance caused by locomotive rear motors that should be eliminated where possible.
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Y Oll
Railroads Face Uphill Struggles in The March of Time
The latest release of The March of Time presents a sharp portrait of railroad challenges and how the industry is meeting them. The film analyzes labor tensions, material shortages, and policy pressures shaping rail transport.
Bristol Council President Paull and John J Christie at Democratic Convention
The article recalls Bristol figures Paull and John J Christie as early local delegates to a National Democratic Convention. Christie, a leading Democrat and businessman, later became postmaster. A torchlight parade greeted him on Wood Street after returning from the convention.
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Paull
John J. Christie
Grover Cleveland
Christie
Wood Street
Democratic Delegate Hezekiah Wardwell and Family Mentioned
A fragment notes Hezekiah C Wardwell as a Democratic convention delegate, with reference to his father William T C Wardwell. The text hints at ongoing or past association with the Democratic party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hezekiah’"C. Wardwell
William T. C. Wardwell
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Harry Young
Frederika Dunbar
Anna Pierce
Henrys Campbell
Mobie Hamill
Stephen Hopkins
Henry Sangford
Samuel Hall
Farr Sturedvant
Edwards P Church
Alfred Mc Merriman
Sebastian Bernard
Herbert Newman
Lucien Capone
Miriam Skinner
Samuel Wardwell
Mass Fyvelyn Bache
Frederick Bartlett Mass Miars P Drury
Henry Campbell Vass Molle Hamill
Joseph Afwer
Cora Hill
Charles Martin Mass
Grace Shiel
Mars Scanlon
Mary Peters
Joreen Bradford Mass
Julia Lerrara
Frederick Alger
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Roger and
Mary
Barnard
Walliams
Fredricka Dunbar
Roger Willams
Shark Island
Warner Baxter
Gloria Stuart
Boulder Dam
Ross Alexander
Patricia Ellis
Lyle Talbot
Eddie
Bert Wheeler
Robt Woolsey
Dorothy Lee Lowfli
Thomas
Morgan
George Bancroft
Ann Sothern
Victor Jory
George M Cohan
Claire Trevor
Paul Kelly
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Suzman's
Douglas
B. T. A. Band
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Long Beach
H L Clark
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