William F Head Commended by Narragansett Scout Council
William F Head 24 King Philip Avenue receives a 20 year service commendation from the Narragansett Council for long term Boy Scout involvement. Born 1915, Head joined Troop 4 as a youth, earned Eagle in 1935, served as Scoutmaster since 1936, and active in Yawgoog Camp, Camp King Philip, and Bristol Rangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Head
Scout Council
King Philip Avenue
Narragansett
Head
Rockville
Camp
King Philip
Mt. Hope Bay
Bristol Town Beach
Rangers
Bristol Rangers
R. L Fifers
Drummers’ and Buglers’ Association
Bristol Boy Scout
Poppy Days Observed by Legion Auxiliary Here
Poppy Days May 24 25 will honor three wars with memorial poppies worn on lapels. Mrs. William J Seymour poppy chairman of Kearney Unit American Legion Auxiliary outlines preparations for the annual observance. Volunteers will distribute poppies on the streets aiding disabled veterans and needy children of veterans. Associates include Mrs Mabel Belanger Mrs William Gablinske Mrs Fred Garlin Mrs John Sousa Miss Anne Northup Miss Rita Margo and Miss Anna Mariano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Seymour
Kearney
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
America
Seymour
American Legion ‘Auxiliary
Mabel Belanger
William Gablinske
Fred Gargin
John Sousa
Anne Northup
Rita Margo
Anna Mariano
Procession of Mary Sodality At St Elizabeths Church
Children of Mary Sodality and 27 new members dressed in white joined a May procession at St Elizabeths Church. Miss Anna Cardoza carried the crown, with Misses Lorraine Martin Paula Mello Lorraine Correia and Charlotte Joseph assisting. Alice Sousa crowned the Blessed Mother as Salem Benediction ended the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children of Mary Sodality
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Lincoln Avenue
Anna Cardoza
Lorraine Martin
Paula Mello
Lorraine Correia
Charlotte Joseph
Juliana Daponte
Angelina Motta
Sandra Sousa
Alice Sousa
The
Sodality
Miss Phillips
Mary Sardinha
Lydia Cabral
Lorraine Silveira
Theresa Mello
Theresa Barboza
Barbara Foster
Lorraine Almeida
Rose Dias
Mary Ferreira
Dolores DeLuca
Mary Santos
Janice Franco
Constance Paposa
Alice Menezes
Catherine Oliveira
Lorraine Silvia
Lorraine Tavares
Diolinda Rodrigues
Barbara Alves
Anna Bettencourt
Emily Furtado
Elsie Borges
Mary Borges
Barbara F. Salema
Constance Pontes
Dolores Canario
Catherine Marshall
Stella di Palma
Marlene Rawson
Lillian Brown
Salemn
Henrique R. Rocha
Committees Named for Salve Regina College Bridge Party
Mrs E Hugh Holmes announced the committee members for the Salve Regina College benefit bridge to be held Tuesday June 5 at the Midway. The event features tickets refreshments publicity prizes door prizes and candy with multiple named chairmen and members. A meeting occurred Sunday at Mrs Holmes home with another planned before the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salve Regina College
Newport
E. Hugh Holmes
Moses Moore
Catherine V Levere
Joseph Perreira
Holmes
Edward Newbold
James J. Sylvester
J. Francis Connell
Thomas J. Foley
Henry T. Trudell
Margaret Connors
Margaret Morris
David J Ferris
Anthony Massano
Louis Castriotta
Six Guiteras Boys Predict Big Loop Races
Six Guiteras Junior High School students forecast bold American and National League standings for the coming season. They rate the Yankees and Dodgers atop their leagues with detailed point tallies and note the Phillies would drop out due to the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras
Joseph Cavallaro
Manuel Josephs
Paul Price
Manuel Marshall
Sebastian Caromile
Daniel Ramos
Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Indians
Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
White Sox
Athletics
Browns
Dodgers
Braves
Giants
Cards
Phillies
Pirates
Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Curt Simmons
Confusion Over G I Bill Causes Veterans Questions
Albert P. Russo, adjutant of the Lawson Raiola Disabled Veterans, says confusion arises from GI Bill deadlines. Able bodied veterans must start courses before July 25, 1951, four years after WWII end. Training completion deadline is nine years after the war, July 25, 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.I
Bill
Albert Russo
Disabled Veterans
Albert P. Russo
Lawson - Raiola
Memorial Day Speakers Named for SRC Exercises
Lt. Governor John S. Kiernan accepts invitation to attend Memorial Day program. Col. John E. Bard, 12 year Army veteran with Pacific and Korea service, to be speaker at SRC machine Day exercises announced by Memorial Day Committee leaders George Fish and Robert B. Suzman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Kiernan
Henry A. Hambrick
SRC
John E. Bard
Pacific
Korea
George Fish
Robert B. Suzman
Con Baird
American Legion
I Am An American Day Speech Contest Winners
Mary Louise Texeira daughter of Patrolman and Mrs Joseph Texeira won first prize in the I Am An American Day public speaking contest at Colt Memorial High School Sunday afternoon. Michael Munroe and Elena Proto took second and third, with multiple speakers addressing Americanism and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Texeira
Joseph T. Texeira
Colt Memorial High School
Michael Munroe
Elena Proto
Russell Bray
John Pivin
Delphina Oliver
Raymond A. Thomas
Kearney
American Legion
Legion
Lucien Capone
Catherine V Levere
Roswell
Bosworth
Gilbert C. Hoover
Daniel K. Davis
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Bristol
Robert Pacheco
John Borges
The
Emma Rounds
Boy Scout Bugle
Republican Committee Sets Meeting Ahead of May 25 Election
The Republican Town Committee will meet Wednesday at 8 PM in Odd Fellows Hall to discuss the upcoming May 25 election. Voters will decide on a proposed constitutional convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Committee
Republican Town Committee
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank J. Sylvia
Prescott Paull Dies in Bristol at 41
Prescott Bickford Paull prominent Bristol citizen died at Truesdale Hospital Fall River of a coronary thrombosis Sunday afternoon. He was 41, born July 31 1898, active in local politics and business with Seth Paull Co. He served on the town council and influenced Bristol affairs. Burial in North Cemetery after services at Trinity Episcopal Church Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Prescott Bickford Paull
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Seth Paull Co
Ferry Road
Portsmouth
Trinity Episcopal Church
Leonard S. Redlawn
Church of All Saints
Pontiac
North
Paull
Frank
Ella (Bickford) Paull
Colt Memorial High School
Bryant Stratton Business College
Providence
Seth Paull
J. Howard Paull
Prescott
William H. Angevine
Angevine
Amos S. Gorham
Republican Party
Democrat Party
State Senate
Nunes
Bertram W. Wall
Pasquale Pagnano
MacArthur Policy Debate Set for Bristol Thursday
Bristol Rhode Island World Affairs Council hosts a public debate on MacArthur and Our Far Eastern Policy at Colt auditorium 8 p.m. Speakers are Robert E. Olmsted of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Providence and Dr Sinclair W. Armstrong Brown University with moderator R. S. Bosworth Sr. Olmsted is a longtime insurance executive and civic leader. Armstrong is a Brown professor of modern European history and OSS veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Bristol
Rhode Island World Affairs Council
Colt Auditorium
Francois L. deWolf
Robert E. Olmsted
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Providence
Sinclair W. Armstrong
University of Pennsylvania
Lions Club of
Turks Head Club
Wannamossett Country Club
Town Criers Club
R. L. British Empire Club
Armstrong
Brown University
Office of Strategic Services
Germany
Washington, D. C
England
France
Office of Military Government
Princeton University
University of Wisconsin
Brown
St. George’s School
Middletown, R
Connecticut
Chowder Planned For Bristol Yacht Club Spring Meeting
Commodore Clark Freeman will present a chowder before the Bristol Yacht Club spring meeting tomorrow night. O Reid LeClair serves chowder at 7 15 noted, with the meeting set to begin at eight o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Freeman
Bristol Yacht Club
O. Reid LeClair
Folklore on Snake Bites and Cures Across American Regions
A nostalgic look at old time folk beliefs about snake bites and cures in the United States. The piece recounts Southern Illinois chicken poultices, New England snake balls, and a Pennsylvania tale of Old Dan the drinker and a self made antidote that supposedly inoculated rattlesnakes, ending with remarks on warts and other folk remedies.
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Ilinois
New England
George Kofson
Red Cross
J. Wheeler
Pennsylvania
Old Dan
Pike County
Wheeler
Dan
Dana
Bob Wheeler
Texas
Illinois
Dori Gach
Local Folk Media Pioneers Remembered by Elders
Fragmentary notes recall aging women and central figures in early folk media circles. Scattered phrases hint at typical profiles and regional involvement, but details remain unclear in the torn text.
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Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Lawson-Raiola
Disabled American Veterans, No. 15
State Department
Bristol Sewer Department
Virginia Wood
Taunton
Mass
Edmond C. Micaelli
Legion Auxiliary
Ary Sodality
Glenn Ford
Viveca Lindfors
Flying Missile
Henry O’neill
Carl Benton Reid
Joe Sawyer
Spencer Tracy
Joan Bennett
Elizabeth Taylor
Mars
Randolph Scott
Adele Jergens
Sugarfoot
Technicolor
Tom Neal
NAVY
Wendy Waldron
College Bridge Party
Mrs. Holmes
Prescott Paull
Chicago
Roosevelt
National Assay Commission
Mint
Philadelphia
Theodore Francis Green
Com
World Affairs Group
DR. Armstrong
BYC
Sea i
THING
Fred Macmurray
Pee
Gene A Wek
Hever
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