Bristol Community Chest Celebrates 1951 Red Feather Drive Victory
Bristol representatives joined 500 state workers at a Providence Boys Club supper meeting to hear final reports from six Chests. Bristol alone met its net basic, surpassing last year and earning praise for chairman Frederick T Goff and the volunteer solicitors who achieved a remarkable community effort under the slogan Everybody Gives Everybod y Benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bristol Community Chest
Providence Boys’ Club
Abou Ben Adam
Frederick T Goff
Women's Club Sees Several Portrayals
The Bristol Women’s Club met at the Guneral House with Mrs How ard House presiding. Miss Ruth Hall of Boston presented character studies portraying a busy club woman a teenage babysitter an evening with television and a day with a housewife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Club
Mrs. Evans
Ruth Hall
Boston
Miss Hall
Notice of Public Hearing on Tree Removal Bristol
James Rego of Bristol applies to Joseph C Kinder Tree Warden to cut or remove a public shade tree on Hopeworth Avenue near Metacom. A public hearing is set for the 11th week of November at 12 noon at 317 Hope Street Bristol for objections to the application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rego
Bristol
Rhode Island
Joseph C Kinder
Hopeworth Avenue
Metacom
Hope Street
Community Events and Personal News From Bristol and Nearby
Bristol notices announce the Annual Dinner Dance of the Knights of Columbus at Midway House tonight at eight. YMCA Week features a Father and Son night at the local Y on Friday. Colt Memorial High School class of 1931 reunion dinner at Warren Hotel Saturday at seven. Mrs John Carmone, 646 Wood Street, recovering at St Joseph’s Providence improving. St Mary’s Mothers Club meets Thursday at 3 30 at Byfield school. Miss Margaret Nerone of the public schools to speak at Rotary noon meeting at White Rail on Europe trip highlights. Virgil Vaske and Dolores Almeida announce birth of son Charles Kenneth in Adrian Minnesota hospital October 23. Katherine F Almeida, six, birthday party at 12 Third School Street Sunday at eight. Augustine Ferreira and Mrs Ferreira announce birth of daughter Monday November five at Truesdale Hospital Fall River. Ferreira is former Estelle Arruda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carmone
Wood Street
St Joseph’s Hospital
Providence
Margaret Nerone
Rotary Club
White Rail
Europe
Virgil L. Vaske
Wilmont
Minn
Charles Kenneth
Adrian Hospital
Vaske
Dolores Almeida
Joseph Almeida
Woodstreet
Katherine F Almeida
Francis J Almeida
Third School Street
Augustine Ferreira
Cherry Street
Somerset
Mass
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Ferreira
Estelle Arruda
High Speed Secretary Wins Dictaphone Transcription Contest
Over 420 secretaries competed at the 71st Regiment Armory in New York City in a three day event using Time Master machines. Miss Amanda Judd of New York City and Ford Motor Co. set an average of 386 lines per hour to win Miss Dictaphone 1951 and prizes including a trip to Puerto Rico and a Caribe Hilton stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attle Royale
Dictaphone Corporation
71St Regiment
New York City
Amanda Judd
Ford Motor Co
Eastern Airlines
Puerto Rico
Caribe Hilton
Ceil Chapman
Sally Victor
Amelia Earhart
Lawrence of London
Irls
Highspeed
Burrillville Game Rescheduled For November 17
Colt Memorial coach Ralph K Nash announced that the postponed Burrillville game will be played on November 17. Nash notes light scrimmages this week to avoid injury jinx as star end Bob Caizzi is sidelined for a few days. Chuck Annarummo may return for the Burrillville clash while Warren looms Saturday with Bristol. Directions to Burrillville High School field are provided via Smith Street Route 44 Chepachet and Route 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrillville
Colt Memorial
Ralph K. Nash
Colt
Warren
Nash
Bob Caizzi
Wayls
Bristol
Chuck Annarummo
Lockwood
Burrillville High School
Harrisville
Providence
Smith Street
State House
Chepachet
Church Women Halted Christmas Events Schedule
A Bristol County listing shows multiple church and veterans group events from November to December. Activities include food sales, a past commanders dinner, square dance, penny social, bridge party, Christmas lecture, and Christmas sales and teas hosted by St Michael's Parish House, Trinity Church, and First Baptist Church with groups such as St Mary's Guild and Ladies' Benevolent Society involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary’s Guild of Trinity Church
Adolf Mueller
Bristol
St Michael’s Parish House
Ladies’ P Benevolent Society
The
Mite Society
First Baptist Church
United Council Of Church Women Plans Local Food Sale
The United Council of Church Women organizes a Friday food sale at the Electric Shop Bristol and Jannit to Store Warren to aid the New England Harvester Fund. About 35 members attended a recent meeting at the First Congregational Church Chapel where Rev Frederick F Driftmier spoke on Live Thy Faith and donations were received for blankets and the ecumenical scholarship fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Council of Church Women
Bristol
Warren
First Congregational Church
Frederick F. Driftmier
Ecumenical
New England Harvester Fund
Boswell
Bosworth
Emma Rounds
Funeral for Elvira Irolla Palumbo Irolla In Bristol ties
Mrs Elvira Palumbo Irolla 64 died Oct 26 in California after a long illness in Long Beach. Funeral held Oct 29 at Mortell Mortuary Long Beach with committal at St Marys Cemetery Bristol. Wife of Louis Irolla born Oct 28 1886 in Scafati Italy. Survivors include siblings Bernard Pasquale Vincent Theresa Emily Carolina and stepchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sansone Funeral Home
Elvira (Palumbo) Irolla
California
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Emy DeMattia
Irolla
East Main Street
San Jacinto
Calif
Bristol
Long Beach
Louis Irolla
Scafati
Italy
Salerno
Dominico
Marianna
Saviano) Palumbo
Providence
Theresa Carmone
Emily DeSimone
Carolina Principe
New York
Bernard
Pasquale
Vincent
Richmond Hall
Long Island
Mortell Mortuary
Rhode Island
Carmone
Crawford combination oil and gas range ad
Perfect condition four gas and four oil burners with thermostat Gill Estrella contact on De Wolf avenue. Florence heaters models with large burners listed with phone numbers for sale. FUR LINED overcoat in very good condition available for viewing at 33 Byfield street. Found bill-fold with papers near Leo's Pizzeria owner Henry Souza contact 11 Fox Hill avenue. For rent section placeholder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Sowams Drive
Metacom Avenue
Tel. Br
Byfield Street
Constitution Street
Leo's Pizzeria
Henry Souza
Fox Hill Avenue
Negro spiritual program at St Michael's Church Sunday
St Michael's Church presents a Negro spiritual program Sunday evening at 730 led by Ella M Martin guest soloist with combined junior and senior choruses. Pierce Anthony directs with Fred A Round assisting. Featured soloists and a long list of boy sopranos altos tenors and basses perform a medley of spirituals including Were You There Go Tell It on the Mountain Swing Low and Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella M. Martin
Boston
St. Michael’s Church
Pierce Anthony
Fred A Round
Frank A D.orio
Hope Smith
Mervyn Edward Clay
Gordon T. Phipps
Clay
Jordan
Jesus
David
Moses
Coal shipments and discoveries highlighted in 1804 and recent data
The report notes last year coal loadings at Hampton Roads reached 13 percent of a million tons, Lewis and Clark reported coal finds along the Missouri River in South Dakota in 1804, and Toledo lake shipments posted an all time high for bituminous coal loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Roads
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River
South Dakota
Toledo
New Books Arrive at Local Library Collection
A wide list of new titles is now available at the library including works by Wouk, Monsarrat, Wellman, Stone, Mitford, Styron, Michener, Heyerdahl, and Kon-Tiki. Other authors featured are Buck, Buck, Dukes, and Merton with titles spanning history, adventure, biography, and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wouk
Monsarrat
Melville Goodwin
Marquand
Wellman
Stone
Moses
Asch
Mitford
Styron
Bithynia
Slaughter
Paradise
Michener
the Wanderer
Walter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix Publishing CO
Bradford Street
Roswell S. Bosworth
A. D. J. Ddarcangelo
Brice
R. I
United
Olive Hanna
John D Moore
Stewart Barr
Kenneth Olson
Tree Warden
Superior
Hamburg
U. S
Predats Co
Culler St. Ha
Tp Sons
Sa -R
Warren R. I
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Midway House
YMCA
Colt Memorial High School
Warren Hotel
St Mary’s Mothers’ Club
Byfield School
Helen Church
Singin Harmony
Carr Mig Athletic Association
Regos Boy
Antonio R Borges Jr
Robie, Inc
Potter Street
Cambridge
C. K. Woodbridge
Amanda
Dictaphone
Bristol County Council of Church Women
Narragansett
Kearney
American Legion
Post Home
St Michael's Men's Club
Trinity Women's Guild
Trinity Church
Ralph Handy
Boswell S Bosworth
Alice B Morgan
Elvira
Palumbo
Austin
Center Motor Sales
Child Street
Byfator Neck
Rockwell
Bontex
Hope Hardware
Stude
Thames
Guisti
Call Br
Hub Furniture
Hub Furniture Co
Main Street
Tfren
Albert Emery
Mt. Hope Avenue
John Franas
Tel
John E. Merella
Market St and
Redmond Warrer, R
Plano
Smale
Winecombe
Robeson St
Anderson Bristol
Orlando Jrisbane
E. L Watson Co
R. I. Tel
Aia
Phoenix
Gloria D. Gargani
Marion Bartlett
Frances Catalano
Mae Canning
Marion Frances
Clara Dew
Herreshoff
Barbara Jaycox
Jacqueline Lammer
Louise Murray
Paul D. Price
Tabetha Robbins
Doris H. Round
Marilyn Smith
Adele M. Sturdevant
Helen P Hambrigh
Mary N Garvin
Eleanora L. Bower
Miriam Hines
Constance W. Waterman
Vernon A. Gray
Charles Newman
Paul Dunklee
Herrmann Wilbur
Allen M. Newman
Arthur W. Barrett
A W Calder, Jr
George Cunningham, Jr
Calbraith B Perry
Robert B. Angus, Jr
Robert Brown
Amuel D Clark
John P Taylor
Nicholas Waterman
Henry B Newman, Jr
Kenny’s
de la Roche
Lucy Carmichael
Kennedy
April Snow
Budd
God's Men
Buck
the Sea Around Us
Carson
Heyerdahl
Washington Confidential
Last and
Mortimer
Keith
Costain
Forrestal
Mills and Duffield
Bradley
Duke of Windsor
Waters
Samuels
Hall
Maine
Graham
Chippindale
Tregaskis
Oursler
Michenles
Merton
Douglas
Wilson
Thomas
Rommel
Young
Gibbings
ST. Michael's Parish House
St. Michael’s Men's Club
Hope Drug Company
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