Budget Committee Resigns Shocks Town Leaders
Five members of Bristol's Budget Committee sign a joint resignation effective immediately. The group, led by Francois Levay de Wolf, offered no reason beyond passing the work to others, leaving taxpayers and officials lamenting the loss of a central advisory body formed in 1931 to oversee town budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Budget Committee
Bristol
Francois Levay de Wolf
Frank L. Doran
Robert J. Gangerx
John. A. Wall
Clinton T. Sherman
Elisha Hibbert
Armistice Day Program At Reynolds School
Armistice Day and Book Week observed at Reynolds School with an address by Amercian Legion official B W Wall. A play Book Friends featured with a large cast and a sequence of songs and recitations including The Star Spangled Banner and Keep the Home Fires Burning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds School
B. W Wall
The
American Legion
Roy
Vincent Vaccaro
Theresa Mello
Mary Sousa
Rose Digati
Miss Brown
Carmella Carratura
Mary
Louise Ruggierio
Robinson Crusoe
Alfred Rego
Tom Sawyer
John Marshall
Huckleberry Finn
Samuel Meschena
Julia Puva
Lydia Garisto
Isabel Rego
America
Anna Abenante
Edward Costa
District Nurs es October 1933 Monthly Report
October 1933 district nursing report shows 459 total visits across sections. General care 37 cases and 235 visits, Metropolitan 23 care with 92 visits, John Hancock 6 care with 31 visits and 8 babies, prenatal 12, TB 77, child welfare 12. clinics and services include 134 babies, Chest 1 patient, X-Ray 1, deliveries 1, operations 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hancock
Patriotic Assembly at Colt Memorial High School
Brig Gen L H Callan addressed Colt Memorial High School during a patriotic program presided by Vernon Otten Student Council president. A silent tableau of a soldier's grave with doughboy and sailor, lighted red, followed by Taps by Maurice C Smith Jr and Michael Securo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High
Brig
L. H. Callan
Colt Memorial High School
Vernon Otten
Leo Mansi
Edward Sousa
Maurice C. Smith, Jr
Michael Securo
Gen Callan
Armistice Day Postal Hours And Services
Armistice Day details include two street box collections at 6 45 a m and 3 30 p m and rural carrier delivery. Stamp and general delivery windows run 7 to 9 a m, lobby 7 to 7 30 p m, while money order registry and postal savings close all day. Patrons must leave notices at general delivery by 7 30 p m on Nov 10 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Savings System
Armistice Day Parade in Bristol Includes Bands and Football Classic
Bristol prepares a large Armistice Day program with five parade divisions, bands, and security details. The day includes a concert, a ball, a memorial service, and a Colt Memorial and Warren High football title game. Notable speakers include Henry W. Shay and Rev Ralph O Harpole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Alles In
Kearney
Bristol Casino
Belvedere
Wilcox Post
Fall River
St Michael's Church
First Congregational Church
Richard Mortimer Maddox
Barrington
Ralph O Harpole
Park Place Congregational Church
Pawtucket
Congregational Church
William B Darling Dies Suddenly from Heart Attack
William A Darling 66 a Bristol native and longtime town resident died of a heart attack shortly after returning home from work at the Burnsides plant of Collins and Aikman Mills He is survived by his wife Margaret and two children William and Ellen Irene Cooke The funeral was held at his home with Rev Anthony R Parshley officiating in North Cemetery bearers included James O Donnell James J Garvin Charles Orthman and William Martin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adelbert Darling
A F D'Angelo
Bristol
Darling
Charles S
Ellen Trene (Buffington) Darling
Herreshoff Mfg Co
Margaret (Orthman) Darling
William B. Darling
Ellen Irene Cooke
Anthony R. Parshley
St Michael's Church
North Cemetery
James O'Donnell
James J Garvin
Charles Orthman
Boston
William Martin
Warren
Parshley Speaks to Taft School Club On Unity
Rev Anthony R Parshley rector of St Michael s Church spoke to the Taft School Club on creating unity in the Community More than 30 attended Mrs Claude Hazledine introduced the speaker Allan Newman sang baritone solos with Helen Church at piano The club planned a Dec 14 food and candy sale Five new members joined The club voted to enroll in Bristol Branch of the American Red Cross and to send a Christmas box to Hindman Settlement School Ruth Ingram arranged refreshments committee included Earle P Mathewson D B Sullivan and Harry R Gray
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony R Parshley
St Michael's Church
Taft School Club
Claude Hazledine
Allan Newman
Helen Church
Roswell S. Bosworth
Bristol
American Red Cross
Hindman Settlement School
Kentucky
Ruth Ingram
Earle P. Mathewson
D. B. Sullivan
Harry R. Gray
Colt and Warren to clash in Armistice Day classic at Haf fenreffer Field
Colt Memorial and Warren high schools meet tomorrow at Haf fenreffer Field Metacom Avenue in Bristol for the annual Armistice Day game. Warren seeks a fourth straight win to clinch Class B pennant while Colt aims to disrupt with two schools’ teams practicing this afternoon. Referee Walter Parker will oversee the 2 30 pm kickoff with lineups and weights to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora E. Dwyer
Kearney Post
Bristol
Rockwell Park
Thames Street
Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co
Namquit Mills
R. I Soldiers
Olympian Club
Haffenreffer
Metacott Avenue
Colt Memorial
Warren
Bristol County
Fred M Straight
Dept Vie
Albert A. Edmonds
High
State Streets
Boy Scout Bugle
Drum
Everett Clark
Clark
State Street
A. A. Edmonds
Metacom Avenue
Warren High
Warrenites
Colt
Bristolians
Cranston High
Central Falls
Walter Parker
Walter E. Jameson
G R Thompson
George Mulleroy
Annual Red Cross Roll Call Starts Tomorrow
The Bristol branch of the American Red Cross announces its 17th annual Roll Call to run from tomorrow through Thanksgiving Day. Wallis E. Howe chairs the Gifts Committee and city districts list volunteer captains and workers led by Mrs Earl Mathewson in District 1 and multiple others across districts 2 through 10 with names of volunteers and factory coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallis E. Howe
Bristol
American Red Cross
Julia A. Herreshoff
J. Winthrop de Wolf
C. J. Massano
Thomas M. Duffy
Roswell S. Bosworth
Bristol Lace Co
Mr Clay
Bristol Mfg. Co
Carr Mfg
Collins and Aikman
Harriet Kinder
R. I. Soldiers Home
Samuel A. Hall
Mary Scanlon
U. S. Rubber Co
Ruth Graham
Everett Leb
Ralph F. Kinder
Daniel Chase
Stanley Friswell
Sophie R. Young
Daniel Sullivan
John H. Wall
Richard R. Cornell
Frank Rounds
Fred Wilbur
J. Wm Wood
John Condon
Jean Bush
Helen Condon
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Harriet P.church
Frederick L. Maryon
Emily Osterberg
John Andrade
Oscar Miller
Gertrude D. Drury
Henry Dew. Allen
Joseph C. Kinder
Wm. H. Angevine
James J. Lanzire
Viola Palmer
Elizabeth J. Ormond
Chas. L. Pendleton
Armistice Day Fund Seeks Subscriptions by Mail or Store
The Armistice Day committee welcomes additional subscriptions totaling 95 dollars and 50 cents and asks donors to mail gifts or leave them at James F. Duffy's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Duffy
Special Town Meeting Set For November 27 On 200000 Sewage Loan
Bristol officials announce a special town meeting for November 27 to vote on the $200000 federal loan for completing the sewage disposal plant. The call, prepared with Judge Leahy and Town Clerk Church, follows a June 1932 halt and requires State Federal Commission approval to move earlier. The Budget Commission resigned en masse, effective immediately, in a surprise move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Edward L. Leahy
State Federal Commission
John W. Church
Judge Leahy
William T. Dwyer
Sewer Commission
Dwyer
Budget Commission
Frathers
de Wolf
Raberbi
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Reynolds
Leslie Howard
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Paul Lukas
Margaret Lindsay
Clancy
the Mounted
Man
Preston Foster
Zita Johann
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Florida
Franklin ID Roosevelt
Buddy Rogers
Marian Nixon
Frank Morgan
Joseph Cawthorn
Paris
George Arliss
Voltaire
Doris Kenton
Theodore Newton
Zane Grey
George O’brien
Claire Trevor
Greta Nissen
High Street
B. T. A. Armory
State and
Bradford Streets
Walley Street
Walley
Hope
Franklin
State
Hope Street
Burnside Memorial Building
U. S Post Office
Col
Donat J. Gladue
Merton A. Cheesman
Bristol Train of Artillery
John Sousa
243Rd
R. TN
A. A. Moren
Alfred M. Merriman
Colonial Co
Color Guards
Joseph Pacheo
Arthur LaCasse Victoria Gonsalves
24D Coast Artillery
Joseph Quartaro
John T. Ashton
Bristol Boy Scouts of America
George R Fish
Sea Scouts
Reid LeClair
Bristol Girl Scouts of America
Goldenrod
Annabelle Bragg
Helen Horton
Raymond A. Card
Bristol Boys Community
Ferdinand Tasiello
Defiance Engine & Hose Co
R. S. Brightman
Ever Ready Engine & Hose Co
Frank Lewis
Bristol Fire Trucks
Ernest W. Weaver
Joseph Sousa
St. Rita’s Girls Club
American Legion Auxiliary
E. Doris Bullock
Joseph M. Edmonds
Edward M. Kavanaugh
Samuel Wardwell
Regent
Amer
Red Cross
Gertrude M. Hasbrouck
Sec’v
Sarah Kearney
Edward Hatfield
Bristol Town Council
A. R. Parshley
Colt and Warren
Warren Colt Sagan
Ezra Dixon Epee
H Angevine, Jr
Vargas Bros
Entire Budget Commission
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