Bristol Schools Plan Two Thanksgiving Holidays This Year
Bristol public schools will observe two holidays Thanksgiving Day on November 23 and Governor Vanderbilt's on November 30 with classes held Friday November 24. Recess for November 30 and December 1 remains unchanged. The board approved Americanization classes under state law and extended night shop classes to three nights weekly due to enrollment.Contracts were awarded for plumbing and weather stripping at Colt Memorial and Colt High, and air circulation work at Andrews gym. The football field will not be reseeded this season and use of Guiteras athletic field for Battery C activities was denied.
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Bristol
Roosevelt
Vanderbilt
Ate Superintendent of Schools
S.manes
Mapes
Margaret P. Murphy
Ian M. Walker
Stannard Sylvia
Andrews
E. J. Sevigney
Wairresey Wath
Colt Memorial High School
Arthur Guevremont
Callan Constuction Company
Chamberlain Metal Weather Strip Company
Providence
Colt High
Frank O. Rene
Albert A Moren
Guiteras
243Rd Coast Artillery
St Mary's Players Stage Mystery Hit The Dead of Night
The St Marys Players presented The Dead of Night a three act mystery comedy to a large church auditorium audience. Local cast led by Frank L. Doran delivered professional style performances with no single star, praised for balance and en dur ing suspense and humor. The show features Martha Baldwin Catherine Levere Joey and other local thespians. A repeat engagement is planned for a larger crowd after stage and prop improvements by Otus Batley Jr Edward J Heclerc and Meiggs.
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St Mary’s
Frank L. Doran
St. Mary’s
Martha Baldwin
Catherine Levere
Joey
William McCarthy
Allan Richards
Joseph Gallagher
Sarah Watkins
Tathan Dunbar
Donald Hull
Sarah
Albert Pierce
Ruth Nash
Donald
Irene Doran
David Carruthers
William H Sisson
Lela Chapman
Ethel Conners
Adam Glassett
The
Constable
Charles E. Callers
James F Meiggs
Harry I. Young, Jr
Margaret F Nerone
George H Baldwin
Jean Tobin
Barrington PTA Hosts Bristol County Council Meeting
Barrington units of the Parent Teacher Association hosted the Bristol County Council PTA at Peck High School Barrington. William C Crossley district attorney was the principal speaker. Shirley Porter welcomed attendees. Mrs Earle G Sturdevant led group singing with accompanist Mrs Francis Doyle. Lucien Capone Bristol president presided. Ways and Means committee members included Mrs William Pinch and Mrs James McKenna. Attendees from Barrington included Principals Edward J Fitzgerald and James F E Sullivan senior and junior high schools and Mrs Roos Bosworth and Mrs Earle H Hobson.
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Barrington
Parent- Teacher Association
Bristol County Council
Parent-Teacher Association
Peck High School
William C Crossley
Attornst
Koushetn AM
Shirley Porter
Earle G Sturdevant
Francis. Doyle
Warren
Lucien Capone
Bristol
William Pinch
James McKenna
Edward J Fitzgerald
James FE Sullivan
Roos Bosworth
Earle H Hobson
Five Delegates Named to Refugees Conference
Five members of the Chaveragu das Achim Synagogue Bristol were named delegates by President Max P Grossman to the United Tewish Appeal for Refugees. They will attend a Rhode Island conference Sunday afternoon at the Crown Hotel in Providence. Delegates are Dr Grossman, Levy Rubin Gittelman, Robert Bo Suzman, and Dr Leo Jacobson.
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Chaveragudas Achim Synagogue
Bristol
Max P Grossman
United Tewish Appeal For
Rhode Island
Crown Hotel
Providence
Grossman
T Ours Levy Rubin Gittelman
Robert Bo Suzman
Leo Jacobson
Certification Of Students For Colleges At Colt Memorial High
School Superintendent Elmer S Mapes explains Colt Memorial High School holds full certification privileges from The New England College Entrance Certificate Board. He notes the program remains optional and highlights colleges that recognize the board including Amherst Bates Boston Bowdoin Brown Clark Colby Tufts Wesleyan Williams Harvard Yale. He cites past admissions on certification and emphasizes the school’s role as a comprehensive institution serving non college bound students while offering a segregated college preparatory track for eligible pupils.
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Colt Memorial High School
Elmer S Mapes
New England College Entrance Certificate Board
Amherst
Bates
Boston
Bowdoin
Brown, Clark
Colby
Massachusetts Agricultural
Maiddlebury
Tufts
Wesleyan
Wehams
Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
Brown
Eagles Support Red Cross Drive and Armistice Fund
Bristol Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles voted donations to the Red Cross drive and the Armistice Day fund at a meeting in Eagle Hall. Plans for a bowling league were tentatively formed with Manuel Perry Joseph F Pannone Domenic DiMartino and Pasquale Matr iano named to complete plans.
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Bristol Aerie
Order of Eagles
Eagle Hall
Woodstreet
Manuel Perry
Joseph F Pannone
Domenic DiMartino
Pasquale Matriano
Bristol GOP Women Plan Dec Whist Party
The Bristol Women's Republican Club met at Bristol County Courthouse to plan a public whist night on December 6. After the business session, cards were played with winners Mrs Lilian Arone Mrs Robert Newbold and Mrs Anthony Costa.
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Bristol Women's Republican Club
Bristol County
Lilian Arone
Robert Newbold
Anthony Costa
Bristol Scout Drum Corps Readies for Thursday Review
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps, established in 1913 as the oldest Rhode Island junior corps, prepares a public concert and exhibition at an auditorium in Bristol to raise funds for equipment. The program includes drum and bugle selections, vaudeville acts, and a championship bugle and drum contest with entrants such as Frank Sousa and Harris Fonseca.
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Long
Guiteras Auditorium
Bristol Boy Scout
Rehier
Guiteras Junior High School
Bristol Corps
Rhode Island
Bristol
George ‘Ung
Lakewood
George Goulette
Sousa Jovs
Frank Sousa
Albert Morris
Harris Fonseca
Thomas Foley
John Freitas
Manuel Vasconcellos
John Paiva
Daniel Rene
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Bristol Historical Society Bridge Exhibit Tomorrow
The Bristol Historical Society crafts an afternoon and evening bridge exhibit at St. Michael's Parish House with prizes, rare shawls, old jewelry, and firearms displays. Earle P Mathewson sells tickets as funds aid a new society building and archives.
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Bristol Historical Society
St. Michael's
Charles H Iliscomb
Burton Street
Ethelyn I
Wew
Earle P Mathewson
William Serbst
George Baldwin
Lallian Wilson
William Angesine
Charles Connery
Nora Dwyer
Elmer Angell
Emmanuel Jacolett
Alice Almy
Lucien Capone
Mollie Hamill
George Millard
Evelyn Bache
A Edmonds
Liscomb
Bristol
Alice B Almy
Elmer E Angell
George H. Baldwin
Evelin Bache
Ethel F. Blaisdell
Jucien Capone
Hope M Cote
J Winthrop DeWolf
John W DeWolf
Pearl R Dixon
Albert A Edmonds
Wallis E Howe
Harriet K Iacoletts
Charles Liscomb
Benjamin M MacDougall
Earl P. Mathewson
George L Millard
Martin Hall
Harry W Munro
Gladys E Paull
Prescott B Paull
Ethelyn
Mars C Serbst
Frederick W Williams, Jr
Lillian T. Wilson
Leah B Young
John Wall
Glen Smith
Everett Leb. Church
Charles Otten, Jr
Early Auto Ads Tie Progress to Safety and Ease
A 1905 to 1910 era look at automobile advertisements shows copywriters claiming motoring was as safe as horse travel. The Winton is marketed as easily controlled and not easily frightened, while the Franklin is dubbed the trotting horse of automobiles, illustrating evolving progress in public perception.
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Automobile Facts
The Thomas Flyer Promotes Car Charms and Costs
In 1905 the Premier car touts a price under 750 and recalls a 500-mile test at 14 cents per mile. Testimonials praise low upkeep and reliability, noting no rope usage yet. Ads boast slogans like The Car That Shuns the Repair Shop and No Hill Too Steep, asserting easy, prompt control.
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Troy
Boston
Yale
Jackson
Knox
Thomas
Dobbin
Early Jokes About Automobiles Boosted Car Fame
The piece recalls how early cars faced ridicule similar to Fulton’s steamboat and early radios. Word of mouth and comedians helped various makes rise to fame. Jokes featured a wooden framed car and a tramp who claimed ownership to justify long walks.
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Fulton
From mud to modern cars the Git a Horse era to today
Pioneer motorists faced balky rigs and muddy roads but the hardships spurred engineers. Cracker barrel talk and boyish derision faded as manufacturers applied lessons from the Git a horse period to create the advanced vehicles of today.
Modern humor shifts from car jokes to domestic teasing
A newspaper piece contrasts old car jokes with a crude modern gag about backseat driving. It suggests reading the item aloud to a wife as a parodied moral warning while avoiding endorsement of violence.
Bent Fender Keeps Secret From Husband Joke
A woman asks a mechanic to fix a bent fender so her husband won't know how it happened. The mechanic replies he can not erase the truth but can soon let her ask how her husband beat it. A separate quip notes a man who ran over a girl then later married her. The joke ends with a remark on reckless driving.
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Otus M. Batley, Jr
Edward Sj.eclerc
Meiggs
PTA
Lana Turner
Richard Carlson
Artie Shaw
Ann Rutherford
Lee Bowman
Jane Withers
Leo Carrillo
Marjorie Weaver
Spring Byington
Kane Richmond Universal Newspaper News
Robert Cummings
Nan Gray
Gloria Jean
Beulah Bondi
Virginia Welcher
Margaret Lindsay
C. Aubrey Smith
Love
Underworld
Frieda Inescort
Otto Kruger
Rochelle Hudson
Metrotone News
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Charles Winninger
Guy Kibbee
June Preisser
Grace Hayes
Sup’t
Eagles
Red Cross Drive
G. O. P. Women
Plan Whist Party
Scout Drum Corps
Sea Scouts of
Admiral Edwards
Frank Reno
Domenick Ruggiero
John Williams
John Cordeiro
George R Mish
William F Head
Joseph Arouca
Virgil Arruda
William H . Angesine
Henry Dew Allen
Edward G Bunn
Margaret Brogan
Ernest G Brown
Henry Boynton
Roswell S Bosworth Frank H Buffington
Arthur W Burdon
Leo C Cantwell
Charles M Conners
Everett Ileb Church
John W Church
Arthur FE. Carr
Luke H Callan
William S Cherry, Jr
John DeWolf
Francois L. DeWolf
Antonio D'Angelo
William G Dixon
Ezra Dixon
Frank M. Dimond
Charles Falugo
Qinelssaval Sichand
du Errara
A. Edmonds
Herbert D Graetz
Gertrude Guiteras
Edwin S. Godfrey
Mason Gross
Claude Hazeldine
Albert S Hartley
J. Floyd Huestis
Paul A Herzig
Samuel A. Hall
Anthony R Parshley
Henry W Peterson
Harold C Paull
John S Palmer
Charles B Rockwell, Jr
Michael L. Ryan
Henry R Rocha
Max Seiffert
Henry L. Serbst
Clinton T Sherman
James J Velleca
William Wood
William F Williams
Bertram W Wall
Belle M Wardwell
James J Wash
Norton Zinderstein
Charles A Zinderstei
Pope
Dr. Scholl
Wm. M. Scholl
New York
Dr Scholl
Hope ST
Makowsky
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