Bristol Liquor Licenses Carried With Strong Enforcement Promise
Bristol Town Council vows to stop violations from last licensing period and orders Police Chief Ferrara to check 1934 35 violators warn them and pursue drastic action for further infractions Moonshine peddling by unlicensed sellers to be barred and licensed outlets punished by fines and permit revocation Permits issued for several Class A B Taverns Victualers and others including Buffingtons Pharmacy and Belvedere Hotel with numerous addresses listed
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Bristol
Anthony J. Ferrara
Prescott B. Paull
New Books Announced at Rogers Free Library
The Rogers Free Library lists many new acquisitions across genres including fiction by Margery Sharp Grace Hill and H. W. Freeman, mystery titles from Erle Gardner and Valen tine Williams, Westerns by Raymond A Berry and Jackson Gregory, and non fiction works such as The Encyclopaedia of Furniture and The Illustrated World History.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uplands
Eten Chase
Diana Patrick
Erle Gardner
Valentine Williams
George B. Rodney
Charles F. Smith
Jan and
Cora Gordon
Cortez
Mexico
Harry A. Franck
Itain
E J O'Meara
Diamond Jim
Parker Morrell
Dwight Morrow
Harold Nicholson
Encyclopaedia of Furniture
Schmitz
Hoyle
Hoyle, the Illustrated World History
Hammerton and _ Barnes
Roy J. Cook
Hope Circle Drill Team Elects Lona Carroll Captain
The newly formed Fight Circle drill team No 70 of the Daughters of Tyahella elects Lona Carroll as captain at its initial meeting. Lieut Henry Brown supervises as drillmaster with Edna Dubuc as lieutenant and Mary Lannon as secretary treasurer. Meetings are set for the second and fourth Mondays each month. Bristol Aerie of Eagles also outlines drill plans with committees led by Manuel Joseph and Anthony Nunes. Plans for a lodge orchestra are discussed with John Fratus appointed to study feasibility.
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Lonati
Doron
Fight Circle
Tyahella
Intial
Awales Somro Eos
State Street
Henry Brown
Bristol Train of Artillery
Edna Dubuc
Mary Lannon
Bristol~Aerie of Eagles
Manuel Joseph
Anthony J. Nunes
Manuel Perry
Anthony Pacheco
John Fratus
Circle Plans Food Sale Tomorrow at Hamill's Dry Goods
Hop Circle No 70 to hold a food sale tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 4 o clock in Hamill's Dry Goods Store Hope Street for the Christmas Basket Fund. Delicacies will be on sale and advance orders taken. Committee in charge includes Mrs Sara Sweeney chairman Miss Margaret Callan Mrs Rose Breen Miss Mari A Callan Mrs Mary Lannon Mrs Marie Vermette and Mrs Margaret Connery with Miss Nora F E Dwyer and Mrs Alice Sylvia as ex officio.
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Hop Circle
D Or I
Hamill
Hope Street
Sara Sweeney
Margaret Callan
Rose Breen
Mari A Callan
Mary Lannon
Marie Vermette
Margaret Connery
Nora FE. Dwyer
Alice Sylvia
Bristol Town Council Plans Winter Street Coasting Areas
The Bristol Town Council voted to designate certain streets for child coasting during winter and to station special officers to prevent motorists from using the lanes. Police Chief Ferrara will determine which streets qualify and whether officers can be assigned as part of an ERA project like the community beach initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Town
Anthony J. Ferrara
The Prince of Liars staged by St Michael's Players
The three act farce The Prince of Liars by Sydney Grundy played to a lively audience at Guiteras Memorial School. Directed by Frank L. Doran for Bristol District Nursing Association and St Michael's Organizations, the cast included Arthur Hummington and Eleanor Rae with lighting by Harry Young Jr and props by George L. Pailthorpe. The performance drew strong applause and featured an orchestra between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Grundy
Guiteras Memorial School
Lacant City
Frank L. Doran
St. Michael’s Players
Bristol District Nursing Association
St. Michael's
Harry Young, Jr
George L. Pailthorpe
Rome
Pers
Avery
Craditabler Swanner
Arthur Hummington
Allen M.newman
Ralph Ormerod
Andrew J. Iverson
Joshua Gillibrand
Albert W. Metcalfe Dobson
Calbraith B. Perryrs
Hummingtop
Eleanor Rae
Gillibrand
J. G Stewart Rosa Colombier
Virginia Lec. Martin
Daisy Maitland
Aida A.connery
Barbara
Dorothy Roberts
Phyllis Evans Dies in Beacon Falls Conn at 35
News arrives of the death of Mrs Phyllis Patstone Evans in Beacon Falls Connecticut on a Saturday. Born in Bristol September 14 1900 she was educated locally and lived here until moving to Connecticut two years ago. She married Louis Fyans and is survived by her husband and siblings Frederick Falstone Herman Redfern Joseph Peters and Herman Storti. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at her brother's home on Metacom Avenue with burial in North Cemetery.
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Worl
Beacon Falls
Conn
Phyllis
Patstone) Evans
Alfred and
Jathan (Geisler) Patstone
Evans
Bristol
Connecticut City
Narragansett Electric Company
Frederick Falstone
Metacom Avenue
North
Louis Fyans
Frederick
Herman Redfern
Joseph Peters
Seymour, Conn
Herman Storti
Providence
Amateur Nights Drum Corps Sponsorship in Reynolds Auditorium
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps will sponsor Amateur Nights at Reynolds school auditorium starting Saturday November 30. Open to all with three cash prizes each evening. Proceeds fund new equipment as the corps reorganizes with new members and intensive rehearsals to regain a championship status in New England junior corps.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
Reynolds School
William H. Gablinski
Henry Arouca
Anthony Monofo
Fred E. Suzman
New England
Evans Widow Phyllis Evans Dies in Beacon Falls
Mrs Phyllis Patstone Evans wife of Louis G Evans dies in her 36th year Funeral services Wednesday at 2 30 p m at her brother s home on Metacom avenue Relatives and friends invited to attend
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Evans
Beacon Falls
Conn
Phyllis
Patstone) Evans
Louis G. Evans
Metacom Avenue
Town Council Nods to Reassign Old Men on WPA Projects
Bristol officials demand changes in WPA work with 12 elderly men, ages around 78, on the Sunnyside avenue sewer dig, urging younger workers take lighter duties. Council instructs Clerk to contact State WPA Administrator Cheney to address the misallocation and improve project assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott B. Paull
WPA
Paull
Bristol
Sunnyside Avenue
TiMmistrstor
Dememe Mascola
Council
Mascola
John Bernard
Bristol County
Pere Ogiege Pesyee
Mer
Sheney
Counce
Seteo
Guiteras
Old Babbitt House Reopens as Eatery in Town
After years idle the Babbitt house on Hope Street is restored and opened Saturday as an eating place under Miss Margaret Murtaugh and Miss Marion Lovell. It will host private bridge parties and afternoon teas and is prepared for year round operation with maple furnishings and a new oil heating plant.
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Babbitt
Hope Street
Margaret Murtaugh
Marion Lovell
Murtaugh
Lovell
Kennebunkport
Maine
Boy Scout Schedule Sets Evening Meetings at Scout Hall
Awashonks P O S plans a 8:00 PM meeting in Scout Hall with officer elections for the new year. Bugle and Drum Corps rehearse at 6:30 PM, followed by a business meeting. Troop 5 meets 7:30 PM for holiday planning. Troop 2 holds its annual inspection Wednesday with Field Executive Bradford H. Field as inspecting officer. Green Bar Scouts of First Troop meet Wednesday at 7:00 PM. Fourth Troop gathers Friday at 7:30 PM after a 7:00 PM Court of Honor.
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Awashonks Herd
Scout Hall
Scouthall
Bradford H. Field
Narragansett
Green Bar Scouts
Cort of Honor
Battery C Gunners Prepare for Tonight Exam at State Armory
Preparations are complete for Battery C of the 243rd Coast Artillery unit to take gunnery exams tonight at the State Armory foot of Church Street. Col Earl C Webster and Major Ernest Moore lead officers in three class ratings for a three year enlistment. Lieutenant James J Garvin Lieutenant James T Commons Captain Moren First Sergeant Manuel J Morris Jr supervise study of gunner candidates.
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State Armory
Church Street
243Rd Coast Artillery
A. A. Moren
James J. Garvin
James T. Commons
Moren
Manuel J. Morris, Jr
Providence
Westerly
U. S
Bristol WPA Workers Receive Semi Monthly Pay
Two hundred seventeen Bristol WPA workers benefited from a payroll of $5,593.11 distributed yesterday for work on four local projects during the past two weeks. Domenic Mascola, local ERA administrator, said a total of 17,5844 hours were worked on the four projects. Project payrolls were De Cristafaro avenue 1695.69, Stone wall Gulleras field 2095.81, sewing room 731.11, athletic field 1067.50.
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Bristol
WPA
Domenic Mascola
Mascola
de Cristafaro Avenue
Stonewall Gulleras Field
Thanksgiving Day Post Office Hours At Bristol
No city carrier deliveries or rural carrier collections on Thanksgiving. General and stamp windows closed. No mails dispatched or received. Money order, registry divisions, and Postal Savings System closed. Lobby open 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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Money Order and Registry Divisions
Postal Savings System
Shooting at Tin Cans Ends In Court Fine For Bristol Man
Natale Martinez 58 of 1500 Hope Street pleaded guilty in Fifth District Court to hunting on posted land while claiming he was testing a rifle by shooting at a tin can. Deputy Game Warden Burke testified to prior violations including keeping a live pheasant without a permit. Judge O Donnell imposed a $20 fine plus costs for the current offense. Martinez said he may move west or discontinue the hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natale Martinez
Hope Street
Fifth District
Arthur Burke
Warren
Martinez
William T. O’donnell
Burke
O'Donnell
Edith Maxwell of Wise Virginia Highlighted as Remote Local
The case of Edith Maxwell of Wise Virginia shows how distant regions act in their own way. The piece contrasts local attitudes with the wider nation noting stark social differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Maxwell
Wise
Virginia
Backwoods Teacher Convicted Under Unwritten Law
A 21 year old schoolteacher, out after curfew, is accused of killing her drunken father during a struggle at home. The jury convicts her of murder and she receives a 25 year sentence. Neighbors defend the verdict as upholding unwritten paternal rights.
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Imgsgo
Public spotlight reveals rural drama and contested death cause
Readers focus on a case where public interest centers on Roger Searer and a contested death. The father’s death is questioned as a result of alleged trauma rather than a confirmed cause, with steps underway to determine the true reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Sear
Aera
Sear
Protests Rally Against Conviction and Severe Penalty
Across the country protests surge over the conviction and its harsh sentence. In Virginia two of the state's leading lawyers have taken up the defense of the young school teacher, arguing self defense as a legitimate stance.
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Virginia
Town Council Plans Snow Coasting Streets For Youths
The Town Council orders the Chief of Police to close certain streets for youngsters to coasting when snow covers the ground. A special officer will be assigned to each street to protect the youths during their time of fun. The Phoenix endorses the measure and welcomes its implementation.
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The
Phoenix
Phoenix’s 100th Anniversary Marks Bristol’s Oldest Business
The 1937 edition notes the Phoenix is Bristol’s oldest established business, yet a recent item makes the paper feel like a newborn infant by comparison. The author suggests the publication’s long history is notable, while acknowledging newer stories and older records.
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the Phoenix
Bristol
Peking Bao Ends Publication After 15 Centuries
The Peking Bao, a paper in Peiping China founded around 400 A D by Bu Kung, ceased publication after circulating for over 15 centuries. Once a daily from 1800, it persisted through various regimes despite attempts to suppress it, delivering news to the people for 1,530 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
Peking Bao
Bu. Kung
Sailor Attempts Hold Up on U S S California
A 20 year old enlisted man named George A Boyog from the U S S California tried to rob the paymaster while 150 miles at sea. He was quickly subdued, placed in irons, and disciplined by the ship’s mates with a fur lined broom handle as a punishment?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S California
George A. Boyog
Mats
Dress children in bright outer garments for safety
The report from the Bureau of Agriculture urges parents to dress children in vivid outer clothes in winter to improve visibility. It warns children should avoid streets and busy highways when playing near traffic and emphasizes caution to prevent accidents.
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CSP
Unitea
Stateye Despartment of Agriculture
Vehildren
Evareice
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Brownell
Hope Ee
Salvador Nunes
Wood Street
Manuel F. Viera, Jr
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Anchor Inn
Joseph F. Campo
Thames Tran
Louis H. Sorell
Bristol Casino
el C. Martins
Thames Street
Ster Cunhato
Bradford Rodrigues
Bradford Street
Sebastiano Cannizzaro
Antonio Gina
Biate
Neenfo E Ferrara
Manuel Vargas
John Street
Portuguese Recordacoes da Patria Club
Qehar
Iin
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Rogers Free Library
Hope Circle
Lona Carroll
Circle
Paul Mumi
Socrates
Warner Bros
Ann Dvobrak
Barton Maclane
Fox
Alice Faye
Ray Walker
Bebe Daniels
Mitchell and Durant
Samuel Goldwyn
Miriam Hopkins
Edward G. Robinson
Joel McCrea
Cock Robin
Pra Afriday
Clarke Gable
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beebry
Seal
Lewis Stone
Rosalind Russet
Dudley Digges
C. Aubrey
Mickey Mowst
Ote Cade
Phyllis P. Evans
Drum Corps
Battey C
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