Bristol Liquor Violator Crackdown and License Grants
Bristol Town Council orders ongoing inspection of liquor law violators from 1934 35 with Police Chief Ferrara to inform infractors of charges and issue warnings. Moonshine peddling banned. licensed sellers face fines and permit revocation. New liquor permits granted to multiple establishments across Bristol including Buffington's, Poszi's Pharmacy, Belvedere Hotel, Anchor Inn and more.
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Bristol
Anthony J. Ferrara
Prescott B. Paull
New Books Announced at Rogers Free Library
Rogers Free Library reveals new acquisitions across fiction nonfiction and reference catalogs. Listed authors include Sinclair Lewis Bess Streeter Aldrich H. W. Freeman and George B Rodney with titles spanning mystery Western and non fiction guides.
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Rogers Free Library
Uplands
Eten Chase
Diana Patrick
Erle Gardner
Valentine Williams
George B. Rodney
Charles F. Smith
Jan and
Cora Gordon
Cortez
Mexico
Harry A. Franck
E J O'Meara
Diamond Jim
Parker Morrell
Dwight Morrow
Harold Nicholson
The
Encyclopaedia of Furniture
Schmitz
Hoyle
Hammerton and _ Barnes
Roy J. Cook
Hope Circle Drill Team Elects Lona Carroll Captain
The Hope Circle Drill Team No 70 Daughters of Tyrhea announced Lona Carroll as captain at the initial meeting. The team will include two regular squads and one substitute under Lieut Henry Brown Bristol Train of Artillery as drillmaster. Meetings set for the second and fourth Mondays each month. Edna Dubuc is lieutenant and Mary Lannon secretary treasurer.
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Lonati
Doron
Drifl
Fight Circle
Tyahella
Intial
AWG Somro EO
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 Store
Hop Circle No 70 D or I will run a food sale tomorrow from 2 to 4 pm at Hamill's Dry Goods Store Hope Street to benefit the Christmas Basket Fund Delicacies will be cooked and orders taken in advance Committee in charge includes Mrs Sara Sweeney chairman and other members with ex-officio Nora F E Dwyer and Mrs Alice Sylvia.
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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 Sets Coasting Streets for Kids
The Bristol Town Council will designate certain streets for children to coast during winter to safeguard both youngsters and motorists. Police Chief Anthony J. Ferrara will decide which streets qualify and whether special officers can be assigned in an ERA project similar to the community beach effort.
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Bristol Town
Anthony J. Ferrara
The Prince of Liars three act farce staged by St Michael's
The three act farce The Prince of Liars by Sydney Grundy was presented at the Guiteras Memorial School auditorium. Directed by Frank L. Doran for St Michael's Players for Bristol District Nursing Association and St Michael's Organizations. cast included Arthur Hummington Allen M. Newman Ralph Ormerod Andrew J. Iverson Joshua Gillibrand Albert Metcalfe Dobson Calbraith Perry and Miss Eleanor Rae Mrs Gillibrand Mrs J G Stewart Rosa Colombier Mrs Virginia LeC Martin Daisy Maitland Miss Aida Connery Barbara Miss Dorothy Roberts.
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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
Odeat
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 reaches of the death of Phyllis Patstone Evans in Beacon Falls Connecticut on a Saturday. She was 35, born in Bristol September 14 1900, daughter of the late Alfred and Jathan Patstone. Funeral at her brother Frederick Falstone’s home on Metacom Avenue with burial in North Cemetery. She leaves husband Louis Fyans and three sisters Mrs Herman Redfern Beacon Falls Mrs Joseph Peters Seymour Conn and Mrs Herman Storti Providence.
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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
Louis G. Evans
Amateur Nights to Boost Bristol Drum Corps in Reynolds Hall
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps will sponsor Amateur Nights at Reynolds school auditorium starting Saturday November 30. Open to all, each evening offers three cash prizes. Proceeds fund new equipment as the corps, long a New England junior champ, reorganizes with new members and intensive rehearsals to regain a state championship standing.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
Reynolds School
William H. Gablinski
Henry Arouca
Anthony Monofo
Fred E. Suzman
New England
Town Council Leader Criticizes Old Men on WPA Ditching Jobs
Bristol council president Prescott B Paull denounces assigning elderly workers to heavy ditch digging while younger men handle lighter tasks. He urges action and asks local officials to contact State WPA Administrator J Burleigh Cheney to remedy the misalignment. Twelve workers aged around 78 are named on the Sunnyside avenue sewer project.
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Prescott B. Paull
WPA
Paull
Bristol
Sunnyside Avenue
Demena Mascola
Council
Mascola
John Bernard
Bristol County
Pere Ogiege
Mer
Sheney
Counce
Guiteras
Old Babbitt House Opens as Dining Spot in Hope Street
After years idle the Babbitt house on Hope Street is restored and opened to the public Saturday as an eating place run by Miss Margaret Murtaugh and Miss Marion Lovell. It will host private bridge parties and tea events and is described as a fine Colonial structure with maple furnishings and a new oil heating plant. The pair also operates The Teachers' Kitchen in Kennebunkport in summer and plan year round hours at the Babbitt House.
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Babbitt
Hope Street
Margaret Murtaugh
Marion Lovell
Murtaugh
Lovell
Kennebunkport
Maine
Boy Scout Meetings and Inspections Planned at Scout Hall
Awashonks Herd P O S meets this evening at 8 in Scout hall with officer elections. The Bugle and Drum Corps rehearse at 6 30 followed by a business meeting. Troop 5 gathers at 7 30 to plan holiday activities. Troop 2 holds its annual inspection Wednesday with Field Executive Bradford H Field of Narragansett as inspecting officer. Green Bar Scouts of the First Troop meet Wednesday at 7 9 clock. The Fourth Troop convenes Friday at 7 30 after the Court of Honor at 7.
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Awashonks Herd
Scout Hall
Scouthall
Bradford H. Field
Narragansett
Green Bar Scouts
Cort of Honor
Battery C Gunnery Exam Set for Tonight at State Armory
Preparations are complete at the State armory for Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery to hold a three class gunnery exam tonight. Officers Col Earl C Webster Major Ernest Moore supervise the tests covering gun data, equipment and procedures. Battery C has trained weekly to prepare, with Lieut James J Garvin Lt James T Commons Capt Moren and First Sergt Manuel J Morris Jr directing instruction and records.
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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 over the past two weeks. Domenic Mascola, local ERA administrator, reported 17,5844 hours logged across projects with project totals of De Cristafaro avenue 1695.69, Stone wall Gulleras field 2095.81, sewing room 731.11, and 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 Branch
The Bristol post office will be closed for Thanksgiving with no deliveries or collections by city or rural carriers. The general and stamp windows and all money order and registry services will be closed all day. The lobby remains open 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Money Order and Registry Divisions
Postal Savings System
Shooting at Tin Cans Leads Bristol Man to Fine
Natale Martinez 58 of 1500 Hope Street pleaded guilty in Fifth District Court to hunting on posted land while admitting he was shooting at a tin can to test a rifle he planned to sell. Deputy Game Warden Burke testified Martinez has prior game-law offenses including keeping a live pheasant without a permit, for which he was fined previously. The judge imposed a $20 fine and costs, with terms to move or discontinue the hobby if needed.
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Natale Martinez
Hope Street
Fifth District
Arthur Burke
Warren
Martinez
William T. O’donnell
Burke
O'Donnell
Case of Edith Maxwell Reflects Remote Wise Virginia Community
The Scribe notes Edith Maxwell of Wise Virginia to illustrate how remote areas act as self contained worlds with distinct customs and thinking diverging from the rest of the nation. The piece contrasts local practice with broader national norms, using color as a metaphor.
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Edith Maxwell
Wise
Virginia
Backwoods Girl Convicted Under Unwritten Law
A 21 year old schoolteacher out after curfew is accused by locals of killings during a struggle with her drunken father, who dies. A jury convicts her of murder and she receives a 25 year sentence. Neighbors defend the verdict as upholding the unwritten law granting a father authority.
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Imgsgo
Backwoods Drama Focused by Public Spotlight
The crowd views Roger Searer’s case as a dramatic public inquiry into his father’s death. The authorities face steps taken to cast doubt on the death’s cause, with speculation about an alternative reason not yet determined.
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Roger Sear
Aera
Sear
Protests Grow Over Conviction And Harsh Penalty
Protests against the conviction and its drastic penalty come from across the country. In Virginia two of the state’s leading lawyers have taken up the defense of the young school teacher, arguing self defense as a rightful response.
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Virginia
Town Council Orders Police Coasting Areas for Youths
The Town Council directs the Chief of Police to designate certain snow covered streets for youths to coast, with a special officer assigned to each street for protection. The Phoenix supports the move and welcomes its implementation as a long advocated measure.
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The
Phoenix
Phoenix Beginnings Mark Bristol’s Oldest Business Claim
In 1937 the paper nears its 100th anniversary and claims to be Bristol’s oldest established business. A recent item, however, makes the author feel like a newborn, highlighting a contrasting early note from the publication.
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the Phoenix
Bristol
Peking Bao Ends After Fifteen Centuries of Circulation
Peiping China reports the Peking Bao has ceased publication after 1530 years. Founded around 400 A D by Bu Kung it printed on six yellowed pages and later became a daily paper in 1800. The long history notes generations valued the latest news despite suppressions.
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Peiping
China
Peking Bao
Bu. Kung
Sailor Attempts Paymaster Theft Aboard U S S California
A 20 year old seaman George A Boyeg of the U S S California tried to rob the ship paymaster 150 miles at sea. He was quickly subdued and placed in irons, then awarded a fur lined broom by the shipmates for his misdeed.
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U. S. S California
George A. Boyeg
Mats
Bright outer garments urged for children in winter safety
A clipped and garbled PSA from a government source stresses dressing children in bright outerwear to boost visibility and safety in winter. It notes cautions about play near streets and roads and mentions automobile traffic, urging vigilance to prevent accidents.
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CSP
Unitea
Stateye Despartment of Agriculture
Vehildren
Ge m
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