Blood Donor List Grows as Date Nears in Bristol
Dr. D V A Capone leads a Red Cross blood donor drive with 400 volunteers sought for December 19 and 20. The list includes Mrs. Frederick V. Martin and Coast Guard members in Bristol. Bloodmobile hours run noon to 6 pm, then 10 am to 4 pm Thursday. Volunteers urged to call Bristol numbers and a general committee meeting is planned at the Y M C A.
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D. V. A. Capone
Red Cross
J. Francis Connell
Earl G Sturdevant
St. Michael’s Parish
Bristol
Capone
Haffenreffer
Y.M.C.A
Sousa Elected Sophomore Class President at Bristol High
Raymond Sousa named sophomore class president at Bristol Senior High School. John Matheson becomes vice president, Nancy Du Pont secretary, and Joseph Travers treasurer. Faculty advisor is J Vincent Leahy, announced by Principal John L. Burke.
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Raymond Sousa
John L. Burke
Bristol Senior High School
John Matheson
Nancy DuPont
Joseph Travers
J. Vincent Leahy
Miss Anne Clowes Performs in Brown University Drama
Miss Anne Clowes daughter of Lloyd R Clowes of 118 High Street acted in The Drunkard staged by Brown Universitys Sock and Buskin. The temperance drama by W H Smith and a gentleman reflects early 19th century works for P T Barnum. Clowes is a Pembroke sophomore and Mount Lebanon High School alumna pursuing a BA.
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Anne Crawford Clowes
Lloyd Roberts Clowes
High Street
Lock and Buskin
Brown University
Sock and Buskin
W H Smith
P T Barnum
Miss Clowes
Pembroke College
Mount Lebanon High School
Pittsburg
Tonsillitis Operation for Mrs Goulart at Truesdale Hospital
Mrs. Alex Goulart Jr of 13 Third Street underwent tonsillitis surgery on November 21 at Truesdale Hospital after a month long illness. She is a supervisor and sewing instructor at Rayco Manufacturing Co in Pawtucket. Mary Camera Miss Hattie Brown and Mr and Mrs Michael Fa bo left early for Philadelphia to attend the Army Navy football game.
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Alex Goulart, Jr
Third Street
Truesdale Hospital
Rayco Manufacturing Co
Pawtucket
Mary Camera
Hattie Brown
Michael Fa “Bo
Philadelphia
Open House Planned at New Bristol Society Quarters
The Bristol Historical Society will hold an open house at its new first floor quarters in the Rogers Free Library. Librarian-custodian Miss Alice B. Almy announced the event after guiding the relocation of relics from Burnside Memorial Hall. New members were welcomed as Helen Horton presided in Canon Davis's absence.
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Bristol Historical Society
Rogers Free Library
Alice B. Almy
Holmes House
Almy
Burnside Memorial Hall
Arthur M. Dunstan
Massasoit
Marriage of Eleanor Ramsay to Nathaniel S Chase Jr
Mr and Mrs Calbraith B Perry of 996 Hope Street announce the marriage of their daughter Eleanor Ramsay to Nathaniel S Chase Jr on November 24 at St Stephens Church Providence.
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Calbraith B. Perry
Hope Street
Eleanor Ramsay
Nathaniel S Chase, Jr
St. Stephen's Church
Providence
Thanks Expressed For Donations To Home For Aged Women
Mrs Ethel M Copeland expresses gratitude for donations to the Home for Aged Women naming Mrs George Phillips Mrs Sara Dixon Brownie Troop of Girl Scouts led by Mrs Joseph Brogden and St Michael s Congregational and Baptist Churches for flowers.
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Home For
Ethel M. ‘Copeland
George Phillips
Sara Dixon
Brownie
Joseph Brogden
St. Michael’s
Five Streets Work Given Go Ahead Signal
The Sewer Construction Committee voted to issue the work order on the five streets and extend the first phase deadline due to material shortages. The contractor will begin immediately with weather‑proof locations and is allowed to finish by May 1, 1952 with penalties of 80 dollars per day thereafter.
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James S. Coles
Frank L. Hearney
Fay, Spofford
Thorndyke
Metacom Avenue
Wheeler Avenue
Hearney
Local Woman Named to Who's Who Among Students
Ruth Benson of Bristol is chosen for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. A URI senior and president of the Women’s Student Governing Association, she helped honor the university president on November 18.
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the Phoenix
Bristol
Ruth Benson
Charles V Benson
William Street
University of Rhode Island
Voiture 1188 Plans Activities and Buck Night Event
Voiture No 1188 La Societe des Forty Hommes et Eight Chevaux met in Kearney Post Home to plan Christmas aid for needy families and a Buck Night party in January. Antone Gammino joined the Voiture, with new committee appointments to manage the Christmas project and Buck Night. Delegations and candidates from Voiture 1188 will attend initiations in Wrentham and New Bedford, Mass., on December 9 and January 20, 1952.
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la Societe Des Forty Hommes Et Eight Chevaux
Promenade
Kearney
Franklin Street
Antone Gammino
Warren Post No. 11
American Legion
Manuel P. Goulart
Samuel J. Smith
Bristol
Angelo Piccerelli
Albert J. Pearson
Barrington
Nicola Rebecchia, Jr
Louis A. DiBiase
Warren
Ernest R. Nelson
Nicola Rebecchia
James A. Sisson
Pgs
Wrentham
Mass
New Bedford
Harold Aylesworth
Bristol Senior High cuts basketball squad to 24
Bristol Senior High School narrowed its basketball roster to 24 players under Coach Artie A. Pansa after early week tryouts. Practice will continue two hours daily as the team prepares for a December 12 charity game at Rogers High School and a December 18 home opener versus Hope High School. Remaining players include Calandra Sousa Andrade Simmons Caizzi Cadile Annarummo Carvalho Marshall Cavallaro Matheson Josephs Ramos Serbst Vaccaro Burke Bothelo Cordeiro Simao Fernandes Murray Mansi and Pigeon.
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Bristol
Artie A. Pansa
Pansa
Deach Pansa
Rogers High School
Newport
Hope High School
Calandra
Sousa
Andrade
Simmons
Caizzi
Cadile
Annarummo
Carvalho
Marshall
Cavallaro
Matheson
Josephs
Ramos
Serbst
Vaccaro
Burke
Bothelo
Cordeiro
Simao
Fernandes
Murray
Mansi
Pigeon
Basketball Fundamentals screening at local Y library
The film Basketball Fundamentals sponsored by U S Rubber Co will be shown at the Y library Monday December 3 at 7 30 p m. The public is invited.
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The
U. S. Rubber Co
Library of the “Y
Pyramids Club to Present Santa at Bazaar December
The Pyramids of Charity Women’s Club plans its third annual sale and bazaar on December 15 at the Bristol Train of Artillery Hall. Santa will visit from 3 p m to 7 p m for children ages two to nine, with gifts for all visitors who bring letters. Proceeds support benevolent Yuletide work including shoes sweaters and Christmas dinners for local families and hospital trays for St Joseph’s and Rhode Island Hospitals.
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Pyramids of Charity Women’s Club
Bristol
Train of Artillery
State Street
Vasta Ruggiero
Santa
Pyramids Organization
St. Joseph’s
Rhode Island
Providence
St. Nick’s
James Aiello
Frank Langello
Joseph Vitello
Nicolina Consentino
Mary Long
Media Monday workshop showcases Mrs Sloan art methods
Mrs Maywill Dudley Sloan author and illustrator of 49 children’s books demonstrated media, finger painting, modeling material and crayoning at a Guiteras Junior High School teachers workshop. Attendees from local schools. sponsor Milton Bradley Co. Art consultant Sloan, a Parsons School of Design graduate, has taught and written for American Childhood magazine.
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Maywill Dudley Sloan
Guiteras
Margaret Nerone
Sloan
Milton Bradley Co
Danbury (Conn
Parsons School of Design
Danbury High School
Old Saybrook
New Milford
Court
New Haven
Y M C A Building on Hope and Bradford Changes Hands
The old Y M C A on Hope and Bradford streets was bought at auction by Providence Telephone Company. Alterations for Bristol telephone exchange include removing steps and stairs, with entrance moved to the northeast corner. Barbour and LeClair contractors handle repairs as interior on the lower floor is torn out for a rented store.
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Bristol
Y.M.C.A
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Providence Telephone Company
Bristol Telephone Exchange
Bradford Street
Exchange
Barbour and LeClair
Runaway Horse Collision In Front Of Newman Bros Store
A horse team ran into Seth Paull’s wagon, startling his team and pushing the pair northward toward W. J. Diman’s Gloriana wagon. The grays failed to clear the low gear, floundering and kicking as they collided amid freight unloading near the highway.
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Newman Bros
Seth Paull
W. J. Diman
Dimi
Williams Horse Captured After Fractious Scuffle
Dr Williams' horse ran toward Constitution street but was captured by John Burns. The bridle held, harness cut, and the horse released unharmed. A wheel and attached gear struck a gray horse, wheels damaged, and the scene deteriorated into a fracas.
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Richard Usher
Gladys Usher
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Coast Guard
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Montgomery Clift
Elizabeth Taylor
Shelley Winters
Don Daredevil
Pat O'Brien
Jane WY
Audrey Long
Silvana Mangano
Anna Magnani
Ingrid Bergman
Rita Hayworth
Bosley Crowther
N. Y Times
Wm. S. King
Tony Peat
B.s.high School
Basketball Fundamentals
Trinity Church
Planning Board
Pyramids Club
Santa Dec
Mrs. M. Sloan
Guiteras School
Cedarcrest
Cedarcrest Shores
Lucian Capone
Fatima Drive
Henry F. Serbst
John C. Marshall
Everett F. Francis
Francis Brothers’ Construction Co
Reynolds G. Northup
Northup
Roger W. Pigeon
Francis
Russell S. Bray
Dr. Bray
Union Street
Bradford
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W. Fred Williams
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