Armistice Day Bugle and Drum Contest Planned Statewide
James T. Pierce heads the Armistice Day Committee to stage a bugle and drum corps competition among American Legion Posts statewide. Governor Case and Archie Adams are invited as speakers, with state and local officials and many civic groups urged to participate amid budgeting constraints.
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James T. Pierce
Governor Case
American Legion
Kearney
No. 6
Ym.ca
George H. Baldwin
James F Duffy
Norman S. Case
Pierce
Bristol youths plan water voyage to Chicago in 22 by 8 foot catboat
John Hoffacker and Fred Gebhardt both 25 vow a 30 day water trip from Bristol to Chicago aboard the 22 by 8 ft catboat Eleanor Mane. They will travel from Long Island Sound to New York harbor then up the Hudson to Watertown and beyond through canals to Lake Michigan with stops in New York City and Albany. Hoffacker graduated from the University of Chicago and Gebhardt from the University of Illinois.
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Bristol
R. L
Chicago
Ill
John Hoffacker
Fred Gebhardt
Capone
Wardwell Lumber Company
Thomaston
Maine
Hoffacker
Crane High School
Long Island Sound
New York Harbor
Hudson River
Watertown
N. Y
Erie Canal
Three Rivers
Oswego Canal
Lake Ontario
Trenton
Canada
Trent Valley Canal
Georgian Bay
Mackenac Strait
Lake Michigan
New York City
Albany
University of Chicago
Gebhardt
University of Illinois
Rotarian cites balanced view of Tory loyalty in history
G Andrews Moriarty argues historians must avoid propaganda and current-event bias. He outlines two historian types, warns one sided histories inflame tensions, and discusses colonial taxation, the French and Indian War, and the Pontiac conspiracy, urging careful, calm analysis to understand destiny between nations.
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G. Andrews Moriarty
Bristol Rotary Club
Moriarty
Momartry
Chicago
England
Fneland
Mr Maniart
France
Allegheny Mountains
Canada
American
Atlantic Seaboard
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Conditions in Russia Eyewitness Talk From Rev Lindsay
Rev Samuel M. Lindsay a three week observer of Soviet Russia will describe life in Moscow prisons and daily life under the regime in an address at the First Congregational Church. The lecture forms the first in a monthly series by the Men’s Union featuring nationally known speakers.
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Russia
Samuel M. Lindsay
First Congregational Church
Dr Lindsay
Moscow
Lindsay
The
Congregational Church
Jerome Davis
Yale University
J Whitcomb Brougher
Will Rogers
Tremont Temple
Boston
Lincoln
Jefferson
Curtis
George H Moses
Simeon Fess
Cross
Connecticut
Roosevelt
New York
Hebert
Fred B Smith
John R Mott
YMCA
Smith
Wilson
Men's Union 15
Rally Day at Congregational Church and Youth Activities
Rev Herbert D Graetz urges families to attend Rally Day with Church School seating as a body after the 10 30 service. The Men's Union resumes at noon at the YMCA, followed by a Church School report from RI Conference delegates. At 6 30 the Christian Endeavor Society meets, and the evening service is at 7 30. Little Mildred Ashton, four, will recite pieces in several languages.
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William Ashton
First Baptist Church Notes and Schedule
Rex Arthur F Jennings reports church events for First Baptist Church. Christian Endeavor Society meets this evening at 8 in the vestry led by George Luther. Sunday services include 10 30 morning sermon 11 45 church school 6 30 Christian Endeavor in vestry 7 30 evening sermon. Mite Society gathers Tuesday at 2 at Mrs Eber Hill on Mt Hope Avenue.
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Rex Arthur F Jennings
Christian Endeavor
Ciety
Pastor Church School
George Luther
Mite Society
Eber Hill
Mt. Hope Avenue
Col Godfrey Hosts BST A Boiled Dinner For Battalion
Lieut Col Edwin S Godfrey of the Bristol Train of Artillery will host the entire battalion for a real old fashioned New England boiled dinner after band rehearsal. Officers plan multiple evenings of good times for enlisted men this year, with all battalion members expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin S Godfrey
Bristol
Fall River Fire Chief to Speak at Lions Meeting
Chief Jeremiah Sullivan of the Fall River Fire Department will address the Lions Club next Monday evening. The address marks Fire Prevention Week and invites the Board of Fire Engineers and foremen from four local fire companies to attend.
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Fall River Fire Dept
Lions’ Meeting
Jeremiah Sullivan
Fall River Fire Department
Lions’ Club
Sullivan
Board of Fire Engineers
Lighthouse Service Applies to Build Bristol Wharf
The Lighthouse Service seeks approval from the Rhode Island State Board of Harbor Commissioners to construct a wharf at Bristol Harbor at the foot of Constitution Street. The project includes the former Newport and Providence Street Railway property and part of the LeClair property, with conditional consent tied to final Attorney General acceptance.
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Lighthouse Service
Rhode Island State Board of Harbor Commissioners
Bristol
Newport and Providence Street Railway Co
LeClair
Bristol Harbor
Constitution Street
Permon
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Pastime Theatre
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Fannie Hurst
Leslie Howard
Richard Bennett
Irene Rich
Kent Douglass
Mary Duncan
Great Meadow
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Eleanor Boardman
Lucille Laverne
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Gavin Gordon
Bela Lugosi
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Helen Chandler
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First Baptist Church
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N. J. & H. W. Vermette Dealers
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Gibson’s Cigars
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