Mount Hope Bridge Opening Set With Pageant and Parade
Rhode Island prepares for the Mount Hope toll bridge opening next Thursday with a grand ceremony led by Vice President Curtis. The event features a Roger Williams versus John Clarke pageant, a military parade, and a 17 gun salute, with notable speakers, flyovers, and a ribbon cutting by Miss Nancy Weaver Thompson and Miss Rita Barbara Callan.
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Mt. Hope Bridge
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
United States of America
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Charles Curtis
Rhode Islanders
Bristol
Portsmouth
Newport
Island
Wilbur Nelson
John Clarke
Hoover
Clark Burdick
Curtis
Roger Williams
Vanderbilt
Smith
Norman S. Case
United States
Otis Glenn
Ilinois
Army
Navy
Train of Artillery
U. I National Guard
Bristol-Portsmouth
William H Vanderbilt
William W Perry
Oliver Hazard Perry
Rudolph F Haffenreffer, Jr
Sachem Pomethon
Mount Hope Bridge
Mount Hope bridge dedication parade orders issued
General orders for the parade in connection with the Mount Hope bridge dedication on Thursday October 24 were issued by Gen L H Callan Chief Marshal. Headquarters will be Bristol Court House High street Bristol RT and parade units report to the Chief of Staff at 10 00 4 M. All organizations must be in position at 1015 and form in order with details for the First and Second Divisions including 13th U S Infantry units and naval contingents.
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William H Vanderbilt
Edison
Bristol
National India Rubber Co
Collins and Aikman Corp
43Rd Division
Connecticut
Gilson
Callan
John Duffy
Spencer Rounds
Rhode Island
T Kenney
Battery C
243
Coast Artillery
National Guard
Mount Hope Toll Bridge
Portsmouth
Edward L. Leahy
Frank
FE. Ballou
Providence
Howard K. DeWolkt
Warren
William F Whitehouse
Newport
Mount Hope Bridge
L. H. Callan
Bristol Court House
High Street
Bing
L. H Callan
Herbert R Dean
State Street
Church Street
Hope Street
Ferry Road
Washington
Curtis
13Th Infantry
Boyd's Lane
Sprague Street
R.C
Phoenix
The
Mount Hope
Parade orders and route for state dedication ceremony
The document details division formations on High and State streets for a parade to the Mt Hope Bridge dedication. It covers marshal duties, automobile spacing, guest escorts, a twenty one gun salute at the tower, and post ceremony movements toward Portsmouth and lunch arrangements. It notes factory closures for Mt Hope Bridge events and a midday closure for Herreshoff Mfg Co.
Christian Endeavor Society Joins First Congregational Church
The Christian Endeavor Society becomes a department of the First Congregational church. Officers elected are Harry McCaughey president, Emily Osterberg vice president, Stephen Talbee treasurer, Sybil Anderson secretary. Installation set for Oct 27 at 7:30 pm with Rev. Herbert E. MacCombie leading.
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Christian Endeavor Society
First Congregational Church
Harry McCaughey
Emily Osterberg
Stephen Talbee
Sybil Anderson
Herbert E. MacCombie
Rhode Island Christian Endeavor Union
Mount Hope Bridge opening details and statistics
Readable material outlines the Mount Hope Bridge project linking Bristol and Portsmouth Rhode Island to be dedicated October 24 1929. It lists officers engineers inspectors and contractors plus technical data on wire suspension spans towers anchorage loads and chronology of construction milestones.
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Mount Hope
Bristol
Portsmouth
R. I
Providence Plantations
Roger Williams
Island
Rhode Island
Aquidneck
John Clarke
King Philip
Massasoit
Massachusetts
New England
Bristol Ferry
Newport
Providence
Boston
Mount Hope Bay
New York
Washington
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Sullivan
America
Bristol Anchorage
Portsmouth Anchorage
Robinson & Steinman
T. E. Blake
Howe & Church
Robert W. Hunt Co
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory
McClintic-Marshall Company
the Foundation Company
Keystone State Corporation
Callan Construction Company
Hughes - Foulkrod Company
Westcott & Munroe
Scannevin & Potter
American Cable Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Wadley & Smythe
American Bridge Company
Knickerbocker Portland Cement Co
Booth & Chase
New Ferry
Fall River Granite & Quarry Co
Montaua Sand & Gravel Co
Industrial Paint Company
Birdshoro Steel Foundry & Machine Co
Graham Bolt & Nut Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Keystone Foundry Co
Reading Iron Co
Philip J. Healey, Inc
Butte Electric & Mfg. Co
Ohmer Fare Register Co
the Gamewell Company
Fog Bell
David Salkind
John E. Lingo
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Ronald Colman
Joan Bennett
Montagu Love
Colman
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Antonio Moreno
Noah Beery
Cochin
China
Saignon
Pathe News Metro
Uwee
Olive Borden
Morgan Farley
Sally Blane
Fox Sound News Sound Act
John Scott
U S Army Mounted Aides
13Th
U S Infantry
Naval Training Station
U S Naval Units
Samuel Hall
U. S. Coast Artillery
R. I. National Guard
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Mt Hope Bridge
Herreshoff Mfg Co
Congregational Church
Mount Hope Bridge Company
Douglas R. Coleman
John W Garrett
Herbert W. Smith
George H. Newhall
William P. Sheffield
Charles P. Sisson
R. P Compton
D. C. Crawford
A. C. Dent
John W. Garrett, II
C. B. Hibbard
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