Bristol NRA Parade Sets Town Record With 6000 Marchers
Bristol Rhode Island staged its largest NRA demonstration with more than six thousand marchers, nine divisions and about 25 000 spectators along a 34 mile route. The parade honored the NRA with Col Alfred M Merriman as chief marshal and featured Miss Mary E Hughes and various local officials, Boy and Girl Scout contingents, school groups and veterans units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
NRA
Wood
State Streets
Victoria-Gonsalves Post
243Rd Coast Artillery
Mary E. Hughes
Dan W. Jones
Col
Merriman
Victoria-Gonsalves
Rhode Island
Col Merriman
R. J Kavanaugh
Wm. T
Edward Bullock
Lieut
Oscar Herzig
Victoria
Supt
Elmer S. Mapes
Supt Mapes
Colt High
Edward J Fitzgerald
Andrew Vorro
Guiteras Memorial Junior High School
James E. Sullivan
Anthony Tastello
Gordon Morgan
Lockanasset
Reynolds
Byfield
Oliver and Walley
Coral Hill
Theresa Donovan
Grace Shiel
Margaret Dwyer
Rose Fasano
St. Mary's Parochial School
William Owens
William McMillan
Madeline Neiderer
Irene Doran
William Hammill
Trip To Greece Described By John Nicholas Brown
John Nicholas Brown of Providence described a 1929 Mediterranean trip to Greece with friends aboard a chartered boat. He showed photographs of ancient and modern Greece using a stereoptic lantern operated by James P. Ridgey. The meeting of St. Michael's Brotherhood also elected new officers led by President Wm. H. Angevine and honored secretary Charles H. Sparks who departs for Ohio with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Mediterranean Sea
John Nicholas Brown
Providence
St. Michael’s Brotherhood
Brown
Mediterranean
Ralph Cram
St. John the Divine
New York City
Sparks
Ohio
Wallis E. Howe
Hiram A. Rounds
John G Stewart
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Jim Wood
Andrew Iverson
Robert Garvin
Chester Myers
Master Play for Church Fund by St Elizabeth Dramatic Club
The St Elizabeth Dramatic Club will present a two act benefit play next month to raise funds for the church. Directed by Manuel E Vargas Jr with Miss Anna E Peters assisting. The Master features a college scene and a night club with songs and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth Dramatic Club
Manuel E. Vargas, Jr
Anna E. Peters
Bob
Alfred Paiva
Ted
Joseph Costa
Tom
Anthony Garcia
Phil
Anthony Princapi
Jim
Anthony Sylvia
Cornelius
Anthony Marino
Pat
Jerome Almeida
Mike
Manuel Sousa
Ruby
Ada Sylvia
Joyce
Evangeline Paiva
Dora
Alice Sylvia
Betsy
Phoebe Garcia
Patsy
Mary Goulart
NRA
Estelle Garvin
Liberty
Grace Garvin
June
Emily Xavier
Lona
Bertha Roderick
Mary Biancuzzo
Elizabeth Roderick
Dorothy Philips
Joseph Bisbano
Kearney Post Visitation Schedule For Legion Installations
Commander Edmonds lists a series of joint and individual post installations across Rhode Island from October 24 to 27. Delegations from Kearney Post No 6 and the Auxiliary Unit will attend events in Lonsdale Westerly Edgewood Providence Woonsocket and Cumberland with multiple joint installations. Tickets for the November 9 reception for National Vice Commander Charles L Woolley are available from Edmonds at the Narragansett Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
American Legion
Cimaraddes
Joseph Edmonds
John McKeown
Lonsdale
H W. Merrill
Westerly
R J. Dennis
Edgewood
J. K. Broadhead
North Providence
Fourth District
Cranston Street Armory
Woman's Post
Providence Post
Providence
A. F. Young
Woonsocket
Cumberland Post
Masonic Temple
R. I Woman's Post
Y. D. Post
Smith Street
Nicholas Barrone
Ledge Street
Edmonds
Charles L. Woolley
Narragansett Hotel
Bristol Hosts Columban Fathers at Knights of Columbus
Bristol Council No. 379 hosts a reception at the K of C Home on State Street to honor the Columban Fathers recently established at Ferry Hill Road. State Deputy Joseph V. Broderick of Cumberland and District Deputy Ambrose Tigue of Providence will deliver principal addresses.
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Columban Fathers
Bristol Council
K. of C
State Street
Bristol
Ferry Hill Road
Joseph V. Broderick
Cumberland
Ambrose Tigue
Providence
Armistice Day Plans Emphasize Donations and Events
The Armis tice Day Observance committee announced that Mrs. Sarah Kearney will ride in the procession honoring her late son William Kearney. A horse shoe pitching tournament is planned with four local teams, led by Captains Orlando Bisbane, Namquit Mill, Foxy Marshall, and Ever Readys Captain Donat Gladue. Donations to the Armis tice Day Fund are urged to cover unavoidable expenses and ensure a full program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Kearney
William ‘Hirst Kearney
Colt Memorial High School
Warren
Orlando Bisbane
Namquit Mill
John (Foxy) Marshall
Donat J. Gladue
Walter Lawson
243Rd C. A. Victoria-Gonsalves
Veterans of 243Rd Coast Artillery
Kearney
Ever Ready Fire Co
American Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
John W. Church
James F. Duffy
Civil Service Open Exam for Machine Operator in Newport
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for Machine Operator at daily wages of 5.36 4.96 and 4.56 less 15 percent to fill vacancies at the Navy Yard Service U S Naval Torpedo Station Newport Rhode Island Applicants need six months experience in the last five years and will be rated on experience not a written test Applications due by October 31 1933 to the Labor Board Naval Torpedo Station Newport RI or local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Navy Yard
U. S Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
Rhode Island
Harvest Dance Plans Progress At Community Meeting
A meeting of the Harvest Dance committee at the Hotel Belvedere discussed plans for the November 17 event at the Bristol Casino to benefit the Community Athletic Field. The Melo dians Orchestra is engaged, booth reservations led by Frank J. Rinaldi, and decorators named James F. Meiggs Ian M. Walker and Miss Margaret Nerone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Casino
Hotel Belvedere
Raymond S. Brightman
Melodians
Bonnet Shores
James F. Meiggs
Ian M. Walker
Margaret Nerone
Frank J. Rinaldi
Booth
Brightman
Alfred M. Merriman
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Nora E. Dwyer
Edna Demers
Margaret F. Nerone
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Robert B. Suzman
James E. Sullivan
Roswell S. Bosworth
Bristol Girl Scouts Plan Cookie Sale and Week
Holly Troop No. 2 met at Reynolds School with Capt Mrs. Francis Horton in charge. They outlined the annual cookie sale set for Oct 24 to Nov 11 and announced Girl Scout Week Oct 29 to Nov 4. A rummage sale is planned for Nov 2 with Mrs Norton M Zinderstein leading aided by Mrs Earl H Hobson and Mrs J Floyd Huestis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly
Bristol Girl Scouts
Reynolds School
Francis Horton
Florence Otten
L. G. Cote
Hope Street
Norton M. Zinderstein
Earl H. Hobson
J. Floyd Huestis
Marjorie Taves
Jean Malafronte
Marion Reilly
Barbara Newman
Ann Leahy
Armistice Day Acknowledgment and Amount Mention
A brief wartime entry notes Armistice Day observance and lists a payment of 63 dollars involving an individual named Harry Peterson. The text is sparse and lacks clear context or actions beyond the acknowledgment and amount.
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Town
Roosevelt
Marshall
Collins & Aikman Corp
Miss Hughes
Jones
Dixon
Albert H. Flint, Jr
Ralph F. Kinder
James F Meiggs
Wm. F. Duffy
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
George Pollock
Henry L. Sanford
Augustine Nermone
James Perry
A. F. D'Angelo
James F. Wylie
Chas M. Connery
Daniel E. Dwyer
M. B Grossman
Thomas P. Brightman
L. H. Callan
Thomas H. Byrnes
Leah Young
Steven Mason
Wm J McShane
Nancy Allen
Harry Dew
Allen
Avis Barrett
Stanley Barrett
Henry Tingley
Uncle Sam
Frances Usher
Merton A. Cheesman
A A Moren
Bristol Train of Artillery
Henry Hambrick
Robert J. Anderson
Fire Department
Providence Fire Dept
Anderson
Raymond A. Card
Frank J Rinaldi
Frank Lewis
Board of Fire Engineers
Sam
Samuel Steen
Jim Connors
George R. Fish
Edward Trainor
Boy Scout Bugle
Francis Bragg
Frances Horton
Sea Scout
Arthur Belmore
Bertram W. Wall
Joseph W Enes
Gladys Knowles
Mendes-Hobson Post
Thomas Horton
John J. Dollery
Edward LeBlanc
Samuel C. Wardwell
Wm. L. Manchester
Chas. O. F. Thompson
Edward Davin
L. F. Burt Club
East Providence
Woman's Relief Corps
Babbitt W.R.C
Luella Byone
Dept
Marcia Gifford
Leroy Bush
Jos. M. Edmonds
No. 6
A. L
E. Doris Bullock
Barrington Post
Spirit of Nra
Joan Crawford
Richard DIX
Elizabeth Allan
Doris Kenyon
Alan Dinehart
Tom MIX
Ralph Bellamy
Fay Wray
Clancy of
the Mounted
Dramatic Club
Girl Scout News
Harry Peterson
Geo. M. Wilbur JR. Memorial
George M. Wilbur & Sons
R. I
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