Foxy Marshall Guides Olympians Past Ever Readys 4-0
In Bristol Twilight League play Foxy Marshall pitches a four hit shutout over Ever Readys in game two of the series to decide the championship. Jimmie Salzano leads the offense with a triple and key hits, while Cardoza and Almon add run producing plays as Olympians pull away late. Final game set for Tuesday evening as darkness shortened the finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foxy Marshall
Olympian Baseball Nine
Babe
Foxy
Jimmie Salzano
Jimmie
Aguiar
Ethier
Om ‘Cardoza
Baess
Jack Ahrene
Tasik Ae
Eypad
Darknean2
Salzano
Cardoza
Jack Almon
Jan Borges
Buddy Congdon
Almon
Jim Duffy
Dryer
DelPiano
Marshall
Duffy
M. Borges
Joe
Bristol Historical Society Honors 127 Charter Members
Charter certificates designed by marine etcher George Gale were presented to 127 charter members at the Bristol Historical Society meeting in the Bristol County Courthouse. Miss Mariette Hamill led presentations as Guest Night drew a capacity crowd and a miniatures exhibit opened after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gale
Bristol Historical Society
Bristol County
Marietta Hamill
Old Bristol
George M. Cady
West Englewood
N. J
Cady
Philo V
Oliver Hazard
Calbraith Perry
Dead or alive a former council head questioned his status
Benjamin M. MacDougall recalled he had been Town Council President and School Committee head in 1910. His name was omitted from a list naming honorary chairmen for the Police Benefit Association ball, prompting him to wonder if he was still living. He recently returned from Europe with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin M. MacDougall
MacDougall
Anthony J. Ferrara
Police Benefit Association
Charles B. Rockwell
The
Phoenix
Council
Mr. MacDougall
Europe
Town forms committee to study community chest plan
Five city council members name a panel to investigate the advisability of a community chest. Roswell S. Bosworth editor of the Phoenix heads the group with four councilmen selecting members. Members include Dr. Alfred M Merriman and Ernest G Brown among others as officials push a long advocated fund plan.
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Tripe
Materirins
Roswell S. Bosworth
the Phoenix
Community Chest Idea
Alfred M Merriman
Francois L. deWolf
Ernest G Brown
United States Rubber Products, Inc
William P. McLaughlin
A. F. D’angelo
Anthony da Ponte
John Romano
Joseph J. Dennis
de Wolf
Narrows Group to Hold Swimming Meet Sunday
The Bristol Narrows Improvement Association hosts a water carnival and field sports program Sunday at the Pines, the Hugh Smith summer residence on King Philip Avenue. Swimming begins at 3 p.m. followed by field sports at 5 p.m. Chester Carpenter leads the arrangements with Samuel Cashman, William McMullen, William Leahy, Charles Lake, and Frank J. Sylvia serving as ex officio members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Narrows Improvement Association
Pines
Hugh Smith
King Philip Avenue
Chester Carpenter
Samuel Cashman
William McMullen
William Leahy
Charles Lake
Frank J. Sylvia
Bristol 124 Footers End Summer Series of Races
The Bristol 124 footers wrap up the summer series with a midweek finish won by Brooks Wall’s Black Maria. A deadlock in the Bevis versus Doldrum challenge prompts a special race to crown the August Wednesday series champion. Sixteen boats raced from the Yacht Club to Hog Island and back with Bevis, Doldrum, Remora, and other named boats in the results. one craft did not finish.
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Yacht Club
Tony Zinderstein
Bevis
Marshall
Brooks Wall
Black Maria
Portsmouth
Hog Island
Murray Danforth
Martha Nicholson
Ed Leahy
Hovey Freeman
Poppy
Mary Howe De-Wolf
R. I. Red
Benson Rockwell
Phantom
George deWolf
Aurora
Bill Whitmarsh
Chewink
Jane Palmer
Widgeon
Sam Parson
Rambler
Frank Steele
Alouette
Gilman Lowe
Whitecap
Ernest Brown
Baumara
G. Gardner
Shrimpe
Wages Under Scrutiny Threaten Tax Exemptions for Factories
Town Council President Prescott B Paull urged rescinding tax exemptions for factories paying low wages that drive workers to seek welfare. Domenic Mascola reported several firms’ wages force unemployment relief use, prompting a full factory survey ahead of the September 15 meeting.
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Prescott B. Paull
Paull
Domenic Mascola
SAR
Mascola
Ames Samudhug
Laneere Rapids
Opis
Work Relief Bureau
Scouts Hold Final Outdoor Meeting at Camp Wampanoag
Scouts of the First Bristol Troop BSA held their final summer outdoor meeting at Camp Wampanoag on Mount Hope Bay. Highlights included a track meet, swimming, chowder prepared by Scoutmaster George R. Fish, and a triple tie among patrols.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Camp
Wampanoag
Mount Hope Bay
George R. Fish
Rhode Island
Fish
Panthers
Flying Horses
Flying Eagles
Ralph Monoro
Anthony Balzano
Joseph Marshall
Robert Moren
Court of Honor
Board of Strategy
Camp Wampanoag
New Haven Railroad Plans Heavy Holiday Travel
The New Haven Railroad estimates a busy Labor Day weekend from September 3 to 7 with about 9 extra trains and over 850 additional coaches plus 307 Pullman cars. Coaches will carry 70 000 extra passengers and Pullman cars 9 000 more, totaling nearly 80 000 extra travelers. Westbound travel from New England will exceed eastbound by around 10 000 passengers, about 33 percent more.
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New Haven Railroad
New England
Ew Haven
New Haven
Bristol WPA Dance Promises Five Dollar Prize
Bristol’s prize waltzers are urged to prepare for the next Wednesday WPA recreational group dance at Italo American Hall on Hope Street. Samuel Zibel, newcomer and Chelsea Building Co crew chief tearing Trinity Church, offers a five dollar weekly prize for the town’s best waltzer, with attendance expected to be a capacity crowd as the work nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
WPA
Samuel Zibel
Zibel
Chelsea Building Company
Trinity Church
Hope Street
Benefit baseball game scheduled for Chassie LeClerc relief
Warren Town Team visits Bristol All Stars for a 2 30 p m benefit at the local diamond. Alphonse Rebello of Bristol organizes the event to aid LeClerc injured in an earlier slide into third. Chappie Oliver also targeted for support with funds to cover accident costs.
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Tomrrow Warren
Bristol Baseball
Alphonse Rebello
Bristol All Stars
Warren Town
Chassie LeClerc
Lareman
LeClerc
Chappie Oliver
Jack Hanley
Lefty Greenwood
Duke Abbruzi
M. Abbruzzi
Biddy Fish
Donat Brochu
Rebello
Harvey Gladue
Manny Borges
Frankie Sousa
Marty Biancuzzo
Jim Salzano
Leo Mansi
Buddy Congdon
Foxy Marshall
River Cardoza
Louis Sylvia
Flash Ferreira
Tony
Shis and Shat Here and There at Rotary Meeting
Miss Mary Howe DeWolf shared her nine months in Munich describing life in Bavarian society. She studied at the university while Bryn Mawr students attended many classes with Germans, noting German greetings Heil Hitler and orderly, quiet lectures with occasional student outbursts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Howe DeWolf
Munich
Germany
Academic system in which students freely select courses
The text describes a system where students enroll in a set number of courses and may attend as they please. Examinations occur only at the course end, after two to four years, with rigid oral and written tests lasting up to two months. Miss DeWolf says the method fosters independence and better student work.
Bicycle Emphasized As Vital In Munich Travel
Miss DeWolf states bikes are essential in Munich and beyond. Groups of six to eight travel by bicycle each spring and fall, citing gas costs and cheap foot power. The narrator describes daily bike use from train station to university and notes bicycles must be locked to prevent theft.
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Munich
Germany
German Moral Code Shapes Youth Travel Customs
The article notes a distinct German youth culture where parents allow extended trips for mixed groups of young men and women, with girls doing cooking and expenses shared among participants. It suggests this could be the origin of the term Dutch treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Miss DeWolf Praises Bavarian Culture and People
Miss DeWolf extolled Bavarian culture noting its richness requires experience. She praised the Bavarian people as easy going yet serious and harder to regulate than Prussians, described their flowers and holidays when joy and beer abound.
German Public Supports Hitler in Economic War
In a brief remark, the German public is described as understanding they are in an economics war. They reportedly believe in Hitler and the measures he is taking despite certain concerns.
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Hitler
St Oy Bee
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Felicia Della Morte
Antoinette F. Peterson
James J. Velleca
Mary E. Spooner
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Norman Bernard
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Don Ameche
Charles Winniger
Louise Hovick
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Tony Martin
Arthur Treacher
Phyllis Brooks
Popeye
Saar
Anthony Martin
Leah Ray
John Davis
Helen Westley
Rosalind Keith
Allen Brook
George Brent
Anita Louise
Charles Winninger
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Pauli
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