Commanders Named As Nominating Committee At Legion Meeting
Kearney Post No. 6 and its auxiliary completed plans for attending the State Convention at Narragansett Pier on Sept 1 and 12 Delegates and alternates to the convention are listed for both Post and Auxiliary. nominations for Post Commander were postponed to the next meeting and a former commanders committee was formed to present a slate of officers. An invitation to Swansea Post dedication ceremonies on Oct 4 and an invitation to Riverside Post for the Crescent Park bugle and drum corps contest on Sept 16 were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Pier
Kearney Post
American Legion
Gar Hall
L. G. Cote
Department
Thomas A Hickey
William E. Flanagan
James T Pierce
A. A Edmonds
J M Edmonds
Eber W Hill
William A Bottomley
Frederick E. Garvin
George Solomonese
George R. Fish
Fred M Straight
William Gablinske
L. G Cote
Walter Carr
Nora EF. Dwyer
Alfred Dubuc
Walter Remieres
J J Haines
Harold W >Afford
Swansea Post American Legion
Reinhagen
B W Wall
Harold W Gifford
Domenic Mascola
Riverside Post
Crescent Park
Local Girl Succeeds Sister in Provincetown School
Elizabeth L. Welles daughter of former Patrolman Hugh F Kelley and Mrs Kelley of Byfield street was named commercial instructor at Provincetown High School Massachusetts. she will replace her sister Mary E Kelley who resigned to join Warren High School. Elizabeth aged 24 is a Colt Memorial High School class of 1923 graduate. She worked five years at the National India Rubber Co Wire Division before resigning in 1928 to study Bryant and Stratton Providence where she earned a Bachelor of Commercial Science on August 15 of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth L. Welles
Hugh F Kelley
Byfield Street
Provincetown High School
Provinct Town
Relley Wall
Mary E. Kelley
Warren High School
Elizabeth
Colt Memorial High School
National India Rubber Co
Kelley
Bryant & Stratton Business College of
Providence
Bryant & Stratton College
Marvy Sullivan
Gibbs Secretarial School
Genevieve Ann Pagnano
Frederick William Vera
Peter Gilroy
RI School of Design
Olver Joseph Desilets
Edna Linda Dimond
Frances Ellen Dunbar
Anthony Perry
Sadie Grace Russo
Michael Tamburro
Andrew Irving D'Ambrosia
Willam Dwyer
Lydia Ryone
Colt High School
Mary Rose Cornell
Lous Durgin
Salvatore 4
Rainbow Serenaders
Gaglio
New York City
Charles Manz
R_ I
William Simmell
Willam G Lowe
Ferdinand Anthony Carvaturo
Raymond McCormick
Ella Mae Lemaire
McLellan
Dorothy May Adams
Narragansett Electric Co
Mary Johnstone
Margaret Rische
Lous Bell
Helen Conley
Antonette J Poh
Elizabeth Rounds
Frank Cenerini
Lions Club Credited With 17 Activities This Year
A Lions International letter from founder Marvin Jones praises the local Lions Club for 17 activities in the past year. District 23 Rhode Island contributed 206 copies of the Lions Juvenile Braille Magazine to blind children in CT and RI. The Bristol club ran a parade float for the town's 250th anniversary and hosted various community efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Jones
Lions International
Lions Club
Lions
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Bristol
Newport Lions
International headquarters logs show peak year for club activities
The organization reports 16 625 activities by 2 500 clubs over the past year. Activities span blind work, boys work, child welfare, citizenship, club improvement, cooperation with agencies, education, farm work, public welfare and safety. The total exceeds previous years by 3 108 activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International
Crivie
Scouts Wind Up Season With Banquet
The final get together of the local Box Scouts at Camp Takarest on Mt Hope Bay was held Saturday evening. Twenty five scouts attended the farewell banquet as the camp officially closed in September. The menu featured a roast beef dinner and homemade ice cream. Speeches praised the scouts and officials for a productive summer. The mess hall was decorated with flags pennants buntings and colored candles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takarest
Mt Hope Bay
Magee
Lawrence S— Ashton
George R. Fish Merton
Cheesman
Court of Honor
William Holmes
Providence
George Magee
Erasmo Manci
Samuel J Snth
Kearnes
Ne Topian Society Hosts Sept 23 Dinner in Chapel
Coming events note a Wednesday evening chicken salad supper sponsored by the Ne Topian Society at DeWolf Memorial Chapel. The announcement outlines the affair as a community gathering with planned socializing and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netopian Society
DeWolf Memorial Chapel
1931 Colt High Graduates Enter Various Activities
The 1931 Colt Memorial High School class lists 54 graduates with plans including 30 to higher education, 17 employed or seeking work, 4 training as nurses, and 3 pursuing post graduate courses. Names appear for nursing schools, colleges, business and design programs, and varied trades across Rhode Island and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Margaret Cherchin
St Joseph's Hospital
Providence
Sybil Anderson
Angelina Ranalli
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Frances May McGovern
Joseph DeLuca
City College of New York
Vincent Nappi
University of Alabama
Hilton Levys
RI College of Pharmacy and Allied Sciences
Matthew Capone
New York
Universit
Claudia DeWolf
Sweet Brier College
Virginia
Cosmo John Marabello
Reynolds Gorton Northup
Josephine Mary Codola
Joseph Texetra
Howe Jr Victor in Excelsior Tennis Club Finals
W E Howe Jr won the Excelsior Club men s singles title defeating C Griswold Boynton 6 2 6 2 6 3 in a keen contest. Merrill and Estes captured the doubles title after a five set battle over Nelson and Howe Jr. Mrs J W DeWolf Jr won the women s singles by default as a notable upset was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Howe, Jr
Excelsior Club
O. G. Boynton
Merrill and Estes
Walls Fo
Pete) Howe , Jr
New York
Bristol
Excelsior Tennis Club
C Griswold Boynton
Deuce
Howe
Boynton
Alden Fstes
Howe-Boonton
Texcelsior
Lowell Merrill
Alden Estes
Robert W Nelson-Wallis Howe Jr
Clarence Higbee
Norton Zinderstein
J W DeWolf, Jr
Youthful fugitive Foot Abate captured in New York
Frank Annatts known as Foot Abate of Mt Hope Avenue was captured by New York police and held for Providence on a fugitive charge. He had escaped a moving deputy sheriff’s car by slipping his handcuff from his wrist near the Pettaconsett Pumping Station. Abate, a local baseball figure, had prior arrests for burglary and tying to an attempted theatre robbery with Michael Cicherchia of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Annatts
Mt Hope Avenue
Pettaconsett
New York
Providence
Prescott A Wilbur
Tune
Foot
Capias
Superior Court
Warren
Foote
Michael Cicherchia
Lyric Theatre
Arthur Proulx
Cicherchia
Social event at Hog Island hosts a church group outing
Herbert B. Burnham Jr hosted the Christian Endeavor Society members from First Congregational Church at his Hog Island summer home. Guests enjoyed swimming and fishing bites, a dance and bridge program, and a theatre trip after a full day of activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert B. Burnham Jr
Christian Endeavor Societys
First Congregational Church
Hog Island
H D Graetz Caugh
FL. Manley, Jr
Bristol
Freitas Freed of Defacing Charge After Paying Costs
Joseph Freitas, 60 Thames Street, was charged with defacing property at the Belvedere Hotel rear owned by Edward D Kunz on Sept 1. In a special Fifth District Court session before Judge Benjamin F Lindemuth the charge was dropped after Freitas paid $50 costs per police chief’s recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth District Court
Benjamin F Lindemuth
Joseph Freitas
Thames Street
Belvedere
Edward D Kunz
Richard J Kavanaugh
Freitas
Schools Open Tomorrow for Fall Term with Staffing Changes
Public schools start tomorrow. parochial schools delay to Monday. Colt Memorial High School fills science teaching post with Carl Carlson and adds coaching duties. Ethel Robinson will teach in junior and senior high. Joseph Murgo replaces Persis Dolloff in mathematics at Guiteras Junior. First grade registration expected lower due to birth rate dip and families moving from Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Carl Carlson
R I State College
Joseph Miller
Carlson
Ethel Robinson
Bristol
Maine
Joseph Murgo
Colt Memorial High
R. S. State Colege
Persis M Dolloff
Guiteras
Heibecker Wins Archery Cup at Newton Center
Eugene Heibecker Jr won the third leg of the Newton Center Junior Cup at Newton Center Massachusetts yesterday to gain permanent possession. He scored 178 hits and 982 points in the double junior American round. Nelson Beals a nine year old local archer placed fifth in his first tournament and became one of the youngest to place in a regulation event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Heibecker, Jr
Newton Center
Mass
Nelson G. Beals
Nelson
Woodworking shop on Thames street looted for $1.20
Jacob Bassing, owner of a wood working shop near Thames and State street, told police the business was entered late Thursday or early Friday. A small change bank on the premises was stolen, with entry gained through a rear window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bassing
Thames and
State Street
Postal Employees Hold Annual Clam Bake
Post office staff gathered at Charles Duffy’s home on the Warren Bristol line for a day of feasting and events. Postmaster Conners won the tripe and clam eating contests, James P Fay led the singing, and multiple sports winners were declared, including McShane and Leahy in the three legged race and Davis in the ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Duffy
William John McShane
James P Fay
Frank Davis
W. A. Gray
George Pierce
Postmaster Conners
Dennis J McCarthy
Frank Pearce
William N Leahy
William Norris Leahy
Michael Coughlin
C. A. Jackson
Donald Mathewson
A. Gray
F. L. Davis
Former Bristol Man Weds in Pawtucket Nuptial Mass
Miss Laura Alice Bedard became the bride of Joseph A Neven in a large St. Cecelia’s Church ceremony in Pawtucket Monday morning. The bride, given away by her father Gideon Bedard, was attended by sisters Florence and Bertha Bedard. Groom’s uncle Nelson Metiver of Manton RI served as escort. ushers were Albert Neven and Victor Bedard. The groom is the nephew of Mrs. Rose Van Overberghe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cecelia’s Church
Pawtucket
Laura Alice Bedard
Joseph A Neven
Gideon Bedard
Florence
Bertha Bedard
Nelson Metiver
Manton
Albert Neven
Victor Bedard
Rose van Overberghe
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Legion
Provincetown
Pastime Theatre
Joan Crawford
Wonder
Tallulah Bankhead
Clive Brook
Tallulah
All England
Loretta Young
David Manners
Conway Tearle
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Eugene Pallette
Betty Bronson
Jack Mulmanl
Gilbert Roland
Barbara Leonard
Colt High
Postmaster Connery
John McShane
Conley’s Jewelry & Gift Shop
F. Newbury
Optometrist
Book Review Department
Harry Grace
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