White House Gang and the Spitball Portrait Incident
A youthful escapade at the Roosevelt White House ends with Quentin Roosevelt and three friends called to the president. They launched spitballs at presidential portraits, culminating in a stern lecture about respect and the risk of closing the White House to the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Quentin
Y.M.C.A
Olympus
Y.M.C
Old State, War and Navy
Night School Opens Early with Retailing Course in Bristol
Bristol Evening School launches 1952 1953 sessions ahead of October with new distributive education retailing courses for adults. Classes start September 22 at Andrews School Monday and Tuesday evenings 7 to 9 with metalworking and fundamentals of electricity lineup. Enrollment September 15 16 3 to 4 30 p m and 7 to 8 30 p m at Colt Memorial High School. Evening School free for Bristol residents non residents pay tuition.
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Bristol Evening School
Andrews School
Bristol School
Sions
State Department of Education
Division of Vocational Education
Bristol
James R. Gromling
Bristol Senior High School
Colt Memorial High School
John L Burke
Ann D. Sisson
Colt High School
Bristo l Elementary Timetable Shift After Lunch Reform
Bristol schools switch elementary start times to 1 PM for downtown schools starting Monday. Supt Edward J Fitzgerald cites students struggling to home lunch and return by 12 45 PM and adds the change eases parental driver commutes.
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Bristol
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Kingsmen Paper Drive Tomorrow
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps announce a townwide scrap paper collection tomorrow. Residents may bundle scrap paper and place at the curb by 10:00 a.m. or arrange curbside pickup if needed. Proceeds support the corps bus fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps
Kingsmen
Corps
Bishop to Bless Mt. Carmel School Dedication
The formal blessing and dedication of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School at the Bristol parish will occur Monday at 4 p.m. led by Most Rev. Russell J. McVinney with Msgr. William F. Murray and Rev. Louis W. Dunn. A procession from the rectory will form to the school with visiting priests and Bristol pastors. The bishop will speak, bless interior and exterior walls, the crucifix, and the auditorium, followed by a luncheon for clergy and guests.
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Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Russell J. McVinney
Providence
William F. Murray
Louis W. Dunn
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Joseph Sorzana
PSSC
Emy DiMattia
McVinney
Bristol
Charles C. Curran
St. Mary’s Church
Henrique R. Rocha
St. Elizabeth’s
William M. Kelly
St. Columban’s
Corrado Martolozzo
Everett
Mass
Frs. Sorzana
di Mattia
Zoning Board Delays Gooding Avenue Decision Revealed
Bristol zoning board in closed session refused to disclose its Gooding Avenue rezoning vote until the next town council meeting. The panel did not confirm if it recommended industrial rezoning for 40 acres on Gooding Avenue, citing no formal policy and noting ongoing petitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Zoning Board of Review
Gooding Avenue
Frederick T. Goff
Goff
Adams Appointed Vice President of Chest Drive
Russell W. Southwick announces the appointment of Thomas D. Adams as vice-chairman of the 1982 Red Feather Campaign in Bristol. Adams, a longtime Bristol resident, serves on the Bristol Y.M.C.A. board and other groups, works for Firestone in Fall River, and is a Yale graduate.
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Russell W. Southwick
Red Feather
Bristol Community Chest
Thomas D. Adams
Adams
Bristol
Bristol Y.mlc.a
Parent-Teachers Association
Congregational Church
Up In Scout Ranks, Girl Becomes Scout Executive
The Bristol Girl Scout Council highlights Catherine Brelsford as the first local girl to enter professional scouting as a paid executive. She will serve as field director for the New Britain Council starting next Monday after training at Rhode Island College of Education and experiences at Cooperstown World Girl Scout Conference in 1948.
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Bristol
Switzerland
France
Brazil
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YMCA
Leon A. Lemaire
Leon Lemaire Jr
Mt. Hope Avenue
Reynolds School
Leon
Joseph Securo
Phoenix
Bristol Evening High School
Andrews
Hectricity
Mt. Carmel
Casion
Vincent Saviano
John L. Burke
James E. Sullivan
Guiter
Harkness and Geddes
Ralph M. de- Leo
Emblem Club
BC Elks
Warren
Claire D. McIntosh
Warren Hotel
Supreme Emblem Club of
United States of America
Bristol County
Warren, R. I
Anthony Laurence
Supreme District
Rhode Island
Woonsocket
James A. Taylor
Supreme Board of the
Supreme Emblem Club
United States
Pawtucket
Luella Andrade
Rose M. Alletag
Minerva Dutra
Azella Beauregard
Grace Con
J. Francis Connell
Lucien Capone
Council Showlegas
Council
Fuel Company
Pee Wood Street
Elmer Angell
Angel
Anno Onceme
Roger Wear
Pen Grounds
Antonio
Francisco Sousa
Joseph
Gemma M. L. Dupont
Hopeworth Inc
Hugh J. Murphy
Arthur Guevremont
Chest Drive
Akron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Spithwas Aie Eins
Chestire
Bilboa
Spain
Memphis
Tenn
Barrington, R. L
Scout
R.lc.e
Deponte’s Poultry
Baker ST
Wit Rogers Ogers, Jr
THE
Lone Star
Betty Hutton
Cornel Wilde
Charlton Heston
Power
Lamour
Gloria Grahame
Ames Stewart
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