Colt Memorial High opens season with Pawtucket tilt
Colt Memorial High School football will open its season against Pawtucket High at Pawtucket on Friday afternoon Sept. 25. Coach Fitzgerald expects an inexperienced squad to develop and notes many changes after the opener. The schedule includes De La Salle Newport Oct. 2 and other games through Nov. 20.
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Colt “Memorial High School
Pawtucket High School
Pawtucket
Fitzgerald
Colt
Pawtucket High
de la Salle
Newport
Whitman High
Whitman
Mass
St. Raphael of
Bristol
South Kingstown
Wakefield
Westerly High
Westerly
Warren High
Warren
North Kingstown
Warren High names McGough coach and Wanderer mentor
Hank Shippee announced Jim McGough, new Warren High coach, will mentor the Wanderer team. McGough, former Fordham halfback and Yellow Jackets pro, takes the post. Howie Martin is team manager and Shippee the business manager. Bill Ingram, Louis Castriotti, and Joe Margo should contact Shippee.
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Hank” Shippee
Jim McGough
Warren High
Wanderer
McGough
Fordham
Yellow Jackets
Howie Martin
Bill Ingram
Louis Castriotti
Joe
Margo
Mgr Shippee
Bristol Oaks to Open Season Against Sons of Italy
Or lando Bishano leads the Bristol Oaks with Joe Murgo at the helm as they face the Sons of Italy in Woonsocekst Sunday afternoon. Murgo, a former captain and football star at RI State College, says his team is in fine condition and ready to compete.
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Bristol Oaks
Orlando Bishano
Joe Murgo
R I State College
Woonsocekt
Sons of
Italy
Murgo
Joan Blondell
Warner Brothers
Joan
Coach Commits to Aerial Attack as Key Weapon
The coach praises his team for using an aerial attack and plans to adopt this style as the chief weapon in future games. He says the victory shows the effectiveness of the plan and drills the players accordingly.
Your Column on Timely Topics for Our Town Welfare
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Wildcat Killed by Locomotive Near Statesboro
A wildcat near Statesboro Georgia was fatally struck by an oncoming locomotive. The engineer reports the train’s noise frightened nearby quail as the cat leaped onto the tracks and died under the wheels.
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Statesboro
We Need Work More Than Trees on the Four Lane Road
A Bristol resident argues against diverting road funds to preserve trees, urging community action to secure jobs and paving a four lane road. He cites personal memory of trees, calls for organized efforts, and notes unemployment concerns tied to local aid and public works.
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the Phoenix
Metacom Avenue
Joyce Kilmer
United States
Thomas Blavey
Progressive Democratic Club
Bradford St
Bristol
Director of Public Aid Replies to Criticism
The director defends aid policy urging cooperation to help the unemployed and hungry. He argues the needy prefer work to perpetual doles and calls for jobs rather than public humiliation. He criticizes critics who politicize welfare and stresses the seriousness of starvation risks.
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Public Aid
Reception for Bristol teachers by Parent-Teachers Association
About 200 people attended a reception for local school teachers at Colt Memorial High School auditorium hosted by the Bristol Parent-Teachers Association. Performances included contralto Helen Church with Emanuel Tacoletti on piano and Nicholas Piers Bristol on viola, plus solo numbers and an encore. Superintendent Filmer S Mapes urged continued support for public schools as the association’s work for children was praised, followed by refreshments and dancing to the Paramount Orchestra.
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Parent-Teachers' Association
Colt Memorial High School
Helen Church
Harriet Kinder
Emanuel Tacoletti
Miss Church
Cox
Homer Herencore
Curran Emanuel Tacoletti
Providence
Paganini-Liszt
Chopin Nicholas Piers
Bristol
Silvestri
Victor Herberts
Mas
Reginald Dimond
Association
Parent
Paramount Orchestra
Louise Capone
Who Said That Quote About Living
A reflection traces the line of the phrase “A man must live” to Tertullian and Voltaire with later attributions. The passage notes the common objection of poverty and questions why one should live, citing sources and the classic exchange in a historical quotation trail.
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Voltaire
Tertullian
The Mysterious Universe and the Cross in Paradise
A reflective piece contrasts the vastness of space and countless stars with the personal comfort of faith. It cites Sir James Jeans and echoes Christ’s promise to the repentant thief, urging focus on the soul’s value over cosmic immensities.
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Sir James Jeans
Jeans
Providence C E Union Executive Board Meeting Report
The Providence C E Union held its first executive meeting of the season in the vestry of the First Baptist Church with eight societies represented. A rally is planned for October 30 at Roger Williams Baptist Church featuring Russell Blair as speaker. The Rhode Island Union set its fall institute for October 3 at an undetermined location. Refreshments were served by the social committee led by Miss Inez Baston with Mrs. George Luther and Miss F E Doris Bullock assisting.
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Providence C. E. Union
First Baptist Church
Cranston Street
Roger Williams Baptist Church
Russell Blair
Massachusetts
Rhode Island Union
Entertaining C. E
Inez Baston
George Luther
Doris Bullock
Living Was Hard Limitations on Early Population
Sir Arthur Keith, renowned British anthropologist, argued that before the advent of farming the world’s population likely did not exceed about ten million people. He emphasized how agricultural development enabled population growth and societal complexity.
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Sir Arthur Keith
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