50th Anniversary Celebration at Local Churches
Bells ring at 7 A M for the 50th anniversary with services across all churches. A 3 P M concert on the terrace of the Guiteras Memorial School features the Festival Choruses of Rhode Island directed by John B Archer with the Bristol Train of Artillery Band. Soloists Mrs Elsie Lovell Hawkins and Miss Aida A Connery with accompanist Mr George Faulkner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras Memorial School
Festival Choruses
Rhode Island
John B. Archer
Bristol Train of Artillery Band
Elsie Lovell Hawkins
Aida A. Connery
George Faulkner
Founders Day Festival Highlights Bristol Events
Bristol commemorates Founders Day with a full program of parades, pageants, and ceremonies. A colonial parade, military displays, memorial tablet unveiling, and addresses by local and national figures will mark the day, followed by exhibits, a flower show, and evening pageants at Bliven Field.
Governor's Day Seacoast Events in Bristol South Pole Flight Tribute
On Saturday September 27 Belvedere hosts Governor's Day events beginning at 10 A M with a model airplane contest for New England championship at Guiteras Memorial School Field. Sea Scouts assemble at 11 A M followed by Bristol veterans reunion at noon and a 2 to 7 P M New England chess championship at Hotel Belvedere. Parade, flag presentation by Harold S June to Kearney Post No 6 and Byrd South Pole flight tribute precede moving pictures and a 10:30 P M fireworks display at Guiteras rear field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Nathaniel Byfield
Stephen Burton
Hotel Belvedere
Town Crier
Bristol
Spirit of 76
Wallis E. Howe
United States Daughters of 1812
Rhode Island Society
Pionship of
New England
Guiteras Memorial School
Sea Scouts of
Rhode Island
Bristol Harbor
State Armory
Miliary
L. H. Callan
Harold S
Kearney Post
American Legion
South Pole
Bristol County Court House
Byrd
Guiteras School
Anniversary Ball at State Armory on Church street
A Tuesday evening Anniversary Ball will be held at the State Armory foot of Church street with dancing from 9 PM to 1 AM and a grand march scheduled for 10 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Armory
Church Street
Regulars Defeated in Republican Caucus Oversized Vote
The town caucus on State street drew the largest turnout ever as regulars lost control of the Republican Town Committee by a 384 vote margin. Joseph M Edmonds opened proceedings at 7 30 with nominations filed. William G Dixon declined the Senate nomination. George Locke Howe noted a declination for Representative from the first district. Continued on Fifth Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Town Committee
Artillery Armory
State Street
Joseph M Edmonds
William G Dixon
George Locke Howe
Alexander
Fales
Bristol 250th Anniversary Fund Seeks last contributions
The 250th Anniversary Fund lists donations totaling 1 077 50 with many local names. Treasurer Mrs Annie W Sherman asks remaining donors to contribute and notes contributions will be published in the Bristol Phoenix and recorded in official records. Edward F Bunn chairs the committee at State Street M E Church. Anniversary service topics include Religion's Contribution to Bristol History and a 12 Sunday School program followed by an evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie W Sherman
Bristol Phoenix
Edward F Bunn
State Street M. E
Bristol
Old Home Day Observances Mark Family Reunions
The notice lists an Old Home Day on Thursday September 25 with family reunions and receptions planned across communities. Local organizations invite relatives to gather, reconnect, and participate in planned activities.
Friday September Visits to Churches and Public Buildings
A listing notes visits scheduled for Friday September twenty six to churches and public buildings. Officials plan to review facilities and community programs during the tours and meetings.
Concert Sunday Features 300 Voices and Bristol Band
A large outdoor concert is planned Sunday afternoon in front of the Gnneras School at 3 o'clock with 300 singers from Bristol County Festival Chorus Providence Chorus East Greenwich Peace Dale and Westerly under director John B Archer. The Bristol Train of Artillery Band led by Mrs M Theresa Donovan will accompany, with soloists Aidan Connery and Elsie Lovell Hawkins. If rain, the program shifts to the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gnneras School
Bristol County Festival Chorus
Providence Chorus
East Greenwich
Peace Dale
Westerly
John B Archer
Bristol Train of Artillery Band
M. Theresa Donovan
Aidan Connery
Elsie Lovell Hawkins
Providence
O'Hara
Mr Archer
New York
Bristol County Group
Phoenix Office
Sarah D Bosworth
Louise Capone
Vechient Carmone
Francois L. deWolf
Nora F. Dwyer
Dorothy M Foster
Minnie Goglia
Gertrude FE Grice
Gertrude M Hasbrouck
Margaret M Head
Edyth F. Hey
W . Hey
Frances L. Hoar
Catherine V_ Levere
Mae McDonough
Fila L. McManus
Oscar Miller
Dorothy I Mott
Helen Newcomb
Matthew S Preble
John G Stewart
Charlotte A. Young
S R Young
Ernest G Brown
Anna L. Knowlton
Raymond Brightman
James Wood
Margaret Clancy Alto
Robert Ainsworth
Henry Dew Allen
Otis M. Bailes
Benjamin Church
Richard R Cornell
Sally S. Goff
Helen P Hambrick
Daniel H Kenney
Elizabeth J. Ormond
Olive Young Peckham
Cora Pratt
Theresa Rinald
Emma P Rounds
Marton Sullivan
Madeleine
Raymond Overture and Opera Choruses by Mrs Hankins and Band
The program includes Raymond Overture and Choruses from Grand Opera plus marches and selections by Offenbach and Brockway Horsman Del Riego. Performers include the chorus and band under Del Riego Brockway.
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Founders’ Day
New Plymouth
John Walley
Nathaniel
Herbert D. Graetz
Herbert Hoover
United States
East Burial Ground
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Leonard Manchester
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Alfred Mitchell Merriman
Wilfred H Munro
Brown University
England
Ernest J Taylor
Mark Anthony DeWolfe Howe
Coral Hill
Thomas J Gillan
Bliven Field
Warren
Rhode Island Horticultural Society
Bristol Garden Club
Colt Memorial High School
Bristol- Colt Memorial High School
G . R. Hall
William Bradford
Chief Marshal
Excelsior Tennis Club
Warwick High School
C. F Dimond
Norton M. Zinderstein
Mary Miller
Jennie H. Gallup
B. Thomas Potter
Samuel Norris
Chase Marshall
H. W Fitz
H. Burlingham
A M. Merriman
Robert M. Nelson
Elizabeth C Anthony
Wapame m
Satori
Cartoonat Sunda
Univee
MONDA
Jo News
WEDNE
PATHE
Sunda
Edmund Lowe
Catherine Dale Owen
Lee Tracy
Batoon Pathe
William Haines
Leila Hyams
FOX News
George O’brien
Helen Chandler
Cook
Louise Fazena
Wm. Coilier, Jr
Joan Peers
Tom Howard
London
Will Rogers
Irene Rich
Paramount
AO Css
EL Brendel
Raymond Overture
The
Mrs Hankins
Cavalier
del Riego
Brockway
Horsman
Offenbach
Hara - Hadley
J Wagner
Marietta
Miss Connery
Robin Hood
Angelus
Mrs. Hankins
Herbert Konitz
Cadman
DeKoven
Herbert
Archer
Sousa
Bok
Wardwell Lumber CO
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Bradford St
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