Bristol seeks ERA aid to add police headquarters assistant
A Bristol police relief project proposes hiring a relief roll assistant at police HQ to handle typing and filing. The plan, backed by Police Chief Anthony Ferrara, would place the new aider at HQ full time, while officers patrol. The town would fund 1100 for ten months plus 100 for materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrara
Bristol
Anthony J. Ferrar
William T. Cashin
Westerly
West Warwick
Warren
Tennis Tournament Under Way at Excelsior Courts
Tennis event at Excelsior Courts opens preliminaries and first round matchups. Participants include Natalia Herreshoff versus Janice Carr, Florence Otten against Roberta Oxon, Betty Palm against Harriet Kinder, Jane Palmer against Clara Herreshoff, H Church against Barbara Huestis, Langdon against Rita Callan, Nancy Curtis against Mrs E Millard, and Flint versus Betty Wood. First round features H DeWolf versus Frances Palmer, Littlefield versus H Paull, Bragg versus Ann Leahy, and Smith versus Peggy Mathewson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yexcelsior
Natalia Herreshoff
Janice Carr
Florence Otten
Roberta Oxon
Betty Palm
Harriet Kinder
Jane Palmer
Clara Hereshoff
Miss H. Church
Barbara Huestis
L. Langdon
Rita Callan
Nancy Curtis
E Millard
Mrs Flint
S Betty Wood
H. DeWolf
Frances Palmer
Mrs. Littlefield
H Paull
Francis Bragg
Ann Leahy
Miss Smith
Peggy Mathewson
Hope Circle Plans Monster Bingo for St Marys Parish Fund
Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella completes arrangements for a monster bingo Friday in the hall of C. parish funds. Prizes of all kinds will be awarded. Mrs Henry L Sweeney chairs the general committee with members including Mrs Marie Vermette Mrs Bessie Crowley Mrs Lena Ingram Mrs Catherine Gibson Mrs Margaret Connery Mrs Elizabeth B Goulart Mrs Regina M Marcotte Mrs Mary Condon Mrs Rose Breen Mrs Alice Treanor Mrs William T Dwyer Mrs Alice L Sylvia and Nora E Dwyer ex officios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Circle No 70
Daughters of Isabella
St Mary‘s Church
Henry L. Sweeney
Marie Vermette
Bessie Crowley
Lena Ingram
Catherine Gibson
Margaret Connery
Elizabeth B Goulart
Regina M. Marcotte
Mary Condon
Rose Breen
Alice Treanor
William T Dwyer
Alice L Sylvia
Nora E. Dwyer
Bristol Plans WPA Educational Program Benefits
Bristol school board heard a WPA National Youth Administration plan to fund four units Americanization nursery school adult education and women s vocational courses The program includes 22 scholarships worth six dollars monthly for students from relief or low income families who will perform light school duties A cost of about 300 monthly with an initial 30 for materials is cited The board also discussed facility needs for Hayman school and announced reopenings for evening schools and staff appointments for 1935-36
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Bristol
Bristol School Committee
Piugctaed Witel
Ralph Goddard Winterbottom
National Youth Administration
Winterbottom
Charles B. Rockwell
Mary J Condon
Margaret S. Andrade
Elmer S. Mapes
Ks” Pointes
Hayman
Annie D Sisson
Edward J Rinaldi
E. Doris Bullock
Bessie B. Tobin
Geraldine H. Marino
Helen P Morris
Alice G
Patronal Festival at St Michael's Sunday
The Patronal Festival for St Michael and All Saints is observed Sunday at St Michael's Episcopal Church. Highlights include 8:00 a.m. parochial corporate communion with Canon Parshley. 10:45 a.m. sermon by Rev Robert Hayes Dunn at morning prayer. 8:00 p.m. choral evensong with sermon by Rt. Rev. Granville Bennett. soloists Vernon A Gray and Nathanael G Herreshoff.
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St. Michael and All Saints
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Canon
Parsh
Colt Meets Case High Friday On Bristol Field
Colt Memorial High School opens football season at home Friday at 2 30 PM on Haffenreffer Field Metacom Avenue meeting Case High of Swansea. Coach Iane Walker will field his strongest lineup from Lewis McCarthy Trudell Angevine Aguiar Owens Securo Murray Carvalho Hogan Dreyer Pinheiro Alfano Van Voast Morgan Del Piano Simmons Turilo in an anxious bid to rebound from a loss to Fairhaven.
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Colt Memorial High School
Case High of
Swansea
Haffenreffer
Metacom Avenue
Fairhaven
Iane Walker
Lewis
McCarthy
Trudell
Angevine
Aguiar
Owens
Securo
Property Owners to Confer with FHA Officials
On Friday September 27 at the Bristol County courthouse Field Representatives of the FHA will explain refinancing of mortgages long term mortgage loans and the new modernization loans through the Federal Housing Administration. Mr F L Doran local chairman of the Better Housing Committee arranged to have the representatives at the courthouse from 2 to 4 30 in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 30 in the evening. Call at the Better Housing office upstairs in the Post Office to notify Mr Brown local secretary of the Better Housing Committee.
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Bristol County Court House
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
F. L Doran
Better Housing Committee
Court House
Better Housing Office
Mr. Brown
Infant’s Cry Alerts Family to Escaping Gas
Early morning gas leak near Coggeshall avenue was halted when two month old Michael Lombardi cried. Captain Baker found father wandering near Wood and Franklin streets and notified Dr. Serbst. Mrs. Lombardi and two older children were treated and recovered.
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Frank Lombardi
Coggeshall Avenue
Michael
Lombardi
Wood and
Franklin Streets
William S. Baker, Jr
Lena
Serbst
Lions Club Plans Winter Activities In Bristol
The Bristol Lions Club, meeting after a dinner at the Hotel Belvedere, outlines an intensive fall and winter program. President Edward J. FitzGerald announces appointments for committee chairs including Grady and Mathewson, with Ian M. Walker and Herman Vermette among the leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Lions Club
Belvedere
Edward J. Fitzgerad
Peoethanatenes
Ian M. Walker
Herman W. Vermette
Accident Averts Collision at Pappasquash Crossing
Bert Dunbar, a tender at the Pappasquash road crossing, acted quickly at 6 20 last night to lift a gate as Manuel C Silvia of 43 Bay View Avenue drove onto the tracks blinded by the setting sun. The car stopped between gates but the train was under 200 feet away and both driver and vehicle escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Dunbar
Pappasquash Road
Manuel C. Silvia
Bay View Avenue
DeWolf Hopper Dies at 77 in Kansas City Hospital
DeWolf Hopper died yesterday in a Kansas City hospital in his 78th year. The famed stage figure was descended from the DeWolfs of Bristol on his mother's side, and his mother Rosalie De Wolf was born at Linden Place in this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWolf Hopper
DeWolfs
Bristol
Kansas City
John Hopper
Philadelphia
Rosalie DeWolf
Linden Place
DeWolf
Ruggiero 10th Wedding Anniversary Observed at 97 Bradford Street
Mr and Mrs John A Ruggiero marked ten years of marriage at home 97 Bradford Street with foliage and fall flowers. Guests came from Boston and the town and sent flowers and telegraph notes. Bridge prizes went to Mrs Anthony Ruggiero and Miss Lena Campanella. a collation was served by Mrs Ruggiero with Miss Rose Alfano assisting. The couple wed September 21 1925 at Our Lady of Mt Carmel church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Ruggiero
Bradford Street
Boston
Anthony Ruggiero
Lena Campanella
Rose Alfano
Cup Defenders Plan Dance at New Club Headquarters
The Cup Defenders' Association hosts its first annual dance on Saturday October 19 at the Italo American Club head quarters on Hope street. Santo Matrone leads the planning with proceeds to fund equipment for the new Catherine and Wood streets HQ. Joe Bisbano's orchestra will provide the music.
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Cup Defenders’ Association
G. A. R. Hall
Hope Street
Santo Matrone
Richa Giese
Bristol Girl Weds in Atlantic City
Mrs Margaret McCallum of 636 Wood Street announces the marriage of her daughter Sara McCallum of Atlantic City New Jersey to Mr Raymond Hunter of Pleasantville New Jersey. The marriage occurred September 16 at St Nicholas Church Atlantic City. The couple will reside in Atlantic City.
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Sara McCallum
Raymond Hunter
Jersey
Margaret “McCallum
Woodstreet
Atlantic City
N. J
Pleasantville
St. Nicholas Church
Resigns as Lodge Physician for Néo Sicilia Society
Dr A F Dangelo tendered his resignation as lodge physician of the Néo Sicilia Society to take effect Oct 1. Elected last January, he had served in this role before. Indications point to Dr C Paul Bruno or Dr John A Melone likely to fill the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Dangelo
Néo Sicilia Society
C. Paul Bruno
John A. Melone
Bristol Brings In Rosh Hashanah Rites At Synagogues
Bristol Jewish residents prepare for Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New Year. Services will include cantorial hymns and the blowing of the Shofar as Rabbi Morris Dehen of Providence officiates Bristol services marking a two day observance and a period of penance.
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Bristol
Morris
Dehen
Providence
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