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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
6
A published council report misstated the recipient of a victualling license renewal. The correct recipient is Carrie D. Gray, residing at 1242 Hope Street, not Harry R. Gray. The town meeting was held April 17 and the license renewal is accurate for Carrie Gray.
A brief reflection asserts happiness and usefulness as true measures of success within reach for everyone. It urges that ambition often overlooks these virtues, emphasizing that grit alone does not determine worth.
A reflective moment on life fluctuating between turmoil and peace. The Boston Transcript ponders how people welcome quiet when troubled and grow bored when affairs run smoothly.
United Brothers Lodge No 13 OF observed Past Grand's Night with twenty Past Grands honored at a supper. Present were John W Best Isaac B Munro John W Card Amasa C Williston Charles F Sanford James T Robertson John H Ashton Albert E Benard John Matheson Henry Sanford Matthew J Cahoon William P Paine John H Potter Hiram A Rounds Raymond A Card Fred F Garvin Charles H Newman Merton A Cheesman Willard S Kenney Bertram W Wall. Bertram W Wall spoke on the last American Legion Convention in Paris and travel notes. Local Committee chaired by William H Remieres organized the event.
Ten teams compete at YMCA alleys for honors and prizes in a two man bowling tourney. Leaders Samuel J Smith Jr and Robert W Nelson hold 686 pins, with Nelson paired with Lewis Dickenson at 628 for second.
Work advances rapidly on the Mount Hope bridge linking Bristol and Portsmouth sides. Girders up to 150 feet long are moved by crane as crews, engineers, and contractors push toward July tower construction and a September cable spinning start. Over 65 workers currently on site with 300 expected once towers begin.
A thought experiment estimates a person who begins thinking at age five would accumulate about 1.92 billion impressions by age thirty. Those whose work is entirely mental would double that figure, implying vast mental engagement across a lifetime.
Holly Troop No 1 will host mothers Troop Council members and state officers at a supper in Rockwell Hall. Miss Frances Morse Providence RI State Director will speak on sending girls to Camp Hoffman West Kingston. Troop members will showcase scout songs scoutcraft and signaling as they prepare for second class status.
A Colt High School audience enjoyed a student performed comedy Patty Makes Things Hun last evening. Miss M Theresa Sullivan supervised music and directed the play after returning from Chicago where she attended a National Music Teachers Association convention. The show benefited school athletics the senior class and school funds with an orchestra of Colt and Guneral School pupils providing music. The play is scheduled to repeat tonight.
The Rhode Island General Assembly ended its session with total appropriations of 6,391,438.82. Frederic S. Peck the State Finance Commissioner announced the figures and notes 1927 total was 6,592,401.89. For 1928 the annual appropriation was 6,221,130.83 with special appropriations 170,307.99. The 1928 legislature did not enact any bills with appropriations disapproved by the Finance Commissioner.
Mrs. Charles H Liscomb hosted the Berean Class of the First Baptist Church for its annual meeting on Burton Street. Officers and committees were announced with added plans for hospital sewing and missionary work. President Mrs Harold W Baker. Vice President Mrs Charles H Liscomb. Secretary Dorothy Mott. Treasurer May Williams.
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