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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1933
Page
2
Bristol gains a leather shoe factory employing 200 to 250 workers, set to begin operations in about two weeks. Local citizens who campaigned for jobs and prosperity spearheaded the move, and the town congratulates the group on this success.
Two years after United States Rubber Company moved the Keds Division from Bristol fifteen hundred workers lost their jobs. The town now embraces diversification, cooperates across sectors, and plans to attract smaller industries and new residents, aiming for a healthier economy.
Sixteen members of Battery E 118th Combat Engineers from Providence depart tomorrow for a two week encampment at Camp Green Quonset Point under Capt George T Green. The contingent includes Sergeant Joseph Andrade and Privates Warham Dweer Sterling Crowles Albert Morris Carl Wathertlare Arthur Roderick Natale Baranzzzo Frank Cunard Frank Arruda Henry Martelly Manuel Mello and others guided by Corporal Anthony Bucananna and Privates Reginald Brows Walter Bullock.
Aug 10 schedule notes a supper and late gathering by the Ivy Guild of St Michaels Church held in the parish house.
Social notices report weddings and visits including Miss Minna Puffer of Pawtucket and Mrs K A Osterberg of Central Street. Bristol civic groups meet. cats, showers, and garden prizes feature among charity drives and outings at Thayer's Farm and Hotel Belvedere.
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