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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1930
Page
2
The Colt Ambulance Committee changes the annual drive from September 1–6 to August 27–Sept 2 with tag day on August 30. The shift avoids Tag Day during Regatta Day and aims to honor guest day and maintain community support for the ambulance service.
Thursday at 5 45 o clock the Kid Hope Bristol County All Stars meet the United Commercial Travellers Co team from Providence on the common. Manager Hope starts Jack Gallagher against Sal Sevigny who catches for the Watchemakers. Lou George will pitch for Providence. The visitors twice beat Warren recently and a large crowd is anticipated.
Friday evenings feature dancing at the Bristol Yacht Club under the Val Games Orchestra. On August 3 and 4 the First Congregational ChurchChristian Endeavor Society holds its first annual outing on the shores of Mount Hope Bay.
A Cincinnati Enquirer item notes the phrase Feeding the Brute Men and a jab at zero in cats with dainty refresh ments, reflecting a fragmentary, quirky quote from the era.
In sad memory of our beloved mother Mary Z Valtey who died August 21 1917. Thirteen years have passed yet the wound remains open and no one else can take her place. She was a pal sweetheart and mother, and now that she is gone there is no other to do what she did, by her loving daughters Josephine Garvin Annette Vona Louis Alley.
The wedding took place yesterday at St Marys Church with Rev Casey officiating. Miss Eloise Mary McGrath and Andrew Walter Dunbar, both from Bristol, were married in a ceremony followed by a breakfast at Hotel Belvedere and a reception at the bride’s home. The couple will reside at 99 Franklin street after a honeymoon trip, with the bride a former teacher and the groom with Collins & Aikman Corp. The event drew relatives from Bristol, Warren, Falls River, and Providence.
A fragment from the Detroit News notes oddities aboard a bus and a guest towel issue. The piece hints at a playful or chaotic scene with quirky phrases and unnamed individuals involved.
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