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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1929

Page

3

Ladies Aid Society Christmas Sale At State Street Church

The Ladies Aid Society of the State Street M E Church held its annual Christmas sale in the vestry on Tuesday afternoon. Tables displayed aprons handkerchiefs towels and fancy articles while chowder and sandwiches sold well. Decorations featured a large illuminated Christmas tree with gifts hung on its branches.

Ladies Aid Society State Street M.’ E Marian Sullivan Madeline Gavrin Sarah Bickford Lena R Dunbar Arche Miller Vesta McVey George Pollock Lilian Nicholas Sarah Bosworth Abbie Hill Rachel Simmons R .J Chrystie George Richardson Florence Blaisdell Florence Potter Fred Blaisdell William H. Remeires

Universal Bible Sunday Service Honors Top Bible Questioner

The American Bible Society sends an autographed Bible to Rev Herbert Graetz to present to the top answerer at Universal Bible Sunday. The service in Memorial Chapel includes Luke, Bosworth song leading, Hartley baritone, and Rev Graetz’s sermon The Greatest Story Ever Told.

American Bible Society Herbert D Graetz First Congregational Church George Wm. Brown Memorial Chapel United States Society Universal Bible Roswell S. Bosworth Albert Hartley Herbert D. Graetz

Installation Tonight At Gand Army Hall

Public installation of officers for Kearney Post No 6 American Legion and Kearney Unit Ladies Auxiliary planned in Gand Army hall. Rhode Island Legion Commander Charles W Anthony to install post officers. Auxiliary president Miss Helen A Condon to install auxiliary officers. Officials, patriotic groups, and visiting legion members to attend with addresses and a social afterward.

Gand Army Hall Kearney No 6 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Legion Charles W Anthony Rhode Island Department of the Legion Helen A Condon Auxiliary Ladies’ Auxiliary

Battery C 243rd Opens Basketball Season at Armory

The Battery C 243rd team will play Bryant and Stratton College Providence next Thursday December 12 at the State Armory foot of Church Street. The Collegians will feature four ex Colt Memorial High School athletes and Lockwood a former forward from Wisleyan College. A preliminary game starts at 7:30 PM.

Battery C 243Rd State Armory Church Street Bryant and Stratton Business College of Providence Collegians Colt Memorial High School Lockwood Wisleyan College

Two Funerals For Longtime Town Residents Wednesday

Funeral services for Edward E Belle aged 76 were held from 568 Wood Street to St Marys Church with a requiem mass and interment at St Marys Cemetery. Relatives and friends sent many floral offerings. Later, Mrs Martha Washington Card aged 83, wife of Peleg Card, had services at G M Wilbur rooms with Rev Nelson Kellogg officiating and burial at North Cemetery amid ample floral tributes.

Edward E Belle Wood Street St Mary's Church St Mary's Cemetery Martha Washington Card Peleg Card G M Wilbur Warren Nelson Kellogg Trinity Church

Special Lights Used in Aviation and Studio Lighting

Ten kilowatt mazda lamps are used principally for aviation field lighting. Some are employed in movie studio lighting where broad illumination without shadow is desired.

Intercourse breeding and outward signs of regard

Fragmentary note discusses breeding as showing internal regard through outward signs and refined by conversation and social company. The text appears as a reflective, age styled remark on social manners. It mentions good sense and improvement through talk with others.

Gand Company Cata

Coming Events Holiday Schedule and Social Functions

A list of December events includes athletic and boxing exhibitions at B A Armory on State Street December 6 and 7, Christmas card sale and tea at Holmes House on December 7, Bazaar Saturdays December 14 21 and 28 at Academy Hall Wood Street featuring Kelley Five and Bristol Town, turkey supper December 11 at Reba Lodge Odd Fellows Hall, Christmas sales at Trinity Parish Aid Society and Baptist Mite Society, dances December 13 Battery D Armory and December 25 Christmas Night Dance Battery C Armory, plus New Year Eve Ball December 31 and Washington Ball February dates with GAR Hall and State Armory entries.

Bazaar Academy Hall Wood Street Kelley Five Bristol Town Battery D T. A Armory State Street Battery C 243Rd C. A Foot of Church Street

State Street M B Church services and calendar

Rev. Robert John Chrystie will lead morning and evening services on Sunday December 8 at State Street M B Church. Morning service at 10 45 with sermon The Sign on the Calendar and church school at 12 00 led by Mrs H E Hill. Epworth League at 6 45 led by Mrs Guy Sullivan. Evening service at 7 30 with sermon Walking with God. All welcome to worship.

Church School H. E. Hill Epworth League Guy Sullivan God

Orange Started as a Berry in 7000 Year Path

Scientists tracing orange ancestry say the fruit was once a berry and has evolved along a seven thousand year developmental path. The note links citrus domestication to long term plant breeding and genetic change.

Fancied Boredom Cartoonish Office Daydreams

A humorous piece argues the office does not truly bore a man as he grunts and longs for a longer vacation while delighting in the clatter of work life portrayed in a Woman's Home Companion style gag.

t.—Wonan

Winding of Big Ben Modernized by Electric Wind System

The famous Big Ben clock in London, dating from 1858 with four 23 foot dials, was once wound by two men over three afternoons weekly. It is now wound electronically in four minutes, reducing manual labor.

London

If Possible A Good Name and Riches Should Unite

A brief editorial riff suggests that while a good name holds value, the ideal condition would be to combine moral reputation with wealth, echoing King Solomon. The piece weighs virtue and fortune, proposing balance as a principle for readers.

Solomon Heboro

Restricted Choice Host Offers Rabbit Pie to Guest Friend

The host playfully questions Brown about dining options at supper. He ponders whether to serve rabbit pie or forego the dish, creating a light, domestic moment.

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Ereal BY Amee Z Daisy Baby Walker Boy Scout Sand Toys Art. Snow Oys le and Coaster A. L. Johnston Hope & Court Sts Ladies ‘Aid Society Tive American Industries F. Reginald Dimond Anderson & Company Industrial Trust Building Gaspee Bristol Phoenix Bristol Indiana Phi Delta Kappa Fraternits National Orchestra H B Bernstein Massachusetts Ave Boston Mass Peter Bonvicin Burton Street B . A. Armory State St Holmes House Girls Friendly Society St. Michael's Church Reba Lodge Odd Fellows Hall Baptist Church Mite Society C. A. Armory Washington Train of Artillery State Armors Foot of State Street M. B.church Robert John Chrystie Louis Rego Viveiros Bay View Ave Bristol, R. I Warren & Bristol Laundry Esee RS New York Providence Buffington’s Drug Store Hope Street Maisano’s Store Wood St Railroad Tation
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