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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
2
Bristol residents rush Christmas mail as the Post Office reports record stamp sales. More than 2000 two cent stamps sold yesterday morning, with heavy packages and card mailing. Local merchants note unusually strong December business.
Pupils performed two plays Friday afternoon in the school auditorium. The first, Nathan Hale, featured Laurmse Malafronte Andrea Axcola Carl Christensen Arthur Sousa Manuel Botelho Ned Pasqua Dominic Perron Stanley Bennett William Payson Margaret Pacheco Josephine Perry Anna Sylvia Gwendolyn LeQlair Rose Wisdom William McCaughey Marcus Martin John Correa Antonio Bannano Lucy Marasco Dorothy Roberts Margaret Roderick Stella Tortora Charles Pendleton. The second, Little Janet Patch work, included Elizabeth Rogers Adeline Simmons Joseph Mancini Salvatore Campagna Jovina Kenta Mary Cabral Finily Velleca Mary Aquar Mary Cornell Rose Campagna.
St Trinity Men's Club met in the parish house for a semi monthly gathering. Ads promote Suzmans Specialty Shoppe holiday items and rainwear. A month mind mass for Mrs Margaret Hughes was held at St Mary’s Church at 8:15 AM. The Miracle Play is set for Thursday at 7:30 PM in St Merhae’s chapel. Christmas tree exercises and carols fill church programs across First Baptist and St Mary’s. Norman Vermette and family head to Bangor for the holidays. Jacob Molasky promotes gifts at 44 State St with holiday specials on robes, sweaters, and umbrellas. Local students Makowsky siblings return from Columbia University for Christmas.
Printed Thursday edition requests advertisement copy by early tomorrow to meet publishing deadlines. Copy should be submitted to the office promptly to ensure inclusion.
At a session before Judge Edward Teahy the Probate Court considered administrative matters. Inventors on the estates of Tunge Chirtoo Reuben No Healey and Anton Gross were all granted allowances after inventory reviews.
The Thanksgiving dance of Kear ney Post No 6 is followed by a Christmas night event at the Naval Armory with music by the Yacht Club Orchestra. Also notes unpacked include new men and boys neckwear mufflers hosiery shirts. Providence Y M C A basketball team edged the local Y 28 to 27 on Providence court after a late rally.
Mrs Helen Henderson Manning of Burton Street Malden Mass marries William Bennett of Bennett Avenue Malden Mass in an informal ceremony at Trinity Church officiated by Rev Frederick Le Mary on a Saturday afternoon. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Hiram A Rounds. A private reception followed at the bride's Burton Street home.
A garbled note mentions a wedding trip and travel to Mali. names and exact details are unclear but the fragment hints at a couple planning a journey. The piece emphasizes arrival or stay in a Malian location with uncertain spelling.
Elizabeth May-Newbold of 9 Franklin street united in marriage with Louis Julius Vallee of 12 K street Saturday afternoon at the Mathewson Street M E Church parsonage in Providence. Rev. Richard Q. Hollington officiated. The ceremony was informal and the couple left for a wedding trip afterward. They will reside at 8 Franklin street on return.
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