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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1927
Page
2
In Bristol County Superior Court, 38 aliens were granted citizenship and 29 filed for final papers as foreign-born residents seek naturalization. The editorial praises the act of adopting this country and notes the rising numbers over recent years.
A local notices page lists church masses and anniversaries at St Marys and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, holiday dances at Palm Garden, Christmas tree festivities at Holmes House, free live turkey promos at Reed’s and Suzman shops, plus homebound charity events and school carols. Community groups including Knights of Columbus Odd Fellows and Pythians hold meetings. nursing, medical and student holiday plans appear alongside shop ads and seasonal sales.
The article lists choir members and personnel for a concert under John M. Sylvester with Adrian Costa Frank Perry and Anthony Nunes appearing among the performers. It names Mrs Ralph Abbenande Miss Cora Reposa Emily Mello Mary Peters Isabel Sylvia and Anna Veira and organist Miss Anna M Peters.
The program lists an organ Prelude Meditation by Guilmant and a sequence of hymns prayers readings and anthems at 10 30 am including Brightest and Best And There Were Shepherds Hark the Herald Engels Line Angels From the Realms of Glory Silent Night and The Carol of the Star with sermons responsive readings and an organ postlude directed by Arthur T Newman with Miss Bosworth as soprano soloist.
The 1030 service features the anthems Send Out Thy Light and O er Her Child the Virgin Weeps with mixed quartet and soloists Miss Maybelle Hinton soprano Miss Muriel Hodgdon alto Ernest Bullock tenor and Fred G Hodgdon bass plus hymns Angels From the Realms of Glory Brightest and Best and As With Gladness the Men of Old. The choir is aided by Miss Muriel Hodgdon violin Miss Gwendalyn Hodgdon organist Frank Hinton is choir director. At 730 pm the Junior Choir will sing Christmas music.
The morning service features The World's Greatest Event. In the evening, Rev Frank H Bowers Jr presents Why the Chimes Rang by Raymond Alden, followed by a sermon on Your Most Important Christmas Gift.
A column recounts two Idaho men who killed a mountain lion with rock and compares it to a hunter who faced a lion unarmed, forcing the beast to starve, while recalling Baron Munchhausen’s tale of grabbing a bear by the tail and turning it inside out.
Two sound structures available for storage or merchandise. Building A suitable for household goods or stock, contact A A Edmonds Co. Tel 139. Tea Room House at 149 High St offers ideal location with convenient access. Will rent part or all for limited time to desirable tenants, contact A A Edmonds Co. Tel 1.
A seven room cottage named Boat Yard Tea Room offers all conveniences except heat on Ferry Road. Rent is low for a small family of adults. A A Edmonds Co. contact tel 139.
For rent a lower south apartment in the Colt Apartment building on Hope Street. Apply H deW cy a Supt Colt Farm. Tel 61 Y or 192.
Five room tenement near Thames now renovated and available for mill operative occupancy. Reasonable rent offered. Apply at Phoenix Office.
Buick 1925 Standard 6 touring car with under 8 000 miles driven by one owner in very good mechanical condition. Paint upholstery and tires like new. Priced at 4 dollars? Fred Guerrelmont 83 Borden Ave Bristol R I.
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