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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
4
In early days immigrants who paid their own way received 50 acres for personal use and 50 more for each additional person they imported. Known as head's right grants these land allotments were assignable and aided the formation of large estates.
The Rural New Yorker notes that shared labor in farming areas, known as changing work, handled heavy tasks quickly and cheaply. Neighbors helping each other not only finished the jobs but built a wholesome neighborhood spirit among rural residents.
Tonight in Fall River the St Michael’s Red Jackets host Church of the Ascension, paced by Chick Newmart. Stanley Friswell’s local hoopsters, featuring Paulie Thompson Ralph Church Carl Witherell Oscar Herzig Nuts Lemaire Bobby Balfour Len Sanford, will starting lineup it. A postgame dancing was announced after the game.
Colt Memorial High School basketball travels to Newport to meet Rogers High School seconds in a return game after narrowly beating Newport 22 21 at Guiteras gym last Thursday for the Kearney Post Christmas basket fund. Newport coach Joe Nevins aims to reverse the result as Colt Memorial tests improving junior quintets ahead of a Rogers first squad clash with James Monroe High School of New York City.
Funeral services for James Perry of Providence were held at St Michael's Church. Burial followed in St Mary's Cemetery. Perry, nearing age 64, was born in Blackstone Massachusetts and moved to Bristol as a boy. He lived in Providence for about 37 years, and survived by his wife Mary J Fee Perry, a sister Mrs Samuel E Gross of Seattle Washington, and brother William R Perry, local attorney.
Parish Aid Society in Truvty Parish announces a bridge and food sale on January 11. Proceeds support parish activities and local missions.
Fragmentary birth announcements list several newborns with parents Adolph Derrerra Andrea Pleocpvane Henrys Proulx and addresses on Franklin Street Prospect Street Warren Avenue and State Street. Details include dates December and December 27 with towns marked but many names are garbled.
A gentle Alsatian named Tiger reportedly retrieved a live bird from a canal area after the door of its cage was left open. The dog tracked the bird through a yard and towers, finally delivering it to its owner.
A fragment notes that Colonial belles favored high heel French footwear from the Indies era. It describes shoes with heels higher than one and a half inches as fashionable in late 18th to 19th century markets, while many well made women’s shoes of that period featured no heels.
An examination notes the overuse of the word certainly as emphasis in everyday speech and in formal writing. It describes phrases like We certainly had a good time and That certainly was a hard examination as examples of colloquial repetition.
The Christmas festival at the State Street M E Church Sunday School was held in the vestry with large attendance. Santa Claus distributed gifts, a program followed including songs and recitations, and Rev. John McVay received a gold handled umbrella from the class.
Warren vocalist Charles H McKenna has joined the English Grand Opera Company in Boston. A large Old Folks Concert at G R Hall raised funds for Babbitt Post No 15 with many focal singers in period costumes. Frederick I Martin conducted. program included Grand March Festal Old Hundred American Hymn and more.
First United States Cotton According to McVinster argues that in 1784 cotton in the United States was almost unseen except in garcduas among rosebushes and vines. It claims eight bags were shipped to Liverpool before the war but seized by customs as impossible to originate from America.
Lloyds is an insurance exchange where brokers deal, akin to a stock market. When insurance is placed at Lloyds it means business is written through one or more Lloyds brokers or associated underwriters.
The quote argues that the world owes nothing and that success comes from one’s best efforts, not from living on others’ terms. It frames opportunity as a challenge requiring self-reliance and perseverance to achieve results.
A quotation from the Maa Union discusses the challenge of phrasing an invitation so a guest feels politely invited yet declines the dinner. The note reflects social etiquette concerns among hostesses of the era.
A short verse recalls a noisy scene with a disrupted celebration as the family longs for peace after a chaotic night. Grandma and Grandpa figure in a candid domestic snapshot, ending with a hopeful nod to a calmer New Year’s gathering.
At a Bristol Aid Directors meeting the aid list grew by three families to 243 recipients, a potential record. The board discussed reinvestigating applicants, and Director John G. DesLauriers said he would seek action from the town solicitor against fathers who fail to support their families. A motion to hire robbers for men cutting wood at the Leahy Farm was tabled pending more inquiry along with several new applications.
A satirical London Punch Show quips that men should promise housework and servile duties in marriage to win a wife, then mocks the idea that women will still say yes. The cartoonish critique reflects gender role tensions and social humor of the era.
December 21 1932 Bristol probate records show Walter I Munroe executor presenting his first and final account for Ida E Johnson estate with further notice set for January 9 1983 in Bristol. December 8 1932 petition by Cornelius T Head seeks appointment of guardian for Thomas J Head with notice for January 7 1933 and 10 AM hearing in Bristol Probate Court.
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