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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1933
Page
4
Ae Mi Morine worships service at 10 30 with Rev Herman Wattens of Providence delivering a sermon on Refining Influence of Jesus. St Elizabeth Marys Church led by Rev Thomas J Gilliany lists Masses at 7 30, 9 and 10 30 AM. Church School at 6 30 PM. vestry meeting. evening service omitted at times.
Congregational Church announces morning worship with Pastor Rev Herbert D Graetz sermon Hallowed Be Thy Name. Church School at noon led by Robert F Munro at 12. Men’s Union at noon with Miss Hazel Nettleton superintendent. Junior Christian Endeavor 5 30 P M Alpha Chapter 6 30 P M Evening service 7 30 P M.
Rev Joseph Sarzana named acting pastor of Our Lady of Mt Carm el Church. Mass schedule shows 7 30 a m on weekdays and 8 and 10 a m on Sundays.
The schedule lists Rev A R Parshley presiding on Epiphany fifth Sunday. It notes 8:00 A M Holy Communion and 9:30 A M Church School, 10:45 A M Holy Communion and sermon, 12:00 M Men’s Bible Class, 7:30 P M Evening service, and 8:00 P M Meeting of Social Service Commission.
Rev. W C Darby leads at 10:00 session and Bible School. Morning worship follows at 11:00 with an evening service at 7:00 PM.
Sunday services at Trinity Church include Masses at 8 and 10 45 A M 12 M instruction and Evensong with benediction at 7 30 P M The church choir will present special music and a candle light procession is planned for the evening service
Five students at Colt Memorial High School earned marks of 90 percent or higher across all subjects for the half year ending January 27, with a broader list showing 80 percent or better in every subject. The honor roll includes names across 1933 1934 and 1935 cohorts and features students such as Barbara Kollinger Jose Victoria Anthony Agatiello Eleanor Rae George Springer Frank Brown and others.
The London Express calls an old medieval rule restricting weddings before 3 p m a relic. It argues marriages should be allowed under electric light as well as daylight and notes many couples would prefer evening ceremonies.
An introspective passage recalls the origins of America’s first permanent civilization. It contrasts harsh climates and granite fields with the Yankee's wealth built from resilience and education, warning that past strength may not guarantee future success. The text reflects on stability, resources, and timeless teaching.
Shetland Islanders stage the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick with 300 Guisers and six foot torches. Led by the Gutzer Jarl in mail and raven helm, the Norse war galley Frithr is lit and cast to sea amid martial tunes and marching torches.
The Technical museum director Jon Stockholm reveals a Swedish engine built in 1728 by Maaron Triewald, eight years before James Watt's birth. The mine engine reportedly served seven years at Dennemora before being destroyed by lightning. Drawings and a description survived, enabling a working model now on view at the museum.
The fragment reflects on America and its century transitions from the eighteenth to the nineteenth and into the twentieth. It ponders how looking backward shapes current action and suggests that progress depends on what was done before. The rough text includes musings about forward and backward sight and creative thought.
The Ossining settlement near the Sing Sing prison on the Teunis River, about 20 miles north of New York City, was originally called Sing Sing. In 1901 locals officially renamed the town Ossining to avoid the penitentiary association. Ossining appears as a variant of Sing Sing from the Delaware Indian ossinesink meaning eternally all the small stone.
The forest products laboratory warns small trees cost more to handle and yield less per foot than larger ones. It lists optimal smallest cutting sizes per acre: 12 inches for Arkansas second-growth short-leaf and loblolly pine. 15 inches for Louisiana oldfield loblolly. 12 inches for Virginia second-growth loblolly. 11 inches for North Carolina oldfield loblolly. and 10 to 14 inches for Texas and western Arkansas virgin shortleaf, varying by stand type and age.
The Trinity Parish House filled Tuesday night as the Bristol parishioners staged a creditable minstrel show. J Loms Coggeshall led as interlocutor, with Norman Into and Miss Hall earning applause in impersonations and solos. The two-part program featured original jokes, endmen songs, and a costly farce production with numerous local performers including Willard Newman Basil Perry and Nehemiah Johnston.
A man who received an income tax demand note grew indignant and puzzled. He told himself he could not pay fifty pounds and wrote a reply stating his profession as a contractor rather than a conjurer, asking for clarification of the misunderstanding.
On Feb 4 the Girl Scouts present Little Black Sambo at Reynolds School auditorium. Feb 9 a Flower Committee fundraiser hosts a Bridge and Bingo Party at Guieral House. Feb 14 St. Rita's Girls' Club runs a bingo and dance. Feb 80 Congregational Club offers turkey dinner at Guiteras House. Feb 19 Rotary Club hosts a patriotic meeting at Colt Memorial High auditorium. Feb 21 Washington Ball by Bristol Train of Artillery at Bristol Casino. Feb 23 Epworth League hosts a chicken salad supper at State Street M E Church. Feb 27 The Dover Road a charity 3 act play by B T A Entertainment Association.
Despair cripples effort as despondency weakens work and broken men become indolent. The text links hopelessness to fatal exertion and cites persistent pessimism undermining activity.
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