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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1935
Page
2
A Needham community bulletin from the New England Council discussed tax trends and urged citizen input on town finances. It lists eleven questions about personal prosperity, tax payments, store prices, property valuation, relief costs, and preferred tax levels for 1935.
Betty Baclay describes Mickey Mouse and friends leading a Farmer’s Rebel Corps to boost milk drinking among children. The plan includes a magazine with stories and puzzles distributed nationwide to encourage milk consumption and reverse past declines in fluid milk demand.
Local items cover hospital returns, academy banquets, charity events, amateur nights, and public notices in Bristol County. Highlights include Mrs George McGann returning from Truesdale Hospital, La Salle Academy attendees at a Providence banquet, and upcoming benefits for the American Legion Auxiliary and St Marys Church. Community clubs plan whists, dances, and parades with multiple committees named.
Funeral services were held for Ethel Schouler of Riverside. The Reading Pa resident, known for her circus side show fame due to her 540 pounds, was laid to rest at George M Wilbur Memorial Chapel in Warren. Mourners attended to pay respects beside the chestnut casket and a wreath from the Actors’ Benefit Association.
The undersigned extends sincere thanks to relatives and friends for kindness and sympathy after a bereavement and for the floral offerings.
The family extends gratitude to relatives and friends for acts of kindness sympathy and flower arrangements during the recent bereavement of the late Mrs. Edgar Sutcliffe.
Acting Postmaster William J. Shane announces no city or rural carrier service on the holiday. General delivery and stamp windows closed all day. Mails received 8 05 A M and dispatched 5 40 PM. Money order registry and postal savings closed. Lobby hours 7 AM to 7 PM.
A series of school and community happenings listed with dates in February to April including a Old Fashioned Garden event, the 159th Anniversary and 87th Washington Ball, dinner dances, operetta Rose of the Danube by Colt High students, a Battery B Boys dance, a dessert bridge, public whist, and a Rotary CREOTOS event at Guiteras House and other local venues.
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