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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1940
Page
2
The Bristol Highway Department presents its first complete classified report with full inventory of town property and centralized gasoline purchases. The Budget Committee is expected to commend savings from centralized fuel sourcing and reduced own usage, totaling about $500 this year, a third of last year’s town-wide figure.
The article explains affordable night lighting setups using two bulbs in cardboard reflectors against a light background to create varied effects. Diagrams label positions for subject marks Ht stands camera and background, detailing 45 degree, center, side lighting, silhouette, backlighting and halo styles with lens-shield notes and distance guidance.
Bristol readers are invited to submit items for a local column. Items include moves to 631 Hope street, Scout House meetings at 2 PM, Edgehill Tempe fund tea, Mariner Ship Vigil gathering with Acting Skipper Mrs Olive Peckham, Chevra Agudas Achim social on High Street, and planning for Troop 5 Boy Scouts with an American flag. Community figures and upcoming talks are also listed.
Leoland Cady official collector opens the Salvation Army annual appeal in Bristol. Mr Cady carries a credential letter signed by Robert W. Nelson, chairman of the sponsoring group.
John J Perry of this town was fined 20 dollars and costs by Judge William T O Donnell in Fifth District Court for failing to have a motor vehicle under control. The fine was appealed as Perry drove a car involved in a February 10 accident with a machine operated by Cecil C Getchell. The court granted a one week continuance in the private complaint Fleming v Garvin alias. The book account case Public Used Furniture Exchange v Lillian Brackett was continued for two weeks.
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