Strikes Fly In Merchants League Night Matches
On State Street Friday night the All Stars beat Chase Brothers while Bristol Lions edged Harbor View. Bobby Balfour stood out with a high single of 142 and a three string total of 3520.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1936
Page
4
On State Street Friday night the All Stars beat Chase Brothers while Bristol Lions edged Harbor View. Bobby Balfour stood out with a high single of 142 and a three string total of 3520.
The Peanuts beat the Peechnuts 42 to 36 in the Nut League opener as Jo Travers led with 12 points and Pip Securo added seven field goals and two free throws. In the Walnut Beechnut clash Jim Duffy and John Biancuzzo had 14 points apiece for the winners while Carvaturo led the Beechnuts with 18.
Bristol officials ratified a secret meeting action granting a $2200 tax rebate on 1935 taxes for the United States Rubber Co. of New Jersey after a protest by the firm. The Board of Tax Assessors noted the $100,000 valuation and stated the rebate to avoid litigation. A WPA municipal shed project was deemed unworkable due to a lack of skilled Bristol labor.
The First Troop staged Paper Night at the Boy Scout building focusing on paper crafts and activities. Patrols competed in paper bets hats races a newspaper race and a napkin relay as tests for second and first class advancement amid plans for Boy Scout Week and upcoming recharter events.
A critical look at James Duncan Phillips’s Salem in the Seventeenth Century highlights an extensive appendix and map, with praise for its authority and flaws including typographical mistakes and some contentious interpretive passages. The reviewer cites misdated pages, mis-spellings, and preachy digressions about wealth and punishment.
Postal notice lists daily dispatch and delivery times at Bristol post office. Mails sent at 9 45 A M and 5 40 P M with Saturday and Sunday omissions. Mails received at 6 20 7 10 A M and 2 05 5 05 6 55 P M with 6 55 P M on weekends. Holidays 5 40 P M. Only Jan 1 and Feb 22 exceptions.
Angelo Bruscato of Bristol now living in Brooklyn won the first bout in inter city matches at Boston last night securing a three round decision over Bobby Joyce of South Boston Bruscato was the sole winner for the visiting New York Newark team against New England opponents in the series aiming for Olympic qualification next summer.
On Jan 11 Saturday Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co. hosts Bingo at their station on High and Franklin Streets. Jan 15 marks Past Presidents Night for the Men s Union of the First Congregational Church at Guneras House. Jan 16 Military Whist hosted by Warren High School Alumni Association in the school auditorium. Jan 18 Saturday Food sale and tea at Holmes House under the Ladies Benevolent Society.
The Economic Policy Commission of the American Bankers Association urges protecting existing sound banks from over-banking caused by lax chartering policies. It cites 1920–1933 bank failures, calls for prudent restrictive chartering, and recommends retiring federal government from banking as conditions normalize.
An American Bankers Association eastern states conference on banking service will be held in Philadelphia January 23 and 24 with Robert V. Fleming presiding. It marks the first in a series of nationwide meetings to discuss managerial legislative and operative banking problems and to promote public understanding of bank functions and policies.
Principal Edward J. Fitzgerald announces Colt High School 12 week honor roll ending Dec 20. 58 girls and 28 boys made 90 percent or better, with names including Robert Tourigny Tevis Shulman and many others across 1936 1937 and 1938 classes.
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