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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
3
Trinity Church announces a choir rehearsal tonight with all members urged to attend. On Sunday in the Epiphany octave there will be special music at the choral Eucharist. A rehearsal of the Chimes of Normandy is scheduled for next Tuesday evening.
A vivid catalog of film scenes features George Walsh in The Kid Is Clever with shipboard escapes and a Mexican revolution plot. Ruth Roland in Hands Up and Gloria Swanson in Her Decision headline a busy Star and Pastime bill with The Battle of Vimy Ridge and Native act shows. Farnum stars in The Rainbow Trail with Lassiter and Shefford roles as audiences anticipate next week’s program.
Notice announces sale of new and second hand Singer sewing machines and repair services. Location at 17 State Street, Bristol Rhode Island.
At the Pastime Theatre Lewis J Selznick presents Dorothy Dalton in Vive La France a Paramount drama from Thomas H Ince with battle scenes and the Bouchette family tragedy in France Jenevieve Bouchette played by Dalton endures brutalities of war while her father and mother are slain and buried by German soldiers. Support comes from Edmund Lowe Frederick Starr Thomas Guise Bert Woodruff and others. The program also notes The Battle of Vimy Ridge and urges families to attend.
Euclide Nichols died suddenly at home on 725 Hope Street from heart disease aged 35. He was a longtime chauffeur for Frank H Buffington and died shortly after returning from Providence. Survived by two brothers Parker H and Fred H and three sisters Nellie Nichols Annie C Carter and Mrs William Bradford. Funeral tomorrow at 2 PM from Hope Street residence with interment at North Cemetery.
The funeral of Edwin Preston Humphrey, who died last Monday, was held at 2 PM yesterday from his home at 156 Mount Hope Avenue. Rev O H Wallace of the First Baptist Church conducted the services. Bearers included Nelson Trudell Alvin M Bullock and Henry Rohrman. Interment followed at Little Neck Cemetery Riverside.
Physical director J W Berquist announces YMCA gym classes with schedules for various groups. Business men attend Tuesdays and Thursdays 5 to 6 30 pm with Saturday 5 to 6 30 pm open periods. Senior and employed boys have evening slots and Saturday open times. Junior classes run Mondays and Wednesdays 4 to 5 30 pm and Saturday 9 30 am to noon. High school intermediates meet in May on Wednesday and Friday at 2 30 pm with Saturday open periods for seniors and older boys needing apparatus work.
The article details installation ceremonies for United Brothers Lodge No 13 and Burnside Lodge No 34 with officers inducted including Noble Grand Ray mond A Card and Chancellor Commander Paul A Herzig. It notes the gavel gifts, a $500 player piano, and social events, plus installation of Edgehall Temple No 3 Pythian Sisters with officers including Excellent Chief Mrs Ida Newman.
A meeting at Colt Memorial High School organized a Bristol choral society linked to the Community Sing movement. After a hour of community songs, harder music will be studied. Officers elected include Dr W Fred Williams president and F Damrosch director. Fifty one members enrolled with plans for more at the January 22 rehearsal.
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