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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1936
Page
2
A local town resolves to caution officials about gambling. The discussion notes the text advises officials to refrain rather than imposes direct enforcement, aiming to deter public employees from betting at the Narragansett track.
The FOS Rubber Ca basketball team beat the Po Radio quintet 42 to 34 Sunday afternoon at the Bristol plant recreation hall. Key players Salvane Nuts bemare and Pat Gach led the attack, while McGareevy Walkeben and Black were sidelined. The Rubber side led from the start and maintained the advantage throughout.
The Bristol Rotary Club hosts a combined series on contract and auction bridge tonight at the Hotel Belvedere with Galen Smyth as committee chair. Tomorrow the speaker will be Captain Roper McWheeler, supervisor of Crown Prevention Survey, Rhode Island.
Sunday dinner ideas emphasize affordable turkey goose and poultry with available vegetables and pricier fruits. Three plans guide low to very special meals including roast chicken or duck with giblet gravy mashed potatoes and mince pie, a medium option with goose and sauerkraut, and a pink meat grapefruit and roast turkey menu with oyster stuffing and angel cake.
The Bristol vicinity column reports the birth of Antonia to Mr and Mrs Antomio yas at 43 Charles street. It notes Edgehill Temple Pythian Sisters tea at Mrs Robert Steen’s Olver street home and a Battery B Providence basketball game led by Manuel Morris. Community meetings, dances, tea duties, and birthday celebrations appear across Wood street and nearby streets with plans for a Newport event and multiple committee responsibilities.
Portland Hoffa heads the homeliest couple as Fred Allen and wife Port land Hoffa become air’s feature duo. Stars like Sylvia Sydney and June Walker join radio theatre, while Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hill iary reunite, and James Melton enjoys a holiday family reunion. Carf Arquette’s Luke Ferguson becomes a radio favorite on Welcome Valley. The Revelers expand their repertoire with new vaudeville numbers.
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