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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
4
The American Legion says its 10 000 posts sponsor a flag history course in schools teaching children the proper salute and use of the flag as a symbol of freedom justice and democracy The Breckenridge Texas post furnished each classroom with a flag for the program.
The Bristol-Colt High School Alumni Association meeting postponed from this evening to Friday January 30 at Colt High School auditorium. A business meeting will be held and an entertainment presented by "The Players" with the comedy Courtship directed by Frank L. Doran.
The coconut palm is the most widely distributed and widely known tree in tropical regions of the world, noted for its broad presence across tropical habitats.
At the National India Rubber Company factory council meeting held Tuesday afternoon Matthew Capone was reelected chairman and Raymond Cavallaro became vice chairman. Elected chairs include John Joseph for Keds Production, Raymond Cavallaro for Keds Working Conditions, Joseph Kelley Sylvia for General Service, and Peter Moran for Wire Production and Working Conditions. Plans are underway to boost the Cabral family relief fund after two sons drowned in the reservoir in January.
The Red Cross warns skaters to know ice thickness before entering ponds. They advise flooding lawns for safer ice, avoiding white or salt water ice, using life buoys, and skating with someone trained in resuscitation. The group notes 52,596 people passed life saving tests last year.
The J P Reynolds School presented a weekly program by 12 pupils of 5B3 led by Miss Helen Campagna Last Friday afternoon. Two plays titled The Girl Who Was Not Satisfied and The Health Habits Ways featured a large student cast with roles like Mary Eunice Marshman Barbara Higbee Ned Israel Osofsky and many more. The program included a salute to the flag a Star Spangled Banner acrostic winter playmates and musical numbers including a banjo and violin duet and songs such as America.
Bristol District Nursing Association releases its December monthly report detailing counts of cases attended and treated by nurses. It lists child welfare clinics and attendances, chest clinic and Schick tests, tonsil adenoid care, general and metropolitan care, pre natal and TB visits, and total visits for the period.
A belt of still air encircles the globe at the Tropic of Cancer. Deserts line the east from Sahara to Gobi, and in the Americas it touches Mexico and brushes the southern states, outlining the proposed cultivation area for date palms.
Hushed reminiscence recalls the Metacom Debating Club formed by young Bristol men including Augustine Nerone Frederic Gladding and Raymond Pierce. The group met twice monthly with support from the Young Men's Christian Association at Wing Munro’s store and Simmons’ market. Members valued literature history and the arts and many pursued public speaking and debates. David Manny and Frederick Pierce died young from a fatal disease, while Augustine Pierone remained a paragon of Christian conduct. The author notes being among the sole surviving founders now past Bristol memories.
The men’s chorus preparing for the comic opera H M S Pinafore to be staged Feb 10 and 17 at Suiteras School auditorium under Col Fred M Straight will hold a rehearsal this evening at 649 Hope Street, hosted by Mrs Frank Paull. Principal parts include Sir Joseph Porter K B Fred Dietz and Miss Nera Ee Dwyer.
A town meeting formed the Progressive Democratic Club of Bristol with Frederick A. Hardy as President, James T. Pierce as Secretary, Norman E. Benard as Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of Herbert Evers John Carmone and Daniel Vargas. Temporary officers will be replaced at the next meeting. The club adopts a platform affirming Democratic ideals, popular sovereignty, and the protection of personal rights.
Members met Tuesday evening at Holmes House and voted to donate $25 to the community general relief fund. Prizes were awarded to Mrs George H. Toadsin Sr Roberta Munro and Mrs John G Stewart. Refreshments were provided by a committee chaired by Mrs Louis Gallo.
Frederick C Hagen longtime sailmaker at Herreshoff boat shops died recently and his funeral was held Wednesday. The service started at his Union Street home with a requiem mass at St Marys Church for the repose of his soul. Interment followed in Portland Maine. Floral tributes came from relatives friends and fellow Herreshoff employees. Bearers were Waitham P Paine John J Burna Matthew I Cahoon Patrick Trainor George H Marz and Frank A Rounds.
Undene Sarah Cole, guardian of Lewis E Buxton, files her first account for the ward's person and estate. The court receives and refers it to May 19, 1981 at 10 00 AM in Bristol Probate Court for allowance. Notice to be published for fourteen days in Bristol Phenix.
Probate Court of Bristol appoints guardian for Arthur Travers and Georgiana Travers and requires bond. Creditors must file claims within six months from first advertisement. Clerk: John W. Church. Guardian: Jacintho Travers Pimental. Bristol Rhode Island. January 1932.
Notice announces the admission to probate of bribe of Br istol Town on January 7 193? and cites bond terms 1 9 16 28 and claims against the estate requiring claimants to present to the town clerk by a specified date.
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