Relief committee reports progress in fundraising drive
Weekend efforts by Réve A. R. Parshley and the relief committee raise to 938 dollars, about one fifth of the goal. Funds aid families in dire need including CASE 3 with six children and a baby, CASE 4 with a typhoid illness, and a hardship case where tuberculosis and heavy mortgage leave a family near collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Réve A. R. ‘Parshley
Bristol Highlands
Collins, & Aikman
Marris
Wallum Lake
General Relief Fund appeal
Appeal for donations to a $5000 General Relief Fund with options to send funds to The General Relief Fund care of the Bristol Phoenix or to Rev. A R Parshley, chair of the relief committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Relief Fund
Bristol Phoenix
A R Parshley
Relief Committee
Memorial Triptych Presented To St Michael's Church
Mrs Delaney Addison of Brookline granddaughter of Mrs Josephine DeWolf Lovett plans a Triptych in memory of her grandmother for St Michael's Church The central panel shows St Anne teaching the Virgin with two guardian angels in side panels to be placed over the church door east end recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaney Addison
Brookline
Josephine DeWolf Lovett
St. Michael's Church
St. Anne
Cabral Relief Fund Contributions to Date
The report lists contribution totals to the Cabral Relief Fund up to the present. Donors include individuals and organizations with varying amounts. The summary notes general support for relief efforts while avoiding detailed donor names and exact sums in this excerpt.
Town Plans Public Hearing on Zoning Districts Tonight
Town Council hosts a 7 30 public hearing to divide the town into residential business commercial and industrial zones. Judge Leahy and zoning expert Whitten explain maps and ordinances while officials outline permits nonconforming uses and Board of Review powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Leahy
Robert W. Whitten
Zoning Commission
Pappasquash
Ferry Hill
Burton Street
Metacom Avenue
Asylum Road
Inspector of Buildings
Inspector of
Board of Review
Bristol Boy Named to Navy Musician School
Frank Joseph Cavallaro 21 of Richmond Street Richmond town passed the competitive exam for admission to the US Naval Musician's School at Hampton Roads Virginia. He enlisted September 15 and went to Newport Naval Training Station for nine weeks. After the 30 week course at Hampton Roads he will be transferred to a battleship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Joseph Cavallaro
Richmond Street
Joseph Cavallaro
Naval Musician's School
Hampton Roads
Frank Cavallaro
Navy
Naval
Newport
Musician School
Lighthouse Depot Site Planned in Bristol Rhode Island
The United States Government will acquire the Ferry Street and Reading Room Club properties at Thames and Constitution streets in Bristol for a lighthouse depot serving the Third Lighthouse District. The $32,000 purchase funds a 200 foot pier and warehouse for buoy and lighthouse supplies, replacing the Newport station as operations expand along Narragansett Bay. The depot ties into ferry history from Newport to Rhode Island and follows a shift of the ferry terminus decades earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Street
Newport and Providence Railway Company
Island of
Rhode Island
Reading Room Club
Constitution Street
Eugene LeClair
United States
Staten Island
N. Y
Narragansett Bay
Thames and
Constitution Streets
Newport
Navy
Clark Burdick
Burdick
Lighthouse Bureau
LeClair
Mt Hope
Admitted to Bail in Grand Jury Case
Manuel Andradez bound over for Grand Jury action at Providence and Bristol counties and admitted to bail Saturday for 3000. Sureties include Frank Adelina Sousa Luiza de Costa Mendes and Frank J Andrade. Arrested December 18 with John Luiz Alves during loot at Henry M Darling stores in the Y M C A building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Andradez
Superior
Providence
Istol
Bristol County
Jak
Frank An Adelina Sousa
Charles Street
Luiza de Costa Mendes
Charles
Frank J Andrade
Cole Street
Andrade
John Luiz Alves
Henry M Darling
Y M.ca
Drought Relief Fund Urges National Aid for 21 States
President Hoover calls citizens to back the American Red Cross amid a national drought emergency affecting 21 states. Bristol residents urged to contribute via Miss Florence T Nelson, Treasurer, Bristol Branch Red Cross, with donations acknowledged in the newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Citizzens
United States
American Red Cross
Bristol
Florence T. Nelson
Newendner
Local Theatre to Run Benefit Relief Show for General Fund
Pastime Theatre manager Lon Vail will donate all proceeds from a Sunday moving picture event to the General Relief Fund. The special program features East Is West starring Lupe Velez and Lew Ayres with Monta Bell directing and includes short subjects. The goal is to raise 5000 for immediate aid to some 130 distressed families identified in a recent survey by the General Relief Committee and Bristol Phoenix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Vail
Pastime Theatre
General Relief
A. R. Pershley
General Relief Committee
East Is West
Lupe Velez
Lew Ayres
Far East
Monta Bell
All Quiet
Western Front
General Relief Fund
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol County All Stars face Lutheran Brotherhood on eve
Tomorrow night on the Y M C A court Kid Hope's Bristol County All Stars meet the Lutheran Brotherhood five of North Easton Mass. The visitors boast a 20 of 21 season record and bring a strong lineup to try to end their opponents' streak. A preliminary pits the Bristol Pirates against a Providence team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid Hope
Bristol County All Stars
Lutheran Brotherhood
North Easton
Mass
All Stars
Bristol Pirates
Providence
Guiteras School Weekly Program Presents Health Play
Guiteras Memorial School pupils presented a health play titled Putting Pep in Your Motor on Friday afternoon. Directed by Miss Mary M. Connors the program featured Edward Sousa Mary Bowler Gladys Rische with proverb illustrations by several students and piano selections by Alice Sousa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras Memorial School
Mary M. Connors
Edward Sousa
Mary Bowler
Gladys Rische
Mary Terra
Christiana Russo
Mae Desrosiers
Gilda Proto
Elizabeth Warner
Bertha Roderick
Leonard Donovan
Anna Romano
Ferry Hill Thieves Face Court in Ferry Hill District
In Fifth District Court, two larceny cases from Ferry Hill were heard. Wilfred Lemieux pleaded guilty to stealing a gun. William Francis admitted receiving stolen lead. Both cases were continued for sentence with $1000 bail set. Other hearings included vagrancy charges, civil auto collision suit, and multiple continuances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth District
Henry E. Fowler
Ferry Hill
R. J. Kavanaugh
Wilfred Lemieux
John Perry
William G. Lowe
Lowe Place
Lemieux
William Francis
W. G. Lowe
Mount Hope Bridge
Francis
Kavanaugh
Samuel J. Connery
Public Aid
Michael Cavallaro
Laura Travers
Joseph Travers
Tony Silva
Fall River
Manuel C. Texeira
Far River
Francis Taylor
Newport
Carmelo Campagna
John Almeida
Edward D. Kunz
Mary E. West
Nisi
Snyder’s
Naval Outfitters
Cucecio
Abraham Eisenstadt
Manuel Vargas
Nunzio Bisignando
Honore W. Groundines
Also Mentioned on This Page
John H Tucker
Robert E. Lanphear
Giuseppe R. Peroni
Louisa C. Lanphear
Fred E. Suzmand
Wailis E
Mary L. Howe
B. M. MacDougall
Dr. Locke
H H Lawson Co
Julia A. Herreshoff
GF. S
Julia C Drury Ce
F. Reginald Dimond
Wm. H. Angevine Nae Ee
Collins-Aikmin Corp
Herreshoff Mfg. Co
G. F. Marshal
Max Makowsky
A. M. Merriman
H. M Gibson
Joseph Polya
A. M Merriman
Henry Wood
Ezra Dixon
Cabral Relief Fund
Frank J Arnold
Swansea
Conley’s Jewelry & Gift Shop
F. Newbury
John McCormack
Irene Rich
H. B. Warner
Raymond Hackett
Wheeler Oakman
Rose Dione
Universal News
Musician’s School
Newport Ferry
Constitution and
Thames Streets
U.S
Pbeek
F. T. Nelson
Wm. C. Hobbs
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WLSI
Bristol Chambers of Commerce
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