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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1924
Page
2
Editorial urges quick action to pass a constitutional amendment allowing taxation of income from future public bonds to curb debt and tax dodging. It criticizes partisan log rolling and calls for bipartisan effort to end the current tax exemption loophole.
Miss Zita Cooke of Woonsocket visited Miss Margaret Morrissey on Church street. Redemptorist Fathers to conduct a two week mission at St. Marys Church before Lent. Colt High School weighs bids for two boilers at Valley School. First Baptist Church to liquidate organ debt of 2500 dollars after prayer meeting. Mrs Andrew Weeks Anthony Mrs LeBaron Colt's daughter ill after mastoiditis operation in Providence. Whist at Miss Elizabeth Grays on John Street. prizes awarded. Boxing exhibition at State Armory featuring Young Brown. Beagan Beagan engagement announced to Dr Daniel Morrissey of Providence. commuter ticket prices rise on New York New Haven Hartford line. Colt Farm Jersey cattle sale highlights and prices. Katherine Hamill returns from Holyoke Greenfield and Stamford. League of Women Voters meeting at 342 High Street. Bristol Rovers vs Wanderer Seconds at Jefferson Street Armory. Doric Club supper and whist at Masonic Temple. Wardman Park Hotel radio program includes Thomas Morrissey cello. January temperature plunged to five below zero with gale winds. Warmer today but remains near spring like in New England.
Sealed bids to furnish and install two steam boilers at Valley School in Bristol Rhode Island will be received by the School Committee. Specifications from E F Lindsey at 102 Church Street. Bids due by 8 p m January 29 1924 marked Walley School Boilers. committee may reject all bids.
Rev Joseph B Ferreira preached at Sunday high mass for the Feast of the Holy Name at St Elizabeth's Church. Celebrant Rev Francisco G Vieira and deacon Rev Joseph Lopes led the officers. Evening services featured visiting clergy and a Holy Name Society procession with Children of Mary and sodalities.
In Pawtucket a large crowd saw the Employed Boys' Brotherhood beat the Rangers 26 to 12 at the Pawtucket Boys' Club. The visitors praised the club’s hospitality after a tour of the building and the Employed Boys’ work was described. Next Saturday an all Pawtucket High School team plays the Employed Boys in the local gymnasium.
Witnesses report the Bureau of Police and Henry C Hart testified about a wreck at the Union freight station in Barrington. The case involves Bentley Karr and Daniel Tigan with 44 cases and a truck still under government control after the incident.
The Colt Memorial High School student paper Green and White named its editorial staff yesterday. Sidney Makowsky is Editor in Chief with Norman Benard as Associate Editor and Eileen Moore as Business Manager. The paper will print around June 15 to mark the seventh anniversary of the publication.
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