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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1937
Page
4
The contest restricted to residents of the six New England states excludes anyone with nonresident address and caps past prize winners at $500. The New England Press Association sponsors the event for New Englanders only and offers $3,000 in total prize money.
Readers who missed the contest can still enter by mailing for a reprint. Fill out the coupon and send three cents to cover mailing and handling to Know New England Contest Editor at 14 Beacon Street Boston Massachusetts. Include name and address clearly.
Daily mail dispatch times listed as 7 15, 9 45, 5 40, 7 15 PM with 7 15 PM omitted Saturdays Sundays holiday 5 40 PM Jan 1 and Feb 22 only. Mails received at 6 20, 7 10 AM, 2 05, 5 05, 6 55 PM with 6 55 PM train omitted Saturdays.
Public auction ads describe two separate Bristol property seizures. The first lists two parcels in Bristol bound by Narragansett Bay and local landmarks with a June 30 1937 sale date later adjourned to July 7 1937. The second involves a July 14 1937 sale of a Bristol residence under an Industrial Trust Company judgment. Executions include details of boundaries, owners, and sale terms.
A long list of visitors and residents attended gatherings and visits across Providence Boston New York and surrounding towns. Names include Colt Bar rymore Colt Barrymore Colt Grover Inte Wellesley Mass Kablitt Hood and family Quincey etc. Various couples and families traveled from New York Fall River Taunton and Norwich to join events at multiple streets and hotels.
Miss Malafronte daughter of Mir and Mrs Tung of Bristol married John Trank Brodyma son of Joseph Fradyma of Warren in Our Lady of Mercy Carmel Church yesterday. Rev Joseph Sorzano officiated a nuptial high mass. The bride wore a white satin princess gown with lame trim and a halo veil. A reception followed at 825 Main Street Warren and the couple will reside at 50 Kickemuit Road Warren after a motor trip through the White Mountains.
The mortgage on real estate in Bristol Bristol County Rhode Island is foreclosed for breach of condition and property on Coggeshall Avenue Narrows with right to use Coggeshall Platt and King avenues will be sold subject to town taxes and existing liens by order of the mortgagee Williams T. O'Donnell attorney for the mortgagee dated June 22 1937 with multiple sale postponements and notices.
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