Battery C Drill Attendance Nearly Full
Attendance at Battery C weekly drill reached 54 of 56 men with nearly all members present. The event ran for about an hour at the Battery on Tuesday night.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1931
Page
3
Attendance at Battery C weekly drill reached 54 of 56 men with nearly all members present. The event ran for about an hour at the Battery on Tuesday night.
The report details Lieut E E McMillan supervising infantry drill with Sergeants Morris Martin and Ascola. Private John Bisbane trains new men in arms and first aid while J J Garvin and NCOs handle packing rolls. Transportation to Rumford for rifle instruction is offered. About $750 quarterly in battery pay is distributed. Advance duty details for Fort Wright include PFC R Brown PFC J Lawrence and PVT S Viscone departing July 15.
Plans for the annual St Michael's Brotherhood outing are under way with the event to be held at a Ferry road farm on Saturday August 8. Chowder at 1 pm buffet luncheon at 5 pm and a sports program with prizes are planned. Committee includes Hiram A Rounds Charles H Sparks John G Stewart Samuel J Smith Jr Col A Barrett Herbert R Newman Lawrence S Ashton and Rev George H Toadyin Jr.
Bristol Chapter DAR schedules a Friday July 10 whist and food sale at Chapter House Franklin Street. Saturday August 8 features the Annual Outing of St Michael's Brotherhood.
With the season near half complete King Philip Restaurant tops the league in team batting. Individual leaders include Andy D'Ambrosio who has a hit in every game his team has played, Sevigny with two home runs, and Magagna batting in both his two games. LaFazia Drug and C A teams show notable averages and players.
Lefty Greenwood of LaFazia Drag dominates with eight two baggers and 13 runs scored while Sevigny and L Menard trail with four and nine runs respectively. Multiple players across KP C A LaF D NIR and MR teams post two to three doubles and several players lead in stolen bases as Inter-Urban League opens at Bristol with Johnny Rogers leading a star roster.
Ten members of the Congregational Church were chosen to represent Bristol at the Rhode Island Conference of Christian Education in Kingston at the State College from July 12 to 23. The conference offers 16 subjects with two course options, held daily 8:30 to 12:30, focusing on religious training and youth needs. Attendees from Bristol include Hazel Nettleton Sybil Anderson Mary Mason Marjorie Lois Manley Norman E. Benard Charles L Pendleton Jr Henry L Sanford John D Dimond Jr Robert S Munroe and Elmer L Manley Jr.
LaFazia Drug team defeats Collins & Aikman by eight to one as eight hits and eight errors tilt the game. Frankie Sousa allows five hits and stars with sharp defense from Lemaire and Stevens while Lefty Greenwood adds two doubles and a single before the protest upholds by the Board of Governors dismisses the game from records.
Player notes list multiple names including Menard Cooper and Magagna with hits by L Menard Keller Greenwood and Gladue. Stolen bases credited to Bull and Gladue. double plays Magagna to EF Menard to Kelley. Pitchers Sousa and Cooper struck out five each. wild pitch by Cooper. Attendance 2200. time 1h 35m.
Factory Council meeting led by Maurice C. Smith Jr discusses termination wages for 20 years service with one week salary per two years, and 15 year service policy. policy favors more women hires and plans to transfer Keds division to Naugatuck with intended interviews and housing arrangements for affected workers.
Mrs Ellen G Connery Murphy widow of Henry Murphy died recently. Born in town to John and Elizabeth Connery, she lived in Warren and later New York City. Survived by son Henry, sister Mrs Frank Heffernan, and brothers John and William of New York City. Funeral services were held yesterday in Flushing, Long Island.
Mrs Mary Sylvia Alves 30 of Hebronville Mass died Wednesday evening at Sturdy Memorial Hospital Attleboro after a brief illness. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry J Sylvia of Mount Hope Avenue this town. Survived by husband four children three brothers and five sisters. Funeral services Saturday at 9 am in St Marys Church and burial in St Marys Cemetery.
The Bristol Highlands boom continues as Henry M Gibson's former property spurs three new houses this spring. Notables involved include Joseph W Freeman son of Senator F L Freeman, Frank B Ames, and Fred B Wilcox. Charles S Foster rents Gibson’s cottage for summer. Horace S Peck and Prof Laird previously occupied it. Ferdinand Bray buys land near W H Church estate to build a summer cottage and bored Artesian well. A local church league game at the common saw Congregational Church defeat Trinity 17 to 4 with Carleton Hill pitching and hitting a home run.
Indiana became the first state to provide for the care of the insane by constitutional mandate and framework. The provision established early on set the precedent for state supported treatment and asylums.
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