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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1929
Page
3
Miss Anna Coggeshall, daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniél Coggeshall, was honored at a handkerchief shower hosted by Mrs William Dunbar and Miss Mabel Dunbar on Union Street. She is to wed next month Mr Norman Bailey, North Kingstown school superintendent. Out of town guests joined in games and a chicken salad supper with pink decor.
Geo J O'Brien announces ten day Red Cross life saving instruction by Sebastian C Reis at the public bathhouse foot of Burton street. Four class times run from 10 to 4 with no entry fee and certificates awarded. Bristol Red Cross funds the hire.
The procession will form on Wood street near Roma street led by Police Chief Marshal Cavallaro and the Arrangements Committee. A 10 o’clock mass at the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel will be celebrated by Rev. Joseph Poja with a special program and sermon. After services, the parade moves through State, High, Church, Union, Constitution, Hope, Franklin, and Wood streets to Academy Hall, with fireworks planned. The Napoli Band of Boston, stagers of the event, schedules concerts and a 230 pm baseball game, with a 4 to 6 pm concert and 6 to 10 pm performances Monday evening. An estimated 20,000 visitors are expected for the fireworks display by Antonio Natale of Centredale Rio, arranged with police and fire officials. The organizing committee includes Carlo Nastri, Frank Mansi, Alfonso Fusco, Philo Nastri, Sebastian Allesandro, Antonio Nappi, Felco Langello, and Giuseppe Lietizio, with aides Raf ifaele Amendola, Domenico Parisi, John Castriotta, and Giuseppe Pacito.
The Congregational Church questions whether modern life measures up to Jesus Christ’s teachings. Herbert Do Graetz plans to answer this in Sunday morning worship at 10:30. The Children’s Chorus from the Daily Vacation Bible School will sing at the 7 p.m. evening service.
Walter Brown dazzled with seven one run allowed on five hits and six strikeouts as the Whirlwinds beat Manuel Lewis Battery C 7 to 1 on the common. Greenwood led with two hits while Brown, Bell, Conway and Carey added two apiece in the victory that solidifies second place in the league pennant race.
Bristol Lions Club board met at Hotel Belvedere to consider sponsoring a plan to recruit another nurse for the Bristol District Nursing Association. Charles B Rockwell Jr of Collins & Aikman presented the need. Four new members were elected Revo Fr Thomas Jo Kellex Mark Strickland Earle P Mathewson and Manuel Barges. Orrin Gardiner of Swansea Mass will speak on probation work in Massachusetts at the Monday meeting.
A reader notes that four hours of intense thinking can exhaust tissues as much as ten hours of manual labor. The remark compares mental effort to physical work, suggesting cognitive tasks are physically draining.
William Tully of Bristol Ferry Portsmouth suffered a fractured skull and other injuries after being hurled ten feet against a concrete anchorage on the Portsmouth side of the Mount Hope Bridge yesterday forenoon. He was on the anchorage when a cable tautened and spun him around as other workers hauled it. He lies at Truesdale Hospital Fall River in serious condition.
Yesterday afternoon a large crowd attended the Ivy Guild of St Michael's Church sale in the chapel. Officers and members presided over food and fancy article booths, with a supper served and a grab box feature. The organizing committee included Mrs Benjamin M Mac Dougall and five other officers.
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