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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1930
Page
2
Tuesday June 3 1936 public sale announced at 646 Wood Street 467 Wood Street near Easterbrooks Block in the Y M C A Block mt Wood Street L L O O F Building specifics not given.
Thousands of motorists visited during the holiday weekend to see the Mount Hope Bridge’s illumination and the distant skyline. The bridge towers and 5000 lights were visible for miles, especially from the Portsmouth Tiverton approach, where the span is best seen. Bridge officials plan nighttime photographs from Common Fence Point, Tiverton, for the best night view.
At the Lions Club annual meeting in the Hotel Belvedere George H. Baldwin was elected president for the coming year. Other officers named include Stephen W. Hopkins as First VP Sebastian Bernard Jr as Second VP Herman W Vermette as Third VP Bertram W Wall as Secretary James Magee as Treasurer Oscar Pivin as Lion Tanner James Lanzire as Tal Twister. Directors are Joseph Chinder Norman J Vermette with delegates George H Baldwin Bertram W Wall and James J Lanzire and alternates Stephen Hopkins James Magee and Dr. Charles E Callery.
The new sewer committee met last evening with Chairman C B Rockwell Jr presiding. Judge Edw L Leahy reported on dealings with the State Board of Purification of Waters and a sub committee was instructed to engage Professor Barrows of Boston to survey Bristol harbor and draft a preliminary corrective plan.
Wrecker sale offers boards and studs at low prices. Sash doors and firewood priced per unit. Bricks sold by the thousand. Yard run by Myer Shapiro at 96 196 110 Thames Street Kristel Salesman on job daily. Jefferson Street Fall River Massachusetts. Tel 342.
United Brothers Lodge No 13 meets tonight. Epworth League holds vestry meeting at State Street M E Church. Ladies Aid Society meets at Mrs James Coggeshall on Hope Street. Rummage sale planned Friday in Kunz Building State Street by Girl Scouts Council. The Missing Miss Miller postponed to June 11 and 12. Dorothy Manz returns to studies at Truesdale Hospital for Nurses. Lawn mowers sharpened at Wood Street Battery Shop. Bristol Players meet at Belvedere Hotel with by laws report. Thomas McGrath graduates in Architecture from School of Design. Girl Scout Council meeting postponed to June 10 at Miss Julian Herreshoff. James D McGrath undergoes appendectomy at St Joseph’s Hospital. Jimmie resting comfortably after rain interrupts no hit game. Bristol All Stars defeat Kaplan Shoe Co 5–0. game called in third inning. Summer home opened at Bristol Highlands. Mrs Joseph J Marshall improving after operation. Rotary Club to host Senator Corby from South Dakota. Amos Gillo and Andy Aronson return for yacht season with Yacht Namaus. Fifty children receive first holy communion at St Mary’s Church.
Invitations announce the wedding of Misses Rebecca and Rachel Chase daughters of Captain Halsey Chase to Algernon Sydney Herreshoff and Oliver Griswold Boynton. The ceremony is set for Saturday June 14 at 4 PM in the chapel of St Michael Church with Rev A Rk Parshley officiating.
The American Regular meeting of Kearney Post will be held Friday night at G A A hall at 8 o clock. District 2 meeting is next Tuesday evening with location to be announced. Banquet tickets are on sale for the anniversary banquet at the Belvedere Hotel dining room on Monday June 16 at 8:00. A circular letter will be sent to all members. James T Pierce, Commander.
The readable text mentions Gladys returning home from somewhere and a person named Peter Mur- Bhy hoping for Friday field event. It reads as a damaged local note with unclear dates and places, offering only scattered names and fragmentary actions.
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