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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
2
The Boston American cautions against basing relief on bonus bonds for veterans noting adjusted compensation belongs to the veteran. If a veteran holds bonds as family insurance or buys necessities, relief agencies should not interfere. Critics urge removing non eligible relief users while protecting veterans' rights.
The committee plans a July 16 feast and canvasses Italo American residents in three districts for donations. Team captains and members are listed, with funds to support the Fourth of July Celebration Fund. Additional committee members and a meeting on Sunday at the Parish hall are announced.
The Bristol First Troop earned the 1939 Ten Year Program Award from National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America, the only troop in the area to win four of five such awards. Scoutmaster George Ro Fish announced the honor at a Scout hall meeting. The group planned a Camp Lakarest weekend for development work, admitted new recruits Arthur Conlon and J Tudor Belanger, and highlighted contests won by the Flying Eagle and Flying Horse patrols.
The pastor Reverend Thomas Jo Gallan presented diplomas to graduates from St Mary’s Sunday School in a 10:30 am service. He spoke on the ceremony’s significance and honored graduates including Francis Thomas Dweer, Wathan Kearnes, Harold Sissen, Constance Campanella, and other named students.
The funeral of Charles Sheldon Greenwell, a Bristol farmer, who died suddenly Saturday at his niece’s home in Chestnut Street, was held at 11 o'clock this morning at the George M Wilbur Memorial Chapel on Main Street Warren. Rev Leonard B Rasmussen of St Mark's church presided at the chapel service and the committal at North cemetery in this town.
Several residents are noted for travels and guest stays including Mrs E Dennis Hunt of the town hosting a visit from Mrs Edmund H Friedrich of Massachusetts. Joseph Cavallaro, a R S College of Pharmacy student, spends summer at Indian Neck Bradford Conn. Lawrence Anson Kent of the Bristol County Water Co. vacationed in New York and bought a cocker spaniel. The Portuguese American Civic League of Rhode Island names Anthony J Nunes and Daniel Vargas to plan a scholarship fund for Portuguese American students.
The Fourth of July celebration fund is to be boosted by a bingo event tonight at the Arsenal Armory on State Street. The Collins and Aikman Girls' Club meet tomorrow night on Thames Street. Visitors Mrs. Eisenberg and Miss Alpert, and Mrs. Schultz from Worcester, stay with Mrs. Makowsky on Wood Street. Bristol Men's Republican Club officers and committees meet tonight at G. Andrews Moriarty's Hope Street home.
Certificates of merit for general excellence in all school activities for the fifth marking period have been awarded by Principal Edward J. Fitzgerald to Colt Memorial High School pupils. Recipients include Hilda Jamiel Esther Perkins Henry Trudell William Simmons William Angevine Robert Tourigney Anthony Tastello Irene Galled Ruth Hazledine Emma Bonvicina Olympian Proto Barbara Newman Gretado Marino Tevis Shulman Edith Morra Louise Nastello Amos Dupont Walter Kerr Domenic Puniello Margaret Connors Rita Carey and Vincent Tortora.
Walter T. Remières lists remaining room lots near the G. A. R. Hall, opposite the hall, with about a few lots left in good condition.
Former Assistant Attorney General Louis V. Jackvony will speak at the Men's Republican Club meeting on Wednesday evening June 24. The topic is Side lights on the 1936 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. A social is planned with James F. Meiggs as social committee chairman.
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