Bristol Hums As Club Arms Readies
Bristol prepares for a new scene as the ek Club Arms plan a revival with a focus on music and culture. The venue aims to attract locals and visitors with revived events and a refreshed program.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
6
Bristol prepares for a new scene as the ek Club Arms plan a revival with a focus on music and culture. The venue aims to attract locals and visitors with revived events and a refreshed program.
At the weekly meeting on June 24 the Rotary Club under Women's Guild auspices outlined a charity barber shop event on the Congregational Church lawn. The plan features a quartet and aims to boost Bristol residents with musical revue performances as the group builds its reputation.
Mr and Mrs Manuel Brown of Ryan Avenue announce the birth of their daughter Bernadette Ann on Saturday June 11 at St Josephs Hospital. Both mother and baby are reported in fine condition and expected to return home Saturday. Vernon A Gray leads a local chorus group aiming to align with SPEBSQA to promote barbershop harmony and quartet success.
Esso introduces a new seven miles to the inch map covering Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with detailed Boston Cape Cod inset plans. It includes golf and yacht clubs public recreation areas and lists cities towns and villages while using U S Geodetic Service data and field work by General Drafting Company of New York.
The Zoning Board of Review sets a hearing for August 17 1924 at 7 30 p m in the Town Council Chambers Burnside Memorial Building to hear Samuel D Clark MD and Janet B Clark 217 Hope Street Bristol RI on an appeal regarding a proposed one story frame building 93 by 35 feet to be used as a physician office at 217 Hope Street in Residence D district Assessors Plat No 11.
Public hearing set for July 7 in Burnside Memorial Town Council Chambers on Manuel A Corteq 186 Wood Street Bristol for an exception to the Zoning Ordinance to extend a non conforming use and to enlarge a combined store and living quarters from 25 } x 21" to 28 10" x 47 4" at Plat 32 Lot 91 186 Wood Street.
St Marys Parochial School held a graduation exercise awarding top classroom honors. John Card and Elaine Russell received the Rev Thomas J Gildan Memorial Medals from Bristol Council Knights of Columbus and Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella respectively. Douglas Fusonie and Phyllis St Angelo were runners up, Rita Fernandes won the perfect attendance prize, with Charles Curran Pastor presenting and addressing the graduates.
The Bristol council seeks speedier phone service from Kennelly as Bristol’s 36 to 50 workers at a local firm await installation. John Shaw and Joseph Feinberg anticipate Monday activation and a move to new offices in a couple of weeks, with both men expressing satisfaction. Ivy Guild opens its St Michael’s Church meeting with court whist prizes awarded to Barbara Newman and Dolly King.
The body of Lionel Chase of Middletown was recovered from Lee’s River shortly after 11 Sunday morning. Portsmouth Bar racks State Police announced the death as a result of a jump from the Mt Hope Bridge.
The Bristol 4 H Club met at president Gilbert Costa's home with all members present to start at 7 pm and adjourn at 8 10 pm. The Bristol YMCA hosts the Fourth Annual Sports Award Night at Rockwell Hall on Tuesday at 7 pm with a standard award system for each age group and displays of certificates emblems and trophies available at the Y.
A blaze swept the front of a Roma street residence trapping occupants on the upper floors. Firefighters battled wind driven flames with a hydraulic pump as roofs were breached to gain control. Fireman Baker was rescued unconscious. Mrs Pirri and others were treated nearby as a fifth ward fire crew toiled until the fire was declared out after 1 PM.
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