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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1928
Page
4
The item extols What Cheer washday services offering leisure time for families. It invites planning picnics on Sundays or after noon weekdays, noting washing can be done by What Cheer. It promises happier summers for What Cheer patrons with anticipatory assistance for every need.
Graduation exercises for St Marys Parochial School will be held Friday at 8 pm in the school auditorium. Rev Thomas J Gillan will preside. Thirty five pupils, 16 boys and 19 girls, will receive diplomas. Classes include recitations, choruses, a dialogue, and addresses by Rev John F Reardon and Rev Gillan.
Bristol Whirlwinds advance to first place by defeating the N I A boys 4 to 3 before about 850 spectators. Velleca delivered the winning run in the sixth after Hough reached scoring position. Remick Flanagan paced the offense while Moran and Gallagher held the mound for six hits apiece. Earlier, Bristol Tigers beat Battery C 8 to 4 with 700 in attendance. Tomorrow the Tigers face Cranston Worsted Co. Palumbo Petrucci wedding notice follows.
A fragment witty note compares washing at home to a scenic railway, arguing sending clothes to What Cheer saves time and effort. It suggests weekly chores repeat and highlight diminishing gains in health and youth.
Relatives in town received word on Saturday of the death of Mrs Nora Horr Cummings wife of Gilbert H Cummings in Dorchester Massachusetts She was born here a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Horr Educated in local schools she married Mr Cummings in Trinity Church in 1892 The funeral was held this afternoon from 19 Larchmont Street Dorchester and the interment was in that town She leaves a daughter Miss Lavinia D Cummings and two sisters Mrs Sherman Hasbrouck and Mrs Joseph Wood both of this town
Fourteen pupils graduated from St Mary's Sunday School after the 10:30 mass. Rev Thomas J Gillan praised the graduates and presented diplomas. The ceremony included the consecration prayer read by the class and a closing prayer by Rex T J Gillan. Named graduates include Alice Walsh Mary Breen Elizabeth Dwyer Mary Byrnes Anna McHugh Elizabeth O Connor Lena Gninstianny Beatrice Dubuc Catherine Burns Richard Mott Jefferson Goff John Dunbar James McGrath Edward LeClerc.
Perth Amboy, settled in 1683, grew to rival nearby towns and aimed to be London of America. Named Perth after James Earl of Perth, with Amboy added from the original Indian name. It served as provincial capital from 1684 until the Revolution era, and William Franklin was captured there in 1776. Incorporated as a town in 1718.
Two weddings recorded this month with clergy names and couple details. Edward Bunn and Jeannette Moffitt wed at St Pauls Cathedral in Boston on June 16. Frank Palumbo and Cath ermine Petrucci married at Our Lady of Mount Carmel on June 18. Walter Seamans and Dorothy Kenney tied the knot at Trinity Church on June 16.
Real estate transfers include John Silvia to Mary Silvia of two parcels on the east side of Bourne and Thompson avenues Providence to Lynn Mass consignments Sophia C H Babbitt of Providence to George H Babbitt of Lynn Mass Narragansett Bay Bristol Highlands transfer B Thomas Potter of Providence to Ernestine Duquesne of Woonsocket Beach Terrace land parcel listed
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