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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
5
Morning worship at 10 30 led by Rev Herman W Watsen D D from Providence. Church School at 11 45. Christian Endeavor Society meets at 6 30 in the church vestry. Evening service omitted.
Rev. Herbert D. Graetz presides at 10 30 A M morning service with a sermon by the pastor. Junior Christian Endeavor Society led by Miss Hazel Nettleton at half past six. Alpha Chapter Christian Endeavor Society meets at 6 30. Evening service omitted during the Summer months.
Rev. Joseph Sarzana serves as acting pastor with masses at 7 30 A M on weekdays and 8 and 10 A M on Sundays in the parish schedule.
Supper hosted by women parishioners in St Mary’s Church auditorium yesterday afternoon drew a large crowd and raised a substantial amount for the church fund. Mrs Alphonse Vermette chaired the committee with many helpers listed by name.
Miss E Doris Bullock led eleven members of the Ladies' Auxiliary unit of Kearney Post No 6 as they attended a banquet. Mrs William Bester, National President, was honored at a reception on Wednesday evening at the Narragansett Hotel in Providence. Town residents Nora F Dwyer Helen A Condon Marcia Gifford William T Cashin Bradford Hope M Cote William Seymour Alice Dubuc Frank Paull Walter Carr also attended.
Rev. Thomas J. Gillan presides at St. Mary’s Church with Masses at 7, 8, 9 and 10:30 A M 7:30 P M Benediction service noted.
Rev A R Parshley rector sets Fifth Sunday After Trinity services at 9 AM Holy Communion and 10 45 AM Holy Communion and sermon by the rector.
Rev James E Greer presides as pastor with church school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 15 am featuring a sermon titled A Forgotten Word The evening service is omitted for the balance of the summer months
Rev. Nelson Kellogg, rector leads a Mass at 8 A M with a 7 30 P M Evensong and an additional Qar Mass. This notice outlines morning and evening worship times for the church.
Walter Dennis powered St Brendan's Men's Club to an 11 3 win over Mount Hope Bridge, securing first in the Central Twilight League. Dennis drove in half the runs with three doubles and a single, while pitching a strong game. The Riverside offense totaled seven hits with solid defense limiting errors to one.
Union Church Prudence Island maps a summer program with Sunday speakers booked from next Sunday through late August. Notable guests include Rev H D Graetz Bristol R I and Rev A O Dewey New Bedford, with Brockton Day service led by Dr H F Holton and Organist George S Dunham arranging music.
Miss E Doris Bullock chairs the World Wide Guild Penny social and cafeteria supper in the vestry of the First Baptist Church on July 11. Assistants include Mrs Hattie Alger, Mrs Margaret Battcher, Mrs Pauline Bullock, and Mrs Ruth Campbell. Ex-officio Mrs Steen chairs the supper committee with Mrs Robert Steen and Mrs Fred Mott.
This letter offers readers a chance to submit comments on local welfare and issues of town interest. It invites residents to share timely opinions and suggestions with the column editor for publication consideration.
The column notes many first time voters registering this year and urges civic participation. It discusses plans for a new theatre with partial foundations and ground clearance efforts. Reader attention turns to Rogers Free Library, baseball leagues on the Common, and a proposal for a Sunday bus for women and children to the New Beach. Remember to register.
Mrs Anna Saunders leads a program by State Street MFE Church Primary and Junior Departments in the vestry. The lineup features vocal soloists, character sketches, recitations, songs, and a Mother Goose play with a cast of named children and adults.
Members of Golden Red Troop No 1 Bristol Girl Scouts advanced plans for their second annual dance to be held next month. The Senior Patrol met at Miss Mary Walsh’s Munro avenue home with Miss Peggy Mathewson chairing arrangements and committees led by Viola Leclerc Jessie Sanford Lavinia Guevremont Barbara Heustis L Guevremont Sylvia Pagnano Ruth Molasky.
Funeral services set for 2 o clock tomorrow at 247 Wood Street for Benjamin A Sugden 64 born in England former Collins Aikman Mills employee and Bristol Mill woolsorter who died yesterday after a year long illness Burial in North Cemetery Survived by widow Harriet two sons Fred Sugden Warren and three daughters Mrs George Warburton Greystone Mrs Harry Howarth Worcester and Mrs Amos Ledoux of this town plus brothers Daniel and Samuel Sugden of England.
Alpha Chapter of the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Congregational Church plans a lawn event at the Guneras House on Saturday July 21. A food sale with booths run by church societies and supervised games for children will be held. Jessie Sanford chairs the committee, assisted by Eleanor Rae Rachel Guthrie Elizabeth Mathews Vernon Otter and Wayne Smith.
The Vitamin Institute of Oslo reports experiments indicating halibut liver oil contains vitamin A up to 100 times higher than some other sources. The finding underscores the oil as a potent vitamin supplier and may influence dietary recommendations and supplement use.
A large crowd attended the weekly bridge whist series by the Beta-Sigma-Bradford Society held in Trinity Church Parish Hall. Mrs. Alice Coggeshall won the major prize. event winners included whist: Mrs. Coggeshall Frank E. Battcher and Mrs. Glen Smith. bridge: Mrs. Ralph Holt, Mrs. Richard Cornell and Miss Catherine Levere.
Medical science records fewer than ten cases of progeria a baffling senile condition that afflicts children It causes white hair wrinkled skin and general debility in the child sometimes before he has learned to walk.
Water birds rest on the surface and drift through the night. Some ornithologists note they perch with one foot dangling to function as a paddle and prevent washing ashore.
A historical note explains that about 2.2 pounds of milk yield one pound of evaporated milk, meaning 100 pounds of milk produce roughly 45 to 50 pounds of evaporated milk. The efficiency figure reflects early dairy processing estimates.
The District of Columbia operates no prison and relies on a local jail and the Corton reformatory in Virginia. Long term inmates are transferred to federal facilities for confinement.
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