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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1932

Page

3

A White Mountain Boy presented at Bristol Opera House

The Sad melodrama A White Mountain Boy was staged Tuesday in the Bristol Opera House under the Bristol Train of Artillery. The listed cast includes Salem Towne John T Robertson Mark Dunpley and others with Daisy Beckwith Madeline Dora Trudell and Old Kinchen among the roles. Albert O. Earle and Miss Emma Collins named editors of the Iris, the Freshman class paper. Chesebrough kept an ice boat on the upper harbor this morning.

Bristol Opera House Bristol D. S. Robertson Algy Fitzgerald Albert J. Mott Billy Handy John Gablinski Tough Ben Daisy Beckwith Martin Hannah Miller Madeline Dora Trudell Huldah Towne Miss May Foster Old Kinchen Albert O. Earle Emma Collins Iris

Miss Flowers and Mr McCaw Appointed to League Posts

Miss Marguerite Flowers and Leon McCaw were chosen to fill the vacancies of secretary and treasurer of the Junior League at a Sunday meeting. A social committee was named, consisting of Nellie Sylvester Harold Fish and Sammie McCaw to arrange the event.

Marguerite Flowers Leon McCaw Nellie Sylvester Harold Fish Sammie McCaw

Ice boating and skating on upper harbor weekend crowds

Ice boating and skating drew many youths to the upper harbor Saturday and Sunday. The Herreshoff boys operated their motorboat on the ice, a craft propelled by a small gasoline engine rather than sails.

Upper Harbor Herreshoff

Sailors on Ice Near Harbor Mention Triangular Sail

Five or six boats were on the ice when a craft owned by John S. Ingraham Jr broke through near the shore in the upper harbor. Nobody was hurt. The Herreshoff boy drew attention by skimming with a triangular sail in a pleasing display for skaters and spectators.

John S. Ingraham, Jr Herreshoff

Spirit of Notre Dame depicts gridiron glory and drama

A rave review highlights The Spirit of Notre Dame as the best football picture yet with Lew Ayres as a small town star who joins Notre Dame and rises to lead the team. It features Frank Carideo and the Four Horsemen, plus Coach MacDonald and the rocklike Knute Rockne likeness, delivering thrills and a youthful striving story.

Notre Dame Universal Lew Ayres Frank Carideo Four Horsemen William Bakewell Lew Farrell MacDonald Knute Rockne Sally Blane Andy Devine Harry Barris Russell Mack America

Over the Hill photoplay tops the week announced

Friday and Saturday March 4 5 mark the release of Over the Hill a dramatic photoplay starring James Dunn and Sally Eilers with Mae Marsh in a key role. Script by Tom Barry Barry and Jules Furthman features a family tale of romance and hardship with Henry King directing and a cast including James Kirkwood Claire Maynard Edward Crandall and Olin Howland.

James Dunn Sally Eilers Mae Marsh Walter Hampden Miss Eilers Miss Marsh James Kirkwood Claire Maynard Edward Crandall Olin Howland Henry King

Community events planned for March and April

March 2 regular Netopian Society meeting at Guiteras House with social evening to follow. March 17 St Patrick's Day Dance at State Armory foot of Church St hosted by Battery C 23rd CAH D. March 19 Food Sale by Mite Society First Baptist Church. April 15-16 Dalcy a 3 act comedy by BTA Entertainment Association at Guiteras School. April 28-29 Henrys Wedding operetta by Universal Producing Co sponsored by Parish Council of St Michaels Church.

Netopian Society Guiteras House State Armory Church St Battery C 23Rd C Mite Society First Baptist Church

Long Roman Road Distances Between Ancient Cities

The ancient itinerary lists 866 miles for the route from Rome to Apulia. It records 182 miles from Rome to Capua, 82 miles Capua to Beneventum, and 202 miles Beneventum to Brundisium, outlining a coastal and inland travel path.

Rome Capua Beneventum Brundisium

Peanuts Continue to Set Pace in Nut League

The Peanuts won their fifth straight game in the YMCA Nut League by routing the Butter nuts 55 to 17. George Lemaire and Roy Bisbane combined for 35 points. In the second game Beechnuts defeated Walnuts 27 to 22 after a 20-20 regulation tie, with Mott, Gaglio, and LeClerc leading the winners and DeFelice and R. Levy standing out for the losers.

Peanuts Butternuts George Lemaire Roy Bisbane H Levy Ethier J. St Angelo J. Travers R. Bisbano O. Bisbano G. Lemaire A. Mareno J. Bisbano J. Salzano G. Sousa W. Ethier E. Mancini R. Levy

Troop 1 Scout Meeting Commends Progress and Plans

The annual inspection of Troop 1 was led by District Commissioner George R Fish in the Scout building with Field Executive B Hi Field absent. The troop, 25 scouts, four officers, three committeemen, eyes toward a full 32, heard praise and urging to fill ranks. Scoutmaster Juho F Xavier Jr and assistants led the program and award notes. Frank Ruggiero of Troop 4 won a Scout axe for top “spot news.”

Hi Field Narragansett Vincent Malafronte John Tattrie Col M A Cheesman Henry W. Peterson Frank Ruggiero Warren Providence Journal Providence Board of Awards Awashonki Herd Colt High School Kearney Post Veterans of Foreign Wars

Casserole of Meat and Spaghetti Recipe Note

A dated home cooking item lists cooked spaghetti in tomato sauce and a meat and spaghetti casserole. It details ingredients such as ground beef onion butter and rice flakes, and provides steps to brown the meat and layer with spaghetti before baking for about twenty minutes.

Hamburg S. S. Pierce Eastern Park Bristol

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Phoenix Files White Mountain A. S Chesebrough ABC Liberty ABC Liberty Rolls Westinghouse Motor Armco THE Narragansett Electric Company Gas & Electric Shop Belvedere Hope Street He Ieee BOY Scout Freeborn R. Cole Cook Street Josephine Gibson Heinz Feed Institute ER. A. Skinner Hope, St Bristol, R. 1 Newman Bros Friends Baker's Gorton Birdseye Haddock LYS
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