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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1937
Page
2
A town guide explains voting for School Committee and Town Council. Voters may select four candidates regardless of name order and may mix Republican and Democrat tickets. The article argues abolishing party labels could improve local results while stressing the value of the individual public servant over party loyalty.
Awashonks Herd P W S Bristol Boy Scout honor society announce the third annual kite flying contest for youths and adults on Saturday March 27. Prizes based on points for kite construction flight distance height and quick start, with homemade kites required and entries organized at a meeting next Saturday evening.
Colt Memorial High School students presented a two act play Diogenes Takes For A Secretary yesterday afternoon in the school auditorium. Prologue read by Mary Ferreira and cast included Fred Dunbar Marie Pacheco Doris Martell Telen Terra Mary Shaw Lawrence Perrys William McMillan and Mary Ferreira.
The Bristol area hosts gatherings from the Gremial of the Daughters of Portugal in Lincoln Hall to a Bristol Lions Club dinner at Hotel Belvedere. Clubs Aerie No. 953 Eagles plan a state convention, St Patrick’s Dance by Bristol Colt Alumni, and Italian club receptions unfold, plus church services and a birthday party at 686 Hope Street.
Leonard H. Read, 21, of 1485 Warwick avenue Hoxie pleaded guilty to speeding on Hope street riding a motorcycle at 55 miles per hour and passing two cars on the right. He was fined $15 and costs by Judge Willam T. O'Donnell. Read said he was rushing home as night fell and lights on his bike were failing. A two week continuance was granted in a civil suit Balano versus Perry. Continued nisi in the Neo Sicilia Loan case and Seth Paul Co. suit against Donat J Gladue et al.
Republican candidate Raymond Cavallaro claimed at Columbia Hall that Councilman Francois L. deWolf obtained a tax reduction of 236.48 dollars on his property in 1935-36 and urged that figures are available at the Town Clerk’s office. Attendees included council and sewer candidates and engineer John Silver, with cross endorsements for other Republicans. The rally drew about 200 Portuguese and Italian supporters and emphasized party loyalty and qualifications.
Many members of the Bristol County True Sportsmen's Association plan to attend a banquet tomorrow evening at the Crown Hotel hosted by the Federated Rhode Island Sportsmen's Clubs. A featured program will be the film Wanderings in the Wilderness by Martin K. Bovey of Carlisle Massachusetts.
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