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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1930

Page

3

Kearney Post Cadet Committee To Meet At Belvedere Hotel

A meeting of the Kearney Post Cadet Committee will be held this week at the Belvedere Hotel to confer with Mr Elmer S Mapes about organizing the Kearney Post Cadets. A committee including A A Edmonds William LePage and Thomas A Hickey will coordinate with Bristol Rotary and Lions Club to advertise Bristol at the Lemon Convention in Boston next October. Memorial Day plans and an entertainment gathering are scheduled at the Belvedere Hotel with many named community members participating.

Kearney Post Belvedere Hotel Elmer S Mapes Colt High School Guneral School A A Edmonds William LePage Thomas A Hickey Bristol Rotary Club Bristol Lions Club Bristol Boston Belvedere Chamber of Commerce Fred M Straight Earl K Dunbar John Denmys Joseph Enos Thoma A Hickey Legion News James T Pierce

Appointive Town Officers Listed By Council Meeting

The semimonthly Town Council meeting announced the coming year's appointed officers including Town Sergeant Thomas F Johnson and Collector Amos S Gorham. Also named were Public Aid Director Samuel J Connery, Parks Commissioner James Holmes, Highway Surveyors James T Connors and others across departments such as Health, Harbor, Auditing, and numerous district highway superintendents. Local officials and auctioneers, wood couriers, fence viewers, and constables were also listed with many names spanning multiple roles and districts.

Thomas EF. Johnson Amos S Gorham Samuel J Connery James Holmes James T Connors John Hugh Magee Samuel C Wardwell Norman F. Benard Freborn R Cole Marguerite S Gooding John Usher, Jr Manuel Rego Frank Garcia George G Wilcox John J Corcoran Bingo Massa Henry DeWolf Allen Albert Redmonds Fred M Straight Andrew J Coyle Corders and Surveyors of Wood William I Manchester Robert Po Mckay Edward FE Bunn George Drown Robert Jo V MicKay Augustus Po Duff Edward B Munro George M Wilbur Michael Jo Tobin Charles M Conners Pttore M- Buccins Jacob R Ingram Joseph Morris Antonia Repusa Dion George DL Drown Jr Michael O Ply George Ro Fish Emile Ferrara Denis Ferreira Thomas Vann Joseph J Freitas Frank Golf Pour Ho Gallo Manuel Henry Prosett N Hoar Owen Hughes Paul Tiersig Jacob R. Ingram John S Ingraham Bartles Keegan Georwe Kerr George Luther Felr Pang John Mo Lannon Robert Polonia Walliam Vierendall Ko Masterson Carl Mohv

War veteran takes new path in public service duties

Frank B Silvia, longtime owner of a Wood Street barber shop, has sold his business to Manuel C Cabral. The shop was reopened yesterday under Antonio Barboza to manage a new collection and investigation agency tied to Army and Navy service.

Frank B. Silvia Army Navy Frank B Silvia Wood Street Manuel C Cabral Antonio Barboza Silvia

Detective Agency Opens Office on Hope Street

The ad describes a detective and vestigating agency with an office at 539 Hope Street. The founder, born in Slatersville, Root, educated in New Bedford Mass, and a WWII era service member, has a background in oil sales and tensorial establishments. He served in the Philippines and Navy world cruise in 1908, plus US Army and Navy duties, with finger printing study.

Hope Street Phoenix Slatersville Root New Beeford Mass Silvia US Army Navy Philhpines Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Col Rice Bob" Evans Fifth Massachusetts Infanty Warren 101St Infantry Mr Silvia

1930 Census Questionnaire Form Details and Questions

The 1930 United States census schedule outlines 24 questions including relationship to head, home ownership, value or rent, radio, farm residence, race, age, marital status and first marriage, schooling, literacy, birthplaces of person and parents, mother tongue for foreign born, immigration and naturalization, language, occupation and industry, work status, employment type, unemployment data, veteran status and war served in. The form reflects preparations after numerous conferences and public input.

Census Bureau Department of Commerce United States

First Labor Secretary Emerges as Wilson Appoints Wilson

The U S Senate on February 26 1913 passed a bill to establish the Department of Labor and named William B Wilson as the first secretary when President Wilson took office.

United States Senate Department of Labor Wilson William B Wilson

Highest English Village and steepest street noted

The village of Flush on the edge of Staffordshire and Derbyshire, 1500 feet above sea level, is claimed as England’s highest village. Alston, home to over 3000 residents, has the steepest narrow street in the country.

Flush Staffordshire Derbyshire England Alston

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