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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1932
Page
2
Town considers financing this year’s Public Aid costs by taxation rather than borrowing. Bank loan rejected, $43,684.29 to be raised this year as Budget Commission advised. A special town meeting is urged to align expenditures with this year’s tax levy.
Capt Kilroy Harris former Kings Messenger and World War hero will speak Wednesday evening at the Congregational Church as the sixth talk in the Mens Union series on the Australian Bush. Harris has spent significant time in Australia and will also speak at the Rotary Club meeting at noon that day.
Notices sent to Bristol teachers request consent to a seven percent reduction in contractual salaries for the upcoming school year. A schedule showing how deductions would be applied was enclosed with the notices.
Mr and Mrs Martin Mans announce birth of a son Francis Matthew. Bristol Chapter D A R to hold public whist on Franklin Street. Rotary Food Station to feed 275 daily as schools close. Mr and Mrs A M Miller announce engagement of Alice Grace Morgan to Charles S MacDonald of Naugatuck Conn. Gus Connery named chair of Washington Bicentennial finance committee in East Providence. Mrs Frank B Wilson and daughter Riddington visit Conshohocken Pa. St Michael's Church Sunday School classes omitted and held at 330 for Foster program. Ferrara Marshall alimony case settled out of court. Easter vacation closes schools. reopen Apr 4. St Mary’s resumes Mar 30. George Courente 19 and Ameilo De Santo 18 charged with auto theft, bail set at 2000 each. arrested in Darien.
The full choir of St. Michael's Church will sing the cantata Gallia this evening with Mrs Helen WwW Herreshoff as soprano soloist and Walter T. Angell serving as organist and director.
Rabbi Israel Goldman of Temple Emmanuel Providence spoke to the Rotary Club about the National Conference of Jews and Christians in Washington. He described it as a laboratory for rooting out prejudice and redefining religious loyalty toward understanding our neighbor's differences. Rev Herbert Graetz attended as guest of Fred Suzman.
Funeral services for the late Wm Lee Ashton were held Wednesday afternoon at the DeWolf Memorial Chapel with Rev Herbert D Graetz of the First Congregational Church officiating. Roswell Bosworth sang It Is Well With My Soul, accompanied by Mrs Frank A. Rounds. Bearers were Daniel Jackson of Providence, Charles Reed, James Daley and Carel Harris of this town. Burial followed at Jumiper Hill Cemetery.
A local ad promotes a bladder cleaner containing buchu juniper and oil as a remedy for night-time urination. It claims a four day trial with money back if not relieved and mentions BUFFINGTON'S PHARMACY on HOPE STREET.
Public auction set for April 2 1932 at 1030 AM under a Rhode Island real estate mortgage. Antonio da Cruz and wife defaulted on a loan secured by Lot 21 Fox Hill property in Bristol. sale requires $200 cash and balance within ten days after deed delivery at the attorney’s office George A Panaretos.
The annual Rotary Club Frolic will be held Monday and Tuesday evenings at the Bristol Casino to raise funds for the Scholarship Fund. Tickets for Monday are nearly gone while some remain for Tuesday. The event features a full course menu, orchestra music, six vaudeville acts, club surprise innovations, lighting effects, and dancing until one o'clock. The frolic committee includes C. C Getchell as chairman and members Frank A. Rounds A. S. Bazilevich A. L. Johnston Wm. H. Angevine F. Regmild Dimond I. Léon Cafitwell.
Church notices announce Responsive Reading Gloria Patri scripture lesson notices and offering hymn 92 The Strife Is Oer sermon The Revelation of Easter anthem Awake Thou That Sleepest Simper hymn 168 benediction 7 00 pm Easter program by Sunday School Pageant From Darkness to Light led by church members.
Rev Nelson Kellogg announces Easter Sunday services at Trinity Church with 6 30, 8 00 and 10 45 am masses and 7 30 pm Evensong Benediction. The vested choir will perform a program including preludes and hymns by Mozart Turner Taylor and Trotter.
This reserved column invites local reader comments on Timely Topics concerning the town. It requests input on matters affecting welfare and interests, encouraging community voices to publish their views and proposals for civic improvement.
A letter to the editor warns that municipal salaries rely on tax revenue tied to industrial health. It argues Bristol must curb expenditures, limit spending to sanctioned appropriations, and share wage cuts across town departments amid widespread financial strain.
Budget commission seeks council call for town meeting. Domenic Mascola reappointed sealer of weights and measures over DeCristafaro and DeFelice. DeFelice pledges itemized fee report and $500 compensation, balance to Rotary food station. J de Rocha elected to Zoning Board over Sebastian Bertrard Jr. Bob Wall declines Recreation Board reappointment citing procedures. Board of Recreation appointment deferred. Town Treasurer Gorham authorized to borrow 44000 for current expenses and renew notes totaling 112000 for sewage plant and sewer operations. Council acted on several taxpaying town meeting resolutions.
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