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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1931
Page
2
The newspaper announces a new feature The Parents Corner focusing on child upbringing guiding parents to nurture proper paths. It replaces Facts For Farm Folks and aims to share parental experiences and lessons drawn from home school and community life. Two children killed in town this week underscores the need.
The Bristol County Fire Department holds its fourth annual Firemen's Ball tonight at the State Armory foot of Church street. Four companies will perform dances with music and guests include visiting firemen, town officials, and hundreds of residents from area towns. Advance tickets have been sold.
Mrs Colin T Holm of Fint Mich hosts at the Wilburs on Constitution Street. John LaFazia begins farm and dairy inspections as milk inspector. Kearney Post Auxiliary to meet at G A R Hall with a public whist to follow. Zoning Board to organize with Robert Whitten attending. National Baby Week features a baby window display. Herbert W McKay and family relocate to Newark NJ. he lands a post in New York. Frank Dion shines in a Conn’s Olympia Theatre vaudeville act and seeks a return. Hope Chapter plans a dinner for Eastern Star members at State Street MFE Church vestry. MFE Ladies’ Aid Society met at Neves Avenue. Baby week specials announced at Suzman’s Specialty Shoppe. Barrington Unit Legion Auxiliary hospitals committee visited Soldiers’ Home with gifts. A two-man women’s bowling tournament roll-off at YMWA alleys set for tomorrow with three prizes and top scores listed.
Small black and white female beagle hound missing since Tuesday. If found please call Esristel 749 MILK Colt Farm Jersey Milk 16¢ at Heavy Cream 3h¢ half pint Colt Farm 4H DeW Allen Supt Tel 61 W or 192. Jennie Briggs 70 Church St Womens and Childrens Dresses all styles all prices satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded hone 226 W before 4 30am and 1 WHF call at your home at your convenience. For rent cottage with modern improvements two upper tenements with gas and electricity apply Mrs Katherine K H DeWolf Wer ton street Bristol R I.
A brief notice announcing a messenger service offering binding delivery by C. E. K Burns with availability for errands and courier tasks. The item emphasizes prompt service and personal contacts for arranging deliveries.
The Providence Trade School team in Conference Class B faces the Colt Memorial High team at Bucklin Park this afternoon after Nora Sullivan's return from New York. The game marks a local clash with regional interest.
The First Congregational Church marks 244 years since its formal organization in 1687 with Sunday services at 10 30 a m in the church auditorium. Tankards and rare communion silver will be used, with Rex Herbert D Graetz and Dr Charles E McKinley delivering addresses. A Men’s Union installation and a male quartet performance follow.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary A Munro wife of the late William A Munroe were held yesterday afternoon at the Home for Aged Women. Rev Herbert D Graetz of the First Congregational Church officiated. Interment followed in North Cemetery with relatives and friends in attendance.
The Vieira family expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy shown during their bereavement and for the many floral offerings received.
The Bristol Yacht Club’s annual spring meeting at the club house on Constitution Street reported a very active and successful year. Highlights included a regatta for the 250th anniversary of Bristol’s settlement on Naragansett Bay and discussions on expanding junior memberships to ages 12 to 18. Officers were re-elected and several committees named, with a next meeting set for May 19 to continue junior membership talks.
The Mt Hope Chapter No 23 Order of the Eastern Star will hold its official inspection next Monday evening at the Masome Temple corner Hope and Church streets. Worthy Grand Matron Annie H Blake Worthy Grand Patron Arthur Sherman Grand Marshal Nettie F Thompson and suite of officers will visit. Degrees to be conferred dinner served at 615 at State Street M E Church. reception to Worthy Grand Patron May 21. A rummage sale is planned for May 15.
Colt High led town schools in attendance last month per Supt E S Mapes with Guiteras second. Attendance figures show Colt 93.3 percent, Guiteras 95.75, Byfield 95.21, Reynolds 94.83, Walley 94.21, Havman 94.11, Taft 92.92, Mason 92.42, Burton 91.84, Oliver 91.14, total system 94.47 percent.
In town on April 30 a daughter named Irene was born to Mr and Mrs Messoline Pacheco of 51 Collins Street.
A historical reflection questions the traditional phrase "Who giveth this woman to be married to this man" and traces the old view of a wife as a chattel comparable to furniture, highlighting shifting social beliefs over time.
The exchange notes that the highest ideals a man can imagine require a social stimulus within personal surroundings, arguing that individual powers stay unrealized without communal encouragement.
In ostrich groups, multiple females lay in one nest and the male sits on the eggs at night while the hens share daytime incubation duties. This cooperative nesting behavior reflects the species' unique reproductive strategy.
A London Passing Show remark notes a young actress has penned a tragedy where every character meets a strangling end. The pun suggests a sharp take on conventional melodrama and would mark a fresh shift from predictable roles.
The earliest millefiore paperweights originated in Venice and spread to foreign countries and the United States, marking a transition to broader production outside Italy.
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