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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1929
Page
2
The piece contrasts a pessimist who avoids risks with an optimist who forges ahead. It argues that overthinking frightens growth and that being driven by thought or by others can condemn us. It urges digging into the subconscious to pursue meaningful progress and life purpose.
Tonight United Brothers Lodge No 13 meets in Odd Fellows Hall. The Freak party by Collins Aikman Girls Club postponed to next Monday evening. Ladies Aid Society of State Street ME Church meets this afternoon with Mrs W H Remieres. Ever Ready Girls church club serves supper Saturday 5 30 to 7 in church vestry. Miss M Theresa Sullivan led All-State Chorus during music week concert with 1000 voices. St Michael's Young People's Fellowship held a Friday dance in Memorial Chapel. rummage sale Saturday at 29 State Street by Ladies Auxiliary of American Legion Past No 6. chaired by Mrs Walter M Carr. Invitations issued for the marriage of Rose Dorothy Salvia and Dennis Faos at St Elizabeths Church Saturday at nine. reception at bride’s parents. Colt Memorial High School and Guiteras Junior High represented at Providence music festival with orchestra and glee club under Miss Mo Theresa Sullivan.
Local events include Royal Flyers meeting at Harold Peiley's Mt Hope Ave home. Betty Breen hosts weekend guests W J Golden of Checopee Falls. Knights of Pythias meet in Grand Army Hall. May devotions at St Elizabeth's on Tue and Thu at 7 30. Sousa to Chicago for six weeks training. American Legion May Basket Social at Boy Scouts HQ Hope St. YMCA directors to meet with election of new directors. Bristol Council Ko C visits Delaney Council Pawtucket. Kearns Post 6 and Auxiliary entertain disabled veterans in Newport Hut and Naval Hospital. Edward J Rinaldi to Providence College commencement committee. class of 1930 music appointee. School committee meeting postponed to May 20 to discuss superintendent and principal applications for Guiteras Memorial School.
Town events include an anniversary high mass at St Marys Church for Lena Burgess wife of Paul-Welierstrand and relatives visiting New York. Bristol Children Home holds annual meeting with officer elections and reports. Riverside Rhode Island Congregational Women meet in the morning and afternoon with readings and activities.
A scheduled basketball matchup between Cake High School and North Kingstown High School has been postponed from next Friday. No new date announced.
First Baptist Church announces a joint vestry gathering tonight with invitations to husbands. The Junior Choir meets Friday at 7 pm in the church auditorium. The Intermediate and Senior Choirs meet at 8 pm with Mrs. Liscomb on Burton Street. Ambassadors meet at 7:30 pm in the vestry.
The Rotary Club hosts its weekly luncheon tomorrow in Hotel Belvedere dining rooms. Newport Rotary Club will provide the program led by president Moulton W. Friend. Dr W Fred William from Bristol will attend the Rotary International Convention in Dallas starting May 27, traveling by auto with friends.
Death notices list Christine Mcleod and Abbert J Williams with dates May 9 and May 12 in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Margaret M Williams, 41, daughter of Horace M and Sarah I Williams, is also noted with her death on May 12 in Providence.
The passage describes Devils Dyke in Brighton at roughly 700 feet above sea level. It notes distant views on clear days and mentions landmarks such as Windor Castle Leith Hill and Box Hill in the surrounding countryside.
The text notes that warm air is lighter than cool air and that density affects weight. It states cooler air weighs more, while warm air can hold more water vapor. It explains the moisture needed for saturation rises as temperature increases.
Officials Robert Newbold Philip Brady and Daniel Goggshall announce that every person must swear an oath to provide a true and full account of all ratable estate by June 15 1929. Executors guardians and trustees must also file returns using blanks from the Town Clerk or Board of Tax Assessors.
The Memorial Day committee named Rev. Anthony Parshley as chaplain and principal speaker for ceremonies near the Soldiers and Sailors monument. Harold W. Gifford will marshal the parade assembling at Grand Army Hall and marching to North Cemetery for a ritual service, then to Burnside Memorial for speeches and wreaths. A subsequent march to the United States Rubber Company wharf honors fallen service members, with flowers at Bristol harbor, followed by an evening service at State Street MFE Church where Rev R J Chrystie will speak. Invitations were sent to patriotic groups and town officials.
An inscription from Karnak suggests a canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea during Seti I’s era around 1380 B C. The route may have run through the Wadi Tumilat and was later traced by engineers of the freshwater canal.
A critical note condemns after-dinner and radio speakers who praise themselves praising a nation. The author claims Americans have ruined the continent’s appearance by being one of the most inartistic peoples, second only to the Tibetans, as quoted from Forest and Stream Magazine.
A bird bath tip suggests sprinkling a small amount of clean sand at the bottom of the tub before adding water. The slippery dish bottom often causes the canary to refuse a bath, so the sand provides traction and encourages immersion.
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