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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1931

Page

6

Annual Outing Brings Volley Ball Rivalry to YMCA Gym

The business men's volley ball club held its Saturday outing at Ferry Hill Road with 19 players. Rain moved the net indoors to the YMCA gym where the Mug Wumps defeated the Tidbits four games to three after a shoreside dinner and campfire.

Ferry Hill Road YMCA Dr Willams Charles F Dimond Ye — Scribe Jawn Stewart Dimonds Wylie Mug Wumps Sidney Herreshoff George Jacobson Clarence Higbee Earl Hobson Ben Smuyz George Toadvin Everett Church James Fay R S Bosworth Charles Dimond Frank Dimond Alexander Battlevitch Griswold Boynton John Stewart John Wall James Whe Bert Morris C C Getchell

Colt High Defeats South Kingstown 2-1 In Tight ICCB Match

Colt High edged South Kingstown High 2-1 in a close ICCB Class B game. Jack Marsden opened the scoring with a double by Andy D Ambrosio driving him in. Pat Gagho began the seventh with a double and scored on a Gough error. Doe vans tallied for South Kingstown in the ninth after a stolen base and error. Marsden allowed six hits and struck out six for Colt while Evans yielded nine hits.

Colt High South Kingstown High Colt Jack Marsden Andy D’ambrosio Pat Gagho Buck Guevremont Gough South Kingstown Doevans Len Evans Desilets Doe Evans

Colts, Burrillville, Providence Trade lead Conference B standings

Providence Trade School moved into first place after defeating Burrillville High and after Colt’s protest was decided in Providence Trade’s favor. Burrillville sits second and Colt third, with local hopes high to defend the Conference B championship.

Colt Burrillville High Providence Trade Providence Trade School Burrillville

Providence Trade Colts Protest Upheld After Umpire Ruling

The game protest in the Providence Trade Colt match was sustained by the umpire Agnew. He admitted not seeing the runner cross the plate and noted he did not think there was time for the run before the patent was made.

Providence Agnew

Colt Rally Secures Ninth Inning Win Over Burrillville

Excitement rose Friday as Colt defeated their top rival in a dramatic ninth inning rally. Two weeks earlier Burrillville edged Colt in a 13 inning marathon, making this victory highly desired by fans and players alike.

Colt Burrillville

Carmine Ranaldi Returns to School After Five Weeks

After a five week absence Carmine Ranaldi returned to school yesterdayresuming classes and rejoining the student body.

Carmine Ranaldi

Kearney Post 22 Jamestown 1 in Junior Baseball Rout

The Kearney Post junior baseball team defeated Jamestown Post 22 to 1 last evening on the common. Kearney posted 22 hits aided by strong pitching from Buddy Shaw while Bruno and Mansi backed him with solid defense and offense. Jamestown committed numerous errors, scoring their lone run in the sixth.

Kearney Post Jameston Jamestown Post Jamestown Buddy” Shaw Bruno Mansi Kearness Post James[town

Druggists Win Opener In Seven Inning Tilt 5 0

Sousa blanked the N I A. team in a one hit no hit game as LaFazia Drug opened Twi League with a 5 0 victory in seven innings. Gallagher supported with key hits and two bags while Biancuzzo powered the attack with two doubles and a single scoring twice.

Sousa LaFazia Gallagher Providence East Providence Cooper Sevigny Biancuzzo Harvey Gladue Lefty Greenwood Bennie Smusz Louie Kelley Eddie Flanagan Greenwood Martin Brancuzzo Joe Kelley Frank Sousa Remick Marty Mans Gladue Manst Cork Servant Chassie” le Clerc Smus Young

W H Bell Store Front Improvement Plans Revealed

Contractors will alter the W H Bell Inc store front at the Masonic Temple on Church and Heaps streets. The Dori Club stair to the second floor will be moved five feet west to create a central deeper entrance with two new doors. Store doors on Hope street will be removed and replaced by large plate display windows for a city like facade.

WOH Bell Inc Masonic Temple Church Heaps Streets Wo Weaver Dori Club Theemple Bells Store Hope Street

Dickens and Disraeli's cordial meeting highlighted literature over politics

The Omaha World Herald recounts how Charles Dickens and Benjamin Disraeli met privately, with Dickens noting Disraeli’s literary bypass of politics. The piece emphasizes Disraeli’s knack for making friends and how the statesman valued literature in their exchange.

Wweath von Spee Flrsdahip Disraeli Dombey and Son Dorrit David Copperfield Benjamin Disraeli Charles Dickens Omaha World-Herald

One Guess About What She Was Going to Say

A short woman visits a millinery shop and asks the assistant not to mention hat shapes that affect her height. The assistant agrees to avoid commenting on size as the woman tries on several hats. She finally picks one that suits her, and the assistant compliments her appearance, then hesitates and reveals the joke about her literary appearance.

Opossum Found in Banana Load Sent to London Zoo

A marine opossum, found among bananas imported from South America, was sent to the City of Leicester museum and then gifted to the London Zoo where it is now housed. Snakes and large spiders are also sometimes transported with fruit, surviving weeks in low temperatures.

City of Leicester South America London Zoo

Bengal Lancer Dances Evoke Ancient Rhythm in Night

A narrator recalls an Indian dancer whose movements awaken a deep ancestral rhythm. The music of drunken drummers and subtle bodily motions speak of times past when the body’s rhythm was sacred, a spell that survives in space as Yeats Brown’s Bengal Lancer suggests.

David F. Yeats-Brown

Lion Inn at Shrewsbury A Historic Host to Great Names

The Lion Inn in Shrewsbury England has hosted famed guests for over a century. Notables include George IV Paganini De Quincey Disraeli and Charles Dickens who described the unusual rooms and shiplike windows. The Adam brothers designed the ballroom still used for dances.

Shrewsbury England George IV Paganini de Quincey The Disraeli Charles Dickens Phil Adam Brothers

Too Much for Him at the Volcano Crater

A couple climbs near a smoking crater, then the man wants to return to the hotel because he forgot his tobacco. He insists fear isn’t the issue, only missing his habit. The woman questions the idea as they debate turning back.

First Day Drama at School Seat Request

Helen arrived for the first day of school anxious for a front seat near her attractive teacher. Finding occupied seats she urged the teacher to move some boys so she could sit close and avoid bother from the others.

Helen

Cabinet members to speak on Columbia network weekly

Washington Radio Forum announces a series of Cabinet addresses on the Columbia Broadcasting System. From May 2 to July 4 speakers including Wilbur Mellon Hurley Brown Adams Hyde Lamont Doak are slated to discuss department activities and public welfare each Saturday night from 8 30 to 9 PM EST. Readers are urged to clip the schedule for reminders.

Washington Radio * Forum Washington ‘Evening Star Columbia Broadcasting System Ray Lyman Wilbur Labor William N. Doak Department of Government

May and June Community Events List in Colt area

A schedule of upcoming events includes May Frolic by NI R Co Girls' Club May 20 through 23 and May 25 concerts by St Michael's Brotherhood Excelsior Tennis Club Trinity Parish House and choir entertainments June features Arrival of Kitty June 3 Strawberry Festival June 4 Love Pirates of Hawaiii June 11 12 Guiteras School operetta and June 26 Alumni Association Ball Colt Auditorium plus July 31 Mid-Summer Charity Ball State Armory Lions Club charity event

St. Michael's Brotherhood Excelsior Tennis Club Trinity Parish House Kitty Colt High School Teachers’ Association Children’s Clinic Fund State Armory Lions’ Club

Bristol Tax Assessors Notice 1931 Bristol Rhode Island

The Town of Bristol Rhode Island notifies electors to file true and full tax returns for property including real, personal, and intangible holdings. Assessors will collect from June 16 to June 18 1931 with oath required. exemptions apply to veterans widows and trusts.

Bristol Philippines Board of Assessors Burnside Memorial Building Rhode Island Board of Tax Assessors Robert Newbold Philip Brady Daniel G. Cogghshall R. L

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