Local notices and travels around Bristol and vicinity
C Howard and J Arnold Pardey visit friends in Malden and Newton Mass. Miss A Bertha Wyatt sails to France from New York on the L Espagne. Mrs Frank P Howe arrives for the summer at Metacom avenue. Bristol Choral Society delays rehearsal due to Mothers Club meeting. Nurse Miss Lowse B Franklin leaves for a two week visit in North Conway NH. US Naval Reserve members urged to meet at the Naval Armory to form a veteran association. Mrs C V B Ostrander arrives and resides on Church street. Winslows host relatives from Canton and Quincy over Sunday. Privates Morris and Hill return from France, discharged at Camp Upton. Ensign Cook and J Frank Hughes on furlough from Bayonne. Tax Assessors to receive ratable-property accounts in Burnside Memorial building. Red Cross Home Service mass meeting May 21 at City Hall to recruit volunteers. John F Burke of National India Rubber Company remembered with leather traveling bag gift. Col L H Callan of the 107th Engineers USJOE to be discharged soon after arriving home from France. School Committee to hear Robert O Small on school types at Colt Memorial High School. Guiteras School committee invited. Bristol veterans reminded to file their war records. fill out the blank in the Phoenix column and submit for final service length and foreign service determination.
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C. Howard
J. Arnold Pardey
Malden
Newton
Mass
A Bertha Wyatt
New York
Espagne
France
May Connery
Providence
Frank P Howe
Philadelphia
Metacom Avenue
Bristol Mothers’ Club
Bristol Choral Society
Lowse B Franklin
National India Rubber Company
North Conway
Bristol
US Naval Reserve Force
Naval Armory
Veteran Naval Association
C V B Ostrander
Virginia
Church Street
RE. Winslow
Woodlawn Avenue
Charles E. Winslow
Canton
H. FE. Winslow
Earl Winslow
Quincy
Edward L. Morris
Ebert Hill
National Army
Co. FE
307Th
A. FE
Camp Upton
Roy D Cook
J Frank Hughes
US Naval Fuel Depot
Constable Hook
Bayonne
N J
Burnside Memorial Building
Home Service Section
The
Red Cross
Council Chamber
City Hall
John F Burke
New Haven
L. H. Callan
107Th
United States Engineers
U. S. Staverford
Junior Y M C A Boys Hike Plan
The junior department boys hiked with Physical Instructor I Ws Berquist last Saturday and plan to hike weekly with lunch at noon. Upcoming hikes will be scheduled during gym classes on Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M
I. Ws
Berquist
Wedding of Miss Augustine Van Wickle to Capt. Quincy Shaw Jr
Invitations issued for the Boston wedding of Augustine Van Wickle daughter of Mr and Mrs William L McKee to Capt Quincy A Shaw Jr to be held at Old South Church Boston at noon on Tuesday June 24 Attendants include maid of honor Anna V Wheeler and bridesmaids Mary Russell D Wolf Nancy Ely Paulie Fenno Winnifred Allison and Helen Pardee Best man William Dexter with usher George S Weld. Attending physicians and others listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. McKee
Boston
Augustine van Wickle
Quincy A. Shaw, Jr
Old South Church
Nancy Ely
Paulie Fenno
Winnifred Allison
Helen Pardee
Hazelton
Penn William Dexter
George S Weld
Ralph Pemberton
Henry H Cox
Henry G. Crosby
Ralph Shepley
Henry P. King
Francis Parkman
James Otis
Editorial: Protests Grow Over Luxury Tax Flaws
A wave of protest sweeps the nation over the new luxury tax taking effect this month. Dissent centers on druggists and soda fountain owners who must stamp revenue and collect tax, while the public objects to items like toothpaste and egg shakes being labeled luxuries. Critics say the law is incomplete and inconsistently applied with unclear accounting obligations for dealers.
Bristol Boy Headed for China for three year post in Shanghai
Henry Barton Jr a Bristol resident who has studied salesmanship in New York will sail May 29 from Vancouver to China. He will work in executive positions for Standard Oil with Shanghai headquarters for three years after a brief visit home. Barton is a former U S Army lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Barton, Jr
Standard Oil Company
New York City
New York
Vancouver
China
Standard Oil
Shanghai
Mr Barton
Uo S Army
Feast of Ecce Homo at St Elizabeth’s Parish
Next weekend the Feast of Ecce Homo will be celebrated by St Elizabeth's parish in town. May 24 services begin at 7 pm with vespers at 7 30. May 25 mass at 10 30. A 3 pm procession led by a band and hundreds of children will travel Wood street Franklin street High street Bay View avenue to Woodstreet and end at St Whitabeth's Church where Rev Manuel Travas of Fall River will preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Elizabeth’s
Wood Street
Franklin Street
High Street
Bay View Avenue
Woodstreet
St Whitabeth's Church
Manuel Travas
Fall River
William S. Hart at Y M C A Border Wire mystery
William S. Hart stars in a patriotic tale at the YMCA next Saturday afternoon and evening. He plays a lover amid a plot involving a wireless plant on the Mexican border sending code messages to Berlin via Honduras. The story blends romance, suspense, and dramatic action sustained to the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Hart
Ym.ca
Honduras
Peirce Dramatic Players Entertain at Colt Memorial High
The Peirce Dramatic Players of Boston present the third lyceum program at Colt Memorial High School tonight at 8 15 PM. They promise versatile entertainment with characters in costume and several good seats remain for purchase at the door or at the Y M C A before 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Peirce Dramatic Players of
Boston
Lyceum
Colt Memorial High School
Peirces
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Bristol County
Bristol Post Office
Mal Matter
Hope Street
Phenix
Eee
Northup Bros
Bichat Co
Quirk’ Hist
Jace & Foster
Hasbrouck Block
Alia
Annie Gayton
Bessie Young
American “Railway
American Railway
Post Office
AM. P.M
Sristol
News of
Suzman’s
Misses Paine
New Bedford
Little's Narrows
William Oberg
Peleg Card
Aram J. Pothier
Walter Simpson
Beach Terrace
Wampanoag
James P. Murphy
Narragansett Rubber Company
Suzman
St. Michael’s Brotherhood
Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Parish
Young Men's Club
St. Elizabeth’s
Sylvester Rand
Joseph Mello
Robert Allen
Dora August
Julia
Annie
Gayton
Hope
St. Tel
Talbot ‘& Hopkins Electrical
Bradford Street
Falbot
Tate W
Trinity Parish
American Poultry and Garden Fence
Rapie
Regtyes Etiigy
Devoe
Leteelier Os
Qider
Capt
Q. A. Shaw, Jr
Wberry
Justice
Editorial
Dodge & Camfield Co
Standard
Bufington’s Pharmacy
Walia
Weshes
David
Providence Domestic Coke
John C. Trudell
Second ST. Tel
Bristol, R. I
A. J. King & CO
St. Elizabeth's Church
Frog Hollow
Good Old US
F. N. Easterbrooks
Wood St
Peirce
Phoenix Office
P. O
Phoenix
Lostentleman
Wood
Ezra Dixon
High St
Fince
Deia
State House
Egbert W. Lowe
Summer Street
Edward D. Kunz
Ste
ST. Rear
Burton
Serenata
New England
Henry P. Trudell
Second ST
Garfield Avenue
A. S. Gorham
John Campbell
Cole Street
H. I
Pure Food Store
Chase & Sanborn
Charles A. Johnson
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