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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1924

Page

3

Alumni Supper and Reception at Colt Memorial High School

Under Green & White auspices about 400 attendees including alumni gathered in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium for a joint supper and reception. The Green & White staff supervised by Miss Sadie Callan hosted until 8:30 with class color tables, music by the Colt High School Orchestra, and a formation of the Colt Memorial High School Alumni Association with officers. Fifty alumni from 12 classes attended. a next meeting is planned for June.

Colt Memorial High School Colt School The Green Sadie c. Callan Golt High School M. Theresa Sullivan Vincent Leahy Angell Sheldon Norman Benard Robert Garvin Charles Serbst Ade Dt Clifford Kediing Sidney Makowskyj Piazio Aileen Holm Dilys Gertrude Grice Gladys Beavis Leon Kenney Jeanette Thurston Ralph R. Strong Colt Memorial High School Alumni Association

Funeral of Michael Kavanaugh at St Marys Church

Michael Kavanaugh died at his home on 356 Wood Street after a lengthy illness. His funeral began at 8:30 AM from the residence, followed by a 9:00 AM solemn Requiem Mass at St Marys Church conducted by Rev Thomas J Gillan. Floral tributes came from Kearney Post No 6 American Legion and local school groups. Bearers included Newport’s John Flowers, Chief Hugh F Kelley, and James Brown among others. Burial followed at St Marys Cemetery.

Michael Kavanaugh Wood Street St. Mary's Church Thomas J Gillan Margaret M Conley Jesus Kearney Post No. 6 The American Legion Byfield School John Flowers Newport Hugh F. Kelley James Brown Edward J. Quirk John Doran Joseph E. Connell St Mary's Cemetery

Funeral services for 13 year old Joseph Xavier

Funeral services were held for Joseph Xavier of 131 Franklin Street who died after seven weeks illness. The service included a solemn requiem at St Elizabeth's Church with Rev Francisco Vieira and a full choir. Interment followed at St Mary's Cemetery. Xavier, born Oct 20 1910, was a Plymouth Boy Scout and former altar boy at St Elizabeth's Church. The obituary also notes the funeral of Josiah Everett Coggeshall held at First Baptist Church Warren with Rev Herman W Warren officiating.

Joseph Xavier Julio Xavier Franklin Street St. Elizabeth's Church Francisco G Vieira Antonio Rebello Thomas Grilley Myjss Annie Peters Manus Taus Grammar School Bristol Troop Boy Scouts George R Fish Boy Scouts of America Frank Perry Manuel Silvia Anthony Borges Louis Stabila Nicholas Ruggiero Frank Muserandino St Mary’s Cemetery Francisco Vieira Young Xavier St. Elzabeth’s Church Josiah Everett Coggeshall Little's Narrows Herman W Warren First Baptist Church Warren

Church x EWS No 17 on Offences and Moral Education

A printed church page questions national morals citing President Coolidge on religion and education. It laments lack of Sunday School and parochial schooling in the U S A while urging spiritual and moral renewal.

Coolidge

The Penalty of Neglect

Four young bandits were sent to the death house in Brooklyn for murdering two bank messengers. The judge blamed religious neglect and a culture of greed as roots of their crime, noting their lives showed the perils of abandoning moral education and piety.

Brooklyn

Religion and youth crime in America prompt free government

President Coolidge urges religion as source of national value linking new religious importance to freedom and government. The piece cites rising juvenile crime, early onset of offenses, and widespread lack of religious education, noting unchurched homes and restrictions on Bible reading in schools.

Coolidge National Council America Brooklyn New Hampshire

Scout Field Day Tomorrow at Williams Park Providence

The Greater Providence Council of Boy Scouts of America holds its annual Field Day at Roger Williams Park Providence tomorrow at 2 PM. The event features a pageant monster tenderfoot investiture ceremonies contests and games streamer presentations badges and a performance by Dumbell Troop No 1. Bristol officials and scouts plan to attend with large auto trucks departing from the Scout Building Hope Street at noon.

Greater Providence Boy Scouts of America Roger Williams Park Providence Dumbell Bristol Hope Street

Wampanoag Encampment Hosts Inter-Encampment Visit

Charles C. Rhodes and accompanying officers paid an official visit to Wampanoag Encampment No. 9 in Odd Fellows Hall. Guests included officers from Aquidnick No. 4 Newport Manchester No. 7 Pawtucket and Massasoit No. 6 Warren. A program of addresses music and a supper followed with a joint field day planned for September.

Charles C. Rhodes Rhode Islan Malcom D.‘Mccann Augustus Aullis Wampanoag Odd Fellows’ Hall Aquidnick Newport Manchester Pawtucket Massasoit Warren Aidan Connery Benjamin MacDougall S. Logan Providence Hurst Aisir Sanctorium Band P P Robert Hunt Kirkemuit Grange

Roche and Reid Family Notices From Chelsea and Alton

In Chelsea Massachusetts May 19 a son to Mr and Mrs Joseph F Roche of Chelsea Mrs Roche formerly Miss Catherine H Walsh of this town In Alton Illinois May 21 James Allan Reid formerly of this town in his 70th year

Reid Alton Illinois James Allan Reid

Church Services Schedule with Confirmations and Fund Drive

Fifth Sunday after Easter Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Morning Prayer and sermon at 10 30. Church School at noon. Confirmation lecture at 6 p.m. Evening prayer with address at 7 30. Offerings for the Japanese Reconstruction Fund directed by the National Council will be received at all services.

Japanese Reconstruction Fund National Council

Church Service Schedule Noted in Morning Hours

Daily worship timings listed including Holy Communion Matins Church School Sung Mass and sermon Evensong and address at 7 30 pm with evening service details.

Congregational Church Sunday Worship at 10 30

Friday night service at 7 30. Sunday morning worship at 10 30 with Rev Gideon A Burgess in the pulpit. Church School meets after the morning service. Monthly missionary offering received next Sunday. Sunday night praise and preaching at 7 30. Sermon by the pastor A Resolution Justified by Subsequent Events.

Congregational Church Gideon A. Burgess Church School

Bristol Artillery to Parade for Burnside Centenary in Providence

A Bristol Train of Artillery detail will participate in the parade and exercises marking General Ambrose Burnside’s 100th birth anniversary in Providence this evening. Officers and company members meet at 6 30 oclock Sunday at the Armory to escort Babbitt to divine worship. Cotton khaki uniforms will be worn. Company A holds a meeting Monday evening and Company drills Wednesday.

Bristol

State Street M. E. Church Parsonage Services Schedule

State Street M. E. Church announces Sunday services at 10 30 morning and 12 00 noon with Epworth League at 6 30 and preaching at 7 30 in the evening Sunday. Friday services include a 7 30 prayer meeting all strangers and others are cordially invited to attend.

Epworth League

Morning and Evening Services at First Baptist Church

The First Baptist Church holds a morning service at 10 30 with a sermon by the pastor. Church School meets at 11 45. An evening service is at 7 30 with another sermon by the pastor.

Church notices invite youth and prayer meeting

The Church of the Nazarene lists Rev. Thos Armstrong as pastor. Sunday services run 10.45 to 12.00 with Sunday School followed by a 6.00 p.m. meeting. Prayer meeting is held Wednesdays at 7.45 p.m. You are invited.

Thos. Armstrong

Missionary danger in China rises as bands strike

Up to February 6, 1924, six of 7,500 missionaries in China have been killed since May 1923 and 16 captured. About half a dozen Christian centers are disrupted by bandits, with 713 centers scattered across China. Missionaries face higher risk yet rely on Chinese goodwill for protection.

China

On a Washington campus a Chinese student finds longing and doubt

A lonely Chinese student on a Washington State campus spends six years preparing for China and questions why he is sometimes treated as a stranger. He asks why he is not recognized and why brothers are not found here on campus.

Washington State China

No Colored AMA Graduate Has Ever Been a Criminal

The record shows not a single criminal among the thousands of graduates of AMA schools for colored people, asserting a flawless disciplinary history across the institution.

Dance at Bristol Yacht Club by First Bristol Troop Scouts

May 24 Saturday evening event at Bristol Yacht club. A dance given by the First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts. May 25 Sunday evening Recita Filodrammatica at Pastime Theatre under auspices of Loggia S. M. Maddalena Costiera d Amalfi No 1173 O F DUI.

Bristol First Bristol Boy Scouts Loggia S. M. Maddalena Costeria d’Amalfi F. Dui

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