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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
5
The Superior Court opens Monday morning at the Court House with Judge Charles A Walsh presiding. No jurors are summoned for this session as no jury trials are planned. Naturalization cases will be heard.
A procession will reform and march along Hope Street to the Soldiers and Sailors monument for rites including a dirge, Gettysburg Address reading, songs by scouts, wreaths, and flag responses. It continues to the NIR Co wharf for bay tributes, then to G A R hall for firing squad and grave decorations at Juniper Hill, St Mary’s, and North Cemeteries.
Maybelle M Hinton, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank A Hinton of Bristol now Holyoke, presents a song recital at the Second Congregational parish house. A Mt Holyoke College junior, she studies with Mrs Margaret McKay Burgevin and sings works from Scarlatti to Watts, with pieces by Sibelius and Gounod among others.
Rev William C Darby presents a sermon titled Liberty Through Sacrifice on Memorial Sunday. Sunday School convenes at 12 noon Epworth League meets at 6 45 p m and the evening service is at 7 30 p m at State Street Memorial program led by the pastor.
At the Bristol County District Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor held Tuesday in the Boy Scout Building six scouts earned fourteen merit badges and four promoted to first class. District Commissioner George R. Fish presented badges as Col. M. A. Cheesman presided. Upcoming sessions, church plans, and district marbles contests are noted with dates in Warren and Devon.
According to Miss Emily J Anthony's will of Providence Rhode Island the First Baptist Church receives 600 dollars while the Children's Home and the Home for Aged Women each gain 500 dollars. Anthony often visited Bristol previously as guest of her sister the late Mrs George U Arnold.
A brief note highlights the importance of nerves alongside the brain in achieving success. The Cincinnati News echoes the idea that mental and physical readiness together drive performance.
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