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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1934
Page
3
A critical look at Pearl Buck’s The Mother set in a Li clan hamlet with unnamed characters defined by kinship. The piece notes universal human traits despite alien culture, the story’s primitive realism, and Buck’s biblical diction while comparing it to The Good Earth and Sons, and mentions a forthcoming sequel to the Sons trilogy.
A community committee announced plans for a Bristol bazaar to aid the Fourth of July celebration fund. The event will be at the State street armory with dancing to a local orchestra and merchandise donated by merchants. The planning committee lists North William Simmons as chairman and South Harry Young as chairman with several other local organizers. A concurrent community revue is slated for June 25 26 at Guiteras Memorial Junior High with local amateur performers expected to participate.
Pupils of Guiteras Memorial Junior High paid tribute to Mary Louise Costa, a 7-E student who died May 19 after a two day illness. A Memorial Day program featured a minute of silence and taps by Anthony Williams, with songs dances recitations and a play The Poppy Sale to promote American Legion poppies.
A roster of individuals including James Conley Albert Del Toro Am brose Head Arthur Nunes Joseph Gallagher Dora Berwick Mary Carlos Antonetta Campanella Filomena Cupola Dorothea Davin Rose De Luca Louise Dupuis Capitolina Ferreira Esther Ferreira Louise Freitas Rose George Mary McLaughlin Margaret Martelly Marie Matrone Filomena Pasqua Madeline Proto Maria Quintal Ludwina Sousa Anna Turcarola Theresa Vaccaro and Mary Ventura appears in a community notice.
Edward A Maher 3rd of New York announces the engagement of his sister Frances M Maher to William Russell Bogert of New York City. The Maher family lineage includes former mayors of Albany and New York City. Bogert, grandson of the late Theodore P Bogert, attended Staten Island Academy, served in World War I, and is a NYU Law graduate with Griffiths Content.
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey present hundreds of new international features for 1934. The grand program includes The Durbar of Delhi and Otari Troupe with mid air feats. 800 cast, 1600 staff, 50 elephants, 1009 animals, 700 horses cross four trains for a world class circus spectacle.
Colt Memorial High School juniors hosted their annual prom Friday night in the school auditorium drawing more than 200 attendees including officials faculty and students from other classes. The hall glittered in blue and gold with gowns and attire described while Paul Sterling and his Providence orchestra provided music for dancing. The grand march began at 10 pm led by Joseph Securo and Miss Marguerite Mathewson with other officers and committee members following.
A Providence newspaper notes a large delegation of naval gobs would attend the Fourth of July events. The writer defends the term gob as nonconfrontational and explains sailors are sometimes casually called gods, with no intent to insult.
A Bristol resident urges others to buy locally to bolster town business. He compares prices and quality with Warren stores, noting occasional cheaper options in Warren and challenging Bristol merchants to offer fair, square deals. The Phoenix reporter records the exchange and the call to “boost Bristol.”
RKO presents The Lost Patrol with Victor McLaglen Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford about eleven stranded British cavalrymen in Mesopotamia facing dwindling numbers and a deadly siege. John Ford directs on a desert Arizona location. Easy to Love stars Genevieve Tobin Adolphe Menjou Mary Astor and others in a marital farce with sharp dialogue and twists.
A Memorial Day program was presented by Reynolds School pupils in the auditorium with Vincent Vaccaro as announcer. The program featured flags saluted, the Star Spangled Banner, songs, recitations including Decoration Day, and a pageant of the states with songs such as The Vacant Chair and The Melting Pot. Participants included Olivia Castro Delphin Martin Eva Freitas George Vento Nancy Bosworth Attilio Topazio Mario Balzano Robert Moren Joseph Goulart Irene Travers Doris McPherson Olga Paiva Joseph Camera Joseph Garcia Mariano Buccio Latvina Maturi Mary Puniello Walter Correiro Matthew Calderiso Gaetano Parelli Anna Cavallaro Mary Bisbano Joseph Russo Alexander Anderton Quinto Bastanzi Charles Abate Harris Fonseca Cazemiro Antonio Edward Molasky and others.
June dates feature whist parties at Trinity Parish House run by Beta Sigma Society. June 7 shows Colonial Co C bingo at State Street Armory. July 4 hosts morning dancing at Church Street Armory under Battery C 243rd C A (A D). RL LN. G.
In Bristol, St Mary's St Elizabeth's and Our Lady of Mount Carmel hosted annual May processions with hundreds of children, teachers and families. Girls wore white and boys white, as flowers crowned the Virgin Mary statue and acts of consecration were read by parish leaders and clergy.
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