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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1931

Page

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Bristol Teachers Praise for Voluntary 3% Salary Cut

Dr. Charles Carroll lauded Bristol teachers for last year’s voluntary 3 percent salary reduction, urging the town to support its schools. In a Rotary Club address during National Education Week he warned good teachers seek higher pay, and urged local officials to act to replace the lost factory with new opportunities.

Bristol Charles Carroll Rotary Club Supt. of Schools E. S. Mapes Carroll Ranger Supt Mapes Uge America Wilfred Munro Nathaniel Byfield Samuel P Colt Ramon Gutteras

State Legion Commander to Speak at Lions Meeting

Archie G Adams of Pawtucket the State Commander of the American Legion will be the principal speaker at the Lions Club meeting and luncheon on Monday evening His address will focus on Preparedness and Armistice Day significance.

State Legion Lions Meeting Archie G Adams Pawtucket American Legion Lions Club Adams

State Street M E Church Sunday Services

Rev W C Darby leads morning worship with the sermon Religion and War at 10 30. Bible School begins at 11 50 followed by the evening service at 7 30 at the Congregational Church.

State Street M. E. Church W C Darby 50—Church Bible School Congregational Church

Armistice Day Plans Under Way Despite Reduced Funds

Armistice Day events proceed with a curtailed budget as James T. Pierce leads the committee. Chief of Staff Cyrus A. Jackson and marshals Merton A. Cheesman and Fred E. Surman were named. The program includes a banquet, church service, football game, silent tribute, bombs, parade, and Armistice Ball with many local and out of town organizations set to participate.

James T. Pierce Pierce Cyrus A. Jackson Kearney Post Col Merton A. Cheesman Fred EF. Surman G . R. Hall First Congregational Church Bristol Oaks Riverside Comets Dixon Field Arthur J Duffy Mt Hope State Street State Armory Church Street Battery C R I Bristol American Red Cross Sea Scouts Girl Scouts Da.r. Town Council Defiance and Ever Ready Board of Fire Engineers Swansea Post A L. Starke-Parker Post Jamestown Post Fox- Senator Ezra Dixon Joseph C Kinder Alexander G Fales Thomas Byrnes William M Connery Wiliam F Young Babbitt Post YMCA

Professor Jerome Davis to Speak in Bristol November 18

Yale professor Jerome Davis will address a Bristol audience on November 18 in the second meeting of a Men’s Union series at the First Congregational Church auditorium. Labor union delegations from New Haven and nearby areas plan to attend. Tickets cover the entire series, with single tickets available at a higher price to help defray speaker expenses.

Jerome Davis Yale University First Congregational Church Davis Bristol L. L. Mitchell Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers New Haven Providence No 57 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineres Samuel Lindsay J Whitcomb Brougher Tremont Temple Boston Will Rogers

Lt Col Straight Installed As Legion Commander

Lieut Col Fred M Straight was installed as the tenth commander of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion at a joint ceremony in the G A R Hall. Miss Nora E Dwyer became the twelfth president of the Ladies Auxiliary in a ceremony attended by over 300 Legion members from District No 2 and Swansea Post.

Fred M. Straight Kearney American Legion Nora E. Dwyer Ladies’ Auxiliary G. A. R. Hall Swansea Mass Edward L., Leahy Starr L. Booth Booth Rhode Island East Providence John L. Smith Dept. Service William Bealer Archie G Adams Pawtucket Legion Geraldine Bennett Providence Adams Joseph Enos Bennett Cora M Hill Bristol Fred E. Suzman Gustave Rhembhagan A L Mary V Windsor Hope Moote Gustave Rheinhagen Ladies’ Auxiliary of State Militia Colt Memorial High School Histown Inser William Gablinske Arthur J Duffy Anthony R Parshley William A. Bottomley Frederick F. Garvin B W.wall A Edmonds I. H Callan B W Wall A J. Duffy S J. Smith William T Cash

Big Charity Entertainment Planned For Unemployed Aid

A Bristol Rhode Island committee led by Allen M. Newman plans a charity entertainment to aid local unemployed through the Red Cross. The event will feature community vaudeville acts, songs, dances, and jokes, using St. Michael's Parish House if needed, with proceeds to Bristol's needy.

Bristol American Red Cross Allen M Newman Newman St. Michael's Parish House Hoover National Broadcasting Company Rhode Island New York Alfred E Smith Owen D. Young Walter Stifford William Green United States Ernc Rapee Boswell Sisters Guy Lombardo Jessica Dragonette Amos ’N Andy Morton Downey Freddie Rich B. A. Rolfe Kate Smith Paul Whiteman Ben Crosby The Red Cross St. Michael's Fred M. Straight G. S. Pailthorpe Holmes House R. I Allen M. Newman James T. Pierce George H. Toadvin Raymond S. Brightman Alfred Bonvicin Marguerite Stevens Roswell S.bosworth William Angevine Frederick Bartlett Anthony Nunes Frank Canario Giglio Chester R. Burgess

Bridge and Whist Party At St Marys Church Tonight

The third in a series of bridge and whist parties hosted by the women of St. Marys Church will be held in the church auditorium this evening. Elaborate prizes await the ten highest scorers. Committee members include chairwoman Loretta Cornelio and Mrs Edward Morris along with Mrs Mnry Serbét Mrs Robert Newbold and Misses Bertha Hagan Mary Morris Helen Scanlon and Grace Shiel.

St. Mary’s Church Loretta Cornelio Edward Morris Mnry Serbét Robert, Newbold Bertha Hagan Mary Morris Helen Scanlon Grace Shiel

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Dr. Carroll Medeiros Bernard Klin Dole Daenae Wheaties Eastern Park Pastime Theatre Dolores del Rio Edmund Lowe Bristol Parent-Teacher Association Jackie Coogan Junior Durkin Mitzi Green Jackie Sears Eugene Pallette Lew Ayres Joan Bennett McNamee Sundavy Annabelle Jeanette MacDonald Victor McLaglen Queens of Comedy Marie Dressler Polly Moran Col. Straight Tual Tony Rucci Atlantic Franklin Street
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