Bristol Town Council weighs liquor license renewals tonight
The Town Council meets to advertise 30 Bristol liquor license renewals amid a review of Class B operations and possible reductions. State official George Brewster calls for careful scrutiny and lists food service concerns, with potential license status changes for Class B and C holders. Bristol currently has two Class A, six Class B victualing, two Class B taverns, ten Class C saloons, seven Class D clubs limited, and one Class D club full. renewals to be decided and advertised for a public hearing in late November ahead of December 1 deadline.
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Bristol
George W. Brewster
Brewster
John W. Church
PeSeetey Ix Woeser
Senator Wall to Speak at Bristol Colt High Alumni Meeting
Bristol Colt High School Alumni Association will hear State Senator Bertram W Wall at Friday night events in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. Mrs Fred A Sutcliffe will perform vocal and instrumental selections. The business session outlines plans for the annual Thanksgiving night dance.
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Bertram W Wall
Bristol Colt High School Alumni Association
Colt “Memorial’ Hight
Fred A Sutcliffe
Armistice Day Fund Drive Seeks Bristol Support
The Armistice Day Committee appeals to Bristol residents to donate to a fund for observing Armistice Day. Contributions will be acknowledged through the Phoenix Totals columns as the community upholds its patriotic observance of the anniversary.
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Bristol
the Phoenix
St Marys Players Offer Mystery Play The Dead of Night
Tickets for the mystery play The Dead of Night by St Marys Players may be exchanged for reserved seats at Duffy store. The production directed by Frank I Doran features Dr Charles F E Callery and a cast including Albert Pierce Albert Byrnes William Hissison William McCarthy Miss Catharine Levere Miss Ethel Conners Miss Lathan Dunbar Miss Irene Doran with James F Meiggs stage manager. The church auditorium was enlarged and modernized by Otis M Bailes Sr Edward Leclerc and Meiggs.
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James F Duffy
J C McMullen
Charles FE Callery
Albert Pierce
Albert Byrnes
William 4H Sisson
William McCarthy
Catherine Levere
Ethel Conners
Lathan Dunbar
Irene Doran
Colt and Warren Battle for County Championship on Armistice Day
Colt and Warren meet on Guiteras Field at 2:00 p.m. Armistice Day to decide the 1939 County title. Both clubs beat Barrington 7-0 and lost to Burrillville by one point. South Kingstown edged Warren 13-7 early season. Colt coached by Charlie Burdge has surged after a slow start, while Warren under Coach Huston fields a unified unit with a strong squad spirit and a lone 90 yard crossing play scored. Capacity crowds are expected for the Bristol clash.
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Guiteras Field
Colt
Warren
Barrington
Burrillville
South Kingstown
South
Charlie Burdge
Raiders
Bristol
Huston
Armistice Day Committee Plans Observance Activities
The Armistice Day Committee at Kearney Post in the Americus Region will meet to finalize plans for Friday and Saturday events. Parade, memorial exercises, and a banquet are scheduled with speakers and various local groups invited to participate and perform.
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Kearney Post
Americus
New Bristol Casino
State Department
Francis P Cuomo
Bristol Train of Artillery
Fever Ready Fire Company
Bristol Proups Row Scouts of America
Bristol
Daughters of American Revolution
Amerian Red Cross
Kearney
Bristol Common
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
Albert R Edmonds
Domenic Mascola
William J Seymour
Halloween Party At Scout House Held By Columbine Troop
Columbine Troop No 3 hosted a Halloween party on October 31 at the Scout House on High street. Games and a costume review entertained attendees, with Mrs Wesley Armstrong, Mrs Charles T Heilborn, and Miss Viola LeClerc directing the event.
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Columbine Troop
High Street
Wesley Armstrong
Charles T Heilborn
Viola LeClerc
Three National Officers Attend Hope Circle Installation
Three national officers of the Daughters of Isabella attended the Hope Circle installation at the Knights of Columbus hall on State Street. National Regent Mrs. Carolyn B. Manning, national secretary Miss Mary Reilly, and national outer guard Miss Agnes B. Conley spoke along with local clergy and officers. Installations and a chicken pie supper followed the ceremonies, with numerous Rhode Island D of I groups represented.
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the Daughters of Isabella
Shera
Hope Circle
K. of C Hall
State Street
D. of I
Rhode Island
Carolyn B. Manning
New Bedford
Mary Reilly
New Haven
Conn
Miss Conley
Italian Club Elects Emilia Bucolo
Bristol Senior High School announces Emilia Bucolo elected president of Il Circolo della Cultura Tr8siana. Officers named include vice president Edward Russo secretary Mary Santulli treasurer Leonard Marino and an executive committee with members from sophomore Joseph Accardi and Frank Murgo juniors Rose Chirico and Mary Puniello and seniors Rose Securo and Catherine Pante.
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Emilia Bucolo
Il Circolo Della Cultura
Bristol Senior High School
Edward J Fitzgerald
Edward Russo
Mary Santulli
Leonard Marino
Joseph Accardi
Frank Murgo
Rose Chirico
Mary Puniello
Rose Securo
Catherine Pante
Reception Tendered for 20th Anniversary of Canon Parshley Ordination
Reverend and Mrs Anthony R Parshley were honored at a Parish Hall reception by St Michael's wardens and vestry marking the priest's 20th anniversary. Clergy guests included Rev Robert Mercer and others from St Mary's Bristol and nearby churches. Gifts of vestments and a leather communion bag were presented and flowers and cards sent to the rectory. Canon Parshley, educated at UNC Sewanee and Virginia Theological Seminary, was ordained in 1919 and has served Bristol since 1929 after earlier pastorates in Clinton North Carolina and Lancaster New Hampshire. He is a World War I veteran, Rotarian leader, and holder of a Doctor of Literature honorary degree from Webster University.
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Anthony R Parshley
St Michael's Church
Canon Parshley
Robert H Mercer
St . Mary's Church
Fast Providence
Mercer
Leonard B Rasmusson
St Mark's Church
Warren
Rasmusson
Sidnes R Peters
Holy Trinity Church
Tiverton
Res
Nelson W Bryant
St George’s Church
Newport
Raymond L. Spoerri
Arthur W Burdon
Rex Robert No Turner
Michael I. Ryan
Joseph Sorzano
St Mary’‘s
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Bristol
Providence
Ladies Benevolent Societs and
Ivy Guild
Young People’s Fellowship
St Andrews Club
Wallis E. Howe
J Winthrop DeWolf
Benjamin M MacDougall
Harold DeWolf
Earl P. Rounds
Nancy Bosworth Canon Parshley
St. Michael’s Church
Anson B Howard
North Carolina
Eleanor Rae to Marry Nathaniel Gladding Jr This Fall
Mr and Mrs Arthur B Rae announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanor Rae to Nathaniel A Gladding Jr son of Mr and Mrs Nathaniel A Gladding of Gibson Road. The wedding is set for Saturday November 25 at 4 30 PM in the First Congregational Church.
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Arthur B Rae
Ferry Road
Eleanor
Nathaniel A. Gladding
Gibson Road
First Congregational Church
Herbert D. Graetz
Rae
Oliver School
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island College of Education
Gladding
Collins and Aikman Corporation
R. I. School of Design
Radio chief Felix Greene shapes BBC rebroadcasts in New York
A profile of Felix Greene of the British Broadcasting Company based in Rockefeller Center New York outlines his influence on which American programs are aired by Britain He favors swing music news commentary by Raymond Gram Swing president speeches but rejects Col Lindberghs speeches as reflectors of personal opinion not official policy The item also notes a survey finding today’s college entrants in New York and Chicago more serious with clearer career goals reading more and studying national affairs they are younger shorter and spend less on education with more men than women planning definite career paths and objectives.
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England
Felix Greene
British Broadcasting Company
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Greene
America
Raymond Gram
Lindbergh
New York
Chicago
Changing College Finances Echoed In Tuition Costs
The piece notes higher student concern over finances since the 1920s era of easy money. It cites more family involvement in tuition decisions and observes tuition fees have not fallen, potentially rising despite spending $210 less in a specific context.
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Hannah
Family Council
War alters Northwest apple trade and prompts fruit campaign
The article notes war in Europe cutting Northwest apple exports to Europe, flooding Seattle markets. Stores and auto dealers give apples with purchases, seats at games include apples, and a regional push urges eating more fruit. It cites New England apple profits as context for a nationwide crop reliance.
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Europe
Northwest
Belgium
Holland
France
United Kingdom
Germany
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Great Northwest
The
New England Apple Institute
New England
Pumpkins and the mystery of their distant origins
Botanists and gourd-growers struggle to explain where pumpkins come from as they follow gourds into Ecuadorian jungles Amazon floodplains Chinese mountains and Indian plains. They cannot determine why or when pumpkins became rich and plump in use.
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Ecuador
Amazon
China
India
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James F Meiggs
Harry I Young, Jr
Margaret I Erone
George H Baldwin
Mass Jean Tobin
Otis M Bailes
Edward Leclerc
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Ann Sheridan
Richard Carlson
Helen, Parrish
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Ee George O’brien
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Joel McCrea
Gene Reynolds
Walter Brennan
Colorado
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Hollywood
J. Edward Bromberg
Alan Curtis
Stuart Erwin
Jed Prouty
Buster Keaton
Donald Meek
George Givot
Eddie Collins
RED Circle
Columbine
Hallowe’en Party
Agnes Conley
Inc
C. Home
Helen F. Horton
Fr. Ryan
Fr. Griffin
Helen F Horton
Margaret Connery
Lena Ingram
Eloise Dunbar
Eva Burke
Marguerite Walsh
Lena McKenna
Laura Martelly
Mary Corey
Pauline Leangello
Margaret Callan
Madelyn Almeida
Ada, DeTervaznoi
Ney Scribe
Mary Kerr
Bertha Dwyer
Laura Sousa
Marie Vermette
Georgianna McClure
Ethel Connery
Marshall
Katherine Francis
Bridget Nastri
Charles M Connery
Joseph Lewis
Sara Sweeney
Mary Callan
Nora E. Dwyer
Geraldine Marino
Rose Alfano
Horton
Dunbar
Eleanor Rae
Warren Guiteras
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