Why Not a Musical Comedy At Bristol Junior High
The Ever Ready Engine Company No 2 presents Why Not a musical comedy at Guiteras Memorial Junior High School auditorium on Monday and Tuesday evenings November 17 and 18. The production features a rich cast, 12 choruses, dancing numbers, and Cabaret scenes with professional acts and songs. Proceeds benefit the Ever Ready Company with tickets available from cast members, the company, or Duffy's for advance seating.
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Ever Ready Engine & Hose Co
Mary
Hiram Witherspoon
Sticks
Genevieve
New York
Ebony
Cynthia Snodgrass
Jay
Maric
Richter
Silver Dragon
Harmony Boys
Domme Santo
Dominic Formisano
Flla Mae Lemaire
Pearl Dion
Bristol
Duffy's
Expression of thanks for Armistice Day committee work
A note to the editor expresses sincere appreciation to the Armistice Day Committee and all helpers who contributed to the Armistice Day celebration in Phoenix Mas.
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the Phoenix
Mas
Community Aid Plan Discussed at City Meeting
Miss Gertrude Hasbis cack named agent for Gee Distributing Group as a note on avoiding duplication. The evening featured talk of a Community Chest plan, funding limits without a town meeting, and a private card index not public. Readouts listed many local volunteers and group representatives including Red Cross Bristol Female Charitable Society Nursing Association St Michaels Church Ivy Guild and Lions Club among others.
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Hasbrouck
Public Aid
Gertrude Hasbrouck
The
Red Cross
Madeleine Wyatt
Minam Skinner
Bristol Female Charitable Society
Martha Graham
District Nursing Association
Evelin Bache
St Michael’s Church
Catherine Stenson
Ivy Guild
Mary Callan
Hope Circle
William Darby Methodist Church
TH Callan
Rotary Club
J T Pierce
Kearney Post
George
Congregational Church Services Mark August Return
In August 1929 Mr and Mrs Norman J Bailes return to lead the 7 30 p m evening service at the Congregational Church He is schools superintendent at Dighton Mass and supply pastor at Liberty Mrs Bailes will sing The service is under Christian Endeavor with a choir forming for the occasion The morning sermon by Rev Herbert D Graetz asks What Constitutes a Church and a leaflet Why I Believe in the Church by Dr Charles R Brown is distributed The Church School grows and the Men’s Class meets at noon for Judging Early Israel in the church auditorium
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Pirst Congregational
Norman J) Bailes
Bailes
Dighton
Mass
Liberty
Bailey
Anna Coggeshall
Wall
Christian Endeavor
Herbert D Graetz
Charles R Brown
Yale Divinity School
Church School
State Street M. E. Church Services Overview
Rev Wm C Darby presides at State Street M. E. Church with morning sermon The Place of Duty. Sunday School at noon. Rpworth League at 7 PM followed by the evening service.
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State Street M. E
Wm C Darby
Rpworth
Armistice Day Observed with Processions and Remarks
Armistice observances featured a citywide procession with four divisions and a one minute silence for fallen soldiers. Rev Roy W. Magoun gave the principal address, joined by Brig. Gen L H Callan and Senator Daniel W Coggeshall among others. The day included a bells ringing, chimes at Trinity Church, a football game, and a large Armistice Day ball at the State Armory with officials in attendance.
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Joseph W. Enos
James T. Pierce
Roy W. Magoun
Seaman’s Institute of Newport
L. H. Callan
Kearney
Ezra Dixon
Bristol Lions Club
Susan “Mo Sheple
Rhode Island Soldiers’ Homelandemil
Harold W. Gifford
Kearney Post
Alfred M Merriman
Bristol
The
Phoenix
Defiance
Fver
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
GAR
A R Parshley
Danel W W Coggeshall
Flander
Frederika Dunbar
Burnside Memorial
Hope Street
Belvedere
Senator Dixon Field
Colt
Warren High School
State Armory
Church Street
Donations to Bristol Children's Home Acknowledged
The Bristol Children's Home Board of Managers lists recent gifts including fruit vegetables groceries from Harvest Festival of Trinity Church and donations of clothing from Mrs Congdon and Mrs Henry Sanford ice cream from Mrs Kinder sugar from Mrs O L Bosworth apples from Mrs C B Rockwell Jr and sewing services from Mrs Rockwell and Mrs Levy.
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Bristol Children’s Home
Board of
Trinity Church
Congdon
Henry Sanford
Kinder
O. L Bosworth
C. B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Levy
Annual Christmas Sale by Epworth League at State St M E Church
Saturday November 22 afternoon features the Epworth League annual Christmas Sale at State Street M E Church. Proceeds benefit church activities and community outreach.
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Epworth League of State
St. M. E. Church
Mount Hope Bridge Wins Top Beauty Award in 1929
The Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol Newport and Rhode Island was awarded two bronze tablets by a jury for the most beautiful long span steel bridge erected in 1929. Ceremonies featured Mrs. H. H. McCormack, Charles N. Fitts, Herbert W. Smith, Col. Anthony Dyer, and Gen. L. H. Callan with remarks praising the bridge’s grace and symmetry over Mount Hope Bay.
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Mount Hope Bridge
American Institute of Steel Construction
Portsmouth
H. H. McCormack
Newport
Charles N. Fitts
Boston
Institute
Herbert W Smith
Mount Hope Bridge Company
Col
Anthony Dyer
Newport Art Association
Fitts
Farman
Bristol
Rita Callan
L. H Callan
Bridge Company
John W Haley
Ernest L. Sprague
DB Steinman
Robinson & Steinman
Gen Callan
Mt Hope Bridge Company
Old Town
Mount Hope
Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Bristol Young Man Fined in Superior Court
Manuel Foster alias Manuel Faustino of 8 Perry Place was fined 200 dollars and costs on two charges after pleading before Judge Charles A. Walsh in Providence Superior Court. He paid 100 dollars and costs for liquor violation and 100 dollars for operating a car without a license. Providence police found six five gallon cans of liquor on Ives Street. Assistant Attorney General William A Toole presented the case. Foster had a prior deferred sentence for carrying a revolver in a car. All charges arose at the same time.
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Manuel Foster
Manuel Faustino
Perry Plat
Charles A. Walsh
Providence
Ives Street
William A Toole
Foster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ever Ready Fire Company
Pillsbury’s
HOPE
B. Soc
A&p Food Stores
New England
Miss Gertrude
Hasbis Cack
Gee Distributing Group
Congregational Church
Children’s Home
Steinman
Mount Hope Bay
C. F. Meyer
D. O Cargill
State Board of Public Roads
Clyde McCormack
W. Gilden
F H. Frankland
Stanley E. Friswell
Hillside Tea Room
Sadie Luther
TEL
Warren
Bostonians
Sartini’s
Foot Health Shoe Store
State and
Wood Streets
Newman Bros
Canada
Newman’s Sausay
Swift
R. I. Baldwin
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