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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1906
Page
2
A Y M C A notes a physical department meeting this evening to discuss a ladies gymnasium. Basketball teams No 1 2 3 and 4 captains Wardwell Mc Balfour Simister and McShane vie for cups Thursday. Wednesday night last year’s first team faces the Boys Club in Fall River. Membership committee meets Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The cantata Ruth with a 100 voice chorus will be performed at Town Hall Warren on Monday and Tuesday evenings December 8 and 9 under Epworth League auspices. Directed by A W Newton who previously produced Queen Esther in town last year, the event features Bristol singers and the National Orchestra of Warren. an advertisement appears in another column.
Miss Mollie Hamill won the Bristol ladies tennis Guild Cup final 64 62 over Miss Helen W Church after earlier rounds saw many defaults. Hamill beat Miss Martha Rockwell 75 64 while Church defeated Mrs. W Fred Williams 61 6 4, in a tournament marred by numerous defaults.
At last evening's regular meeting President Hugh F Kelley presided with Joseph Duffy as secretary pro tem Two members were voted in The bean supper committee reported on the recent feast and a bean supper to be served this evening The officers for the ensuing year were suggested by a committee elected Fred Foster Fred Birmingham and John Murphy Delegates to the semi annual Woonsocket convention on Thanksgiving Day were Patrick Walsh Cornelius Gallagher and Michael J Doyle
Local notices detail Bristol post office hours and mail arrivals and closings for regular, Sunday, and express matter. Mails arrive at 7:00 10:00 12:00 2:00 4:00 5:45 7:15 p m daily with closings at 8:00 8:45 11:80 a m 1:45 5:45 7:15 p m Sunday mail arrives 8:80 a m closes 5:00 p m General delivery window sells stamps 4:30 5:00 p m Office hours Sunday 9:30 to 10:30 a m Express matter from Earle & Prew: outward 7:35 11:05 a m 3:05 5:05 p m inward 7:45 11:45 a m 2:45 6:45 p m.
Community notices from Bristol recount visits to Cambridge and Lawrence by Mrs Stowell, wedding trip return of Mr. and Mrs. Wood, deer sightings from Big Star Camp, and a brisk slate of clubs, church events, and auctions. Local residents plan hats, chafing dishes, and electrical demos while schools, lodges, and arts groups prepare holiday gatherings and fundraisers.
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