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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1919

Page

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Town Council Approves Tar Walk and New Street Light

The semi monthly session granted permission for a tar sidewalk 34 feet by 75 feet on the west side of Central Street under highway supervision. A petition for a new incandescent light on Mason Avenue was approved with notice to Bristol County Gas Electric. Referrals were made on swill collection and keeping swine. Burial lot care books for North Cemetery were accepted.

George Warren Mason Avenue Mount Hope Avenue Bristol County Gas &Electric Company Joseph Card Manual Gardim High Street Bristol Industrial Trust Company North Cemetery

Y M C A Names Harold Dudley Physical Director

At a Tuesday meeting the Y M C A board elected Harold Dudley of Taunton Massachusetts as Physical Director succeeding Ivan Berquist who resigned to take a Concord Massachusetts post. Dudley, an all round Taunton M C A gymnast with life saving and playground experience, will resume gym classes for winter and spring. Dr A M Merriman resigns as Vice President and Physical Department chair. Basketball to be run by the Association in the gym only. A welcome home event for Wendell R Davis, Bristol born war worker, is planned with local committees.

Harold Dudley Taunton Mass Ivan W. Berquist Concord Dudley Wendell R. Davis Bristol

St Elizabeths Bazaar Opens In Columbia Hall Next Week

St Elizabeths Church begins its first annual bazaar tomorrow evening in Columbia Hall Wood Street closing one week from tomorrow night. The committee chaired by J J Fratus and secretary Frank Francis sucts to hold daily program changes. Booths are run by Holy Name Holy Rosary Young Ladies Sodality with listed local organizers and volunteers.

St. Elizabeth's Church Columbia Hall Wood Street J. J. Fratus Frank Francis Holy Name Booth J. J Fratus J P Costa Ernest Sousa John Francis Manuel Vargas Frank Sousa Holy Rosary Booth Cardoza John Geyer Borges Toste Pallum M. Mello Lena Morris Sodality Isabel Oliver Mary Almeda Emily Valante Mary Andrade Mary Mello Rachel Francis

Romance of Rubber Captivates Foremen in India Rubber Talk

J W Bicknell vice president of U S Rubber Plantations Co spoke to the Foremen's Club of National India Rubber Co on the romance of rubber. He described Sumatra gathering methods and showed the resulting natural milk from rubber trees and its transformation into a resilient rubber ball through acid treatment.

J. W. Bicknell U. S. Rubber Plantations Company National India Rubber Company

Real Estate Transfers Around Ferry Hill and Bristol Terrace

Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company guardian Gorham Thurber transfers a house and large tract at Ferry Hill to Charles C. Marshall of Providence. Amos F. Gorham executor sells a cottage and Lot on Noyes Avenue to Willard S. Kenney and wife. Manuel Perez sells to Guilherme Lewis a house and lot at Bristol Terrace.

Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company Gorham N. Thurber Charles C. Marshall Providence Ferry Hill Amos F. Gorham George T. Gladding Noyes Avenue Willard S. Kenney Manuel Perez Guilherme Lewis Bristol Terrace

Breweries in Rhode Island Freed by Federal Stay

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston issued a writ of supersedeas staying Judge Arthur L. Brown's injunction against wartime prohibition in Rhode Island. Breweries and saloons must stop beer above 0.5 percent but enforcement of wartime provisions resumes. The Supreme Court case Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company v United States will decide the constitutionality of the Volstead act with a decision not expected until after December 8.

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Boston United States District Arthur L. Brown Rhode Island Brown Narragansett Brewing Company United States Supreme Court Wilson Supreme Court Washington Jacob Ruppert Brewing Company United States

Bristol Mothers' Club Holds Evening Meeting

The Bristol Mothers Club met Wednesday at Colt Memorial High School with Mrs. Ralph W. Holt presiding. Mrs. Charles Fairman spoke on the Bristol Red Cross Home Section, and Harriet F. Kinder performed cello solos including Solveig's Song and The Swan with accompanist Mrs. Samuel Kinder.

Bristol Squire Samuel Kinder

Roll of Honor at Colt Memorial High School 1919 1923

Pupils achieving 85 percent or higher in all subjects for five days ending November 20 1919 are listed, including Julia DeFelice Marguerite Murphy Virginia August and others from classes 1920 1921 1922 1923. A second group earned 80 to 84 percent, named across the same years.

Olive Coggeshall Annie Dunbar Marguerite Dunbar Dorothy Kenney George Stuart John Walsh Aona Brelsford Ralph Petrucci William Rinaldi Emily Sanford Esther Saunders Ruth Weaver Anna Brown Doris Dunbar Kathleen MacDonough Mary Sullivan Ruth Suzman Carmine Bruno Carmine Massano Louis Nastri Doris Orgleman James Ruggiero George Sparks

Bristol A A to Meet Greenwich A A at Ashlum Grounds

The Bristol A A states it will face Greenwich A A next Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at Ashlum Grounds. Lineup includes J Velleca J August F Ryan J Langello E Gogha G Coggeshall M Almeida D Langello J Garvin W Bergeron W Baker. Bryant Stratton College team has beaten Hope in the Inter scholastic League. Bristol A A and Bryant Stratton boast undefeated records as the year ends.

Bristol A A Greenwich A. A Asylum Bristol J. Velleca J. August F. Ryan J. Langello E. Gogha G. Coggeshall M. Almeida D. Langello J. Garvin W Bergeron Ihb W. Baker Bryant & Stratton Business College Bristol Common Bryant Stratton Hope Bristol A. A

The Mikado at Trinity Church Promises Major Stage Splendor

Trinity Church presents The Mikado on Monday and Tuesday with enhanced scenery and costumes. Edward F. Kearns Orchestra of Providence will provide the accompaniment as Bristol audiences are urged to attend. tickets are on sale at Hamill Dry Goods Store.

Trinity Church Edward F. Kearns Providence Bristol Hamill Dry Goods

N I A Soccer to Play Stillwater Worsted at Harrisville

The N I A Soccer football team meets the Stillwater Worsted Co team of Harrisville tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock on the common. Harrisville boys are expected to make the home team bustle with their known play.

N.I. A Stillwater Worsted Co Harrisville

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