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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1934
Page
3
Guiteras Memorial junior high pupils staged a two act musical comedy with impersonations of famous women and a fashion parade in the school auditorium. Miss Jessie Molasky supervised, with a program featuring entrance march salute to flags songs poems sketches and various impersonations by student performers.
The article lists the crew of Rainbow including Capt. George H. Monsell and First Mate Harry Kleive among a long roster of sailors such as Valentine Koppel Bernt Bruntweth Herman Weggele Charlie Lunde Thomas Thompsen and many others.
Judge Edward L. Leahy oversees probate actions including will probate and executor appointments for the Morrell, Murgo, Munro, Morrissey, Logan estates with bonds ranging from 500 to 5000 dollars, appraisers named John F. Gilroy, Lucien Capone, and Arthur E Wilcox, and waivers of notice where indicated.
The article outlines thrifty, varied menus for newlyweds cooking for two, emphasizing leftovers and bulk buying. It provides example meals including Consommé Veal Roast, Baked Potatoes, Corn on the Cob, Lettuce Hearts, Ginger Bread with Apple Butter, and related recipes for Gingerbread and Apple Butter Topping, Meat and Vegetable Pie, and Cucumber Salad with Chiffonade Dressing, aimed at budgeted domestic planning.
The library offers Escape from the Soviets a vivid escape tale by Tatiam Tchernavin and Hitler Over Europe by Ernest Henri. Other works include The House of Rothschild, Listening to Music, Learning to Race, The Mother's Encyclopaedia, The Go-Giver, If You Want to Get Ahead, While Rome Burns, English Journey, Ah Wilderness, A Conquest of Tibet, The White Hills, Modern Furnishing and Decoration, and All's Fair a Secret Service story by Henry Landau.
A reader notice highlights fiction and non fiction titles including Stars Fell on Alabama by Carl Carmer and So Red the Rose by Stark Young. It notes Rhode Island connections near Third Beach Newport and lists fourteen popular authors with Western and mystery titles plus four for boys four for girls and eight for children. The Library’s top request last month was Lamb in His Bosom.
Ex Libris resumes with a debate on contemporary reviewing led by Allan Monkhouse defending paper critics. Summaries praise Dr John Rathbone Oliver and Clifford Johnson's Pirate Junk, noting its vivid diary style and perilous sea ordeal amid Chinese pirates.
Miss Luella Doris Perreira daughter of Joseph Perreira and John Andrade prominent Bristol Portuguese American couple wed at St Elizabeths Church The ceremony was led by Rev Manuel Barros with deacon Rev Antonio Rebello and sub deacon Rev Augusto Furtda Both families and local friends attended The couple will reside at 145 Bradford Street and are active in local Portuguese American groups.
The Bugle and Drum Corps hold a 6 30 pm meeting at Scout Hall to plan Rhode Island State competition. Troop 3 stages a Hare and Hound chase at 4 pm with the weekly meeting to follow. Awashonki Herd POWS plans fall and winter activities with a transit committee named. Brown State football game plans and a Sunday all-scout meeting at Scout Hall complete the week. Troop 2 meets 7 30 pm Wednesday, Troop 4 shifts to Friday evenings with patrol reorganization and inter-patrol contest plans.
Bristol friends hear that Mrs Ann Cole Duffy is seriously ill with pneumonia at her home 47 Redwing Street Providence native and mother of Charles C. Duff an employee at the local post office She is the daughter of the late Nehemiah Knight Cole once president of the Bristol bank.
John Jacob Astor and his bride toured the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company on a White Friday afternoon. They observed Endeavour tied at the wharf ready for its Atlantic voyage to England and were described as more attractive than photos suggest. The couple appeared closely connected with each other.
In high school he starred on the baseball nine and after graduation continued athletics at Bates College Maine for two years as a varsity player. He now runs a sporting goods store in town and belongs to the Bristol Rotary Club.
Miss Emily Pacheco and Samuel Alves wed at St Elizabeths Church in a Saturday ceremony performed by Rev Manuel Barros. Attendants Eva Nunes and John Alves stood beside the couple as they began a brief honeymoon and planned to reside at 171 Mount Hope Avenue.
Mildred C Mason of Providence transfers 13 acres of farm land and house on Metacom avenue to Jose da Costa. Rosa Balzano deeds 3 lots on Mount Hope Terrace and two Harbor View lots to John Balzano. Rosa Balzano et al transfer land and buildings on DeWolf avenue to John Balzano et al. J Frank Gilmore of East Providence transfers a lot on the William Henry Church plat east of Metacom avenue to William Russell Gardner of South Attleboro.
In Little America Antarctica on Sept 17 an invention by Kenneth Rawson and Harold I. June offers a tractor navigation solution using a towed compass sledge with a three-light signal system. The setup dampens oscillations and enables precise dead reckoning through the Queen Maud Mountains area.
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