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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1928
Page
4
The church observes the Twentieth after Trinity with Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and Morning Prayer with an address at 10 30 a.m. Rev Albert Crabtree leads the 8 a.m. service and Dr Lester Bradner the 10 30 a.m. service. Sunday school follows at noon.
The Trinity Church schedule lists Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. Sung Mass and sermon at 10:45 a.m. Church School and Bible Class at noon. Evensong at 7:30 p.m. on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity.
Friday night service at 7 30 and Sunday worship at 10 30 with the theme The Fountain of Joy The Church School gathers at noon Sunday evening 7 30 Candle Light Service by the Church Club with topic The Light of the World
Rev R J Chrystie announces a Friday evening talk at 7 30 by Mrs Walter Jardine Religious Education Director for St Michael s Church All are invited to hear her on this subject Services Sunday at 10 30 pastor preaches on An Old Love Letter Church School at 12 00 Epworth League devotional at 6 45 with Gordon R Brown presiding and 7 30 sermon Deacon Philp and his Daughters Public invited
First Baptist Church holds morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon by the pastor on What Christians Should do in Bristol and church school at 11 45 followed by an evening service at 7 30 the third in the series How to Live focusing on How to Live at Work.
Rev Jesse Richardson, pastor, leads Sunday service at 10 45 a m with preaching at 12 noon. Sunday school at 7 p m evangelistic service, sermon and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Good singing. A cordial invitation is extended to all to come and worship with us.
Miss Margaret M Coates engaged to Dr Michael J O'Brien will wed at St Marys Church. A Wednesday reception by the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel choir and friends at Miss Dora Ruggieros home featured a reed rocker gift to Miss Dora Ruggiero, a soloist, with singing readings and a collation.
The Automobil Club of Rhode Island offered a reward of 50 dollars for identifying the offenders in an accident. Governor Norman presented the reward to Mr Sousa, a witness, after reviewing the case facts. The collision occurred on October 6 when Wilfred March and another driver from Fall River fatally injured Warren Newsbars and fled the scene.
A large gathering attended the funeral of Mrs Georgelene M Vera wife of Frank Vera held yesterday from her Perry street home. A requiem mass was said at St Elizabeth's Church with interment at St Mary's Cemetery. Active pallbearers included Joseph Vera Joseph Terra Antonio Vera Frank Almeida Manuel Correira and Jesse Travers. Honorary bearers were Mrs Joseph Vera Mrs Joseph Terra Mrs Antonio Vera Mrs Frank Almeida Mrs Manuel Correira and Mrs Jesse Travers.
Miss Hannah Grace Kinder wed Winston Oswald Fetherston in Trinity Church Bradford Street with Rev. Nelson Kellogg officiating. The bride, escorted by her brother Ralph Kinder, and bridesmaids and ushers from Rye and New York attended a reception at 217 Hope Street. The couple will reside at Park Plaza Apartments Larchmont after a motor trip to Canada and have ties to New York and New Jersey communities.
Miss Mars Mar Zaret daughter of Joseph Kamis andlt Nesess Mark Moore wed at St Marys Church in a ceremony officiated by Rev Thomas J Callan. The couple hosted a wedding breakfast at Mrs Nat B Sharkey’s home and plan a wedding tour before settling on Collins Street. The bride, a Colt Memorial High School graduate class of 1922, worked as a typist for National India Rubber Company.
Fragmentary OCR notes identify a baseball player nicknamed TTteres Cage and a clerk in the stamping department of the National India Rubber Company factory in Restigroon Mee well. The text preserves scattered references to personnel roles but lacks full context or dates.
A haystack fire last night on John C. Mello’s land near Naomi Street prompted a call to District No. 15 at 11 15. Four fire companies and motor apparatus fought the blaze. Fire officials say all six stacks in the field may have been set incendiarily, with prior stacks at the S P Colt estate in Poppasquash having burned earlier.
The Bristol Garden Club reports three members Mrs. Daniel W. Knowlton Mrs. William W. Perry and Miss Florence T. Nelson have become members of the National Cathedral Association the garden guild for the Cathedral Close in Washington DC. The association cares for 62 percent acres on the hill above the National Capitol with views of the Capitol and Washington Monument. Certificates bear Rt. Rev. James R. Freeman signature.
W Vincent Sumpter of Warren Rhode Island has qualified as Administrator of Antonio F Pinheiro of Bristol deceased. Creditors must file claims in the Clerk’s office by law within the time required beginning October 19 1928. John W Church Clerk.
The Probate Court of Bristol admits the Last Will of Anna Elizabeth Middleton and qualifies Alicia H Middleton as executrix by bond. All creditors must file claims with the Bristol clerk beginning October 19, 1928, per law. John W Church, Clerk.
The undersigned give notice of admission to probate by the Probate Court of Bristol of the Last Will and Testament of Mary A Vickery late of Bristol deceased and the qualification of the executor thereof by giving bond according to law. Clerk John W Church and William T Donnell are named executors.
The January 1937 General Assembly proposes a constitutional amendment requiring biennial voter registration beginning July 1, 1928, with qualification to vote contingent on registration in the voter's town or city. The measure sets dates, election procedures, and publication duties for the secretary of state and local authorities, taking effect upon passage.
The measure approves amending the constitution to reorganize the Senate. It provides for a lieutenant governor plus one senator per town or city, with caps and districting rules, and requires publication and submission to voters. The act specifies timing, publication in newspapers, and reading at town ward district meetings before electors vote.
The Bristol court publishes probate notices for the estates of James T Robertson John Callan and Chandler H Coggeshall. Executors must file bond and first accounts and notices run fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix. Court schedules a fifth day of November hearing in the Probate Court Room Bristol.
Guardian Albert H Coggeshall petitions to sell a 10 foot wide strip of Gertrude F F Peck real estate on Noyes Avenue to pay her debts and fund a better investment. The court schedules a hearing for November 5, 1928 in Bristol Probate Court.
The article outlines a 1928 constitutional amendment proposed by the General Assembly. It covers voter qualifications for state and local elections, property tax provisions, budget commissions, and registration rules. It specifies that the amendment will be voted on at the general election of November 6, 1928 and directs publication and notices.
The 1927 Rhode Island General Assembly adopted a resolution proposing an amendment to allow out of state electors to vote in federal and state elections. It outlines voting rights for absentees, necessary laws, and potential special regulations for service members, with the amendment to take effect as part of Article IV.
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