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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1931
Page
2
Town council must choose five taxpayers to form a nonpaid Budget Commission. It will review school and town budgets, suggest cuts, and present a financial plan aimed at lowering taxes while ensuring future needs are met. Members must be willing to work, withstand criticism, and apply businesslike judgment.
Rex George H Toadsvin returns from Europe and Scotland. Baptist Church midweek prayer service at 745 PM. Champritta dance by Bristol Aerie on October 31 in Eagles Hall. Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Borges Toste. YMCA business men's volleyball class begins November 2. Fall clearance sale at WM H Bell Inc. Nora F Dwyer recovering from grippe. Perkins family visits from Medford. Ashmont Street Church Providence youth co visit Bristol Nazarene Church. Yacht Club plans invitation dance on December 11. J Winthrop De Wolf chairs house committee. Warren American Legion to attend Warren Post installation. Post Office front lit by McGrath Bros electricians. Town Council meeting planned. Congregational Church meeting tonight. Mrs Howell L Williams visiting Washington. Home Demonstration Club first meeting in K of C Home. Bristol County Ministers' Association meeting. Mrs A F E Bernard returned from Truesdale Hospital. Canon Hughes spoke at St Michael's Evening service and addressed Young People's Fellowship. Book Shop remnant sale. shop relocating October 30. Pythian Sisters meeting October 22 with bingo. Progressive Citizens' Club grand fair planned for November Saturdays in Eagles' Hall with Verme Munro Orchestra. Mrs William Paine hosts gathering for Mrs Anne Seymour and board. electric clock presented. pink and green decorations.
A reward is offered for a lost pair of ladies spectacles with a gold chain and pin. Details mention locations around 265 Hope Street near Constitution Street between Charles and Catherine Streets on Wood Street. Contact No 210 Wood or 210 Wood Steward to return.
Classified fragment mentions salesmen wanted and trades across industries. Includes scattered names and places with unclear details. Indicates job postings and notices of employment in Newark and related terms.
For rent a cottage with modern improvements and an upper tenement with gas and electricity in the Colt Apartment building. Apply Mrs Katherine K DeWolf, 11 Burton Street, Bristol. Floor superintendent H Dew Allen listed.
October events list speakers and gatherings at Colt Memorial High School and other venues. Hallowe en masquerade and PTA activities appear at Naval Armory and nearby halls. November includes chapel talks, community stores, and a foresty church society meeting, with multiple clubs hosting in Makowsky and surrounding buildings.
This column invites written comments on timely topics affecting the town. Readers may share insights, concerns, and ideas to foster welfare and interest locally, with contributions shaping community discussion.
Maria Norris writes from Siena on a visit with long letters noting Florence to Siena travel, pension views, and the Duomo. She praises Santa Catarina Siena’s history, the city’s steep streets, and the cathedral’s marble with stained glass, plus gardens and a garden view from their pension.
In the upper town near the old wall the writer notes dominican church choral practice and a view of the countryside. They ponder a medieval claim that Siena once rivaled London in population during its peak prosperity.
A reprint urges Warren to own and repair sidewalks to curb foot injuries and ease peripatetic exercise. The skit argues smoother granolithic walks would ease toe stubs and nose bumps, costing only a light tax with community care.
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