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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1937
Page
6
A fragment discusses snakes and danger in arid regions. It notes a rattlesnake can inflict a dangerous wound, with references to place names and sources. the text remains unclear but centers on caution around venomous snakes and potential injuries.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses a 19th century legal process at Portland Maine with unclear sequence of events and dates. The readable portions mention a trial and an attempted action around 1858 but lack a coherent narrative or identifiable individuals.
More than 150 guests attended the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home annual clambake held in the grove behind the home. Commandant Lawrence Moorey banned speeches and a veterans only sports program added a formal touch, with 97 year old Civil War veteran Jerry Hopkins drawing crowd attention among pageant-like proceedings.
The Cup Defenders' Association runs a week long elimination horseshoe tournament for 25 members. It uses doubles and singles formats with contests planned each night through Sunday. Eugene Mansi and Bernard Quartaro, from the sports committee, sponsor the event.
Arnie Dryer of the Olympian Club leads the playoff series batting with a .63 average on 7 hits in 11 at bats. Jack Almon and Jean Lemaire follow, with Almon at .500 and Lemaire at .428, as Ever Ready and Olympians conclude their series statistics compiled by James B. Lee.
Raymond Pitcairn argues that renewed private employment boosts production and living standards while political jobs drain earnings. He urges sustaining re employment momentum toward normal production and consumption, praising American workers in business farming and manufacturing.
A Bristol Garden Club display at Elm Farizes yesterday awarded two prizes in horticultural perfections with Agnes Herreshoff winning first prize and blue stars. Mrs C D Burt hosted. judges were Mrs Charles M Connery and Mrs Sebastian Bernard.
Ruggiero, 21, a Wood Street resident, won a $5 prize at a WPA recreation dance hosted by Frank Zibel. His partner was Miss Marie Celoné. After dancing he told Zibel he was unemployed, and was urged to report in the morning by Zibel, who oversaw Trinity Church wrecking.
Raha agra mit tae ee ne ha MEE Ny ite ak wh AEE PAE DRE poles Bae OU Mapes yesterday announced an open enrollment in public schools this year. The total marks a rise of 31 from 1936. Colt Memorial High School reported 301 students on Wednesday, up 20, with overcrowded conditions noted. Guiteras Junior High saw 705 in the first day. Elementary rolls fell from 1387 to 1299, a drop of 88, with more enrollment figures promised next week.
The Altar Society of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church plans a Halloween party on October 28 in the parish hall Congrégational Street. Lillian Pasquarelli leads the arrangements committee with Grace Cicciola Laura Atello Mary Soldano Mary DeFelice Anna Santulli Helen Romano Mary Carmone and Eva Formisano.
Michael Delco director of the WPA program announces a fall and winter recreational schedule including basketball volleyball indoor baseball and boxing with at least three halls to be equipped. Lifeguards at the town beach will be reduced to one on weekends as supervision ends Sept 25. Town common activities will be curtailed next week and the recreation hours shift to 3 to 6 pm. Bristol to host a community field meet tomorrow with four local organizations competing and trophies donated by local officials and WPA administrator Farrell D Coyle.
The Bristol District Nursing Association will sponsor an immunization clinic at Rockwell House on Tuesday September 14 for indigent children aged six and under. Dr Joseph Castronovo praised the vaccination effort and urged early immunization to prevent whooping cough and its complications. A second clinic is set for September 22 at Martin Home, War Ten.
Registrations are being held today at St Marys Parochial School for children entering the school for the first time. Rev Michael J Ryan, pastor of St Marys Church, said enrollment when the school reopens Monday is uncertain but may drop from last year’s figure of 217 due to declines in local public school rolls.
Camp Wampanoag opens this weekend for scoutcraft hikes and water tests. The September Court of Honor and Board of Awards meets next Tuesday at 7 in Scout hall, first indoor session since June, chaired by Col. A Cheesman. Cub Pack No. 14 sponsored by First Troop holds its fall meeting tonight at 7 in Scout hall. Cubmaster William F. Head asks all Cub scouts to attend.
The reader praises weekly serials and editorials in the Post describing Paderewski Curie and sea captain tales. He notes a fond display wish for collected covers and admires Editor Lorimer’s enduring vitality and influential style.
The fragment discusses salt losing savor through mixing with foreign matter and notes ancient salt as a symbol of purity. It quotes a biblical reference about salt cast out and trodden, suggesting a moral or ritual interpretation alongside its culinary role.
The first wave of hypnotists appeared in seventeenth century England with traveling quacks and mummers producing hallucinations and convulsions in subjects and claiming to cure scrofula.
A diamond has no melting point and cannot be welded to another body. The claim reflects its chemical and physical properties as an invariant solid. No phase transition to liquid occurs under any known pressure, and bonding does not permit fusion to adjacent materials.
The Town Clerk of Bristol announces sealed bids for about 10 tons of free burning White Ash Stove and Egg Coal to be delivered to fire stations. Bids due by 4 p.m. September 16, 1937, daylight saving time. The council may adjust quantity and select the most advantageous bid.
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