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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1928
Page
2
Progress on the Mt Hope Bridge cabling continues as the first wire cable on the west side is positioned. A single strand about the thickness of a pencil guides 2449 wires that will form a 11 inch diameter double cable of 720 tons across 2700 miles when completed.
At Colt Memorial High School a Tuesday meeting chose Richard Mott as President Andrew Iverson as Vice President Helen Byrnes as Treasurer Jeanette Salzano as Secretary and Dorothy Manz Beatrice Dubuc Michael Pasquerelli and Russell Aiken as Executive Board members for the Senior Class election.
The Armistice Day Committee meets tonight at the American Legion headquarters in the Makowsky Block. Bristol prepares a parade with local clubs Burnside Lodge and Knights of Pythias planning to participate.
A Sept 20 evening event at Rockwell Hall funds the Excelsior Tennis Club. A Sept 23 Sunday program at Pastime Theatre features the musical comedy College Days in aid of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church, under St Rita's Girls Club.
Officers announce a meeting of the three companies of the Bristol Train of Artillery to be held in the armory on State Street Tuesday evening September 25. Boardman of the Chic Minery is on a business trip and Charles A. Serbst, son of Mr and Mrs Henry F Serbst of Street, will leave for Loyola University Medical School in Chicago to pursue study after graduating Colt Memorial High School and completing pre-medical work at Providence College.
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