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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1932
Page
2
The Bristol Garden Club’s flower show drew widespread praise and calls it an annual event. Organizers undertook extensive planning and effort, but the striking results reflect exceptional community interest and the chance to foster artistic taste in Bristol.
A teaching suggestion invites pupils to reimagine the town Common. Questions prompt drawings and plans for improvements such as flower gardens or new recreation like tennis or swimming. Readers, including youths and adults, can submit diagrams or reactions for possible publication.
Private Jessens will be given out your own home or at 24 DeWolf Avenue. Make an appointment by calling Hristo 222 R. Evening dance steps taught in a few lessons from 7 to 9.
Charles Fay Jr enrolls at Mt St Charles Academy Woon socket. Rev Robert Turner returns home from Bristol Highlands Somers. Bristol-Colt High Alumni Association opens tonight at Colt High School. Mrs F Ho Roes of Buffalo visits Mapes family at 895 Hope Street. A dance tonight at Academy Hall Wood Street with Joe Bisbane and orchestra. Mite Society First Baptist meets at Mrs Charles Liscomb Burton Street. Good Will Class at Mrs Otts Bailey Collins Street tomorrow at 230. John Digati and Samuel Fisenstadt enroll as freshmen at Rhode Island State College. Kingston police report 14 foot rowboat stolen from Olver Street harbor. Dr William F Duffy returns. son in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute studies chemical engineering. Miss Agnes Currier leaves Colt Memorial for nurse training at Carney Hospital Boston. Miss Hertha Cheshire training at Rhode Island Hospital Providence. Mrs Frank RO McGowan visiting with brother-in-law and sister Viv and Mrs Alec Geisler 29 Summer Street. Mrs Greisler’s mother Mrs Steven R Gates of Washington DC also visiting.
The article notes Edward J. Simmons, son of Mrs. Laura Simmons, will join Providence College this year as a freshman. It also mentions a church service at St Michael's and a visit by Mr and Mrs Frederick Bodington of Little Compton.
Sergt George Moren was elected president of the Burnside Rifle Club of Battery C 243rd CA at a Tuesday armory meeting. The group plans postal matches with regiments nationwide and regular contests with college and prep teams. Twelve matches are set for fall and winter, with Arch Rifle Club Providence a highlight after last season’s New England title win.
A literary review sketches Jacl and Marmur and Gina Kanes as sailors whose works echo Conrad. It notes Marmur’s ten years at sea, storm scenes, and ship renaming curses, alongside critiques of The Lady of the Mother and other sea tales, with mixed praise and caution about sentiment.
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