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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1956
Page
2
A historical notice urges a statewide and local effort to remove poison ivy along roadsides and curb ragweed across streets. It notes ivy is a contact plant and removal along borders reduces exposure, while ragweed pollen travels far and requires a broad campaign by state towns and citizens to lessen hay fever and asthma impacts.
Retiring from Bristol after twenty years, Dr Samuel D Clark will join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge in a move described as taking on a position of responsibility He is noted for his work as a family physician and active civic participant in Rotary YMCA District Nursing and political committees.
A compact listing of church services across several denominations. Highlights include St. Michael’s Church with 8 am Holy Communion and 11 am main service, Christian Science at Barrington Town Hall with Sunday and weekday meetings, First Baptist Church on High Street with 11 am worship and 9:45 am Sunday School, Trinity Church on Hope Street with Masses at 9 and 10:30 am, and Roman Catholic parishes St. Elizabeth’s Wood Street 7 to 11 am Masses, Our Lady of Mt Carmel State Street Masses, and St Mary’s Wood Street Masses throughout the day.
The Rhode Island Cancer Society will run a one day drive on Tuesday April 24 with door to door fundraising and literature distribution. Co chairs Mrs Raymond Makowsky Bristol and Mrs Earl Sturdevant say the plan emphasizes public checkups and cancer awareness under the motto Fight cancer with a checkup and a check.
A sequence of spring church and community events is listed with dates from April 6 to May 1. Activities include rummage sales, a spring frolic, bean supper, spaghetti supper, a concert by the Rhode Island Philharmonic, dances, a P T A meeting, a bridge party, a reunion dinner, and a square dance. Sponsor groups include Ivy Guild of St Michael's, St Elizabeth's, Trinity Church, D A V Kearney Post Home, Women's Club, Rotary Club, Bristol Rangers, Bristol Senior High School Alumni Association, and Women’s Guild.
The Rev Albert E. Hutchison leads divine worship at 11 a.m. on Sunday at High Street, with children’s nursery provided. Church School gathers at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday.
In Bristol only 170 of 4000 mailed letters have been returned for the fund aiding crippled children and adults. Mrs. Vasta L. Ruggiero, chairwoman of the mailing committee, urged full consideration of the letters to sustain work at 24 Meeting Street Providence. She noted progress in helping people walk talk and play again and stressed that continued support depends on public contributions.
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