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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1958
Page
7
A letter to the editor criticizes local parents for lack of interest in PTA activities, noting Bristol’s history of low participation. The piece highlights the Cancer Society’s postwar funding growth, urging support for the 1958 Cancer Crusade and American Cancer Society fundraising efforts.
In the wake of Sputnik, the nation adopts a stronger push for cancer research. The American Cancer Society, 13 years after its 1945 reorganization, cemented research as a core program alongside education and service, highlighting the ongoing national call for more scientists and tools.
The local Cancer Fund drive committee will hold a kick off meeting at 10 am Tuesday at the YMCA. Captains and workers must attend as kits will be distributed. Robert Murphy, AI Cancer Society executive director, and Max Meller, state chairman, will speak. House to house canvass runs April 16 to 29. Two new captains, Mrs. Sidney Herreshoff and Mrs. John Borges, announced.
A sequence of events is listed including rummage and food sales at multiple venues such as Bristol Chapter DAR Wall Ridge Hope St former Public Aid HQ April 11. Other events include waste paper collection April 13 by Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps, coffee break April 13 at Our Lady of Mt Carmel, card party April 17 at Masonic Temple, Ivy Guild rummage sale April 18, parish hall sale April 18, cycle show April 27 at National Guard Armory, fashion show May 14 Bristol Women’s Club, and the Eleventh Annual Cotton Ball May 17 at St Elizabeth’s Church auditorium.
The Bristol Phoenix lists editor publisher and news editor, notes second class mail status, and advertises a one year subscription price of five dollars under the 1879 act.
A survey of marking wild animals shows how dyes bands and tags aid study. Audubon began bird banding at 19 in 1804, while modern methods include plastic neck rings and color tags. Regulations followed after incidents, with notable uses on bears and geese and even shell carvings like the 1492 turtle finding.
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