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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1938
Page
2
The second annual Cancer Control Campaign mobilizes women in Bristol to educate the public on early cancer signs and cure rates. An army of volunteers sells membership for one dollar with seventy percent staying in the state and the rest funding national organization work.
The Betterment Group urges Bristol and Warrentown to form Planning Boards. Discussion centered on town planning, board duties, and nonpartisan member selection. The Bristol and Warrentown committees, led by Robert Kelly, begin organizing with named appointees.
Readable notices describe a series of charity sales and social events in April and May. April 16 Food Sale at Hope Circle TD or Western Linen, April 18 Easter Monday event by Ladies Mid Society, April 21 Rotary charity drive at Bristol, April 27 Girl Scout Council party, May 13 Immaculate Conception Socialists semi formal at St Mary’s Auditorium.
Phoenix readers are invited to send brief items of local interest for publication in the community column. Submit concise notes on events, people, and happenings for possible inclusion in upcoming editions.
Local clubs and church groups announce meetings and activities in Bristol and Warren. Members of the Mite Society plan a Tuesday meeting at Mrs Joseph Alger’s Cole Street home. a rummage sale for the Girl Scout Council is set for April 19 on State Street in the Levy block. Bristol and Warren Democratic committees name members to party roles and tickets. a Statewide Jefferson Day dinner is planned for April 24 at the Narragansett Hotel with about 2500 Rhode Island Democrats expected. Guests and visitors from out of town are noted, along with several hospital and personal updates.
For sale one two horse potato digger one ton good bedding and a lot of farming tools. John C Trudell 15 Second Street. Small building 12 by 14 feet good condition. To be moved immediately suitable for garage or chicken house. Apply to Wm W Perrs or James FB Connors Hope.
A Y M C A Nut League banquet for the circuit was planned at a managers and captains meeting in Rockwell Hall on May 3. Earl H Hobson secretary of the Y and John F Marshall league coach named a general arrangements committee including Anthony DelPiano Thomas Fitzpatrick James Brown and Thomas Von Voast.
Easter was the theme of the entertainment presented yesterday by students of the Guiteras Memorial junior high school. A one act play An Easter Strike featured readings by Pauline Bruno Rose Digati and Anna Santulli with community singing by the assembly and school orchestra directed by Mrs M Theresa Donovan.
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