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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1942
Page
3
Two hundred sixty two Pembroke College students earned Red Cross certificates this week for war effort course completion. The largest group, 149 undergraduates, finished the standard First Aid course. nearly fifty remain in first aid training.
Fritz Hazard state director says Bristol's observation post not functioning but council met duties. Chief Observer Fish notes post needs electric lights and toilets before use. a telephone funded by Kearney Post. Volunteers sought. Council approves up to 300 for a panel truck to carry firefighting gear and six Lake Erie A-3 incendiary bombs for demo. Wall reports on Providence Control Center test.
The Benevolent Society of St. Michael's Church announces committees for its annual bridge and food sale led by Mrs. Henry Wood. Roles include tickets prizes cake tea with a roster of named volunteers. The event occurs Wednesday in the Parish House.
The War and Navy Departments restrict outbound parcels to 11 pounds, 18 inches, or 42 inches length plus girth. Certain regions and official government mail are exempt, with limits applying to addresses outside the continental United States including Alaska and APOs. Perishables are barred under the new rules.
Miss Julia Ann Herreshoff dies after brief illness at 77. Bristol figure in philanthropy and charity, organizer and former president of Bristol District Nursing Association, longtime Bristol Home for Aged Women treasurer, Red Cross Roll Call treasurer, donor of Prudence Island church land, survived by cousins.
Rhode Island firms may send men to the United States Army Protection School in Amherst Massachusetts for a two week course on war gases incendiaries and high explosives. Lt Col George R Thomason says Rhode Island quota is four men per session and the state has regularly filled it. Apply to LT Col Thompson for blanks and fingerprint cards. await submission of names.
A vivid reminiscence recalls a dawn in Ma Holmes garden in Bristol, describing flower beds and trees, jasmine and honeysuckle scents, and a boy’s wonder at lore of fairies in the Li dles of the Valley. The narrator cherishes gardens, birds, and a cherished ally.
William H Warner of 87 Burton Street and Henry Rohrman of 38 Collins Street toured the Guinness Brewery at St James Gate Dublin the world’s largest brewery and Ireland’s biggest business. The visit highlighted the ancient gate site dating to 1670 the malting floors with Spratt Archer barley and the cooperage yards where casks from American timber rise three stories high.
The Rotary Club met at the Colonial Hotel and elected a new board including Dr Fred W Martin James G Carns Dr Samuel D Clark Anthony J Ferrara Daniel Rhee A A Edmonds and Ralph Childs Dr Martin and Howard R Newman were chosen as delegate and alternate to the Rotary International convention in Toronto in June James G Carns and Rev A R Parshley were named delegates to the Spring Conference in Plymouth with Henry H Lawson and J Floyd Huestis as alternates Supt of Schools E S Mapes was reelected trustee of the Scholarship Fund Prof Violet Higbee spoke on Food For Thought.
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