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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1939
Page
2
Councilman John P Marshall endorses a public pool to solve Bristol’s bathing problem. Proposed sites include the southeast corner of the Common and land at John Street near Ever Ready fire station. A formal survey of sites, costs, maintenance, and operation is urged to inform serious town planning.
The Hi Y Club will host a dinner at Shorty’s Diner to honor outgoing coach Joseph A Margo and welcome new coach Warren L Huston. Toastmaster Warren Angelo Massa will lead the event with speakers Superintendent Elmer S Mapes principal Edward J Fitzgerald former coach Ian M Walker and Bristol YMCA secretary Earl H Hobson.
Troop 3 Bristol Boy Scouts host a spaghetti supper in Lincoln Hall Usher Avenue with guests including Rex Henrique Rocha acting pastor George R Fish district commissioner and Newport Bristol Counties official. John Cordeiro Newport School Committeeman chairs the arrangements with Manuel Fernandes Frank Perry John Almeida Manuel Vargas and two Scoutmaster assistants Francisco Duarte and Virgil Medetros.
Readers of the Phanix are invited to submit short items and news of local interest for publication in this column.
Miss Mary Galvin returns home from winter in Providence. Weddings, engagements, visits, and society events fill Bristol county notices, including a Newport wedding for James L. Maher and Miss Pary Razza, plus local club meetings, fundraisers, and fashion show plans.
Mrs John W Haley leads the Bristol Unit of the Women's Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer announcing the annual membership drive. The group promotes education to reduce cancer mortality through speeches exhibits and discussions with a one dollar enlistment fee and additional donations welcomed to meet unit quotas.
In Fifth District Court yesterday morning John E. Milewicz and Albert Sylvia were fined five dollars and costs for intersection violations. Dr Joseph B. Munro faced a reduced charge after admitting the seriousness of the original complaint. Doherty pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and paid ten dollars and costs following a night in jail. Continuances were ordered in the civil cases George Pevin vs Samuel F. Moon and Adelina Balzano vs Gabriel Accardi.
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