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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1943
Page
4
The article urges preserving native blackberries and chokecherries and gives late season planting tips for beets kale spinach collards and turnips. It warns tomatoes should be canned while sweet and notes cold nights will bitter them. advise pruning raspberries and increasing sun for new canes and starting cover crops after cleanup.
Home Service Director Gladys Kimbrough of Ball Brothers urges correct corn canning to prevent spoilage. Follow steps: prepare jars, heat, trim husks, select plump ears, blanch five minutes, pack with boiling water, add salt, process 70 minutes at 10 pounds, seal, and cool promptly.
George A Cote writes from the Aleutian Islands describing war service and a chance reunion with a Rhode Island friend named Robert Kempp in a Warren, Bristol area context. He thanks his mother for birthday packages and notes tough but OK conditions, asking for letters and mentioning locations like Malta and Pantelleria.
A 1943 letter describes Navy training at the University of Chicago Signal School and life aboard in the Mediterranean near Algiers and Oran. Anthony A. Bralzano writes about ship training, expected rating, upcoming assignments, weather, food, and visits to Chicago while recalling Bristol and Rhode Island ties.
Bristol Council announces Thursday bingo at K of C Hall on State Street with Kitty-Door prize tickets. Extra card available for 1 cent, two cent ticket option. Proceeds support lodge activities.
Last evening the Hope Circle No. 70 of the Daughters of Isabella held a successful weenie roast at Nora Dwyer’s home on Collins street. A following business meeting at Mrs. Joseph Lewis’s Collins street home planned a social for September 20 with co chairs Mrs Margaret Connery and Miss Dwyer and a committee of named members.
The US Rubber Engineers defeated the Knock Knock 8 to 6 on the Common Friday evening after a late comeback. Bill Magee pitched for the Engineers while Bennie Ferrazzano hit the only homer for KK s. a double play by Felix Mad odoza and Finn halted a KK rally in the fifth. A rematch is planned for September.
Marshewallow Boast Scouts of the First Bristol Troop held a marshmallow roast at Camp King Phillip last evening. Jackie Sylvester led the roasting and a fire yielded glowing embers for the scouts. Plans for the rest of the summer were set and upcoming activities at Camp Yawgoog and a water carnival were noted.
St Elizabeth's won 7 to 3 over St Mary's on the Common with Joseph Cordeiro and Joseph Carreira delivering the battery for the victors while Richard Rene and Raymond Newbold held for St Mary's. Next Monday at 615 Our Lady of Mt Carmel will face St Mary's as Mt Carmel remains undefeated in the league.
The note claims that delaying wages will please prominent authoritarian figures and puppet regimes. It suggests economic policy tied to dictates from Nazi Japan and other regimes, implying political pressure behind payroll decisions.
Public auction to sell Parcel A at Hope and Bradford Streets and Parcel B on Pierce Avenue in Bristol Rhode Island. The sale follows a mortgage deed dated April 27 1988 and recorded in Bristol. Both parcels include rights to a four foot gangway and are subject to unpaid taxes water and assessments. Attorney Georgah K. Demopulos represents the mortgage holder.
Funeral services for Giuseppe Borgia were conducted from his late residence at 8 15 AM and a high mass of requiem followed at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church. Rev Emilio Donanzan led the mass and committal prayers at the cemetery with ritual read at the grave by Luigi Troiano. Attending pallbearers included Leonardo Palumbuo Matthew Borgia Vincent Martino and others from town and Taunton Mass Petty Officer 3c Joseph Borgia U S N was also present.
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