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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1958
Page
4
Editorial laments Hope Street business district sidewalks in Bristol England not kept tidy during Lord Mayor visit. It praises Suzman's Store for regular sweeping while criticizing merchants who resist upkeep. argues neat storefront approaches attract business despite lack of capital or ownership issues.
The National Foundation will be known as the National Foundation, expanding its polio fight with the Salk vaccine and broadening research into arthritis and birth defects. Basil O'Connor says the heart of the program is research and professional education, with limited patient care initially for arthritis patients and children with CNS malformations through age 18, funded by the March of Dimes drive.
Town Clerk incumbent Anthony J. Dennis Jr a Bristol native born May 15 1925 has held the post since 1956 after WWII service and legal training. Republican rival Margaret L Canario born January 9 1912 in New Hampshire lives in Bristol since 1937 with four children and a career in telegraph banking and real estate.
YMCA set an award night Thursday at the Y for day campers. Four youths will receive honors for participation including most outstanding and most improved awards. The event features a loving cup for the girl winner and a boy winner plus gifts for swimming and camping.
In last week's Saturday Evening Post a picture in Letters shows U S Senator Green stepping from a damaged car during Bristol parade actions at the Hope and Bradford Street corner. Tom Daley, a Phoenix linotype operator, spotted himself and his family in the image, with a laundromat sign visible nearby, prompting a quip about the Post making Life magazine someday.
General John M. McGreevey director of Civil Defense for Rhode Island will attend a town council briefing on the new state survival plan tomorrow evening at Burnside Memorial Building. Heads of local municipal departments will be present. Nelson G. Beals Bristol Civil Defense Director has awaited this briefing for many months.
On Sunday August 24 the Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps will host a townwide collection of wastepaper and magazines starting at 10 a.m. Residents are asked to place items curbside for pickup.
A humorous column by C. S. Jennison recounts a family’s quirky pets and the narrator’s attitude toward animals. Stories span cats who mistake rugs for grass, Shane the dog chasing cars, hens and chicks on relief, a three legged lawn chair reader, and a turtle plus lizards in the basement, all framed with wry observations.
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