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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
2
A Bristol town column urges readers to exceed a 45000 E Bond quota for the sixth War Loan. With 14000 still needed and one day left, the piece praises campaign leaders led by Miss Farley and appeals readers to buy small denomination bonds to lift the town to the goal.
Local column explains that names make news and visitors are thanked for sharing their visits. Readers are invited to submit items of mutual interest and to help keep the community informed of who visited whom and other social tidbits.
Akhilananda to speak at St Michael's Couple's Club Sunday at 8. Bristol Home For Aged Women thanks Bristol DAR for gifts and entertainment. Holy Rosary Society Christmas party Sunday afternoon at Our Lady of Mt Carmel parish house. Mass for Cirlo killed in France to Morrow morning at 7:30 at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church. William B MacColl Jr to return home from Choate School for Christmas vacation. Bill to helm Press Club. Lt John W Hambrick arrives in England. his brother-in-law Arnold Dryer Jr with First Army tank unit.
LOST A sum of money between Reservoir and Mt Hope avenues. Will finder please call Bristol 654-R or notify 8 Jewett avenue. TOYS We have a large assortment of toys and games suitable for Christmas gifts Molasky's Store 44 State Street. STOVE FOR SALE Coal burning circulating heater In good condition Please notify Box R Bristol Phoenix BICYCLE FOR SALE Boys lightweight bicycle for sale Also baby carriages retired Inquire at 24 Cottage street
Listing advertises a Thor washing machine with mangler a baby washer with dryer electric flat irons toasters Singer sewing machine electric clock and a Glenwood gas and coal range at 404 High Street inquire at 8 Jefferson Street Warren.
Duplex houses and rooms for rent with separate basements and water heating. Hilltop Riding Stable offers horses for hire by hour or day. Domestic help sought for general housework and child care. Doll carriage wanted for a six year old. Roof repair carpenter needed. Wood delivery cords and fireplace logs offered. Piano tuning and repairs by S F Winecombe. Posture and support garments by Spencers with free figure study.
CNs report: Carl Bisbane, son of Hope Street residents, arrived in England as a member of an anti-tank unit. James J. Kilroy, of the RI Soldiers Home, enjoys his annual vacation. Kilroy once served 32 years in the U S Navy. Judge Luigi De Pasquale hosted a birthday party at the 400 Club in Warwick with Chief Anthony Ferrara and Rev. Anthony Parshley as guests. Officers and committees of United Brother Lodge No 13 LOOF to be elected Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall. Hope Circle D of I meets Monday at the K of C Home with a chicken dinner and gifts exchange. A general alarm was sounded for a grass fire at Victor Cabrall’s 62 Collins Street, sparked by a rubbish-burner. Lois Donnelly of Los Angeles visits Col and Mrs Henry Hambrick, parents of fiancé 2nd Lt Henry P Hambrick USAAF, now a German POW. Donnelly’s parents Capt and Mrs L A Donnelly were in Bristol.
Judge Luigi DePasquale of the Sixth District Court will speak at the Bristol Historical Society meeting in the Holmes House at 8 p.m. Monday on The History of Italian Immigration. Rev Anthony R Parshley chairs the program committee. Refreshments provided by Mrs Earl P Mathewson, Mrs Stanley Friswell, Mrs Arthur H Carr, and Miss Gladys Paull.
St Marys Mothers Club will host a Sunday afternoon program in the church auditorium featuring a Christmas entertainment by St Marys School pupils directed by the Sisters. A committee including Mrs Oscar Pivin Mrs Jos Pivin Mrs Michael Flynn Mrs Sarah Elder Mrs Frederick Serbst Mrs Henry Serbst Mrs Arthur Tettrie Mrs Elton I Perce Mrs Carl Witherell and Mrs James Ruggiero will oversee arrangements.
A special Christmas Carol service is planned at 7:30 p.m. in DeWolf Memorial Chapel with the church choir and guest soloist Vernon A. Gray. Herrmann L. Wilbur directs the choir as familiar carols are sung by the choir and congregation.
Providence hosts a public exhibit of about 45,000 enemy patents and patent applications at the Public Library. Under Alien Property Custodian James E. Markham, licenses to use these patents are available to American citizens at 15 dollars each. Patents span mechanics and chemistry with counts in aeronautics, boot and shoe, cutlery, plastics, jewelry, textiles, and extensive chemical fields.
The exhibit pages detail 300 volumes occupying 75 feet of floor space. Patent experts will use a tabulated index to direct visitors to patents in their fields of interest. A $15 administration fee to the Office of Alien Property Custodian in Washington allows access to most patents.
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