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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1953
Page
2
Bristol hopes to revive a Christmas display with a focused lighting plan using existing equipment. The Yuletide Committee appeals to townspeople and merchants to fund and install modest lights in the business district to keep the Christmas spirit alive and support local commerce.
In North Stamford Connecticut residents react to a proposed sale of a home to Jackie Robinson with measured opposition. A large nearby white group circulates a statement opposing exclusion by race while other locals express concern for property values amid broader community tensions.
December 18 Friday features a Bristol Chapter DAR food sale and Andrade’s Insurance Company sponsorship. December 19 Saturday hosts a Christmas cake sale under the auspices of the Bristol Narrows Improvement Association, Andrades.
To Have Party Cub Pack No 14 holds its annual Christmas party on Wednesday evening December 23 at 730 PM in Odd Fellows Hall High Street. Santa Claus will visit and distribute gifts as each Cub Scout brings a gift wrapped for exchange. There will be awards a meeting for parents and a social hour with refreshments.
The First Bristol Troop of Boy Scouts of America met by patrols at their leaders homes to plan for holidays and the winter camping trip at Camp Yawgoog. The troop staff visited patrol meetings and announced the Christmas party for Monday December 21 and that the Brown trophy for November advancement was awarded to the troop.
Miss Maria Martins, senior and president of the college debating society at Albertus Magnus College New Haven CT, has arranged debates with Fairfield University Holy Cross and Trinity College. The semester featured a student faculty debate on the topic That a college education is a waste of time .
The Pow Wow monthly paper of the First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts of America won first prize in a council wide troop newspaper contest at the Narragansett Press Association annual meeting in Providence. Editor Anthony Nastri and assistant editor Carlton Pinheiro led the staff with junior assistant scoutmaster Joseph Motta Jr as treasurer and Scoutmaster George R. Fish as advisor.
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