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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1943
Page
3
The Bristol Scout council recalls 1932 33 achievements. Troops won President’s Award Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion championships. The First Troop earned Ten Year Program awards while expanding membership and producing notable jamboree acts and camp activities.
Miss Mary Baker daughter of Captain and Mrs William J Baker Jr of 1013 Hope Street and Pvt Frederick Wilkinson US Army son of Edward Wilkinson of 39 Byfield Street were married at St Marys Rectory by Rev Vincent J Griffin Thursday evening at 6 o clock Attendants were Mr and Mrs Francis O Reagan of Fall River Mass A reception followed at the bride s home for close family The bride is Colt Memorial High School Class of 1940 graduate and Wilkinson served with the US Rubber Company wire team before joining the Army
Octave TeClair of 17 Burton Street announces the marriage of his daughter Gwendolyn F to John B Whipple of Miami Florida. The couple wed Wednesday January 27 1943 on mint Florida after a brief stay in Miami and plan to reside in Brazil South America where Mr Whipple will resume duties as Traffic Specialist with American Airlines.
There will be an important rehear sal of the Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps this evening in Scout Hall at 7 o'clock. Cub Pack No. 14 will have a birth day party at their meeting in Scout Hall tomorrow evening at 615 Plans for the re-registration of the Pack to be held later in the month will be completed. Boy Scout Sunday was observed last Sunday by the local troops. Troop 3 attended the 9am mass at St Elizabeth's Church in a body and received Holy Communion. Troop 6 of St Mary's Church also attended mass in a body. Other Scout troops attended their own churches Sunday morning.
St Marys Mother's Club conducts a bridge whist event at the K of Community Hall on State Street this evening with Mrs A B Nerone as general committee chair. Subscribers include a long list of matrons and Misses from local families and clubs.
A Bristol England hostel funded by the town aids blitzed Bristolians, as J Floyd Huestis receives a letter from Elsa Buckham of Devon detailing wartime hostel life for service girls and travelers. The note describes Y M C A facilities, beds, bathrooms, a lounge, and a canteen, underscoring wartime hospitality and civilian effort.
Private Henry Vieira, formerly of Bristol and now of Hayward California, earned high praise from Fort Knox officer Captain Frederick A Carroll for his marksmanship. Vieira, a student at the Officers Training School, fired a perfect 128 on the 30 caliber machine gun during training and is expected to receive a second lieutenant commission.
Fire Chief Moses Moore presents Bristol Fire Dept results for February 1 1942 to January 31 1943. General alarms 27 still alarms 102 drownings 1, 14 cats rescued from poles and trees. Responded to Governor's Coventry Forest Fire. corrected 46 fire hazards. State Fire Marshall also investigated three hazards. End fiscal year with a balance.
A report on Miss Psther Osterberg, librarian, notes a decline in reading among children. In response to parental inquiries about suitable titles, she provides a list including Black Beauty, Alice in Wonderland, Heidi, Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, Pinocchio, Gulliver's Travels, Tom Sawyer, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Oliver Twist, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Secret Garden, and Uncle Tom's Cabin among others.
Listed events include a Tuesday Bridge Whist at K of C Home on State Street hosted by the Mother's Club on February 9. February 12 features a Bridge at Colt Memorial Auditorium hosted by the Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. February 22 hosts a Washington Ball in the Armory by the BTA. March 25 and 26 present Blessed Imelda under Children of Mary at St. Marys Auditorium.
War Price and Rationing Board No T5217 issued permits for tire and tube purchases to many local residents and firms. Names include Michael Carmone 377 High Street George D Robinson 18 Peck Avenue Edmund Olwer 949 Hope Street John Serpa 135 Franklin Street Frank Garcia Jr 15 Fasterbrook Avenue Frances Fasano 115 Bradford Street Edmund E Berube 262 High Street Stephen W Hopkins 133 State Street Marie J Rogers 1 Second Street Elias Batista 143 Bradford Street John Amaral 327 High Street Elizabeth Simmel 48 Garfield Avenue Pauline Jencks Bristol Highlands Domenic Romano 232 Wood Street Bristol Mfg Corp Buttonwood Avenue John R Watson Gibson Road Bristol County Water Co 553 Hope Street Herbert Burnham Jr 65 Franklin Street Margarida Tavares 1200 Hope Street Biagio Del Toro 23 Catherine Street James E Conley 83 Burton Street plus permits for stoves to Dixon Lubricating Saddle Co 2 Mary Goulart 191 Metacomet Avenue Charles Callan 79 Franklin Street Leon McCaw 176 High Street
Readers from Bristol express gratitude for Christmas packages sent to service members. Letters praise kindness of Bristol civilians, note small world connections with fellow Bristolians, and thank editors for publishing their appreciation messages from bases and ships.
Colt High defeated Country Day 35 to 31 in a non league game at Andrews gym. Vallaro Securo and Cavallaro led Colt with most points while P. Davis scored 15 for Country Day. Colt also won the jayvee 33 to 13.
The Office of Price Administration announced that U S munition and war matériel costs from June 1940 through 1943 would total about 157 billion dollars if prices stay fixed. This would be 78 billion less than the 235 billion projected under inflationary WWI patterns, yielding lower debt for taxpayers.
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