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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1941
Page
2
The piece warns that the Civil Service act adopted two years ago, praised as a merit based model, is under pressure from political interests. It urges the governor to resist turning civil service into a political football and calls for reform ideas to be studied by a nonpartisan board before Legislature.
February events include a Washington Parish fundraiser in Bristol for relief efforts with music by the Amice Guild and a flower show preview. March features a Quiet Garden sale and a war relief band concert. April lists a bridge and fashion show and a memorial bridge event hosted by the Ladies Benevolent Society. May offers a bridge party hosted by Mrs Rockwell for the Bristol Garden Club with proceeds for local causes.
A Regina Elena Society meeting is set for 3 PM Sunday at the Italo American Democratic Club on Wood Street. The event follows a series of local social notices including marriages and hospital stays of Bristol residents.
Mrs Arthur S Berberian announces the birth of Carole Ann on February 19. Betty Cudworth of Newton Centre Mass is identified as Mrs Berberians former name. St Andrews Club Jrs of St Michaels Church Bristol prepare to play St Andrews School middies in a basketball game tomorrow afternoon at the parish house of St Michaels Church.
The Bristol Counts Scouters start a four Friday evening Refresher Course at Reynolds School auditorium at 7 30. Arthur Leirdman leads as Field Execute. A ceremonial for Awashonks Herd occurs at Scout Hall tomorrow evening with Danwl Frettas and William V McCaw on the committee.
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