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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1949
Page
2
Jim Sullivan, principal of the junior high, leads this year’s Red Cross appeal amid calls for civic duty. He urges residents to volunteer, stressing that even small contributions ease the campaign and benefit the community. Call tonight to join and support the effort.
A brief public call for local readers to submit their activities and that of organizations they belong to. The column emphasizes usefulness and reader courtesy, inviting broad participation and cooperation from Bristol area readers.
Community notices report St Mathias Day service at 10 a m at St Michael s Church. Ladies Benevolent Sewing group meets. mid winter vacation shifts basketball games to morning. First Congregational Church Missionary Society holds all day sewing meeting. Bristol Girl Scout Council to hold a food sale Feb 25 at 1 pm at Narragansett Electric Office.
Boy Scout Commissioner George Fish reports two sure signs of spring observed last Saturday near the Bristol Sewage Disposal Plant. He saw robins and buds on pussy willows, noting pussy willows appeared to be in bloom all winter. He also mentions a fish hawk following the willows and robins each year.
A small ad notes a pickup and delivery service located at 414 Thames Street with telephone contact in Connecticut.
John Brechin Jr born in Glasgow Scotland and raised in Bristol Rhode Island is a Republican candidate for Third Councilman in the March 9 1949 town election. An engineer with 30 years in management he supervised plant reconstructions and cost studies and has pushed for detailed sewer planning and long term budgeting. He served as Navy inspector in World War I and now works for Collins and Aikman in Rhode Island.
A real estate notice urges sellers to contact C. A. Garvin for properties at 211 Main St Warren and 36 Bradford St Bristol 1245W advising selling options and agent assistance.
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