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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1957
Page
5
A town editorial says a taxpayer vote left the council to resolve a health menace at Schwams Drive without wasteful spending. It urges draining Leahy Pond, checking home sewer systems, and careful planning rather than costly fixes, stressing leadership and broad public backing.
President Eisenhower launched a White House conference leading to the People to People program for international friendship. It invites all Americans to participate, from letter writing and sharing books to hosting foreign visitors, with government support but reliance on private citizens. The Gazette of Amble, Pa. issued a bilingual Freedom Edition for Coburg’s 900th anniversary to illustrate cross cultural outreach. Public leadership and private groups must drive the effort through person to person communication abroad.
Stuart Chase explains how a Connecticut town adopted zoning after residents fought liberty to build anywhere. Bristol’s 30 year history shows initial resistance to regulation, then a dramatic hearing over converting an Inn into a convalescent hospital, with questions left unanswered about medical consultation and suitability.
The town meeting approved a precision system for town employees with no discussion or dissent. The pension plan, allied with Social Security, will be administered by the State Employees Retirement System as Bristol joins other Rhode Island towns, marking a forward step.
A medical bulletin notes only one polio death in a triply vaccinated child, reports 75 percent efficacy overall, and urges vaccination for ages up to 40 with three dose schedule. It cites 1956 polio cases down to 15,000 from 29,000 in 1955, and highlights vaccine production and timing guidance.
A sequence of Bristol area events announced for late February through March includes Alumni Association meeting at Colt Auditorium at 8 p.m on February 26, a Heart Fund Committee food sale at Country Club Store February 27, and a Bristol 4th of July Committee reorganizational meeting at the YMCA February 28. Also listed are a Turkey supper by the Women’s Guild, a March 2 record hop at Lincoln Hall and a Trinity Church fund food sale at Harriet Bradford Inn, a March 4 piano concert for the high school band fund, an Interdenominational World Day of Prayer at St. John’s Barrington, and a March 12 Class of 1937 gathering at the YMCA.
A Washington writer cites New York Times data and Air Force statistics showing rising marriages between American servicemen and European women. In early 1956, 1443 marriages to British women, 801 to German girls, 214 to American civilians, and 169 to French brides were recorded, with Italy and Ireland much lower due to limited stationed troops.
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