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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
3
Building Inspector Otis M Bailey reported to the Town Council that 48 new homes received permits in 1946 with a total valuation of 174050 dollars, averaging 3626 dollars per home. The 1945 permits totaled 95 with valuation 176151 dollars.
The Bristol Chapter DAR will meet Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Chapter Home following a 2:00 p.m. board meeting. Staff officers will discuss Valley Forge. Guests include Mrs. T. Frederick Chase, Howard B. Gorham, Mrs. Loss Oliver, Mrs. Howard B. Chase, and Mrs. Leroy P. Cox. An Ellis Island Shower fundraiser is planned with hostesses listed.
In Wednesday YMCA Industrial Basketball League double header Esga Wins ih In Row defeats U S Rubber 47 38 with Attilio Tapazio scoring 13 points and Tappero adding 10. Vikings beat Bristol Manufacturing 45 31 to seize second place behind league leaders.
Town Council voted to suspend Antonio Cardoza's license for the Swanee River Bar on January 20 and 21 after Police Chief Ferrara urged action following neighbor complaints and a December state police raid that led to two arrests for bookmaking and a $25 fine plus costs.
F. J. Stoughton of this town enters two feature events at the 99th Boston Poultry Show in the Boston Garden. More than 6 000 birds from 30 states and Canada will compete January 16 to 19 with prizes exceeding $15.00 for top scoring birds.
Orlando J. Bisbane, Acting Director, recalled the late Joseph J. Marshall former Director of Public Welfare in a Bristol Town Council report. The integrated Federal State and local Public Assistance program provided 73 266 for food clothing medical care and shelter in the first 11 months of 1946 at a town cost of 3404. An average of 161 cases per month were handled and Marshall was praised for expanding access to social services and referrals across agencies.
Mrs Helen Vernon Gladding Calder 82 of Providence died at Memorial Hospital Pawtucket after two weeks illness. She was born in Bristol February 10 1864 daughter of Set A C Gladding Civil War veteran and Elizabeth Gladding. She served as vice president general of the National Society of the Daughters of American Revolution and attended national and international events including George VI coronation in 1936. She held leadership roles in Knights of the Garter Runnemede and numerous DAR chapters and allied organizations.
A reader explains that unsigned letters to the editor are published in The Phoenix Wallum Lake. He notes letters need not include the writer’s name and shares images of the Washington Triplets as part of a contribution to the ongoing newspaper production and the Town Breeze feature.
The Plant H Men’s Club of Collins and Alleman Corp will hold its annual banquet Saturday in Artilery Hall. The committee includes Albert Ethier chairman Carl Tommaso Louis Gladue William Manchester Frank Vorro John Sylvia and Thomas Flynn.
A reader from Walum Lake writes in praising the local newspaper sheets as an excellent vehicle for news about people, places, and events in the hometown and asks to keep them coming.
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