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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1943
Page
4
Letters from Bristol residents express thanks for a Christmas package drive that delivered gifts to soldiers at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. Sentiments praise helpful items timely delivery and the town’s unity and support for service members abroad.
Funeral services for Mrs Grimo of 147 Bradford Street were held Wednesday morning at 2 30 from her home followed by a requiem mass at 9 in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Interment was at St Marys Cemetery. Survived by her husband four daughters one son and two grandchildren.
Funeral services for John J. Ryan of 16 Shaw's Lane were held at Co M Conners Funeral Home and St Marys Church. Burial followed at St Marys Cemetery. He died Tuesday in a Providence hospital after brief illness. born in Philipsdale in 1859, he moved to Bristol and worked at the National India Rubber Company and US Rubber Company before retirement. He was a charter member of St Marys Temperance Society. survivors include nephew Edward Ryan and sister-in-law Nan J Ryan.
Probate Court in Bristol Massachusetts schedules hearings for two estates. Inez L Clarke of Cambridge is referenced with executor N Preston Breed and a February 11 1943 conference at 10 AM in Bristol. Jane Thayer Lough estate in Rhode Island is also set for a first and final account review with Francis K Thayer and Seth Thayer as executors. Notices call for fourteen day weekly publication in Bristol Phoenician.
Girl Scouts will join the Victory Book Campaign for 1943 canvassing the town tomorrow to collect books for servicemen. Five troops are assigned to sections, seeking both fiction and non fiction printed since 1935, with pocket editions favored. Books may be brought to the Phoenix office in the morning or to Mrs. James McKenna’s home in the afternoon.
The Office of Price Administration urges homemakers to protect rubber items from heat sunlight and oil since wartime rubber is scarce. A new guide details storage cleaning mending and careful handling for hoses boots elastic garments cords and nursing nipples with tips to extend life and avoid waste.
Creditors urged to file claims against Harold E Blease alias Harold Blease deceased in Bristol Rhode Island. Marion Blease has qualified as Administratrix of the estate with court clerk John W Church overseeing the filing period beginning January 8.
Mrs. Raymond S. Brightman was installed as Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge at Ellows Hall with Selina Watson District Deputy and a six officer staff. Officers named include Miss Viola Anderson Vice Grand and Miss Dunbar Past Noble Grand. Guests came from Warren East Providence and Providence. Dunbar received a jewel and flowers.
A soldier known as "Slim" Roderick writes from Australia about long travels, rough living conditions, and the lack of newspapers. He notes Armistice Day and Thanksgiving spent on a boat, Christmas spent in Australia, and thanks readers for the recent paper. He explains mail delays, mutual camaraderie, and officer efforts to boost morale.
In Bristol on January 11 1943 John Gallagher and Cornelius J Gallagher petition to appoint Louis G Evitfin or another suitable person guardian of Nellie Peplow a person of full age The petition is referred to February 9 1943 at 26 oclock A M in the Probate Court Room Bristol and notice is ordered to be published for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix with clerk John W Church recording the action
The undersigned gives notice of probate admission by the Bristol County Probate Court for the will of Eliza LeLois of Bristol. Creditors must file claims with the Bristol court clerk by January 8 1943. Francis M. Dimond is executor, John W. Church clerk.
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