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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1948
Page
2
A 13 year old pupil at Guiteras School named Edmund Travers contributes seven dollars to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. He had suffered a bout with the disease last summer but now walks, though cannot yet run, and his act is praised as a hopeful example for charitable drives like the March of Dimes.
A local column invites residents to share their activities for a friend column in the Bristol area paper. It notes readers enjoy reading about neighbors and suggests cooperation to feature notices and notes of social happenings.
The Bristol Business-Civic Association plans a 7 30 pm gathering Monday in the Belvedere Hotel parlors. Other items note St V Michael's Church School teachers meet at Holmes House at 7 30 pm, and several local church events and meetings are listed with dates and places.
At a Rotary meeting on Wednesday noon Brown and Canox welcomed into membership. Floyd Huestis notes a salesman praised Bristol for the difficult ice and snow driving conditions in the state. James A. McKenna William Hall and Wardwell Lumber Company executives with their wives returned from New York City after attending the Northeastern Retail Lumbermen’s Association Convention. McKenna served on the Resolutions Committee.
Public notice states the Zoning Board of Review will meet February 16, 1948 at 7 PM in the Burnside Memorial Building Bristol RI to hear H C Wardwell as owner and Weir P Williams as lessee on a petition for a special exception to zone rules to operate polo games at the former White Rail Polo Club site. The petition requests altering Zone B to permit polo events with admission, taxes paid, and advertising. By order of the Zoning Board of Review Frederick T Goff Secretary.
425 teens packed St Marys CYO Club for Open House as Jimmie Martin led a brass heavy performance on a frigid Monday night. Nat McCarthy praised the lively crowd while Sylvia White and Lou August wowed with vocals and the serenade of bells. The ensemble featured Frank De Luca Joseph Mosca Carl De Luca Albert Sylvia Norman Kerr Tony Pelone Ernest Bisbane Earl Koff Eddie Gordon Charles Perry P Shaw Bill De Rain Pat Sabacdile and Don Corp.
The following teens won prizes: Frank Fojo Laura Olive ira Joe Almeida Dolores AieHo Chips Ruggieri Mary Bottomley Ray Newbold Veronica Ling Lucy Jamiel Dot Silvia Bob McCree Robert Jordan Barbara Josephs Edmund Costa Anna Brule Vivian Fojo Fred Sousa Joyce Ferreira Arnold Silvia Ed Boudreau Helen Freitas Antone Amaral Joe Russo Corinne Fer reira Theresa Caron.
Gardiner West of Poppasquash swept judges in Mechanics Hall during the week of January 2024 winning blue ribbons for first hen second cock bird first cockerel first pullet first young trio first old trio and champion female in a class of 31 Japanese Bantams. He hinted at additional special awards to be announced later.
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