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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1940
Page
1
Relief Administrator Orlando J. Bisbane asks Bristol Rhode Island to call a special town meeting on July 2 in Reynolds School auditorium to seek a 20000 appropriation for relief. Officials note current funds cover only to mid August and defense changes may cut relief rolls.
Battery C of the 243rd Coast Artillery RING leaves Bristol for a three week encampment at Fort H. G. Wright New York. Capt. Albert A. Moren says the roster grew to 80 after Bristol and Warren recruiting. First Sgt. Manuel Morris Jr will call the roll at 8 AM and the unit will travel by trucks to Providence then trains to Long Island for the camp.
Lenora Garafa 16 of 65 Court street drove an automobile that overturned on Ferry Road opposite Griswold Avenue last night. Her father Marcelino Garafa mother and sister Hilda 10 were passengers with no serious injuries though the car was badly damaged. The girl, a student driver, mispressed the accelerator near Griswold causing a collision with a tree and a wall before the rollover. Officers A M Bullock and Frederick W Serbst investigated.
The 40th Bristol County tennis championship starts tomorrow at Excelsior Tennis Club. Junior singles begin at 9 30 am and men's singles at 2 pm with defending champ Charles Swanson of Pawtucket. Massachusetts players Edward Serves and others are entered. ladies singles are set for Monday.
Harry Spiers of the Boston Water color Society plans a watercolor exhibition with Miss Virginia Drury of 868 Hope Street this town in October. Spiers has painted oils portraits including Mr. Robert S. Andrews and contributed works to the Boston Museum. He has painted Cardinal O Connell and is now creating a watercolor of the Mt Hope Bridge.
The funeral of Henry W. Peterson was held yesterday from his home on Bradford street at 2 p.m. Rev. A R Parshley rector of St. Michael's Church officiated and burial was in the North Cemetery. The bearers were George Coggeshall Daniel G Coggeshall Harry W Munro Albert Johnson P D Frazer and Joseph Hall.
July 26 Friday dance at the Yacht Club hosted by the Mariner Ship Vigilant. August 18 Sunday clambake organized by Auspic es Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co.
Bristol District Nursing Association runs a busy week at Rockwell House with Chest Well Baby Whooping Cough and Tonsil clinics. State Sanatorium staff joined the effort examining 15 patients. 86 started and 66 returned for second treatments. six surgeries occurred. Contributions to support the health program can be sent to Norton M Zindertstein, Treasurer.
The Bristol Branch of the British War Relief Society reported an excellent clothing appeal response at a meeting held at Babbitt House, 328 Hope Street. Mrs Wallis E Howe was elected chairman with Mrs Stewart Campbell vice chairman and Mrs George H Baldwin secretary and Mrs Frederick A Sutcliffe treasurer. The executive committee includes multiple members. Shipments of garments are sent to England every fortnight, with three hundred lots sent from Bristol early this week.
Scouts prepare for a Sunday parade and drum corps contest in Bristol Rhode Island. Over twenty drum corps from Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts will compete at Guiteras School Field under Rhode Island Fife Drum and Bugle Association rules. Judges assess marching appearance and performance while trophies totaling thirty one and thirteen medals will be awarded to winners.
Bristol Train of Artillery members head to Norwich Connecticut for the State American Legion convention parade on Saturday July 27 assembling at 8 am leaving at 9 am with Connecticut State Police escort. They will parade at 2 pm and stay overnight at the Norwich Inn with planned supper church service and return to Bristol at will.
The motion picture The Story of the Coast Guard will be shown to Bristol Yacht Club members and guests next Tuesday evening at the club. The 55 minute talkie, loaned by the U S Coast Guard recruiting office in New York, depicts Coast Guard duties and action from hurricane warnings to ice patrols and rescue operations.
At the Yacht Club tonight the Girl Scout Mariner Ship Vigilant will hold its annual dance with music by Carl Tatz and his orchestra. Attractions include the prize waltz and balloon dance, with patrons and patronesses listed and the Skipper guiding arrangements.
Parishioners of St Marys Church announce carnival rankings led by Betty Jane Campanella with 3165 votes and Muriel Trudel 2455. Other top entrants include Helen Travers 1660, Rose Fasano 1580, Irene Girard 1240, Rita Serbst 675, Shirley Flynn 560, Mary McMillan 510, Loretta Moren 400, Josephine Kerr 395, Nancy Sisson 395, Mary Shaw 350, Kathleen Brito 340, Lois Brownell 320, Virginia Ingram 275, and the Bassard girls 470.
Children and managers of the Bristol Children's Home held a Tuesday picnic on the Pappasquash estate of Mr and Mrs Charles B Rockwell. Lunch on the terrace and rides in a horse drawn carry all and a motor trip around the harbor were featured attractions.
A London Daily Telegraph piece credits two miracles for the Dunkirk BEF retreat: the Tuesday May 28 storm and a rare stretch of calm in the English Channel. It highlights chaplains' roles, miraculous immunity at times, and heroic padre efforts guiding troops back to safety.
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