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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1951
Page
2
A newspaper note questions government rent ceilings for enlisted Navy men in Newport housing. It contrasts civilian landlord ceilings with wartime wage raises and suggests talk of future officer rent hikes. The piece also warns of possible ceilings on commercial property rents as more controls are pursued.
A list of estate and guardianship accounts with hearings or actions scheduled for June 18 1951 includes Ann R Herreshoff estate first and final account and Guardian’s Ninth Account for Agenor J Brouillard Lewis E Buxton OSS Tess H and others, with related notices about creditor claims and administration allowances.
The column covers staking tomatoes with buried stem to create stockier plants, mulch benefits to conserve moisture and reduce weeds, and how to manage apple scab cedar rust with sprays. It also notes a possible nitrogen tie up from decaying mulch and flea beetle control using rotenone dust on tomatoes peppers cucumbers and squash.
Child labor expanded from 1870 to 1900 with 26 percent of boys aged 10 to 15 and 10 percent of girls in that age working. By 1940 the practice had nearly ceased.
Mr and Mrs Warren Campar nella announce the birth of a daughter Ellen Jane on May 24 at Providence Lying-In Hospital. Mrs Leon Menard of Los Angeles visits family, Bristol Garden Club meets June 6, and Sidney Herreshoff and Rev driftmier speak on Hawaii. YMCA Council annual meeting in Providence. John Oliviera and others attend, and other notices include births at Truesdale Hospital Fall River, Daughters of Isabella meeting June 4, and local residents with relatives in Geneva and at Sampson AFB New York. Additional items mention St Michaels Church services and Salve Regina College bridge plans for June 5.
Miss Jeannette LeMaire, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver J LeMaire of 11 Hillside Road, helps dissolve URI examination blues. The university news release notes LeMaire contributes to The Puritan, a student humor journal, assisting in lifting low mood during exams.
A series of community events lists bridge games and fundraisers. June 5 features a benefit bridge at Midway Steak and Lobster House, June 6 a Trinity Women’s Guild sponsored event in Trinity Parish Rooms, and June 8 a food sale by the D of I at Narragansett Electric Shop.
Dedication of the new St Columban s Seminary building will be Sunday with Most Rev Russell J McVinney D D Bishop of Rhode Island presiding He will also lay the cornerstone and lead a 3 pm procession of clergy from the old seminary to the new dormitory Also attending will be Very Rev Dr Jeremiah Dennehy supervisor general of St Columban s Order and Knights of Columbus guard of honor for Bishop McVinney
Mr and Mrs George Locke Howe of Fulton Maryland announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Wolcott Howe to Henry Francis Colt Jydson of Brookline Massachusetts. Elizabeth graduated from St Timothy s School Catonville Maryland and is training at Massachusetts General Hospital Boston. Henry Colt is a Harvard College 1946 graduate and an Air Reduction Co employee. The couple plans a September wedding.
Frank R Fojo Jr son of Mr and Mrs Frank R Fojo 1 Easter Brooks Avenue Bristol High School class of 1949 has won the Chi Epsilon prize at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for outstanding sophomore civil engineering student He is an Air Force ROTC trainee and recently received the Noble Callahan Post American Legion award for outstanding sophomore trainees.
Thursday evening the annual Girls Award Night at the YMCA recognized all season basketball players with certificates. The Chickens, champions, received letters presented by Thomas Adams Jr. Miss Dolores Ferreira received the Miss Oswald Trophy from C C Cirillo. Runner ups in the Oswald contest were Julia Saviano and Doris Murgo.
Bristol Rotary Club members led by President Francis J Murphy attend the Rotary International convention in Atlantic City. The group includes Wil liam M O'Rourke and several couples. John McIntosh canceled due to a Wyoming tragedy. Memorial Day week offered no meeting while secretary Howard R Newman lists deceased former members. Ladies Night on June 27 at the White Rat features the mental telepathy act The Tuckers.
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