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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1959
Page
7
Quote notes human appetite for extremes and a man’s dual stance toward comfort and challenge. It contrasts heated desires with cooled needs and praises a man who stands straight to aid a child, suggesting virtue in practical benevolence.
A reflection urging humane pet ownership and neighborly handling of roaming dogs and cats. Owners should confine pets and discuss issues calmly with neighbors to preserve peace and mutual rights. The piece notes both kind and cruel behaviors toward animals and calls for understanding responses.
Rabbit hunters gain a chance to speak as Rhode Island officials plan a one year bag limit framework. A public hearing is set for eight o clock at the club house on Cowesett Road, with input welcomed from all parts of the state before final decisions by the Director of Agriculture and Conservation. The meeting follows state law allowing only Newport County hunting from November 1 to December 31, while other counties differ. The event also features the film The Missouri Cotontail as an added attraction.
A reader praises a Bristol litter campaign and urges cleanup of Hope Street’s lower end and the area between Hope and Thames Streets near the railroad tracks. He notes entrances to the town require sprucing up and asks the editor to continue the effort.
Harold V Langlois, superintendent of the Adult Correction Institute at Howard, told the Rotary Club that rehabilitation spending is wise. He cited public support for families of delinquents and urged a public, proactive stance on corrections. Langlois described Howard as a “little city within four walls” offering clubs and advisors, noting 35 men near graduation with junior or high school diplomas as proof of progress.
John M. Feeley formerly sales manager is named vice president in charge of sales for the Dixon Corporation makers of Saddle Guide Changeovers and Rulon and Teflon products. He will supervise sales offices in the South and agents across the United States and Canada selling Dixon plastics parts for sleeves bearings bushings thrust bearings wear strips cam followers and related mechanical and electrical applications. A second item notes Miss Alice Menezes engaged to Frank Gomes Jr. and briefly mentions a dramatic rescue in a Trenton restaurant where doctors used improvised tools to save a man named Mr. Dooley who suffered a blocked windpipe. The incident involved Dr Erwin Sacks-Wilner and his brother Arthur, other physicians, and local police coordinating care at McKinley and St. Francis Hospitals.
The Board of Canvassers issues a notice listing Anthony J. Dennis Jr as clerk and referring to canvass details. The document appears partially garbled with illegible lines but signifies official election administration activity.
On June schedule dates the First Congregational Church hosts a fourth annual combined choir concert in the DeWolf Room. A dedication of flags and anniversary banquet follows for the American Portuguese War Veterans Association at Midway House. Trinity Church Grounds hosts a food and cake sale on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. A Lioness Club benefit dance sponsored by the Bris-Boues is planned for June 20 at Midway.
The fragment mentions an editor publisher identified as B with a second class entry. No clear event date place or organization is readable.
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