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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
2
A Bristol reader describes the crowded tree lined Colt Drive area near the town bathing beach with mass plates and litter. They argue the site would attract outsiders and demand state funded improvements and maintenance rather than local spending.
Guidance on including guest visits and community items in local columns. Encourages cooperation from contributors and notes readers appreciate mentions of visits and related items.
The Rhode Island Conference of Social Work will be held June 20th and 21st at the Narragansett Hotel Providence. Leaders in child welfare economics and human relations will address three sessions with Katherine Lenroot opening Thursday morning and William Haber speaking at the Thursday dinner.
Pupils of 9L and 9C1 L present The Bohemian Girl by Balfe this afternoon. M T Donovan directs with a large cast including Jeanette Jamiel as Gypsy Queen and John Etherstone as Thaddeus. Music staff and stage crew named. performance details omitted.
Lost blue mmuve glasses in a brown pencil case on the Common. Return to 4 Usher street or phone 4.2-M. Two girls seen picking up a wrist watch near Warren telephone office. return to Nova Voc for sentimental reasons and receive a reward. Call Warren 1488-R. Also classified notices advertise apartment or house wanted for 6 to 8 weeks, lawnmower sharpening, outboard motors repair, and a for sale listing for a Grand Glenwood stove and oil burner.
The Collins and Aikman-Girls club will hold a hot-dog roast Monday night at 7 o'clock at their clubhouse on Thames Street.
Senior Patrol Leader Richard K. Belmore of the First Bristol Troop received his Eagle Scout badge at an Eagle Court of Honor session in the County Court House. Belmore is the 17th Eagle in the First Troop and the 34th in Bristol, first since 1940. Drum Corps rehearsal tonight at Scout Hall in preparation for a Northbridge competition.
Delegates and alternates of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion will meet this evening at 8 o clock in the Post Home dugout on Franklin street. PC Albert A Edmonds, delegation chairman, will preside as they prepare for the 27th Department Convention the following weekend. A stag party marks the 27th anniversary of the post on Tuesday evening June 18 with entertainment social hour and refreshments. PC Charles E Burns chairs the arrangements committee.
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