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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1953
Page
4
A health column notes millions suffer nightly from snoring though the sleeper is unfazed. It outlines medical checks for nasal and throat conditions, lifestyle changes, posture aids, and simple devices to quiet the nightly racket. The Bristol District Nursing Association sponsors the piece.
Historian Charles O F Thompson recounts the Oxx House on Hope Street once near St Michael's Chapel. The long neglected two story building stood for years before collapsing, with reference to its cellar ruins noted in 1869. The piece traces land transfers from 1761 and ownership by Capt Samuel Oxx to St Michael's Church by 1870 and 1876.
Laurence C Baldauf Jr son of Navy Captain Laurence C Baldauf and Mrs Baldauf of 448 Metacom avenue will participate in US Naval Academy summer training. The program runs June 6 to 20 at Little Creek Virginia includes amphibious and aviation phases with a three week carrier cruise to Halifax and tours of Naval installations and private industries in Philadelphia.
Story blends a tax sale notice about the estate of Samuel Oxx on Hope Street with archival reminiscences of Nat and Martha Oxx and 19th century Bristol life. It also covers a joint meeting of service clubs where Rabbi Chill extols Americanism during Know Your America Week with local officials and club leaders in attendance.
The singing was led by R S Bosworth with Harry Pait of Barrington at the piano.
Five U S Information Service employees from Paraguay Bolivia Costa Rica Panama and Brazil spoke at a Bristol World Affairs Council farm session about the Point 4 program. Dr Samuel D Clark led the discussion with questions from the audience and explained U S efforts to build goodwill abroad.
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