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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1941

Page

3

C A Girls Host Tea and Food Sale at Thames Street

The Collins and Aikman Girls Club held a tea and food sale on Thames street offering strawberry shortcake chicken salad sandwiches and sodas. About 175 people attended led by hostess Miss Evelyn C Carter with a planning committee including Mrs Laura Sai and many members.

Collins and Aikman Girls Club Thames Street Evelyn C. Carter Laura Sai Emma Sousa Mary McKenna Alice Roderick Margaret Belmore Mary Alfred Elizabeth Correira Rose Correira Ida Principe Blanche Gladue Pasqualina Nero Bridget Sicignano Margaret Billock Agnes Roderick Laura Sousa Edeiros Aida Pereira Edith Bisbano

Children Day Program Highlights From First Congregational Church

Sunday program at DeWolf Memorial Chapel celebrated Children's Day with the First Congregational Church Sunday School Primary Department. New Cradle Roll certificates issued and perfect attendance awards presented by Clifford Wilson.

First Congregational Church DeWolf Memorial Chapel Clifford Wilson Maybelle F. Remieres Hollis Buffington Jean Campbell Joyce Pickett Charles Booth, Jr Make Believe Primary Dept Robert O'Connell Jesus Marta Mapes Emma Dimond Norman Carlson Louise Murray Mary Jane Terra Eunice Megathlin George Terra Robert Brown David M. Horne Cynthia Walker Sally Town Sandra Pickens Charlotte Brooks Jacqueline Pickens Jesus Loves Irving Sherman Robert Campbell Ian Walker Jacquelin Pickens Kingdom of Heaven Ralph Peters

St Marys Women Plan Parish Supper

St Marys parishioners organize a parish supper on June 26 in St Marys auditorium. A general committee meeting follows the novena tonight to finalize arrangements. The committee is led by Mrs Henry L Sweeney with Mrs Charles M Connery as co chair and Miss Nora E Dwyer as secretary, along with a long list of committee members.

St.Mary’s Auditorium Henry L. Sweeney Charles M. Connery Nora E. Dwyer Otis Bailey, Jr Louis Beauregard Catherine Bertrand Mary Guevremont Louis Cirillo Bernard Breen Arthur Brelsford William Burke Thomas Byrnes Raymond Callahan Margaret Callan Mary Callan John J. Condon Frances Gonnell James Connery John Conners William T. Dwyer Arthur J. Duffy Catherine Gibson Frederick T. Goff Manuel Goulart Samuel Hackley Walter Kerr John Langello Edwin LeClerc Joseph Lewis George McClure John McKenna Roland Martelly George Marz Bernard Morris Minnie Murphy William O'Rourke Matthew Preble Frederick T. Serbst Marie Verm

Lawn fete at St Andrew's Club features Andrews School entertainment

St Andrews Club of St Michael's Church hosts a lawn fete on church grounds with a boys' entertainment from Andrews' School, Barrington. Parish women run booths for the club's summer program and St Andrews School. Various volunteers manage cakes, white elephant, tea, bridge, ice cream, beans, and salad booths. If rain limits outdoor events, activities move to the Parish House.

Andrews’ School Barrington St. Andrews Club St. Michael’s Church St Andrews School Booths Myra Whitman Earl P. Mathewson T.eon McCaw

Rhode Island WPA School Lunch Program Ends Season

Rhode Island reports 143657 meals served to school children from September 1940 to June 1941 under the WPA hot lunch project. Mary Clancy leads the program with meals costing 10 cents when possible, but no child goes hungry if unable to pay.

Bristol Rhode Island WPA Mary Clancy Waren

St Marys Gracates Presented Their Diplomas

Diplomas were awarded to 19 graduates after the 10 30 mass at St Marys Church led by Rev Michael L Ryan. Recipients include Jean Marie Baker Claire Irene Belmore Mary Ancilla Crowley Margaret Elizabeth Dunbar Jane Claire Greene Rose Mary Jamies Eileen Cecelia Lawrence Constance Elizabeth Belle Ann Marie Simmons Margaret Theresa Proulx Arthur Edward Jordan Maurice Patrick Leahy Robert Daniel McHugh Gordon William Meiggs Arthur Joseph Proulx Edward James Sylvester John Joseph Toplin Joseph John Wells Malcolm Garner Wilcox. The Father Gillan Medal went to Robert Daniel McHugh and Rose Mary Jamiel received the Fr Gillan Memorial Medal.

St. Mary’s Church Michael L. Ryan ST. Marys Jean Marie Baker Claire Irene Belmore Mary Ancilla Crowley Margaret Elizabeth Dunbar Jane Claire Greene Rose Mary Jamies Eileen Cecelia Lawrence Constance Elizabeth Belle Ann Marie Simmons Margaret Theresa Proulx Arthur Edward Jordan Maurice Patrick Leahy Robert Daniel Mc Louise Bonvicia Eunice Beirne Josephine Coggeshall Elizabeth Campanella Joan Doyle Evelyn Lemaire Gloria McGoldrick Margaret Partington Priscilla Peters Dorothy Reilly Emily Rohrman Rita Serbst Robert Almeida James Bottomley William Byrnes Ralph Cirillo Johan Connery Norman Ferreira Samuel Hackley

Obituary for Mrs Bessie Crowley Bristol Widow of William Crowley

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Jo anna Crowley widow of William J. Crowley were held at St Marys Church with Rev Vincent J. Griffin officiating. Burial followed at St Marys Cemetery. She died Saturday morning at 1 oclock at 94 Union Street after heart trouble. Born in Saranac New York on August 20 1889 she moved to Bristol at age 12 and lived here since. She leaves five children two sons and three daughters, three sisters and a brother. She was active in St Marys Church and a member of Daughters of Isabella Hope CircleNo 70.

Bessie J. Crowley Bessie Joanna Crowley William J. Crowley St. Mary's Church Vincent J. Griffin St. Mary's Cemetery Thomas H. Byrnes James Connery James P Fay John Langello Bristol Roy Flowers Providence Gilden Flowers Riverside Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella

Mrs Maria Feles Dies After Long Illness At 67

Mrs Maria Feles 67 died at her daughter Mrs Frank Benevides home 3 Coggeshall Avenue after a long illness. A Portugal native she lived in Bristol most of her life and was active in St Elizabeth's Church Portuguese community. Survived by three brothers two sisters and her daughter. Funeral 8 15 Thursday from her daughter's home with 9 am mass at St Elizabeth's Church Rev Henrique Rocha officiating. Burial in St Mary's Cemetery.

Maria Feles Frank Benevides Coggeshall Avenue Portugal Feles Bristol St. Elizabeth's Church St Elizabeth's Church Henrique Rocha St. Mary's Cemetery

Mrs. Mary Guinan Rites Held in Flushing

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Guinan wife of George Guinan of Flushing Long Island N Y was held with a solemn high mass at St Andrews Church in Flushing Burial followed at St Mary's Cemetery Flushing She died Thursday in her 57th year She was a native of this town daughter of the late Thomas and Lillian Downey She leaves four sons three daughters eight grandchildren and a brother and five sisters including Mrs Charles Goggeshall of 11 Milk street in this town

Mary Guinan George Guinan Flushing Land Island N. Y St. Andrew's Church St. Mary's Cemetery Guinan Thomas Lillian (Petty) Downey Charles Goggeshall Milk Street

How Much Plant Food Is Used to Crops

Farmers seek answers in data on nutrients in key crops. The article notes most yields rely on nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash with variable depletion by soil type and crop. It explains soils replenish minerals slowly, and manures can extend supply, though typical returns cover only part of annual needs.

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