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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1956
Page
2
The Bristol Phoenix lists subscription rates of one year for $5.00 and six months for $2.50 with no extra mailing charge. Published in Bristol on Friday March 39, 1956, this item announces the newspaper’s pricing and mailing terms.
A tribute to Harry R Gray for fifty years with the Bristol Fire Department and twenty five years on the Board of Fire Engineers. He is praised for faithful service, readiness, and leadership, with recent confirmation for a twenty fifth term on the board.
Mount Hope Bay has been closed to shellfishing for 20 years due to pollution, leaving a half million dollar annual crop idle aside from illegal fishing. Recent talks among state government, quahog dredge operators, and hand rangers point to possible reopening to legal dredging within the year, prompting Bristol lawmakers to push for safeguards to protect local interests.
Washington column praises Roscoe Drummond for remarking on the March 3 Congressional Agriculture Committee hearing. It criticizes the Boorish conduct led by Chairman Harold D. Cooley as a contrived sideshow targeting Secretary Ezra T. Benson and Under Secretary True D. Morse, noting boos and mudslinging throughout the session.
John R. Partington of Kearney Post 6 American Legion sits on the State Oratorical Contest committee. The contest is set for Thursday March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Providence Journal auditorium with ninth through twelfth graders eligible and prizes highlighted by the American Legion Dept. of Rhode Island sponsorship.
A Bristol reader objects to compulsory auto insurance, arguing Massachusetts' track record shows the policy fails. The letter contends higher premiums and costly losses from juries would harm all, while noting financial responsibility laws as a marginal improvement. It is signed by G L. & H. J. Gross, Inc. leaders, G. Mason Gross and associates.
Four thousand Easter Seal appeal letters are being mailed by Meeting Street School Providence as the RI Society for Crippled Children and Adults leads a campaign running from tomorrow to April 10. Sen John O Pastore serves as general chairman with nearly a thousand volunteers already helping in February. Bristol envelopes were prepared by members of the Pyramids of Charity Women's Club.
A series of local fundraisers meetings and performances scheduled in Bristol. Highlights include a March 11 testimonial dinner for the Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps, bridge and talks, food sales, a St Marys parish whist, an annual Eagle Scouts reunion, a Midway steak and lobster house event, and concerts by the R I Philharmonic Sextette and Bristol Rotary Musicale across March and April.
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