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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
2
The article lauds Red Cross volunteers, mainly women, who solicit support by door to door outreach and letters. It emphasizes public donations and calls for initiative to contact Red Cross headquarters to ensure support and involvement in disaster relief efforts.
Fragmentary notes reference Bristal and vicinity with mentions of a court and cooperation. The readable fragments imply a local interest in legal matters and official collaboration near Oberon, but details are unclear.
Regular meeting of the School Committee set for Wednesday evening in the Colt Memorial Library. Numerous local notices include birth announcements for David Anthony Weir and Albert Allen Oliver, engagements, anniversaries, and community events at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and area venues.
Sewage workers at the Bristol plant report signs of spring with sightings of fishhawkes and robins seen by Manuel Veira and William Head, plus pussy willows blooming at the Oliver Street pumping station, confirming spring despite one week left of winter.
Dr Samuel D Clark the incoming council president presented a resolution thanking the outgoing council for its work. Norman E Benard seconded. A second resolution praised the Budget Committee and passed. Roswell S Bosworth offered a resolution thanking the School Committee which carried unanimously.
An official statement says Collins and Aikman curbed work at its weaving section, causing a two month shutdown with no figures on job losses. Plant manager Joseph H. Farrel is reportedly unavailable. Meanwhile Bristol County unemployment offices report more applications from Collins and Aikman workers, including a firing department line.
The BTA hosts a Thursday evening open meeting at Colt Memorial auditorium with Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson head of the Georgia school lunch program. A film titled The School that Learned to Eat, produced by the University of Georgia with General Corporation, examines teachers helping students adopt healthy eating habits.
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