Letters to the Editor urge tennis club recruitment and local dump concerns
A 1946 Phoenix column collects letters urging renewal of peace time sports as tennis clubs seek members and address public notices. Willam M Fischer of Excelsior Club offers guidance to new players while residents press officials to remove a nearby dump due to odors and rat nests, stressing community action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennis Association
Armed Services
Willam M Fischer
Sylvia
Biancu
Girl Scouts Fund Drive Promotes Democratic Camp Hoffman
A Rhode Island mother lauds Camp Hoffman for fostering cooperation among girls from varied backgrounds. She argues Scout camp life teaches democracy, citizenship, and homemaker training, urging support for the Camp Hoffman Fund to enable more girls to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edator
Girl Scouts of America
Citzen
Camp Hoffman
Camp Hoffman Fund
Rhode Island
A J Francoeur Garage Services in Fall River Mass
A J Francoeur Garage at 31 Leonard Street offers auto body work including reairing, fender and painting, along with acetylene welding, electric welding and plating. The shop provides motor service towing wrecking road work, front end work, tires and varied coaling systems cleaned by a new process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Unites Motor Service
Rhode Island Names Among U S Navy Vessels in World War II
Rhode Island was represented by fifteen Navy ships including the famed Block Island carrier later sunk by German torpedoes. A second Block Island served in Pacific battles at Okinawa and Borneo while Rhode Island ships filled names of Providence Newport Woonsocket Pawtucket and several tankers and harbor craft.
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Rhode Island
Block Island
Atlantic
Pacific
Okinawa
Borneo
Providence
Europe
Newport
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
Ponaganset
Pawcatuck
Second Block Island escort carrier and Providence in Mediterranean duties
The text recounts the sinking of a carrier after U boat attack near the Bay of Biscay with no American losses during abandon ship. It notes the 1944 commissioning of the second Block Island at Tacoma with Marine air squadrons and Navy crew from the original ship. It highlights 43 days at Okinawa, Balikpapan operation, and Providence flagship Admiral Jules James arriving in Palermo in November 1945 with goodwill voyage to Greece and a reception for Archbishop Damaskinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Biscay
Block Island
Tacoma
Providence
Jules James
Northwest Africa
Palermo
Sicily
Mediterranean
Greece
Archbishop Damaskinos
Cay's Trucking Rubbish Ashes and Landscaping Service
Cay's Trucking offers rubbish and ashes removal and garden landscaping at reasonable rates with reliable service. Contact at 609 J 43 First Street for quotes and scheduling.
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First Street
Joanna Carroll Seeks Sequel From Author Gladys Malvern
Joanna Carroll of 16 Collins Street won a reader’s letter from author Gladys Malvern on March 13 at Guiteras Memorial School Library. She asked for a continuation of Jonica’s Island, and Malvern replied she is considering a sequel but must finish her current book first.
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Joanna Carroll
Collins Street
Guiteras Memorial School
Joanna
Guiteras
Gladys Malvern
Jonica
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C. W. Weaver
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