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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1945
Page
4
A WWII reader from France writes to The Phoenix in 1945 thanking Bristol and the Bristol Bulletin Club for a handy care package that arrived late. He recalls snow and barracks life, notes the box’s contents improved, and expresses gratitude and new year wishes. Six Phoenixes recently received in the mail bring reading joy from old letters.
Coming events list shows a March 24 food sale hosted by the Congregational Club in the Guiteras House on Saturday. Proceeds likely support club activities and community projects.
The twenty eighth anniversary of Hope Circle No. 70 Daughters of Isabella was observed with a banquet at the K of C Hall. Rev. Edward J. Walsh spoke on Ireland and St Patrick. Guests included national regent Mrs. Carolyn Manning and state regent Mrs. Julia Wallington.
The couple plans a spring wedding after a cocktail party in Hicksville marking the engagement of Helen Ewanyk, formerly of Rhode Island Hospital and now with Sperry Gyroscope, to Petty Officer Vernon M Gray of Sunnyside Ave. They spent the weekend in New York and Bristol before Gray returned to Norfolk, Virginia.
Town Meeting approved establishing a local veterans service office to channel veterans to proper agencies for help. A sewage survey request of 3000 dollars was proposed with a committee named to report. Water company actions were postponed to coordinate with three town councils under a new state act. Planning Board members were reappointed and Budget Committee thanked. Tax assessors were instructed to set taxes between 323000 and 328000.
Michael Joseph Balzano Jr and Ralph Gray McCaw, both 17, senior athletes from Bristol High School, were sworn into the US Navy at the Providence Naval Recruiting Station. Balzano played football basketball baseball and led clubs. McCaw played football and basketball and worked in a family grocery store. Both have brothers already serving in the Navy.
Troop Five BSA held its 2nd annual Parent's Night at St Michael's Parish Hall with 58 attendees. Awards covered merit badges to Harold Tucker and Daniel Cabral, with several War Service and Scout ranks announced by Angelo Zocolo and Scoutmaster Reynolds Northup. A comedy skit, films, refreshments, and a dance followed, organized by Harold Tucker and a committee including Conrad Beauregard and Norman Kerr.
A farewell party for Mrs Claude Sutton at the home of Mrs Reynolds Northup on State Street honored her before she leaves Saturday for Chattanooga Tennessee. Mrs Sutton gathers included many friends and she received pieces of Fostoria glassware. Hostesses were Miss Marian Bleard and Vas Northup.
The Town of Bristol Tax Collector Amos S Gorham announces a public auction of real estate for unpaid 1943 and prior year taxes in Memorial Hall Bristol on March 30 1945 at 11 AM Eastern War Time. Parcels were previously listed in the Bristol Phoenix December 29 1944 and January 30 1945 notices.
Francsca Perry age 75 of 64 Fox Hill avenue dies at home Sunday after long shoe department career at US Rubber. Funeral Mass at St Elizabeth’s Church follows a 815 morning service from the home with burial at St Mary’s Cemetery. Survived by three sons Joseph Manuel and Frank Perry a daughter Mrs Joseph Freitas a brother John Perry a sister Mrs Elvira Silvinia and sixteen grandchildren.
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