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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
2
A party platform plank advocates moving town elections to November with state and national contests to save money. Critics warn this could overshadow local concerns and dilute turnout while elevating presidential campaigns over local issues and weaken informed voting.
A two page feature in the American Weekly Magazine with the March 23 issue spotlights France's beggars banding together to oppose Nazi oppression. The piece titled FRANCE'S AVENGERS appears in the Boston Sunday Advertiser.
Rearm memorial verse recalling Vincent J F Pannone who died March 19 1939 and was loved for his gentle face kind words and steady smile, with family words of sorrow and remembrance.
Fragmentary obituary style verse recalls Mary Josephs with references to loss and remembrance. The text hints at sorrow since her passing, noting a changed heart and enduring grief felt by family and friends.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning from the home of her daughter on Oliver Street. The Rev Joseph Sorrape will conduct a requiem mass at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church. Burial will be in St Mars Cemetery. Mrs Digati 84 or 85 years old, a native of Palermo Province Italy, came to the country 46 years ago. Surviving: son Dean of Bristol. daughters Mrs Abernande of this town, Mrs Joseph Inerctero of Providence, and Mrs Tortunste Castellano of Watertown Mass. 14 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.
Readers in Bristol and surrounding area are invited to send brief notices and local interest items for inclusion in the Phanix column. Submissions should reflect community happenings and everyday news from the Bristol vicinity.
A chest clinic is set for Monday at two o'clock in Rockwell House Hope Street under Wallum Lake physicians. D Tromanhauser of Minneapolis visits Bristol as guest of his brother Dean Tromanhauser Bristol correspondent. Mr and Mrs Samuel Norris reside on Hope Street after winter in Charlestown S C. Bristol Branch British War Relief Society meets Wednesday March 26 at three at Holmes House to review work and discuss business. Bristol Wallpaper Store ad notes ninth anniversary sale at 295 Hope Street opposite G A R Hall. Headmaster Moses Brown School announces Richard BR DeWolf has High Honors for the Fourth Period. Mrs Philip DeWolf 134 High Street is his mother. Card party hostesses for Hope Cycle Daughters of Isabella next Tuesday in Koof C Hall are Mrs Mary Guevremont and Mrs Jessie St Angelo. Prize winners last Tuesday were Mrs Tena Wells Mrs Joseph Tews Vir John Burke and Mrs St Angelo. Nathan McCarthy of Bristol Highlands celebrated a birthday with friends at 326 Wood Street. Open Wrestling Tournament at Moses Brown School saw Davis Jencks Bristol Highlands defeat Ralph Sophia Providence and later Ridgway Cook Providence. Bristol Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution to hold a public dessert bridge Monday afternoon at Chapter House Franklin Street committee includes Mrs Samuel Hall Mrs Iola Dunbar Mrs Samuel Wardwell Mrs Karl Mathewson Mrs Herbert Purnham and Mrs Aline BoAlms ex officio Mrs Queen Canone State Chairman. POT A Child Welfare Committee will host WEAN radio broadcast Tuesday March 25 at two o'clock featuring Charl Burt and others discussing national defense effects.
A letter to the editor laments budget neglect and favors higher pay for teachers and police, amid labor worries and taxpayer strain. Social notices include a marriage announcement for Nancy DeFelice and Leonard Dennis, a Republican club meeting, a church guild event, and garden club prize winners.
A Bristol Rhode Island reader responds to a Phoenix article praising community members. The letter recalls Christopher L. Baker and mentions Mrs Henry Paul diving beside her grandfather on Olver Street, asking for more articles about such local characters.
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