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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1942
Page
3
Colt defeated Burrillville 6 2 in the Class C baseball opener. Sammy Del Piano pitched his first game for the defending state champions allowing five hits and one walk with 16 strikeouts. Burrillville scored both runs in the eighth.
A dated clipping notes Kitty 8 P M specials with door prizes and extra cards priced at 25 cents each. The fragment highlights promotional events and entry details, signaling a festive sale or game night with chance items.
From 8 00 a m to 12 06 noon Reynolds School will be open for registration and people may go there from any part of the town. Any member of the family 18 years of age or over may register for the whole family.
Miss Eleanor Frances Crowley of 94 Union Street wed George Edward Felix of 19 Usher Place on Friday at 1 p.m. in St Marys Church rec tory with Rev Michael L. Ryan officiating. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Charles West. The couple plans to reside at 4 Union Street and previously both graduates of Colt Memorial High School with Crowley class of 1938 and Felix class of 1940.
Miss Nancy Castigliego daughter of Mr and Mrs Gaetano Castigliego of 5 Bourn avenue and Roger Dubord son of Mr and Mrs Rene Dubord of 136 Market street Warren were married Saturday morning at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Rev Emilio Donanzan officiated. The bridal party included Trene Haddon and Joseph Sadowski. The couple will reside at 136 Market street Warren.
The article urges planting victory gardens and canning to meet wartime demands, cites dehydrated foods and affordable staples, and promotes thrift in shopping. It highlights a blitz apron and obstetrical kit by Miss Hazel Corbin, and ends with a call to buy U S War Stamps and Bonds for Allied victory.
Deeds record transfers including Joseph Borges to Charles Lombard for property on Charles street, Peter Martelly by Coutu Lumber mortgaged to Coutu Lumber at Hope and Gooding, Joseph Abate to John Scolaro on Mt Hope avenue, Wilfred Beauregard to Frank Aiello at Hope Plat Bristol Narrows, Stella Balzano to Michele Jacovelli on Bourn avenue, Philip Jackson to James MacGowan on Beach Road, Harriet Slocum to Estelle Gartner Wilson spanning Warren and Bristol, Mary Jawless to Ernest Weaver on High street, George Knight to William Svjatz on Charles R Wood Plat.
Fathers Night at St Marys Mothers Club featured Rev Michael L Ryan welcoming attendees. Gen L H Callan gave the principal speech recounting early history of St Mars Church and School. Town Solicitor Lucien Capone sang tenor solos with Mrs Capone. Refreshments served by local families. The regular meeting was postponed to May 19.
The Mariner Ship Vigilant held a Wednesday meeting at the Scout House with full attendance led by Skipper Mrs Olive Peckham. Midshipmites studied Rules of the Road, while Gladys Brightman and Mary Pinch tapped Morse code and Nancy Sisson practiced semaphore under Evelyn Lemaire. Jessie Sanford passed Evelyn Lemaire on Seaman requirements. plans for a Hodgeman’s Pool party were discussed and a likely trip next Wednesday. Evelyn Lemaire, Yeoman.
A list of new members reported for Cancer Control includes Elizabeth D Church Hezekiah Church Daniel Chase Louise Brechin Dorothy Holt Edward E Bunn Stephen W Hopkins Edward D Kunz Rev A R Parshley Woodbury Polleys Miriam Skinner Samuel Kinder J T Brogden Frances Brogden James Connors Benjamin Church Home Francis Connell Charles Cole Guy Sullivan Mary Larice Natalie Dailey Katherine Lavender Marjorie Magee Irene Gallo Mary Carmone Margaret F Dwyer Marguerite Brogan Mary McShane Elizabeth McLaughlin Robert W Nelson Florence Nelson Mite Society First Baptist Church Rev Albert C Larned Mite Society Baptist Church Rev M L Ryan Mrs Arthur H Carr Frank A Rounds.
May 7 events include Bean Supper by American Legion Auxiliary at the Post Home from 5 to 7 p m and a Bristol Historical Society meeting at Holmes House with William G Roelker as speaker. Also May 8 features a Y M C A rummage sale at the First Congregational Church aided by the Flower Committee. The May 30 Cotton Ball benefits the Portuguese American Women's Civic League at the Warren Hotel. June 5 offers a Bridge Whist sponsored by the Italian Socialites Women’s Club to support the Annual Tonsil Clinic at Colt Memorial Hall.
The town will hold exams Monday evening May 18 for 250 air raid wardens in Tegion Hall with certificates awarded at a public graduation. Districts A, B, C meet at 8 pm and D, F at 9 pm. A Reynolds School meeting reviewed ARP duties and stressed attendance and standards for wardens.
Fire Chief Moses Moore praised Bristol firefighters for assisting in a forest fire spanning Coventry and West Greenwich on Friday. The Ever Ready truck left Bristol at 2 am and joined crews at Louth School, then guarded homes and the Greene library while others relieved the effort with Hydraulion Company members and several auxiliary personnel returning by 2 am Saturday.
A famed author recalls travel to Haiti to study voodoo and the reality behind walking dead legends. The piece appears in the American Weekly Magazine in the May 3 Boston Sunday Adver tiser issue.
The Colt High Warren baseball game rained out in the fourth inning will be played tomorrow at Guiteras field, same hour as scheduled. The game was 4 to 3 in Warren's favor when called, with both teams strong contenders for the championship.
Certificates awarded to individuals who passed the Red Cross First Aid course under instructors Mrs Sidney Herreshoff Miss Josephine Bruno Miss Virginia Cole Miss Regina Farley Miss Arlene Fiske Miss Shirley Fiske Miss Esther Jonergan Miss Margaret McGann Miss Agnes Murphy Miss Veronica McGovern Mrs. Helen Randall Mrs. George Salmonese Miss Mary Walsh and others taught by Mrs Norton M. Zinderstein in the Standard Course include several listed recipients. Employees of Bristol Manufacturing Corporation also passed the course under Mrs. Wesley A. Armstrong with names of participants from the Miss Sadie Andrade to Olive Sousa.
A Bristol reader proposes a community car pooling plan to share rides among workers on different shifts to conserve tires gas and oil amid potential gas rationing. The idea stresses central grouping and listing of travelers to extend car use and aid the war effort.
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