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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1957
Page
4
Editorial argues for a middle ground on roadside advertising as the new express highway system nears. It weighs public reading of ads against ugliness and distraction, proposing approved standards, restricted numbers, and careful aesthetic planning to balance commerce with scenery.
Town council members face duties of appointing a new town engineer and electing a new council president. By acting as a nominating body they may uncover capable, principled individuals who would avoid campaigning yet could serve with integrity, vision, and experience for the town.
A humorous local piece rails at a new Clarinda dog control rule. The dog narrator laments being tied to a clothesline and facing a dogcatcher, pound, and 72 hour bail. It mocks taxation without representation and portrays the dog as longing for freedom, noting profits from captured dogs and hostile treatment of pets.
Town debates waterfront access as nine streets run to the harbor and several rights of way exist. Public funds exceed 85000 dollars earmarked for improvements between Church and State streets while two ways are blocked by walls. Delays due to litigation and red tape slow progress for boaters, anglers, and commercial fishermen awaiting a premier Narragansett Bay facility.
Listings of community fundraisers and social events from May 9 to November 2 including Rock n Roll shows at Guiteras School Auditorium, district American Legion convention in Kearney, Cotton Ball at St Elizabeth’s, Fed’s Cartoon Fest for Cancer Fund, paper drives, family nights, spaghetti dinners, waste paper collection, Coast Guard ceremonies, Rotary Club musical benefit, Holy Name Society dances, Firemen events, the Grande Promenade, and the Eagles State convention. Events feature sponsors such as Bristol Aerie, Brist ol County Voiture 1188 Forty & Eight, St Mary’s Church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, First Congregational Church, and La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux of Rhode Island.
Forty members of the Women s Guild of St Mary s Church enjoyed their annual Communion breakfast Sunday morning in the Church auditorium. The breakfast was prepared and served by members of the Holy Name Society of the Church, with reports of the men's culinary art being all good. Workers were William Manchester Augustine Nerone Raymond Bullock Henry Ferguson James Flynn John Henderson and Felix Scott.
Astronomers explain that apparent brightness falls with the square of the distance. If the sun were twice as far from Earth, it would appear one quarter as bright, illustrating a basic law of physics applied to starlight.
A journalist recalls a tense scene with Cabeda Perez a middle aged man armed with a six shooter and a smaller pistol while other reporters comment on protection and authority. A police press card is shown and a sports writer nearby is noted as unarmed amid a room of patent medicines.
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