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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1946
Page
2
A newspaper note condemns John L Lewis for seeking a 10 cent per ton tax on coal to fund miner health programs, arguing taxation should lie with government. It discusses mine safety, calls for a joint commission to study laws, and warns the strike’s reach into remote towns and broader industry.
Colt Memorial faces Sacred ay this afternoon at Guiteras Field. Collins and Aikman Girls' Club meets Monday night on Thames street. St. Mary's Mothers Club hosts the Lina Lee Beauty Show Sunday at 3 in the auditorium.
A mixed page listing lost bag notices, found items, pet sales, room for rent, gas stove sale, lawn mowing helper, buyout offers, tenement descriptions, and various appliance sales with contact phone hints. Includes a wedding band found on Munroe Ave and a bag left on Church Street dock asking for Phoenx Office contact.
A collage of classified ads: broken kitchen gear for sale including hot plates and a 60 year old upright piano. horse for riding with tack. interior painting. plowing services. help wanted for housework cleaning and cooking. dishwasher and brass polishing jobs. and a variety of boxes and contact notes across Bristol addresses.
Community columns invite items about visits and social happenings. Readers are encouraged to share information about their own and others visits and events to boost local interest and courtesy.
Judge William T. ODonnell ill with pneumonia in Providence hospital. Bristol Children's Home to hold annual meeting Tuesday at three. Roswell S Bosworth Jr named photography editor for Beacon RI State College newspaper. Indiana visitors stay with George D Felix at 19 Usher Place. American Legion members note Caps for Memorial Day parade and events. Pvt Stanley K Dean USMC promoted to Private First Class now in Tsingdao China, nephew of Maud Holbrook. Doric Club hosts Ladies Night May 22 with Pinafore concert. Fred M Straight directs music. Rev Irving A Evans to speak at St Michael’s Couples Club. Town Clerk meeting at Holmes house at 8. poor turnout to Wednesday evening registration. RI Congregational Christian Churches conference opens Tuesday at White Church Barrington. delegates include John D Moore, Mrs Harry Town, Norman E Benard.
Pvt Stephen De Costa, son of Mrs Carrie De Costa of 272 Thames Street, wed Miss Sophie Farel in Germany on March 24. De Costa is stationed in Germany with the Air Corps. The Bristol Chapter DAR meets Monday afternoon with reports to be heard and hostesses named. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church groups plan Monday and Sunday activities including a 930 Mass and charity drive kickoff.
A collector seeks items from Bristol Phoenix Pictures or Boston sources. Posts include postcards or photos of electric trolley cars and trains for a historical collection. Contact C L Smith at 185 Devonshire St Boston Mass.
A request seeks a four room apartment for a YMCA secretary wife and her five year old daughter. The caller asks to be reached at Bristol 44.
Postage stamps on and off envelopes United States and foreign collections and accumulations. Also printed matter Bristol books prints pictures or will trade. Address A A Edmonds 471 Hope Street Bristol 139.
Daniel H. Bowron died at his home on 833 Hope Street and his funeral will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at George M. Wilbur Jr Memorial Chapel in Warren. He was in his 70s, a Bristol area boat builder and yachtsman born in 1876 in Pictou Nova Scotia. He worked at Herreshoff Mfg and Wardwell Boatyard and captained a yawl owned by Charles B. Rockwell. He is survived by his wife Martha and five sons and three daughters, plus two brothers and a sister. Burial is at Highland Park Cemetery in Johnston.
Coming events announce two rummage sales on May 17 and May 24 under local lodge and church auspices and a June 5 talk by Allen H Wood Jr the Radio Garden Doctor hosted by Bristol Garden Club at St Michaels Parish House.
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