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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR mentions a weekly magazine in Boston Sunday Advertiser context. The readable bits point to a series or feature titled Rec Weekly with Sara as a potential author or subject. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
Troop G members were inspected in their Scout quarters by committee members chaired by Herman W Vermette James Walsh Gén H Callan and Fy Griffin. Scoutmaster Erasmo Mancini with assistant John Partington led the inspection followed by speeches praising the troop as they moved to a Holy Name Society film at St Marys auditorium.
The First Bristol Troop, Boy Scouts of America held an Award Night featuring three 100 percent duty badges and three second class badges. Gold badges honored Anthony Balzano Joseph Belanger and John Freitas for perfect attendance and duty. Several members earned merit badges, new Vampires patrol formed, and plans for a spring program include a Boy Scout Circus.
Estate property offered for sale including a large cottage house and two adjoining lots. Terms and bidding details to be provided by the executor. Potential buyers should contact the estate clerk for specifications, lot sizes, and viewing times.
Reverend John M. Rohrman of the Our Lady of La Salette Missionaries, son of Mr and Mrs John Rohrman of 38 Collins Street, is to be ordained tomorrow by Bishop Edmund Francis Gibbons. His first solemn mass is Sunday May 26 at St Marys Church.
The list catalogs mystery and detective titles and authors such as Margaret Armstrong Erskine Caldwell and Dorothy Sayers. It mentions books like Murder in Stained Glass and The Nine Tailors along with various authors and a note about juvenile titles.
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