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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
4
A Bristol reader expresses happiness at receiving the Phoenix and wishes it printed daily. A hospital meeting with 2nd Lt Dora B Bailey Sabatella, a nurse from Bristol, is described. The letter mentions her father Otis M Bailey of 29 Collins Street and notes eight months in Great Britain during wartime.
The Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance offices in Rhode Island will operate 8 30 A M to 5 00 P M from May 17 1944 through September with a later announcement to follow.
Mrs. K. C. Henkle of Kenton Ohio leads War Bond sales in her township and chairs Red Cross and scrap paper drives while running two farms. She writes poems for war programs and supports Grandmothers League appealing for bonds for grandchildren. Her five grandchildren receive bonds on a rotating basis to fund future education and enterprises. Her support comes as she highlights bonds aiding education and farms a decade hence.
The Office of Defense Transportation issued formal permits authorizing railroads to run special trains or cars to Chicago for the two major national political conventions. Accommodations on these specials may be sold only to certificate holders countersigned by an ODT representative, with railroads accounting for all space sold.
Town Clerk's Office announces in 1944 that all voters must register in person by June 30. Office hours run May and June from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 daily except Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, with extended evening sessions June 2, June 29, and June 30. Additional sessions at Columbia Hall May 19 and June 7 9, Bristol County Court House May 24 26 and June 12 14, and Memorial Building May 31 and June 2 from 7 to 9 PM.
Probate court in Bristol County on May 10 1944 receives a copy of the will of John A Towle late of Attleboro Massachusetts. Executor John R Towle asks letters testamentary and the court sets June 5 1944 for hearing with notice to be published for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
Elmer S. Chase guardian of Annie DeWolf Doar petitions Rhode Island Probate Court to permit sale of her one half undivided interest in Papasquash Road land in Bristol with buildings and riparian rights. Property runs from Hey Bonnie Hall to Bristol Harbor, includes water rights. Hearing set for June 5, 1944 at 10 am in Bristol Probate Court.
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