12 Nov 1952
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1952
Page
1
Nelson Eddy boosted by audience and members as he rose to fame with Community Concerts. Bristol builders drive season success while volunteers from towns like Be Springs and distant miners and farmers reinforce the nationwide effort.
The passage emphasizes broad community support for concerts not sponsored by a few patrons. It notes most attendees aren’t critics yet understand what pleases them, preferring the experience of seeing a true artist in person over radio or television performances.
R L Veterans Home will host a live boxing event on Thursday at 8 p.m. A Providence CYO team directed by Leo Hunt plans eight bouts with ring borrowed from the state prison. Prizes are donated by Hope Hardware and Albert Brunielli.
Seven Gladding children accompany their father Raymond as the 1822 oyster boat Salesea embarks from Narragansett Bay toward Long Island Sound and Florida. The voyage aims to salvage work and new opportunities within about three weeks, with stops planned along Connecticut New York New Jersey and Chesapeake Bay before open ocean voyage along the Carolina coast.
Plans are nearly complete for the 4th annual Christmas Bazaar and Sale of the Pyramids of Charity Women’s Club to be held Friday in K of C Hall. Proceeds will fund warm clothing and Christmas dinners for Bristol’s needy. Cakes fruits jellies and gift ideas will be sold with gifts viewable at Evans Radio Shop Hope Street.
Miss Mary Lee Cantwell elected vice president and social chairman of Harkness residence at Connecticut College in New London for the current school year. Daughter of Mr and Mrs I L Cantwell of 232 Hope Street, she will oversee house duties in the president's absence and plan social functions for the house.
Bristol turkey growers met in Warren on Thursday November 6 to fix prices at 65 cents per pound for birds up to 20 pounds and 60 cents per pound for heavier birds, according to group member Howard G. Potter.
The Rev. Edward J. Carr led a memorial Mass at St Marys Church for Armistice Day with Capt. Paul A. Herzig and local veterans represented. Afterward, wreaths were laid at the World War I monument in front of the Kearney Post home and the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, followed by a Joint Armistice Day banquet at post headquarters.
This late 18th to 19th century history traces the Mount Hope House at Wardwell and Hope Streets. It outlines ownership changes from Nicholas Peck to Allen Wardwell and John Burgess, its conversion to inns and hotels, fires, foreclosures, and eventual transfer to Col. Samuel P. Colt. The piece notes 1793 house construction, 1833 demolition, and 19th century uses including temperance hotel and YMCA library presence.
A pamphlet by CIO Rubber Workers Union representative Michael A. Tamburro targets Carr Manufacturing Corp. Bristol, accusing plant manager Joseph T. Brogden of misrepresenting an NLRB election as Board ordered. It argues the Nov. 24 vote is a consent election and criticizes anti union appeals to local merchants and professionals.
The Bristol Historical Society organizes an exhibit of early American and foreign needlecraft starting next Tuesday. Committee members Miss Alice B. Almy and Miss Charlotte A. Young invite all interested to contact them at 21 Constitution Street Br. 1-0813-R. Members and nonmembers may submit items.
The Bristol Democratic Women's Club sponsors a bridge event postponed from October 30 to tomorrow evening at the Midway. Seventy tables sold. chairwoman Mrs. Gladys Brightman lists subscribers including Mesdames Pereira Massano Mathe son Newbold Connors Clark Connors D Angolo Leahy Miller Nunes Morris Hamill Lynch Pagnano Ruggiero Ribeiro Silvie Storie Sullivan Kinder Brightman Massano Foley Sousa Prot Arvin Ferreira Bento Seabra Tappero Trudell Tamburro Vorro Vitiello Vorro Paull Con ra Scanlon Mollie Long Suzan and SA Thomas Robert Suzan. More than 30 door prizes planned.
The World Affairs Unit hosts Dr. William McGovern, Northwestern University political science professor and former Chicago Tribune correspondent, for an evening talk on The Expansion of Communion in Asia. The free event starts at 8 o’clock in the Howe Memorial Library, MCA Bristol Chapter hosts.
Joseph T. Brogden, plant manager of Carr Manufacturing, released a weekend letter to employees and local professionals arguing that union representation would not serve workers well. He cites existing benefits and job security while inviting an election, noting past company dedication since 1932. The message hints at ongoing coverage on page 3.
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