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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1939
Page
2
The Red Cross aided Bristol after a devastating hurricane, giving 80 families milk clothing food coal and medicine and coordinating with local relief groups. The article notes ongoing efforts nationwide and calls for Red Cross membership to support both local and international relief.
Chairman Rev Arthur W. Burdon appeals Bristol residents to back the 23rd annual Red Cross Roll Call, from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving, citing a one million member quota for 1940 and emphasizing home service funding and world aid beyond disaster relief.
Community briefs include Mrs Amasa Williston’s Denver visit, Boy Scout Board of Review sessions, a Christmas card sale at Conley’s Jewelry, Ivy Guild speaker Elisha Mowry on Athenia rescue, and Jamestown Chamber president W Heeden discussing Narragansett Bay bridge with slides. Activities span Rotary Club, Eastern Star food sale, and church services with musical concerts by Ruth Moulton and Henrietta Staton Platt.
Reynolds School pupils marked Armistice Day with a program titled Star Spangled Banner featuring flag salutes, poems America and My Native Land, songs Keep the Home Fires Burning and There's a Long Long Trail, and a Nation's Pageant with numerous students. Charlotte Frederick performed Our Flag and God Bless America. Joseph Almeida served as stage manager with Marguerite Marshall as announcer.
Rogers Free Library presents Book Week with twenty nine new titles for all ages. The display features authors from eighteen countries including China Czechoslovakia England France Germany Italy Norway Philippines Poland Scotland Sweden Wales and the United States with works such as Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates and Little Maid of Salem Towne among others.
About fifty friends gathered at Mrs Rose Caruso's home for a miscellaneous shower honoring Miss Margaret Roderick, bride-to-be to Clifford Belmore on November 25. A buffet lunch and games followed with prizes won by Phoebe Roderick Ruth O'Brien Mary Medero Mary McVarish Merces Martin Maude Holbrook Rose Caruso Margaret Roderick and Mary Rogers. The bride received many loving gifts and hostesses were Mesdames Rose Caruso Mary McKenna and Edith Bisbano.
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