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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1941
Page
2
The Bristol harbor pollution issue led to a $200,000 sewage disposal plant project that failed to lift a public ban on bathing and fishing. Delays, engineering disputes, and an explosion damaged the plant, yet the system now functions. meanwhile the ban remains and residents question ongoing spending.
The Mite Society of the Baptist Church will meet Tuesday November 18 at the home of Mrs Eber Hill on Franklin street. Miss Ann Leahy daughter of Judge Edward L Leahy has been elected president of the Christian Union and a house chairman at Bradford Junior College Bradford Mass. Mayor Thomas P McCoy of Pawtucket was Armistice night guest of Steve Christie at the Bristol Casino.
Miss Alice B. Almy entertained the D A R Chapter Registrars of the State the State Regent Mrs T Frederick Chase and Vice State Regent Mrs Howard B Gorham at her Constitution street home yesterday afternoon Plans were made for a State drive for National Membership in the D A R.
Mrs. Mary J Kennedy Flynn 77 died yesterday at her sister Mrs. Margaret Scott's home in Fall River. Funeral 8:15 a.m. from Charles M Connery Funeral Home, 9 a.m. High Mass at St Marys Church. Burial in St Marys Cemetery. Survived by husband John W Flynn, sister Margaret Scott, son Joseph A Flynn of Middletown, grandson Joseph A Flynn Jr, two more sisters Helen Kelley and Elizabeth Kutzer, and brothers Thomas, Michael Kennedy of Fall River and Patrick Kennedy of New Bedford.
A colorful Armistice Day parade in Bristol featured five divisions including U S Army members, Rhode Island State Guard, and a chartered command unit. Led by Past Commanders Mc Nafford and Smith, the march covered Franklin High and Union streets, pausing for a minute of silence to honor fallen veterans. Police directed traffic as Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery, Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co, Kearney Post, and local scouts and bands took part.
Guy Lombardo's song The Sun Is Shining Brighter is included with words and music ready to play and sing. Advertised in the November 16 Boston Sunday American.
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