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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1940
Page
3
A political advertisement speech pledges to bend effort and skill to release industries for armaments, build freedom, and secure peace. It states supporters will back the effort, sacrifice for the younger generation, and dedicate themselves tonight to defend freedom worldwide. Bristol Willkie Cliffe (Cliffle) political ad.
Learn this big paying trade with practical training in electric arc acetylene and airplane welding plus machine shop work. Free placement service. Call or write Providence School of Practical Training at 7 Fontain St Providence BR 1. Tel Manning 4680.
A local hall advertises an early bird event on Hope Street at 7 30 with Kitty specials and door prizes. It offers 2 cards for 25 cents and extra cards for 10 cents.
Mrs Charles B Rockwell hosted a Bristol Women's Republican Club bridge gathering at her Poppvasquash Point home Wednesday afternoon with about 200 guests. Decorations featured gladioli and chrysanthemums. refreshments were served by Mary Pinch, Nancy Bosworth, and Josephine Kerr, with prizes awarded to numerous members including Mrs George Marshall and Mrs Adrian Coutanche.
Mrs Bertram F Bullock entertained the Mite Society of the First Baptist Church at her home 99 Union Street Tuesday evening. A business meeting was followed by a social with prizes. Plans advanced for their supper and Christmas sale on December Suh refreshments were served by the hostess and her niece Doris Bullock to members Mrs Frederick W Mart Mrs Joseph Hoyle Mrs Eber Hill Mrs Minnie Harper Miss Lucy Wall Mrs Frederick R Mott Miss Dorothy S Mott and several friends
The report to the School Committee notes nurse Mary B Sanford assisted Dr DeWolf and Dr O'Brien during pupil inspections at Oliver Waller Byfield Reynolds St Mary's and Walley Schools. First aid visits numbered 115 with 29 dressings and 4 children sent home. There were 24 school visits and 12 home visits, 1144 children examined by the school physician, 533 notices to parents, and 243 examined by the school dentist.
Miss Mary M Neumann, daughter of Mrs Frank Goff of 40 Catherine Street, will wed First Lieutenant James J Garvin, son of Mrs Wallace Garvin of 680 Hope Street, in a military ceremony at St Michael's Episcopal Church tomorrow at 2 pm. Rev Arthur M Dunstan will perform. Miss Neumann works in the Purchasing Department at Collins and Aikman. Lieut Garvin serves at Fort Adams with Battery H, 243rd Coast Artillery. Also, Miss Agnes Teresa Ruggiero, daughter of Mrs Francesca Ruggiero of 404 Wood Street, will marry Orlando John Bisbano, son of Mr and Mrs Ignazio Bisbano of 50 Catherine Street, Saturday morning at 9 at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church. Miss Ruggiero is a stenographer. Mr Bisbano is a Relief Administrator in Bristol. Miss Juliette Frances Arruda, daughter of Joseph Alves Arruda of 33 Congregational Street, will marry Wilfred Joseph Beausoleil of 44 Church Street, Warren, at St Elizabeth's Church on Saturday morning. Miss Mary Dias, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dias of 10 Third School Street, will marry Manuel Medeiros Carreiro, son of Antonio Medeiros Carreiro of 47 Thompson Avenue, at St Elizabeth's Church on Saturday morning.
St Marys Church posts the sub committee lineup for its annual card party at Colt Memorial High School auditorium on Friday November 8. Catherine Jevere chairs the general committee with numerous volunteers handling tickets refreshments prizes features hall and accessories.
M. J O Brien, Mrs Fred W Serbst, Mrs Martin J Dodd, and Miss Henrietta Connery appear in a social column listing several individuals for a community event or society circle.
About 67 mothers and their first grade and kindergarten children attended a Hallowe en party in the Parish House Wednesday afternoon. The program included songs games and a solo dance by Miss Ellen Claire Metcalfe. Entertainment directed by Mrs John G Stewart Miss Evelyn Carter Miss Frances Usher and Miss Marjorie Magee. Balloons and refreshments were provided with decorations arranged by Mrs Stewart assisted by Mrs Albert Metcalfe and the Misses Garvin.
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