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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1922
Page
3
Boy scouts of Terre Haute Indiana provide furnishings for a room in the new Union hospital. An editorial in the Terre Haute Star praises the gift as a sacrifice by the boys and notes the impact on their humanity and ongoing support for welfare work.
The Automobile Club of Southern California offers a trophy to the Pasadena council troop turning in the largest number of street salvage items. In the campaign's first six weeks scouts submitted 81,849 pieces of glass tin wire nails bolts and similar materials.
At the National Council meeting in Chicago Doctor Elson of the University of Wisconsin recounts wounded doughboys who kept a muddy bloodstained boy scout handbook. They carried it through France and trenches, saying it gave more aid than any other book, a treasured item under a pillow.
Idaho scouts hear President Harding may travel through July en route to the National Editorial association meeting in Missoula Montana and invite him to stop by and tour the Crater of the Moon under their guidance. They also push a tree planting drive with 100 silver maples to be planted at once under University of Idaho supervision.
A Milwaukee Boy Scout week featured anonymous good deeds. Examples include helping a man free a car from mud and aiding a mother with spring housecleaning.
An English ventriloquist escapes the station without a dog ticket. He hides the terrier in a hamper labeled Professor Jones Ventriloquist. The conductor mocks the trick, noting he’s seen it before and cannot be fooled.
The Probate Court of Bristol accepts the last will and testament of Mary Ann Gladding and the executor Philop Brady qualifying by bond. Creditors must file claims with the court clerk within six months from the first advertisement. Joun Wo Church Clerk.
The Bristol Probate Court opens probate of Joseph Kerr last will and entrusts notice to be published for fourteen days in Bristol Phoenix starting this week. The court schedules a review on September 5 1922 at 10 30 AM in Bristol Probate Court Room. John W Church is the Probate Clerk.
August 16 1922 Probate Court of Bristol appoints John W Church as administrator of Mary Louise Colt estate. Clerk LeBaron Colt posts first advertisement. bond qualification noted. Bristol town records.
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