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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1946
Page
2
A Bristol resident laments property vandalism and trespass on the shorefront and urges communal enforcement of law. The Town Council hears a request for police protection and calls on parents teachers and faith leaders to model respect for private property.
A Bristol column invites readers to share activities and updates about themselves and local organizations. It emphasizes courtesy and cooperation, promising useful notes for residents and their groups.
The local volunteer fire teams announce their regular monthly gathering for this evening. Mr and Mrs John Davis of Cleveland Ohio spent the weekend with the Ossborne family at 137 Bradford Street. The Ferreiras of 7 Williams Street hosted Miss Elizabeth Aldrich of Rumford for the weekend. Frances Rodrigues of 118 Franklin Street is recovering well after an appendectomy at Truesdale Hospital. John K Connery son of Mr and Mrs James J Connery of 112 Church Street has been discharged from the U S Navy and returned home. he was a Pharmacists Mate stationed at Bethesda Maryland. Bunny Manchester daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Manchester of Sunnyside Avenue was selected to represent her unit Eyvire as one of the season’s best campers at Camp Hoffman Friday night.
A mixed page of brief notices and ads lists lost pets including a black male Cocker Spaniel with white breast stripes and a small beagle hound, bikes missing from a porch, and various sale items such as stoves, cars, furniture, and an outboard motor. Also includes job seeks and transportation requests with contact numbers.
The United Rubber Cork Plastics and Linoleum Workers of America CIO named temporary officers at US Rubber Co after a recent NLRB election. President James Silvia and Peter Pacheco as vice president and secretary lead a slate including Catherine Camera treasurer and an executive board with several shop stewards and department reps.
Classified notes show girls and women asked to take orders for dresses and blouses with full or part time work, a meatcutter position for Bristol Phoenix, a woman or girl for general house work and mothers helper, folding shirts at Favorite Laundry, and piano tuning in Bristol with contact details.
Local advertises window cleaning for houses offices and shops by John E. Merolla contact Warren 1459-W for service.
Page summarizes Labor Day visits and weekend trips of residents, newborn Clark Edward Taylor III, and military personnel assignments. It also covers Kearney Post 6 activities including monthly meeting, Halloween parade planning, Armistice Day roll call, bingo reunions, terminal pay applications, and a note that the September district meeting is canceled due to the National Convention in San Francisco.
Sept 6 and 7 feature Junior Miss by Bristol Community Theatre at Guiteras Memorial School Auditorium. Sept 8 hosts a Republican Clambake at Minturn Farm. Sept 26 presents the Annual Police Ball at New Highland Casino.
Explore a quirky collection at 31 State Street Bristol Rhode Island featuring Chinese paintings framed in bamboo with mirrored mats teakwood bases and figurines New Portugal pottery resembling Staffordshire Peter Hunt painted tables old silver antique glass luggage racks bed trays silver cruets mirrors lamps and more Visit Warren 0881-3 for details.
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