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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1952
Page
3
The Kingsmen wind through a lengthy Fifth Avenue parade with Rhode Island units and crowds cheering. They perform "The Blue Tango" amid messages of thanks and later fire a lively sequence of hits as press and officials watch from the reviewing stand.
Walden groups praise eight local newsdealers who voluntarily removed crime comics from shelves. Clergymen from Walden Reformed, Church of the Most Precious Blood, St Andrew's Episcopal, and Walden Methodist join the commendation, noting dealers pledged not to display or sell comics glamorizing crime to children.
Lebanon Tennessee reports that Florida Governor Fuller Warren stopped at a barber shop asking for Sam Coplin. With Coplin absent, Warren left $2.10 with the barber to pass along when he saw Coplin again, explaining a 1929 debt of $219 from Cumberland University Law School days.
Vatican authorities consider a floating monastery to aid sea fishers off the Atlantic coast of France. The ship would spend nine months at sea living with crews and observing religious rules, while three months stay in port for spiritual retreat. Canon Gueguen proposed the project and described prayer with sailors amid hard work and dangers.
Mrs Martha Henning Huth aged 67 arrived from Berlin to Covington to marry Fred Lange 72 from Fargo who came to the U S long ago. Their German ceremony at St Paul church was led by Rev Philip Wigberger and marked his first German service in two decades. The couple plan to live in Fargo after the ceremony.
Miss Anna Besich head nurse at Woman's Medical College Hospital records a pigeon delivered egg as a special case in the maternity ward. The egg was entered in the new arrivals book as Special Delivery, with the mother pigeon presumed pleased. The note adds a biographical aside about John Keats and his ambitious father.
Washington DC reports that no court jester will be rehired for Elizabeth II era ceremonies. The royal chamberlain notes jesters are not a revived practice, as entertainment has evolved beyond medieval buffoonery.
The Bristol Junior Chamber of Commerce admits a female member in a historic moment when a large gray rabbit named J. C. Rabbit joins the group as custodian to encourage membership. President Mike Rucci presided as nine new members were welcomed and plans for a Halloween dance and local ground observer cooperation were discussed.
To restore dried furniture apply a mixture of three parts clarified wax and one part turpentine. Rub in with a soft cloth, let stand a few minutes, then wipe clean for an easy polish.
Dorothy Liebes, noted designer and colorist, argues that color is emotional not just intellectual. She urges greater use of color in homes to provide compensating beauty amid tense times.
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