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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1940
Page
2
Bristol taxpayers may be asked to contribute another ten thousand dollars for relief as ongoing annual appropriations of fifty thousand dollars persist to help those facing poverty. The piece questions whether the emergency has become permanent and urges voters to consider progress before reelecting officials.
Readers of the paper are invited to submit brief local items for this column focusing on community news and interests for publication. Submissions should be concise and locally relevant to appear in upcoming editions.
Mrs Earl G Sturdevant of Hope Street returned from a visit to relatives in Schenectady New York Miss Ruth R Palmer daughter of Mr and Mrs John S Palmer has entered Stoneleigh College Rye New York for her freshman year Half century Kitty Saturday night Burnside Social Club ad Miss Mary Mello of 25 Charles Street was taken to R I Hospital for observation Elizabeth Bettina Riccio high mass funeral at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church Jr Sr High School PTA plans meeting Mt Hope Farm Camp hosts Garden Club Sept 24 Battery C 243rd C A C dining at Hotel Belvedere before expected Newport departure after Providence parade
The page lists social visits and events including Mrs. Curtis B. Cecil of Maryland and Mrs. John Blanche of Annapolis hosted by aunt Mrs. William F Duffy at 79 Constitution Street. A birth is announced for Tonella Tersa Pereira born Sept 12 at Truesdale Hospital. A tea party on Thames Street, Mt. Hope Leaders Association meeting on Fountain Avenue.
The Probate Court of Bristol Town appoints Mary Gloria Oliver as guardian of the person and estate of Manuel Lull. The guardian must post bond as required by law. All claimants must file their claims with the Clerk within six months from first advertisement. H. W. Church, Clerk. 70 Oliver St Bristol R I.
The Bristol Probate Court schedules October 7 1940 at 10 am to consider an instrument claimed as the last will and testament of Antonio Milon late of Bristol. The hearing will be published weekly in the Bristol Phoenix for fourteen days.
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