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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
3
Plans for a ten week contract bridge course to start April 19 at the YMCA were confirmed by the program committee. Instructor will be Edward J. Quinn of Barrington. Interested parties are urged to contact the Y.
Alphonse Rebello a member of the Republican Town Committee asserts he took the park and Common cleaning duties at Walley Union and Church Streets because no one else would. He notes he previously tended Burton Street beach and kept the flag at the Common during the war without extra pay and that his 1946 47 salary was 20 with a 5 raise last year. He states he traveled daily by car between parks at his own expense and never sought the job, insisting it was forced on him to help keep the parks for children.
The Rev Gerard Smith of St Columbans Seminary told Bristol Knights of Columbus at a Communion Breakfast that a short lived Reds Nationalists coalition in China will end with a Communist regime. He blamed the Nan king government and noted US aid once backed the Nationalists. He said the Chinese, despite catastrophes and invasions, will not be beaten. The event included Mass with nearly 100 attendees at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church and multiple council leaders and organizers.
Three Bristol Senior High students will be delegates to the R S Model Legislature on Saturday April 9 under the auspices of the R S Lonal Studies. The minority National Party plans a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to discuss the Constitutional Amendment Bill.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and the Bristol County Olympics launch a popularity contest on Sunday April 10 with a three town sub committee led by Dr Anthony J Ramos. Barrington Ralph Carlone chair Anthony Marcello secretary Warren Albert Leclerc chair Joseph Novack secretary Bristel Oscar I Bergstrom chair David Ferris secretary James J Velleca treasurer. Frederick T Goff drew the contest rules which were approved at the meeting.
Funeral services were held today for John William Card 49 of 104 Union Street who died Saturday after a long illness at the Charles M Connery Funeral Home. A lifelong resident born in Bristol January 25 1900 he was the son of the late Regmong and Minnie Cooke Card and worked as an executive accountant for Collins and Aikman Corporation since 1916.
The obituary honors long time Bristol Zoning Board of Review secretary and Bristol Twilight League Board of Governors member John W. Card Jr. Surviving relatives include his wife Helena and children Eleanor Julia Charlotte plus siblings. The piece notes Olympic plans led by Rev Donanzan with local coaches and committee members and details age rules for a popularity contest linked to the event.
Sgt Demars recovers a State Division of Roads and Bridges jeep reported stolen early Friday morning from Wood Street by Edward N Monahan of Byfield Street. The vehicle was found Friday afternoon in a polo field on Griswold Avenue.
Fred P. Stradling, manager of the Bristol County Water Company, announced the annual spring flushing of the mains would start tonight and continue about six weeks. He warned there may be some water discoloration but stressed it is not harmful. Flushing will occur only at night.
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