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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1950
Page
3
Members of the Mt Hope Improvement Association discussed plan to build a wharf and raft for the upcoming season at a meeting held at Manuel Santos home on King Philip Avenue. The chartered group is seeking members from Mt Hope Bay area and meets monthly on the first Sunday. Officers will be elected at the June meeting.
John S. Ogg of Warren announced the election of officers for the Bristol County Chapter of the Infantile Paralysis Foundation. Norman E. Benard Renard was elected chairman, with Spencer Marshall of Barrington as vice chairman, Miss Margaret Nerone as treasurer, and Mrs. Marguerite Stone as secretary. The March 23 meeting elected the team, but reports delayed due to questions about foundation rules.
Miss Mary Carmone was named chairman of a committee to prepare for the annual Mothers Day program for the Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at a meeting last Tuesday evening in the parish hall. A movie The Christopher Movement will be shown at the May meeting. The committee assisting Miss Carmone for the May 7 program includes Mrs Joseph Sansone Miss Josephine Pante Mrs Del Toro Miss Amelia Bucolo Mrs Frank Sousa Mrs Louis Castriotta Miss Lucy Carulli Mrs Thomas Campagna and Miss Geraldine Marino.
W O Broadbent district manager for N E Coal and Coke Co told Bristol Rotarians that the industry needs a fair chance against labor. He warned 150000 miners could be out of work in two years and cited wage gains from 29 to 78 dollars as prices rise. He urged greater mechanization, said coal is a vast resource with 3000 years of supply, and noted Rhode Island's early industrial use.
Lt. Col. J Irving Risk will speak to Rhode Island air reservists at 7 30 Wednesday night at the 9223rd Volunteer Air Reserve Squadron headquarters in Providence. He will discuss guided missiles and other Air Force developments since World War II. Risk, a former bombadier and project officer, urged all Rhode Island reservists to attend.
C C Cirillo, Bristol YMCA program secretary, was elected president of the Twilight League Board of Governors at the new group’s first meeting. Also elected were David J. Ferris as secretary and Thomas Majorano as treasurer. The board will have five members, with Police Capt. William I. Baker Jr. as the fourth member and a fifth to be named. League play begins in early May with a meeting set at MCA to discuss by laws and field plans.
Planning board votes to hold a public hearing at Reynolds School auditorium at 8 p m on April 20 to discuss tax revaluation. Albert A Gallotta Providence tax assessor and representatives from real and personal property surveys will attend. Members of the building codes study committee report further meetings and a public hearing before any ordinance action.
James V. Fusco, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Fusco of 30 Mount Hope Avenue, has been named to Brown University's dean's list for high academic standing. A Bristol Senior High School graduate, he is a junior candidate for a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.
The Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company moved to invite three other town volunteer fire companies to participate in Firemen's Memorial Sunday on June 11. Dreadnaught group urged a joint observance by all four companies. Hydels Pay Respects Hydraulion Hose Company named Charles E. Luther to gauge sentiment on the Dreadnaught proposal and paid respects to Frank E. Trask and Benjamin Dorstrom with a silence observance.
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