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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
4
A special town meeting seeks voter approval for an appropriation to advance a beach project. The committee plans pamphlets and displays to inform residents. Sewer work on the digester nears completion with costs and test results outlined.
Reyn olds G Northup of the Highway Department reports the three day total, with a half day lost to rain, is 73 loads collected. He expects the drive to exceed prior efforts as US Rubber Company workers are on vacation and helping gather debris.
Town Hall records document transfers including Manuel V Rego and William A Rego to Manuel D elux for three lots in Bristol County Realty Company and Laurenc Rodrigues et ux to Francisco De Medeiros on Motts Lane. Marriage intentions list George J Lantelme USNR and Elsie St Angelo. Joseph Carr Jr USNR and Mary Agnes Ferrera. Leonard A Gustus US Army and Norma Harrington. James McGibbon and Barbara Huestis. Tom Warren Opheim and Dorothea Muller.
Mr and Mrs Manuel Ferrera announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Ferrera to Joe Darr son of Mr and Mrs Joe Darr of Greenwood Arkansas. The wedding is set for August 20.
The U S Rubber Company will mechanically strip rubber coating from wire scrap before dumping to reduce smoke. The action, explained by Factory Manager Wesley A Armstrong in a letter read to the Town Council, aims to lessen the heavy black smoke blamed on the synthetic rubber coating.
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps holds a final rehearsal at Scout Hall at 7 PM for a War Bond parade and Northbridge Massachusetts competition on Sunday. Rockdale Bugle and Drum Corps sponsors the contest with war bond prizes. Rhode Island Drum Corps Association rules govern judging.
Sergeant Raymond A. Green of Bristol and the 557th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company arrived at Camp Chicago in northeastern France for redeployment to the Pacific via the United States. The unit, part of the First Army, followed through Belgium and Germany, landing at Cherbourg September 15, 1944, and supported combat vehicles across Europe including Eupen, the Bulge region, Alsace, and the Remagen Bridge before advancing through central Germany with the 9th Armored Division.
A large crowd gathered last evening on the facade of Colt Memorial High School to hear the band. Directed by Robert Gray, the program blended classical and popular selections. James J. Velleca oversaw town arrangements and George H. Baldwin represented the State Department.
Mrs Myra L Slack Swanson died Tuesday at her Surf Road Summer residence Beach Terrace aged 95 She lived 36 years in Providence and Bristol and belonged to Calvary Baptist Church DAR and Plantations Club Survived by husband Walter and five children Daughters Sydney Kellberg Bristol and Edward G Hooks Vernon NY Sons Nelson B Warwick Arthur E Needham Heights Mass and Walter W Cranston Funeral at Graham Funeral Home 571 Broad Street in Dorchester Ave at 2 oclock Interment Plainville Cemetery Plainville Mass
To settle estate two parcels of rich cultivated land offered. One tract 54 acres cleared on Broad Common Road priced at 1600 dollars. The other about 2 acres on Narrows Road southerly side, lot 200 feet deep and 425 feet on road priced at 1000 dollars.
Mrs Barbara H Scott widow of Lt Charles H Scott of Barrington received the Silver Star Medal posthumously at Fort Adams. Lt Scott son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Scott of Woodstreet was killed in action in Germany on March 9 1945. Lt Col John C Keefe presented the award at the Fort Adams Service Club for gallantry in action and disregard for personal safety.
Funeral services for Mrs Marcia P Gifford were held at Wilbur Memorial Chapel Warren R L on Tuesday August 7 1945 Canon Parshley officiated and offered prayers at the grave Burial was in the North Cemetery Bearers were Edward Bruckshaw Ephraim Gifford J J Haines John J McGovern Harold L Thomas and Harold Knott
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