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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
2
The speaker recalls a university field house address about security and a hypothetical fixed score in a basketball game. He argues that real progress comes from opportunities rather than guarantees, praising Mr. Kettering as a great inventive genius of the era.
Word has been received of the sudden death on December 10 of Mrs. Michael F. Foley of Bar Harbor mother of Mrs. Ralph Stanzione of 11 Second Street. A second anniversary Mass for Victor Aguiar will be sung tomorrow at St Elizabeth's Church. The District Nursing Association will sponsor a chest and X Ray clinic Monday afternoon at Rockwell House. Bristol Yearlings Sport Club holds a meeting tonight at 6:30 at cub headquarters. Holy Rosary Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel will receive communion at 7:00 Mass Sunday and host a Christmas party at 6:30 Sunday evening. Ann Calderiso elected president of Junior Children of Mary at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church with Margaret Manchester Eleanor Proto and Barbara Shaddleton also elected. Eugene Chase is ill at his Prudence Island home with pneumonia under Dr Samuel D Clark care. Fathers Sorzana and Peloso and St Lucy Filippini sisters attended a Christmas party at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish hall with Mrs Rose Carulli chairing arrangements.
The Bristol Daughters of the American Revolution held their annual Christmas gathering at the chapter house on Franklin Street. Regent Mrs. Earl P Mathewson presided as members and guests from the Bristol Home for Aged Women attended. Delegates chosen included Mrs Mathewson Mrs Mary Ingraham Mrs Ethel Copeland Mrs Howard Newman Mrs Charles Cole and Miss Alice. Alternates listed were Mrs Malcom MacNaught Mrs E Easterbrooks Mrs Clifford Wilson Mrs Charles F Thompson Mrs Louis Barker Mrs James Collamore Mrs Samuel Wardwell and Mrs Leo Cote. Hostesses at Yale meeting exchanged gifts.
St Alban's Lodge No 6 F and AM will hold its annual communication and dinner on Wednesday December 21 at 5 30. Officers report will be received and new officers elected for the coming year. David A Horne has been master this year. Seven candidates passed the third degree in a class Wednesday evening. Past masters exemplified the work of the evening.
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