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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1955
Page
8
The Bristol Fire Department issues greetings for a safe holiday. Chief Oscar A. Rishe urges residents to avoid overloading wiring, use safe tree lights, discard wrapping paper, keep trees in water, and prevent fire risks from decorations and rubbish burning. He emphasizes careful smoking near trees and keeping escape routes clear.
Funeral services were held for Vincent Puya at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church following a wake at Charles M Connery Funeral Home. Born in Italy in 1882 he lived 50 years in town and worked at U S Rubber Co. He leaves a son, five daughters, ten grandchildren and a sister in Italy. Burial was at St Mary Cemetery and committal conducted by Father Bernardi.
A compilation of recent property transfers and mortgage loans in town records. Loans include $9,000 to Matthew A Capone and others to Industrial National Bank, $9,400 to Winslow C Kelsey, and $21,300 from Fall River Trust Co to Mary Brito plus various parcels on Peck Avenue Metacom Avenue Fatima Drive and Lindbergh Avenue. Additional deeds include transfers involving Louise S Wilbur Fitch Vincent Fasano Ermine Wood Giuseppe Perron Domenico Perron and others. Discharges by the Department of Administration and assessments appear for Arthur M Dewhurst Benjamin M MacDougall Harriet G Easterbrooks and Ermine Wood.
Simeon Manchester records the Sloop New York voyage from St Peres to the United States with wreck survival at 4 p.m. and a 10 dollar Charleston passage. The log ends at harbor master Samuel C. Wardwell’s custody, detailing the crew’s shipwreck escape and the journey home.
Grade 9L2 defeated 9L1 52 to 32 in intramural basketball at Guiteras Junior High School. Jerome Sally Squatrito led with 29 points and Paul Bruno added 22 while Sammy Pasqua scored 13.
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