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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1949
Page
2
A town grapples with the Primary Law weakening nonpartisan expertise as longtime town clerks treasurers and officials face partisan races. The piece argues the value of experience-based nonpartisanship in routine town governance and warns of losing trusted, skilled administrators even if services continue.
A Bristol column lists church services and parish activities for the Epiphany period. Holy Communion at St Michael’s, Trinity Masses, St Elizabeth confessions, First Friday Masses, and church group meetings are scheduled. social events include a Couples Club gathering, a Ladies Benevolent Society meeting, a Mite Society meal, and a parish social hour. Births engagements baptisms and a charity clothing appeal are noted among residents' personal notices and family events.
The First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts opened with a New Era Night at Scout Hall. Plans for Boy Scout Week February 6 to 12 include a winter camping trip and an inter-patrol contest won by Sea Hawk patrol led by Virgil Almeida. Black Hawks and Panthers took second and third. Sea Hawks also earned honor patrol with 52 points across games and activities. Scoutmaster George R. Fish outlined Week programs. A. S. M. John Cardoza led the program with Virgil Almeida Manuel Silvia Jr Leonard Francis and Joseph Vaclearo assisting. The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps meet tonight at 7:15 p.m. An emblem for the championship will be adopted and new uniforms planned. Townwide paper drive and bugler/drummer recruit instructions were announced.
The Board of Engineers convened a routine session in the Dreadnaught ie House. The Board secretary Frank J. Rinal a announced continued work on the Fire Department's new fire zoning signal system begun last year.
Hope Chapter No 6 RAM holds regular convocation tomorrow at 7 30 PM in the Masonic Temple. A New Year’s party follows the business session and St Alban’s Lodge No 6 hosts entertainment and refreshments.
The funeral for Doria Lemoine of 234 Thames Street and a former Seth Paull Co driver will be held tomorrow morning at 8 15 from Thomas and Walter Quinn Funeral Home Providence with a requiem Mass at 9 in St. Charles Borromeo Church Dexter Street. A Canadian native who came to Bristol 30 years ago and served as a fireman at the Solder's Home for the last five years, he is survived by his wife Gertrude Martin Lemaine and several nieces and nephews. Burial is at St. Ann's Cemetery Cranston.
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