Obituary: Inacio Borges Costa Remains Reported
Word has been received of the death of Inacio Borges Costa in Fatal Azores. He was the son of the late Rufino and Mariana Borges Costa. Besides his wife, he leaves two sons and two daughters of Faual, one brother Manuel B. Costa, and four sisters Mrs Mary C. Motta, Mrs Rose C. Ferreira, Mrs Mariana C Gomes and Mrs Edwina C. Faria, all of this town.
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Inacio Borges Costa
Azores
Rufino
Mariana Borges Costa
Faual
Manuel B. Costa
Mary C. Motta
Rose C. Ferreira
Mariana C Gomes
Edwina C. Faria
Funeral for George E Bernard Veteran Railroad Man
Funeral services for George Everett Benard a railroad veteran of 55 years with the New Haven railroad will be held tomorrow at 1 pm at the Remington Funeral Home Edgewood. Members of St Alban's Lodge F and A M oldest member will meet at 1145 am to attend. Burial follows at North Burial Ground. He died Wednesday at his home 94 Steamboat Avenue Wickford Rhode Island in his 92nd year. He began on the railroad in 1879 as a boy of 15 working as a night watchman for Providence Warren Delaware Valley line.
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George Everett Benard
New Haven Railroad
Remington Funeral Home
Broad Street
Edgewood
St. Alban’s Lodge
Mr. Benard
Railroad engineer Benard lifelong service spans half a century
Benjamin Benard, born May 21 1864 in Providence, began as a fireman and became an engineer for fifty years on the New Haven system. He piloted the Merchant’s Limited between Boston and New York for 14 years and then the Senator from 1929 until retiring May 21 1934. He earned a 50 year pin in 1950 at St Albans Lodge 150th anniversary and belonged to several Masonic orders as well as the Mathewson Street Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons Raymond and George A, two daughters Miriam and Dorothy, with former homes in Providence Wickford and Attleboro.
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Bristol
Old Colony
New Haven
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Merchant’s Limited
Boston
New York
Road
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Benard
Washington
St. Alban’s Lodge
Calvary Commandery
Palestine Temple
Hope Royal Arch
Mathewson Street Methodist Church
Providence
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Albert E. Benard
Seneture S
Sarah E. (Fish) Benard
Rebecca I. (Wright) Benard
Raymond
Gaspee Plateau
George A
Attleborro
Miriam Benard
Wickford
Dorothy S Hunt
Worcester
Mass
Pearl V Andrews Weds Sgt William C Ely Jr at St Elizabeths
Miss Pearl V Andrews daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur E Andrews of 82 State street marries Sgt William C Ely Jr son of Mr and Mrs William C Ely of Peace Dale Rhode Island. The 230 pm ceremony at St Elizabeths Church was performed by Rev Henrique Rocha. The couple plans to live at Fort Benning Georgia after a reception at the Castle and a wedding trip to New York and Virginia.
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Whelding Ely- Aapre SA
Miss Pearl V. Andrews
Arthur E Andrews
State Street
William C Ely, Jr
William C. Ely
Peace Dale
R. I
Henrique R. Rocha
St. Elizabeth's Church
James L. Harrington
Georgia
US Army
Fort Benning
Guild Meeting Shows Ireland Film at St Mary's Church
The Rev Paul Conneely of the Columban Seminary will present an Ireland film at the Women's Guild monthly meeting. It takes place Tuesday night at 8 pm in the church auditorium with Mrs Ernest Gladue and Mrs Inez Bertram in charge of refreshments.
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Paul Conneely
The
Columban Seminary
Ireland
Women’s Guild of
St Mary’s Church
Ernest Gladue
Inez Bertram
Local notices and family milestones in Providence area
Births, illnesses and recoveries, family moves, and club activities listed from area papers. Notable items include Brian Bullock recovering from tonsil surgery at Osteopathic Hospital, births of James Roy Osofsky Robin Elsie Bullock and Robert Paul Nutini, and community club meetings. Scout den members join Junior Audubon Society and local school officials attend national meetings.
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Brian John Bullock
Joseph Bullock
The
Osteopathic Hospital
Israel J. Osofsky
Thompson Avenue
James Roy
Den
Audubon Society
Charles Rupp
Bruce Bowen
Peter Normandin
Richard Luiz
Terry Smith
Gregory Smith
Gerald Hill
Henry Knight
Major Bristol Tax Revaluation Decision Looms in 1956
The Bristol town faces a pivotal 1956 choice on adopting or rejecting the tax revaluation survey completed months ago. The $25,000 effort aimed to correct inequities and uncover untaxed property, with experts recording valuations higher than current rolls. Some fear steep tax increases. others expect tax rates to fall, and many must be persuaded how the plan would work for all residents.
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Bristol
Cleminshaw Company
Traill Warns Free Competition At Stake In Gas Prices
Riverside’s Robert Traill told a Rotary Club audience that free competition is at risk in natural gas. He cited three industry sectors, costs of drilling about 100000 dollars per well, and the 10 cent producer share, noting regulation could curb production and raise prices.
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Robert Traill
Riverside
Rotary Club
White Raik
U. S
Traill
America
Trail
Tranll
Congress
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Fish and Game Chief To Speak to Bristol Garden Club
Thomas J. Wright, chief of Rhode Island Division of Fish and Game, will give an illustrated talk to Bristol Garden Club members on the State's Wild Life Service. The meeting is at 2 30 p.m. in the DeWolf Memorial Room with hostesses Mrs Frederick E Bartlett and Mrs Howard L House.
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Thomas J .Wright
Division of Fish and Game of
Rhode Island
Bristol Garden Club
DeWolf
Frederick E. Bartlett
Howard L. House
January to February events at Bristol County venues
A series of social events runs January through February including a Rock n Roll Dance on January 7 at Independent Hall hosted by Tri-Town Cavaliers Bristol County, a Midwinter Bridge January 10 by the Mother's Club, Chamarrita and Modern Dance January 21 at St Elizabeth's Auditorium, Valentine Bridge February 9 by Trinity Church Women's Guild, a February 7 Bridge by Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella at St Mary's Auditorium, a February 11 Dinner Dance by Our Lady of Mt Carmel Altar Society at the Midway, and a February 29 Spring fashion show by Mothers' Club at the Midway.
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Tri-Town Cavaliers
Bristol County
Independent Hall
Mother's Club
Our Lady of
St. Mary's Auditorium
Altar Society of Our Lady of
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Don Luiz Felipe Society of
St. Elizabeth Street
Lincoln Hall
Canada
Desoto Fireflite Spt
Cpe
Plymouth
Desoto F. Flite
Mercury
Real Beauty
Desoto F. Dome
QNE
Pontiac Chieftain
Chevrolet
Plymouth Belo
DeSoto
Rendines Motors
Broadway
East Providence
Phoenix
Ene
Shore's Market
Somerset
FEALS
HUB Shoe
George E. Bernard
Schwartz Lumber
Schwartz
Fall River
An Clement
County Cleaners
Earle Cabrol
Pappossesquaw
Pappossesquaw Home Demonstration Club
Robert E. Bullock
Wood Street
Robin Elsie
Truesdale Hospital
Albert A. Nutini
Collins Street
Robert Paul
Lying In Hospital
Mother’s Club of
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
John V. Leahy, Jr
Robert
Ellen
Denver
Colorado
John
US. Air Force Academy
John L. Burke
Bristol Senior High School
Nashville
Tennessee
National Federation of High School Athletic Associations
C. Herbert Taylor
Cranston
Secondary School Principals Association of
William T. Dwyer
Burton Streets
Walter K. Taylor
South Bend
Indiana
Albert E Hutchison
First Congregational Church
Albert W Pearson
Douglas Smith
Pilgrim Fellowship
Ealine Peters
Elaine Peters
DeWolf Room
Congregational Church
Pfc
Thomas Murray
Aa.a. Group
Emily Battcher
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Murray
U. S. A. Southeastern Signal School
Camp Gordon
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix Publishing CO
R. S. Bosworth
R. S. Bosworth, JR
Bristol RI
Fish and Game
Garden Club
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