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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1949
Page
2
The YMCA with Red Cross backs a water safety campaign urging cautious summer recreation. It notes nearly 100 million Americans cannot swim and advises swimming only where a lifeguard is present. The message promotes a safer season with the motto Swim Sanely and Play Safe.
A Bristol month mind Mass for Harold S. Greene Jr. will be at St. Marys Church tomorrow at 8 am. Guests include Miss Joan Murphy and brother John from Edgewood visiting Misses Julie and Patricia Bruno at Pappa squash. Various locals attend visits and trips, with plans for meetings and a Fraternal Order of Eagles event in Bristol.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the C. M. Connery Funeral Home for Ada Louise Stoughton 82 of 98 High Street who died Monday evening at home. The Rev Charles R Cooley officiated burial followed in the North Burial Ground with bearers William Liscome Carleton Liscome Louis Rinaldi and Harvey Gottler.
Bristol notices announce pending transfers and sales licenses for Tavern Estate of John C Mello at 557 and 577 Hope Street and Mount Hope Athletic Club at 73 Centre Street. Town Council schedules hearing July 25 1949 at 8 PM in Burnside Memorial Building. remonstrances due with plat. Also a Fall River family vacation to Laconia New Hampshire reported.
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