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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1956
Page
2
A local election primer notes voters monitor town committees as they pick candidates for fall offices. It contrasts Democrat and Republican slate dynamics, stressing candidate ability and appeal, personal familiarity, and the limited weight of party labels in local races.
State Mosquito Control crews clean ditches and spray oil on undrained areas on state lands to reduce larvae. Local towns supplement with guidance from the State Department of Agriculture and Conservation. Citizens urged to remove standing water, repair leaks, dump containers, and stock garden pools with fish where possible. Pyrethrum and light fuel oil used where breeding is heavy, with department help available.
A Bristol letter from Domenic Ruggieri as chair thanking contributors to the Fourth of July Fund Sunday Drive reports total gifts of 2058.05. The breakdown lists house to house canvass 9650.5, special gifts 632, business 392, clubs and organizations 79, with praise for Regina Farley Anthony Da Ponte captains and all workers.
James Anthony Bertrand Jr., 50, of 7 Vern dale Circle, died after a three week illness at Truesdale Hospital Fall River. A leading textile chemical analyst at Collins Aikman for 28 years he designed testing equipment. Born July 5 1900 he studied at Bristol public schools Rhode Island School of Design and MIT. He was a member of the Amer-
Jimmie Bertrand, noted textile chemist and colorist, died after a brief illness. He was a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and a communicant of St. Mary’s Church, survived by his wife Marjorie and two daughters, Francois L. deWolf Jr. and Elizabeth, plus his mother and a sister. Residents of Verndale Circle remember him as generous, reserved, and devoted to family, home, and neighborly service.
Miss Annie M Faulkner oldest member of the First Congregational Church died at St Josephs Hospital Providence in her 92nd year after a hip fracture from a May 28 fall. Born January 16 1865 in New York she lived in Bristol most of her life later moving to East Providence with niece Bessie Coughlin. Survived by nephews John C Faulkner and Harold A Faulkner, niece Mrs Coughlin and grandnephews Harold J Coughlin and Joseph W Coughlin. Funeral Monday 2 pm at First Congregational Church Rev Albert E Hutchgson to officiate burial in North Cemetery. Calling hours Saturday and Sunday 2-4 and 7-10 at William J Smith Funeral Home East Providence flowers omitted.
The funeral of Mrs. Carmela Cariglia Tasiello widow of Ferdinand M. Tasiello of Overhill Road Warren was held Wednesday morning at 8 from J. K. Connors Funeral Home Portsmouth with a requiem high Mass at St Thomas Apostle Church Warren The 59 year old former resident died Sunday night at the Warren Nursing Home Rev Joseph Thadeau celebrated the Mass Bearers were Arthur R Samson Anthony Banno Robert Perry and William Brooks Burial was in St Marys Cemetery this town
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