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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
2
More than 100 Colt Memorial High School students received athletic awards in a Friday ceremony. Edward Costa presented the Old Green Jug to the intra-mural basketball champions, with Paul Asciolla presiding.
Miss Hortense Carreira and John Anthony Puniello wed at St Elizabeths Church in a 9 am Mass conducted by Rev Henrique Rocha. The bride wore ivory satin with lace, carried white orchids, and the couple planned a New England Canada honeymoon. They will reside with the bride’s mother at 38 Bourne Street.
Veronica M Pietruszka of Barrington wed Edward R Cabral son of William and Mrs Cabral of this town in St Casi mer s Church Warren. Miss Clara Modliszewski maid of honor and Miss Sta sia Modliszewski bridesmaid. Carol Pietruszka flower girl. Joseph Motta Jr best man and George Barboza usher. Bride wore French lace gown with scalloped neckline and carried stephanotis bouquet with orchid center.
A bride and attendants march through a Maine New Hampshire and Vermont route. The couple will reside on St Elizabeth Street in Bristol after the ceremony.
Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company paraded to St Marys Cemetery for a memorial service on Firemen Memorial Sunday May 10. The Bristol Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps led the march from Thames street station. The chaplain led a prayer at the grave of Peter O Reilly, first member to pass away since the company organized.
Albert F. Means, secretary of the local Y, will leave June 17 for Cleveland to attend the six day International YMCA Centennial Convention opening June 18. The event marks 100 years of YMCA work in the U S and Canada with over 5000 attendees from 1780 associations. Keynote addresses by Eugene E. Barnett and Richard S Hosking are planned among seven plenary meetings and ten centennial forums.
The program lists Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Paul G. Hoffman director of the Ford Foundation Dr John R Mott Nobel Peace prize winner Dr Charles C Noble Syracuse University Dr Arthur S Flemming president of Ohio Wesleyan University and Senator Paul Douglas The North American YMCA movement began in 1851 with associations in Montreal and Boston YMCA members and participants in the United States and Canada now toted 3 794 500.
The article notes a plentiful tent caterpillar season and warns of potential pests. It recommends burning nests at night as a traditional control but cautions against tree damage. It cites DDT sprays as effective, urges early action, and promotes Aug. 23 garden demonstrations by Dr. De France. It advises timely grass mowing and several planting guidelines for tomatoes peppers cabbage broccoli and lettuce.
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