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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
5
Community notices list morning and evening services at First Baptist Church and the Chapel by the Sea, a Fourth of July committee meeting at the Y M C A, and the Bristol Home for Aged Women's annual meeting. Also items include a church rector presiding, residents traveling, births announced, and a March of Dimes total of 34 955 63 with chairman Dedid J Ferrig.
Bids for sludge removal were received at the Bristol Sewer Commission office on Plant Avenue Bristol Rhode Island and the contract was awarded. The commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to accept a bid that is in the public interest. George R. Fish Secretary.
The funeral for Miss Elsie Louise Battcher aged 60 of 9 Charles Street was held from Charles M Connery Funeral Home and at St. Michael's Church. Burial followed in the North Burial Ground. Also noted were a bon voyage party for Lecy Annareinimg, travel plans of Mrs. Anna rummo, voter registration at Burnside Memorial Building, birth announcements of Eric Scott and a daughter born in Japan, and a Strawberry Festival by the Busy B's of the First Baptist Church in Swansea.
Mrs Emma Frances Coggeshall 83 widow of Walter H Coggeshall Bristol fire chief died after a long illness. Canon Delbert W Tildesley conducted funeral services Sunday afternoon at her home 198 High St Bearers were Fred Wilkinson Edward Wilkinson Jefferson Gott Herbert Eisenstadt Nathan Slisenstadt and Ralph Church Burial was in the family lot North Burial Ground where committal prayers were read.
Funeral services were held at 8 and a solemn Mass at 9 at St. Elizabeth's for 71 year old Mrs. Philomena Terra of 27 Narrows Rd. Born in Fayal Azores she died after a brief illness in Rhode Island Hospital. She leaves son Joseph Enos Terra Jr and three daughters. Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Delegation from Holy Rosary Society attended.
A bronze Daughters of the American Revolution marker was placed on the grave of Mrs. Howell L. Williams at Juniper Cemetery. Williams, died last February in Virginia, was a member of Otesego Chapter D AR of Cooperstown. The marker was placed by the local chapter officers, and the event followed a meeting at the White Horse Tavern in Newport. The article notes long service pins and CAR state conference happenings with individuals including Mrs. Howard B Newman, Miss Louise H DeWolf, Miss Alice B Almy, and Pamela Ahearn gaining new roles.
Sgt Domingos Amado of Almado Portugal visited Bristol Rhode Island after his frigate Nuno Tristano stopped in Providence on a U S goodwill tour. Amado, with 27 years in the Portuguese navy, learned of relatives here and connected with Mrs Aurora Rogers and her family, who invited him to Bristol for a weekend reunion before the ship continued to Fall River New Bedford and on to Boston en route home.
Classified ad notes two 1952 models in excellent condition. Ford and Pontiac station wagons offered for sale with contact number CL 3 9386.
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