Bribtol and Vicinity Public Notice Advised
Brief public notice urges residents to participate in local activities and seek information on opportunities of interest. The message thanks readers for courtesy and cooperation.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1948
Page
2
Brief public notice urges residents to participate in local activities and seek information on opportunities of interest. The message thanks readers for courtesy and cooperation.
The Budget Committee has cut the 1948 budget to stay within the tax limit and anticipated a large town meeting. A proposed ordinance would mandate Budget Committee recommendation for any resolution calling for more than $1,000 in expenditure before town meeting approval. The question remains whether the town solicitor believes this ordinance would be legally permissible.
A series of church and community meetings are announced. Tonight at 8 the Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel hosts a parish hall gathering, while St Michael's Church schedules 8 o'clock events and a Lenten service with Rev John Kolb tomorrow evening.
After 22 years of service, Navy boatswain’s mate first class Lawrence M Murphy is returned from the Pacific aboard Cardinal OConnell. He died in the 1942 Savo Island battle aboard Pensacola. Funeral set for Saturday at J E Connors Funeral Home with a 10 AM requiem at St Mary's Church. Burial in St Mary's Cemetery. He was born Sept 3 1903 in this town, survived by wife Florence Paterson predeceased, children Joyce Diana Lawrence Jr, father Michael Murphy, siblings and several brothers who served in the Navy and Army.
Two Rhode Island clubs enter the Y Gold Medal tournament to be played March 15 16 19 and 20. The Irish American Club of Newport led by Jackie Allen and the M S Albert Club of Providence will challenge Bristol teams with standout players Melay Simon Joe Garbecke and Ralph Seabug. Allen plans to bring a high calibre squad to the City by the Sea.
Mr and Mrs Louis Goldberg of 211 Orms Street Providence announce the engagement of their daughter Blanche to Nathan Eisenstadt son of Mr Abraham Eisenstadt of 31 Constitution Street Bristol and the late Mrs Eisenstadt.
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