Death of Rev Charles C Curran Brings Bristol Loss
The Rev Charles C Curran of St Marys parish Bristol dies leaving a wide circle of friends. A genial scholar and community man with a love of boats and Prudence Island services, he lived a life of Christian generosity. Bristolians mourn his passing with sincere sorrow.
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Charles C Curran
St. Mary’s Parish
Bristol
St Mary's
Fr Curran
Sheila
Prudence Island
Capt. Herzig
Fr. Curran
Births and civic notices mix in Bristol area column
A noon grass fire alarm reported at the corner of Low Lane and Ferry Road. Birth announcements include Cecelia Einstein at 36 Washington Street on February 23 and Diane Frances Pacheco born February 26 to Mr and Mrs Henry Pacheco Jr. at Truesdale Hospital. Bristol Girl Scout Council sets a Thursday meeting at 1 30 pm at 124 Hope Street with guest Eliza beth Chase. Edward L. Ford states the Employment Security office will close Wednesday Election Day. A fashion show and tea at Providence Plantations Club benefits Crippled Children and Adults of R L. Frank Marabello and family announce a move to West Warwick.
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Cecelia
Joseph V. Einstein
Washington Street
Providence Lying In Hospital
Bristol Girl Scout Council
Earl G Sturdevant
Hope Street
Elizabeth Chase
Hope
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Providence Plantations Club
R. L
Letter to the Editor on Public Health Enforcement
A Rhode Island health officer defends strict enforcement and denies lax health law enforcement by renters and the Town Council. He notes decades of service since 1949, weekly reports to the State Board of Health, and calls citizens with health concerns to contact the council or health officer for prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph FC Bruno
Rhode Island State Board of Health
Community events and lectures calendar list
March 10 Tuesday Tales of an Old Seaport Town at First Congregational Church. March 24 Tuesday lecture by Prof Charles H Smiley sponsored by Bristol Historical Society at St Michaels Parish House 800 pm. April 6 Monday Bunny Hop at Our Lady of Mt Carmel School auditorium. April 14 Tuesday Annual Bridge and Canasta by St Marys Mothers Club Midway Steak and Lobster House. May 5 Tuesday Annual Charity Bridge by Pyramid of Charity Women’s Club at Midway Steak and Lobster House. May 9 Saturday Dinner dance at Midway Steak and Lobster House by Our Lady of Mt Carmel Holy Name Society.
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First Congregational Church
Charles H Smiley
The
Bristol Historical Society
St Michael's
Bunny Hop
Our Lady of Mt Carmel School Auditorium
St. Mary's Mothers Club
Midway
Pyramid of Charity Women’s Club
Midway Steak and Lobster House
Our Lady of
Obituary of John Duffield Hill Sr of Bristol
John Duffield Hill Sr died yesterday at Truesdale Hospital after a heart attack at age 66. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Young Hall and son Chester H Hill, with two grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral will be Thursday at St Michael’s Church with burial in North Burial Ground after visiting hours at C M Connery Funeral Home.
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John Duffield Hill Sr
Coggeshall Avenue
John D Hill Jr
Truesdale Hospital
Elizabeth (Young) Hall
Reading
Mass
Robert
Margaret (Duffield) Hill
Bristol
St. Michael’s Church
Bristol Narrows
Conmicut
Ernest Hill
Providence
Margaret Carpenter
Cranston
Alice Franklin
Johnston
St. Michael's Church
Daniel K. Davis
C. M. Connery
Burton Street
North Burial Ground
Sister Improves After Delicate Heart Operation
Sister Rosemarie of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Convent is much better today after a delicate heart operation at R L Hospital. She had suffered a heart ailment 14 years and was referred to Dr Dwight E Harken of Harvard by Dr Garibaldi of Jersey City Hospital. Sixteen doctors assisted in the case. The operation opened the heart and broke up scar tissue constricting a valve.
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Rosemarie
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
R. L Hospital
Boston
Dwight E. Harken
Harvard
Garibaldi
Jersey City Hospital
Funeral of Miss Annie A Adams
The funeral for Miss Annie A Adams, a Benjamin Church Home resident who died last Tuesday, was held Thursday afternoon at C. M. Connery Funeral Home with Canon Daniel K. Davis officiating. Burial followed in North Burial Ground where committal prayers were read. bearers were Robert and William Getchell, William Hallam, and Wilfred Seamans of Bristol.
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Annie A. Adams
Benjamin Church
C. M. Connery
Burton Street
Daniel K. Davis
St. Michael’s Church
North Burial Ground
Canon Davis
Robert
William Getchell
William Hallam
Wilfred Seamans
Bristol
Bristol Town Meeting Notices From Rhode Island Warrant
A garbled 19th century town meeting notice outlines warrants issued by Town Clerk John W Church for Bristol Rhode Island and Ni ys the de Guitarée noting moderator and district officers to serve terms of two years in Representative District No 2 and No 1. It names District Clerks and a Town Sergeant William T Cashin and references voting districts and district meetings.
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John W. Church
Imerve
Fon
Ee Tive
T. Vi
Financial tension and audit authority questioned in town
City leaders clash over audit power as Nunes calls the situation unfortunate while Angevine asserts he has no authority to audit other departments or oversee their bookkeeping, highlighting tensions in local finances.
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Finan Nunes
Money
Angevine
One Cent Missing In Septemberane Arane
A fragment notes a missing zero penny in a September entry. The brief item hints at a small accounting irregularity captured in a local record, with limited names or dates readable.
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Roswell S. Bosworth
Alden Poole
Bristol Phoenix Publishing CO
Father Curran
New Zealand
Hamburg
Crown Fastener Corp
Onl
Item
Ferry Road
Wece. Connell
Roe
Temoraw
White Rail
Pacheco
Henrys Wo Pacheco Jr
Pachecga
Charlotte Sousa
Mro
Samuel Silver
Norfolk
Virginia
Diane Frances
Silver
Aildred Fisenberg
Town
Philip Shulman
Wood Street
Frank M. Fales
Metacom Avenue
Donald Glenn
Edward L. Ford
Department of Employment Security
Court House
Frank Marabello
Providence Street
West
March 4
Kent Cont
Eerral
West Warwick
Marabello
Ruth Eleanor DeFelica
Vincent DeFelica
187
State Street
Robert Carrier
Bland
Carrier
Fall River
Mass de Felice
Bristol Manufacturing Corp
Tuo
John D. Hill SR
Louis Tortorice
Democratic
Pawtucket
Avon
Krawczyk
Dyer St. Warren
Thurston Sail, Inc
Corner Water
Wheaton Sts. Warren
Pinboys
High St
Warren Jewelers
Main St. Warren
Rhode Island
Merella
Warren
PLANO
S&s F Winecombe
Hobecon St
Anderson Bristol
If Insurance
Orlando Jrisbane
I Watson Co Inc
Hope St
Youngstown
Rawleigh Good Health
S Thomas
Joseph Malato
Franklin St
Lawrence Kemptone
Super Kemptone
Hope Hardware
Aarkren
Nunes
Bradford
State of
Providence Plantations
Bristol, R
Socieck
William T. Ca
Cashin Town
Bae
Mortorich
Plimber
Owasile Safos
Rhode
Town.of
Alves Lawn Mower Shop
Thyra Carleo
OWL
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