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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1956
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows the Bristol Phoenix with 1837 establishment and R S Bosworth as editor publisher. The text includes subscription pricing details indicating One Year $5.00 and six months at a reduced rate, but the remainder of the notice is garbled and illegible.
Rhode Island will obtain its own state building at the Springfield Fair after years of effort led by John L. Rego, Rhode Island agriculture commissioner and Bristol native. The Assembly and Governor approved funding with private matching support, marking a milestone after previous political delays.
The Bristol District Nursing Association initiated its first home nursing course on Monday night led by Mrs. George R. McCarthy and Mrs. Oscar A. tshe. Held 7 to 9 pm for seven weeks, it drew large enrollments prompting a second session in about five weeks. A Civil Defense lecture by a state Red Cross representative will be announced soon. Enrolled women include Mary Almeida Bease Burke Burke Byrnes Cav aNaro Lima Martin Nunes Quito Sicignano Silvia
A series of community gatherings listed with dates from March 31 to May 24. Highlights include children's party at Masonic Hall, orchestra night at Reynolds School auditorium, St Mary's Parish whist and bridge, Ivy Guild rummage sale, Spring-Time Frolic at St Elizabeth's, Bean Supper at Trinity Church, second annual spaghetti supper, concert by R I Philharmonic Symphony Sextet, Rotary Musicale at Guiteras auditorium, spring bridge at Bristol Yacht Club, reunion dinner for Bristol Rangers class of 1939, May Breakfast by Women's Guild, St Mary's Guild bridge, and Bristol Audubon Society annual meeting.
The Lawson Raiola D A V Chapter 15 will hold its second annual spaghetti supper on Sunday April 8 at 8 p m in the Kearney Post Home on Franklin street. Invited guests include Ira Einhorn state department commander and John Partington commander of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion. An arrangements committee led by Antone P Camara includes Francis Cuomo Joseph Medeiros co chairmen Manuel Prenda John Medeiros Joseph Curry Ferdinand C Alves Fortunato Caruso William F Head and Albert P Russo.
Police Chief Anthony J. Fer rara received an invitation to attend the Eastern Conference on Traffic Safety at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City on May 1 and 2. He plans to attend, with the invitation coming from the president's committee for traffic safety directly from the White House in Washington.
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