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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1942
Page
3
The schedule lists Holy Week services from Wednesday 7:30 p.m. novena for soldiers to Holy Saturday Mass at 7 a.m. with blessing of the new fire, Pascal candle and Easter water. It includes multiple ceremonies: Maundy Thursday high Mass at 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Adoration, Good Friday Mass and Stations of the Cross, and Easter Vigil rites.
Thursday at 7 30 p m First Congregational Church will hold a Communion service with full attendance. Good Friday at 7 30 p m First Baptist Church will conduct a regular prayer meeting service.
Thursday mass at 8 30 am and evening service at 7 30 pm. Good Friday preaching on the Words from the Cross from 12 to 3 pm.
Funeral service for Mrs. Mary V Sousa Dennis 43 of 122 Church St Naugatuck was held at St Elizabeths Church with high requiem mass. Burial was in St Marys Cemetery. She is survived by husband Anthony Dennis and four children Leonard Anthony Jr Robert and Theresa, plus siblings Rudolph Manuel Sousa Sabten Alisio and Gloria Faria.
Mrs Caro Manchester Gillon died after a long illness at age 78. The funeral from 106 Franklin Street proceeded to St Marys Church for an 8 15 AM service and 9 AM high mass, with burial at St Marys Cemetery. Bearers included local residents Francis McGovern and James Fay. Born 1863 to Isaac Manchester and Caroline Duffy Manchester Munro, she was widow of John Gillon and lifelong resident, a St Marys communicant and Holy Rosary Society member. Survived by sisters Miss Isabel Munro and Mrs Ada Goff and several nieces and nephews.
Principal John L. Bukre awarded Certificates of Merit for six weeks ending March 13 to seniors Paul Richards Carol Guisti Joseph Cardoza Samuel DelPiano Yolanda Santulli Thomas Campagna Gladys Brightman Mary Viera juniors Ralph DeFelice William Dias Mary Cabral Ernest Frederick George Oliver Tina Delgado Pasquale Raiola Evelyn Lemaire Matilda Medeiros sophomores Robert Brownell Margaret Partington George Oliver Herbert Hayden Joan Doyle Margaret Hibbert Mary Wales John Bisbane Angelina Cirillo Alda Almeida At the assembly agriculture instructor Ian Walker discussed Victory Gardens and will help students plan them.
Madeleine Carroll and Stirling Hayden head a Paramount Technicolor romance in Bahama Passage based on Dil Do Day. On a West Indies salt island they fall into a thrilling affair with Flora Robson Cecil Kellaway and Mary Anderson in supporting roles.
An imagined despatch by Frank W. Lovering retells the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth with dramatic detail. The piece traces the trial before Pilate, Herod, and the Sanhedrin, the crowd’s cries for crucifixion, the bearing of the cross by Simon, the abandonment, and the death on Golgotha, noting biblical lines and the silence before burial.
The Boy Scout Buele and Drum Corps rehearse at 7 tonight in Scout Hall and again Thursday. Troop Four Leaders meet tonight to plan the Wednesday troop meeting and other activities. The troop meets tomorrow at 7 15 in Scout Hall with advancement featured. Troop Three observes anniversary and re registration Monday at St Elizabeth’s Church on Wood Street with supper and a movie and officials present. P O W S Awashonks Herd plans Spring Ceremonials on April 25 and a Camp King Philip trip, plus a penny bingo Friday after Easter and a marble tournament in April. The herd’s next meeting is next Saturday evening to finalize plans.
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