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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1953
Page
2
An editorial urges townspeople to use the Chestmobile service offering free chest X rays. It notes the program has saved lives in Bristol over seven years and stresses taking a minute to book an appointment to detect heart trouble TB or cancer early.
The Bristol School Committee met in the Colt Memorial library. Events include a May Procession at St Mary’s Church and a Court of Awards at Trinity Church. Birth announcements from the Nelson and Sousa families, and Girl Scout meetings hosted by Mrs George Lamb. Charity fundraiser pledges target the Pyramid of Charity clinic.
Senior High School pupils of Attilio A Pansa and Gladys M Brightman present a gymnasium exhibition tonight at 8 p m in Andrews Gym Girls perform apparatus tumbling calisthenics and relays while boys execute pyramids relays tumbling boxing and apparatus A joint boys and girls basketball game will also be played
Sealed bids for one lawn mower for the Higher Department will be received at the Town Clerk's Office in Brisol Rhode Island until 4 PM on Thursday May 321 1953. Specifications require reel type power mower Briggs and Stratton or equivalent engine 32 inches or more cutting width crucible steel blades 345 to 3 inch cutting height floating cutting unit and reverse mechanism. Envelopes marked Bid-Lawn Mower and addressed to the undersigned. The Town Council may reject any or all bids or accept bids in the town's best interest. By order of the Town Council John W Church Clerk 12-15-19.
Judith Ann Swanson daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Swanson of Needham Heights Massachusetts married Ensign Theodore Hamilton Brodie in Needham Congregational Church. The couple will reside in Jacksonville Florida where he trains at the Air Ground Officers School after a Pocono Mountains wedding trip.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Medeiros Santos 55 of 37 State Street who died Sunday at home will be held tomorrow at 8:15 am from J E Connors Funeral Home with a solemn requiem mass at St Elizabeths Church Bristol burial at St Marys Cemetery She was wife of Joseph Santos mother of Arthur Santos and daughter of the late Victor and Maria Medeiros She leaves brothers Manuel Medeiros of Bristol and Joseph Medeiros of Boston and two grandchildren
A long continued list of surnames and given names includes Sicignano Silvia Silvia Squatrito Squatrito etc, with numerous individuals such as Stanley Achuli Anthony Arciero Joseph Antimucci John Biancuzzi Domenic Bisbano Frank Borgia Richard Bruno Frank Caizzi Matthew Carmone Frank Carmone Teddy Carmone Leonard Calandra Matteo Cast tighego Tour Castriotta Robert Cicciola Freddy Cirillo Joseph Cirillo and many others. The fragment reads like a roll call or notice of attendees or participants in a prior referenced list.
May 13 Wednesday Rum mage Sale by Trinity Women's Guild parish rooms at 10 00 am. May 15 Friday Spaghetti supper by St. Mary's Holy Name Society 6 pm church auditorium. May 16 Saturday Doric Club Dance at Bristol Yacht Club. May 20 Wednesday Canasta Party Rotary Club at White Rail. May 23 Saturday Ham Supper Men's Club St. Michael's Church parish rooms. May 20 Wednesday St. Mary's Mothers Club annual dinner Top Hill.
A Bristol writer calls on the Kings band to volunteer their services for a Fourth of July parade in Connecticut or Bristol for a fair yearly honor. The letter argues the band earns money from Bristol but should give back at least once a year and ends with a wish that someone feels ashamed.
A Bristol reader criticizes the Guiteras Field for its shameful infield condition and urges the school department to repair the field before someone is seriously hurt. The letter compares poorly to the well-planned Little League Park and questions the department’s pace.
A citizen suggests Councilman Jerome Donovan and fire commissioner Ralph McCaw move this year’s Fourth of July fireworks from Mt Hope Avenue to the area just north of The Castle on Poppasquash. The writer argues the new site would reduce danger as residents on Thames Street would view them from across the bay.
Readable classified blurbs list a RCA 17 inch television, dining room set, furnaces, two family brick homes near transit, a 1947 Ford sedan with radio heater, four new white wall tires, Frigidaire refrigerator, and a 1937 Packard business coupe. Also noted are a cheap 12 room, a two car garage, and various farm and pet items with contact numbers Bristle Phoenix and Warren addresses.
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