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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1955
Page
4
The Mount Hope Bridge fare cuts will average about 25 percent for the next year, not the hoped 50 percent. With major repairs planned on Hope Street and Metacom Avenue next spring, traffic will surge through town, prompting calls for improved signs lights and parking rules now to avert chaos.
Appeal urges immediate donations to the Bristol Community Fund drive as it nears the goal. Lester Gurney and local volunteers appreciate contributions sent to the Phoenix office to reach the chairman and complete the campaign.
A long list of upcoming meetings, births, anniversaries, and civic events from various groups. Highlights include a class of 49 reunion dinner on November 26, organizational meetings at the Chamber of Commerce, St. Michael's Church and Our Lady of Mt Carmel, plus Armistice Day activities by The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps and youth scouting plans at First Bristol Troop BSA.
Members of Kearney No. 6 The American Legion Auxiliary Unit are asked to meet at St Marys Church Friday morning at 845 for the Memorial Mass honoring deceased veterans of all wars. Mrs Salvatore Cala, formerly of this town, now of Flushing Long Island N Y, is at Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia after heart surgery Tuesday and is reported to be progressing well. Cala is daughter of Mrs Anna Russo of 37 Congregational Street. Mrs Mary DeFelice of 2 Chilton Street is resting after major surgery at Jane Brown Hospital Providence last week.
Francis P. McDonald known as Irishman 44 of 528 Cherry Street Fall River formerly of this town dies Sunday at Fall River General Hospital He is survived by wife Gertrude Joyce McDonald daughter Judith of Pawtucket and his funeral will be held at 815 am from Joseph Sansone Funeral Home with a 9 am requiem at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church burial in St Marys Cemetery
Funeral service for Joseph Corte, 62, of 87 Franklin Street, was held at George C. Lima Funeral Home at 8:15 am followed by a 9 am requiem mass at St Elizabeth's Church. Born October 8, 1893 in Azores, he died after a short illness at the Rhode Island Hospital. He is survived by two brothers William and Antonio Coite.
Ronald leads an Alumni Concert featuring four Aframerican religious works including Let Us Break Bread Together and Shout All Over God's Heaven. The program also notes Some Times I Fell Like A Motherless Child and Walls of Zion. Committee chair is Paul J Asciolla with members Mrs Manuel DeMotta and others.
U S Weather Station Hillsgrove projects five day outlook for New England with temperatures 2 to 8 degrees below normal. Cooler Wednesday then little change Thursday through Sunday. Normal values given for Boston Providence Portland Eastport Greenville and Caribou with precipitation averaging over half inch, rain south portion and rain or snow north portion late Thursday and Friday. High tides listed for morning hours.
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