Pilgrims’ Simple Gratitude Remains a Guide
The text recalls the Pilgrims' modest offerings of thanks and praise each week. It highlights their gratitude for little means and frames their example as a moral guide for others today.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1955
Page
4
The text recalls the Pilgrims' modest offerings of thanks and praise each week. It highlights their gratitude for little means and frames their example as a moral guide for others today.
Eleanor M Johnson praises Bristol figures and local schools in a heartfelt letter to the editor. She recalls Dame Bache's School and Miss Bache's kindness, recounting a Civil Service exam anecdote and a supportive note sent to state welfare. Johnson signs off from Pawtucket Rhode Island.
CARE invites Americans to donate one dollar to fund extra food plates for needy families overseas. Each dollar sends 22 pounds of U S surplus to hungry households, with cartons prepared and delivered in the donor's name. Send contributions to CARE 175 Tremont Street Boston 11.
A reminiscence contrasts the Pilgrims harvest and communal gratitude with modern comforts and conveniences. It notes devotion, divine Providence, and shared meals with Native friends, then reflects on how everyday life offers many chances for silent thanks amid technological ease.
Manny Marshall joins Springfield College basketball practice for 1955 56. Rogers Free Library hours change for tomorrow with a 3 to 6 pm reopening and evening closure. Numerous organizational notes include post installation of Michael Cappucci, Rotary Club toy talk by Hugh F Bonner, and community events at First Baptist Church and Northfield School for Girls.
The funeral of Mrs Isabel Bento Xavier 46 of 163 Franklin Street was held Saturday from Sansone Funeral Home to St Elizabeths Church for a solemn requiem Mass. The Rev Lawrence Avila celebrated with Deacon Rev Joaquin Lawrence and Subdeacon Rev Henrique Rocha. Bearers were John DaAndrade Alfred Brazil Manuel Bento John Xavier Joseph Bento Jr and Joseph Mello. Burial followed in St Marys Cemetery. Mrs Xavier widow of Joseph Xavier died Wednesday morning in a Providence hospital after a long illness.
The funeral for Raffaele Russo age 75 of 185 Mt Hope avenue was held at 8 am from Sansone Funeral Home and at 9 am a solemn Requiem Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Deacon Rev Joseph Bernardi and sub deacon Rev Samuel Turulo assisted. Bearers included residents from Barrington and this town. Burial followed at Sam Maria Del Camp Cemetery in Barrington. Russo died Thursday night at his home after a brief illness.
The report lists several minor crashes near Warren and RiverSide involving J H Poisson, Helen B Proulx, Alphonse Rebello, Kenneth A Granger, James A Toppin, Marie Gouilding, Moss Shirley Hanaton, Anthony Quintal, and Domenic Perroni. Damages were slight with no injuries reported. causes include failed to see other vehicles and obstructed views near the Guiteras School and St Elizabeth Street area.
The Evelin Bache Fund receipts total 230 50 with various donors listed and proceeds to buy a prize for a worthy student. A Bristol Rhode Island zoning board notice schedules a public hearing for December 8 1955 at 7 30 P M in Burnside Memorial Building on an application to allow a gasoline service station at 810 Hope Street in a Residential C zone.
The U S Weather Station at Hillsgrove predicts near seasonal normals with rising temperatures early in the period, a cold snap Thursday and Friday, then milder conditions by the weekend. Providence norms for the period are 39 degrees average, 47 high, 31 low, with over half an inch of precipitation expected as rain in southern New England and rain or snow in northern New England midweek and again around Saturday or Sunday.
Classified snippets show a 1943 Ford truck for sale with phone contact 3-6234 and a black Luge two door with radio undercoating tires asking 600. Also sedan Cherulet offers, garage job at 601 Wood Street, and weekly chowder and baked meals at Stoughtons Store 96 High Street with contact CL 3- different digits.
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