Motivating Factors in Bristol Historic House Debate
A local letter argues the zoning board erred in denying a gasoline filling station near the Bosworth Perry House, claiming decisions were influenced by animosity toward preserving Bristol’s oldest and most historic property. The piece frames the house as a civic monument amid community memory and warns against letting spite guide planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosworth - Perry House
Silver Creek
Focal Zoning Board of Review
Rai Ir
Bristol
Rand
Apa
Board of Review
Persia
Ptt
Bosworth-Perry House
Birth of a son at Truesdale Hospital and community events
Mr and Mrs William Marshall announce the birth of their son William Paul Friday at Truesdale Hospital Fall River. The Women's Guild of St Mary's Church plans a Booster Night at the Oct 17 meeting in the church auditorium. Also noted are novena end dates, devotions, and various local society meetings and activities spanning PTA juvenile protection, Troop 147 hikes, and design student honors at Rhode Island School of Design. Community events include lectures, Chamber of Commerce meetings, and neighborhood services, with several attendees traveling for speaking engagements and book promotions by Alice Bell Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marshall
Bleven Avenue
William Paul
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Women’s Guild of
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Church
St. Vincent de Paul Society of the
Paul Paiva
Victoria Paiva
Hope Street
Rhode Island School of Design
Paiva
Mansi Vows Unfold at St Thomas More Church
Mr and Mrs Frank Mansi were married on Sept 22 at St Thomas More Church in Somerset Massachusetts. The bride is identified as former Miss Ethel Medeirox in the wedding notice. Photo credit given to Puniell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mansi
St. Thomas Moore Church
Somerset, Mass
Mansi
Ethel Medeirox
Puniell
Wedding Bells for Josephs Mascena in Quiet Ceremony
Nancy Ann Mascena and John Pau Josephs wed in a 9 am ceremony at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church officiated by Rev. Joseph Bernail. The bride wore chantilly lace over satin with pearl details and a queen’s pearl veil, with Angela Panzarella as maid of honor and Steven Mascena as a star boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Panzarella
Gr Notorangelo
Jesu Castigneyo
Santa Matrone
Anthony Mascena
John Pasqual
Weather shifts and cooler spell across New England
A nine day outlook shows temperatures two to seven degrees below normal with cooler days today and tomorrow, a brief warm up Thursday, then cooler again Friday and Saturday. Providence normal temps are 55, high 64, low 45. Precipitation stays under one tenth inch except in northern New England where it reaches up to five tenths. Light showers or flurries expected in northern mountains today with widespread showers Friday. In other notes a wedding reception at the Midway followed by a trip to the Potomac Mountains, and several minor traffic incidents are reported with local streets mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Hillegrove
New England
Funeral of Mrs Phoebe Serpa in this town
The funeral for Mrs Phoebe Perry Serpa of 6 Rosita Avenue was held yesterday from Sansone Funeral Home to St Elizabeth's Church for a 9 am requiem Mass. Rev Henrique Rocha presided, with Deacon Rev Joaquin Lawrence and Sub-deacon Rev Joseph Fraga. Burial followed at St. Mrs Cemetery with committal by Father Rocha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebe Serpa
Phoebe Perry Serpa
Rosita Avenue
Sansone
Wood Street
St Elizabeth's Church
Serna
Mariano Perry Serpa
Providetec
Henrique Rocha
Joaquin Lawrence
Joseph Fraga
Obituary Mrs Minerva A Gladding of Seekonk
Mrs Minerva A Gladding wife of the late George Gouddin and former Seekonk resident died Saturday in Norton She lived at 24 Field Street Seekonk Funeral services announced for 2 30 pm at JoH Williams and Co Funeral Home Taunton Avenue East Providence burial to be in North Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva A. Gladding
Minerva A (Baker) Gladdinwift
George Gouddin
Norton
Joh Williams and Co
Jill Tauntyn
East Providence
North Cemetery
Police Report Highlights Ditch Accident and Street Collision
October 7 report cites Richard F Klein of Providence pulling his car from a ditch on Metacom Avenue. A separate collision on Roma Street involved Delphine Amaral and Mary Alves, with injuries to Kvelya Amaral and damage to both vehicles. A third crash damaged a car on Buttonwood Street after a hedge obscured Alves’s view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Street
John DeMotta
Bay View Avenue
Stephano Castiglhego
Bradford Street
Richard F Klein
Providence
Metacom Avenue
Wctou
Mary P. Alves
DeWolf Avenue
Roma Street
Delphine Amaral
Balboa Tation
Buttonwood Street
Amaral
Buttonwood
Alves
Kvelya Amaral
T.d.m
Hoult
Abia Wun
Prill
Cuore Ro Travers
Everett Frans
Bristol church and civic group sale and event calendar
A series of community fundraisers and social events listed with dates from October through December. Activities include rummage sales, bridge parties, suppers, a Christmas bazaar, a Christmas sale by Mite Society, a desert bridge and food sale, and an open house pilgrimage, hosted by First Congregational Church, Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps, American Legion Kearney Post, Eastern Star chapters, Bristol Democratic Women's Club, Trinity Church parish, First Baptist Church, St Michael's Parish House, Daughters of Isabella and the Bristol Garden Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower Committee
First Congregational Church
Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps
Kearney Post No 6
American Legion
Post Home
Thackery Hall
Eastern Star
Order of Mt. Hope
Hope Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bristol Democratic Women’s Club
Harriet Bradford Inn
Trinity Church
Church
Trinty Church
First Baptist Church
St. Michael's Parish House
PTA
K of C Hall
Hope Circle, No. 70
Daughters of Isabella
St. Michael's Church
Women's Auxiliary
Mite Society
Vestry
Bristol Garden Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
Emstgitliia
Phoenix
A. Roswo
RS. Bosworth
Strue
Weta Eo AW
Grand
Ile
Jong
EY Beye No
Norton M. Zinderstein
Joseph C. Hartwell
John S. Palmer
Wallis E. Howe
Ivy Guild
Holmes House
Mary Carol King
Children of Mary Sodality of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Millie DePasquale
Barbara Machado
Emily Garvin
Joseph A. Carvalho
Joseph S .Carvalho
Church Street
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Find
Leonard
Inglewood
Calif
Mefyard
Wilfred J Piven
Oliver Street
Anthony Iasiello
North Farm
Buttonwood Dairy
Norman Pene
Attilio Pansa
Michael A. DelLeo
American Committee On
Wjar-Tv
Guido Leopizzo
The
Chamber of Commerce
Y.M.C.A
Brownie
Frederick Cornell
Rockwell School
J. Louis Giddings
American Indian Museum
Bristol Historical Society
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Cancer Society
Guiteras House
Rotary Club
Rhode Island Veterans Home
Chester W Williams
Arthur H. Eastman
Newport Hospital
Pack No. 14
Kingsmen Bugle
Scout Hall
Alice Bell Morgan
Shepard's
Simon and ‘Schusters
Financial World
Cleveland
Ohio
Higby's
SEA Ac Eee
Umag
Timinter Janey
Williams
James Mason
Barbara Klsh
Bigger Than Life Cinemascopy & Color
Miami
Robert Taylor Dana Wynster
Cinemascope & Co'er
Francis
Tupelo
Asylum Road
Anthony Bettencourt, Jr
Bettencourt
Sunset Bakery
Mulholland
Wefk Service
GEO. F. Mulholland CO
Broad St
Maisano Bakery
W. Maisano
Prop
O. John Squillante, MD
Medicine
Hope ST
Francis Bros
Bristol County Assoc. of Insurance Agents
Henry Alfred
ClifFord
John Andrade
Orlando J. Bisbano
Wood ST
Charles J. D'Alessio
A. A. Edmonds CO
William J. Massano
Edward J. Newbold
Fort Hill Road
A. N. Nunes Agency, Inc
Bradford St
W. W. Richardson Agency, Inc
Main St
Warren Cherry
B. W. Wall, Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!