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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1949
Page
6
A reader blasts Congress as irresponsible and wasteful after adjournment. He condemns spending, supports Forand and Fogarty against the farm bill, and criticizes Truman and Taft Hartley. He urges youth political involvement and warns of rising prices and taxes.
Miss Mary Ellen Bowen long time Warren resident died at home after a lengthy illness she was 83 or 84 born in Providence Sept 3 1865 daughter of Peter and Mary Bowen moved from Bristol to Warren seventeen years ago and was a St Marys Church communicant survived by a niece Mrs John Coughlan grand niece and two grand nephews funeral from C M Connery Funeral Home 57 Burton Street to St Marys Church Warren with high Mass of requiem burial in St Francis Cemetery Pawtucket
Seventy residents from Hope Street area comment on enforcement. They praise regulated parking as improving space availability and reducing congestion while some favor off street options and consistent rules. Several call for strong enforcement to aid business and curb illegal parking.
Miss Gladys M Bright leads an all girl athletic group at Bristol Senior High School as fall activities resume. Barbara Garvey serves as club president for 1949 50 season with Lucretia Massa Leona Larivee and others elected to officers and Werner Follin Arthur Lewis and Arthur Cassell on the board of directors.
A Bristol letter to the paper urges two hour parking enforcement be adjusted for Bradford street west of Hope street. Anthony Recupero and Mary Recupero propose a system to issue tags or stickers allowing residents without garages to exempt from the limit.
Bristol Town warns electors of a special town meeting to vote on multiple borrowing proposals including 9100 for dumping transfers, 5000 for welfare use, 2400 for water facilities, 1500 for King Philip Avenue water work, and 13500 for 8 inch water pipe on Metacom Avenue plus other legal actions and business.
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