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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1953
Page
2
Community drive for Bristol aims to reach a $1500 target to fulfill the Red Feather quota. Residents are urged to contribute via listed contacts and have gifts picked up, with emphasis on steady support to avoid failure.
Mrs Mary Pereira town welfare director offered to pay the R I welfare directors dinner in Bristol last month. The town council refused to cover the bill prompting praise for bluntness and call for the directors to pay their own costs. The incident highlighted public officials accountability and disdain for taxpayer funded luxury.
Local groups host rummage sales, dances and parades from First Congregational Church to St Michael's and Mt Hope Chapter CBS. Notable happenings include Boy Scouts Halloween party, Bristol Narrows Halloween Parade, church fundraisers, and a Kearney Post Halloween Party with final parade routes announced.
Matt Brito and Bill Eckersley were saved after a weekend search in a northeast storm. Coast Guard crews worked relentlessly, braving rough seas and sleepless shifts to locate the missing men, who praised providence and pledged caution for future outings.
Bristol will close schools Thursday and Friday as teachers attend the 108th RI Institute of Instruction. Mrs Joanne F E Sullivan, wife of James E Sullivan and mother of Russell Donovan and James Sullivan, died Sunday at her Bristol home. Funeral from Mrs Donovan’s Ferry Road house Wednesday at 8 a.m. with high Mass at St Mary’s at 9 a.m. Interment in St Mary’s Cemetery.
Mrs Maria Carmella Fusco wife of Alfonso Fusco of 157 Bradford Street died Sunday in a Providence hospital in her 84th year A native of Gragnano Naples she came to the United States in 1905 and lived here more than 43 years She was a member of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church Survived by her husband and several nephews in Italy Funeral arrangements by Sansone Funeral Home with Mass at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church.
The Bristol community mourned Anna Carmen Cavallaro 18 died Friday in Rhode Island Hospital. The service from J E Connors Funeral Home moved to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church for a 10 am Mass. She was born January 29 1924 in New Haven Connecticut and resided at 12 Prospect Street.
The funeral for Sebastino Morra of 1 East State Street, who died suddenly Thursday, took place yesterday morning with an 8:15 am service from his home and a 9 am high Mass at St Mary’s Cemetery. Rev. Peter Garahy presided, six nephews served as bearers, and local Morra relatives attended.
Eckersley and Brito endured a two day gale in a disabled cruiser off Sakonnet River. Their craft drifted after its engine failed while they rode 25 mph winds and 30 foot waves. Rescue came Saturday as Mrs Eckersley heard the boat was found and the men were safe.
The Zoning Board of Review will hold a public hearing at 7 30 p m on November 12 1953 in the Councillors Burnside Memorial Building to consider an exception or variation for John Travers 427 High St Bristol R L to permit a 2000 gallon fuel oil tank at 72 State St Assessors Plat 14 Lot 21 in Commercial G zone.
Bristol zoning board meets at 7 30 pm November 12 1953 in Burnside Memorial Building to hear Joseph Robinson Louise Robinson and John Sarre on a variation request under Section 19 to permit construction of a one family dwelling with a nine foot setback on Lot 2 Avenue A in Assessors Plat 84 Residential Zone.
Notice of a public hearing by the Zan Board of Review in Bristol R I to consider a zoning variation for a 1000 gallon marine tank. The request concerns Assessors Plat 8 Lot 1 on Hope and Thames Streets in a residential area. By order of the Board of Review.
The funeral for Henry Proulx of 191 State Street occurred Saturday morning at 7 30 from Sansone Funeral Home 192 Wood Street followed by a high Mass of requiem at Our Lady of Mt Carmel The Rev Joseph Sorzano celebrant and bearers included nephews Joseph Belanger Norman E Bellanger and other Bristol Homing Pigeon Club members The Rev Emy DeMattia gave committal prayers at St Mary's Cemetery.
At 1 30 am Sunday in Eugene C Corner two service members from USS Raymond and CG Radio School Groton were fined 10 dollars and costs for revelling after a patrol arrest. They spent a night in county jail before a special Fifth District Court session.
The article notes a massive 500 foot beacon with a 32 mile beam over the Adriatic into Zone B and Yugoslavia. It honors Italian sailors who perished in World War I and imagines the light guiding a mixed-up world.
A list of items for sale including a storm door gas and oil stove and range, an acid resistant sink and cabinet, a used Master Craft burner, and Christmas trees with wreaths and boughs from Hughes Farms Mass terms include call backs and addresses Bristol 151 W and Florence Combs with contacts after 3 30 pm.
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