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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1955
Page
5
A three night Bristol pageant at Andrews Memorial School recreates the town’s 275 year history with a cast of about four hundred. Director S Morton Giles leads a program titled This Is Bristol featuring 15 episodes from Indians to a Fourth of July finale with the song This is Bristol.
Miss Ethel Mae Viera daughter of Mr and Mrs John F Viera 52 Monroe avenue wed St g Leroy Carlisle Nelson son of Mrs Blanche and the late La Mar Nelson Kingston Pa The Rev Henrique R Rocha officiated Bride wore imported white Italian taffeta gown with veil and train. attendants wore blue and carried stephanouis and carnations Ensign Wilber Wright Castor best man Ensigns Gerald O Donnell and Gerald Good ushers They left for a trip to New York and Bermuda They will reside in Atlantic City groom stationed there Both families and schooling noted Newport Bristol University of Pennsylvania 1952 1955.
Evelyn Manchester Paull 73 of 694 Hope Street dies Sunday. Funeral services tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the George M. Wilbur Memorial Chapel Warren conducted by Rev. Albert Hut chison pastor of First Congregational Church. She was born Oyster Bay Long Island May 23 1882. widow of Benjamin Paull. She leaves two sons Benjamin Paull Jr. and Augustus R. Paull.
From Italy comes word of the death of Mrs. Rose Valente Di Palma longtime Bristol resident widow of Antonio Di Palma who died in February. The death occurred on September 2 at Manfredonia Foggia officials said.
Edward L. Quinn 39 USN formerly of 73 Constitution St was killed when his car collided with a train in Oxford Mass Funeral services were held at George C Lima Funeral Home and St Marys Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery Quinn served as a torpedo man on U S S Fulfer in New London and earned the Purple Heart He leaves a sister Mary Shaw and a brother Joseph Quinn plus his daughter Miriam McCaughey and other relatives The funeral is set for Tuesday at First Congregational Church with North Cemetery burial
Bristol mourns the death of Robert A McCaughey former state representative and longtime public figure. Though not in robust health in recent years he endured two severe heart attacks before passing away quietly.
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