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Newport Mercury, Fridoy, Decsmber 15,1972 Hospital To Open Mental Health Center Thursday, December 7 ByGENEGABRIEL Newport Hospital completed its fiscal year Sept. 30 with a surplus of $16,400. This compared with a deficit of $151,200 ttie previous year. Consequently, Ihe hospital expects to "hold Ihe line" on patient rates, William K. Turner, hospital director, toW the an- nual meeting in the Sky Room last night.

1 Theorlyexpensesexpectedto increase are rates in Ihe in- tensive care units and for special services In the operating room and for inhalation therapy. A principal reason for the surplus was an increase In the volume of all services except newbornsand X-ray therapy. In 1972 there were 68,138 discharged patient days as against 63,183 In 1971. There were 3,275 surgical operations in 1972 and 2,892 in 1971. Also, patients in Newport Hospital have an average stay of less Miss Alice Brayton, Philanthropist, Dies Tuesday, December 12 than both the national and slate pay only members of the averages, when compared with professional and technical staff sand will account for about half of Ihe costs of operations In the early period.

Turner warned against establishing costs which wouW have to be maintained, the federal funds would receiving additional payment, diminish each year. The federal which has always been the case grant will run lor eight years, in the past," the report of After construction was completed last year, it was decided to get an objective report on some of the immediate aims and long-range plans for the hospital, Richard B. Sheffield, the president of the board of Iruslees said. A hospital consultation firm. Dr.

J.J. Rourke of New Rochelle, N.V. was hired to report on the plans. Pliase 3 was approved on a long-term basis, Sheffield said. It calls for eventually con- 1,300 hospitals.

"You will note Ihls year a new siluation has developed it Is now expected lhat final settlement will result in the hospital refunding rather than Walter Brosseau, treasurer, said. Responding lo past criticism about the delay in the opening of the Mental Health Center on the eighth floor of the hospital, the director said it was "ridiculous" to say lhat the hospital had accepted federal aid for construction of the eighth floor without every in- Miss Alice Brayton Miss Alice Brayton, 94, of Green Animals on Cory's I.ane in Portsmouth, philanthropist and author, died lasl nighl in Newport Hospital. Born Feb. 28, 1878 in Fall River, she was the daughter of Thomas E. and Marlha Ireson Brayton, a family long associated with Fall River's textile induslry.

Miss Brayton, known for her ready wit, was also an accomplished scholar with a keen interest in the history of the area. She was a guiding light in the early days of the Preservation Society of Newport County to which she contributed bolh of her time and from her financial resources. She was also responsible for excavations around the Old Stone Mill in Touro Park about she later published a monograph. A prolific writer, her most scholarly study concerned Ihe journeys of Bishop Berkeley, who lived in Newport in the 1700s, in southern Italy and was titled Bishop Berkeley in Apulia. Miss Brayton based the work on Berkeley's diaries and George Pappas Is Stricken Young Man Tries To Take Own Life Thursday, December 7 A 17-year-oW sailor early Thursday, December 7 George Pappas, 51, of 4S Sherwood Drive, Portsmouth, was fatally stricken wilh a heart attack last night while attending a Pop Warner football awards night in Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Portsmouth.

He was head coach of a Portsmouth team. Mr. Pappas. a resident of Portsmouth for 12 years, had been a mechanical engineer at the Public Works Center on the Naval Base for 15 years. He was a Navy veteran ofWorld War 11.

In addition to his activities in Ihe Pop Warner league, he was a member of the Public Works Center bowling league. He was a member of St. Spyridon's Greek Orthodox Church in Newport. Mr. Pappas was born in New Bedford on Nov.

21, 1921, a son of and Theodora Pappas. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alice Kazanlis Pappas; a son, Pappas, a student at Porkmoulh Middle School; two brothers, Steven Pappas of Phoenix, and Charles Pappas of New Bedford; a sister, Mrs. Chris Kapos of Falmoulh, and nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Salurday from the J.

E. Connors Funeral Home in Portsmouth lo St. George's Greek Orthodox Church in New- Bedford for a service at a Burial will be in Acushnct Cemetery in New Bedford. followed Ihe same journeys through a region of Italy which tendm lo open the mental al the time of her travels was center. There had been a without the benefit of modern "tremendous change in the modes of transportation.

of payment which The book, elegantly had accounted for a good deal of illustrated wilh engravings delay, Turner said. Budgets are after the fashion of Piranesi now negotiated in advance for was highly acclaimed by the "ie cost of expected hospital arbiter of literary achievement, care the Time's The treasurer report said a Other works' included budget of "as Scrabbletown, Life on the negotiated with Blue Cross in and Ihe Graveyard of August, 1971, for the current Benedict Arnold. She was a contributing aulhor of Gardens Turner said phased- of AmericI and one the operation of Ihe Menla Health foundersof the Newport Garden Center will begin after the firs Club. She also collected un- of the year. A federal grant will published manuscripts.

Miss Brayton's own gardens are Internationally known in Ihe horticultural world and were frequently described in major national publications. Begun by her father, Ihe gardens have been described as the finest topiary in the Western Hemisphere and include life size shapes of animals in the today tried to commil suicide by idyllic setting overlooking selling fire lo bis room at Ihe Narragansetl Bay. Clearview Apartments at 30 i i Purgatory Road in Middlelown. Eisenhower's visits here, Miss police said he endangered the Brayton opened her gardens to lives of some 50 or more the First Family and was residents in the process. It was hostess to the White House his second suicide attempt in Press Corps.

less than four hours, they Until recent years, she reported, allowed the public lo visit her The juvenile, assigned to the estate near Portsmouth Abbey Newport-based destroyer and often expressed regret if Charles P. Cecil, was arrested visitors simply drove the cir- by Middletown police and cular drive, not stopping to charged with arson. He was inspect the detail of her gar- taken to Family Court in dens. Providence this morning. Even in her declining years, According to police, the youth Miss Brayton would putter in poured gasoline on Ihe walls her garden and had the habit of an floors of his room and down mowing around the base of a (he length of the hallway out- topiary policeman "so that he jde, then set a match to it and wouldn't hurt his feel standing locked himself in his room all day on the grass." around 2 a.m.

Awakened Before moving to Portsmouth res jdents broke Into his room in 1939, she was active in Fall River where she is still remembered for her work as the food distribution program director during the Depression, a program responsible for feeding thousands' of needy families. Miss Brayton was a founder of the District Nursing Association of Fall River, the Woman's Board of Union by Turner. It had been deferred because of the building program, but it was now time to update the equipment there, the director said. It Is expected lo cost about J300.000. Friends of the hospital have donated about 11 per cent of this amount.

Renovation of Ihe Vanderbilt Building is now "99 per cent" complete. Laboratory expansion there, including equipment, will cost about $150,000. Also, the Dr. Charles Serbst Chapel is complete except (or furnishings. The treasurer's reported said difficult and complicated federal regulations have been overcome and the hospital will proceed to qualify for a Hill- Burton federal long-term loan of $1,500,000, with a 3 per cent interest subsidy.

The hospital has an indebtedness lo banks of $1,450,000 at higher interest rates. Satisfaction was expressed by the director regarding the Hospital Trustees Meet (Daily New!) strucling another tower building on a site occupied by the James Building. "It seems the way lo go in the future," Sheffield said. Also approved hospital standing in the Hill- was a long-term care in the Burton register of federal loans Vanderbilt Building, which to hospitals. Of the 13 state would supply "skilled nursing hospitals listed, Newport has Ihe highest percentage of federal funds granted, or 17 per cent.

The estimated cost of and the hospital will receive $2,502,463. About of this is yet lo be received. Reelected to Ihe board of Irustees tot three-year terms were Otis S. Ganong, Allen S. Harlow, William Harrington, Dr.

Charles Hopper, Wilbur Nelson, Henry D. Phelps and Ihe Rev. L. Edgar Stone Jr. George N.

Saranlos was elected to a firs! term as a trustee. Reelected to one-year terms were Dr. Howard S. Browne, Mrs. Mario O'Donnell, Eugene J.

O'Reilly and Richard George Sarantos, center, was elected to his Sheffield, president of hospital, and at right Is first three-year term as Iruslee of Newport William A. Sherman, trustee. Hospital Corporation. At left is Richard B. Thursday, December 7 care" to persons on a long-term basis.

The hospital expects lo institute a comprehensive home care program as soon as feasible. A new X-ray department was cited as a "pressing problem" Middletown Man Killed In Head-On Car Crash and had most of the fire out when police and firemen arrived a few minutes later. Last night, around 10:30, a patrolman had been called to the building to investigate an altempted suicide by Ihe same youth. He had locked himself in his apartment and turned on the gas in a stove. Police said he admitted he had attempted to kill himself.

B. Sheffield. One hundred and five incorporates were nominated for one or three year terms. A moment of silence was observed for numbers of the corporation who had died The patrolman turned him during the year. They were Dr.

over lo shore patrol officials at Lewis Abrahamson, William L. Ihe Naval Base. The shore Carey, the Rev. John W. Dor- patrol returned him lo his ship, ney, Peter P.

Pascale and He apparently jumped over- James F. Silvia, board, swam ashore and returned to his apartment for his second suicide attempt. Other charges may be filed against the youth later. When be poured gasoline in Ihe hallway, he doused the door of another Thursday, December 7 A 21-year-old Middlelown man was kilted last night when the car he was driving collided head-on with another on Coddington Highway near Girard Avenue around 11:20 p.m. Roger J.

Pellelier Jr. of 270 Paradise a carpenter, was pronounced dead on arrival at Newport Hospital by Dr. Edward Blackman, emergency room physician. The apparent cause of death was head injuries. According to police, Pelletier was travelling north on Coddington Highway when his car skidded into the southbound lane and struck a car driven by Charles A.

Thompson, 46, of 11CC Rolling Green Road. Thompson was treated at the Naval Hospital for multiple cuts and discharged. Mr. Pelletier was born in Newport Nov. 24,1951, a son of Roger J.

and Eleanor Douglas Pelletier. Besides his parents he leaves his wife, Mrs. Denise Denault Pelletier; a son, Geoffrey Pelletier; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Pelletier of Springfield, possible concussion. His condition today was listed as good.

According lo.police, Fox was traveling north on Main Road around 10:20 p.m. when his car crossed into the southbound lane, mounted the sidewalk and struck a signpost at a service station at 90Main Road. The car was a total loss, police said. Miss Denise Barker, 16, of Willow Little Compton, driver, was treated for bruised knees and discharged. Miss Barbara Silvia, 16, of 8 Long Pasture Road, Little Compton, a passenger in the Barker car, was treated for cuts and bruises onherforeheadanddischa'rged.

Miss Barker was travelling on Main Road near Nanaquaket Road around 2:50 p.m., when her car crossed the highway and struck a tree. The car then flipped over on its roof. The car was a total loss. A car driven by Julie A. Ferreira, 17, of 1541 East Main more serious charges, police said.

Mrs. Gillespie Dies Saturday, December 9 Mrs. Irene Muriel Gillespie, 88, widow of Lawrence Lewis Gillespie died last night in the Bellevue Avenue home which had been her family's residence for more than 100 years. Born in Paris, France, June 9, Hospital and Ihe Historical 1887 daughter of William Society of Fall River which she Wat (,. gherman, a New York served as honorary vice an Sophia Augusta Brown Sherman, daughter of vice president at the time of her death.

Miss Brayton was a member of the Women's Club and Women's Union of fall River, Ihe Colony Club of New York, the Chilton Club of Boston, Ihe Spouting Rock Beach Association, the Newport Historical Society, the Rositha Society and the Preservation Society. John Carter Brown of Providence and this city. She was a descendant of many early Americans, including Roger Williams, Chad Brown and Roger Sherman. Mrs. Gillespie was educated privately and made her debut at jointly with her sister, Mildred, later Lady Camoys.

She was married in 1910 to Lawrence Lewis Gillespie, a a i A i a War veteran, a Harvard graduate and a financier, who died in 1940. She was a charter member of the Colony Club, a life member of the Junior League of New York City, and also belonged lo the Colonial Dames of America, the National Society of Colonial Dames, the International lUl Mrs. Rebello Left Kin Here Monday, December 11. Mrs Louise Rodrigues his maternal grandmother, Cecelia B. Douglas of lee S.

River, died Monday after a long reueller OI auooieiown; and a illness. She was the mother of sister, Mrs. Christine Oltihge of Mrs. Manuel Raposa of Port- Middletown. smoulh The funeral will be Saturday She was born in Arrifes, St.

he a TM Fu ne ral Home Nml ln lo St. Lucy Church for a mass of Christian burial at 9 a.m. Maria Benevides Rodrigues. Burialt in in st Columba's She leaves three sons, Cemetery, lawrence Rebello of Swansea, ATivertonman and two Lillle Leonell Rebello of Fall Coln lon 1 5 were in River and Norbert Rebello of separate one-car accidents Tiverton; two other daughters, yeslcrday on Mam Road in Mrs. Mary Mascarenhas of Tiverton.

All three were taken Fall River and Mrs Manuel to ste Anne Ilos ital in Fal1 Correia of New Bedford; two River for treatment. Michael J. Fox, 13, of willow Rose 38 Tiverlon, iv and Historical Society and the Newport Garden Club. With her friend, Countess Szechenyi, she entertained on the piano at the Robinson House here for servicemen during World War II. Surviving are her daughters, Mrs.

John J. Slocum and Mrs. Alan T. Schumacher, both of this city, and several grandchildren and by great grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m.

in Trinity Church. Burial will follow in the Island Cemetery. Eugene Deady, Engineer, Dies Tuesday, December 12 One of her last public appearances in recent years was 11 nn at the dinner for 1 Ihe election of Richard Nixon as iV'Iarlfpt President in 1968. After presenting a check for the William H. loner, 67, of 94 dinner lo her host James H.

Van Ruggles died last night in Alen Miss Brayton took an Providence. He was president almost indiscernible sip of an(i treasurer of the former sherry and said that she was Newport Provision Co. and going home without dinner retired in 1969. He also was Ihe jVf rt A because it was past her bed- owner of the former Toner's i i i time Market on Thames Street. DlCS Suddenlv She leaves a brother Edward HewasborninNewport.ason B.

Brayton of Fall River, two of Frank A. and Lorena Don- Thursday, December 7 nephews and a niece. nelly Toner. Mrs. Madeline M.

Brown, 72, A funeral service will be held Heleaves his wife, Mrs. Mary of 322 Boulevard, Middletown, Friday noon in her home. Uperti Toner, a son, John F. died unexpectedly In her home Private burial will be in Oak Toner of Newport; two last nighl. She was the wife of Grove Cemetery in Fal! River, brothers, Richard and James Andrew M.

Brown. Toner of Newport; six sisters Mrs. Brown was a member of Mrs. Edward F. Fenerty and St.

George's Church and the St. Mrs. I-ester Farell of Newport, George's Women's Club. She Mrs. William Canning, Mrs.

was past president of the John O'Rourke and Mrs. K.C. Newport Business and Powell of New London, Professional Women's Club and and Mrs. Elizabeth Hall of New a member of Aquidneck Jersey, four grandchildren, and Chapter of the Order of the many nieces and nephews. He Eastern Star.

and Mrs. John (Rosemary Silvia) Hoppin Road. Ray of 34 Newport Hospital, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ward (Mary Gaudiello) of 16 Park- Holm.

PERRY-Dec. 7, 1972, at Newport Hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Perry (Joan Larkin) of Garmerdoon on Bellevue Avenue.

Es'atlrthcd 1 In Arv.cr-ov 1 by tne Co-'a me best local rrau-nal -hi Dai'v earn Soccr.d class IH I RtqjCj' For address v.o as Si new Rale S' M) a year a a a iSccniia sing'ctcpv Miss Keogh, 82, Is Dead Monday, December 11 Miss Agnes Keogh, 82, of the St. Clare Home for the Aged, died this morning in Newport Hospital after a brief illness. She attended Bryant College and was a stenographer and bookkeeper for several ar- chitectual firms in the Providence area. Born in Providence on Sept. was the daughter of the late Michael and Ellen Kenneham Keogh.

The funeral will be held Wednesday from the O'Neill Funeral Home at 9:45 a.m. wilh a mass of Christian burial in St. 'Mary's Church al 10 a.m. Burial will be in St. Columba's cemetery.

was also the brother of the lale Frank A. Toner. Mr. Toner was a member of St. Auguslin's Church Holy Name Society, Newport of Elks, Newport Council of the Knights of Columbus, General Rosecrans Fourth Degree, the Newport Kiwanis Club and Gooseberry Beach.

The funeral will be held Saturday the O'Neill Funeral Home. A mass of Christian burial will be said at 10:30 a.m. in SI. Augustin's Church. Burial will be in it.

Columba's Cemclery. She was a member of the Newport Senior Citizens and was active in the Newport YMCA Auxiliary and the' Middletown and Newport Parent-Teacher Associaitons. Mrs. Brown was born in Jamestown on April 15,1900, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Holt Oxx. Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Andrew M.

Brown Jr. of Jamestown; a daughter, Mrs. Anne E. Pyne of Madison, a brother, Gordon D. uxx of Newport, and five grandchildren.

WATKINS Nov. 27, 1972, at Newport Hospital, a daughter lo Mr. and Mrs. Donald Watkins (Karen Jefferds) of 15 Newport Ave. Eugene Thomas Deady, 78, of RAY Dec 4 972i at Newport 116 Prospect Middlelown, Hospital, a daughter to Mr.

a retired sales engineer for the Metropolitan Oil Co. in Boston, died this morning in Newport Hospital after a long illness. He was the husband of Mrs. Madeline Ryan Deady. He retired from the Metropolitan Oil Co.

in 1952. Mr. Deady was a lieutenant in the Army during World War I. He was born in Northampton, Mass, on March 5,1894, a son of Eugene and Ella Houlihan Deady. He leaves his wife, Mrs.

Madeline Ryan Deady, a son, SCHENCK Nov. 25, 1972, in Willimantic, a daughter, Jennifer Anne, lo Mr. and Mrs. William Schenck (Elizabeth Braman) of 16C Hardwood Acres, Storrs, granddaughter MrSi Esseleil. lo Mr- and Mrs.

Donald Braman of Middletown and Ut Portsmouth Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll and Friday, December 8 Mrs. Grace Esselen, 87, of 2859 East Main Road, Portsmouth, died yesterday in Newport Hospital. She was the widow of Henry G. Esselen.

She had been a Portsmouth resident for 19 years. Mrs. Esselen was born in Boston on April 16, 1885, a daughter of George and Margaret Black Ross. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Grace V.

Simpson of Boston, three grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A private service will be held on Saturday al Ihe J. E. Connors Funeral Home in Portsmouth. Cremation will follow at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.

Eugene F. Deady of Newport; a brother, William Deady of Andover, a sister Mrs. Mabel Hackelt of Orlando, Fla, and five grandchildren. Casper Schenck of Newport, and great granddaughter lo Mr. and Mrs.

Eric Otto of Newport and William P. Braman of Bradenlon, Fla. ANNIS Dec. 4, 1972, at the Naval Hospital, a son lo Man I.C. and Mrs.

Richard Annis (Jean Davis) of 30 Channing St. HAM Dec. 5, 1972, at the Naval Hospital, a son to Boiler Technician 2.C. and Mrs. Earl Ham (Winifred McDonald) of Buzzards Bay, Mass.

WOMBI Dec. 5, 1972, at the Naval Hospital, a son to LI. Cmdr. and Mrs. Talmadge Womble (Virginia Maudlin) of 543 Read Middlelown.

BORN VIETRI Nov. 28,1972, at South County Hospital in Wakefield, a daughter, Tanya Ixwise, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas (Janice Novasad) of Watson Avenue, Jamestown. PHELPS Dec.

9, 1972, in Newport Hospital, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Phelps (Darlene Ortiz) of 127 Sims St. ANDERSON-Dec. 10,1972, in Newport Hospital, a daughter, Cheryl Lynd, to Mr.

and Mrs. Michael Anderson (Mary Ellen Toner) of 7 Red Cross a granddaughter to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Toner of 47 McCormick Road and Mr.

and Mrs. Andrew E. Anderson of 1 Channing Place; and a great granddaughter to Mrs. William H. Toner of 94 Ruggles Ave.

and D. Dixon Donovan of 7 Red Cross Ave. DIED BROWN-In Middletown December 6, 1972, Madeline (Oxx) Brown wife of Andrew M. Brown in her 73rd year. Residence 322 Boulevard, Middletown.

Services at St. George's Church, R.I. Ave. Saturday December 9, at 12 noon. CARTER In this city, December 8, 1972, Vernon C.

Carter, husband of Luella (Swarlz) Carter in his 59th year. Residence 43 Bancroft Drive, Portsmouth. Services at Hambly Funeral Home, Brick House, 30 Red Cross Monday, December 11 at 10 a.m. FIELD In Providence, December 6, 1972, Shane T. Field.

Infant son of Bryan (Boucias) and Jeffrey Field. Residence 4 Carroll Ave. Services private. GILLESPIE in Newport December 8, 1972, Irene Muriel (Sherman) Gillespie. Dearly beloved wife of the late l.awrencc Lewis Gillespie.

Devoted mother of Eileen Gillespie Slocum and i i i Schumacher. Cherished grandmother of John Germaine Slocum and Marguerite Slocum Trevor. Irving great grandmother of 6. Funeral Services at Trinity Church Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 11 o'clock.

Interment immediately following in Island Cemetery. GRIMES In this city December 6, 1972, Margaret (Devins) Grimes. Wife of the late Martin Grimes. Formerly of 13 Pond Ave. Funeral from the O'Neill Funeral Home, 455 Spring Sat.

Dec. 9 at 8:15 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's Church at 9. Road, Portsmouth, struck the rear of a car driven by Robert H.

O'Laughlin, 22, of 141 Van Zandt on East Main Road in Portsmouth last night around 11:25 p.m. Police said O'Laughlin had pulled out of Ethel Drive and turned south on East Main Road when his car stalled. The Ferreira car then struck the O'Laughlin vehicle. Damage to the O'Laughlin car was estimated at 5300. The Ferreira car was a total loss, police said.

DIED KEOGH In this city, December 11, 1972. Agnes Keogh daughter of Ihe lale Michael and Ellen (Ken- neham) Keogh. Residence, St. Clare Home. Funeral from the O'Neill Funeral Home, 465 Spring Wednesday, December 13 at 9:15 a.m.

Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's Church at 10. PAPPAS Unexpectedly in Portsmouth, December 6, 1S72, George, husband of Alice (Kazantis) Pappas. Residence 49 Sherwood Drive, a Salurday, 10 A.M. from the E.

Connors Funeral Home, 81 Bristol Ferry Road, Portsmouth. Service at St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, New Bedford at 11. PELLETIER In Newport December 6, 1972, Roger J. Pellelier husband of Denise (Denault) Pellelier and son of Mr.

Roger J. Pellelier Sr. and Mrs. Eleanor (Douglas) Pelletier. Residence 270 Paradise Middlelown.

Funeral will be from the Faria Funeral, Home, 1 Mile Corner, Salurday morning al 8 o'clock. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St. Lucy's Church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be at St. Columba's Cemetery.

REBEI.IX) passed away Mon. Dec. 4, 1972, Louise (Rodrigues) Rebello. Widow of Manuel S. Rebello, of 1116 Slade Fall River.

of the lale Manuel and the late Maria (Benevides) Rodrigues. Funeral will be held Thursday morning from the Oliveira Funeral Home, 2064 South Main River Concelebrated Funeral Mass in Our Lady of Angels Church at 10. Interment at Noire Dame Cemetery. TONER- in Providence, R.I., December 6,1972, William H. Toner, husband of Mary (Uperti) Toner.

Residence 94 Ruggles Ave. Funeral from theO'Neitl Funeral Home, 465 Spring Saturday, December 9 at 9:45 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial al St. Augustine's Church al 10:30. TRUST- Suddenly in this city Fri.

Dec. 8, Rita R. Trust wife of Wallace L. Trust. Residence 19 Balsam Ave.

Midd. Funeral Services will be held at the Jewish Memorial Chapel on Fowler Ave at 2 p.m. Sunday. WRIGHT Passed away December 9, 1972, Oclavia(Lucas) Wright, formerly Martin." Widow of Dr. William F.

Wright, daughter of the late Joseph and the late Delvina (St. I-aurent) Ucas. In her 79th year. Funeral will be held Tuesday, December 12, 1972 at 8:30 a.m., from the August Hebert and Son Funeral Home, 945 Soulh Main Fall River, followed by funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St.

Anthony's Church in Portsmouth. Interment will be at the Oak Grove Cemetery, Fall River..