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Roll Call of Those Boys in Bristol Then and Now
A Bristol town column recalls many local boys from the past, tracing their paths from the old Neck School through military service and civic life, naming Perry, Taft, and DeWolf families, and noting a council meeting reorganizing town leadership with Rockwell as president. The piece weaves local memory with notes on street work and civic matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Bristol
Legion
Up-Town
Down Town
Goree
Poppasquash
Perry
Raym
Bill Caton
Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad
Franklin Street
America
Raymond
Rhode Island
Phil Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
New Orleans
Galveston
Texas
Maximilian
Seth Padelford
Calbraith
North Grammar School
Rich
Episcopal Church
New York
Old Bristol
James DeWolf Perry
James
Germantown
Pennsylvania
Charlie
Will
Crawford Easterbrooks
Steve
Crawf
Joe Thompson
Joe
Manton
Pappasquash
Sam Drury Wardwell
Thompson
Father and Sons
Tafts
Neck
John Rich
John Gray
John P. Reynolds
Mircus Franklin
Sam White
Mr. Taft
Mr. Rich
Ezekiel
Jim Gooding
Mate Gibson
DeWolf
Charles B. Rockwell
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Robert J. Connery
Charles B. Brigham
Joseph E. Simmons
Simmons
Benjamin M. MacDonagall
Rockwell
Havana
First Councilmmn
Providence Telephone Company
Ferry Hill
William L. McKee
L. H Callan
Superintendent of Highways and
State Road Commission
Sewer Commission
State Road CU Commission
MacDougall
State Board of Public Roads
Coggeshall
Wood Street
Colling Street
Elisha Hibbert
Bristol Baseball Club
Roy A. Flowers
Baptist Benevolent Union Club
Flowers
Hibbert
Thomas H. Crowley
Giovanni Donofrio
State Street
Easterbrooks Avenue