Clark Forms Study Committee on Town Government Reform
Dr Samuel D Clark president of the town council appoints seven townspeople to study forms of government other than the current system The members include John Andrade Joseph Cavallaro Lucien Capone Charles M Connery Jessie Molasky Mrs Robert R Miller and Prescott B Paull The panel aims to analyze multiple plans and consider broader reforms for efficiency and discussion in press or public groups
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Samuel D. Clark
John Andrade
Joseph Cavallaro
Lucien Capone
Charles M. Connery
Jessie Molasky
Robert R. Miller
Prescott B. Paull
Clark
Dr Clark
Bristol
Francis J. Murphy
James T. Pierce
Murphy
Financial Town
Friends of Benard send seed and bulb catalogs to councilman
The Main Street club disclosed forwarding six seed and bulb catalogs to Councilman Norman E. Benard for reference in future cleanup campaigns. They cited Benard Burpee's Hart's Landreth's Breck's Trotty's and Scheeper's as authorities. Members hope catalogs prevent future shrub damage and avert botanical crises.
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Friends of Benard” Club
Norman E. Benard
Benard
Burpee’s
Hart's
Landreth’s
Breck’s
Trotty’s
Scheeper’s
Sylvia Seeks Bigger Meeting Space for Charter Reform
Frank Sylvia, Republican town committee chair, will ask the town council to move the April 24 meeting to Andrews School gymnasium to accommodate an unusually large attendance on charter reform. He wants an open forum despite a Democratic-named committee already chosen.
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Frank Sylvia
Republican Town Committee
Sylvia
Andrews School
Republican Party
Charter Reform Committee
Children’s Home to Close in May After Long Service
The Bristol Children’s Home will shut down by May 1 after 94 years of serving needy children. Five residents remain as the board cites the home having outlived its usefulness and plans transfer to state facilities. The home on Union Street near Noyes Avenue has operated since 1886 after relocating from Constitution Street.
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Bristol
Children’s Home
Guy A Sullivan
Hervic
Bristol County
Sullivan
Oife
Treet Methodist Episcopal Church
Union Street
Noyes Avenue
Board of Managers
Constitution Street
Easter week services listed across town churches
The towns churches mark Holy Week with services from Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Catholic and Protestant parishes schedule devotions, processions, adoration, and Masses at Our Lady of Mt Carmel St Marys and St Michaels Episcopal. First Congregational hosts Maundy Thursday with a Sunrise service atop Mt Hope Farm planned by Co Congregational Club and breakfast at Guneras House. Confessions and Easter Masses follow with stations of the cross for all ages and an all night adoration at Our Lady of Mt Carmel.
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First Congregational Church
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Mt .Hope Farm
Co-Mar-Co
Guneras House
St. Mary's
Holy Name Society
the Repository
John C Rubba
Architects unveil Bristol Industrial Trust branch design
The Bristol branch of the Industrial Trust Company plans a Federal style building with a skeleton steel frame and brick facing. Features include a wrought iron fence on Hope Street replica of Linden Place, a safe deposit, auto drive-in, night depository, and ample off street parking. Howe Prout Ekman is the architect.
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Ardustres Oor Ee
Pridtite Blee
Pang Ehmide
Ueplos
Bristol
1Rust Company
Linden Place
Howe, Prout
Ekman
Industrial Trust Company
New England
Hope Street
Samuel P. Colt
The
Industrial Trust
Howe, Prout and Ekman
Bank
Rogers Free Library
Reservoirs Reach Full Capacity After Drought
Bristol County Water Co reservoirs reach 100 percent capacity for the first time since last summer. Storage totals 460 million gallons, with Shad Factory full since December 3 and Kirkemuit full since January 14. Stradling says rainfall could sustain supply through hot months.
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Bristol County Water Co
Fred P. Stradling
Stradling
Kirkemuit
West Barrington
Meeting Postponed by Zoning Board of Review
The regularly scheduled Zoning Board of Review meeting for Thursday April 6 is postponed to 5 30 PM on Tuesday April 11. Secretary Frederick T. Goff announced yesterday. No public hearings were scheduled for the meeting.
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Zoning Board of Review
Frederick T. Goff
Electric fishing device may lure fish into nets
The National Geographic Society reports a German scientist has developed an electric fishing method that magnetizes a water area to draw fish toward nets. The device can time shocks to catch larger fish while releasing smaller ones, potentially aiding conservation in the fishing industry.
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National Geographic Society
Jonas
Shocking Method Aims to Aid New England Cod Catch
The draft discusses a new shocking method for catching cod and other New England fisheries. It argues the device would reduce uncertainty in fishing and add to the already extensive electronic tools used by fishermen to seek seafood. It notes the fish face growing challenges against human ingenuity.
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New England
Maine Lobster Boats and Trawlers Adopt Fathometer Use
Fishermen along the Maine coast and Boston trawlers increasingly rely on fathometers alongside loran and radio telephone. The device, originally built to aid navigators with sound impulses indicating ocean depth, helps determine water depth under the vessel.
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New England
Maine
Boston
Fathometer Finds Fish Beneath Ocean Surface
Fishermen report the sensitive fathometer reveals schools of haddock and other bottom fish below the surface. The device also detects rocks ledges wrecks and other obstructions between hull and sea floor.
Electric methods may revolutionize commercial fishing
The article describes how loran navigation lets skippers locate productive grounds again and how radio telephone aids vessels to share profitable hauls. It notes electric shocks can target larger fish while sparing young ones, potentially conserving stocks per the Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service.
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U. S. Department of the Interior
U. S. Fish On Wildlife Service
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Samuel C Wardwell
Altgernon L. Johnston
John Velleca
Marius F Paulin
Robert M. Huey
Charles B Rockwell
William H. Angevine
Edward E Bunn
Otis M Bailey
Anna Pierce
Fred R. Mott
Emmanuel II
Walter J St Germaingd
Elizabeth R. Chase
Maria Rogers
Adeline W Brayton
Phebe F. Greene
Sarah P Briggs
Jane H Smith
Mary H Thompson
Sarah F Ballou
Maria G D'Wolf
Rebecca N. Church
Abbie K. Bishop
Betsey T., Bourne
Harriet B. Norris
Eliza V. Andrews
C. Maria Shepard
Ellert M. D’wolf
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Charles R Cooley
Cora S. An
Claude Rains
WanDa Hendrix
Macdonald Carey
Song OF Surrender
Unmasked
Robert Rockwell
Barbra Fuller
Errol Flynn
Alexis Smith
Montana
S. Z. Sakall
Douglas Kennedy
Technicolor
Cartoon
King OF the Rocketmen
Robert Montgomery
Ann Blyth
Jane Cowl
MY Darling
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Joseph M. C. Masato
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