Pigeon slams town handling of revaluation in Bristol
Roger W. Pigeon former planning board chair accuses Town Solicitor Frank J. Martin of “a few wise cracks” and contends revaluation work was not completed on time. He cites a tax assessors board letter listing 16 missing items and urges public debate and straight answers on voucher approvals contract penalties unit costs and perceived Cleminshaw company sympathy.
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Roger W. Pigeon
Planning Board
Frank J. Martin
Pigeon
Tax Assessors Board
Bristol
Board of Tax Assessors
Cleminshaw Company
Public Hearing Order On Campagna Building Addition
The zoning board ordered a new public hearing for May 10 on Anthony T Campagna and Lydia S Campagna to extend their Franklin Printing Co building toward the property line. Neighbor Raymond Roderiques with Judge Morphis Jamiel objects to delays and costs due to inaccessible attorney. Additional hearings were set for Louis Giusti seeking a two family dwelling and Eric Bense proposing a garage 22.5 feet from the property line.
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Zoning Board of Review
Anthony T
Lydia S. Campagna
Franklin Printing Co
Franklin the? Board
Raymond Roderriques
Morphis Jamiel
Jamiel
Louis
Guilia Guisti
Woodlawn Avenue
Eric Bense
Murphy Avenue
Adélaide Avenue
Bense
School staff listed and 178 day term approved
Schools continue with custodial and maintenance staff, health and clerical personnel reappointed for 1956-57. Board votes to seek 178 school days due to weather and to have students join Memorial Day parade. Diploma folders to cost 1.85 each, green with gold lettering.
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Bert R. Ponte
Anthony P. Sousa
Alphonse Rebello
Peter Cavaliere
Charles Burns
James T. Pierce
William Gablinske
Frank Battcher
Joseph W. Sylvia
John Cordeiro
John F. Feria
H. P. Breen
Burton School
M. P. Machado
Guiteras
C. Paul Bruno
Anthony J. Ramos
D. V. A. Capone
Edna Dunbar
Mary V. Silvia
Vivien Arcello
Theresa M. Carlos
State Board of Education
Memorial Day Committee
Budget report and city arts leader noted
The Public Works Department discusses Mount Hope and Bayview access roads and urges Planning Board study along Metacom Ave to the town center. The budget estimates state aid of 191,672.25 with a total of over a million from taxes and fees, plus special allocations for education and highways, detailing revenue sources and borrowing. The passage then highlights a Boston Symphony member, Fiedler, who in 1929 started the Esplanade Concerts and became Pops director in 1930, noted for consistent performances.
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Public Works Dept
Mount Hope
Bayview Avenues
Planning Board
Metacom Ave
High Street
Boston Symphony
Esplanade
Pops Orchestra
Charles River
Fiedler
Boston
Violin and Piano Student Admitted to Berlin Academy
A musician among nine of fifty four applicants gaining admission to the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin. The achievement marks a notable milestone in the student’s early career and signals recognition of emerging talent in classical performance.
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Royal Academy of Music
Berlin
Irish Festival Singers Honor Memory of Ed ward Galvin
The Irish Festival Singers performed at 8 30 p m Sunday in Veterans Memorial Auditorium Providence under St Colum ban Foreign Mission Society auspices A tribute to the recently deceased Most Rev Edward J Galvin founder of the order filled a program Kitty O Callaghan directed and arranged the group featuring Sighte Larchet Georgina Carroll and Austin Gaffney as soloists Clergy present included Rev Paul A Conneely Very Rev Charles H Lynch and several others from Rhode Island and nearby towns
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Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Providence
St. Columban Foreign Mission Society
Edward J. Galvin
S.S.C
Kitty O'Callaghan
Ireland
Sighte Larchet
Georgina Carroll
Austin Gaffney
Paul A Conneely
St. Colum
Pawtucket
Owen A. McGrath
Leonard Lavallee
S S. C
Robert Connolly
Milton
Massachusetts
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The
Pops
Weg
Katharine
Gaspee
Angell St
Protos
Andrews Bros
DeWolf Ave
County Cleaners
State Street
M. Principe
Frank Digidsa
Phoenix
Irish Singers
Bayview Cafe
Thames St
Castle Construction Co
Sowams
J. T. O'Connell
Porter-Cable Co
Hebert Co
ATLAS
Herbert
Jacobs
Keeney
Etna
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