Town Council Minutes Record Local Votes and Appointments
The Town Council met for canvassing property voter lists and held an executive session. George Demara led 3 to 1 in a bid for the Town Hall lease at 9600 with other bids listed. Demara may use the hall for shows nightly except Sundays, with a 15 day yearly cap. Samuel Kinder named Tree Warden and Charles O Wileon Forest Warden. School Committee approved a comfort station under the band stand on Bristol Common. Various road, license, and staffing actions followed including pamphlet actions, a building move permit, and a jury list for the year. Meeting adjourned about 10 30.
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Paul
George Demara
George W. Graham
Hichard Connery
William B. Gooding
Benjamin G. Salvini
Providence
Coggeshall
Lesse
Demara
Samuel Kinder
Charles O. ‘Wileon
Bristol Common
Frances Magee
Constitution Street
Highway Committee
Stoughton Brothers
Walley and
High Streets
Garfield Avenue
National Surety Company
John J. Dunp
State Board of Agriculture
Amoe H. Bullock
Fred Middleton
Vitel Sonsa
Yates Marshall
Marcel Silva
Martin O'Connor
Swill John
Temple Drury
Shang Bailey to Speak at Bristol Pentecostal Church
Shang Bailey formerly known as the converted room seller will speak at Bristol Pentecostal Church Sunday at 7 30 p m. Bailey is traveling nationwide for evangelistic work and will share his experiences in a telling account.
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A. Bailey
Shang Bailey
Bristol
Notable preacher to speak again at State Street M E Church
The speaker has drawn thousands and previously addressed State Street M E Church. Many who have not yet seen him may wish to hear him again. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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State Street M. E
Masons Enjoy Banquet at Hotel Belvedere
Masons of St. Alban's Lodge No. 6 A M entertained guests with a turkey supper at Hotel Belvedere after the Master Mason degree ceremony for two candidates. About 110 members attended with visitors from Worcester Boston Fall River and Providence. Providence Temple Quartet and Crown Orchestra performed as Rev John McVay Edward K Reynolds A Spencer and J Cooper spoke.
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St. Alban’s Lodge
No. 6
Hotel Belvedere
Ezra Dixon
Providence
Lodge
The Newlyweds at Star Theater Saturday
Star Theater presents The Newlyweds the best comedy from Biograph Company praised as a largest crowds hit. The program also features Miss Allaire with two catchy songs and Ballad In the City Where Nobody Cares and Monkey Moon. Matinee Saturday at 2 30 admission 5 cents. evening 10 and 15 cents.
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Biograph Company
New England
Miss Eliza Bullock Celebrates 100th Birthday Milestone
Miss Eliza Bullock of this town marked her 100th birthday at her nephew Alvin M Bullock's Mount Hope avenue home. Friends visited throughout the day, bouquets and gifts poured in, and she recalled events from her youth with keen memory. Despite deafness and rheumatism she remains healthy and alert, though she has not walked since a fall about a year ago following a fire that damaged the family home decades earlier. She was born April 20 1810, daughter of John and Elizabeth Bowen Ballock, with ancestors noted for longevity and Revolutionary War service. Her relatives include niece Mrs George A Greene and nephews Robert Russell D and Alvin M Bullock.
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Eliza Bullock
Alvin M. Bullock
Mount Hope Avenue
Miss Ballock
Nellie Bullock
Miss Bullock
High Street
First Baptist Church
John
Elizabeth Bowen (Thrasher) Ballock
John Bullock
Robert
Rooseol
Alvin Bullock
Mise Bullock
James DeWolf
DeWolf
Bristol
George A. Greene
Russell D
Alvin M. Ballock
Bennett-Moulton Stage A Daughter Of The People Opening
The Bennett-Moulton Company brings A Daughter of the People to Bristol Opera House next Thursday for three shows April 28 29 and 30. The play follows Raissa a Russian heiress despite debt and abduction plots as Ware and Emmerson rescue her from Rioux and Clement amid perilous adventures. Manager Demara secured the well known troupe for the opening run.
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Bennett-Moulton
Bristol Opera House
Russia
Carmrd
Jean Rioux
Norman Ware
Raissa
Ware
England
Jean Riouux
Heloise Clement
Demara
Fourth of July Committee Meeting Highlights
The Fourth of July Committee met in the Council chamber with James F. Lavander elected Secretary and George W. Warren named Treasurer and marshal and badges committee. Miss Mary Reynolds read the Declaration of Independence. Mina Reynolds, daughter of John Post Reynolds, is a senior at Colt Memorial High School. Governor Pothier is expected to attend, likely staying with Col. Samuel P. Colé at Linden Place, and Col. Colt expressed strong interest in an outstanding celebration.
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James F. Lavander
George W. Warren
Warren
Mary Reynolds
Mina Reynolds
John Post Reynolds
Colt Memorial High School
Pothier
Samuel P. Colé
Linden Place
Lavander
Colt
Himelf
Ideals as guiding stars on life’s desert sea
A reflective meditation compares ideals to distant stars and sea‑captains navigating a barren sea, asserting they guide actions though they cannot be grasped. The piece invites adherence to higher aims as the path to purpose and destiny.
Fuddy Had Misa Out Walking Morning
Fuddy Had Misa was seen walking this morning wearing a white sweater. The remark Daddy-Sweater sparked a reaction from Perepirette calling it vulgar.
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Fuddy
Misa
Perepirette
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