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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1959
Page
11
Editorial urges Bristol residents to visit the new Rogers Free Library during a Sunday open house from 2 to 4 pm. It praises the fireproof, well planned building funded by taxpayers and contributions from former residents, and credits Wallis E. Howe for design and fundraising.
Metacom Garage won the Gas House Bowling League championship last Friday by 6 pins at Dudek Bowling Alley. It was the most exciting final in the league’s 11 year history. George Rego rolled 373, following his 403 last year, while Sonny Torres, with the highest average, managed 311.
Lionel Martin was re elected president of the Gas House Bowling League at a banquet at White's Spa in Fall River on April 10. Ralph Monaro Sonny Torres and John Estrella were elected officers with Torres earning an individual trophy for the highest season average Botelho brothers received trophies for the top three strings and the highest single string respectively.
Leon Richard Tilden 48 of Harbor View Ave married Barbara Moody in 1935. He graduated Northboro High in 1930 and Springfield College in 1934 earning a degree in English. A former chief petty officer, he taught physical education in Hawaii and demolition in Newport during World War II. He later joined the YMCA in Somerville as assistant physical director and moved to Bristol in 1956 and has been active in scouting and local camps.
Bristol School Committee weighs 25 000 for High School Planning and 19 32960 for operating budget increases to meet prior year requests. Members urge press clarification as Superintendent Fitzgerald to prep a public summary. Overcrowding drives study and potential building plans with Architect fees details and five year notes.
A reader praises an editorial urging taxpayer education before town meetings. The letter argues the Town Meeting Controls Act diminished taxpayer rights and calls for printed double-column budgets in warrants to clarify Council and Budget Committee figures. The writer recalls the 1968 meeting when $100,000 passed in special resolutions.
A calendar of Bristol events lists drives, sales, parties, fashion shows, breakfasts, rummage sales, formal dinners, concerts, tours and a firemen’s ball. Notable items include a drive by The Bristol Lions Club and The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps for equipment funds, a Spring Sale by the Pyramids of Charity Women’s Club, a Yacht Club bridge and canasta party, and a Fourth Annual Firemen’s Ball by the Bristol Fire Department. The schedule runs April 26 to May 29 with multiple venues on Hope Street, Midway, and Mt. Carmel area, featuring community groups like the First Congregational Church, Mt. Hope CBS chapter, and Bristol Women’s Club.
The North Farm owner recalls a Tuesday night fire that destroyed barns but spared his Guernsey herd. Despite losses to wood, cement, and plaster, the herd grew due to a newborn calf during the blaze. Fire history notes Bristol’s dairy barns, with Usher's Farm and others cited as past costly blazes, while the North Farm rebuilt and prospered.
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