Town Meeting Highlights in Local Delegation Scrutiny
A town meeting featured sharp questions on highway work and a controversial 8000 trash truck purchase. Abie Eisenstadt angered the crowd by saying his son was not a taxpayer. The session touched on beach cleaning funding and river street issues, with calls for a town manager and more oversight.
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Benard
Ing Board
Democraticandidates
Abie
Council
Highway Department
Rotary Show at Guiteras Tonight by Bristol Club
The Bristol Rotary Club presents its annual benefit performance tonight and tomorrow at the Guiteras School auditorium. Curtain at 8 15 pm. Reserved seats for both shows. Proceeds go to the club's camp fund and other welfare projects.
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Bristol Rotary Club
Uiteras School
M. Theresa Lonovan
England
Emma
Earl Ounds
Vernon Gray
Umbrella Sisters
Paree
Frank J. Murphy
Clab
Urges Workers to Send In Cancer Drive Returns
Mrs. Raymond J. Makowsky chair of the local Cancer Drive urged workers and captains to send in their returns promptly as final tallies are lagging. For those not contacted, the Cancer Society distributes detachable circulars today with a space for donor names ready for mailing.
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Raymond J. Makowsky
Taxpayers Approve Record Town Budget for Coming Year
Voters at the second financial town meeting approved the operating budget of 443345.20 and 14 special resolutions totaling 210453. They also authorized a total appropriation of 664276.72 to be raised by two equal tax levies on June 15 and December 31 covering 1950 to 1952. Charles DeW Brownell led the budget board in approving the package.
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Charles Dew. Brownell
Planning Board
Charter Reform Study Committee
Tarch
Coggeshall
Ing. Coggeshall
Planning J Board
Budget Commission
Postmaster's
Latae Hes Afuily
Cogges
Planning Board i
Board of Tax Assessors
Herbert Eisenstadt
Joseph L. Campanella
Joseph Perreira
Fred N. Palmer
Maurice C. Smith
Brownell
Russell S. Bray
Domenic Perroni
Oger W. Pigeon
Smith
Manuel Prenda
GOP
Francis J. Murphy
John R. Bernardo
Murphy
Capone
Benard
Sylvia
Wall
Maurice C. Smith, Jr
Bristol Manufacturing Co
Sewer Commission
Patrick J Gallagher
Werner E. Follin
Walter J. Shea
State Division of Sanitary Engineering
Charles E. Burns
Kearney
American Legion
Gerald C. Aldrich
Wood Street
Samuel D. Clark
Joseph F.pannone
St. Elizabeth Street
Britain
Ralph DeLeo
Luis Wick
England
London
Charles B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Wilfred Mamill
N.Y. Times
Bristol Voters Back GOP Upsurge In Town Meeting
Bristol taxpayers approved a slate of Republican backed measures at a March town meeting. The vote upheld planning board changes, limited real estate revaluation, and approved funds for sewer work and a new school site with partial donor support from Charles Rockwell.
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Ives High School
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Bristol
Bertram W. Wall
Lucien Capone
Open House and PTA Speaker in Bristol High Schools
Elmer R. Smith, assistant superintendent and Brown University graduate, will speak at the Bristol PTA meeting Thursday at 8 PM in Colt Memorial High School auditorium after an open house at Colt and Andrews Memorial High Schools. The event showcases secondary school setup and curriculum analysis with invited non members.
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Elmer R. Smith
Providence
Bristol
Parent- Teacher Association
Colt Memorial High
Smith
Colt
Andrews Memorial High School
PTA
Association
Brown University
State Department of Education
Joseph Sansone
Frederick S. Bartlett
Colt Auditorium
Americans plan Europe car trips this summer on rising rentals
More than 3000 Americans will ship cars to Europe for touring this summer as the practice grows. An English car rental firm reports $50,000 in 1949 revenues and strong 1950 activity. The article notes European cars feature quirks such as hidden reserve tanks and unusual jacks requiring trial and ingenuity.
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Europe
London
New York
Detroit
Reading the Rules and Customs of the Road
A guide stresses learning road signs stops cautions and one way designations for safe travel. It highlights familiarizing with foreign language limits and emphasizes practical understanding over literal translation.
Driving in England Aimed at American Car Drivers
The piece discusses the challenges an American driver faces in Britain with left side driving and a left steering wheel. It notes visibility issues on British roads, especially when turning, and the difficulty of seeing as well as signaling from nearby vehicles.
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England
Talka
Mane
European cars race tuned for speed and road grip
European cars especially the British are converted racing models that hold the road well and go fast. They must shift gears for even slight slowdowns or hills to keep the engine moving and avoid transmission strain.
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Abie Shoulda
Ted Browning
Fred Dixon
Cap, Herzig
John Brechin
Robbie Anderson
Frank J. Sylvia
Andrews School
Reynolds Auditorium
Picayune
Daniel W.coggeshall
Dan
Lucien
John W. Church
John Carmone
Dr. Clark
Pannone
Lawrence
Dimond Avenue
Daniel G Coggeshall
Guiteras
Anton Walbrook
Marius Goring
Albert Basserman
Moira Shearer
Abi& Shot
Broderick Crawfod
Joanne Dry
John Ireland
John Derek
Bomba ON
Panther Island
Johnny Sheffie
Allene Roberts
Lita Baron
Congress
Michael Tamburo
International Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers
America
CIO
Bristol Manufacturing, Co
Dover
Chal CT Aaiers
Wood St
Louis J. Rinaldi
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