Readabout 15 Years Ago column sparks wedding anniversary
Manny Sousa, first mate on the Prudence Island ferry, spots Eva Marie Bullock and Manuel R. Sousa wedding notice in the 15 Years Ago column of the Phoenix. He rushes to a florist, hoping to surprise his wife, proving such nostalgia can spark real life reminders. The piece meanders through quirky British town names and weather-tag locales, contrasting old place names with today’s signs and borders.
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Manny Sousa
Phoenix
Manny
Prudence Island
Eva Marie Bullock
Manuel R. Sousa
St. Mary's
Dave Garroway
Tenn
Britain
Bedlam
Ugley
Wookey Hole
Heaven's Gate
Public vote funds Bristol waterfront purchase and dredging
Town taxpayers approved 13400 to buy State Street Wharf and 2000 to dredge slips at the end of Church and State streets. The pier price faced debate but was upheld by a voice vote with input from Joseph Alfred Lucien Capone and others. A harbor commission report supported access restoration, noting historic losses of water frontage and potential federal aid if publicly owned.
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Financial Town Meeting
Church
State Streets
State Street
Joseph Alfred
Lucien Capone
Bristol
Manuel Perry
Charles R. Beals
Beals
Ferris
Roydon Wardwell
Colt Drive
Charles B. Rockwell
Perry
Roger W. Pigeon
Planning Board
Washington, Oliver
Franklin
Bradford
Constitution Street
Church and
Shephard Dock
State Armory
Church Street
State Senate
Wscture
Town budget debate ends with record four-day meeting
Taxpayers wrapped up the longest financial town meeting on record, approving 1,123,695.66 in appropriations though many plans failed. The largest item, 13,400 for State Street Wharf, passed, with 2,000 for the Fourth of July celebration and 2,000 for dredging town slips. The tax rate was set at 3.62 per 100 and 36.20 per 1,000, and a town study committee was formed to craft new rules for future sessions.
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New Englands
Reynolds School
State Street Wharf
Louis Castriotia
Board of Tax Assessors
Changes For Industry and Shopping Center OK'd
Taxpayers endorsed two zoning changes at the town meeting third night. An industrial zone on Tupelo street was approved 193 to 53 amid opposition led by Salvatore Rossi. A shopping center on Metacom avenue passed by voice vote with only one objector. Voting for the industrial change cited plans for a George W. Dahl Co. plant. The town postponed further action on a new zoning ordinance due to an omission on Gooding avenue.
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Tupelo Street
Metacom Avenue
Tupelo
Beach Terrace - Tupelo - Herzig Street
Salvatore Rossi
Beach Terrace
James A. McKenna
Wardwell Lumber Co
William D. Hall
George W. Dahl Co
Agnes Mahoney
Nicholas Calderone
Providence
Gooding Avenue
Raymond de Leo
Zoning Board
Planning Board
Taxphyets
Zoning and Planning Boards
DeLeo
Weisberger Slated To Speak Here Monday
Superior Court Judge Joseph R. Weisberger, former East Providence Republican state senator, will headline a Junior Chamber of Commerce dinner Monday night. The event also marks the presentation of the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award for 1955 to a local youth, with four nominees named by Vernon F. Huestis and judges to announce the winner that evening at Bradford Inn.
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Superior Court
Joseph R. Weisberger
East Providence
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Vernon F. Huestis
Ees Bradford Inn
King Philip Little League Tryouts Continue This Weekend
The King Philip Little League holds ongoing tryouts with 9 and 10 year olds at 1 30 pm and 11 and 12 year olds at 3 00 pm tomorrow. Monday all boys report at 6 00 pm with an annual player auction at the YMCA at 8 00 pm conducted by player agent Roger W Pigeon.
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King Philip
Town Meeting Votes On Budgets And Projects
The appropriation totaled 1 123 695 66 with 816 512 91 to be raised by taxes at a probable rate of 36 30 per 1 000, up from 33 20 last year. Meeting ran four nights totaling about 14 hours with high attendance across days and approved funds for snow removal 7958 59 and a new 10 000 fog fire truck. Zoning changes approved, new sewer and waterfront projects debated, and July 4th celebration funded at 2000 along with a control study 500 for committee use.
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Ferris
C. Thomas Campagna
Board of
Board of Tax Assessors
Capone
Vasta Ruggiero
Frank J. Miserandino
Sowami Drive
Greenway Drive
MT. Hope Ave
East State Street
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Aintree
Eakring
Gloucester
Adam
Yorkshire
Kent
Surrey
Suffolk
Land-of-Nod
Rip van Winkle
Berkshire
Over
Middle
Nether Wallops
Oxord
Jericho
Mesopotamia
Bond Street
Knightsbridge
Oxford Street
Dane Bottom
Reading
Moscow
Scotland
New Zealand
Gibraltar
Wilman
Taxpayers
Frank J. Murphy
Harbor Commission
New England
John W. Church
Weisberger
C. Paul Bruno
Canon Delbert W. Tildesley
Senate
High Street
Out
Veterans’ Park
Tupleo Street
George W. Dahl
Wardwell, Lumber Co
Sewer Commission
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