Bristol Tax Rate Rises Ten Cents to 2.36 Per Hundred
The Bristol tax rate for 1937 is fixed at 2.30 per hundred, up ten cents from last year. Reasons include higher town appropriations, a $92 200 net increase in land and tangible property, a $300 000 drop in intangible personal property, and a $15 700 shift of tax sales property to municipal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis P. McGovern
Secretary of Assessors Board
Bristol
John W. Church
McGovern
Brasol
Property tax rates and 1936 37 valuation totals
The document states a 1936 tax rate of $2.20 per $100 real estate and tangible personal property and $0.40 per $100 intangible personal. It compares 1936 and 1937 valuations, listing total property valuations for all kinds, real and personal, assessed in each year. It notes the overall assessed valuation and related taxes for 1936 and 1937.
Community drive totals near four thousand dollars
In the annual Y M C A fund drive, a total of 3490 dollars is reported with additional gifts expected to push past 3500. The campaign closed last evening led by Ald Dimond, with a large volunteer committee and multiple divisions organized under major Leos Cantwell and Charles Otten Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younig Men’s “Christian Assortation
Nizey
Waa FE
Ald Dimond
Mr. Howe
Ernest G. Brown
G. Guy Morrow
E. S. Mapes
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
J. Winthrop DeVol
Henry Wood
Abed M. Merriman
George H. Baldwin
Local plant workers plan Saturday outings to Rocky Point and Crescent Park
U S Rubber Employees will gather at Rocky Point and Paramode workers at Crescent Park for annual outings this Saturday. About 600 attendees are expected, with committees handling dinner entertainment tickets transportation and event logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Rocky Point
Paramode
Crescent Park
Bristol
United State Rubber Company
Paramode Shoe Company
Bristol Dress Company
Narragansett Bay
Rubber Company
Asociation
Paramede Party
James A Sisson
Michael W. Pasquarelli
S[ytlhian Phenes
Gladys Rishe
Winston Featherston
Erasmo Mancin
Domenic DeRiso
Manuel Vargas
James Salzano
John Almeida
Orlandorisbano
Excelsior Club to Host Bristol County Tennis Championship
Opening matches in the Bristol County Tennis Championship start Saturday at the Excelsior Tennis Club. Men’s singles and junior boys begin, junior girls on Sunday, and women’s singles on Monday with prizes in small classes. Defending champion is Charles Swanson of Pawtucket. The committee includes Robert W No chairman, James DeWolf Perry, Miss Mollie Hamill, Mrs. Ahncole, Vernon Often and George Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior
Bristol County
Elaborate Carnival Opens With Civic and Fraternal Support
Elaborate ceremonies last night marked the opening of a Bristol carnival run by Bristol Council Knights of Columbus and Hope Circle. Grand Knight William T. Dwyer led a parade with St Anthony's K of C Bugle and Drum Corps. Grounds at the K of C Home hosted a midway with Venetian swings, games, bugle and drum concerts, and vaudeville acts drawing near 1000 attendees. The carnival runs through the week with a Kiddies Day planned Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
William T. Dwyer
Columbian Squires
St. Anthony’s Council
K. of C
Providence
Bertram Coppola
State Street
Q Trrank Rene
Bes
Mutt Show At Legion Event Set For Friday Afternoon
The Forty and 8 fun unit of the American Legion will stage a Mutt Show on Friday at 1 30 as part of the Department Convention. Prizes will go to all entrants, with entries accepted before showtime. A Mardi Gras parade by the Forty-Fighters is also planned with a short colorful march through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
American Legion
Department
Roy Lawin
Warren
General Arrangements Committee
Odd Fellows Hall
Kearney Post
Second half of Red Cross swimming classes open
The Bristol Branch of the American Red Cross starts the second half of its swimming instruction under William F McCullough. Classes meet twice weekly at Pap Pasquash Beach and the Community Beach from July 19 to August 22, culminating in a water carnival with awards for best boy and girl swimmers and a cutter race with Sea Scouts from Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
William F McCullough
Pappasquash Road
Bristol
American Red Cross
Warren
Pappasquash
Elizabeth Prendergast Engaged to Dr Gustave Pozzi
Miss Elizabeth M. Prendergast of Providence is engaged to Dr Gustave L. Pozzi of East Providence. Pozzi is the son of Mrs John Pozzi of Monroe Avenue. Prendergast is a graduate nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Pozzi
Providence
Edward T. Ryan
Feast of Madonna Assunta Celebration Rescheduled
The committee moved the Madonna Assunta observance from August 14 to the following Saturday to avoid Legion activities. Plans include a parade band concerts and a grand fireworks display with a Providence WPA band hoped to perform. Contest among Cas tnotta of Providence and a Boston firm will govern pyrotechnics costing near 400 dollars. Antonio Guida chairs the committee with Goglia Mancieri Leone and Pirri in key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Michael Sicignano
Providence Wpa
John Castnotta
Providence
Mount Carmel
Boston
Bristol
Antonio Guida
Pugista Goglia
Ponte Leone Mancieri
Angelo Pirri
Ever Ready Hose Company Sets Outing And Clam Bake
The Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company fixed September 5 for its annual outing and clam bake. The event will likely be at Fales Grove with Harvey Gladue as chairman of the general arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fales Grove
Harvey Gladue
Domenic Langelto
Joseph Winward
Louis Cirillo
Anthony Garcia
Anthony Gaglio Frank Lewis
John F. Viera
Arthur Demers
John Perry
Legion Invites Sopwith T O M to Visit Convention
Sopwith, the British challenger for the America's Cup, is likely to be a guest of the American Legion during the Department Convention here next week. He told Department officials that he would consider the invitation and may attend if his plans permit.
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Legion
Sopwith T
Ted Husing’s Radio Race Broadcasts Captivate Listeners
The piece praises Ted Husing for his radio narration of major sports events from baseball to track. It notes his skill in guiding broadcasts and making listeners feel present at the event with moving commentary and expert guests Hughes and Sherman Hoyt.
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Ted Husing
You
Perry and Vines
Hughes
Sherman Hoyt
Lost fragments recount early radio pioneer journey
A fragmented nineteenth to twentieth century reminiscence mentions a figure in September 1904 moving into radio broadcasting and prior travels through Kansas and Iowa wheat fields. It notes wartime service and later migration to Florida, with sparse details and several garbled phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eweitt
Baker
Ted Husing and the birth of modern sports announcing
The article recounts Ted Husing rising from a failed business venture to join Radio Corporation in New York after answering a newspaper ad for a radio announcer. It describes his view that sports announcing evolved from simple play by play to offering inside analysis and quick interpretation, noting historic broadcasts such as the Lipton Shamrock VI race and the shift to interval coverage in 1934 and 1937 due to limited on air action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srrre
Sophet
Washington, D. C
Repor
Radio Corporation
New York
Ted Husing
Muust
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock VI
Harold Vanderbilt
Enterprise
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Board of State Tax Commissioners
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Sonia Ec
Taney
Samuel A. Hall
Cora M. Hill
Frank A. Rounds
Walter Carr
Earl G. Sturdevant
Gilbert Shaw
A. M. Miller
Mary Spooner
Viola LeClerc
Vincent J. Pettine
Lucien Capone
A. H. Flint, Jr
Felecite St
Wae Nee Fe Myoy Groupry
Louis Castriotta
John Mar_Shall
Orlando Bisbano
Pyasquaren
Vésse’ Sousa
Antonio Maisano
Antthony Mariano
Alan M. Poole
Carl Carigon
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Rouse
Cnahes Pubis
Harry Meg Anet
George Brooks
Norman Benard
John Andrade
John W. Card
Edward St Angelo
Manuel Perry
John G Stewart
Ernest Weaver
A. Richmond Gorham
John R. Magee
Arthur W. Barrett
Robert Nelson
Boe
Pasti
Paul Muni
Miriam Hopkins
Draegerman Courage
Barton MacLane
Avorn
Kay Francis
Claude Rains
Ian Eee
Alison Skipworth
Michael O'Halloran
Eee
Stratton-Porte Reidbiessley
Spencer J
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Francho
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Walt Winey
Man
Joseph M. Edmonds
Thomas Henry
William Simmell
Dennis J. MceCarthy
Harry I. Young, Jr
Joseph F. Lewis
Charles M. Connery
William Gueyremens
Anthony Perry
Frederick Goff
William Leahy
Willam P. Hammill
Erasmo Mancini
John O’connor
William Burke
Novelty Booth
James T. Connors
Bernard Breen
George T. Ingram
Albert Dubuc
John Connors
Charles M Connery
Louis Beauregard
Nora *E Dwyer
William H. Sissom
James F Wylie
John Mello
James Connery
John R. White
Andrew Dunbar
Matthew Preble
Margaret M. Dwyer
James Mc Might
Steater
Dwyer
Marie Vermette
Joseph King
Fantes” Tara? Mill
James Connéry
Frederick W. Guevremont
Roland
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