Tax rate fixed at 2.23 for third successive year
The Budget Committee is praised as crucial as the tax rate remains at $2.23 for the third year in a row. The assessors report shows $283,256.83 to be raised by taxation, a rise of $3,142.07 from last year, with net valuations up due to tangible personal property gains and adjustments at US Rubber Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel G Coggeshall
Board of Tax Assessors
State Division of Taxation
US Rubber Company
Trinity Church
State and
High Streets
St. Elizabeth's Church
Wood Street
Rockwell House
Hope Street
Coggeshall
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Thames and
Constitution Streets
Bristol
Cogeyeshall
Y M C A Board Plans September Drive
The Y M C A board approved a September financial campaign plan and reviewed a proposed winter activity schedule. A sympathy resolution was voted for the family of Henry W Peterson, longtime vice president of the association, with attendees including E S Mapes C B Rockwell Charles Otten Jr F R Dimond Wallis E Howe Arthur H Carr Ernest G Brown R S Bosworth Dr Samuel D Clark Henry Wood and Earl H Hobson.
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Y. M.ca
F Reginald Dimond
Henry W Peterson
Association
E. S. Mapes
C. B Rockwell
Charles Otten
Charles Otten, Jr
F. R. Dimond
Wallis E. Howe
Arthur H Carr
Ernest G. Brown
R. S. Bosworth
Samuel D. Clark
Henry Wood
Earl H. Hobson
Dennis J Roberts Speaks At Rotary Club
Dennis J Roberts chairman of the Democratic State Committee spoke at a Rotary Club noon meeting at the YMCA. He described highlights from the Democratic Convention in Chicago and noted this is not the time to seek converts. Guests included Rotarians James Milne Walter Morris Carl B Myers and John Andrade was welcomed as a new member.
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Dennis J Roberts
Democratic State Committee
Rotary Club
YMCA
Chicago
Dennis
James Milne
Warren
Frank Eighmne
Raleigh
Walter Morris
Cranston
Carl B. Myers
Yonkers, NY
John Andrade
British War Relief Society Acknowledges Clothing Donation
A Bristol Branch donation of clothing to the British War Relief Society is acknowledged. The New York office notes increasing needs in Great Britain with urgent requests for canned foods sugar hospital shirts soft felt slippers dental creams toothbrushes salines binoculars telescopes and more. Mrs Wallis E Howe welcomes further gifts and donor names for acknowledgment. July 30 1940.
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Wallis E. Howe
Bristol
British War Relief Society
New York
Great Britain
Wallis Howe
Brisol
Howe
Great
Britain
England
Scotland
Plant J and A Will Hold Clambake Tomorrow
Plant J of the Collins and Aikman Corporation will host a clambake and sports program tomorrow at Bayberry Farm. Chowder will be served at 1 o clock with the bake due around 4 30. About one hundred officials and employees are expected to attend as forty four prizes will be awarded. Edger Vergeau chairs the planning with committees for reception bake sports grounds transportation and refreshments.
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Collins and Aikman Corporation
Bayberry Farm
Edgar Vergeau
Fred Atkinson
Mae Horner
August Marshall
Domenic DeGeorgio
Joseph Silvia
Eleanor Vollaro
John P. Marshall
George Ethier
Hazel Ascoli
John Botelho
Caesar Brito
Joseph Aguiar
John Marshall
Bristol Democrats Endorse McGrath For Governorship
The Bristol Democratic Town Committee endorsed US District Attorney J Howard McGrath for governor at a meeting in the Italo-American Hall on Wood Street. Robert J Anderson chaired with 17 of 20 members present, and the endorsement was unanimous. A committee to study an outing feasibility was formed: Joseph F. Pannone N F Bernard James Raiola Anthony Junes and Daniel M. Vargas.
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J Howard McGrath
Bristol
Bristol Narrows
Joseph Riccio
de Wolf Avenue
Congregational Street
Raymond Cavallaro
Francis J Murphy
Wood Street
Providence Journal
Charles Byrnes
Burnside Memorial B
Meyer Paley
Giacomo Marasco
August 18 Sunday Clambake for Hydraulion Engine Company
The Auspices Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co. hosts a Sunday clambake on August 18 to raise funds for community fire service equipment. Tickets support the company and its firehouse operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
Town Council Approves Traffic Rules September First
The council adopted new traffic regulations to take effect September 1 and ordered an intensive police campaign for enforcement. A police court will allow first second and third offenders to pay small fines without appearing in the Fifth District Court. Booklets explaining the ordinances will be distributed before launch.
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Burnside Memorial
Fifth District Court
Police Town Council
J Floyd Huestis
Reid LeClair
Huestis
Edmonds
Kearney
Sloop of Sea Scouts
J.cClair
Bristol Safety Council
Constitution Street
Yacht Club
Oscar P Herty
Bristol Housing Guild
Velleca
Lovers Lane
Augustine B. Nerone
Woodlawn Avenue
William H. Remieres
Boys' Club To Be Entertained At Common Fence Point
The United Boys' Club will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Rodger Orkins of Portsmouth Common Fence Point tomorrow. They will meet at 12:30 and travel via Mr Hope Bridge. Mr Orkins formerly managed McLellan Store and his sons Larry and Rodger Jr. were club members. Games swimming hot dogs watermelon and drinks planned. if stormy, event will move to the following Saturday.
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United Boys’ Club
Rodger Orkins
Common Fence Point
Portsmouth
Hope Bridge
Orkins
McLellan Store
Larry
Rodger Jr
St Elizabeths Church To Hold Annual Picnic
The St Elizabeths Church will host its seventh annual picnic Sunday at the Town Farm off Metacom Avenue from 12 noon to 4 PM. Rev Henrique Rocha says there will be a band concert and other entertainment but no sports program this year.
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St. Elizabeth's Church
Metacom Avenue
Henrique Rocha
Local Young Women Win College Degrees at Bryant Commencement
Alexandrina Fernandes and Martha Di Mezza, Bristol residents, graduate from Bryant College Providence with honors. Fernandes earns A B in C Ed Magna Cum Laude and Gold Medal. DiMezza receives B S S. Commencement led by President Henry L Jacobs with honorary degrees to James L McConaughy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandrina Fernandes
Martha di Mezza
Bristol
Bryant College of Business Administration
Providence
Rhode Island
Bryant College
Henry L. Jacobs
James L. McConaughy
Wesleyan University
Miss Fernandes
Manuel H Fernandes
High Street
Colt Memorial High
Miss DiMezza
Refugee aid notes and royal rent talk in wartime diary
The piece surveys English hat warnings to American readers about children sent overseas and generosity of U S families offering refugee care. It also explains Roosevelt's freeze on funds held by countries overrun by Nazis and details Queen Wilhelmina's Washington Westchester rents and licensed overseas transfers.
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Roosevelt
United States
Wilhelmina
Holland
Washington
Westchester
Morgenthau
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