Bristol Senior High to play in New Jersey Holiday Tournament
Bristol Senior High School will become the first in its history to compete out of state in the Hillside New Jersey Christmas Holiday Tournament leaving from Theodore Francis Greene Airport after noon. The 12 man varsity squad with coaches Raiola and Matrone will join seven other teams for a five day event starting December 28. The team aims for a strong showing against top East region teams and may tour educational sites if time allows.
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Bristol Senior High School
Hillside
N. J
Domenico Raiola
Santa Matrone
New Jersey
Theodore Francis Greene
Raiola
Bristol
Union Hill
School Building Committee Revises Bids For Two New Schools
The School Building Committee in a short session reordered bids for a 1250 pupil school and a 1000 pupil school. Bids must be returned by Jan 27 to start clearing and construction. State Education Dept withholds approval of reduced senior high plans over vinyl gym floor concerns. A vinyl floor substitute was withdrawn and bids will be for wood floors only. The committee endorsed a citizens group seeking a special town meeting for extra funds. if the town funds the 1250 pupil school, the 1000 pupil bid will be withdrawn. The panel approved paying the architect 526,694.69 and blueprint bills totaling 2,601.32. A Christmas Shopping Guide for Bristol County is included.
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State Department of Education
William P. Robinson, Jr
Commissioner of
Citizens Committee
Frank D Balzano
Joseph E Goulart
William P. Sousa
Council approves January vote on school financing
The all-Democratic council unanimously calls a special town meeting for Jan 18 to reconsider a $500,000 appropriation for a junior-senior high school in Bristol. Citizens chairman Saul Ricklin cites 2,222 petition signers as democratic backing while opponents contest voter eligibility and precedent.
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all-Democratic
Hugh Holmes
Providence
Saul Ricklin
Citizens Committee
Ricklin
Rickin
Bristol
Resignation Accepted of Highway Surveyor Balzano
Balzano submitted his resignation as highway surveyor and was accepted with regret by the town council after he filed a Dec 1 self appointment as foreman of the highway department and Dec 2 legal resignation as surveyor. He cited legal conflict and family security as reasons and said he would not hire or fire in the foreman role. Council President Sousa praised his service and named E. Hugh Holmes as highway department chairman.
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Frank D Balzano
Balzano
Highway Department
Council
William P Sousa
Sousa
E. Hugh Holmes
George E. Dion, Jr
Anthony J. Dennis
Hekhare Seerse
Meng Ir
Hugh Behoes
William P Serta
Sephy Geittart
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Lisbon
International Congress of Portuguese Communities of the World
TWA
J. E. McPherson
E. S. Miller
Luis Raposo
Extreme Left
Middletown
Voice of the
Azores
Robert Arruda
Bridgewater Teachers College
R. S. Bosworth
Phoenix
New England
The
Geographic Society of Portugal
Rajiola
United Nations
New York City
Colts
DeLaSalle -Académy
Rogers Highs ‘School
de- Sc Aquadius
Arata Ac
Bristol County
School Committee
School Building Committee
Vasta L. Ruggiero
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