Bristol Council Debates Relief Plans Amid WPA Dilemma
Bristol Town Council weighs relief options after rejecting direct transfers to WPA projects. Mayor and members clash over WPA authority, medical needs, and town funding as they approve four relief-related projects and set hearings for licenses and repairs.
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Charles E. Burns
Marion E. Lovell
Margaret Murtagh
Babbitt House
Hope Street
Rhode Island
Santa Claus Fund
Manuel F. Viera Jr
Wood Street
Zacanas Antonio
A. G. B. Steel
Philadelphia
Ken
Bristol
Domenico Mascola
WPA
Work Relief Bureau
Highway Sureyor
James Frolmes
Mascola
Highway Department
West Indiamen Sailors at Bristol Wharves and Pirate Alarms
In Bristol the West Indiamen era brought bustling quays with longshoremen at work unloading onions potatoes and hoop poles while ships like the Charlotte Nereus Governor Fenner Balance Roger Williams and Remittance docked nearby. Pirates loomed threats to brave crews including a Trinidad bound brig which fought back with twenty four muskets though the pirate ship diverted its chase. leaders and sailors endured perils yet kept steady amid commerce and sea adventure.
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Bristol
Charlotte
Nereus
Governor Fenner
Balance
Roger Williams
Havana
Montgomery
Bermuda
Fame
Bahama Banks
Genesh Alan
Seth Barton
Walham Hatch
Coameninder
Crete
Trinidad de Cuba
Cape St Antonio
Cuba
Nominating and Auditing Groups Named for Ever Ready Company
Captain Harvey Gladue of the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company names a nominating committee Arthur Guevremont Jessie King Silvia and Arthur Demars to present a slate for the annual meet. An auditing committee of Alec Guevremont Arthur Demars and Arthur Casse is also announced. The company will soon engage in weekly card matches against Massasoit Hook Ladder and Hose of Warren, with a dinner for the losers. Christy Travege heads the Bristol firemen's team selection committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Gladue
Arthur Guevremont
Jessie King Silvia
Arthur Demars
Alec Guevremont
Arthur Casse
Massasoit Hook, Ladder
Warren
Victoria Due Sant Viar
Christy
Travege
Bristol Firemen
Palmer-In Bristol Widow Julia A Palmer Dies At 84
Julia A Palmer widow of Frederick E Palmer aged 84 dies in Bristol. Funeral services Saturday Dec 7 at 2 30 pm from her late residence 39 Church Street. Relatives and friends invited. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Fall River.
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Palmer
Bristol
Julia A
Frederick E Palmer
Church Street
Oak Grove
Fall River
Patriotism and Faith Merge as Bristol Church Displays Flag
A Bristol letter to the editor defends displaying the flag in church as blessing the nation. The signer, a descendant of Pilgrim founders, argues the banner honors Almighty God and government, opposing claims of paganism and urging unity amid national unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Greer
M.E. Church
Congregational Church Men's Club
Bristol
Greer
Gouverneur pupils present thriller program at Cedar Grove
Pupils of the Guiteras Memorial School presented a weekly show featuring a Cedar Grove themed mystery, with Grade 9E students Cito Dunbar Joseph Sousa Edward, Arthur id, and others performing songs and scenes. The program included voices by Lud Wig Schiniger and announcer Knnight, plus sound effects by Toby Roderick.
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Guiteras
Jentertain Actift
Arthur
Cito
Aeee Dunbar
Sthony
So ‘le Joseph
Sousa
Soings
Orchiestra
Ludwig
Schiniger
Eee ‘Knnight
Rocco Proto
Aniers
Toby Roderick
Nee of
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Cheney
WEA
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Ansner
Bristol Council
Whr
Chene
State
Unemployment Relief Commission
United States Employment Service
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Prescott B Paull
PWA
Paull
Francois L. deWolf
William Hangevine
Robert J Anderson
Fier Reads Fire Company
Ire
Courgeois
Mary Brit
Thames Street
Mathew Brite
Oneal
Joseph A Hammill
Uhien
Ferrycliffe Varm
Counal
Does
Pappasquash
Tohn Wo Church
Dennis G Ferreira
Anthonys Partara
Wallan
McKee
Oathuls
Collow
Drau Hom Hose Company
Rere Eis
Oes
SBN
Banks
Aes Boier Britte
China Seas
Bristol Phoenix
FiSt National Stores
Presh Lean
Florida
Tlepc Ei Jbredses
Suzmlan
Ready CO
The
United States
Pebaead
Thriller Progogram Sr Crite
Sines Sea
Ferngroft
Tangerines
Prunes
Fish Dept
Block Island
Kelloggs
Lean
Hamburg
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