City considers private takeover of Louisville water system
Louisville faces a growing deficit in its water system and may hire American Water Works and Electric Company to manage it. The plan links pay to net income gains, with the firm earning commissions only on increases beyond a baseline, highlighting tensions between politics and efficiency in public utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky
Municipal Water Company
Board of Aldermen
Board of Water Works
American Water Works and Electric Company
U. S. Rubber Tops Aratex In Bristol League Drama
U S Rubber Co edged Aratex 34 to 33 in a Bristol Manufacturers Basketball League game. Carr Manufacturing crushed Collins & Aikiman 56 to 21 for their fourth straight win as Grabert and Butler led the winners. Coach Joseph Murgo praised Bielan’s balance as decisive in the closing stretch.
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Ratex
US Rubber Co Fine
Bristol Manufacturers Basketball
Carr Mig Corp
Collins &Ikman Lads
Grabert
Butler
Joseph \ \Murgo
Aratex
Joseph Bielan
Carr Manufacturing
Eashly
Collins and Aikiman
John Foxy Marshall
Will of Ida V. Bosworth is Heard for Probate
The Bristol Court of the Town of Bristol on January 26 1940 received Ida V Bosworth last will for probate and set February 19 1940 at 10 AM in the Herobate Court Room for consideration. Notice is ordered to be published for fourteen days once weekly.
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Ida V. Bosworth
Ida V Bosworth
Bristol
Herobate Court Room
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Train of Artillery to Meet at Armory Tonight
A Bristol Train of Artillery battalion meeting is planned for tonight at the armory on State Street. Dorothy St. Angelo of 680 Hope Street is recovering from an appendectomy at Rhode Island Hospital. Local church groups schedule meetings and a radio talk on WPA politics is set for tomorrow evening on WPRO.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
State Street
Dorothy St. Angelo
Hope Street
Rhode Island Hospital
Mite Society of the
First Baptist Church
Bertram Bullock
Union Street
WPA
Howard O Hunter
Work Projects Administration
WPRO
Hope
Gikete
of L
K. of C
K. State Street
Administration Notice Estate of William F Briggs
Notice of administration for the estate of William F Briggs issued January 31 1940. Charles E E Iiscomb of Bristol Rhode Island and Joseph B B Munro of Warren Rhode Island named as administrators. Creditors must file claims by law within the allotted period beginning February 20 1940. John W Church Clerk.
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Charles EE Iiscomb
Bristol
Rhode Island
Joseph BB Munro
Warren Rede Island
Willam F
Geant Bristol
Synagogue in Bristol Observes 40th Anniversary
Religious leaders and local officials will join Cha vera Agudas Achim members in Bristol to mark the 40th anniversary of the synagogue founded in 1900. Rabbi Israel Goldmann of Providence will officiate and participate in installing newly elected officers, with current president Dr Max B Grossman and longtime survivor Jacob Bassing among key participants.
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Chavera, Agudas
Achim Synagogue
Jewish Church
Bristol
Israel Goldmann
Providence
Max Makowsky
Max Lewandas
Wolf Weinstein
Max Baron
Abraham Gerstein
Paul Kesslin
Robert B. Suzman
Albert Makowsky
Solomon Nussenfeld
Louis Levy
Philip Shusman
Abraham Eisenstadt
Barney Leviten
Nathan Zisquit
Morris Schwartz
Jacob Bassing
President's Birthday Ball Draws 200 at Hotel Warren
Bristol County residents gathered for the President's Birthday Ball at Hotel Warren to aid the March of Dimes campaign. The event, sponsored by the Bristol County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, featured a grand march led by John Ogg eretal and Doris Shaw, with performances by Virginia Bryden and Rita Philips and music by the Rhode Island Country Club orchestra.
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Bristol
Warren
Barrington
Bristol County
National Foundation For
Paralysis Fund
John S. Oggeretal
R.oris L. Shaw
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Virginia Bryden
Rita Philips
Rhode Island Country Club Orchestra
Merit Badge Expo Tomorrow in Warren High Auditorium
The first annual Merit Badge Expo for Bristol County Scouts will be held tomorrow from 2 to 8 30 pm at Warren High School auditorium. Five of the town’s six Troops will exhibit badges such as cooking camping automobiling first aid to animals handi crafts and photography with troops from Warren and Barrington also participating. Admission is free and tickets are available from local scouts.
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Scouts of
Bristol County
Warren High School
Admiral Edwards
Warren
Barrington
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Danae
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Alger’s
George R. McCarthy
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Wood Street
Perry's Spa
James F. Curty
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U. S
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Aratex Corp
Collins & Aikman
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Bobate
John W Church
Pheenix
Holy Name Society of Mt. Carmel
Parish Hall
Congregational Street
John J. White
Burlington
Vermont
John R. White
Church Street
Arthur W. Burdon
Kilburn B Coe
Moses Brown
Pawtucket
Coe
Kilborn B Coe
High Suit
Netopian Society
First Congregational Church
Guneras House
George Lee
Stuart Barr
Robert J. Anderson
New England Veteran Fireman’s League
Newburyport
Mass
Wallis E. Howe
Tucson
Arizona
C. H. Keith
Greenfield
Eliza LeLois
High Street
Blue Ridge Knitcraft Dept. V. P. O
Woonsocket, R. I
Joseph Sansone
Creorge L Cornell
Memoriam
Maria Rugeliero Caizzi
William F. Briggs
John W. Church
Willfinder
Thoenix
Peges Eisenberg
Franklin Street
Sethe
Hotel Warren
Rebello
Ri Pe
Wood ST
Bristol District Nursing Association
Thyra Carlson
High St
Brend
Finland
District Nursing Association
Sweeney School
Brook St. Providence, R. I. Gaspee
Metacom Grain CO
MOON
Erbert C
Pleasant ST
Fale River
J. J. Nascimento
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