Bristol Rhode Island Highway Dept 1945 46 program and budget
The Highway Department requests 1946 funding of 33 151 41 with a $200 cost of living raise for six salaried employees and a wage rise from 63 to 65 cents per hour. It recommends purchasing a tractor with snowplow street broom and mowing blades a heavy duty truck and a belt conveyor loading machine. The report lists 1945 road repairs and a 1946 program, plus $2 076 36 for monthly Clean-up Weeks and notes extensive town projects and cooperation with Red Cross welfare efforts.
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Highway Department
Department of Public Works
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Rockwell
Church St Parks
Howard
R. I
Director of Public Welfare
Pappasquash
Mill Gut
Silver Creek
State of
Colt
Asylum Road
Colt Farm
Bristol
Butterworth Ave
Sherman Ave
Kirkemuit Ave
Narrows Rd
US Rubber Co
Highway Dept
Bristol Narrows
Beach Terrace
Colonial Road
Broad Common
Gooding Ave
Bristol Post Office Friday Lobby Hours and Mail Service
The Bristol Post Office lobby will be open for box owners until 12 noon on Friday. The stamp window operates from 7 to 9:30 am. Two incoming mails and two outgoing mails are expected in the morning, with the last outgoing mail at 8 am. No carrier or money order service.
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Bristol
Inauguration Prayer for Divine Guidance and Unity
A historic inauguration prayer pleads for God to keep the United States in divine protection. It asks citizens to follow government with obedience, show brotherly love, and act with justice mercy and charity as taught by Christ. The supplication ends in Jesus Christ.
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United States
Jesus Christ
Doric Club Names Committees at Annual Meeting
The Doric Club elected committees for the year during a meeting at the Masonic Temple chaired by vice president Herbert R. Newman in president Gordon R. Brown’s absence. Bristol Red Cross plans were outlined with a $5,400 quota and numerous division captains and workers listed for the drive and sewing programs supporting soldiers and civilians since 1940.
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Doric Club
Masonic Temple
Club
Gordon R. Brown
Herbert R. Newman
Samuel D Clark
Bristol Red Cross
Bristol
Clark
G.I
Providence
Europe
Red Cross
Asia
Mary Bozzi
Rhode Island official to speak at St Michael's Couples Club
Lawrence C. Cole administrator of Rhode Island Division of Children's Services will address the Couples Club at St. Michael's Church Sunday night.
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Lawrence C. Cole
Division of Children’s Services
State of
Rhode Island
Couples’ Club
St. Michael’s Church
Mrs Perry Denies Misrepresentation Over Town Dump
Mrs William W Perry charged that press reports of a Town Council discussion about her property by Silver Creek misrepresent facts. She received a letter from Miss Sadie Peck opposing dumping. Town officials note records are public in Probate Court and Town Clerk files. Perry reportedly said she would sell, valuing 16 lots at 200 dollars each to reach about 3090 dollars.
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William W Perry
Perry
Sadie Peck
Mrs Perry
Miss Peck
Cambridge
Mass
Lucien Capone
J Floyd Huestis
Silver Creek
Huestis
Zoning Board Seeks Salary Basis and Land Survey
The Zoning Board requests salaries of 100 for each member and 150 for the secretary citing increased duties. A survey by Joseph Riccio is to determine if Town land is still used on Mrs Perry property while ownership of Wood Street and nearby land remains disputed. The town considers a 15000 offer and awaits budget decisions including recreation funding and veteran memorial provisions.
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Lucien Capone
Joseph Riccio
Perry
Capone
Riccio
Mr Capone
Board of
Huestis
Wood Street
Wood
Zoning Board of Review
Elmer E Angell
Salvatore Della Morte
Julio F. Xavier
Frank M ‘Dimond
John Wi €Ard
Noahs Ark a colossal boat and legend told anew
The article retells Noah building the Ark at age 600 with his sons and wives, detailing the dimensions, compartments, and animals aboard. It notes the divine command for its construction, the voyage duration, the dove and olive leaf signifies peace, Mt Ararat resting, and the rainbow as a sign after the flood.
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Noah
Mt. Ararat
Noah Plants Vineyard After Flood
After reestablishing his family and animals on dry land Noah planted a vineyard. The grapes produced wine and he drank until drunk. Upon awakening he harbored anger toward his family, suggesting a lingering hangover.
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Noah
Noah and Methuselah Longevity Highlights in Genesis
The text notes Noah lived 350 years after the flood and died at 950, making him among the oldest. It states Methuselah, Noah’s grandfather, reached 969, the highest lifespan recorded in the Bible, with little other known detail.
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Noah
Methuselah
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