Wise Finance and Town Debt Management in Bristol
This piece explains Bristol’s prudent handling of unanticipated income by applying it to debt reduction. It highlights the town’s practice of directing unappropriated funds toward paying bank notes for the Defiance Fire Station and notes for construction, enabling the town to reduce debt without burdening taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Wilson
North Burial Ground
John Post Reynolds
Defiance
Gorham
Black Maria Wins Saturday Race of 124 Footers
Ashbel T. Wall's "Black Maria" won the Bristol Yacht Club 124 footer race on Saturday. Shrimpe and Phantom chased in second with Shrimpe a narrow second. In the series, Black Maria sits second with 23 points while Papoose leads with 24. Little Rhody Jr is fourth with 22 and Allouette 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Maria
Ashbel T. Wall
Bristol Yacht Club
Shrimpe and
Phantom
Wall
Shrimpo
Gardner
Rockwell
Pappoose
Leahy
Little Rhody, Jr
Tillinghast
More
Fales
Remora Nicholson
Allouette
Steele
Nancy Bell
Congdon
Empress Danforth
Flit
Howe
Gloria
French
Widgeon Palmer
Poppy
Freeman
Bristol Couple Observes 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Robert Gray of Bristol celebrated their Golden Anniversary with nearly 100 relatives and friends at a reception hosted by their son Harry R Gray at 1027 Hope Street. The couple, natives of Bristol, were married July 17 1883 by Rev Henry Stevens and have seven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 5 Gray
Harry R Gray
Hope Street
Howard Gray
Attleboro
Robert F. Griffith
Barrington
Thomas RB. Pendleton
Cranston
Stanley Robert Gray
Harry Robert Gray
Howard Brownell Gray
Gloria Gardiner Gray
Roselyn ‘Gray
Beverly Gray
Griffith
Evelyn Brownell Griffith
Gray
Henry
Local notices keep Bristol town busy with visits, vows and events
Patrolman John McMahon takes his annual vacation while visitors arrive from Bayonne and Providence. Marriage intentions filed for Frederick St Angelo and Palmira Viera. Garden clubs judge floral exhibits and a postponed delinquent tax auction resumes Aug 18 with $12 520.07 due for 1932. Various church and social events map a busy Bristol scene including dances, outings, dinners, and a new dental appointment for Dr. M. J. O'Brien.
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John McMahon
Barney Leviten
Thames Street
David Steinberg
Bayonne
N. J
Domenic Palumbo
Providence
John Carmone
Woodstreet
Frederick William St. Angelo
Wood Street
Palmira
Jane Viera
Bourn Street
William W. Perry
Bristol Garden Club
B. F. Lindemuth
Agnes Herreshoff
Barrington Garden Club
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Francisco Berti
Holy Ghost Church
Netopian Society
First Congregational Church
Ferrycliffe Farm
Albert Earle
Samtel Steen
Richard F Tobin
Bucklin Relief Corps
East Providence
Eddie Quinton
Orchestra of
Goldenrod
Girl Scouts
Bristol Yacht Club
Peggy Mathewson
Viola Leclerc
Nancy Cortellessa
Barbara Huestis
Ruth Molasky
Lavinia Guevremont
Rhoda Levy
Esther Hazen
Ada Malafronte
Quiet living and Parisian reform against noise
A columnist laments needless daily noise and cites Paris examples where reforms reduced street racket. Police reports show fines and reprimands for horns brakes and loud activity, urging quiet times to preserve poise and civility in communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaye Ke Ae
Pattier
France
Paris
Namie
New Hampshire
Local social notes and upcoming Bristol County league meeting
Miss Arleen Holm hosts guests in Cleveland and Providence workers return to duty after vacation. Nurse Laurine Bradford and Martha Graham plan Worlds Fair trip, with Ivy Guild flower distribution for St Michael's Church. A 15th birthday party honors Doris Canada. Paul M. Tammaro elected commander of Warren Post American Legion. Bristol County horseshoe league seeks two reps for Thursday Sowams Spa meeting with secretary Charles Bassett attending.
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Emilys le Clai
DeWolf
Union Street
Nancy D. Bosworth
R. S. Bosworth
F. M. Dimond
Prudence Island
Charlotte Suzman
Fred E. Suzman
Hope Street
Westerly
Anthony Ponte
St. Elizabeth's Church
Columbia Hall
M. J. O’brien
Rhode Island Hospital
Samuels Dental Clinic
First Congregational Church
Henry Sanford
Charles F Dimond
Roy W. Magoun
Seaman’s Institute of Newport
Rotary Club
Hotel Belvedere
St. Mary's Church
Milton J King
Frank Carmone
Woodstreet
New York City
Vincent Palumbo
Carmone
Domenic Palumbo
Providence
St Mary's Church
Convent Lawn
Paul Thompson
Rockwell House
Margaret Chellel
Barrington
Jerome Tamburro
Angela Chellel
Boston
New York
Pennsylvania
Tamburro
Vincent Tamburro
Hope Ave
John Dimond
Arthur Rae
Robert
Metacom Avenue
Holmes House
Ji Wm Wood
B M MacDougall
John R. Magee
Elizabeth Gladding
Fred W. Brownell
Arleen Holm
Cleveland
John H. Wall
Constitution Street
Mary L. Breen
Thistown
Richard Cornell
Central Street
Laurine W .Bradford
Wm. Bradford
Martha Graham
Chicago
Detroit
Ivy Guild
St Michael’s Church
C. J Stenson
Doris Canada
Wm I Baker
Miss Canada
Nancy (Baker
Paul M. Tammaro
Warren Post
American Legion
Charles Palmer
Church Street
Alexander McKeever
Esther Hauber
Washington, DC
Raymond S
Usher Place
Ira A. Ballou
Carol Lee
Patricia Ann
Bristol County
Sowams Spa
Warren
Charles A. Bassett
State Association of the
Horseshoe Pitching League
District Nurses Report June 1933 Activities
Monthly district nursing totals show general care 51 cases with 201 visits, Metropolitan 17 and 57 plus 8 babies, John Hancock 3 and 36 plus 8 babies, prenatal 4, tuberculosis 81 with 9 examined, State Child Welfare 286 for a total 665. Clinics held include Child Welfare 4 with 142 babies seen, Chest 1 with 19 patients, X ray 1 with 22 patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hancock
Birth of Daughter for Perry Family in Thames Town
In this town on July 11 a daughter named Alice Josephine was born to Mr and Mrs John J. Perry of 162 Thames. The event records the new arrival in local birth notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Alice Josephine
John J. Perry
Thames Street
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Charles D. Flanagan
R. I
Edward J. Newbold
Wood ST
Bristol Phenix
Ioon
Phenix Ce
Phenix
Fall River
The
Anchor Club
Ferry Road
Swansea Village
Wade
Rane
Samue
Christian Science Monitor
Ta Oamisham Berence PustisuHing Society
Massachusetts, U
B. A
Back Bay
Mass
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, R. 1
Alden Mattress CO
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