Bristol Adopts $2.23 Tax Rate Down Seven Cents
Tax assessors announce Bristol’s new rate at $2.23 per hundred, seven cents less than last year’s $2.30. The town’s total assessed valuation drops to about $15.0 million, driven by lower intangible property values and a slight auto value decline. The report outlines exemptions, state filings, and a looming special town meeting to approve WPA and road projects amid relief fund strains.
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Bristol
Board of Tax Assessors
Ia P. McGovern
Reid
McGovern
Alunes Hs
Open air concert by B. T. A. Band at Colt Memorial High
The Train of Bee band delivers the first summer open air concert at Colt Memorial High School lawn this Sunday. Music supervisor James R. Speke conducts a varied program including Sousa El Capitan Carmen Strauss waltzes Safranek Don Quixote lights Out Barber of Seville and military style novelty pieces with brass sextette and a five part Military Escort. Traffic detours and crowd control by Train officers.
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Pps Ee OG
Eisiat
Bee 3
Colt Memorial High School
Tanejainda
Ene Ae
State
Bradford
Hope Street
el Capitan
Sousa
Bizet
Seredy
Safranek
Morse
McCoy
Rossini
Mascagni
Cavalier Rusticani
Strauss
Blue Danube
James Ruggiero
Harry Kebrek
Manuel Betozo
Former Postmaster Coggeshall 76th Birthday Dinner
Daniel G Coggeshall, born July 21 1862, celebrated his 76th birthday at 117 Constitution Street with family including Bristol postmaster Daniel W Coggeshall, Mrs Norman Bailey, and relatives from Cuttyhunk Providence and town. The life-long Democrat praised the current administration and recalled a past Republican parade he once led.
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Tobsters
Cuttyhunk
Coggeshall
Witham H. Dunbar
Mary J. Coyle
Providence
Benjamin Moorby
Jean Maulloux
Walter H. Coggeshall
Bristol
Main Street
Daniel Woo
Mary A (Horton) Coggeshall
Truck Struck During On Street Vehicle Inspection
A truck owned by Frank Morra was being inspected on East State Street when a sedan driven by Michael Rucci 16 collided with its rear. The truck sustained no injuries while Rucci faces a Fifth District Court hearing for failing to control his vehicle. The crash happened just west of Buttonwood Street as Rucci’s car moved westward. the smaller car slid under the truck’s rear.
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Frank Morra
East State Street
State Motor Vehicle Division
Michael Rucci
98 State Street
Rucci
Fifth District Court
Wotor
Buttonwood Street
Bullock Named Head Of Baptist Brotherhood
Harrys Bullock is named president of the Bristol Brotherhood at the Baptist Church. Other officers include Raymond Dixon as president, Edward Luther as secretary, and Harold Pedley as treasurer. A committee will join with the Sunday School Committee to plan the parish annual outing in August.
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Harrys Bullock
Bristol Brotherhood
the Baptist Church
Raymond Dixon
Edward Luther
Harold Pedleyv
Brotherhood
Sunda School Committee
Miss Emilie Rich 79 Died in Brooklyn and Burial Here
Miss Emilie Rich aged 79 died yesterday in Brooklyn NY after a leg fracture last May. Her body will be brought here for burial with funeral services at 3 PM in the First Congregational Church and interment in North Cemetery. A Bristol native, she lived locally, taught singing, and sang with St John’s and Central Congregational choirs. Survived by nephew Hermon F Bell of Brooklyn and two nieces Mrs Alice B Morgan of Brussels Belgium and Miss Helen Bell of Albany NY.
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Emilie Rich
Brooklyn
First Congregational Church
North
Miss Rich
Hope Street
Hermon F Bell
St Gile’s Hospital
Bristol
Giles
St John’s Church
Central Congregational Church of
Providence
John and
Mars (Simmons) Rich
Rich
Alice B Morgan
Brussels
Belgium
Helen Bell
Albany
Mrs A L Johnston Dies At 55 In Bristol
Mrs Lida Pearse Johnston widow of Algernon L Johnston Bristol businessman died at her home 108 Church street after a year long illness in her 56th year She was lifelong Bristol resident descendant of John Howland and member of Daughters of the American Revolution Funeral will be held at 2 PM Sunday from 108 Church street with Rev Anthony R Parshley of St Michaels Church officiating Burial at North Cemetery
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Lida (Pearse) Johnston
Algernon L. Johnston
Bristol
Church Street
Johnston
John Howland
Oliver C and
Mary (Fowler) Pearse
Old Bristol High School
St Michaels Church
Jv. Guild
Anthony R Parshley
St Michael’s Church
Town Meeting to Seek Relief Funds and Road Plans
Relief funds and two key resolutions head the special financial town meeting set for next Monday in the Reynolds school auditorium at 8 30. One seeks 60000 for an extended road and sidewalks program the other 10000 for straight relief per the budget committee. The town hall project from WPA funds may be delayed indefinitely. debt would be short term to mature within ten years as town president Prescott B Paull insists on minimizing debt while promising long term town planning benefits.
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Reynolds School
Prescott B Paull
Paull
Girl Scout Officials Scheduled for Sixth Annual Dance
High Girl Scout officials will be included among the several hundred guests at the sixth annual dance of the Girl Scout Mariners Ship Vigilant tonight at the Bristol Yacht Club.
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Girl Scout
Vigilant
Bristol Yacht Club
Rev Burdon to Lead Sunday Worship at Baptist Church
Pastor Arthur W. Burdon will officiate the 10 30 a.m. service at the First Baptist Church with a sermon titled The Rainbow of Life. A prayer meeting is set for 7 30 p.m. tonight in the church auditorium.
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Arthur W. Burdon
First Baptist
Cup Defenders Juniors Clinch First Half Title
Behind the effective 3 hit pitching of Eddie Proto the Cup Defenders Association Juniors shut out the Bristol Yanks 3 to 0 on the Common to capture the first half in the Bristol Junior Baseball League. Massano Oil and Troop 2 Boy Scouts were to wind up the first half schedule today.
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Eddie Proto
Cup Defenders Association
Bristol Yanks
Massano Oil Nine
Troop 2
Boy Scouts
Queen Marie and Corrigan Shine in Public Faith
The text praises Corrigan for giving the world a needed grin and lauds Queen Marie as a beautiful, thoughtful queen who urged duty, kindness, forgiveness, and joyful living. It cites a New York Chinatown example where about 3000 youths yielded only one delinquency case in eight years, highlighting a remarkable discipline in a dense East Side slum area.
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New York
Chinatown
East Side
Manhattan
Witnesses discuss Chinese parenting beliefs at misconduct inquiry
The Legislative Committee Investigating Causes of Child Misconduct heard witnesses in a survey on crime control. Observations included Chinese views on parental responsibility for a child's wrongdoing and selective excerpts from philosophy.
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Legislative Committee
Amie
Se Street
Peepee
One Storm That Ain't Never Cleared Up
A man remarks on rainy weather saying only one storm never clears up. When asked which storm, he replies this one.
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