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Ties with Old Bristol Revival Tonight at Committee Meet
A Bristol town meeting gathers tonight at 7 80 in Burnside Memorial Building Chambers to organize the Lord Mayor of Bristol England visit. Town Clerk Anthony J. Dennis Jr invites any interested residents to attend and share ideas for a memorable visit. The event follows a two man committee formed in June by the Town Council and includes leaders from Rotary, Chamber of Commerce and women’s clubs, plus housing host Mrs A Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff. Background outlines historic ties between Bristol, Connecticut and Bristol, England from 1930 onward, including wartime relief in 1940 and efforts by local officials to strengthen sister city bonds.
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Council
Burnside Memorial
Bristol England
Anthony J. Dennis, Jr
Dennis
William P. Sousa
A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff
Town
August E. Gibbemeyer
Rotary Club
Raymond Gaspar
Chamber of Commerce
Hope M. Cote
Bristol Historical Society
Alfred E. Newton
Bayberry Garden Club
Charles T. Tappero
Bristol Women’s Club
Howard L. House
Bristol Garden Club
Bristol
England
New World
Edward L. Leahy
Herbert B Burnham Jr
Europe
J. Floyd Huestis
London
Anthony R. Parshley
St. Michael’s Church
Harleigh Tingley
Florence Nelson
A Sidney Herreshoff
Tingley
Edmund C. Rex
E. S. Mapes
William L. Serbst
Judge Leahy
John J. Condon
Joseph Almeida
W. Frederick Williams, Jr
Roswell S. Bosworth