Town funds approve 60000 for highway and sidewalk program
At a special town meeting at Reynolds School, voters approved 60000 for materials and equipment to build highways and sidewalks including 27 thoroughfares and the East High Street sidewalk. Town officials noted expected government aid of 3 to 1, bringing 180000 for labor costs, with 10000 also allocated to the Director of Public Aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
High Street
Hammill
Callan
Ade
Pmé
DY Tors
Frank Sylvia
John Romato
James Holmes
Gen Callan
Wood Street
Hope
High Streets
Holmes
Romano
Bay View Avenue
Mt Hope Avenue
Mary Spooner
Petiyena
Boys Capture Young Eagle at Colt Farm
Four youths from town Ralph DeLuca 14 Charles Cicero 15 Nicholas Castighego 16 and Ernest Spaziano 10 said they found a 56 inch winged young eagle on Colt Farm yesterday afternoon. They captured it with minor injuries and placed it in a wooden crate. DeLuca spoke for the group asking what to do with the bird now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Farm
Ralph DeLuca
Chilton Street
Charles Cicero
Usher Street
Nicholas Castighego
Usher Avenue
Ernest Spazianolo
Ascham Street
Providence
Deluca
Bristol Receives Beer Tax Share From State
Town Treasurer William H. Angevine received Bristol's 50 percent share of the manufacturers tax on beer. The check totaled $1,264.64 for the first six months of the year, $65.66 below the 1937 distribution. Funds are used for local relief purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
William H. Angevine
Angevine
Plans For Rural Mail Box Week Announced
Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall announced completion of plans for the local observance of Rural Mail Box Week from August 1 to 6. He urged Bristol residents to improve and replace unserviceable rural boxes to speed mail delivery and enhance highway scenery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Coggeshall
Clean Up Rural Mail Box Week Named by Department
The Department designates August 1 as Clean Up Rural Mail Box Week to promote orderly use and tidy appearance of rural mail boxes and encourage public participation in the effort through neat stenciling and proper erection.
Carnival Group Plans Weeklong Nightly Vaudeville at K of C Grounds
Harry Young Jr stage manager for the Knights of Columbus Daughters of Isabella Carnival announces nightly vaudeville acts through the first week of August at the K of C grounds on State street. Master of ceremonies Charles J Clingham will host and perform with a lineup including Freda Fa the Libertys Meridith Wilson Dors and Joan Holloway William Dexter Bromley and Ben Davis Evelyn Scott Lou Pierce and others in a varied Providence entertainment lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Young, Jr
Knights of Columbus - Daughters of Isabella
K. of C
State Street
Charles J Clingham
Providence
Clingham
Freda Fa
Libertys
Meridith Wilson
Dors
Joan Holloway
William Dexter
Bromley
Ben
Davis
Marvy Lee
Kitty King
Helen Foster
Evelyn Scott
Lou Pierce Juggier
Frank Ryan
Sybil Capwell
Alexander Sisters
Mir Young
Gus Keating
Holy Name Society To Pick Outing Date
The Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church will choose the site and date for its annual clam bake and outing at a general arrangements committee meeting tonight in the parish hall. Domenic De Riso chairs the committee with Ralph Simonelli Domenic J Vitiello Domenico Pumniello Ralph Salvaggi James Salzano and Orlando J Buisbano as ex officio members.
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Holy Name Society
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
General Arrangements Committee
Congregational Street
Domenic de Riso
Ralph Simonell
Domenic J Vitiello
Domenicc Pumniello
Ralph Salvaggi
James Salzano
Orlando J Buisbano
Eagles Hear Talk By State President
Worthy State President John Blinkhorn and State Aerie delegate John Bowman of West Warwick Aerie addressed Bristol Aerie on Membership at Eagle Hall Wood Street last night. Manuel Philips announced the annual outing and clam bake would be August 28 at Fales Grove. Six new members were admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthy
John Blinkhorn
Aerie
John Bowman
West Warwick Aerie
Order of Eagles
Bristol Aerie
Eagle Hall
Wood Street
Manuel Philips
Fales Grove
Community YMCA Campaign Opens With Dinner Meeting
The Bristol YMCA launched its annual fund drive at a supper meeting of campaign officials and workers. Elmer Mapes introduced G Quy Masreen of Bristol County Water Co as campaign director, urging personal calls and noting past efforts. The narrator recalls 45 calls last year and emphasizes workers should target prospects. Rev Anthony R Parshley frames the goal as bridging town groups, warning against political manipulation. Additional remarks from J Winthrop DeWolf and W Fred Williams follow. A letter to residents explains a July canvass to raise funds for operating costs and reduce debt of 450000, with 350000 needed this year. The drive seeks small donor support and larger gifts, and lists town volunteers and campaign leaders with a call to action for Bristol residents.
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YMCA
Elmer S Mapes
Quy Masreen
Bristol County Water Company
Morrow
Anthony R. Parshley
YMC A. 15
Spear Cane
Bristol
J Winthrop DeWolf
W Fred Williams
Earl H Hobson
Tirth Wei
Man Overboard Rescue Averts Tragedy In Harbor
Jack Timmons 17 of East Walpole Mass was rescued after a skiff took on water in a harbor storm. Two locals Halsey Howe and Charles Davis spotted the man overboard and, with a skiff, brought him aboard despite rough seas. Timmons shed his wet clothes and was pulled to safety with only minor losses.
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Jack Timmons
June
East Walpole
Mass
Hog Island
Bristol Yacht Club
Wallis E. Howe
Timmons
Mr. Howe
Halsey
Yacht Club
Col Samuel A. Hall
Herman Farr
Peter Geddes
Pappaasesquaw
Young Howe
Charles Davis
Police Drive Against Stubborn Truck Operators in Bristol
Bristol Police Chief Anthony J Ferrara announced a campaign against large truck operators who ignore speed limits, parking rules, and wrong-way driving. A driver was fined 50 dollars and costs for speeding in a 20 mph zone. The department added radio equipment to cruisers and plans for Boston exams for radio licenses. A Bristol Casino police ball is set for September 30 to fund the pension plan, with a department meeting tonight.
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Bristol
Anthony J Ferrara
Ferrara
Fifth District
Boston
Police
Bristol and its Bristol connection across the world
A Bristol, Rhode Island writer extols Bristol England and outlines how twenty Bristols in North America trace their name to the original port. The Geographical Magazine article highlights Bristol on Avon as key in early Atlantic exploration after 1453 and mentions Amerike as the name origin for America.
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Bristol
Rhode Island
England
North America
Canada
Avon
Bristol Emigrants to Virginia and Maryland Rise After 1654
An old Bristol city archive lists 10,000 men and women who left for the Virginia Maryland Newfoundland and the Barbados after 1654. The growth of religious dissent and limits on worship fueled this migration as Bristol harbors settlers sought new colonies.
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Bristol Harbor
West Country
Bristol
Virginia
Maryland
Newfoundland
Barbadoes
Bristol as Pirate Port in 18th Century Reference
The excerpt notes a Bristol connection in an 18th century pirate route, citing a Treasure Island chapter titled I go to Bristol and a dated correspondence. It asserts Bristol as a famed pirate and privateer base, with Bristol, RI as a home port for privateers in the period.
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Bristol
Stevenson
R I
Bristol’s Slave Trade Hub in the 1700s Ports and Ships
The excerpt notes that half of global slave trade was British in the mid 18th century with Bristol as its leading port. In 1709 Bristol had 57 ships known as Blackbirders sailing to West Africa to load enslaved Africans for American plantations. Each slave carried a space of 5.5 feet by 16 inches, and about half of those shipped survived the voyage.
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Bristol
Africa
America
Bristol voices and leaders in opposition to slavery
The Quakers were the first united practical force against the slave trade and held influence in Bristol. John Wesley, whose activities centered in Bristol for a long period, vigorously opposed the entire system of slavery.
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Bristol
John Wesley
Bristol Port Revitalized With 45 Million Dock Upgrades
The Bristol port, once hurt by the abolition of the slave trade and tariff cuts on foreign sugar, has become one of the world’s most modern. A sea extension through dock improvements costing 45 million dollars broadened its reach. British grain imports through Bristol total ten percent, and the port handles the country’s chief banana trade. Tobacco duties at this port alone amount to 150 million dollars.
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Bristol
Bristol’s historic firsts and shared motto noted
An article praises Bristol for pioneering steps including the first Methodist Church in England, the first workhouse, the first savings bank, the first free library, and the first regular mail coach service. It also notes Bristol’s aero plane manufacture and compares Bristol’s motto Vir virtute et industria with that of the local city.
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Bristol
England
R. I
Industria
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