Town Council Holds Special Session Adopts Several Measures
Town council met Tuesday with full attendance and processed multiple items. Plans for a mortuary chapel were discussed with brick preferred by most members, vote to table until June 18. sewer funding and main road work debated following a citizen petition. Additional items included vendor licenses, fireworks permits for July 4, and continued consideration of night police captain appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Barbour
North Burial Ground Commission
Barbour
J. S
Ingraham
Robert McKay
Johns
Ingraham, Jr
Edwin F. Lindsey
Lindsey
Financial Town
Messrs
James Tobin
Robert N. Turner
John S. Ingraham
Edward Anthony
John T. Drury
Mr. Drury
Chestnut Street
Alfonzo Vallaro
Bradford Street
Conley Brothers
Eugene LeClair
Louis
Jacob Molasky
Louis Molasky
Simmons
Mt. Hope ,Avenue
Lennard Digati
Building Improvements On Hope Street Renovated Shops Open
The former Easterbrooks property on Hope Street bought by Charles H Manchester has been thoroughly renovated. Ground floor now hosts a confectionery and periodical store run by William M Connery and a tailor shop managed by Samuel Goldes. Second floor leased to Knights of Columbus with a large assembly room and two reading and smoking rooms. Building piped for water and sewer and wired for electricity. plate glass windows added. business district improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
Charles H. Manchester
William M.connery
Samuel Goldes
George Bush
Knights of Columbus
Portraits of Former Bristol School Superintendents
Superintendent John P. Reynolds received yesterday two portraits of former Bristol School leaders Dr. Thomas Shepard who led 1849 to 1855 and George B. Monro who served 1855 to 1859. Donor Rev Hezekiah Monro of Andover Mass was Monro’s nephew. Reynolds aims to assemble portraits of all Bristol High School principals, though some images are missing. Existing portraits include Lafayette Burr 1849–1841, Dr Nathaniel B Cook 1851–1860, and A O Carter. The portraits will hang in Colt Memorial High School upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Reynolds
Thomas Shepard
George B. Monro
Hezekiah Monro
Andover
Mass
Monro
Reynolda
Bristol High School
Lafayette Burr
Nathaniel B. Cook
A. O. Carter
Colt Memorial High School
Drowned man John Bent found near Usher's Cove
Two fishermen discovered the remains of John Bent, a cor old man, floating in the harbor near Usher's Cove yesterday morning about 11. Medical examiner Dr. W. Fred Williams ruled accidental drowning. Bent, about 81 and of Indian extraction, was identified by letters and a name tag. The body was to be buried after services at Wilbur's undertaking rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bent
Usher’s Cove
Harbor
Louis Gladue
Newport
Usher's Cove
Staples Coal Company
W. Fred Williams
George H. Wilbur
Bent
William Perry
Thomas Dwyer
Thames Street
Charlies F. Herreshoff
Pappasquaw
Louise Robbins
Wilbur
John McVar
State Street M. E
North Cemetery
Bristol High School Graduation Exercises in Opera House
Graduation exercises at Bristol High School will be held at the Bristol Opera House next Wednesday at 4 pm to accommodate attendees at Brown University. Principal Thomas W. Bicknell will deliver the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol High School
Bristol Opera House
Brown University
Thomas W. Bicknell
Catherine Virginia Golding Levere
Jeannette Bell Moffitt
Harold Caldwell Peckham
Madeline Reynolds
Mabel Edith Manchester
Algernon Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff
Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff, Jr
Arthur Thomas Newman
Laura Elwyna Fish
Bessie Bowen Tobin
Clarence William Faulkner
Arthur ‘Thomas Newman
Josephine Gertrude Tobin
R. Spofforth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol County
Wardwell Lumber CQ
Bristol, R. I
F. T. Remieres
Bristol
Benjamin Moore& CO
Pure Paints, Colors & Moresco
New York
Chicago
Toronto
Staples Goal Company
Foot OF
State Street
the German Clothing CO
R.I
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
Bessie B. Tobin
Mabel E.manchester
St. Michael’s Church
Grand Army Hall
W. H. Buffington
Industrial Trust GO
Bristol, R
Edward D. Kunz
Anderstrom
Providence Telephone Company
Hope and
Bradford Sts
Bristol County Gas & Electrig Company
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