Aid Director Plan to Repossess Poor Farm Tabled By Council
The Town Council tabled Public Aid Director John G DesLauriers plan to repossess the Colt Drive Town Farm to house about 30 to 35 indigent residents as a group. Critics cited high costs of individual care and questioned job allocations amid a push for economical, supervised care and a potential labor-based renovation.
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John G.deslauriers
Asylum Road
John Romano
Joseph J. Dennis
Wm H. Angevine
DPA
Colt Drive
State Aid Rules Limit Unemployment Funds for Old or Sick Relief
Public Aid Director DesLauriers cites an Assistant Attorney General opinion restricting Emergency Unemployment Relief Act funds to genuine unemployment needs. Town relief for illness or age must be funded locally, with separate accounting, or risk misdemeanor charges. The council tabled a plan to reopen the Poor Farm for mixed relief care.
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William W Moss
John G. DesLauriers
Wm. W Moss
Moss
Public Card
Des
Des Lauriers
Colt Wilson and Poor Fund
Deslauriers
Win Ho Angevine
Romano
Dennis
Public Aid
Rhode Island
Work Relief Board
Nctusiag
Plans For Bristol Fourth Of July Celebration Progress
Bristol Fourth of July observance moves forward after the Wednesday celebration committee meeting. Acceptances came from four troops including Box Scouts and Drum Corps, Bristol Chapter DAR, and Postmaster Wm Conners. About 40 former Ratters 243rd CA members under Henry Walsh and J Everett Clark plan to march in white outfits. Former Congressman Burdick will attend some events. Centerdale Fire Department joins wet and dry hose contest. A $5 donation was received from the Gremial Daughters of Portugal Society.
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Bristol
DAR
Conners
Ratters
243Rd CA
Henry Walsh
Locat J. Fverett Clark
Clark Burdick
Centerdale Fire Department
Gremial Daughters of Portugal Society
Gov Green Addresses Colt Memorial High Graduates
Governor Theodore Francis Green spoke at Colt Memorial High School’s graduation in Guiteras auditorium urging that success comes from endeavor not wealth or fame. He praised helping others, education beyond facts, and facing life with courage and industry as 62 pupils received diplomas in a packed ceremony.
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Gov. Green
Colt Memorial High School
Theodore Francis Green
Guiteras Auditorium
Green
George Locke Howe
Emil F. Klein
Mary Mason
Spain
Jose Cardosa Victoria
Herbert N Gray
Edward Sousa
Alice Frances Brightman
Raymond S Brightman
Usher Place
Walsh
John
Joseph Walsh
Colt
Stu
Barbara Kolliger
Anthony Agatiello
Mary Andrade
Bruce Matheson
Jose C. Victoria
Frank Duarte
Francis A. Gallagher
Barbara Kollmyer
Enrico H. Caruso
Emil Klein
Alice Brightman
Benjamin Hazen
Barbara Kollmeyer
John L. Burke
Ian M. Walker
Carl Carlson
Miriam McCaughey
Annie D. Sisson
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Tony Nappi
Napprs
Public Aid Department
Angevine
Richard J Kavanaugh
Hope Street
Washington Street
Bay View Avenue
Wood Street
William H. Bell, Inc
Westinghouse Electric
Pastime Theatre
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Wynne Gibson
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Helen” MacKellar
Eric Linden
Esther Ralston
Alexander Kirkland
Howe
Alice F. Brightman
Bosworth
Warren, R. I. Be Roose Ee Irc
Allen
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