11 Mar 1958
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1958
Page
1
The School Committee and Charter Commission sub committee meet at 7 30 p m in Colt library to discuss the manner of electing committee members. Town Solicitor Fr8nk L Martin notes legal wording only, while acting chairman Benjamin Hazen says further study will follow.
A Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting on Thursday night March 13 at the Midway will discuss monetary issues in detail. Members will vote on budgets for the Miss Bristol contest and for Richard Hitchcock’s campaign. Hitchcock, vice president of the Rhode Island Junior Chamber, seeks the state presidency and belongs to the Bristol chapter. President Dr Maynard Shusman urges attendance.
Tag days will be held Thursday Friday and Saturday to benefit the Rhode Island Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Anthony E. Agatiello and Miss Naomi Sousa named co chairmen by Mrs. Alan Schanel. Fifty students from local schools will sell the tags at the YMCA where Herbert B. Burnham Jr. is teller.
Charter Commission held a lengthy session on finance matters approving sub committee recommendations to merge town treasurer and tax collector roles and create a purchasing agent. Monthly financial reports were urged. a purchase requisition system was debated and sent back for emergency provisions and further study.
Milton H Chase probate at Portsmouth outlines a 60 000 estate split among his widow Sarah A Chase stepson Raphael Greer and Eugene Dexter cousin Kendrick D Pierce his mother Eva Simmons and two Prudence Island youths Donna and Joseph Baines Jr Executors Greer and Raymond A Thomas bond 100 000 with surety Newport Electric Company reportedly eyeing Prudence utility acquisition Beneficiaries may operate or sell the utility Land in Portsmouth and Florida left to mother for life then to widow upon her death
A 14 year old New Bedford youth admitted stealing a taxi from Sunshine Cab Inc. of 260 Sawyer Street and fled Ferry Road after bypassing the Silver Hope Bridge toll. Curtis F. Williams of the bridge crew pursued and captured him when the youth drove into the brush.
Bristol will celebrate Girl Scout Week with two events. This afternoon at 3 30 p m six Brownie troops led by Mrs William Head will present an entertainment at St Marys auditorium starting with a flag ceremony and short skits. Tomorrow at 7 30 p m ten intermediate troops will perform separate skits with Miss Suzanne Brown as announcer. District chairman is Mrs Frederic Cornell and neighborhood chairman is Mrs Joseph DuPont.
Paul F. Fletcher head of the English Department earned a Doctorate in Education with a specialty in English curriculum at a special convocation at Calvin Coolidge College in Boston. The ceremony featured William S. Lynch of Fall River as first reader of Fletcher’s dissertation. Fletcher, AB cum laude from Providence College, has published in The Massachusetts Teacher and The Bulletin Journal of Columbia University and teaches three courses at Rhode Island College of Education.
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