Pin Boys at ABC Tournament in Rochester
The American Bowling Congress event in Rochester draws 31,000 bowlers from 40 states and abroad. Details describe pin boys, venues in War Memorial Building, team entries, prizes totaling 403,613 dollars, and the tournament’s scale.
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American Bowling Congress
Rochester
N. Y
Clifford North Merry
Clifford
New War Memorial Building
Leo Lowicki
Schenectady
Bristol
Robert
Richard Muraski
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
A.B.C
Aear
Detroit
District of Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Alaska
Finland
Saudi Arabia
War Memorial
Canaries
Ten Per Cent Increase Asked by Highway Dept.
The highway department requests a total budget including $72,161.61 for operating expenses and $46,448.75 for special purposes such as snow removal, dump operations, equipment purchases, sidewalk rebates, and catchbasin cleaning. A long-range program urges yearly repairs to at least one main street, with several equipment upgrades and building additions to Holmes Memorial Building.
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Highway Dept
Department of Public Works
Reynolds Northup
Holmes Memorial
Mt. Hope Avenue
Hopeworth Avenue
Kingswood Road
Greylock Road
Sowams Drive
Walley Street
Shaws Lane
Annawanscutt Drive
Forty Acre School Lands Sale Revived in Bristol
Town votes to hire legal counsel for selling forty acres of donated school lands after town meeting appropriation. Land parcels include 16 acres west of Metacom avenue, 22 acres between State street and Mount Hope avenue, 2 acres around Wood street, and land along High street. Heirs in Britain and Canada contested earlier sale. proceeds would go to the school department. Most land leased long term at low rates.
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Frank L. Martin
Bristol
Nathaniel Byfield
Martin
Dexter Asylum
Metacom Avenue
Sherman Avenue
State Street
Mount Hope Avenue
School Street
Wood Street
Bradford
Balzano Defends Bus Service Amid Rego Criticism
Balzano says Rego is confused or misinformed about the Hopeworth bus service on March 8. He notes daily trips since February 27 and cites that the subcommittee is advisory, with recommendations presented through the School Committee.
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Thomas Balzano
William A. Rego
Hopeworth
Balzano
Rego
Former Legion Officer Named To Zone Board
Norman J. Vermette who had served four years as zoning board secretary was replaced by Ralph H. Lavers on the town council vote Lavers is a former Economics Director for the American Legion in Washington DC and active in Bristol Democratic town affairs He is a veteran and has held roles in civic industry campaigns and public service in Massachusetts and at a national level.
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Norman J. Vermette
Zoning Board of Review
Ralph H. Lavers
Vermette
Lavers
The
American Legion
Washington, DC
Bristol
Democratic Town Committee
Calvin D. Paige
Massachusetts
Bayside Shores
Kingswood
Westwood Rds
New Roads
Bruno
Question Revaluation Facing Local Tax Assessors
Taxpayers are invited to share views on a proposed realignment of property assessments. A town note directs residents to page 8 for comment periods and official details on the revaluation issue and its potential impact.
Bristol Zoning Board Reluctantly Supports Tupelo Change
Bristol zoning board reluctantly backs submitting a Wardwell Lumber land rezoning near Tupelo Street to the town meeting with conditions. The 7.84 acre site may be sold to Dahl Manufacturing for manufacturing uses only, with a first unit start within a year and board approvals for any use. The joint committee report on Minturn Farm for an industrial park asks for a town-wide survey and more study time.
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Bristol Zoning Board
Wardwell Lumber Company
Tupelo Street
Dahl Manufac
Dehl Company
Dahl Company
Minturn Farm
Wise
Ant
Francis P McGovern Seeks Retirement From Town Post
Francis P. McGovern 83, veteran town official, has requested retirement. He served eight years on the town council, four on the zoning board, and since 1933 on the board of tax assessors, including 24 years as its clerk. The council moved to include his name with three other pension applicants and to draft enabling legislation for the April town meeting.
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Francis P. McGovern
Board of Tax Assessors
Charges Fly at Band Controversy in Scout Hall
Town council heard heated clashes between neighbors and Kingsmen Crumble Corps supporters over night rehearsals at Scout Hall near Hope and Franklin. Attorneys claimed disruption while band leaders proposed new indoor and outdoor schedules. residents pressed for relocation amid concerns over supervision and propriety.
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Kingsmen Crumble Corps
Scout Hall
Raymond A. Thomas
Hope
Franklin Street
Thomas
George R. Fish
Kingsmen
Tesday
Fish
Tortorice
Town Officers Named At Council Meeting
The town council named officials including Town Sergeant William T. Cashin and Town Solicitor Frank L. Martin among many posts. A widening project on State Street was bid at 8600 dollars with bids opened April 9, and the council plans to discuss park trees with the Veterans' Council.
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William T., Cashin
Alfred N. Nunes
Frank L. Martin
Anthony J. Dennis, Jr
Mary A. Cardoza
Albert A. Edmonds
G. Mason Gross
Fred M. Straight
Corder
James A. McKenna
Moses Moore
William Moreno
Anthony S. Buonanno
Neiach Meier Paleyev
Matthew M. Squatrito
Mario Bozzi
Samuel D. Clark
M.D
Robert L. Garvin
Bristol Phoenix
Evening Bulletin
Providence
Veterans’ Council
Joseph C. Kinder
Veterans’ Park
Bayside
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Domenic Perroni
Washington Street
Legion
Democratic Towns Committee
Kearney
Civic Industries Committee
Board
Tupelo
Turing Co
High
Washington Streets
Willi D. Hall
Marian Sullivan
Emily Mason
Giacomo Morasca
Cedent
McGovern
Gover
William Lord
Bernard Tortorice
Itt
Parict
Anthony J. Ferrara Awilla
Pacheco Brothers
Gooding Avenue
Wardwell
Town Council
R. S. Bray
North Burial Ground
Edward E. Bunn
Ralph F. Kinder
Charles M. Connery
Fred Wilbur
Norman E. Benard
Herrmann L. Wilbur
Matthew C. Borgia
Reynolds G. Northup
Joseph P. Quartaro
Joseph E. Goulart
Angelo Almeida
Forrest
Oscar A. Rishe
Water Authority
Jerome M. Donovan
C. Thomas Campagna
Mervyn Clay
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Anthony J. Ferrara
William I. Baker, Jr
Euclid Demars
William T. Cashin
Aso
Frederick W
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