Budget Chief Urges Curb on Allotments at Town Meeting
Frank L. Doran, Budget Committee chair, urged officials to keep town expenditures within the 280 000 budget. He warned against approving budgets only to add during later town meetings and noted the risk of ballooning costs. The meeting approved highway and sewer appropriations after debate and set aside 500 for Kearney Post to host the State Legion Convention in Bristol.
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Budget Committee
Frank L. Doran
Reynolds School
Brook
deWolf
Tor Domenic Mascola
L. H Callan
Walter Kerr
Seley de
Kearney Post
The
American Legion
Bristol
James Heanes
Department
Kerr
Washington
WPA
MIT “Mascofa
Surveyor Homes
Doran
Sewer Department
Donat J Gladue
Rossio
Gladue
Charles E. Burns
Brigson Callan
Gen Callan
State Department
Eneht
Burns
Legion
Relief attack at town meeting targets relief rolls
Frank L. Doran urged a showdown with relief spending at the town meeting, proposing to drop ineligible relief cases and cut back on aid by eliminating households connected to industry, relatives able to support them, or who refused job opportunities, while urging legal measures to require work seekers to prove employment efforts.
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Doran
Domenico
Prospects Bright For Erection Of New Andrews Memorial School
At the town meeting Charles B. Rockwell reported a likely federal grant of about 105000 for a new Andrews Memorial School. The plan includes higher early costs of 2500 yearly for heat and upkeep, with potential later closure of Byfield School and use of the building for town offices and Legion HQ.
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New Andrews Memorial School
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Byfield
Legion Post
Andrews Memorial School
Charles. B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Byfield School
The
Legion
Andrews
Wiens
Washington
Bristol Girl Scout Leaders Association Elects Officers
Mrs Frederick S Bartlett was chosen president of the Bristol Girl Scout Leaders Association at a gathering of leaders from three troops the Mariners Ship and two Brownie troops The group will supervise and plan troop activities A next meeting is set for April 7 with a luncheon featuring Mrs Bartlett and other officers including Vice President Mrs Wesley ArmstrongSecretary Treasurer Mrs Norton McZinderstein and Representatives to the Scout Council Mrs Lucien Capone and Mrs Bartlett
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Frederick S Bartlett
Bristol Girl Scout Leaders Association
Bartlett
Wesley Armstrong
Norton
Mc Zinderstein
Rotary Frolic Sold Out Two Weeks In Advance
Tickets for the annual Rotary Frolic at Bristol Casino are sold out with a waiting list. Charman James V. Duffy notes last minute cancellations may occur for booth reservations and no new applications can be accepted. The Ne cro orchestra, famed as Judge Martin and His Vapa Nonds, will perform with Dot Helm aka Blanche Callaway as a novelty dancer.
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Rotary
Bristol Casino
Bristol Rotary Club
Charman James V. Duffy
Booth
Ick
Necro
Judge Martin
Dot Helm
New England
Blanche Callaway
Lucky Mingo
District Deputy to Visit Reba Rebekah Lodge
District Deputy President Mrs Vera Comstock and her suite will visit Reba Rebekah Lodge 1 O of this town Thursday night at Odd Fellows Hall High Street Bristol unit has prepared social time with St Patrick entertainment The committee includes Mr and Mrs John G Stewart Mr and Mrs Walter Talbot Mrs Helen Hambrick Mrs Amos Gorham Mrs Tuella Boone and Miss Evelyn Bingham
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Vera Comstock
Reba Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
High Street
Bristol
St Patrick
Scouts Postpone Circus Over Wet Grounds
Heavy rainfall forced the First Reistor Troop Bev Scouts of America to cancel the Ting-a-ling Brothers circus at Scout Hall. The show will be rescheduled for next Monday evening amid a change to a regular meeting with games, scoutcraft instruction, and patrol activities. Alfonso Proto Ralph Proto and William Foley joined the troop as tender foot scouts. Ever Ready patrol earned top points.
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Ting-a-ling Brothers
Scout Hall
Reistor
Bev Scouts of America
George RO Fish
Tish
Tender Foot Scouts
Fish Alfonso Proto
Ralph Proto
William Foley
Edward Allessandrou
Joseph Areuca
Charles H Reed
Henry Arouca
Bristol Sewer Commission Names Three to Board
Donald Gladue and James A. Sisson were named to the Bristol sewer commission by voters last week. Peter Gasper, a veteran member, and the new appointees planned an organization meeting last night.
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Donald Gladue
James A. Sisson
The
Sewer Commission
Bristol
Messrs Gladue
Sisson
Peter Gasper
Commission
Not a Commissioner Yet Council Yet to Meet for Certification
The board could take no action since the Town Council has not met to certify their election. Despite not organizing, they prepared data later presented by Mr. Gladue at the financial town meeting.
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Gladue
Violet picking on Half Way Hill in early spring
While walking Sunday afternoon we found blue violets blooming near a stone wall by the water tank on Half Way Hill toward Warren. We picked two or three as souvenirs before another snowfall that night and felt the season still wet and wintry.
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Half Way Hill
Warren
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From Cheat Mountain to Akon Ohio A WV mother and sons endure harsh winters
A 22 year old West Virginia mother with two young sons leaves a mountain home for Akron Ohio. She witnesses a different world with limited food, no church or store, and long isolation as winter brings monthly trips and a railroad job pays about $2.49 a day.
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West Virginia
Akron
Ohio
Mountain mother seeks schooling for sons in Akron
A young mother on Cheat Mountain plans a winter move to Akron Ohio with her two sons to pursue schooling. She contacts her husband's uncle to arrange the trip and escape the mountain’s hardships.
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Cheat Mountain
Akron
Ohio
City Wonders Amaze Visitors Who Had Never Seen A Talkie
A visitor and boys marvel at electric lights tall buildings and flying fan blades. They are intrigued by water from a faucet and the sensation of an ice cream cone for the first time.
Akron Family Embraces City Tour and Wonder
A quiet dignified young Akron mother tours the city with her two children in homemade dress and overalls. They see sights, attend a talkie, ride in a blimp over the Great Lakes Exposition grounds, and the mother quotes feeling like Alice in Wonderland as the lights glow below.
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Akron
Cleveland
Modern marvels thrill boys with daily conveniences
They marveled at electric irons and ice boxes, fur furnaces, and the terrifying yet thrilling elevator. Most exciting was the escalator, a never ending chain stair, as boys rode it repeatedly and drank from a bubbler fountain with lips trembling in excitement.
First Impressions of a Grand Wonderland Experience
The author recalls a trip from a distant region to a remarkable place, describing the awe of seeing new sights for the first time. A mother and two boys share the moment, observing expressions and listening to their reactions as they encounter the wonders before them.
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