Town Budget Sets 1948 Record at 477327
The 1948 town budget hits a record 477327 with transfers to raise town employees salaries including most departments except school staff. Tax assessors and library gains boost payrolls while debates over fire vault funding and a 2 way radio system mark council actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Committee
B. W. Wall
McCaughey
Lucien Capone
McGovern
Budget Commission
Board of Tax Assessors
Hoover
Sewel
Capone
J Floyd Huestis
John W Church
1948 Appropriations Total Fifty Thousand To Date
A near capacity crowd attended the Andrews Gym for the second annual Gold Medal Basketball Tourney opening round. The night featured tax funded appropriations and multiple fund allocations including sewer and highway notes, police and fire department salaries, and library and welfare expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Riverside Barons Anc
Errakeles Recerecs Saar
Standard Pharmacy
Warren Reserve
Christophers
Bleven Avenue
Arrington Towne
Sists
Bristol Vikings Mosquito Control
Fire Maintenance
Providence Alpers
Ed Travers Selected for Eastern States Teachers Conference
Ed Travers son of Mr and Mrs Jules Travers of 11 Third Street studies at the College of Education and will attend the Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers Conference in New York March 17 to 21 at the Hotel Commodore. He is the Rhode Island freshman representative and will join sessions at Lake Success the United Nations home. He leaves tomorrow afternoon and is due back in Bristol early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed ‘Travers
Jules Travers
Third Street
College of Education
Eastern States Association of
New York
Commodore
Lake Success
United Nations
Bristol
Town Dump Contention Sparks June Special Meeting
Dr Frederick V Martin led an unsuccessful push for a June special town meeting to consider a new town dump site. The Minturn Farm location was criticized as unsuitable while 32 residents claimed they had no notice of earlier proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick V Martin
Hoover
Martin
Minturn
Zoning Board
J deRocha
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle And Drum Corps Anniversary Banquet
More than 100 members and guests attended Bristol County's Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps anniversary banquet at Kearney Post Home on Franklin Street. The 35th anniversary celebration featured a turkey dinner a speaking program old timer reunion and a motion picture show with Canon Davis as principal speaker and Commissioner Fish praised for his drum corps work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Boy Scout
Bristol County
Kearney
Franklin Street
Anthony J Nunes
Dahiel K. Davis
St Michael’s Church
George Fish
Frank Peabody
Newport
Harrold T Slothower
East Greenwich
William F Head
R. I Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps Association
Walter C. Walander
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Frank Fojo
Drum Corps
Louis Almeida
Harold T. Sylvester
Leroy L Newbold
Mr Walander
Gene Massa
David Costa
Virgil Arruda
Canon Davis
Pennsylvania
Itemized Bill for Church Renovation Paintings
A painter who renovated biblical scenes for a church was asked to provide a fully itemized bill. He complied, and the church rejected payment until the account met their demands. The document then reveals the exact line items and charges.
Embellishing Biblical Figures Drives Decorative Costs
A humorous list itemizes prices for whimsical repairs to biblical figures and symbols. It includes fixing Pontius Pilate, St. Peter, the Guardian Angel, the sun and moon, and other sacred images with odd jobs and embellishments, totaling 56.69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontius Pilate
St. Peter
Herod
Tobias
Isaiah
David
Goliath
Saul
Noah’s Arkland
Shem
Hell
Rate Card For Private Advertising By Utah Publisher
A note recalls a rate card created by Phil Goldwater, publisher of the Bingham Press Bulletin in Utah, detailing pricing for special and private advertising as it appeared in his paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Phil Goldwater
Bingham Press Bulletin
Goldwater
Crestan
Publisher Proposes Brutal Rate Card For Favors
An Utah publisher rails against flattering write ups for popular friends and unveils a fixed price list for favorable notices. He vows not to deviate from the set rates and plans to donate a portion of earnings to a proposed asylum for the feeble minded editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Notable quotes blur lines of virtue and vice in town
Readers confront how terms like hero citizen or mourning figure are misused to flatter or attack. The dialogue critiques hype around reputations and money with sharp examples including a tax rate card, liquor repeal talk, and a merchant charged with publicity absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evi
Jas
Satan
John Barleycorn
White Mule Club
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Dales
Hezekiah Cardwell
Tupelo Road
Charles Dew Brownell
Anthony J. Ferrara
Murphy
Wesley A. Armstrong
Charles B Rockwell
North Burial Ground Commission
Ralph M DeLeo
Bhven Avenue
Armstrong
BROWN
George H. McClure
Ardent Sewage
Ocal
Begar
Saeren
B & Nan
Emerett
Reuriig
Riverside Five
Special Police
Natnil
Avuvain Police Pension Fund
Fire Department
Highway Department
Operratings
Sewer Department
Chlorine Power & Light
Res
Department of Public Welfare
Rogers Free Library
Bristol District Nursing Association
Colt Memorial Lance
Amba
Tros
Alandslide
Tiverton
Baron
Ed Amelundi
Big
Harvey Johnson
Pvs
Persue Ormaro
Vic
Tory
Warren
ANIM
Osawa FH
Weyue
Bate Breal
Yrackle Allen Lea
Sid Goldstien
Bob Smith
Auintet
Meanwnne
vacKkie Ren
Nis Ilrish
hAlaun
Nanan
Nick Carn
Oes
Iglia
Big Bob
Smith
Dan Reed
Tessin Lindl
Ana
Snoopying
weDaneen
Difense
Jackie Allen
Jackie
Old East Burial Ground
Rhode Island
Hobe
Resolutions Board of Recreation
Ismootine
Gen‘'S
Newporters
Warrenites
Redmen
Racing and Beverage
Catherine Street
Highlands Roads
State Street
Oliver Street
Beach Proposition
Metacom
Wheeler Ave
Fox Hill
Bay View
Ed Travers
Tyrone Power In
Castile
Cesar Romero
Lee J. Cobb
Jean Peters
George Raft
June Havoc
Helena Carter
Tom Tully
Roy Rogers and “Trigger
Leo Gorcey and
The
Bowery Boys
Bowery
With Huntz Hall
Bristol Vets Drum Corp
Chi Omega
Rhode Island State College
Janice L. Hayden
Delbert J Hayden
Cynthia McCaw
Arthur M. McCaw
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle
Commissioner Fish
Edward Silvia
Harry Sousa
Edward Allessandro
Frank Sousa
Ennis Bisbano
Norman Rene
Walter Machado
Donald Rene
George and
Raymond .Goulette
R. I. Association
Fish
Peabody
Slothower
Cogieshall
S. George Salmonese
Gerald Bernstein
Evelyn Lemaire
Joseph Arouca
Trinity Church
Glen R. Shaffer
St. Stephen’s, Fall River, Mass
Sloth
ST. Michael's
Couples Club
Cecil B. DeMille
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