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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1940
Page
2
Town meeting again rejects a Fourth of July appropriation proposed by the Celebration Committee with Budget Committee guidance. The article urges restoring carnival concessions on the Common to fund the event while supporting beautification plans limited to Wood Street borders.
The Bristol school committee postponed a decision on further salary reductions for teachers and janitors. Superintendent Elmer S Mapes argued for exploring other savings while noting existing cuts. The board also approved noon hour supervision changes and weather related no school signals, with plans for Portsmouth tuition students and a Colt Memorial high school play area.
Bristol County Club of R I State College Alumni Association will meet March 26 at the home of Dr and Mrs Frederick Stephens Rumstick Point. Donations to Bristol Children's Home acknowledged. William Pinch Jr awarded scholastic honors at Moses Brown School. Birth announced at Lying-In Hospital. Bristol Garden Club to host horticultural meeting April 3. Edward Easterbrooks resting after major operation. Mrs Thomas E Johnson seriously ill treated with blood transfusion from Manuel Vargas Jr.
Bristol RoI invites sealed proposals at the Town Clerk's Office for one half ton pickup truck with bids due by 4 pm on Tuesday in April 1940. Richard Conners surveys highways asks bidders to request details. envelopes marked Bid Highway Department Truck and sent to town undersigned. Local dealer bids only. council may reject all bids or accept the most advantageous bid.
John W Hughes of the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association presented at Bristol town meeting a report on the Dreadnaught Ladder Truck. Repairs are costly with estimates totaling at least 1736 dollars including transmission steering motor starter and ladders.
Canon Anthony R. Parshley said there will be no church school service on Easter Sunday at St. Michael's Parish The afternoon session for children will begin at 3 o'clock Mite boxes for Lent will be presented The bus will run its regular afternoon route
For sale at reasonable prices broilers and milk fed chickens. Also cotton feed bags at 5 cents each. Silva's Poultry Farm Mt Hope Ave. Tel 654 W.
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