Francois L deWolf Attacks Taxpayer Attitudes at Town Meeting
Budget committee leader Francois L. deWolf condemns the annual financial town meeting for overspending by more than 50 000 over last year amid 70 000 uncollected taxes. He accuses attendees of favoritism and insufficient attendance and calls for open discussion to address rising votes and weak town governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois L. deWolf
Bristol Phoenix
deWolf
Financial Town Meeting
Federal Employment Office Opens in Bristol Monday
The Federal Employment Bureau will open an office in the Martelly block at State street to re register and register all unemployed persons in Bristol. Warren officials will run the office from 9 am to 5 pm for three or four days to complete the unemployment record.
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Bristol
Martelly Block
State Street
Federal Employment Bureau
Warren Offic
Bureau
Parshley Urges Council to Retain DesLauriers in Public Aid
Canon Parshley urged the town council to keep John DesLauriers as Director of Public Aid, praising his independence from political influence and noting he rarely errs. The council delayed action, kept DesLauriers in place, and shifted aid director salary from 25 to 400 dollars annually while clearing office space duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. DesLauriers
Anthony R. Parshley
St. Michael's Church
William H. Angevine
Relief Board
Canon Parshley
Mr DesLauriiers
Elisha Hibbert
Angevine
Hibbert
Hhubbert
DesLauriers
Music Box Revue Tonight at Colt High Auditorium
The Lee School presents The Music Box Revue with a modernistic sunburst stage design. F Reginald Dimond hosts a 3 piece orchestra led by Emma Rounds. Cast includes Betty Wood Natalie Herreshoff Ethel Tucker Louise Nystrom Eartha Brown Marion Munro Frank Dimond Dick De Wolf. Proceeds fund Leg school library.
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Fritzi Dunbar
Lee
Colt Memorial High School
F. Reginald Dimond
Emma Rounds
Betty Wood
Natalie Herreshoff
Ethel Tucker
Louise Nystrom
Eartha Brown
Marion Munro
Frank Dimond
Dick DeWolf
Charlie deWolf
Jean Millard
Dorothy Lawson
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, Jr
Ann Nystrom
John Dimond
Eleanor Munro
Teddy Flint
Dorinda Dixon
Ramsey Petrie
Eautha
Margaret Brown
Leg
Fred L. Dunbar
N. G. Herreshoff, Jr
Francois L. deWolf
J. H. Tucker, Jr
R. F Munro
Philip DeWolf
C. G. Nystrom
George L. Millard
Henry Wood
Ernest G. Brown
Fredericka Dunbar
Alexander Petrie
A. H. Flint, Jr
Duffy Reinstated as Medical Inspector by Bristol Committee
Bristol School Committee votes to reinstate Dr. William F. Duffy to the medical inspector post, reversing a prior ouster of Dr. William L. Serbst. The decision came after a tied vote and a decisive break by Chairman Charles B. Rockwell, with Hammill proposing Serbst and the majority restoring Duffy to the long held post.
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Mary A. Condon
Manuel J. Barros
Serbst
Elmer S. Mapes
Mapes
Duffy
George L. Howe
Munro
Rockwell
Hammill
Condon
Messrs
Howe and Munro
Fr Barros
Kelly
W. F. Duffy
William L. Serbst
Charles B. Rockwell
Bristol School Committee
William F. Duffy
Wilfred M. Hammill
Four new industries add residents and payroll to town
A Phoenix survey shows 52 permanent residents moved in due to four new industries Bristol Lace Works New England Shoe Mfg Co Bristol Manufacturing Co Carr Manufacturing Co. These workers bring about $35 000 in added annual payroll with 18 new families, mostly locals filled where possible though some technical roles require outside labor.
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The
Phoenix
Carr Manufacturing Company
Bristol Lace Works
New England Shoe Mfg. Co
Bristol Manufacturing Co
Religious Drama Read At Union Service By Miss Heinold
Miss Irma Heinold of Providence will present Pilgrims of the Way by Dorothy Clarke Wilson at the union service of the State Street M E and First Congregational churches Sunday evening in the former parish. Notes praise her diction, dramatic talent, and appeal as a religious reader, inviting the public to attend.
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Irma Heinold
Providence
Phage
New England
Pilgrims of the Way
Dorothy Clarke Wilson
State Street M. E
First Congregational
Phidelah_ Rice
America
Miss Heinold
Israel
Two Minor Town Officers Replaced By Council
The Bristol Town Council replaced Sealer of Weights and Measures Antonio Guida with Cristardo and chose John L. Rego as Milk Inspector, while remaining actions on highway surveyor and Public Aid director were postponed. Dwyer kept Health Officer pay. Benevides gains raise as Garbage Collector. Dwyer and Dwyer voted for Rego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Guida
Joseph McGrath
Democratic Town Committee
Peter Cristardo
John L. Rego
Rhode Island
McGrath
Francesco Langello
Guida
Cristardo
William H. Angevine
John Romano
Joseph J. Dennis
Guido DeCritofaro
Rego
Daniel E. Dwyer
Angevine
Dwyer
Romano
Dennis
Highway Department
Margaret Andrade
Mothers’ Aid
Walter E. Simmons
Thomas E. Johnson
Antonio Benevides
Benevides
G. H. Henderson
State Board of Public Roads
Church
Bristol
Hope Street
Huddy & Moulton
Providence
PWA
Sewer Commission
William T. Dwyer
Washington
Boston
John W. Agnew
First National Bank of Boston
T. O'Donnell
Robert D. Andrews
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Federal Employment Office
Lyric Theatre
Warren
R. IL
Buffington’s
Mt. Hope
Janet Gaynor
Lionel Barrymore
Carolina
Robert Young
Cromweles
Convention City
Joan Blondell
Adolphe Menjou
Dick Powell
Mary Astor
Shadows OF
Bruce Cabot
Mary Brian
Rupert Hughes
Miss Fane
Dorothea Wieck
Alice Brady
Baby Leroy
George O’brien
Irene Bentley
W. F Duffy
Colt High
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