Town meeting tests controls act with paper ballots
Editorial praises the town meeting for using the paper ballot on key issues, notes the controls act requires clear warrants and majority rule, and applauds Moderator Berretto for orderly proceedings while urging fuller information on costs and salaries. The two-night session saw rising attendance and faster voting after procedural tweaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony R. Berretto
Anthony J. Dennis, Jr
Midway
Gooding Avenue
Bids Sought For Road Materials In Bristol Town
Sealed proposals addressed to the Town Clerk of Bristol Rhode Island are due by 4 PM on Thursday May 15 1938 for asphalt road oils tar and gravel sand and pea gravel by quantities. Bids must include delivery prices and truck prices as ordered, with 100 dollar certified checks and a performance bond as required. The Town Council reserves the right to accept any bid or part and to adjust quantities for a twelve month period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Quantty
Surveyor of
Sta of
Rhode Island
Department of Public Works
Division of
Julie
Ecto
Obituary for Mrs L Maude Haffenreffer prominent Rhode Island figure
Mrs L Maude Haffenreffer widow of Rudolf F Haffenreffer of Governor Bradford Farm died yesterday at Jane Brown Memorial Hospital Providence after a long illness. In her 80s she served on Union Hospital Fall River board and was a charter life member of the Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs Inc. She belonged to Bristol Garden Club and Fall River Women’s Club and worshiped at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Providence. Born in Boston January 24 1879 she was a daughter of Harry and Etta Munro. She and her two sons donated 350 acres to Brown University in 1955 later expanding to about 500 acres near Mount Hope Nike site, including the Haffenreffer Museum of the American Indian. Survived by sons Rudolf F III and Carl W of Naragansett Brewing, six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Private family funeral will be held tomorrow with burial at Swan Point Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffenreffer
Union Hospital
Fall River
Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc
Bristol Garden Club
Brown University
Mount Hope
Nike
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Narragansett Brewing Company
New Veterans Post Forms for Portuguese Ex soldiers
Aimed at veterans of Portuguese extraction in town, a new post will organize May 8 at Independent Hall at pm. Temporary officers named are Ernest Prenda acting commander Edward Sardinha acting adjutant and William Perry acting treasurer. The post name will be drawn from Portuguese line veterans lost in recent wars to ensure fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Hall
Ernest Prenda
Edward Sardinha
William Perry
Prenda
May day of misadventures from Rev Driftmier
In a Kitchen-Klatter letter, Rev Frederick F. Driftmier recalls a chaotic day starting with a sick child and a cold house, through Boston traffic and a speech, to a string of mishaps from a flat tire to a skunk intrusion, ending with reflections on loneliness and a new Weimaraner dog named Prince Frits Grata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick F
Ted) Driftmier
Bristol
Kitchen-Klatter
Mary Leanna
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Arlington
David
Skunk
Driftmier
Prince Frits Grata
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Editorial
Controls
Berretto
Burke
Rossi
Townland Zoning
Fales Road
Sowams Drive
Hillside Road
Munroe Avenue
Harbor Commission
Bbider
Anthony J Dennis, Jr
Jamiel
State St
Flower Committee
First Congregational Church
DeWolf
Bristol Women’s Club
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Coach Rao
Columbus Club
Turing
Luciyan Ginka
Colume
Main St. Warren
Cs Club
Bristol Phoenix
R. S. ‘Bosworth
McDonalde
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