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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1955
Page
5
The briagy committee of the Bristol Senior High School Alumni Association will meet tonight at the YMCA at 8 p.m.
Volunteer workers report 140,964 in new subscriptions toward a 870,052 total as the fund aims to surpass 1,000,000. Donald C. Green Jr. chairs the effort with plans to build a new wing and modernize facilities after the final fund committee meeting on May 4. The county division reports 5,358 in donations this week.
The Town Council granted permission to erect a curb on Adelaide Avenue for Anthony J. Bruno and others, directed inquiries into a curb on Mulberry Road for Samuel Campanella, and referred a Mulberry Road street light request to the street lights commissioner. It also approved street openings for Narragansett Electric Co seven, Bristol County Water Co fifteen, and N E Tel and Tel Co one, plus four pole installations by the electric company.
The hospital, enlarged after 28 years since opening, has seen admissions rise from 1,198 in 1927 to nearly 9,000 last year. New construction and remodeling aim to add obstetrical and surgical space and expand laboratory X ray and central sterile supply.
The auditors examined the town's finances including tax sale property outstanding checks school land rents and the North Burial Ground. They warned that lack of systematic perpetual care funds caused revenue losses and noted a six month loss when a Series G U S government bond matured without reinvestment. They also urged inventory control at the town shed for motor fuel.
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