Follies Of 58 Opened Last Night At Guiteras High
The Follies of 58 opened at Guiteras Junior High before about 400 people. Five sultan contestants were introduced with showgirls. Proceeds go to the Bristol County Scholarship fund. votes via pennies on Hope Street.
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Junior Woman's Club
Guiteras Junior High School
Sultan
Vasco Castro, Jr
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hector Massa
Y.M.C.A
St. George
Twenty Year Water Contract Nears Signing
A twenty year contract between Bristol County Water Company and the town of Bristol moves toward signing after a unanimous town council vote. The deal mirrors terms with Barrington and Warren, includes a 3 percent franchise tax to each town, and grants the company exclusive pipe rights with specific installation conditions on Fales, Kingswood, Westwood, Brookwood, and Greylock roads within set timelines. The pact replaces last year’s 50 year agreement.
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Bristol County Water Company
Bristol
Water Company
Barrington
Warren
Fales Rd
Hope St
New Haven Railroad
Kingswood Rd
Westwood Rd
Brookwood Rd
Greylock Rd
Rogers Library Forms Advisory Panel for Board Support
Rogers Free Library announces an advisory council to the board of trustees. Town Treasurer Alfred N Nunes will advise on finance, attorney Joseph D Accardi on legal questions, and Edward J Fitzgerald, superintendent of schools, on library school cooperation. Bosworth praises their willingness to assist and notes future expansion of the advisory group.
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Rogers Free Library
Roswell S. Bosworth
Alfred N Nunes
Joseph D Accard
Edward J Fitzgerald
Nunes
Mr Accardi
Mr. Fitzgerald
Bosworth
Library Board
Accard
Herreshoff
Poppasquash
Bristol Mfg Co Receives Gov't Contract Grant
Bristol Manufacturing Corp was named among firms awarded government contracts in a period from April 15 to May 15. The wage and hour divisions listed 152 New England firms with total awards around 20 million dollars. Bristol received about 216 thousand dollars, Rhode Island firms total nearly 1.5 million.
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Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
New England
Leo A. Gleason
Funds Set For Tonight For Funds Set For Tonight
Rhode Island Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society plans a door to door membership drive tonight in Bristol to raise funds for 300 plus patients in areas outside the United Fund of Providence. Volunteers will canvass every home and return to the YMCA for refreshments after the effort.
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Rhode Island
United Fund of Providence
Council Approves Lone Bid on Center Lease in Hope St
The Town Council narrowly approved a 60 year lease to a local investor group for 10 acres at Hope St and Gooding Ave with First National Stores to sublease. The bid starts at 5000 dollars yearly, with first payment due by week’s end. A second bid from Pasquale Annarumo’s group failed to meet the deadline and was not accepted.
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Council
First National
Hope St
Gooding Ave
First National Stores, Inc
William J
Salvatore Massano
Caesar
Joseph Brito
Raymond A. DeLeo
John R. Watson
Town Hall
Pasquale Annarumo
Warren and
Bristol
Annarummo
Council Town Council
William P. Sousa
Ferris
Gallagher
Anthony Detrillo
Providence
Canna
Goulart
Sousa
Council Approves Road Land Purchase Plan
Town Council authorized the town solicitor to approach landowners north of Bayside Shores for a potential road purchase for a new street. The April meeting had authorized the project. The council also appointed Charles Hodgson of Hopeworth Ave a public weigher with a term ending with other officers.
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Bayside Shores
Charles Hodgson
Hopeworth Ave
Shopping Center Facts From Town Council Lease Proposal
Six local investors secured a long term lease for a shopping center to be built on just over 10 acres with 120000 square feet of retail space and 8 to 900 parking stalls. The lease runs 20 years with five year renewal options to reach a total 60 year term. Rent starts at 5000 per year for ten years, rises to 5500 for five years, then increases by 500 every five years to a maximum of 8560 annually. Estimated town tax revenue is 35000 to 40000 yearly when completed. No concessions. Center line about 10 acres, 420 by 1120 feet.
Local group clashes with First National over shopping center bid
Council stalemate follows bid price dispute as Raymond Pinkham of First National confirms bidders were in contact. Town must secure lease immediately with terms meeting the bank attorney. Local contractors and real estate firms push a multi-tenant center behind Defiance Fire Station toward Gooding Ave.
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First National
Gallagher
Canna
Goulart
Sousa
Ferris
Boston Today
Raymond S. Pinkham
Defiance
Gooding Ave
This Sunday Library Day in Bristol
The residential division of the Rogers Free Library Building Fund Campaign announces Library Day this Sunday. Chairman Hattie Brown says workers will call on every Bristol family to support the community project, stressing the library reflects the town’s quality and aims to place Bristol among the top.
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Rogers Free Library Building Fund
Bristol
Hattie Brown
135 To Take Part In Round-Up
Approximately 135 children entering school for the first time in September will attend the pre school roundup in Reynolds school auditorium. The event runs Monday through Thursday, chaired by Mrs. Joseph J. Velleca, with a large team of volunteers assisting, including Mrs. Hazen Huey Dietz Sanford DuPont and others.
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Reynolds School
Joseph J. Velleca
Velleca
Mesdames
Benjamin Hazen
Robert Huey
Roger Dietz
Leonard Sanford
George DuPont
Robert Gilbert
Stuart Smith
Parker Ludden
William Bowen
Maurice Smith
Joseph DuPont
Ralph DeFelice
Kenneth Bowen
A.A. Pansa
Roger Pigeon
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Jack Sylvester
Tri-Town
Cavaliers
Wally Dunn
Jerome H. Cargill
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
State Street
Wi Ch
Rogers Library
Bristol Mfg. Co
M.S. Canvass
Brito’s
William J. Maisano
Raymond DeLeo
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