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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1940

Page

4

Factory Dog and Aikman Girls Club Banquet Guests Named

The Bristol Casino hosts the 12th annual banquet tomorrow night with Factory Dog and Aikman Girls Club as guests. Vice-President and Mrs. Charles B. Rockwell chair the event with a guest list including Mr. and Mrs. Norton M. Zinderstein, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hartley, and other local officials. Hartley, Bristol plant superintendent, will toast and present speakers. Dinner is at 6 30 p m followed by dancing.

Factory Dog Eral Collins Aikman Girls’ Club Bristol Casino Charles B. Rockwell Norton M. Zinderstein Albert Hartley Harry W. Munro Amory S. Skerry John Lister Wallace Gill Harry W. Peterson Edmund Cunningham Melvin B. McGee Grace Edman Hildur Dahlgren Hartley Bristol Marjorie Burgess McCann Mary Santo Albert Ethier Lillian F. Dunbar Margaret Boyce Lillian Pasquarelli Edna Harris

Independent Club and Band to Host Annual Ramboia and Field Day

The Independent Club and Band will hold its annual ramboia and field day at the DeWolf Farm Woodlawn Avenue on Sunday July 14. The club invites all to attend with band concerts Portuguese folk and American dancing and refreshments. Arrangements are led by Joseph Carreiro Christiano Camacho Vasco Castro John Pavao Anthony E Williams and Jeremias Andrade ex officio.

DeWolf Farm Woodlawn Avenue Joseph Carreiro Christiano Camacho Vasco Castro John Pavao Anthony E. Williams Jeremias Andrade

Sewer bill dispute prompts data review by town council

Town council plans to compile all available information on an $11,946.05 sewer bill dating to 1932 after sewer board chairman Donat J. Gladue says the state did not fulfill contract repairs on Hope Street. State claimed 5973 square yards at $2 each while barrows’ figures cite 4583 yards, amid cost variations and a pending legal form for taxpayers.

AEA Sewer Commission Donat J. Gladue Sewer Board Hope Street Gladue Callan Construction Company H. K. Barrows Prof. Barrows James A. Sisson J. Floyd Huestis Sisson Connery Richard Connery Chase National Bank Reginald Dimond Providence Anthony J. Ferrara William H. Angevine James J. Velleca Otis M. Bailey

Twilight League Opens Amid Heavy Fog and Crowded Deck

The Bristo Twilight Baseball League opened with the opening games near dusk as officials urged earlier start times. Players like DelPiano, Duffy, and Jiggs Butler produced solid hits while coach Harvey Gladue and manager Louis Sylvia guided the Ever Ready nine. Park Commissioner John Foxy Marshall faced calls for benches and better field lighting as darkness interrupted play.

John “Foxy” Marshall Harvey Gladue Louis Sylvia Edwin McClure Carr

Notice to Registry Voters in Bristol Town

Town Clerk John W. Church announces that all residents must register in person by June 29 1940. Registration hours run May and June weekdays 9 to noon and 1 to 4, with extended evening hours June 27 28 29.

Registry Voters John W

Hope Drug Company Intoxicating Beverage License Application

Application to keep for sale and sell intoxicating beverages under General Laws 1938 sections 162 to 175 as amended. Hope Drug Company at 420 Hope Street files for license. Town Council in session June 4 1940 at 7 30 PM in Burnside Memorial Building to hear remonstrances against the grant.

Aietol Seasion Burnside Memorial Building Perie

Bristol Assessors Notice of Tax Returns 1940

Electors of Bristol vote to raise between 291000 and 296000 for a town tax tax assessors require all taxpayers to render true accounts of real and personal property. Exemptions apply to veterans widows and war service members. Assessors will receive returns June 17 18 19 1940 with oath requirement. Executors administrators guardians and trustees covered. Returns available at Town Clerk or Board of Tax Assessors.

Bristol Board of Assessors Burnside Memorial Building Rhodd Island Board of Tax Assessors Nanies G. Corgreshall R. L

Probate notes from Bristol Court May 1940

May 11 1940 probate of Saverio Petrucci estate presented for probate with reference set for June 3 1940 at 10 A M in Bristol Probate Court Room notice to be published fourteen days weekly in the Bristol Phoenix Guardian Industrial Trash Company presents sixteenth account for Oskytel H Clarke estate set for June 3 1940 at 10 A M and notice to be published in Bristol Phoenix.

Bristol Saverio Petrucci Bristol Phoenix Lyna John W. Church Probate Court Oskytel H. Clarke Industrial Trash Company Oskytel H. Clarke John W. Church

Bristol probate notices in Catherine Callan and John O Connor estates

Administratrix Mary A Callan of Catherine E Callan estate and Mary O Connor administratrix of John B O Connor estate announce probate actions in Bristol Rhode Island. Creditors must file claims within legally extended times. Final account hearing set for June 3 1940 at 10 00 AM in Bristol Probate Court.

Catherine E. Callan Mary A. Callan Bristol R. I

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