Quiet Campaign Ends With Loud Charges In Bristol
Bristol voters over 7,000 elig ible head to polls Tuesday as Democratic strength faces a mix of upsets in the state senate race between Gladys Brightman and Anthony DaPonte and contests in the first and second districts. The race also tests the Portuguese American vote and a rising younger electorate that could shift Bristol politics for years.
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Bristol
Christopher DelSesto
Democratic Town Committee
Gladys M. Brightman
Anthony DaPonte
Brghtman—DaPonte
Antonio Cabral
Samuel Pasqua
Henry Alfred
Ralph T Church
George Lima
Church
Brightman
Ike” Eisenhower
Iris of 1914 revisited via 1906 07 Bristol High pages
The Iris yearbooks from 1906 and 1907, courtesy of Bill Sisson, reveal early Bristol High School history. Editor B W Wall notes the 1885 publication, the editor’s letter from Rev Louis B Sanford, financing woes, and a Bristol-bound journey for ads. Personal memories of May Maude Morton and John C Davis enrich the account, with a teaser that the girls’ section continues on page 8.
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Bill Sisson
B W Wall
Bristol High School
Louis B Sanford
Berkeley
Calif
A. B. Manchester
Providence
Richard Borden
Bristol
Bert Wall
Carrie A Thomas
Reba G Goddard
Catherine W Levere
A Griswold Herreshoff
Irving McCaughey
Marie FE Lavander
May Hackett
Harold C Peckham
William A Sisson
John C Davis
Lillian F Munro
Grace C Paull
Jeremiah F Ganey
Alice S Carroll
May Maude Morton
John C. Davis
Bertha Balfour
John C
Voters urged to back Gladys for Senate in Bristol meeting
Democratic rally at the Court House praised Rep Brightman and criticized Sen Da Ponte for wage control and other bills. Speakers highlighted Brightman’s leadership and urged voters to elect two more strong Democrats while noting GOP candidates and party tensions.
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DaPonte
Michael Tamburro
CIO Fie’d
Senate
Board of Review
Department of Employment Security
Guv Roberts
Elizabeth Nord
Pawtucket
Tamburro
Brightman
John Romano
Bristol council race heats up over vote record
Democratic speaker Bruno attacks Republican councilman Millemaggi for abstaining on key votes in Bristol. He cites Hope Street widening and Bay side Shores Fales plat issues, criticizes handling of the Davis Wilson estate, and questions water and road guarantees while urging accountability.
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Paul C. Millemaggi
First
Oorer I Oeeah Bees
Bristol
Bruno
Millemaggi
Davis-Wilson
Bayside Shores
Fales
Mullemaggi
Hope
Democratic Council
Davis Wilson
Bond issues urged for RICE and URI by trustee
Dr James P Adams, chair of the State colleges trustees, urged Rhode Island voters to approve bond issues for Rhode Island College of Education and the University of Rhode Island. He said both campuses are crowded and aging facilities require modern upgrades. The Phoenix will publish a Wednesday edition to cover Tuesday’s election.
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Rhode Island College of Education
James P Adams
Rotary Club
Adams
Board of Trustees of
State Colleges
University of Rhode Island
Sis Tatherin
Rhode Island election clash taxes and democracy clash
Republican meeting at the Harriet Bradford Inn attracted about 50 town committee and Women’s Republican Club members. Raymond J Walter urged voters to know before Tuesday if the Democratic candidate for first councilman would resign to become town engineer. State Senator Antonio DaPonte attacked Gov. Roberts, arguing a pension bill for judges transformed democracy into monarchy, citing four rejections of tenures and pensions and a Providence Journal article about legislative pressure.
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Suez Canal
Brightman
Kiernan
Henry Alfred
Christopher del Sesto
Len McWeeney
Alfred
Curran
Bristol
Rosalind Pontes
Women's Democratic Club
Marjorie Dennis
Willam P Sousa
Anthony Rego
Rhode Island
Dennis J. Roberts
Harriet Bradford Inn
Town Committee
Women’s Republican Club
Raymond J Walter
Republican Town Committee
Roberts
Antonio DaPonte
Sinies Walker
GOW
Walker
DaPonte
Change in Local Election Date May Hurt Democratic Authors
Town voters will elect town officers on November for the first time, moving from March. The shift, driven by Anthony J Nunes, aims to save election costs but raises political questions as campaigns surge. Democrats face a tougher race with broader targets and broader campaigning across multiple offices.
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Anthony J Nunes
Democratic Committee
GOP
General Assembly
Bristol
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Counilman
Harry Carvin
George C. Lima
Millemaggi and
5. Ibe
Gladys
Dennis J Roberts
Rep. S M. Brightman
Court House
Womens Democratic Club
Joe
Briehtman
James I. Kiernan
Feader Joh W McWeeney
Raymond HH Houwkesley
John I Rego
Agriculture and Conservation
Histy F Curvin
Sousa
the Phoenix
Anthony
Joseph A. Murgo
Stete
Ted
Troy
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