Bristol Faces $3000 Loss in State Aid for Schools
Bristol faces a potential $3000 decline in education funds after the State Legislature failed to provide full funding. Superintendent Elmer S. Mapes warned the town could absorb $1500 in state equalization aid and $1500 in attendance-based revenue, worsening a curtailed budget for 1939-40. The school board rejected eliminating night schools despite cost cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Bristol
Elmer S. Mapes
Oecisco
State Department
Mapes
Tighe
Charles B Rockwell
Mary B Condon
Guiteras School Names Safety Squad for Traffic Duty
Principal James E Sullivan named 16 boys and six girls to the Guiteras Memorial junior high school safety squad. Vincent Leahy directs traffic and safety, with squad members listed by name including Carmela Fanaro Hilda Felicia Mary Ferreira Sylvia Pans Antonetta Ruggieri Gemma Topazio and Carlo Borgia Edmund Cardoza James Gomes Carmine Iasiello Thomas Marino Earl Maxmean Henry Pacheco Albert Oliver Frank Proto Michael Ruggieri Maurice Russo Raymond Sai Arthur Tucker Domenic Turillo Joseph Victoria and Andrew Vollaro.
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Guiteras Memorial
James E. Sullivan
Vincent Leahy
Carmela Fanaro
Hilda Felicia
Mary Ferreira
Sylvia Pans
Antonetta Ruggieri
Gemma Topazio
Carlo Borgia
Edmund Cardoza
James Gomes
Carmine I[asiello
Thomas Marino
Earl Maxmean
Henry Pacheco
Albert Oliver
Council Grants License Transfer and Beverage Petition
The board approved transferring a Class B victualer license from Joseph F. Campo at 538 542 Thames Street to Frank Campo at the same address. The petition by James H McGovern for a Class C beverage license at 162 Bradford Street was ordered advertised.
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Board of License Commissioners
Joseph F. Campo
Thames Street
Frank Campo
James H McGovern
Bradford Street
Bristol Planning Board Hearing Set By Town Council
The Bristol Town Council voted at a special session to hold an open meeting in the council chambers likely on Tuesday evening September 26. President J. Floyd Huestis said speakers Earl F. Prout and Elmer S Horton of Barrington would discuss planning board work and help townspeople understand the role before final appointments are made. Action to name the board has been deferred since March when taxpayers voted for council control.
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Bristol
J. Floyd Huestis
Earl F. Prout
Elmer S Horton
Barrington
Prout
Horton
Barrington Planning Board
Parish Dance Aims To Boost St Marys Church Funds
Parishioners of St. Marys Church plan a fundraising dance at the Bristol Casino tonight. More than 300 attendees are expected with entertainment by the Casino orchestra. General arrangements on the committee include Mrs Louise Capone Mrs Loretta Connell Misses Margaret Nerone Ethel Lonergan Katherine Brodenck and George Marz Thomas Conroy Ambrose Flaherty Edward Le Clerc Daniel Ahearn Edward Simmons Samuel Cashman and George T Ingram.
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St. Mary’s Church
Bristol Casino
Casino
Louise Capone
Loretta Connell
Margaret Nerone
Ethel Lonergan
Katherine Brodenck
George Marz
Thomas Conroy
Ambrose Flaherty
Edward LeClerc
Daniel Ahearn
Edward Simmons
Samuel Cashman
George T Ingram
Freight service to pause no more on Providence Bristol line
After a hurricane washed away two trestles over the Barrington and Warren rivers work crews completed new bridges and prepared rails for a Monday resumption of freight on the Providence Bristol line of the New Haven railroad. The plan limits service to a single night run on one line with crossing tenders and a red lantern to guide freights. Local officials, led by Bristol solicitor Joseph A Hammill, pushed for freight revival to protect manufacturers despite passenger service remaining halted.
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Earsnof
Stasayvar
True Iice
Bristol Manufactters
Providence-Bristol
New Haven
Barrington
Warren
Railroad
State Utilities Commission
Hammill
Joseph A Hammill
Bristol
Utilities Board
Prescott B. Paull
Bristol County
Representa
Veee Nexus
Font Mase WE and Se
Utiliies Board
Providence
Henry W Hopkins
Hopkins
North Warren
Bristol Warren Start Series Sunday War on the diamond at Guiteras Athletic Field
Bristol faces Warren in a three game set at Guiteras Athletic Field after rain postponed the opener. Doran anchors Bristol with Ambrosio and Benevides on the mound while Correa counts on McKale and Fish for Warren. Catchers Burdge and Biancuzzo pace lineups with Huston and Urban patrolling infield and outfield. First pitch at 3:30 PM with Brennan, Joseph, and Hueberger as umpires.
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Bristol Boys
Warren
Guneras
Bill Doran
Bristol
Warrenites
Henry Correia
Doran
Tommy McKale
Alex Fish
Lester Burdge
Providence College
Rhode Island State College
Andy D'Ambrosio
Artie Pansa
Jimmie Salzano
Angelo Massa
Frankie Sousa
Warren L. Huston
Buddy Congdon
Joe Aguiar
Joe Securo
Eddie Almon
Bobby Cragan
Benny Ryan
Paul Sevigney
W. Correia
Armistice Day Plans Lead Meeting Tonight
Initial plans for the town observance of Armistice Day on November 11 will be laid at a meeting of the arrangements committee tonight at 7 30 in the office of Chairman A A Edmonds in the Paull Building on Hope Street. Members include Past Commanders Charles E Burns George R Fish Samuel J Smith Domenic Mascoh and Legionnaire James W Salisbury.
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A Edmonds
Paull
Hope Street
Charles. E. Burns
George R. Fish
Samuel J. Smith
Domenic Mascoh
James W. Salisbury
Country Lawyer reflections and family life in wartime memory
The excerpt recalls Bellamy Partridge's Country Law yer describing a country lawyer father reading by lamp and a peaceful family scene before typewriters, amid war news. It notes a child’s feeling of growing up and the habit of staying up to ten, with a vivid image of pages being shared for copying.
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Bellamy Partridge
Early Typewriter Patents Slow to Prove Practical
The eighties saw limited use before widespread typewriter adoption though patents date to the sixties. Inventors struggled to make the machine work as regal papers continued to be handwritten.
Copying Legal Papers A Family Law Practice Duty
A historical anecdote recalls eight children of a lawyer who helped copy legal papers after supper. The tasks required speed and accuracy for long real estate complaints, with many pages and multiple defendants, making copying a valued family contribution.
Advice on exams and fishing barometer tips in 1939 style
A columnist shares advice from Prof. Billy Phelps on turning exams into purposeful tests and reports on a Taylor Instruments fishing barometer for 1939 style angling. It notes how air pressure affects fish bites and lists pronunciation tips for Polish city names amid wartime radio news chatter.
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Billy” Phelps
Taylor Instrument Companies
New York City
Taylor
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