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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1976
Page
2
Resident tuition 10 dollars and non-resident 15 dollars for most courses. Thursday evening offerings include Basic Home Repairs, Bridge II, Conversational French and Italian, Drawing, Speedreading, Fly Tying, Furniture Refinishing, Interior Design, Law for the Layman, Leathercraft, Local Government Processes, Needlepoint, Printmaking, Sculpture, Sewing, Shorthand, Typing, Women in Fiction, Yoga, Volunteers in the library, and more.
The Republican Town Committee unveiled its 1976 platform inviting public discussion at a September 16 meeting at 124 Franklin St. It calls for repeal of the 1 percent sales tax surcharge, no income tax rise, judicial appointment hearings, compulsory auto insurance, tougher bribery penalties, sunshine laws, sunset reviews, and local government reforms. It also supports economic growth, sewer upgrades, fair personnel practices, and expanded services including a state beach, housing office, and Day Care Center study, while seeking federal support.
Frank Marabello, Republican candidate for town administrator, opened the Republican Headquarters at Franklin St with a Bristol Motor Lodge dinner attended by nearly 300 supporters. He outlined plans to address town charter issues and improve public and safety services at lower taxpayer cost while leveraging his four years on the town council to highlight improvements in recreation facilities and street lighting. He pledged programs to attract business and industry, ease aging sewerage problems, utilize railroad property, and relieve taxes for fixed incomes, with department heads delivering better service to residents and businesses.
Anne Kellerman urges Bristol citizens to attend a public hearing at 8 pm on 124 Franklin St to shape the Republican platform. She notes voters want action on jobs schools and sewers and invites all residents to present ideas and influence Bristol’s government for the next two years.
Anne Remington of 39 Acacia Rd named Bristol Area Coordinator for Jerry Slocum the Republican candidate for the U.S. House in the First District. A Bristol Republican Town Committee member for six years she studied in Providence schools and Johnson and Wales College. She led the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and is president of the New England Safe Deposit Association. Currently she works at Old Stone Bank in Bristol.
The Holy Rosary Sodality of St Elizabeth's Church will host a Harvest Bazaar on Saturday October 16 from 10 am to 9 pm in the church social hall. Chairwoman Mary Corrairo and co chair Mary Sylvester lead booths with entertainment for all ages and a prize drawing in the evening offering a deacons bench a Salem grandma rocking chair and a bourbon decanter as top prizes.
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