Council-Manager Plan Gains Ground in U S Municipalities
The Council-Manager form, adopted by over 925 municipalities and counties, shifts power to a small council and a professional city manager. It lowers debt and taxes while improving services, with elections reduced to few offices. The plan, studied 1937–1940, emphasizes accountability, long-range planning, and nonpartisan governance.
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Sumter
South Carolina
Municipal Corporation
Committee On Public Administration
Social Science Research Council
United States
Europe
The
Phoenix
Bristol Bugle and Drum Corps Clinches Eleventh Exposition Crown
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps, the Corps of Champs, won the junior drum and bugle corps contest at the Ten Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Massachusetts. Raymond Sartini captured his fourth straight snare drumming title and Frank Perry claimed his second consecutive bugling championship.
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Bristol Boy Scout
Champs
Springfield
Mass
Bristol Corps
Raymond Sartini
Frank Perry
Iranian Scholar Affirms Iran Will Not Become Communist
Prof Nasarollah S Fatemi visiting Princeton says Iran will stay independent and not go Communist despite oil dispute with Britain. He cites Iran’s individualism Islam and anti-Russian sentiment as reasons and urges creation of an international oil company under U S guidance to resolve the crisis.
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Britain
Bristol
World Affairs Council
YMCA
Howe Memorial
Nasarollah S Fatemi
Iran
Princeton University
Fatemi
U. S. State Department
Russia
Persia
United States
Holland
West Germay
Hussein Fatemi
Shila
Columbia University
New York
Bristol Historical Society Marks Fifteenth Anniversary Celebration
The Bristol Historical Society observed its 15th anniversary at St. Michael's Parish House citing the need for a permanent repository for Bristol relics. Honorary member Mark Anthony DeWolfe Howe received a certificate, and he donated original manuscripts of two poems about local figures. A program included talks on John Brown's capture, readings by Roswell Bosworth, and solos by Vernon Gray with refreshments provided by a planning committee.
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Bristol Historical Society
St. Michael’s Parish
John Brown
Bristol
Mark Anthony DeWolfe Howe
Frank L. Martin
Mr Howe
Rhode Island Historical Society
Lewis Herreshoff
Alicia Middleton
the Phoenix
Roswell S. Bosworth
Hope Moote
Alice B. Almy
William G. Boelker
R. I. Historical Society
Newport
Thei
Boston
Moses Brown
Boelker
Daniel K. Davis
Charles H. Liscomb
Edward L. Leahy
Herbert B. Burnham, Jr
Vernon A. Gray
Earl G. Sturdevant
Little Compton
Portsmouth
Helen Horton
Earl P. Mathewson
Agnes M. Herreshoff
J. Howard Paull
Horton
Miriam McCaughey
Everett E. McMillan
M. Stuart Barr
John D. Moore
John W. DeWolf, Jr
Bristol Meeting Draws Large Turnout at Howe Library
Francois L. deWolf head of the Bristol chapter presided and expressed pleasure with the turnout as the Howe Library was completely filled.
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Francois L. deWolf
Bristol
deWolf
Howe
Dixon Company Petition Granted by Zoning Board
The Bristol Evening High School opens October 1 with classes on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm. Miss Anne D Sisson says each class meets weekly for two hours. Last chance to register is tonight from 7 to 8 30. Subjects include art electricity bookkeeping typing shorthand woodworking and clothing. Evening classes are free to Bristol residents and tuition for non residents.
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Bristol Evening High School
Anne D. Sisson
Bristol
Haffenreffer Named Honorary Chairman of Red Feather Drive
Frederick T. Goff announces Rudolph F. Haffenreffer as honorary chairman of the 1951 Bristol Community Chest Red Feather Campaign. Haffenreffer, MIT and Institute Rauscher Polytechnicum alum with a DBA honorary degree, heads several firms and serves on multiple museum and heart association boards. He resides near the Governor Bradford house in the former Narragansett region.
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Frederick T. Goff
Red Feather
Rudolph F. Haffenreffer
Bristol Community Chest
Providence College
Haffenreffer
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Mount Hope Bridge Corporation
Narragansett Brewing Company
Museum of the American Indian
Heye Foundation
New York City
Massasoit
Wamsutta
Metacomet
Alexander
Philip
Wampanoags
Governor Bradford
The
American Heart Association
Rhode Island Heart
Dixon Company Wins Zoning Board Special Permit
The Zoning Board granted Dixon Saddle Lubricating Co a 36 by 26 foot addition under section 19, paragraph b, subparagraph 4. The board said public welfare is served by expanded facilities after 75 years at this location, with no permanent harm to nearby property. Objector Louis Tortorice signaled a potential appeal, citing resident concerns and obscene language by workers.
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Dixon Saddle ‘Lubricating Co
Louis Tortorice
Constitution Street
Dixon Co
Frederick T. Goff
Tortorice
Robert R. Miller
Dixon Firm
Miller
Dixon Company
J. Francis Connell
Elmer E. Angell
Fluoridation OK for Bristol Water Supply
Bristol County Medical Society approved the Bristol County Water Company fluoridation plan at a Rocks House meeting Tuesday night. The water company must meet remaining requirements before adding fluoride to the system.
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Bristol County Medical Society
Bristol County Water Co
Rocks House
Where baseballs are made for major leagues
The article explains that baseballs for both the National League and the American League are produced near Springfield, Massachusetts by the A. G. Spaulding Co. under Spaulding and A. J. Reach trademarks. Specifications have stayed the same for years, using the same machines and remaining an improvement over early balls.
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Springfield
Mass
A. G. Spaulding Co
A. J. Reach
Early Baseball Balls Varied In Flight And Play
In the early days baseball balls varied greatly in liveliness. Some were so dead they stayed in the infield while others were so lively a bunt could sail over the second baseman. A tale recalls three outfielders needed for a single put-out as the sun blinded fielders.
Spalding shaped baseballs into modern factory system
Arthur Bartlett recalls Charles Spalding founder of the nation’s largest sporting goods firm. Spalding switched from pitching to manufacturing in 1876 and built a production line that foreshadowed today’s systems. He favored horsehide covers and hand stitching, with modern improvements like steel dies reducing production time and enabling faster, more precise stitching.
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Arthur Bartlett
Steelways
Spalding
Sporting
Fed Pee Ne Haw
National League
Clark Griffith
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