Back Down The Ridge and Frontline Morale In Korea
W L White of Emporia Kansas profiles frontline life in Korea in Back Down The Ridge detailing hospital stations ex rayings and the psyche of soldiers. He notes fatigue danger fear and the need for competent leadership while stressing morale as a mix of justice purpose and confidence in weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. White
Emporia
Kansas
Harcourt. Brace and Co
Mr White
Tokyo
States
Lana Turner
Cancer fund drive set at 1700 for Bristol
Bristol is assigned a 1700 goal by the R I Cancer Society for April’s drive. A one day canvass on D Day Saturday April 18 will be led by district captains from 930 am to noon. A rally at the YMCA April 17 will feature Clarence H Gifford and Robert F Murphy. Volunteers receive work kits and refreshments while funds aid cancer research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. I. Cancer Society
Raymond J Makowsky
YMCA
Clarence H. Gifford
Robert F. Murphy
Makowsky
Hope Street
Warren Town
Gibson Road
Roy D. Bell
Beach Terrace
James McGinn
Bristol Highlands
Adelard Beauvais
Colt Drive
Arthur Ayers
Town Bridge
Margaret Manchester
Washington Street
Bradford Street
Thames and
Wood
Salvatore Massano
Bradford
Paper Mop-Up This Weekend
The Kingsmen Corps will collect missed waste paper this weekend. Call 1069-W for doorstep pickup at your location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsmen
Scouting Roundtable on Friday at First Congregational Church
Scouters plen roundtable set for Friday at 7 30 in the Wolf Memorial Room on High Street. All leaders should bring skill sticks and unit staff members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Og County
Enna
Wolf Menrial
First Congregational Church
High Street
Bruno Volunteers as CD Warden at Bristol Meeting
Town officials press urgency of civil defense work Col John M. McGreevy urges preparedness and wardens for a new era. Bruno offers wife and himself as wardens while Nelson Beals outlines a recruitment drive led by Arthur Williams to divide the town into districts and educate residents on warning signals and protection measures. Col McGreevy cites Yucca Flats experience and stresses decontamination and plant protection needs, with Frank Murphy as communications chief amid leadership changes.
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Joseph Bruno
Bristol CD
John M. McGreevy
Col. McGreevy
Nelson G. Beals
Arthur M. Williams
Williams
Col McGreevy
Moscow
Bristol
Yucca Flats
Nevada
Éby McGreevy Inc Cludude
Persal
Pregerit
George Middleton
Short Line Bus Company
State CD Transportation
Beals
Frank J. Murphy
Rev Driftmier To Show Films At Missionary Meeting
The Rev. Frederick F. Driftmier will present a motion picture on African missionary work at the 128th annual meeting of the Women’s Missionary Society of the First Congregational Church in DeWolf Memorial Room. Mrs. Claude Hazeldine will chair the business session and luncheon begins at 1 p.m. hosted by Mrs. John D. Moore and Mrs. Frederick F. Driftmier. Pro Christo Society members will attend as luncheon guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick F. Driftmier
Women’s Missionary Society
First Congregational Church
DeWolf Memorial Room
Claude Hazeldine
John D. Moore
Pro Christo Society
Girl Scouts Win General Assembly Resolution in Bristol
The Bristol Girl Scout council receives a General Assembly resolution congratulating its 41st anniversary. Secretary of State Armand Cote forwarded the copy after Gov. Noting approval. The resolution lauds Girl Scouts as a nonsectarian nonpolitical group aiding girls in citizenship and character. Mrs. Brightman introduced the measure and has long served as an associate member.
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Bristol
Brightman
The
Bristol Girl Scout Council
Army Field Band to Perform in Warren on July 27
The United States Army Field Band of Washington D C touring New England will play in Warren on July 21 under a Warren Town Council sponsored arrangement. Major Chester E Whiting commands the band renowned for long tours and millions of listeners with broadcasts planned for Warren.
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Army Band
Warren
Green
United States Army Field Band
Washington, D.C
New England
United States
the Ivys
Pe Succidier Chorus
Muisi
Warren Town
Bristol
Barrington
Chester E. Whiting
Malden
Massachusetts
Montenhusetts National Guard
South Pacific
Army
Navy
Marine
Rhode Island
Wallis Howe Re-elected Senior Warden at St Michael’s
Wallis E Howe receives a 21st term as senior warden during the 235th Annual meeting of the St Michael’s Church corporation. Fifty-five years of service noted, with Henry Wood as junior warden and a slate of officers, vestrymen, and delegates named.
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Wallis Howe
St.Michael’s
St. Michael's Church
Wallis E. Howe
Church Corporation
Henry Wood
Earl P. Rounds
Reynolds G Northup
John W. DeWolf, Jr
Anthony J. Russo
Russell W. Southwick
J. Foster Price
Ralph G. McCaw
Harry C. Munro
Elizabeth Velleca
Estelle Clay
Margaret de Wolf
Dorothy Wood
Elizabeth Price
Martha Graham
Frederick A. Hertel
Laurine W. Bradford
Calbraith Perry
Ethel M. Copeland
Harriet St. Angelo
J. Wil
Bay Victim Pacheco Missing After Mt Hope Bridge Fall
Rescue efforts continued for Antonio S. Pacheco 56 of 28 Peck Avenue who fell from a Mt. Hope Bridge pier into a strong current and is presumed drowned. Bristol fishermen saw his skiff go behind the pier then empty with a possible figure in the water. Police, rescue squads, Coast Guard, and state agencies searched from evening into morning as lights scanned both sides of the bridge. Pacheco leaves a wife a daughter a son a sister and five grandchildren with relatives in the Azores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio S. Pacheco
Peck Avenue
Mt. Hope Bridge
Pacheco
Fayal
Stephen
Albert Manchester
Bristol
Coast Guard
Quonset Air Base
Arthur Manchester
Anthony
Victor Castro
Azores
Langello Serves On Roosevelt In Amphibious Exercise
The attack carrier USS Frank lin D. Roosevelt joins the second phase of an amphibious training exercise from the Caribbean to North Carolina. Carmine Jetellop, a Bristol resident, serves aboard. About 25,000 sailors and 36,000 Marines participate with 150 ships. A full-scale assault at Paney Beach, N C, will climax maneuvers in early April.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Caribbean
North Carolina
Carmine Jetellop
Third Acre
Sek Langello
Elizabeth Street
Bristol
Paney
Beach
N. C
Bristol Philatelic Society Meets for Monthly Session
The Bristol Philatelic Society holds its regular meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Congregational Church kitchen with juniors at 7:15 to review bourse books led by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P Sanford Jr. Two juniors present talks on Roosevelt memorial issues and Columbian issues. Prospective members are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Philatelic Society
Congregational Church
Leonard P Sanford, Jr
United Nations
John White Rey
James Ruggiero
R I Diplomatists Club to Hear German Speaker
The R I Diplomatist Club April meeting is set for Friday at the International Institute 58 Jackson Providence Hans Hill of Germany will speak on present day Germany and its world position The April social meets tonight at the Farm Pawtuxet with racing refreshments Committee includes Dominican Consul Alfred R Rego Maria Pereira Dorothy Rels and Anthony Marshall
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R. I. ‘Diplomatist Club
International Institute
Jackson Street
Providence
Pawtuxét
Alfred R. Rego
Maria Pereira
Dorothy Rels
Anthony Marshall
Takes Part In Navy Games
Chilton takes part in essential phase of amphibious seal wing exercise from ribbon area to North Carolina shores.
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Navy
S-Chilton
Ribban
North Carolina
Health Dept Denies Cunard License Again Not Reputable
The State Health Department denied Everett S. Cunard, former Bristol shellfish dealer, a license to operate. In a public letter the department called Cunard not a reputable applicant and cited prior actions affecting his applications.
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State Health Department
Everett S. Cunard
Bristol
Cunard
Bristol concert ends with artist meet at St Michaels
Final Bristol Community Concert features pianist Gary Graffman in Colt Auditorium on Wednesday at 8 15 PM. Following the recital a Coffee Hour to meet the artist will be held at St Michaels Parish House for members with co chairs Mrs Louis G Evans and Mrs Rowland I Stanley directing pourers and social helpers.
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Bristol
Gary Raffman
Colt Auditorium
Raymond Makowsky
St. Michaels Parish House
Louis G. Evans
Rowland I. Stanley
James E. Salers
Sania I . Dee, Jr
Rge
George
Bertrand L. Hornby
Stanley
Thomas
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Jesus
Korea
White
Marine Corps
Kingamen
A . Hall
Roger W. Pigeon
Charles Dew
Brownell
James Salzano
Eugene Mansi
Bruno
Driftmier
Girl Scouts
Liam Wood
Ruth Graham
Gordon L. Fleming
Leonard A. Waitt
Emma Rounds
Helen Hambrick
Wesley Gladding
John Velleca
John B. DeWolf
Ralph
G. McCaw
Janet MacDougall
Robert W. Nelson
Langello
Roosevelt
Philatelic
R.I
Health Dept
Maguire
Aupargneat
Yennintt
Newarnan
Gary ‘Graffman
D. Adards
Mrs. Rosw Well
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