Turner Construction to Start Collins & Aikman Plant Project
Turner Construction of Boston awarded the contract to build the Collins & Aikman plant at Bradford Street foot in Bristol. The 180 foot red brick facility will house weaving on C A operations and offices. Joseph H. Farrell named resident manager. Local firms sold property on Thames Street to aid expansion. Bradford Street deeded to allow uninterrupted work. Federal interest in expanding Narragansett boatyard facilities noted with no official details released. Employment up at Bristol manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Construction Company
Boston
Collins & Aikman
Bradford Street
Andrews Memorial School
Namaquit
C. & A. Corporation
Bristol
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
United States Navy
Narragansett Bay
Rhode Island
R. F. Haffenreffer
Response to Cancer Control Appeal Elevates Local Support
The Bristol County Women's Field Army for Cancer Control reports strong organization response, led by Mrs John W Haley. They applaud the enactment requiring doctors to report cancer within seven days of diagnosis and highlight confidential data use to study cancer incidence and mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Control Committee
John W. Haley
Bristol County
Women's Field Army For Cancer Control
Haley
Bristol
Albert H. Flint, Jr
Bristol Workers
General Assembly
Medical Society
State Department of Health
Cancer Committee
Cancer Control Fund
Dessert bridge adds thirty five subscribers for Camp Hoffman fund
Bristol Girl Scout Council expands dessert bridge for Camp Hoffman with 35 new subscribers bringing total to 136. List includes Mrs Henry Wood, Mrs John W Haley, Mrs Jack Tucker, Mrs Fred M Dixon Jr, Mrs T J Freeman, Mrs J Brogden, Mrs G Young, Mrs G Herreshoff Jr, Mrs Malcolm Clarke, Mrs Charles Benson, Mrs Edward LeClerc, Mrs Otis Bailey Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Girl Scout Council
St. Michael's Parish House
Camp Hoffman Fund
Henry Wood
John W Haley
Jack Tucker
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
T. J. Freeman
J. Brogden
G Young
G. Herreshoff
Malcolm Clarke
Charles Benson
Edward LeClerc
Otis Bailey
William LeClair
Charles Cole
Louis Barker
Adrien Coutanche
William Booth
Louella Byone
Rotary Frolic Aids Bristol Students Scholarship Effort
About 250 people attended the Bristol Rotary Club Frolic at the Bristol Casino to raise funds for a $100 scholarship for a local graduating student. State and town officials joined in the event with Ed DePetro's orchestra providing music and a floor show. Junior high officials and club members helped organize, with the scholarship sent to the chosen school the student plans to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Rotary Club
Bristol Casino
Bristol County
Ed DePetro
Bristol
John W. Church
Pasquale Pagnano
Ralph T. Church
John Collins
Providence
Frederick E. Lohse
Warren Rotary Club
Anthony J. Ferrara
Rotary Club
Ferrara
Stephen W . Hopkins
Daniel Rhee
Henry H Lawson
Frank
Rounds
Frank J Svivia
Frank J Murphy
Willam Pinch
Exhibition of Gymnastics At Bristol High School
Bristol senior high school hosts its annual gymnastic exhibition in the Andrews Memorial auditorium Friday night under Warren I Huston and Miss Natalie Dailey. The program features tumbling, tennis drill by girls, wand rhythms, dances by sophomores, Rustus Tufty Ace of Diamonds Feder Mikkel and Virginia Reel, clown capers, apparatus performances by boys and girls, and a silvered Statuary of Youth tableau with piano accompaniment by Mary Pinch and Marcia Gifford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bristol Senior High School
Andrews Memorial Auditorium
Natalie Dailey
Rustus Tufty
Ace of Diamonds
Feder Mikkel
Virginia
Registrants Must Carry Certificates Under New Selective Service Rule
Effective Thursday all registrants under the Selective Service Act must carry their Registration Certificate at all times. Police and officials may demand to see certificates and failure to comply carries a fine up to 10 000 or five years imprisonment or both. The rule requires certificate in personal possession and show upon request to law enforcement officials State and local police cooperate in enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Board of Appeal
Keating Couple To Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James F Keating will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary informally at their home 107 Franklin Street. They were married in Bristol by Reverend George L Locke on April 16 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Keating
Franklin Street
Mrs. Keating
Bristol
George L. Locke
St Michael's Church Abandons Pew Rentals After 200 Years
At St Michael's Church annual meeting nearly 100 parishioners voted to end pew rentals a longstanding custom dating back over two centuries. The move followed a supper prepared by women parishioners and marked the first time a woman, Mrs Helen C DeWolf, was named to the vestry. new officers and committees were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Church
Corporation
Leonard P Sanford
William H Angevine
W. Fred Williams
Helen C. DeWolf
J W DeWolf
Wallis E. Howe
Winthrop DeWolf
John R. Magee
James R. Wood
Robert W. Nelson
J William Wood
Frank A. Rounds
Wallace L. Mossup
Henry Wood
Charles B Rockwell
Harry Munro
Angevine
Wm. H Angevine
George S Pailthorpe
Mr Nelson
John G Stewart
Mr Howe
Harold DeWolf
Mr. Nelson
J. Winthrop DeWolf
W. F. Willams
Rockwell
Henry W Wood
Nelson
Mr Munro
Holmes House
Mossop
Magee
Rounds
W Fred Williams
Howe
Williams
Helen DeWolf
James R Wood
Howard R. Newman
Frederick Wilkinson
J. William Wood
Frank Rounds
Edward G. Easterbrooks
William Darling
J. Ellery Ingraham
Wesley Armstrong
Myra Whitman
Vernon A. Gray
Norton M. Zinderstein
Edward Bunn
Freda Schafft
Herman Kemph
Chester Myers
Lillian Magee
Clara
Natalie Herreshoff
Many Tickets Sold For Marshall Testimonial
More than three tickets have already been sold for a testimonial dinner honoring Councilman John P Marsh. The event on April 20 will be at the Bristol Casino with guests including state and town officials, political leaders, and prominent Portuguese-American residents. A toastmaster and speakers will be chosen at a forthcoming committee meeting at the chairman's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P Marshall
Bristol Casino
Caesar Brito
Cup Defenders Plan For Banquet
Plans for the Cup Defenders Association annual banquet are underway led by Antonio Cupolo with Louis Alfano treasurer Joseph Sansone secretary and Matthew Capone Sr. The decorating entertainment hall publicity and speakers subcommittees are named with Langello Bisbano DuPont Langello Cristando Sicignano and Sansone among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cup Defenders Association
Antonio Cupolo
Louis Alfano
Joseph Sansone
Matthew Capone, Sr
Mr. Cupola
John Langello
John Bisbano
Anthony DuPont
Hall
Felix Langello
Peter Cristando
John Sicignano
Capone
Sansone
Easter Parade Brightens Bristol With City Wedding
Bristol enjoyed a mild but chilly Easter parade on Sunday. Miss Hilda Theresa Jamies wed David J Ferris of Fall River in St Marys Church at 10 30 am with Rev Michael L Ryan officiating. Church area was crowded and police directed traffic due to the jam. Worshippers from many denominations attended services across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Hilda Theresa Jamies
David J Ferris
Fall River
Michael IL. Ryan
St. Mary's Church
Hope Circle Plans Shower for Little Sisters of the Poor
Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella will hold a shower for the Little Sisters of the Poor at its Monday meeting in K of C Hall State street. A rummage sale is planned for April 25 at the same venue with Mrs Marie Vermette as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella
Little Sisters of the Poor
K. of C. Hall
State Street
Marie Vermette
Nation sings and knowledge gaps in patriotism exposed
A columnist recalls a town meeting where speakers urged patriotic service and the audience struggled to sing the first and last stanzas of America. The piece contrasts German and Canadian scenes of singing national songs and laments Americans' unfamiliarity with verses, urging renewed respect for the flag and homeland songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Marseillaise
Die Wacht
Harrech
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Evelyn Carter
Taft School Club
A. M. Tobin
Italian Socialites
Mt. Hope
E. S
Ever Ready Fire Company
Helen Horton
Fred E. Suzman
Ruth Deautsch
Edgehill Temple
Pythian
G R Perroni
St Alban's Todge
A M
Louise Lavander
Charles Otten
Charles Connery
John Hill
Joseph Eckersley
A H Flint, Jr
Max B Grossman
Albert Makowsky
Leah Young
Chevra Agudas Achim
Henry A Street
Hope Circle
D of I
Girl Scout
Frederic March
Margaret Sullavan
Frances Dee
March OF
John Howard
Ellen Drew
Texas Rangers
Virginia Gilmore
William Henry
Jennie
George Montgomery
Metrotone
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Fonda
Lady Eve
News Reel
Deadwood Dick
Greece
Rotarians
Colt
St.mary’s
Hollywood
St. Mary's School
St Marys Church
Bobbie Courville
Bobbie
Stanley Jaworek
Warren
the Times
Frank L. Doran
Raymond S. Brightman
Russell Gray
William McCarthy
John Mack
Franklin Reynolds
Edward Belle, Jr
Craig
Ann Doran
Madeline Neiderer
Margaret McGann
Shirley Flynn
Emily DuPont
Norma Drainvile
Marie Berwick
Donalda Saucier
Rita Serbst
Regina Farley
Genevieve Saucier
Anna Doran
Terry Craig
Miss Neiderer
Sue Rohrman
Miss McGann
A C Nerone
Richard Brydon
Mr Sylvester
Alvin Rawson
Joseph Gallagher
Mr. Hill
Lester Rawson
John F. St. Angelo
Arthur Sampson
A. Michael Bullock
A C. Nerone
Margaret Nerone
George Baldwin
Jean Tobin
Margaret Duffy
James F Meiggs
Henry Frank
Eva Leclerc
Theater Co
Leonard Donovan
John Partington
Francis Dunbar
Elizabeth Gifford
William Conley
Rudolph Sousa
Candry
Martha Gallagher
Ruth Tattrie
Raymond Sartini
ST. Michael’s Church Corporation
Marshall
Germany
Atlantic
Pacific
France
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