Council names beach study committee for September plan
The Town Council appointed a special committee including Hubert F. Hill and others to prepare beach plans due by September 15. The group will explore Colt Drive, the old south pier site, and other options with engineering help if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Board
Planning Board
Salvage Committee
Hubert F. Hill
Albert A. Edmonds
Tan Walker
Lucien Capone
James E. Sullivan
Wesley A. Armstrong
Henry Alfred
Donat J. Gladue
Henry Wood
Edward D Kunz
Benjamin Hazen
deWolf
A. A. Edmonds
Bristol
Emerson Jackson
Providence
Huestis
Donald Gladue
Colt Drive
Hill
Walker
Informal Dance at Bristol Yacht Club
The Bristol Yacht Club hosts an informal cabaret dance Saturday with Lu c ien Capone at the piano and light refreshments. The junior entertainment committee invites all ages to enjoy a lively evening in a cabaret mood. A monster bingo night follows next Saturday with Mr and Mrs William P Gladding in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Yacht Club
Lucien Capone
William P Gladding
Hambrick Family Receives News on Both Sons War Honors and Promotion
Col and Mrs Henry A Hambrick of Byfield street receive word that their son 2nd Lt Henry P Hambrick, a prisoner of war in Germany, has been awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for five bomber missions and enemy aircraft destruction. Their other son John Wesley Hambrick is promoted to first lieutenant in the Army Engineers and commands a demonstration platoon at Camp Forrest Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Huestis
Rockwell Park
Paul A. Herzig
Prudence Boat
Oliver Street
Walker
Gladue
Herzig
Serbst
Marshall
Millimaggi
Recreation Board
H. F. Hill
Wesley
Hambrick
Byfield Streets
Henry A. Hambrick
Henry Potter Hambrick
Germany
John Wesley Hambrick
Army Engineer Corps
Henry P Hambrick
Air Corps
Erounian
Europe
Army Air Forces
United States
John W Hambrick
Henry A Hambrick
Byfield Street
Second Army
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Engagement announced for Josephine Knowlton and Harry Merring Jr
Mr and Mrs Daniel W Knowlton of Washington DC and Bristol announce the engagement of their daughter Josephine Elizabeth Knowlton to Staff Sergeant Harry Lloyd Merring Jr United States Army Air Forces son of Capt Harry Lloyd Merring United States Navy and Mrs Merring Miss Knowlton a Madeira School graduate Culver Military Academy alum and former Dartmouth student Sgt Merring now an instructor at pine field in Mississippi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel W. Knowlton
Washington, D. C
Bristol
Josephine Elizabeth Knowlton
Harry Lloyd Merring, Jr
United States Army Air Forces
Harry Lloyd Merring
United States Navy
Miss Knowlton
Madeira School
Fairfax
Sgt
Merring
Culver Military Academy
Dartmouth College
Air Corps
Ing Field
Mississippi
Lumber Priority Only For Emergencies
Boston mass August 7 1942 home owners seeking lumber for repairs will not get preference ratings to obtain lumber except in extreme emergencies the War Production Board said officials noted that homeowners flooding WPB and FHA field offices with requests cannot expect aid through preference ratings except for extreme emergency repair purposes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
War Production Board
WPB
Federal Housing Administration
Rhode Island Tops War Bond Sales in 5th Loan
Rhode Island reports 5th War Loan totals of 136.71 million dollars in bond sales through July 31, with 16.08 million from E bonds. Official figures show 45.79 million to individuals against a 42 million quota, and savings banks contributing about 30 million. The committee closed offices in five towns and shifted staff to Providence and Pawtucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury
Rhode Island
Roderick Pirnie
U. S. War Finance Committee
Pirnie
Treasury
Pirmie
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maryland
Delaware
RI War Finance Committee
Woonsocket
East Greenwich
Warren
Westerly
Newport
Prime
War Finance Committee
Industrial Trust
Providence
Pawtucket
Second Bristol Band Concert Set for Sunday Evening
The second Bristol State Department of Education sponsored concert will be Sunday at 8 pm in front of Colt Memorial High School. Directed by Charles Butterfield the two hour program features Reeves Second Regiment Overture Oberon selections by Sullivan Tales from the Vienna Woods A Hunting Scene Rhode Island In Guernay The Bohemian Girl Mademoiselle Modiste and the National Anthem with American by Meacham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
State Department of Education
Colt Memorial High School
Charles Butterfield
Reeves
Oberon
van Weber
Sullivan
Vienna Woods
Strauss
Buallossi
Rhode Island
Clark Brown
Guernay
Gomez
Ball
Mademoiselle Modiste
Victor Herbert
Meacham
Annual Parish Festival Opens Monday at St Marys Church
Final plans reveal a week long parish festival at St Marys Church starting Monday with a nightly special entertainment act and Saturday matinee for children. James F Meiggs chairs the committee listing subcommittees and members for Food Bingo Candy Groceries Merry-go-round Loop-the-loop Tickets and Specialty Booths. Police officers Harold Harvey and Arthur Casse will provide security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Mary’s Church
James F Meiggs
Donalda Saucier
G. Elton Pierce
Fred Serbst
Genevieve Saucier
Jennie Iasiello
Loretta Byrnes
Edward Menard
Edward Leclerc
Bernard Callan
Thomas Finn
John L. Burke
George T. Ingram
Henry Brown
William H. Sisson
Edward Newbold
Louis A. Beauregard
Charles E. Burns
James Flynn
Donat F. Gladue
Thomas H. Brown
James J. Connery
Thomas Pansa
Bernard J. McHugh
Harold Harvey
Arthur Casse
Canine Corps Trains Dogs for War Duties at Fort MacArthur
The article describes the Canine Command at Fort MacArthur California training dogs for sentry duty and patrol work in war conditions. German Shepherds American Bulldogs and Airedales are used for their intelligence ferocity and camouflage coats. Training covers obedience jumps and wall climbing followed by attack and guard procedures with nightly work and strict kennel care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Canine Command
Fort MacArthur
Cal
Cpl
Mel Morse
Fort
National Humane Review
Army Private Marries In England During War Flight
Pvt Warren Drainville son of Mrs Grace Drainville of 494 Thames Street wed Miss Audrey Jennings on July 27 in Leicester England after a five day fur lough from France. Drainville a 1941 Colt Memorial High School graduate has served in Africa Ireland England and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Drainville
Grace Drainville
Thames Street
France
England
Audrey Jennings
Leicester
Drainville
Pvt. Drainville
Colt Memorial High School
Africa
Ireland
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Council For
Yacht
International Red Cross
Adjutant General’s Office of the War Department
Mrs Hambrick
Vour Son
First Service Command
J A Uho
the Adjutant General
Red Cross
USAAF
Arnold Dryer
Tank Corps
Ginger Rogers
Robert Ryan
Ruth Hussey
Don Winslow
THE
Coast Guard
M-G-M
of Dover
Irene Dunne
Alan Marshal
Roddy McDowall
C. Aubrey Smith
Damne
May Whitty
Gladys Cooper
Cartoom
R. J
Henry F Serbst
Louis A Beauregard
John Langello
James J Wylie
John Connors
Wilfred Pevin
Charles M Connery
Thomas H Byrnes
William J Bottomley
William Dwyer
William Connery
George McClure
John White
Henry Sweeney
William Burke
George T Ingram
James Toplin
George Vona
Rose Preble
Bingo
Misses Partington
Margaret Partington
Claire Partington
Jean Baker
Claire Baker
Clare Foster
Marcia Gifford
Margaret Garvin
Gerldine Garvin
Virginia McLaughlin
Josephine Coggeshall
Evelyn Mullaney
William Leahy
Otis Bailey Jr
Groceries
Charles McHugh
George H. Wilson
Dorothea Doran
Rita Langello
Louise Iasiello
Merry-go-round
Beatrice Mullaney
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