Y M C A Schedules Bristol Buddies Bundles Fund Names
The Bristol Buddies Bundles Fund committee names the Y M C A as central for collecting names addresses and contributions with a Sept 15 deadline to meet Post Office rules. Families should appoint a single contact to list service members with full addresses and service numbers. Over $3000 was raised last year and efforts include sending packages to prisoners of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Bristol Buddies Bundles
Post Office
Y.m.ca
Bristol
Mervyn Clay
Hubert F. Hill
Anthony J Nunes
Bundles Shippers, Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Hill
Mr Clay
Unannounced Daylight Air Raid Drill Scheduled
At a Civilian Defense Council meeting the State Council announced an unannounced daylight air raid drill to occur after the 15th. Moving pictures are planned for the Colt Memorial High School auditorium on the 30th with the film title to be released later. A. A. Edmonds will oversee arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Defense Council
State Council of Civillian Defense
Colt Memorial High School
State Defense Council
A. A Edmonds
Thomas W Remieres Honored at Surprise Party
Seaman Thomas W Remieres USN on leave was honored with a surprise birthday dinner by his aunt and uncle at 9 Church Street. A patriotic cake and red white blue decorations highlighted the event with family gifts. He will report back to duty Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W Remieres
S2c
USN
William H Remieres
Church Street
Immedite
Seaman Remieres
Picture Of Capt Herzig In Sicily Appears In NY Paper
PM, a New York newspaper, ran a photo of Capt Paul Herzig of this town. The caption notes he had been in continuous action at the front for 36 hours and, exhausted, could sleep anywhere even a bed of spikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Herzig
Capt Herzig
Paul A. Herzig
James Duffy Receives Army Air Corps Commission
James Duffy nephew of Mr and Mrs Arthur J Duffy recently received his commission as lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps He is pilot of a Flying Fortress and is stationed at a West Coast airport Duffy is a Worcester native who spent a year in Bristol for post graduate work at Colt Memorial High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Duffy
Arthur J Duffy
US Army Air Corps
Lt Duffy
Worcester
Mass
Bristol
Colt Memorial High School
Independents and URWA Capture Wins in Softball League
Winners last night were URWA and the Independents. URWA beat U S Rubber Co Victory Shift 5 to 3 while the Independents defeated C A Victory Shift 7 to 5. Next Tuesday the Independents meet U S Rubber Co Victory Shift and C A Corporation faces U S Rubber Co Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
URWA
Independents
U.S. Rubber Co. Victory
C & A Victory Shift
U S Rubber Co. Victory Shift
C & A Corporation
U S Rubber Co. Engineers
Recruiting Drive To Start Here Monday In Bristol
Capt. Alice B. Gordon describes a three day WAC recruiting drive at Johnston's Store Bristol from 11 am to 8 pm on Monday through Wednesday. She notes the Air Corps demand for 350 000 WACs and outlines eligibility including age 20 to 49 American citizenship no children under 14 if married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice B. Gordon
WAC
Bristol
Women’s Army Corps
Gordon
Rotary Club
Citizens’ Committee
Raymond S. Brightman
Holmes House
Air Corps
Adele Bolles
Johnston's
Hope Street
Gladys Friswell
Wm P Gladding
Luella Ryone
Wm Pinch
Vasta Ruggiero
Albert T Fusome
Collins & Aikman Corp
Mervyn Clay
Bristol Lace Works
Gladding
Pinch
Byone
Ruggiero
Anne W Seymour
Wm Angevine
Arthur W Bur *Don
Hubert F Hill
St George Martin
Walliam L. Serbst
James A McKenna
Charles Scott
Virginia Scott
W Wall
A. A Edmonds
A L. Johnston
William P Gladding
R S Bosworth
Frederick T. Goff Resting After Appendicitis Operation
Frederick T Goff foreman at the United States Rubber Company is resting comfortably at Truesdale Hospital after an operation for acute appendicitis Monday night He has been named to Bristol Council Knights of Columbus three man industrial cooperation committee replacing Roland Castonguay who recently entered the United States Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick T Goff
United States Rubber Company
Truesdale Hospital
Goff
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Roland Castonguay
United States Army
Blue Cross Expands Benefits for Rhode Island Subscribers
Blue Cross of Rhode Island boosts benefits for 140 609 subscribers adding emergency room and maternity coverage with shorter waiting periods. Starting Sept 1 renewals deduct one month for direct pay plans, and hospital payments near one million dollars in past four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross of
Rhode Island
Blue Cross
G. Maurice Congdon
Hospital Service Corporation of
Local Plan
United States
Lima
Peru
The
American Hospital Association
WAAC Pfc Schinigon recounts early basic training days in Georgia
Pfc Marie Schinigon writes from Georgia after joining the WAACs, describing arrival experiences, crowded trains, and initial training. She notes lectures on Articles of War and Army organization, two hours of drill daily, and evenings in Chattanooga with sightseeing and social life near Fort Oglethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Marie Schinigon
WAC
Marie T. Schinigor
Anthony Schinigon
Constitution Street
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Georgia
Pfe Schmiger
Midland Army Field
Midland
Texas
Providence
Chattanooga
WAAC
Roosevelt
Col
Hobby
Lookout Mt
Barnacles Threaten Navy Ships Demand Regular Cleanings
The article explains how barnacles attach to ship hulls, costly cleanings in drydock, and evolving anti fouling methods. It notes 12 month drydock cycles, 50–70 workers, and $500–$700 costs, plus paints with cuprous and mercuric oxides and the Navy shifting to coal tar resin paints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Navy
Sagie Comse
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Thomas W. Remieres
N. Y
Herzig
Sicily
Loretta Young
Alan Ladd
China
Ireland
Boston
Blackie
Chester Morris
Ann Savage
Richard Lane
Blondie
Bumsteads
Hunt Stromberg
Barbara Stanwyck
Michael O’shea
Gypsy Rose Lee
Tokio
Frederick T. Goff
Baker
ST. Columbans Grounds
J. Elton Pierce
Myren Beker
Cary
Washington
Shere
Normandie
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