Joyous V J Night Block Dance Draws Bristol Crowd
About 2,000 residents filled Third School Street in Bristol for the Couples Victory Club third annual block dance. Music by Manuel Torres echoed along the street while police blocked Mt Hope Avenue and State Street. Club president Mabel Anselmo called the event a wonderful success and said some attendees wished to join the club. Committee members were Mrs. Anselmo Mrs. Travers Mr. Mary Torres and Mrs. Mary Amaral.
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Bristol
Couples Victory Club
Third School Street
Third School
Mt. Hope Avenue
State Street
Manuel Torres
Mabel Anselmo
Anselmo
Mabel Travers
Mary Torres
Mary Amaral
Alves Sparks Ascoli's In 4-3 Win Over St. Eliz
In a Twilight League game at the Common, Willie Alves delivered a bottom seventh single driving in Jiggs Butler for a 4-3 Ascoli's win over St Elizabeth's. Alves earlier broke a 2-2 tie with a fifth inning single while Foxy Marshall tied the score with a sixth inning RBI. Next week’s schedule could decide the league title as YMCA faces St Elizabeth's and Ascoli's meets C&A, with a possible co championship depending on results.
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Willie” Alves
YMCA
St. Elizabeth’s
Ascoli
C&a
Brite Men Set Final Plans for Annual Outing
The Bristol Brite Men’s Club outlines final details for its 2nd Annual Outing on Sunday August 17 at Colt’s Farm. Nicholas Castiglego named bakemaster with Michael Ruggierio as chief cook, William Alves chairs the purchasing committee with Owen J Maisano as assistant, others on committees include William J Maisano Nicholas Mancieri Tony Cabral Damon Castiglia and Albert Del Toro.
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Bristol
Nicholas Castiglego
Michael Ruggierio
William Alves
Owen J Maisano
William J Maisano
Nicholas Mancieri
Tony Cabral
Damon Castiglia
Albert del Toro
Battery C to March in Warren Anniversary Parade
Battery C 243rd Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion Rhode Island National Guard will march with Warren 200th Anniversary Parade tomorrow. Captain Raymond J Makowsky commanding officer announced yesterday A mobile 40 millimeter gun will roll with the men wearing combat uniforms helmet liners CD’s cartridge belts canteens first aid packets and combat boots This will be the unit’s last local parade before their return from their summer encampment at Sun Valley.
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243Rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Rhode Island National Guard
Warren
Raymond J Makowsky
Sun Valley
Performers Named for Bristol Jolly Men’s Club Musicale
Arrangements for the Jolly Men’s Club Musicale in Bristol list performers including Tom Dix pianist Pat and Bill Gallagher The Chase Sisters Rita Galllery and Cellie Munroe with son Juvenile radio stars and more acts expected to join in coming weeks.
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Jolly Men's Club
Bristol
Tom Dix
Pat
Bill Gallagher
Chase Sisters
Rita Gallery
Cellie Munroe
Ivy Guild Musical Evening at Holmes House
Ivy Guild held a picnic supper and music on Tuesday evening at Holmes House. Mr N G Herreshoff Jr. led a musical quiz won by Mrs Henry Hambrick, with vocal solos by Miss Catherine Malloy and piano by Mrs Lucien Capone. The evening closed with a handwriting fortune telling activity led by Mrs Capone.
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Ivy Guild
Holmes House
N G Herreshoff Jr
Henry Hambrick
Catherine Malloy
Lucien Capone
Chet Massa Day Honors Bristol Star at Coote Field
Friends in Bristol celebrate Chet Massa Day at Coote Field St Alban in Vermont. The former local athlete and Navy officer will be honored as the Burlington Cardinals visit to mark Massa’s Batting .342 lead in the Northern League and his role as a Bellows Free Academy teacher and 3rd baseman for the St Alban’s Giants. Archie Allen and Warren Huston are named as team managers.
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Chet” Massa
Bristol
Uncle Sam's Navy
Chet Massa
Coote Field
St Alban's
Vermont
Bellows Free Academy
St Alban’s Giants
Burlington Cardinals
Chet
Fireworks to climax St Elizabeth's two day feast
The St Elizabeth's Church weekend Feast of the Blessed Sacrament begins with a 6 a.m. salvo of fireworks and continues through Sunday with processions bands and benediction. Fireworks and parades mark major moments including a Sunday procession with 21 bursts and a grand Castle Road display. Parish members and officials listed as organizers.
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St. Elizabeth’s Church
Bristol
Santo Christo
Fall River
Wood Street
Franklin
Bay View Avenue
John Quintal
Joseph Quintal
Manuel Quintal
Victor Teixeira
Eva Alexandre
Joseph T Ventura
Usher Avenue
Lincoln Hall
John T. Vasconcellos
Victor Andrade
James Cruz, Jr
Anthony Nunes
Manuel Nunes
Vasco Castro
Jamés Cruz
Alvaro Castro
Christiano Camacho
Joseph Gonsalves
Maximiano Barros
John Andrade
Manuel Andrade
Additions to Bristol Senior Bugle Fund Donations
List of new contributions for equipment fund includes 401.76 previously acknowledged 60.89 Batista Bros Bakery 5.00 Frank Sousa Sr 5.00 Rego & Sons 5.00 Suzmans Store 5.00 Cabral Auto Body Warren 5.00 Cabral Market 7.00 All gifts of five dollars or more will be acknowledged in the Phoenix columns.
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Bristol
Batista Bros. Bakery
Frank Sousa
The
Phoenix
Polio Warning Draws Mixed Public Reaction in Bristol
Dr Joseph A Castronovo reports that public response to his polio warning has been broadly positive. Two infantile paralysis cases emerged in Bristol, with patients improving at home or progressing well at hospital. He urges avoiding large gatherings and stresses personal hygiene as key to preventing spread.
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Joseph A Castronovo
State Department of Health
Bristol
William L. Serbst
Charles St. Angelo, Jr
First School Street
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Manuel Pimental
Bourne Street
Hubert F. Holdsworth
Castronovo
Portsmouth
Serbst
Braves Field
Boston
Tony Agatrello
Crowd of 300 at Armory views WWII combat films
About 300 residents packed the State Armory Tuesday night to view the first in a Battery C sponsored World War II combat film series. The program, lasting about 90 minutes, featured four reels with scenes from the European and Pacific theaters and ended with V-E Day coverage.
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Armory
State Armory
Battery C
243Rd
Channel Coast
Palau Islands
Saipan
China
Burma
Eto
Mindoro
Phillipines
Japan
3Rd Fleet
Barham
Bristol Regatta Aims For Record Boat Turnout August 23
Bristol Yacht Club expects a record regatta with 27 classes and 220 boats highest on Narragansett Bay last year. Regatta chairman Paul C Nicholson Jr notes central location and extra courses aim to break the prior turnout. Committee includes Harleigh V Tingley Frederick Thurber Nancy MacLeod and others. prizes awarded to top finishers in each class.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Paul C Nicholson
Bristol
Narragansett Bay
Nicholson
Harleigh V .S Tingley
Frederick B. Thurber
Nancy D . MacLeod
Samuel A. Hall
Caroline Freeman
Stanley Livingston, Jr
Charles A. Corry
Rotary Club Outing and Bake at Mt Hope Bay
Bristol Rotarians held their annual clambake on Mt Hope Bay at Martin Hall with over one hundred attendees. The event featured chowder and clam cakes at 1 and a bake at 5, followed by an informal sports program.
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Bristol Rotary Club
Mt Hope Bay
Martin Hall
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Wm. D. Hall
Anthony J. Ferrara
A. A.monds
Samuel A. Hall
A. J. Johnston
Birthday celebrant William Burke marked 72
William Burke aged 72 of 37 Lincoln Avenue celebrated his birthday on Monday with several parties. A Knock Knock Club member attended a clambake Sunday as part of the festivities. Bristol police and fire departments learned about the town’s new resuscitator inhalator aspirator from George C. Adams with Tony Agatiello assisting and Francis J. Murphy introducing.
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William Burke
Lincoln Avenue
Bill
Bristol
George C. Adams
State Division of Forests and Parks
Tony Agatiello
Francis J. Murphy
Rotary aid from Jamestown to Newport England 1947
Dr Ceppi and Jamestown Rotary Club send birthday package gifts to Newport Isle of Wight amid wartime rationing. Francis Buxton Town Clerk thanks the donors and notes UK austerity and winter hardship. Newport stories include D Day prep, Borstal reopening, and postwar recovery reflections.
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Ceppi
Jamestown
R. I
Newport
Isle of Wight
England
Rotary Club
Depp
Francis H. W. Buxton
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Alves
St. Eliz
C&A _ St
Eliz
Warren Anniv
Men’s Club Musicale
St. Alban‘s
Archie Allen
St. Alban’s
Warren Huston
Burlington
Dane Clark
Martha Vickers
Sydney Greenstreet
With Alan Hale
Graig Stevens
G. I
MR. M
Henry Fonda
Barbara Bel Geddes
Vincent Price
Ann Dvorak
Gregory Peck
Jane Wyman
Scout Fund
Netherlands
Hartegen Forest
West Wall
Wright Field
Germany
Borneo
Eisenhower
Caves
Okinawa
Stimson
Marshall
Manila
Della Morte
Tary
Owen G. Day
S.W
Thomas A Becket
Prince Albert
Prince Consort
Osborne House
Victoria
Normandy
Royal Air Force
Cherbourg
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