Salvation Army Annual Appeal Opened by Bristol Committee
The Salvation Army drive in Bristol Rhode Island opened this week with letters from Robert W. Nelson chairing the Bristol Committee. Nelson notes services are constant and the appeal supports a federation of social agencies. Treasurer William Wood reports $13667 collected so far and hopes to reach $1000 more.
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Salvation Army
Robert W. Nelson
Bristol
Salvation Army Committee
Rhode Island
Friend
J. William Wood
Henry Alfred
William H. Angevine
Roswell S. Bosworth
Joseph T. Brogden
C. Paul Bruno
M.D
Willam H. Buffington
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Harold DeWolf
Frederick M. Dixon, Jr
J. H. Farrell
Anthony J. Ferrara
A T Fusonie
Herbert D Graetz
Martha Graham
Norman F Herreshoff
William Wood
Impressions of France From Lt. Col Moren in 1944
In a August 12 1944 letter from France Lt Col A A Moren describes the countryside resembling New England with hedges and tall Lombardy Poplars while reporting desolate towns. He notes primitive homes poor sanitation and lingering German prisoners as he writes of faith and family, letters from home, and hopeful news.
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Moren
France
A. A. Moren
New England
Soldier Jerome Donovan writes mother from Guam after Guam battle
Infantryman Jerome H. Donovan mails a letter to Mrs. Lillian Donovan of 14 Lincoln Avenue detailing his safe arrival on Guam. He recalls witnessing island residents emerge from hardship, notes rain, fox hole repairs, and steady meals, and signs off with reassurance from APO 77 San Francisco.
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Jerome H. Donovan
Infantry
Lillian Donovan
Lincoln Avenue
Guam
Sergeant Mazza Among Ninth Air Force Landings in France
Sergeant Pasquale F. Mazza of 331 High Street arrived in France with the Ninth Air Force’s Thunderbolt group led by Colonel Gilbert L. Meyers. He drove ashore from an LST and is stationed near a Normandy landing strip, living in a foxhole beneath hedgerows. Mazza previously ran a Bristol, Connecticut garage and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Mazza.
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Ninth Air Force Base
France
Ninth Air Force
Pasquale F. Mazza
331 High Street
Mazza
Thunderbolt
Gilbert L. Meyers
Lst
Victory Garden Notes for Saucy Summers Harvest
Continue canning tomatoes and can, freeze or dehydrate sweet corn. Plant radishes spinach turnips and lettuce. Easy shelling boil soy beans five minutes then press out beans. Plant a cover crop such as rye when space becomes available in any part of the garden.
Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary unveils green uniforms
The Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary modeled new uniforms in dark green jackets and skirts with tan shirts and ties. Members will march at Somerset Massachusetts after the 8 o'clock mass at St Elizabeth's Church. Promotions announced: Thelma Perry to private first class, Martha Principe and Palmeida Dellefrante to corporal.
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Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary
Somerset
Mass
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Thelma Perry
Martha Principe
Palmeida Dellefrante
Marriage of Harriet Boutwell and Raymond Gablinske
Announcement of the marriage between Harriet Boutwell daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Boutwell of Pinehurst Mass and Raymond Gablinske ship's cook second class US Navy son of Mrs Eldora Maddox of Franklin Street this town The ceremony was conducted by Rev Mr Clark at the Winthrop Mass Congregational Church on Saturday August 19 Attendants were Miss Muriel Boutwell and Oscar Gablinske ARMl USN The couple will reside in Winthrop while the groom is stationed in Boston.
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Harriet Boutwell
Albert Boutwell
Pinehurst
Mass
Raymond Gablinske
United States Navy
Eldora Maddox
Franklin Street
Mr. Clark
Winthrop, Mass Congregational Church
Muriel Boutwell
Oscar Gablinske
ARM l
USN
Winthrop
Boston
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Sail Aoe
Res. U.S
DUCO
Tad
du Pont Duco
du Pont
Nate
Wardwell Lumber Company
Thames ST
Herbert G
Fall River
HOTEL
Belvedere
Tel
Aly
U.S. Rubber Co
U. S. Employment Service
Jerry Donovan
O.K
Fox Hole
Sgt
P. F. Mazza
9Th Air Force
Victory Garden
BTAA
Washington and
Hope Street
EY. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, R.vi
Federla
Bance Corporation
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