Bristol Sunday Get-To Features Local Entertainers
The Bristol community plans a 3 pm Sunday program on a Reynolds School platform with boxing, violins, trumpet and trombone solos, a men’s quartet, acrobatic dancing, and community singing. Master of ceremonies is Joseph Brito. Miss Kathleen Brito and Miss Irene Gomes sing. Earl Rounds will accompany and perform.
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Board of Recreation
Bristol
Hubert F. Hill
Recreation Board
Reynolds School
Louis G. Evans
Joseph Brito
Vernon A. Gray
Hill
Kathleen Brito
Irene Gomes
Rose Balderiso
Anna Kebrek
Tony Ascoli
Vernon Gray
Roswell S Bosworth
Allen M Newman
Hubert F Hill
Kid Hope
Hull
Honor Roll Plan Considered by Town Council
Town Council weighs creating an honor roll for Bristol men and women in service. John P. Marshall authorized to investigate and report next meeting. Lucien Capone suggests Christmas cards to families. roll to be displayed at Burnside Memorial Building with weather protection. Provisions to update the roll periodically.
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Bristol
John P. Marshall
Lucien Capone
Burnside Memorial
Annual Outing Of D A R Tomorrow
The Bristol Chapter D A R will hold its 49th annual outing tomorrow at the home of Mrs Frederick Perkins on Hope Street. Members meet at noon with basket lunches, followed by a short business meeting. The 164th anniversary of the Battle of Rhode Island will be observed then.
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Bristol
D A. R
Frederick Perkins
Hope Street
Rhode Island
Coast Guard Week Triggers Unprecedented Recruiting Boom
Coast Guard Week boosts enlistments at Providence station as applicants from Providence and other cities flood the Exchange Street office. Lieut William R Tower notes rising interest in Coast Guard service. recruits depart for training in Boston or Manhattan Beach. The service highlights manning coast installations from Narragansett Bay to Greenland Patrol while stressing advancement and education opportunities.
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United States Coast Guard
Providence
Exchange Street
Coast Guard
William R Tower
Port of
Narragansett Bay
Greenland
Army
Navy
Fire and Police Departments
Alder
Boston
Manhattan Beach
N. Y
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Marines
Pastime Theatre Joins National Sale of War Savings Stamps
The Pastime Theatre will halt shows Tuesday at 9 PM for a four minute tribute to service members and to promote War Savings Stamps and Bonds. F Reginald Dimond notes full theater support with a color guard, speaker, and audience singing of God Bless America and Star Spangled Banner. Auxiliary Unit of Kearney Post, American Legion, members will sell stamps in the lobby.
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F. Reginald Dimond
Kearney Post
American Legion
Equipment received for servicemen's room at Y
An appeal for equipment for the Bristol Y M C A servicemen’s room drew a very excellent response. Local donors provided chairs rugs tables games and magazines while sailors offered to help clean and paint the space on the third floor.
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Bristol
H. F. Hill
Hill
George
Council Will Open Vault Bids Tonight
The Burnside Town Council plans to open bids for a fire proof vault at the Burnside Memorial Building to protect town records. Bids were delayed to tonight out of deference to Salvador Nunes who could not meet the deadline. The project has a $15 000 authorized budget and may enlarge the Town Clerk and possibly Treasurer and Tax Collector offices. The Howe and Prout firm designed specifications accommodating future expansion. Bids submitted by Bowerman Brothers Providence A C Beals Providence Hope Building Providence Rowley Pawtucket E Turgeon Providence Smiley Instruction Pawtucket A W Merchant Providence Enterprise Building Woonsocket were presented.
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Burnside Memorial Building
Salvador Nunes
Howe and Prout
Earley Prout
Bowerman Brothers of
Providence
A C. Beals Company
Hope Building Company of
Rowley Construction Company
Pawtucket
E. Turgeon
Smiley Instruction Company of
A. W. Merchant, Inc
Enterprise Building Company
Woonsocket
APC 4 To Be Launched At Herreshoff's Tomorrow
The APC 4 will launch tomorrow at 9 o'clock in the lower yard of the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Mrs John Millar wife of a Herreshoff foreman acts as sponsor with her two daughters Barbara and Jane as co sponsors. This is the fourth APC naval vessel launched at Herreshoff after the APC 3 debuted Wednesday with Miss Margaret L Hibbert daughter of George Hibbert as sponsor.
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Herreshoff
Red Cross
Herreshoff Mfg
John Millar
Herreshoff's
Barbara
Jane
Margaret L. Hibbert
George Hibbert
Farewell Parties For Samuel J Celone
Samuel J Celone son of Mr and Mrs Paul Celone left yesterday with other Bristol youths to begin Army training. A farewell party at George T Ingram’s Hope street home featured a pen and pencil set and cash from U S Rubber Company workers. Another send off came Tuesday from the Boccia Club with additional money. His brother Louis also serves in the Army and is stationed on a British West Indies island.
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Samuel J. Celone
Paul Celone
Constitution Street
Bristol
George T. Ingram
Hope Street
U. S. Rubber Company
Boccia Club
Louis
British West Indies Islands
Plans for Bristol Co operative Realty building advance
Bristol Co operative Realty Company moved forward with plans for a new three story factory. Architect George L Millard presented the design during a Wednesday meeting as materials and government priority ratings were discussed. Town President J Floyd Huestis urged United States Rubber Company to extend occupancy of its Bristol plants beyond the September 1 deadline to maintain local dress concerns.
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Bristol Co-operative Realty Company
George L. Millard
J. Floyd Huestis
United States Rubber Company
Bristol
U. S
Republicans Host Clambake Committee Appointments
Councilman John P. Marshall announces sub-committee chairs for the Republican clambake at Rego's Farm Bay View Avenue on Sunday September 13. Bernardo reception Almeida tickets Marshall public welfare Rebello bake Connery grounds Kelly Sylvia sports Newbold secretary Mathewson treasurer.
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John P. Marshall
Rego
Sugar Users Must Register By September Fourth
The War Price and Rationing Board of Bristol announced that all industrial and institutional sugar users must register by September 4 to receive full sugar allotments for September and October. Registration is at 702 Hope Street between 10 and 11:30 a.m.
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War Price and Rationing Board of
Bristol
Hope Street
Rubbish Collection Continues This Week
The highway department announced rubbish collection continues today and tomorrow. Bristol Neck section is covered today and outlying areas tomorrow. Loads are sorted by collectors and any scrap usable for the war effort is kept for that purpose.
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Highway Department
Bristol Neck
When Do We Fight The Soldiers Call For Offensive Action
A wartime call to arms highlights soldiers urging immediate offensive action and denouncing civilian delays. Kay Kyser praises troops on a troop-boosting radio tour while Yank urges the Army to press the attack. The piece contrasts soldier resolve with civilian squabbles and stresses production, logistics, and front-line action as essential to victory.
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America
Kay Kyser
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