Maxim Truck Favored By Purchasing Committee
The Maxim Motor Company of Middleboro Massachusetts bids 6875 for a 500 gallon triple combination pumper for Bristol to be used by De fiance Company. Final acceptance hinges on an inspection as bids from Seagrave Corporation and Mack Company were rejected for late or noncompliant filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxim Motor Company
Middleboro
Mass
Bristol
Defiance Company
Seagrave Corporation
Mack Company
Seagrave
Capone
Henry F. Serbst
American la France Foamite Corporation
Frank Crook, Inc
Pawtucket
Change Expected At Local Ration Board
A reduction of paid staff at the local ration board is expected this week though no changes had been made by morning. Captain Paul A. Herzig, local OPA chairman, said Frank L. Martin the State OPA director notified that within the week some staff would be told their services are no longer required. Four paid workers are at the local board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Herzig
OPA
Frank L. Martin
Second Clean-up Week Set for Sept 3 to 8
Highway Department designates September 3 to 8 for the second monthly Clean-up Week. Highway Surveyor Richard Connery notes rubbish collection runs separately from the salvage paper drive on September 9. South of Church street is cleared first, then north, with outlying districts Friday or Saturday. Containers should be curbside and small enough for one man to lift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Richard Connery
Church Street
Connery
Local Veterans Office Names Bertram Wall Executive Secretary
Bertram W Wall of the Local Veterans Office is appointed executive secretary for a temporary veterans center to be set up at 539 Hope Street. The center will operate 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 5 pm daily with Wall allotted 100 dollars monthly for clerical help space and his time. If caseload warrants adjustments to schedule or location may follow. Wall has aided veterans and families previously with a tally of cases including death claims 13 insurance 3 allotment 8 WWI widow pensions 2 GI Bill 5 mustering out pay 1 parents pension 1 veterans pensions 2+ interviews and calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veteran's Center
Bertram W. Wall
Wall
United States
Veterans’ Administration
Kearney Unit Marks Twenty Fifth Anniversary Celebration
A large gathering of American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary members from across the state joined Kearney Post Unit to celebrate its 25th anniversary at the Post Home. The program featured welcome remarks by President Helen A. Condon, a unit history read by Mrs. Hope Moote, tenor solos by Vernon A Gray, and messages from department and district leaders. A buffet supper with blue and gold decor preceded dancing by Migliori's orchestra, with a committee headed by Mrs. Elizabeth Goulart organizing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
State Department
Kearney
Post Home
Helen A. Condon
Hope Moote
Vernon A Gray
Frank A. Rounds
Ruth Harrison
Sally Simmons
Anne Drysdale
Sally Hunniford
Emma Bowley
Leroy Dean
Alfred Campbell
William Langlois
Willam Thomas
Bert Bowley
Alvah Fowler
George R Fish
Catherine Cummings
Alice Thomas
Eleanor Blythe
Mildred Fowler
Frances Risk
Mae Miller
Riverside
Carl Ranson
R. I. Dennis Post
John Gracualny
Warren Post
Migliori
Halsey DeWolf Howe To Be Ordained Saturday
Halsey DeWolf Howe son of Wallis E Howe will be ordained to the Deaconate by Bishop James DeWolf Perry of Rhode Island Saturday at 10 30 a.m. in St Michael's. Canon Parshley will present him for ordination. The sermon will be preached by D Sherman E Johnson of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halsey DeWolf Howe
Wallis E. Howe
James DeWolf Perry
Rhode Island
St. Michael’s
Canon Parshley
Herbert A. Jerauld
Grace Memorial Church
Phillipsdale
Philemon F Sturges, Jr
St. Martin's Church
Philadelphia
Bennett
D. Sherman E Johnson
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Mr Howe
St Michael's
Squire John Howe
Mark Anthony DeWolf Howe
Central
Pennsylvania
Wallis E Howe
Benjamin Bosworth Smith
Kentucky
George Lyman Locke
St. Michael's
Bristol
Howe
Donald J Campbell
Christ Church Cathedral
Springfield
Mass
Kitty Foyle at Bristol Community Theatre in Final Rehearsal
Rehearsals for Bristol Community Theatre's Kitty Foyle are in final stages before the September 6 opening. Lead roles go to Cynthia McCaw as Kitty and Alfred L Gibson as Wynn Strafford with a large young cast and a staff of stage and sound personnel.
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Bristol Community Theatre
Kitty Foyle
Cynthia McCaw
Kitty
Alfred L Gibson
Wynn Strafford
Miss McCaw
Ginger Rogers
Bristol
Wynn
Pop
Philadelphia
Veronica
Pop Foyle
Charles Callen
Myrtle
Jean McGeary Tappero
Mac
Jack Fetherston
Molly
Anne St Germain
Mr Gibson
Martha
Joan Osterberg
Marguerite E Kebrek
Delphine
Francis C Bragg
Perry Berwyn
Robert Kinder
Strafford
Pawtucket man dies at Mt Hope Diner while on repair trip
Joseph E. Leveille of Pawtucket an employee of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company died suddenly Friday noon at the Mt Hope Diner in Bristol where he was taking lunch during telephone line repairs. Mrs. Arthur J. Duffy alerted the proprietor and Wally Wallender aided in first aid before Dr. William L. Serbst arrived. The Rev Michael L. Ryan administered last rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Leveille
Pawtucket
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mt. Hope
Wally Wallender
William L. Serbst
Leveille
Michael L. Ryan
St. ‘Mary
White horse Fubuki of Hirohito linked to cow-horse lore
Column cites Dr. Tully Knowles of the College of the Pacific describing the emperor's white horse Fubuki, ex-California cow pony from the San Joaquin Valley. Details include neck-reined cow-horse riding, training by George Roche, 1938 shipment to Japan, and possible U S display plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirohito
California
Tully C. Knowles
The
College of the Pacific
Imperial
San Joaquin Valley
Lemoore
Calif
Knowles
Ole
George Roche
Japan
Frank Leroy
Fubuki
Leroy
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