Bristol Plans Tri State Air Raid Drill January 1944
Bristol Council of Defense discusses a Three-State Air Raid Field Exercise to be staged January 9 1944 with Civil Air Patrol units from Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island. If weather fails the drill moves to January 16. Local boy messengers will carry messages during the exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Council of Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Earl C. Weinster
Counrcil
James FE. Sullivan
First Service Command
Oliver Brothers Pursue Aviation Training Progress
Oliver brothers George S. and Edmund D. continue military aviation pathways in 1940s Texas. George arrives at San Antonio Army Aviation Classification Center from Cincinnati to qualify as navigator pilot or bombardier and aims for pre flight training within a week. Edmund remains at Fort Bliss Army Aircraft Training Center Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Oliver
San Antonio
Two Women Groups Aid Red Cross War Work
Countryside Garden Club and St Marys Church women organize to sew surgical dressings for the Red Cross. Countryside group meets Tuesday at Trinity Parish House under Mrs Charles Connery and Mrs Dorothy St Germain. St Marys group meets Wednesday at Paull House Hope Street with Mrs Francis Connell directing dressings and Mass Vurearcet Nerone supervising sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Countryside Garden Club
St Marys’s Church
Trinity Parish House
Charles Connery
Dorothy St. Germaine
St Mary's
Paull House
Hope Street
Francis Connell
Anania Set for Graduation From Bomber Mechanics School
Private Salvatore Anama son of Mr and Mrs Michael Angelo Anania will graduate tomorrow from the 8 240 Liberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi and will be ready for active duty He may be sent to a factors school for further training or to a flexible gunners school to become an aerial gunner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvatore Anama
Michael Angelo Anania
Richmond Street
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Anama
Army Air Forces Trainings Command
Marriage Licenses for Robert L. Roser and Elsie Botelha
Robert L. Roser of Wel vikoof 4433 Unnuundation Street New Orleans and Elsie Vice Botelha of 5 Narragansett Avenue obtain marriage licenses in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lester Roser
Welvikoof
Unnuundation Street
New Orleans
Elsie Vice Botelha
Narragansett Avenue
Mt Carmel CYO Plans Rummage Sale and Basketball League
Mt Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church CYO Athletic Club votes to hold a rummage sale on Monday December 6 at the northwest corner of Bradford and Hope streets and to organize a junior CYO basketball league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CYO Athletic Club
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Bradford
Hope Streets
CYO
Domenic Randa
James Celene
Harrys Diodaty
John Ralzano
Ralph Nastri
Michael Rubie
Henry Federica
Anthony Matrone
Andrew Sacignano
William Topazio
Anthony Anania
John Cupole
Salvatore Griarsts
Frank Brune
Aniehno Ruggiero
Savie Manciert
Valentine Verne
Frank DeTeo
Michael Morra
CYO Club
Dedication of U S Rubber Co Honor Roll in Bristol
The Bristol plant of United States Rubber Company will dedicate an Honor Roll Tuesday at 2 45 PM. The list includes over 300 former employees now in service with one name Edward MacDonald of East Providence listed as missing in action. A bronze World War One plaque sits behind the Honor Roll. Major Alex Smith of the War Department’s Industrial Service Division will speak. Wesley Armstrong presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
United States Rubber Company
Andrew A Wilcox
Alex Smith
War Department
Industrial Service Division
Bureau of Public Relations
Wesley A. Armstrong
Wood Street
Employer’ Association
Goolden
Fdward MacDonald
East Providence
Claude Te Pruhkens Jr to Speak at St Michaels Church
Claude Te Pruhkens Jr will address parishioners at St Michaels Church Hankow China this Sunday and Monday. He will speak at the Children's service at 9 AM Sunday and at the 11 o clock service. He will stay for the Ladies Benevolent Society meeting Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Te Pruhkens Jr
St Michaels Church
Children’s Buchariest
Ladies Benevolent Sports
Byfield Nursery School Hosts Successful Open House
Miss Marguerite Brogan called the event a very successful open house at Byfield Nursery School held last evening. Parents toured the two play rooms sleeping room and kitchen with Brogan guiding then heard remarks from Elmer S Mapes superintendent of schools who praised the progress and teachers. Mrs Irene Pederson discussed routines and home help Mrs Ella Farnum spoke on music and Mrs Julia DiCianni described toy choices that build coordination and learning. John L Burke showed a nursery school film and after the program refreshments were served in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Brogan
Byfield Nursery School
Miss Brogan
Brogan
Elmer S. Mapes
Irene Pederson
John L. Burke
George McClure
Lt Governor Proposes After School Recreation Program
Lt Governor Louis W Cappelli outlined an after school plan at a Rotary Club meeting. He urged turning school facilities to supervised classes in sewing carpentry theater and machine work with student choice and dances. He called for servicemen and organizational support to back the effort. Raymond Makowsky sent a Christmas card from the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gev Louis W Cappelli
Rotary Club
South
Raymond JT Makowsky
South Pacific
Copy of My Turtles Now at Rogers Free Library
Bristol Garden Club president announces a copy of My Turtles by Josephine Gibson Knowlton has been placed in Rogers Free Library. The book, richly bound and illustrated, reflects a collaborative purchase by the Bristol Garden Club library and several individuals. Mrs Knowlton, summer resident here, has earned praise for presenting the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Free Library
William W. Perry
Bristol Garden Club
Turtles
Josephine Gibson Knowlton
Rome
The
Lobrary
Knowlton
Xmas Seal Design by Andre Dugo Sparks Local Sale
Andre Dugo, an internationally known artist, designed the 1943 Christmas Seal issued to raise funds for the Bristol Tuberculosis Association. The seal, pictured a girl gazing from a window at Santa Claus in the sky, went on sale last Saturday and runs through Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Dugo
Bristol Tuberculosis Association
Santa Claus
Dugo
Hungarian-born artist Mr. Dugos gains fame in Europe and America
Mr Dugo born in Szolnok Hungary showed artistic promise early. He studied architecture in Budapest but turned to painting self taught after a sixteenth year in Paris. His work appeared in major European and American magazines including Vanity Fair Harper's Bazaar and Town and Country. He is an American citizen married to a Paris acquaintance and lives with his family in Suffern New York.
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Mr Dugo
Szolnok
Hungary
College of Technology
Budapest
Paris
Europe
Vanity Fair
Harper’s Bazaar
Mr. Dugo
U. S
Newerphs
Wacky Will Mixes Hitler Jests and Quotation Glee
A column compiles a spoof will attributed to Adolf Hitler with farcical bequests to nations and figures, followed by witty maxims from Thackeray, Field, Hugo and others. The piece preserves period voice and satirical edge, pairing historic targets with punchy moral quips.
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Oliver Brothers
Richard Martin
Huntington
Long Island
Kathleen P Martin
Ernest A Meiggs
Martin
Bristol Senior High School
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence
Chi Meiggs
Army Air Corps
Cochran Field
Macon
Hugh J. Murphy
Woon Street
Salvatore Anania
Mt. Carmel
Howeset, Inc
Claudia
America
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Iaa Claire
Garden OF Eatin
Secret Service
Africa
Esmy Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Ann 1 Savage
Co-Feaildy
Gildersleeve
Harold Peary
London
Curtis
Michele Morgan
C. Aubrey Smith
Dooley Wilson
Victor Jory
Pamela Blake
Harry Hayden
Emory Parnell
U. S. Rubber Co
St. Michael’s
Ella Farnum
Julia DiCiannis
Ladies’ Benevolent
St Michael's Church
Highway Department
Church Street
Butterworth Street
Sherman Avenue
the Narrows
Japan
United Nations Et al
Publishers’ Auxiliary
Messrs
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Herr Hitler
Adolph Hitler
Phew-roar
Russia
Moscow
France
England
RAF
Norway
Italy
Poland
Walter Winchell
Hitler
Mussolini
Goebbels
Goering
F. D. Roosevelt
Count Ciano
Winston Churchill
General MacArthur
USA
Paperhanger
Tucinda M. P Reid
San Francisco
William Makepeace Thackery
Marshall Field
Victor Hugo
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