Blood donors urged as Red Cross unit nears Bristol
The Red Cross mobile unit from Boston arrives Thursday with Bristol awaiting volunteers. Only about 325 of 11,000 residents have pledged a pint to aid distant soldiers, sparking surprise and concern from A. A. Edmonds and Mrs. Clara Diman. Hours are 1 45 to 6 15 Thursday and 11 to 3 Friday at St Michael's Parish House. applications are in The Phoenix. Nurses and senior girl scouts assist. names of volunteers will be published Friday.
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Red Cross
Boston
A. A. Edmonds
Clara Diman
Bristol
Edmonds
Diman
St. Michael's Parish House
The
Phoenix
Hope Street
Annie McCaughey
Wesley Armstrong
Ruth Graham
Antonio D'Angelo
Charles Benson
Ralph Kinder
Nurses Aid
James Sisson
Fred Wilbur
John Megathlin
Archie Danielson
D'Angelo
McCaughey
Wubur
Marino
Megathlin
Arcade ‘Giura
Lillian Sylvia
Carmela Mascena
Josephine Alfano
Jacqueline D’amico
Soldier Morin Wounded in France During World War II
Pfc Edmund H Morin 21 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Morin of 406 Thames street was slightly wounded in action in France on Nov 16. He has been in the Army since March 1943 and overseas since June, after service in England. A 1942 Bristol High School graduate, he worked for Carr Manufacturing before enlisting. His brother Sgt Walter E Morin died in an airplane crash in England last spring.
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Edmund H Morin
Joseph Morin
Thames Street
France
Pfc Morin
England
Carr Manufacturing Company
Bristol Senior High School
Pat Morin
Stars and Stripes
79Th
Charles H. Corlett
T Wyche
Corlett
Pvt Morin
Walter E Morin
Catholics Observe Immaculate Conception Across Parishes
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated Friday with multiple Masses at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and St Elizabeth's Church. St Mary's Church offers 5 45 7 and 8 o'clock Masses with a triduum at 7 30 pm tomorrow and Friday.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel
St Elizabeth's Church
St. Mary's Church
Pvt Anthony Cirillo Killed in France in August 1944
The family of Mr and Mrs Frank Cirillo of 14 Ryan Avenue received word Saturday that their son Private Anthony Cirillo 32 US Army was killed in action in France on August 3 He had previously been reported missing and is now listed as killed in action Cirillo is survived by his parents wife four brothers and six sisters plus two daughters Mary and Theresa He was previously employed by US Rubber Company in Bristol and trained at Fort Bland ing Florida Camp Otterbury Indiana and Fort George Meade Maryland This brief obituary notes his brother Sergeant Domenic Cirillo was killed in France on September 15 and that Anthony had recently left for overseas duty in early July
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Frank Cirillo
Ryan Avenue
Anthony Cirillo
U. S. Army
France
Cirllo
Glennis Collins Cirillo
Rangeley Lakes
Cirillo
Dom
Enic Cirillo
England
Fort Blanding
Fla
Camp Otterbury
Indiana
Fort George Meade
Civilian Conservation Corps
US Rubber Company
Bristol
National Guard
Michael
Pittsfield
Mass
Antonio
Hollister
Calif
Frank
Fred
Theresa Tamgerdi
Rose Borges
Mary
Corina
Elvira
Wilhelmina
Theresa
Benevolent Society Plans Annual Bridge and Food Sale
The Ladies Benevolent Society of St Michael's Church will hold its annual bridge and food sale tomorrow afternoon at the Parish House. Committee chairs include Mrs Henry Wood for arrangements with sub-committees led by Mrs Earl P Mathewson and Mrs Edward E Bunn for food and gifts, plus tea and decorations led by Mrs Wesley A Armstrong and others.
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Ladies’ Benevolent Society
St Michael's Church
Henry Wood
Earl P Mathewson
Edward E Bunn
Wesley A. Armstrong
William W. Perry
Wood
Earl P. Mathewson
Ruth Graham
Earl G. Sturdevant
Edward E. Bunn
J. Ellery Ingram
Lillian Wilson
E. I. Brownell
Charles Davis
Norton Zinderstein
Donald Matheson
Janet MacDougall
Myra Whitman
John Wall
J. William Wood
Mabel Salisbury
Town to canvass for 6th War Loan Sunday in Bristol town
The 6th War Loan canvass met at Burnside Memorial Building to plan a Sunday drive on December 10. Mrs Farley announced the town’s display of a flag in Narragansett Electric Light windows for achieving or exceeding the quota, and awards for top solicitors and large E bond sales.
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Burnside Memorial
Farley
Bristol County
War Finance Committee
Narragansett Electric Light Company
Walt Disney ci
Daughters of Isabella End Yarn Fund For Soldier Afghans
Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella established a Yarn Fund at their monthly meeting to solicit money or yarn for afghans for soldier hospitals. Ten afghans have been sent to Cush ing General Hospital Framingham Mass with two letters of appreciation read at the gathering. Next afghans will measure 42 by 44 inches.
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Hope Circle
No 70
Daughters of
Isabella
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
Mass
Christmas Gifts Sought For Rhode Island Veterans
The Ameri can Legion Kearney Post No 6 appeals for Christmas gifts for World War II veterans in Rhode Island hospitals. About two thousand gifts are needed before Christmas, with packages to be dropped at Pozzi's Pharmacy on Hope Street for Legion pickup. A single neatly wrapped gift suitable for man or woman is encouraged, with Eddie Cantor supporting the effort.
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Kearney Post
No 6
The
American Legion
Rhode Island
Pozzi
Hope Street
Legion
Leroy L. Dean
Eddie Cantor
Annual Xmas Sale Of Mite Society At Church Vestry
The Mite Society of the First Baptist Church holds its annual Christmas sale and supper Thursday evening in the church vestry. Mrs Otis M. Bailey chairs the arrangements committee with aid from Mrs. Fred Marz Mrs. Sadie Marshall Mrs. Minnie Card Mrs Rachael Simmons Mrs. Joseph Hoyle Mrs. Eber Hill and Miss Anna Pierce ex officio. The food team includes Mrs. Bailey and helpers Miss Lucy Wall and Mrs. Card assisted by Mrs. Fred Matt chairs the work committee.
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Mite Society
First Baptist Church
Otis M. Bailey
Bailey
Fred Marz
Sadie Marshall
Minnie Card
Rachael Simmons
Joseph Hoyle
Eber Hill
Anna Pierce
Fred Matt
Lucy Wall
Card
Colt Players Stand Out In All Star War Bond Game
The Rockets lost 7 to 6 in the Interscholastic League All Star war bond game at Brown Stadium on Saturday but Bristol five shone. Ralph McCaw and Matt Metozza starred in the backfield and Joe Cavallaro anchored the line along with Arthur Jordan and John Mello.
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Rockets
Brown Stadium
Bristol
Ralp McCaw
Mat Maetoza
Joe Cavallaro
U S Engineers Meet U S Independents in Y Gym Showdown
U S Engineers and U S Independents clash Thursday at 7:15 in the Y gym as the league’s top two teams. The Engineers stand undefeated while the Independents hold second place. The second game features the Y Kings facing the State Guard.
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U. S. Engineers
Y” Vikings
State Guard
Scout Hall Echoes War Service and Nurse’s Fatal Duty
Lt. M F Suzman, home on furlough, visits the First Bristol Troop and urges continued scoutcraft. Memorial planned for AMMM 2c USN John Freitas. In Belgium, Lt Frances Slanger, nurse, writes of doughboys then is killed by a German shell. Stars and Stripes later publishes her letter.
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Maynard F Suzman
USA
Pacific
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
Suzman
George R. Fish
Fish
John Freitas Ammm
USN
U. S. Army Hospital
Belgium
Ruth Cowan
Associated Press
Frances Slanger
Boston City Hospital
G.i.'s
Elizabeth Powers
Lowell
Mass
Christine Cox
Prides Crossing
Margaret Bowler
Westfield
Stars and Stripes
Paris
Slanger
Sherman arraigned on second DUI charge in special session
Arthur Sherman 40 of 45 Cottage Street was arraigned this morning at a Fifth District Court special session before Judge William T. O Donnell on operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty and was fined 200 dollars plus costs. He was arrested yesterday afternoon.
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Arthur Sherman
Cottage Street
Fifth District Court
William T. O'Donnell
Navy Plane Crew Converts Island Natives During WWII
An American aerial gunner from Toledo along with two shipmates hide on a Japanese island for 87 days after their plane was shot down. Natives shelter them, share a Bible, and convert seven Navy fliers to Christianity before rescue by Navy planes.
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Stanley W Tefft
Toledo
Ohio
South Pacific
Navy
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
Edward Peck
Shreveport
Jeff Scott
Garden City
Kansas
Tefft
Red River Valley
Ole Virginny
Johnny
Ben H King
Arkansas
Joe Mitchell
Davidson
Okla
Teft
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Irene Sousa
Helen Pinhiero
Rose Alfano
Evelino Oliviera
Margaret Caizzi
Isabel Principe
Arline Barber
John Sousa
Filomena Apicella
Domenic de Luca
Angela Salmonese
Winifred Oldham
Sarah Nastri
Sheldon Burt
Harry Cross
Lawrence Ashton
Aileen Barber
Alfred Salois
Frank Nunes
Peter O'Cortner
Joseph Cabral
Abel Botelho
Carmelia Mancieri
Margaret Slocum
Manuel Furtado
Julia St. Ours
Mary Marks
Wesley A
Hinnie George
Antoinette Fiore
Thomas Panza
Stanley Gray
Lenwood Babbitt
Joseph Massa
Emily Furtado
Winston Fetherston
Carlos Gaudette
Joseph Morra
James Livia
Joseph Oliveira
Elizabeth Blackhall
Mary Aiello
Anthony Travis
Joaquim Cotta
Jesse Ferreira
Anthony Marshall
Arthur Costa
Margaret McCallum
James Salzano
Evelyn Benigno
Lavina Ferreira
Alfred Gibson
Frank Ferrara
Colin Hayes
Paul Bruno
Anthony di Cianni
Louis de Felice
Gilbert Shaw
Charles Favreau
Albert Emery
Louis Castriotta
Joseph Lombardi
Joseph Medeiros
Joseph Borges
Gaetano Stanzione
Joseph Raposa
Thomas Jannsen
Wallace Dibble
Ting Teung Wong
Emily Almeida
Amedeo Dallaire
Sarah Bosworth
C Thomas Campagna
Irene Messina
Edward Carreira
reda_ Gallo
Richard Mason
Margaret Oliver
Rosalind Mello
Grace Perry
Mary Machado
Pearl O'Brien
Theresa Lever
William Salesses
Vincent Pasqua
Domenic Vaccaro
Herman Almeida
Gladys Hunt
Elizabeth Gifford
Anthony Principe
Nellie Eskiborn
Virginia Assante
Mary Brown
Frances di Salvo
Henriettta Phillips
Mary Ferreira
Faye Gray
John Francis
Charles Tappero
George
Pfc
Edmund H. Morin
Lionel Barrymore
Keye Luke
Ava Gardner
Alma Kruger
America
Navy Yard
Edward G. Robinson
MR. Winkle Goes TO
War
Ruth Warsick
Ted Donaldson
Bob Haymes
Richard Lane
Birdie and the Beast
G.I. Sports
Spencer Tracy
Signe Horso
Hume Cronyn
Jessica Tady
Agnes Moorehead News
Boy Johnny
Tony del Toro
Wood ST
Bristol, R. 1
D. of I
Soldier Yarn Fund
Loretta Connell
Annie McCallum
Mary Connors
Winfred Sylvester
Eloise Dunbar
Ethel Marz
Marguerite Ruggiero
Marguerite Walsh
of Mite Society
Colt
Arthur Jordan
John Mello
U.S
U. S
M. F. Suzman
Mt. Hope
O.E.S
Thackery Flats
Marion E. D. Newman
Dorothy Megathlin
Iona Young
Marguerite Kebrek
Elizabeth Hopkins
Bowler
Powers
Isadore Schwartz
South Pacific Islands
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