Post War Projects Plan Seeks Committee Meeting
Henry Wood heads the Post War Projects Planning Committee and will call a meeting of all sub committee chairmen to review each unit's progress and future actions. A master town map was discussed with the State Planning Board, and copies of a civic report will be shared for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wood
Wydd
Enight
A. A. Edmonds
Aith
State Planning Board
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Wood
Henry F. Serbst
Fol
U S Rubber Company to Dedicate Honor Roll Today
The U S Rubber Company will dedicate an honor roll this afternoon at 3:00 led by Major Alex Smith of the War Department Industrial Service Division. Wesley A. Armstrong presides at the ceremony in front of the plant on Wood Street. The display, erected by the Employees’ Association, lists service members in white letters on black with a gold eagle top, and includes Edward MacDougald of East Providence as the sole gold name currently. A bronze plaque behind honors World War One service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US. Rubber Company
Alex Smith
War Department
Industrial Service Division
Bureau of Public Relations
Wesley A. Armstrong
Wood Street
Employes’ ‘Association
Edward MacDougald
East Providence
Catholic Masses Mark Feast of Immaculate Conception
Special masses and devotions are planned at St Marys St Elizabeths and Our Lady of Mount Carmel to observe the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Confessions are offered tonight and tomorrow morning masses are scheduled throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
St. Elizabeth's Church
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Water supply restored after heavy rains in Bristol County
W H Streit manager of Bristol County Water Company announced that recent rainfall replenished the watershed and ended a severe drought. Normal use resumes but customers are urged to avoid waste, fix leaks, and conserve water for fuel and materials in the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Streit
Bristol County Water Company
Mr. Streit
War Production Board
Washington
Hope Circle No 70 Plans Christmas Party
Mrs Marie Vermette was named co chair and Mrs Marie Mr Were was appointed chairman of the Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella Christmas party set for December 20. The committee includes Edna Dubuc Madeline Almeida Nora Tollin Alma Bailey Marguerite Jordan Clara LeClerc and Miss Frances Horton. A food sale date will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Mr Were
Hope Circle
Isabellla
Marie Vermette
Edna Dubuc
Madeline Almeida
Nora Tollin
Alma Bailey
Marguerite Jordan
Clara LeClerc
Frances Horton
Tin Cans Should Be Saved For Salvage Drive
Twenty nine loads of rubbish were collected by the town truck in a clean up. Reynolds Northrup says at least half the material could have been salvaged and urges saving tin cans for next week’s collection to aid the fighting men. He notes careless disposal reduces the upcoming amount of salvaged material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Northrup
Highway Department
Mr Northrup
Price Panel Adds Two Assistants at Bristol Board
Reynolds Northrup head of the Price Panel Board announces that last week Mrs Albert Metcalf and Miss Laurine Bradfoard were sworn in as assistants to the price panel division by Capt Paul Herzig. The ceremony occurred in the Paull House.
Request for Names for Revised Town Honor Roll
Town officials ask relatives or friends to submit the names of service members eligible for the revised Honor Roll, noting that those already published do not need re submission. Submissions should be sent promptly for inclusion in the upcoming list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mommy
Bristol Housewives Urged to Save Kitchen Fats
Miss Alice B. Almy announces a new exchange: 2 meat ration points and 4c per pound for used kitchen fat starting Monday December 13. Bristol aims to boost fat collections for war effort, with quotas, store posters, and messages stressing fats power for glycerin and explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice B. Almy
Bristol
Miss Almy
Rhode Island
New England
America
Little Rhody
Almy
Lawrence Lanpher
W.P.B
Charity Drive of Women's Club Begins Today
The Italian Socialites Women's Club starts its sixth annual charity drive today and runs until December 31. Madeline Cortelessa chairs the drive and reports strong committee cooperation. Contributors' names will be published in the Bristol Phoenix. Frances Holmes leads Christmas activities with assistants Minnie Nappi Helen Pagnano and Mrs Vitello. The meeting opened with a chicken salad supper and Christmas carols after piano solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Vitello
Woodstreet
Madeline Cortelessa
Bristol Phoenix
Frances Holmes
Minnie Nappi
Helen Pagnano
Vitello
Old Clothing Drive Underway Led By Salvage Committee
At a Salvage for Victory meeting Mrs James McKenna was named chair of the ongoing old clothes drive. Churches serve as collection depots and preach Sunday notices. Clothes are sorted for wear or rags with 90 percent destined for overseas relief and 10 percent for local needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvage For Victory Committee
James McKenna
DAR To Hold Annual Xmas Party in Bristol Chapter House
Bristol Chapter D A R plans its annual Christmas party Monday at 2 30 p m at the Chapter House. Hosts include Miss Alice B Almy and Mrs John Brechin Jr with a musical program by Hubert F Hill. Guests of the Home for Aged Women will attend as the chapter hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
A.R
Hubert F .Hill
Alice B. Almy
John Brechin Jr
Robert F Munro
Jessica MacDougall
Sarah Munro
Harry Noble
Robert Ainsworth
Howard K DeWolf
Warren
Beneft
Red Cross
Mrs Noble
Almy
Clifford Wilson
James Collamore
Daniel Child
Benjamin Church
Air Medal Awarded Sgt Walter E Fields for five bomber missions
Staff Sergeant Walter E Fields of 7 Howe Street received the Air Medal for exceptional merit during five bomber combat missions over enemy occupied Europe. The citation praises his courage coolness and skill reflecting credit on himself and the United States Armed Forces. He is the son of Albert and the late Edna Fields, husband of Claire Cote and father of Sandra. He graduated from RAF Flexible Gunnery School in 1942 and later served overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E Fields
Howe Street
Continental
Europe
United States
Set. Fields
Albert Fields
Edna S. Fields
Claire Cote
Warren
Sandra
RAF
Fort Myers
Fla
Radio Hall of Fame features letter from a father in wartime
A Sunday radio sketch celebrates a flying father writing to his infant son in Union Beach New Jersey. The letter imagines future moments together and reflects hopes for liberty and fatherhood abroad. The piece also highlights a humorous scene with Hadji Ali at the Giza pyramids and notes from the Churchill Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Hall of Fame
South Pacific
John A. Rossi
Union Beach
N. J
Churchill
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sphinx
Hadji Ali No. 1
Giza Pyramids
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
Sarah Oliver
Waafs
Hadji Ali
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A. A. ‘Edmonds
Ighways
Dr .Serbst
E. Mathewson
J. P. Marshall
P. C.mitlemagor
W. E. Howe
F. J. ‘Huestis
U. S. Rubber Co
London
Alan Curtis
Michele Morgan
C. Aubrey Smith
Dooley Wilson
Charles Boyer
Joan Fontaine
Alexis Smith
Park Avenue
Del
Cary Grant
MR. Lucky
Cartoon
Africa
Hugh J. Murphy
DAR
Air Medal
Sgt
Walter E. Fields
Shere
Feller
F.B.L
Tey
Chiang Kai-St
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