Bristol scrap drive explained as funding for children's recreation
Ian M. Walker, chairman of the Salvage Committee, clarifies why proceeds from scrap sales are earmarked for a supervised playground program in Bristol. He addresses criticis m and propaganda claims and notes the plan includes repair of the Common and new equipment, with two local men overseeing the project.
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Bristol
Ian M. Walker
Walker
WPA
C YO
Hubert Hill
Archie Allen
Allen
Warren
Alien
Hill
Richard Connery
Bristol Christmas packages sent to soldiers praised
Letters express thanks from service members for Bristol RI Christmas packages sent by the Bristol Buddies Bundle Committee. John O Lawrence and Edward H Rel'e Jr. write from Washington and on base, praising the town for remembering them and urging continued support with bonds.
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John O Lawrence
The
Phoenix
Bristol
Y M C A Board Sees Membership Rise and Safety Move
General Secretary H F Hill reports a healthy increase in Y M C A membership at the Board of Directors meeting. The group plans Christmas carol programs using amplifiers on Christmas week evenings. Wallis E Howe E S Mapes and Henry Wood to draft a tribute for the late George S Pailthorpe. Board approves adding an extra gym exit and schedules Industrial Y M C A Basketball League games for Sunday afternoons.
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H F Hill
Wallis E. Howe
E. S. Mapes
Henry Wood
George S. Pailthorpe
Servicemen Guests of Bristol Rotary Christmas Party
Servicemen in Bristol who may not return home for Christmas will be guests of the Bristol Rotary Club at its annual Christmas Party on Wednesday noon December 23. Jammes G. Carns Jr appointed committee chairman by President Frederick V. Martin. Led by Dr. Martin nine members and five Rotaryanns attended a meeting at Hotel Statler Boston where Senor Ferdinand Carbajal of Lima Peru president of Rotary International was guest of honor and principal speaker.
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Bristol
Bristol Rotary Club
Jammes G. Carns, Jr
Frederick V. Martin
Dr. Martin
Hotel Statler
Boston
Senor Ferdinand Carbajal
Lima
Peru
Rotary International
Bristol to form community Chest with state wide support
Bristol plans a community Chest run by a local board and federated with the United War Fund of Rhode Island. After an all agency meeting led by the Bristol District Nursing Association, the group signaled strong support with an informal vote showing unanimous approval. Formal actions by each agency will follow in coming weeks to establish the board of directors and necessary procedures.
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Bristol
United War Fund
Rhode Island
Bristol District Nursing Association
Charles B. Rockwell
Robert H. Loossey
Rockwell
YMCA
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Nursing Association
S. P.C.C
Tr.ouseley
Charles Rockwell
Earl G Sturdevant
Charles Otten
Ruth Graham
Charlies J. Jencks
A S T. Johnston
Isabel Acquaron
Evelyn Carter
Henrys Wood
Norton Mc Zinderstein
E S Mapes
Arthur H Fastman
Wesles A Armstrong
Contributors To Pailthorpe Memorial Fund Names List
A long list acknowledges donors to the Pailthorpe Memorial Fund including Mr and Mrs Winthrop DeWollt Mr and Mrs James F Keating Miss Violet Wenner strand Miss Nancy Bosworth Miss Margaret McGann John Matheson Miss Regina Brown Mrs Walter A Collins Arline Mrs Clara Miller Harry W Munro and many others with St Andrews Club of St Michael's noted among contributors.
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Winthrop DeWollt
Willam RB Darling
James F Keating
John G Stewart
Violet Wennerstrand
Fred Coggeshall
Nancy Bosworth
Margaret McGann
John Matheson
Regina Brown
Walter A Collins and
Arline
Clara Miller
Harry W Munro
C W Weaver
William A Darling
Richard Stuart
Mary Wood
Ellen Wood
Herbert Burnham, Jr
Ieah Young
Walter Carr
John Magee
Marjorie Magee
Buddy Waite
William Pertry
John Wall
William Wood
Chester Whitman
Ina P. Warren
Stannard
Sylvia
Roy Bush
Freda Schafft
St. Andrews Club
St. Michael's
Ruth Graham
Martha Graham
Alumni Benefit Basketball Game Honors Bristol High School
The Alumni Association will sponsor a benefit basketball game against Bristol High School varsity to honor the championship football team. The event is Monday December 21 at Andrews gym with players Pasquota Codola Attilio Topazio Vincent Santo Samuel DelPiano Edmund Massa Dante Pansa Elbert Velleca Antone Sousa and organizers Angelo Massa chairman Benjamin Hazen Frank Securo William McCarthy Thomas Campagna and Thomas Fitzpatrick seeking booster support from community groups and fans.
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Bristol High School
Alumni Association
Andrews Gymnasium
Pasquale Codola
Attilio Topazio
Vincent Santo
Samuel DelPiano
Edmund Massa
Dante Pansa
Elbert Velleca
Antone Sousa
Angelo Massa
Benjamin Hazen
Frank Securo
William McCarthy
Thomas Campagna
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Recreation Board Plans Budget for Summer Program
The Recreation Board meeting at the YMCA will hear Archie Allen discuss equipment needs and repair costs for the upcoming summer program. Hubert F Hill says the board will draft a tentative budget for the Salvage Committee to consider underwriting, with Town Council possible funding for any shortfall.
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Recreation Board
Archie Allen
Hill
Y. M. C. A. Seeks Upright Piano for Gym
The Y. M. C. A. asks residents with an unused upright piano to donate it for the gym. People should contact Hubert F. Hill, general secretary, by calling Bristol 189.
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Hubert F. Hill
Hill
Bristol 189
Lawrence Murphy Reported Missing In Action
Lawrence Murphy Boatswain's Mate First Class U S Navy, born in Bristol and son of Michael and the late Catherine Murphy, is missing following action. His wife died last year and his three children, two daughters and a son, are in Honolulu. Three brothers also serve.
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Lawrence Murphy
U. S. Navy
William Simmons
Hope Street
Navy Department
Bristol
Michael Murphy
Catherine Murphy
Honolulu
Aircrew report bizarre anti gravity in RAF flight
An AP dispatch from London cites wartime accounts of pilots and crews experiencing weightless moments during evasive actions. In one Sunderland incident a crew describes instruments and crewmen drifting to the ceiling as clouds like cumulonimbus bend air currents, with gear and food stowed oddly in motion.
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Hudson
Jules Verne
London
RAF
Bay of Biscay
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Ronald Reagan
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Nancy Coleman
Alan Hale
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Voice OF Terror
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Berlin
George Brent
Joan Bennett
Mischa Auer
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Rotary Club
Pailthorpe Memorial Fund
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Dorothy Parshley
Natalie Parshley
Eleanor Dunstan
Ethel Farmer
Martha Miler
Harriet Fennel
Har Manchester
June Hadfield
Samuel Smith
Metta Nelle
Mary Tillman
Robert Tourigney
Bertram W Wall
Clara L. Diman
Louis Gallo
Irene Gallo
Elizabeth Coggeshall
Joseph Eckersley
Henry Schafft
Anne St- Germaine
Dorothy Davis
Walter Wennerstrand
Mars Foster
Joseph Pannone
Wallis FE. Howe
Albert C. Larned
Elmer Arno
Mars Arno
Earl Matheson
Samuel Wardwell
Hubert F Hill
J. Kennedy
Victoria
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Sunderland
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H. Evans
Bath
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