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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1944
Page
2
Bristol District Nursing Association funds support baby clinics and infant care. The campaign highlights tuberculosis detection and broader health services from cradle to old age. Community buys Christmas Seals to sustain district nurses and reduce infant mortality.
Private Serephine Medeiros of Bristol Rhode Island earns the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in action with the 26th Infantry Division. He is the son of Mrs Annie Medeiros of 214 Franklin Street Bristol and before the Army worked for Bristol Manufacturing Company.
Manuel W Castro Jr US Navy son of Manuel and Mrs Castro 10 Perry Place is on a 12 day leave after eleven months in the Atlantic area He has served in five major battles including Normandy invasion His brother Joseph E Castro AMM3c USN survivor of the Belleau Woods bombing will also be home for Christmas They have not seen each other in over two years
Community notes explain that columns cover visits and items of interest to readers. It invites contributions from locals and acknowledges cooperation from participants.
Cpl Ernest E Meiggs Jr left after a 15 day furlough from the Army Air Field in Moultrie Ga. Tech Sgt Bertram F Bullock Jr USAAF is spending a furlough at home 119 High Street. Col Owen Birtwistle US Army visited Bristol with family. Mrs Jane Reynolds matron at Bristol Children’s Home is convalescing at Mrs Lewis Hoar’s Putnam Conn home. The Bristol Senior High School French Club held its Christmas party. Countryside Garden Club held a Christmas party at the home of Mrs Charles M Connery. Holy Rosary Society of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church held a Christmas party at parish house with gifts distributed by Mrs Ralph Formisano.
A fire at the F. H. Buffinton Co box factory on Eddy Street in Providence caused about 100000 in damage. Ownership is listed as F. H. Buffinton of Hope Street. Authorities also reported boiler trouble at Joseph Andreoli’s Prospect Street home and a still alarm at 20 Lincoln Avenue with few details available. Snow blanketed the area up to five inches signaling the first major storm of the year.
Kenneth F Sturdevant son of Dr and Mrs Earl G Sturdevant of 124 Hope Street Bristol Rhode Island was among 1023 men commissioned as Ensigns in the United States Naval Reserve The ceremony at the Cathedral of St John the Divine New York marked the twenty first class from the New York School which has produced over 18700 graduates Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ralph A Bard gave the principal address The oath was administered by Commodore John K Richards Sturdevant a 1942 Bristol High School graduate attended Brown University before joining the Naval Reserve and studied with a Navy V 12 unit there before attending the midshipman school
The family of the late St Louis Romano expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy received since the recent bereavement.
Frank P Caretro of the U S Navy thanks friends and the Collins and Aikman Corporation along with the Bristol Buddy Bundles Committee for Christmas packages and remembrances sent while overseas.
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