Town votes tonight on land sale to Collins and Aikman
Planning Board approves the sale of a small harborfront land strip to Collins and Aikman Corporation and rezoning to move Wardwell Lumber. The plan includes acquiring adjacent plots on Thames street for a new factory. A town meeting at Reynolds School 7:30 PM will consider financing and inducements for manufacturing development.
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Planning Board
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Bradford Street
Tupelo Lane
Wardwell Lumber Company
Reynolds School
Thames Street
Narragansett Electric Company
Wardwell Lumber
Collins and Aikman
Boy Scouts Final Plea for Christmas Toy Drive
The Bristol Boy Scouts seek co operation for their annual Christmas Good Turn of repairing and distributing reconditioned toys to needy children. Tomorrow is the final day for toy collection with phone contact Bristol 511 W. Scouts will call for toys today or tomorrow and distribution runs Monday and Tuesday.
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Bristol Boy Scouts
Bristol 511
Bristol Shaken By Early Morning Quake
Early morning tremors woke Bristol residents with at least nine shocks in quick succession. The Burnside Memorial Building, housing the police department, shook as the quake struck around 2:28 am for about 20 seconds and was felt across a wide New England area.
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Bristol
Burnside Memorial
New Engand
Upcoming Monday issue date shown as December 23, 1940
The notice indicates the next issue will be published on Monday December 23 1940. It confirms a scheduling detail for readers and advertisers without additional context or events.
Fund Nears Goal in Kearney Christmas Basket Drive
The Kearney Post Christmas Basket Fund is within 24 dollars of its 160 dollar quota. Chairman B. W Wall urges weekend contributions to serve 100 approved families. Checks may be left at Room 7 Makowski Block 37 Cook Street. Previous report shows 141.50 raised from donors including Landemuth Dunbar Burnside Lodge First Baptist Mite Society Walsh Tacoletti Salmonese Hopkins Faculty-Student Body of Gulteras Memorial School and others.
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Kearney
B. W Wall
Makowski
Cook Street
BF Landemuth
Florence Dunbar
Burnside Lodge
First Baptist Church
J J Walsh
Tacoletti
Salmonese
S W Hopkins
Christmas Luncheon Hosted by Rhode Island Society Leaders
Mrs Samuel FE Hudson and Mrs Henry C Card hosted the Rhode Island Society of the United States of 1812 Christmas luncheon at the Providence Plantation Club. Attending officers from this town and Warren included Mrs Harriet M Fales Dixon Honorary Vice President, Mrs Clinton T Sherman Vice President, Mrs Samuel C Wardwell Recording Secretary, Mrs Harriet T Easterbrooks Auditor, and Mrs Frank E Maxwell of Warren.
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Samuel FE. Hudson
Henry C Card
Rhode Island Society of the United States of 1812
Providence Plantation Club
Warren
Harriet M Fales Dixon
Clinton T Sherman
Samuel C. Wardwell
Harriet T Easterbrooks
Frank E. Maxwell
Christmas Church Programs Highlight Seasonal Services
Christmas services at First Baptist First Congregational St Michael in the Diocesan calendar feature detailed choral offerings and pageants. Cantatas, tableaux and solos accompany scripture readings and sermons under pastors Burdon Graetz Parshley with varied choirs and organists.
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First Baptist Church
Arthur W. Burdon
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Anthony R Parshley
St Michael's Church
Press Power and Personal Connections Across the Nation
The article notes the press can influence politics and culture. It recounts Life magazine’s December 9 feature on a presidential prayer by Rev. George Lyman Locke and replies from Cruikshank relatives across Bristol, Montpelier, Chicago, and Missouri, highlighting how media links people and memories.
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George L. Locke
Bristol
Dr. Locke
United States
St Louis
George Lyman Locke
St. Michael's Church
R. I
Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Briggs
New England
Rhode Island
Gibson
Dana Gibson
Charles Gibson
St. Louis
Life
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Barbara Moren
Frank Dimond
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Enoch Marsden
Maurice Smith
Clyde Pendleton
Cora Anderson
Reginald Dimond
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Priscilla Brelsford
Dorothy Moren
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Marion Munro
Anna Kebrek
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Sally Mapes
Lavina Sales
Jacquelyn Pettine
Mary Wilson
Joan Osterberg
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Albert Osterberg
William Pettine
Samuel Steen
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St. Mary's Church
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Lucien Capone
Albert R Pierce
Frank L. Doran
James F Wyhe
Raymond McNamara
William H Sisson
Frank J Rinaldi
Andrew Dunbar
Henry F Serbst
Holly
Samuel Kinder
Davy Locke
Wallis Howe
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