CARE packages aid Italy with food and tools
Editorial notes CARE sent more than 75 million pounds of U S surplus food to Italy for war orphaned children and the aged in institutions, plus a 12 000 strong Roman squatters community and Neapolitans in bombed areas. Donors also provide tools to train trades, helping men become carpenters, electricians, masons, farmers, cobblers, or mechanics and women sewers or midwives. Headquarters at 175 Tremont Street Boston Mass.
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U. S
Italy
Care Aid
Tremont Street
Boston
Mass
Christmas Party Drinking Warning Prompts Safer Holidays
The piece warns that office parties cause injuries and fatalities from drink driving during the holidays. It cites the National Safety Council urging businesses to curb or cancel parties and urges drivers to skip the last drink before driving to prevent highway tragedies this season.
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National Safety Council
Traffic Safety Commissions
Still Quite A Fellow To Santa Claus Visits Local Fire Trucks
The community notes Santa’s ongoing visits on Christmas rounds, delivering joy to sick, elderly, and children at parties and sites like Nike, with gifts possible thanks to local stores, individuals, and industries supporting the spirit of goodwill.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Nike
Letter to the Editor Christmas prayer and reflection
A reader offers a religious Christmas letter urging peace on earth and personal renewal. The piece recalls Jesus birth, the nativity, and the need to forgive, resist temptation, and seek divine mercy. It closes with a wish for joy in the New Year and a call for shared prayer.
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Jesus Christ
Barracuda Arrives at Key West With Williams Family Ties
Lt. Cdr. Edwin E. Williams, son of Chester and Mrs Williams of Route 1 town, husband of Lois St John of Westport Conn, arrived December 17 at Key West Florida aboard USS Barracuda after leaving New London Conn. Crew visited Nassau Bahamas for a four day recreational stop. Barracuda to join Submarine Squadron 12 and serve as a target submarine for anti submarine training.
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Cdr
Edwin E. Williams
Chester W. Williams
Lois St. John
Westport
Conn
Key West Fla
New London
Florida
Barracuda
Nassau
Bahamas
Submarine Squadron 12
Navy
Promotions At Last Drill Of Battery C 243 Arty N J
Capt Texeira announced promotions at the final drill of Battery C 243 Arty, 20 Msl Bn Nike Ajax. Promotions included Albert Benevides Richard Enos Robert Ferrara Robert D Marshall and Joseph T Teixeira to Specialist Fourth Class Norman Ferri to Specialist Fifth Class. After welcomes, privates Dennis Cabral Lewis J Mello Anthony J Nunes and Joseph G Rego returned from six months duty at Ft Dix NJ as Captain Texeira inspected the battery in new army green uniforms.
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Battery C
Msl Bn
Nike Ajax
Americo V. Texeira
Albert Benevides
Richard Enos
Robert Ferrara
Robert D Marshall
Joseph T Teixeira
Norman Ferri
Dennis Cabral
Lewis J Mello
Anthony J Nunes
Joseph G Rego
Ft Dix N. J
Texeira
Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps Annual Holiday Sale and Events
The Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps host a December 11 to 24 annual sale of Christmas trees wreaths baskets and greens at Boy Scouts Hall Hope and Franklin Streets. A series of community events follow including alumni varsity basketball December 22 at Andrews Gym installation of officers January 10 for Portuguese Beneficial Association Don Luiz Filipe Society and January 9 annual banquet for Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co. Also Bristol Garden Club meeting January 13 Mothers Club bridge party January 14 Knights of Columbus dance January 16 and a football testimonial January 16 at Metacom Ave High School. A wide waste paper magazine and old rags collection by the Kingsmen begins at 10 am.
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Kingsmen Bugle and Drum Corps
Boy Scouts Hall
Hope and
Franklin Streets
Swanee River Fishing Club Christmas Party Draws 250
About 250 children attended a Sunday afternoon Christmas party hosted by the Swanee River Fishing Club at the Bristol Train of Artillery on State Street. A talent show and prize awards highlighted the event with music by William Degnan Edward Bullard and Joseph Araujo. Santa Claus figure “Honey” Marshall handed out gifts from the tree. Herbert Degnan chaired the committee flanked by Peter Moren Joseph Rodrigues Lawrence Axtell and Anthony Travers.
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Swanee River
Bristol Train of Artillery
State St
Wiliam Degnan
Edward O Bullard
Joseph Araujo
Santa Claus
Herbert Degnan
Peter Moren
Joseph Rodrigues
Lawrence Axtell
Anthony Travers
Honey in tea and the Vermont elixir idea
A reader shares a household discovery about honey in tea and cites Vermont Folk Medicine claiming honey with apple cider vinegar can cure many ailments. The message notes widespread chatter about the book, skepticism about its claims, and adds a brief aside on Atlantic cod once central to American fisheries and its historical role.
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Vermont
Life Magazine
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Earth
Calvary
Paradise
Andrews
Portuguese Beneficial Association
Don
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
Bristol Garden Club
Delbert W. Tildesley
The
Mothers Club of Our Lady of
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Midway House
United Brothers Synagogue
National Guard Armory
Metacom Ave
Bristol Phoenix
United States
John Cabot
New World
Newfoundland
owHea
Theri
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