Bristol Observes Christmas Spirit with Dinners and Services
Bristol communities unite for holiday aid with dinners for 70 Bristol families and meals for residents of state homes. Scouts distribute repaired toys while church choirs perform Christmas Masses and programs across St Michael's Episcopal, St Mary’s, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and Our Lady of St Joseph parishes.
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Bristol
St. Michael’s
Rhode Island
Kearney Post
American Legion
B. W. Wall
Eber W. Hill
America Vona
Joséph Tedesco
Virginio Cabral
Joseph F. Bruno
Charles Romano
Legionnaires
George R. Fish
Word From The Japs In Tokyo News Letter
A mail copy of Commerce a quarterly illustrated review printed in English Spanish and French arrives at this office. The publication is praised for its printer's art but noted as incongruous amid wartime tension and the clash with American wage scales.
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Tokyo
Japan
Commerce
Japan Foreign Trade Federation
Colt Memorial High Publication Makes Its Appearance
Colt Memorial High School in Bristol unveils its Pegasus edition edited by Paul Richards with staff including Yolanda Santuulli, Thomas Campagna, Louis Alfano, Walter Brelsford, and others. The issue blends poetry, cartoons, puzzles, and columns with a wartime editorial urging unity and American resolve after Japan's December 7 declaration of war.
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Colt Memorial High
Yerial High School
Bristol
Paul Richards
Yolanda Santulli
Thomas Campagna
Earl Rounds
Harold Dennis
Louis Alfano
Walter Brelsford
Unty
Pegasus
United States
Far East
Japan
Amerca
Portuguese Independent Club Mortgage Burn Event
The Portuguese Independent Club and Band will hold a mortgage burning ceremony on January 4 at the organization’s Wood and Roma street headquarters. Secretary Anthony E. Williams announced that town and state officials will attend, with a banquet and installation of newly elected officers.
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Wood and
Roma Street
Anthony E. Williams
Bristol Evacuation Official Appointed in City
Superintendent Elmer S. Mapes was named evacuation head for Bristol by B W Wall director of protection. An air raid wardens meeting is planned for Monday at the American Legion home on Franklin street to outline duties.
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Elmer S. Mapes
Jarstral
Bristol
B. W. Wall
Division of Protection
Wall
Kearney Post
American Legion
Franklin Street
Domenic Mascola
Charles E. Burns
Civilian Defense Report Center
Kearney
John Grabert
James J. Walsh
Robert McCaughey
M. Donovan Stone
Helen Hambrick
Anne V. Seymour
O. Paul Herzig
Defense Council
Robert Lanphear
Nora E. Dwyer
Legion Headquarters
Eugenia Paull
Hope Street
Red Cross and Defense Council
Red Cross to Start More First Aid Classes in Bristol
Bristol Red Cross to launch additional first aid sessions as registrations finalize. Executive secretary Mrs Clara Diman announces evening and afternoon classes for ten weeks with options at registration. Two classes already running Monday and Tuesday evenings. contact Bristol 266 W or 337 for entry and notes on new home move to Eugenia Paul House.
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Red Cross
Bristol
Clara Diman
Eugenia Paull
Hope Street
Diman
Yacht Club New Year's Eve Dance Planned
Mrs. Frederick M. Dixon Jr. chairs the Bristol Yacht Club committee planning a New Year's Eve dance. Proceeds go to the American Red Cross. Tom McMann and his nine piece society orchestra will provide the music for what is expected to be a capacity gathering.
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Frederick M. Dixon, Jr
Bristol Yacht Club
American Red Cross
Tom McMann
Wesley Armstrong
Samuel D. Clark
Russell G. Colt
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Gilbert C. Hoover
Joseph C. Kinder
Marshall Rawle
W. Frederick Williams, Jr
New Year Dance at Yacht Club Benefits Red Cross
December 31 dance at the yacht club raises funds for the American Red Cross. January 25 chicken supper hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary Don Luis Filipe Society in Lincoln Hall on Usher Street.
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Yacht Club
American Red Cross
Don Luis
Christmas Party Held by Church School
The Sunday School of the First Congregational Church held its annual Christmas party in the DeWolf Memorial Chapel Tuesday night. The primary department presented a program of recitations and songs led by Mrs. Mabelle Remieres.
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First Congregational Church
DeWolf Memorial Chapel
Clyde Pendleton
Mabelle Remieres
Funeral Services for Mrs Breen Held at St Mary's
Funeral services for Mrs Rose A Goodwin Breen 62 were at her home 11 Lincoln Avenue then a 9 o'clock mass at St Mary's Church. She died Tuesday in a Providence hospital after a brief illness. Born Providence April 26 1879 she moved to Bristol as a girl and married Bernard Breen in 1904. Surviving are three sisters Miss Nellie Godwin and Miss Anne Connor both of Providence.
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Rose A. (Goodwin) Breen
Lincoln Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Bernard Breen
Breen
Providence
Frederick
Mary Monahan Goodwin
Bristol
Nellie
Anne Godwin
Ts. Connor
Unclear corporate report fragment involving Collins firm
Fragmentary OCR text references Collins and Aikinas Corporation and a subsidiary with profit reporting for a period ending November 20 20x7. Details are incomplete and names appear garbled.
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Collins and Aikinas Corporation
Sidiry
Sanctorum of a small town editor in Greene New York
A humorous sketch profiles Norman O. Westcott and the ritual of writing editorials. The piece depicts the sanctum sanctorum setting, the ponderous posture before the typewriter, the ritual wait for inspiration, the linotype misadventures, and the eccentric encounters with visitors and advertisers.
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Norman O. Westcott
Greene, N. Y
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