Six Bristol lectures by Col C Wellington Furlong on war in the Mediterranean
Col C Wellington Furlong, noted author and former war correspondent, will speak in Bristol at the Y M C A about the Mediterranean theater and the war outlook. Six lectures cover Africa battles, inland seas, and postwar implications with tickets at a reduced series rate.
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Mediterranean
Bristol
C. Wellington Furlong
America
Col. Furlong
Near
Middle East
Rotary Club
North Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Tunis
Libya
Africa
South America
New Year’s Day Union Service At Local Churches
St Michael’s First Congregational and First Baptist join for a 10:30 a.m. union service at the First Baptist Church to honor a week of prayer for men in service locally and abroad. Choirs from all three churches participate with Reverends Burden Parshley Graetz and wooden leading prayers sermon by Reverend William Wooden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Michael’s
First Congregational
First Baptist
St Mary's
St Elizabeth's
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
St Elizabeth’s Church
Trinity Church
St Mary’s Church
Arthur W . Burdon
Baptist Church
A. R. Parshley
St Michael's Church
Burden
Herbert D Graetz
First Congregational Church
Resolution On Death Of George S Pailthorpe
The Wardens and Vestry of St Michael's Church adopt a resolution on the death of George S Pailthorpe at a special meeting. It honors his loyalty to the church, secretary work, and efforts with St Andrew's League and Bristol boys and young men, and notes the void his passing leaves in the community. The resolution will be spread on the minutes, published in the Bristol Phoenix, and sent to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Michael's Church
George S Pailthorpe
Bristol
St .Michael’s Church
St Michael's
St Andrew's League
George Pallthorpe
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix New Year Greeting Issue Schedule
The Bristol Phoenix will publish on Thursday December 31 instead of Friday January 1. Those who wish to be included in the annual New Year greeting issue should call the office Wednesday morning at 1 5 Bradford St Bristol.
Local Board Assumes Price Issue Duties Under New Plan
Price complaints and price violation queries will be handled by local war price and rationing boards rather than the State Office. The State Price Division will organize six zones with zonal chiefs as panels open to the public on specified evenings for questions, while later hours are reserved for investigations and hearings.
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OPA
Tocal
Price Panel
Brd
Christmas Party at St Michael's School Ends With Gifts
Members of St Michael's church school held their annual Christmas party in the Parish House last night. St Andrews School West Barrington students performed a play and Primary Department children sang carols under Mrs John G Stewart. Calbraith Perry played Santa and gave each child a gift, candy, and an apple. Robert A Tourigney, home from Sewanee, directed the program.
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Church School of
St Michael's
St Andrews School
West Barrington
John G Stewart
Nancy D. Bosworth
Calbraith Perry
Santa Claus
Robert A Tourigney
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Bristol Scouts Open 30th Anniversary Celebration
The Bristol Troop Boy Scouts began a 30 day observance of Scouting’s Bristol roots with a Christmas party at Scout Hall. Patrols competed in games, awards were given for War Service bars, and officials announced events for the anniversary run including a banquet at Kearney Post Home and a February National Boy Scout Week open meeting. Navy veterans Michael Ruggiero and John Freitas attended as former scouts.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
Bristol County
George E. Fish
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Ennis Bisbane
Panthers
Walter Machado
Joseph Arruda
Solomon Islands
George Amara
Carmine Tangelle
Ennis Bisbano
Michael Rich
Richard Belmore
Manuel Torres Jr
Alfred Barboza
Frank Abenante
Albert Travers
John Sylvester Gilbert
Alves
Frank DeLuca
National Council
George R. Fish
Life
St Elizabeth's Church
Awashanks Herd
Honor Society of Scouting
Kearney
Post Home
Franklin Street
Drum
Gutteras School
Michael Ruggiero
John Freitas
U S. Navy
Hosts And Hostesses Named For YMCA Jamboree
The Young Peoples Jamboree committee names hosts Mr and Mrs Arche Plen Mr and Mrs Frank Securo and Mr and Mrs Hubert F Hill. Tickets remain 18 and must be bought at the YMCA by ten tonight with no extension.
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YMCA
Arche Plen
Frank Securo
Hubert F Hill
Hill
Bristol Area Event Lineup New Year Jamboree and Dances
Coming events list includes a New Year’s Eve Jamboree at the YMCA from 10 pm to 2 30 am on December 31 and a Military Dance by Co G RI State Guard at State Armory on Church Street January 23. February 8 features Rubinoff and His Violin under Bristol Rotary Club auspices to benefit a charity fund.
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YMCA
Co G
RI State Guard State Armory
Church Street
Rubinoff
The
Bristol Rotary Clb
Promoted to Staff Sergeant John W Church Jr in Army Air Force
John W Church Jr has been promoted to Staff Sergeant in the US Army Air Force and named an instructor. He awaits assignment in Laredo Texas after graduating from the Air Force Radio School in Sioux Falls SD. He previously worked in the Research Department of Collins Aikman Corp. in town.
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John W Church Jr
Sergeaant
US Army Air Force
John W Church
Laredo
Texas
Church
Air Force Radio School
Sioux Falls
Harlingen
Army
Collins & Aikman Corp
Christmas Seal Sale Reaches 1303 50 In Bristol
Miss Evelyn Carter secretary of the Bristol District Nursing Association reports Christmas Seal sales total 1303 50 to date the largest amount since the program began. Accounts remain open through January 1 for anyone wishing to buy seals or contribute to the fund.
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Evelyn Carter
Bristol
Italian Socialites Extend Closing Date Of Drive
The Italian Socialites Women's Club delays fundraising deadline to Friday January 8 to boost donations for its charitable work. President Nancy Vitiello says funds are needed to continue the club’s key project, the tonsil clinic, with Frances Holmes and Madeline Cortellessa urging gifts of any size.
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Nancy Vitiello
Frances Holmes
Madeline Cortellesa
Spy tale and Allied solidarity from Africa front
An American who served with the American Field Ambulance Corps in the African desert recalls a daring deception where a Nazi spy posed as a British officer. The tale highlights allied cooperation, moments of camaraderie with New Zealanders in Cairo, and risky ambulance bravery near Rommel’s artillery.
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American Field Ambulance Corps
Hammond Douglas, Jr
Worcester
Mass
Douglas
el Alamein
Africa
Cairo
New Zealand
Field Service Ambulance Corps
Rommel
A. F
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George S. Pailthorpe
Bradford St
Tel
Edward Arnold
Ann Harding
Donna Reed
Gene Autry
Mexico Way
Hedy Lamarr
Walter Pidgeon
Heven
van Heflin
Kathryn Grayson
Marsha Hunt
Church School
St. Michael’s
Bristol Boy Scouts
Young MR
Hawaiian Orchestra of
Providence
John W. Church, Jr
Weller
U.S
Alere
Oxford
A. F S
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