Colt Gains Class C Co-Championship and Playoff Spot
Colt High wins a Class C co championship after a compromise at the Principal's Committee on Athletics meeting at Barrington High School. Colt earns the No 1 Class C playoff berth and will face De La Salle at Brown University’s Marvel Gym on Saturday at 7 30 p.m. Local officials sold reserved seats ahead of time with remaining tickets due back before Saturday. Barrington meets Pawtucket East Friday at 7 30 p.m. and St Raphael vs Westerly follows at 8 45 p.m. The final state playoffs run Thursday and Friday March 7 and 8.
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Colt High
Barrington High School
John F. Burke
Bristol Senior High School
Ralph Nash
Barrington
Colt
de la Salle
Marvel Gymnasium
Brown University
Rogers High
Pawtucket West
Rogers
Newport
West
Pawtucket East
Burke
High School Athletic Association
St. Raphael
Subscribers Rally For Camp Hoffman Building Fund
Subscribers listed for the Camp Hoffman Building Fund meet at St. Michael’s Parish House tomorrow at 2 30 in the afternoon. Attendees are urged to bring playing cards and include donors such as Henry A Street Collins Aikman Corp and numerous named residents and merchants contributing between 50 and 1.
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Camp Hoffman Building Fund
St. Michael’s
Hope Street
James A McKenna
Charles Benson
Charles Young
Eugene Byone
Buell N Buckingham, Jr
Sidney Herreshoff
Arthur R. Jackson
Edward Dupont
Walter Briggs
Angelo Calandre
William H Connery
John R Watson
Henry A Street
Collins & Aikman Corp
Henry A. Street
Robert M Nelson
John H Toplin
Norman J Vermette
J Winthrop DeWolf
Benjamin F Lindemuth
E I Brownell
Mary Street
J Murphy
O11 Co
D V A Capone
T D Adams
Robert Lanphear
Wardwell Lumber Co
Charles M Connery
J C Mello
Leah Eisenstadt
Edward G Easterbrooks
Buffington's
Viera
Pogzzi
Hope Drug
A. F Weise
W H Angevine
Albert H Flint Jr
Red Cross Roll Call Rally Tonight at the YMCA
A Red Cross Roll Call Rally is held tonight at 815 at the YMCA. Speakers include Fred B Perkins a Providence lawyer and Anthony R Parshley Bristol Branch chairman. The program includes Red Cross work films and workers receive kits with leadership from Howard R Newman and J Francis Connell.
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Red Cross
YMCA
Fred B Perkins
Providence
Anthony R Parshley
Bristol
The
Howard R Newman
Wallis E Howe
Lucien Capone
J Francis Connell
Teen Age Book Show At High School Opens Three Days
Bristol Senior High School announces a Teen Age Book Exhibit in the Visual Education Room of Andrews Memorial School from February 26 to 28. The event includes a Wednesday assembly at Colt Memorial School with a film It s All Yours and a talk by Susan Demery librarian Barrington Public Library.
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John L Burke
Bristol Senior High School
Andrews Memorial School
Guiteras Memorial School
Colt Memorial School
Susan Demery
Barrington Public Library
Guiteras
Esther Osterberg
Rogers Free Library
Colt Memorial School Library
Jessie Molasky
Guiteras Memorial
Colt and Guiteras
Laurine Bradford
Sadie C Callan
James D. Sullivan
Miriam McCaughey
Margaret P. Murphy
Benjamin Hazen
Margaret F. Dwyer
Emily Osterberg
Anne D Sisson
Colt
Margaret Ferone
Nerone
Molasky
Pocket Books, Inc
Bristol Teachers Endorse Pension Reform Group
The Bristol Teachers Association voted to join the provisional Rhode Island Federation of Public School Teachers Associations. They endorsed the efforts for a better pension law, backing aims of minimum 1000 and maximum 1200 after 35 years, and voluntary retirement after 25 years.
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Bristol Teachers Association
Reynolds
Provisional
Federation of Public School Teachers Associations of
Rhode Island
Benjamin Hazen
Bristol Association
Helen A. Condon
Providence
Cottrell-Duffy
RI Assembly
Miss Condon
Child Welfare Head Addresses Couples Club in Rhode Island
Lawrence C. Cole administrator of Rhode Island Child Welfare Services spoke to Saint Michael's Couple's Club. He outlined four groups needing state care and described services of the Children's Division including direct care for 1700 children, protective work, and investigations. The group urged licensing of all boarding homes for children up to sixteen and discussed volunteer help, donations of toys, and a spring outing for State Home and School children. A $5 donation to Red Cross and Girl Scouts was approved.
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Lawrence C. Cole
Rhode Island
Saint Michael's
Cole
Russell Southwick
Holmes House
Red Cross
Girl Scouts For
Camp Hoffman
Wordell in Japan With 1st Cavalry Division
Pfc Vernon L Wordell of Bristol Rhode Island serves with the 1st Cavalry Division in the Nippon capital occupation. He has overseas service since June 21 1945 and is an assistant supply sergeant with the 5th Cavalry Regiment.
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Eighth Army
Japan
Vernon L Wordell
Bristol
Rhode Island
1St Cavalry Division
Nippon
Wordell
5Th Cavalry Regiment
Little Compton
Morse Twist Drill & Machine Company
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Army
Camp Chaffee
Arkansas
Elizabeth Wordell
High Street
Ruth Wordell
Adamsville
Surprise Visit From Nephew Sparks Family Gathering
Pvt Frank J Farinha age 23 from Patterson California paid a surprise visit to his great aunt Mrs Mary F Valente of Wood Street. Farinha, stationed in Warrenton Virginia, is son of Francisco Farinha and relatives from Warren held a birthday surprise party with relatives he had not met before.
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Frank J Farinha
Patterson
California
Mary F Valente
Wood Street
Farinha
Warrenton
Francisco Farinha
St Elizabeth's Church
John Valente
Warren
Pat Fatinda
Kearney Post Notes on Meetings and Social Events
The Executive Committee of Kearney Post No 6 meets at 8 p.m. at the Post Home on Franklin. The Post Dance committee also meets at 8 p.m. in the same location. A Thursday dance kicks off a series sponsored by Kearney Post chaired by Richard Rensenhaus. A Friday 8 p.m. business meeting will review committee reports followed by a social hour in the dugout. The Second District Rhode Island gatherings occur Saturday night March 9 with Kearney Post and Auxiliary hosting in two venues and a joint social hour and dancing to close.
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Kearney Post
No 6
Post
Franklin Street
the Post
Richard Rensenhausen
Department of Rhode Island
Block Island
East Providence
Hydraulion
Hydraulion Fire Station
Sale of the New York Yankees noted by Brooklyn Eagle
Ben Gould reports in the Brooklyn Eagle that the January 1945 sale of the Yankees to Don Topping Larry MacPhail and Del Webb shocked sports circles. Bill Corum handed the scoop to Max Kase who chose to delay publication to protect readers and scoop value.
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New York Yankee
Babe” Ruth
Ben Gould
Brooklyn Eagle
Bill Corum
New York Journal- American
New York Yankees
Don Topping
Larry MacPhail
del Webb
Corum
Max Kase
Kase
Journal- American
J-A
Yankees Sale Scoop Missed by Courteous Call
A late night call to the New York sports desk led to a missed scoop when the operator could not locate acting sports editor Al Laney. The next day the Yankees sale became front page news by Bill Corum and Max Kase, with Basil Maguire among the buyers.
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New York
al Laney
Husband Leaves Home Ad Speaks With French Canadian Flair
In a humorous exchange, Peter asks his editor to print a notice about his wife leaving him. Peter drafts a quirky ad claiming she has jumped the house for three weeks and warns anyone trusting him about his account, in a playful mock newspaper notice style.
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Peter
Pete
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