Water contract referred to town meeting in Bristol
Bristol council votes to ask March town meeting to approve forfeiture of the exclusive right to lay pipes in town streets by Bristol and Warren Water Works. Resolution cites inadequate water supply and seeks to make the town a free agent. The Phoenix editor defends free press. Judge Lindemuth reports discolored water and asks for bill adjustment.
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Bristol County Water Company
Financial Town
Bristol and Warren
Bristol
Bristol and Warren Water Works
Huestis
Serbst
Bristol Phoenix
the Phoenix
Water Company
Actio
Benjamin F Lindemuth
Service By Federation At First Congregational Church
The Men's Federation of Bible Classes will conduct the Sunday evening service at 7 15 o clock in the First Congregational Church. Federation members will provide special music for the worship event.
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Men’s Federation of Bible Classes
First Congregational Church
Bristol Soldier Dante Pansa Killed in Action in Germany
Private first class Dante Elpidio Pansa, 21, of Bristol, was killed on December 17 while serving with the American First Army in Germany. A Colt Memorial High School 1941 graduate and former champion athlete, he had joined the service in 1943 after training in field artillery before transferring to infantry. He left for overseas duty last summer and is survived by his parents, three brothers Gaetano Attilno and Thomas, and a sister Enes, with local ties to Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church.
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Dante Elpidio Pansa
United States Army
Bristol
Germany
Andrew Pansa
Bradford Street
American First Army
Pvt
Pansa
Infantry
Hi-Y
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church
Gaetano
Navy Seabees
Attilno
U. S. Army
Thomas Pansa
Enes Pansa
Former Italian Internee To Speak At St Michael's
The Rev Hiram G Woolf former rector of the American Church in Rome and six months in an Italian concentration camp will speak at St Michael's Sunday night service. He now serves at St Thomas's North Providence. An instrumental trio Ruth Moulton Harriet Iacoletty and Walter Angell will perform before and during the offering. A social hour follows in the parish house. Morning service at 1 o'clock will omit a sermon and read the parish honor roll with prayers for armed forces.
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Hiram G Woolf
Rome
St Michael's Church
Woolf
St. Thomas's Church
North Providence
America
Ruth Moulton
Harriet K. Iacoletty
Walter H Angell
Anthony R. Parshley
Buell N Buckingham, Jr
Eleanor Dunstan
Mation Darming
Bailey Reappointed Building Inspector by Town Council
Otis M Bailey was re-appointed Building Inspector by the Town Council last evening. Councilman Paul C Millemaggi praised the nominee and moved for renewal, with the motion passing unanimously.
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Otis M Bailey
Paul C. Millemaggi
Christmas Card From Bristol England Reaches Town Council
A Christmas card from Bristol England bearing a Bristol to Bristol inscription was received by the Town Council last evening. It is signed by former Lord Mayors from 1940 to now and by the treasurer and secretary of the Lord Mayor's War Service Fund. The message recalls gratitude for support in dark days and conveys Christmas greetings. The cover features Bristol waterfront, St Mary Redcliffe and the Shot Tower.
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Bristols
Bristol
England
Lord Mayor’s War Service Fund
St. Mary Redcliffe
All
Two Parties Seek Lease on Town Land South Gooding Ave
Town land near Bristol Neck east of Hope Street and south of Gooding Avenue draws interest as a possible future sale. At last night’s council meeting Pasquale Pagnano and Frank Romano presented lease bids aiming at eventual purchase and building plans. Council postponed action amid fears leasing before sale could invite criticism and court questions on the land’s legal status.
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Gooding Ave
Bristol Neck
Hope Street
Gooding Avenue
Pasquale Pagnano
Democratic Town Committee
Frank Romano
Fortunato Squatrito
Bristol Casino
Nathaniel
Byfield
Pagnano
Huestis
Mhllemaggi
Fire damages third floor apartment on Thames Street
An overheated stove sparked a blaze on the third floor at 540 Thames Street owned by Joseph Campo. Police and fire units limited damage as flames spread to cupboards ceiling and stairs. Firemen tore away ceiling and wall partitions. building insured but no damage estimate yet. A general alarm was sounded.
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Thames Street
Joseph Campo
Sergeant Alfred Mello Home First Time in Four Years
Alfred Mello US Army sergeant returns home for a 23 day furlough after four years away from his parents at 4 Hunter Street. A pre Pearl Harbor enlistee he served at a naval base during the December 7, 1941 attack and has since been stationed in the Hawaiian Islands as a jungle instructor for rangers before reporting to the Atlantic City redistribution center at the end of his leave.
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Set Alfred Mello
Naval Base
Hawaiian Islands
Set Mello
Antone Mello
Hunter Street
Mello
Atlantic City
Rhode Island Stations Back Tin Can Drive In Bristol
James F Meiggs salvage committee chairman said all Rhode Island broadcasting stations agreed to cooperate for a tin can collection in Bristol next Monday. He will seek church and school participation too. Tins should be flattened and placed in containers in front of residences Monday for collection by Highway Department trucks.
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James F Meiggs
Rhode Island
Bristol
Highway Department
Four Injured In Storm Collision On Metacom Avenue
Four people were hurt Monday evening when two cars collided on Metacom avenue as a storm raged. One car was demolished, another badly damaged, with the driver Frank Arruda uninjured and passenger Reginald Easterbrooks sustaining a forehead laceration. Manuel Santos, Mary Ferreira, Lorraine Ferreira, and others were treated at Dr. D Angolo s office. Patrolman A Michael Bullock led the investigation.
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Metacom Avenue
Frank Arruda
Richmond Street
Manuel Santos
Santos
Mary Ferreira
Lorraine
A F D'Angelo
Alexander Paiva
Arruda
Reginald Easterbrooks
Spring Avenue
Riverside
D'Angelo
A. Michael Bullock
Catholic Churches Plan First Friday Services
Confessions will be heard tomorrow at all three Roman Catholic Churches as First Friday services begin. St Marys holds services at 5 45 7 and 8, Our Lady of Mt Carmel at 6 15 6 45 and 7 30, and St Elizabeths at 7 aly. Holy Communion will be given at the early services at both churches.
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St Mary's Church
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
St Elizabeth's Church
Annual Financial Report of Bristol Buddy Bundles Committee
Mervyn Clay presents the Bristol Buddy Bundles Committee annual report showing a December 31 1944 bank balance of 17544. Contributions totaled 448 individuals and groups with 1273 in expenditures including 3.85 per Buddy Bundle and related raffle books and greeting enclosures. The chairman thanks townspeople and industries for support.
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Mervyn Clay
The
Treasury
Bristol Buddy Bundles Committee
Four Army Chaplains Heroism Story Shared in Ocean Tragedy
The Chicago Times recounted how four Army chaplains from Catholic Jewish and Protestant faiths gave lifebelts to enlisted men aboard a torpedoed cargo ship. With eight aboard the doomed vessel the chaplains stayed behind to aid others and perished together praying as the ship sank.
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Atlantic
Chicago Times
The
Times
Four Chaplains Sacrifice Inspires Postwar Unity
The Dorchester chapel story is confirmed and lauded as a wartime act of interfaith courage. Chaplains Goode Washington Washington Poling Fox died together aiding others, urging a postwar world of Brotherhood while honoring their sacrifice.
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Dorchester
Greenland
Alexander Goode
Washington
John P. Washington
Newark
N. J
Clark W Poling
Schenectady
George L. Fox
Chicopee Falls
Mass
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June Haver
Cartoon
Sports
Basket Wizards
Community Sings
the Desert Hawk
Mon
Gail Russell
Diana Lynn
Charles Ruggles
Dorothy Gish
Pfc
Dante Pansa
St. Michael's
Otis M. Bailey
Sgt
Alfred Mello
Ahmere
Shere
Fort Myers
William R. Arnold
Army Chaplains
Laredo Taff
Chicago
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