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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1945
Page
2
The Life magazine report on scarce tactical field wire highlights shortages that imperil troops on the First Army front. Bristol’s wire output stalls due to labor shortages, leaving commanders to ration critical cables and risking miscommunication amid harsh weather and ongoing wars.
Bristol and vicinity items note illnesses and visits including Mrs. Lucien Capone ill with grippe at 110 High Street. Rotary Club speaker Rev Guilsenan. Birth of Kathleen Mane first Bristol baby of 1945. Army and Navy personnel on leave or training including Arthur Williams, William Cashin, Gaetano Proto, Catherine Gallagher, and John Bisbane. YMCA basketball games and air force enlistees returning from Sampson and Amherst training.
Ralph M Nelson a 22 year old fireman first class from Melville was released on 1000 bail after pleading not guilty to operating a vehicle without consent and driving to endanger. The charges stem from him taking Gaetano Rucci’s car from 219 State Street and crashing it into a tree causing about 400 dollars in damage. Nelson is stationed at the Melville oil depot.
Pvt. Morris of 48 Constitution Street Bristol Rhode Island, previously stationed at the Third Training Center of the Women's Army Corps in Fort Aglethorpe Georgia, assigned to WAC Detachment at Boston Army Base Massachusetts.
More than 130 boys and girls gathered at the YMCA to usher in the New Year with a jamboree featuring dancing in pastel decorated gym, a Stardusters performance, and a one man show by Tomas Campagna. Decorations were led by Shirley Seamans with assistants Olga Viera Mary Nunes Dorothy Hunt and others. Refreshments were organized by Flora Fusco and staff from the Young Women's Club. Additional Y helpers included Domenic Raiola Matthew Maetoza Joseph Accardi and Carmine C Cirillo.
The Bristol record shows 98 marriages in 1944 and 1943, with 47 local couples and 24 Bristol participants in 44 out of town weddings. Births fell in 1944 to 49 from 69 in 1943 while hospital births declined. Deaths dropped to 71 in 1944 from 95 in 1943, with Bristolians dying out of town at 48 versus 66 in 1943.
We express gratitude to the Bristol Fire Department for the excellent manner in which they handled the fire at our property early this morning. Mr and Mrs Joseph Campo
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