Two local plants added to state critical wartime list
The Bristol Plant of United States Rubber Company and Carr Manufacturing Corp. join 17 critical plants in the state, allowed to hire beyond replacement needs to boost wartime production. The program aims to ease manpower shortages without drawing workers from essential firms, with veterans eligible for hire by any plant.
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Bristol
United States Rubber Company
Carr Manufacturing Corp
State War Manpower Commission
Portsmouth
Thomas H. Bride
WMC
McBride
Pfc Pasquale Grimo Reported Missing In Action
Private first class Pasquale L. Grimo son of Michele Grimo of Usher avenue is listed as missing in action in Belgium since December 17. He served in a field artillery observation battalion overseas over a year and previously attended Bristol Senior High School and worked for USS Rubber Company before enlistment.
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Pasquale L. Grimo
Michele Grimo
Usher Avenue
Belgium
Bristol Senior High School
USS Rubber Company
WAC Opens Campaign For Recruits In Bristol
The Women's Army Corps launches an intensive recruitment drive from January 5 at 418 Hope Street Bristol with Lt M S Wiseley heading the WAC Depot. Eligible applicants ages 20 to 49 with two years of high school and no dependents under 14 may apply by in person writing or phone.
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Women’s Army Corps
Narragansett Electric Co
Hope Street
WAC
M S Wiseley
M S Kneeland
Z Fields
Pfe
A Jacques
Women's Army Corps
Bristol
Tin can collection drive planned in Bristol on Monday
Bristol residents are urged to prepare and place cleaned flattened tin cans in containers on the curb for Monday's collection by Highway Department trucks. James F Meiggs, Bristol Salvage Committee chair, emphasized proper preparation and the value of tin as war material, with notices in churches and schools and broadcasts to aid the drive.
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Highway Department
James F Meiggs
Bristol Salvage Committee
Richard Connery
Meigge
Pfc Antone Lopes Wounded in Action in Belgium
Pfc Antone Lopes Jr 21 son of Antone Lopes of 45 Oliver Street was slightly wounded in Belgium on December 21 a telegram to his father said He joined the Army May 10 1943 and prior to service worked for Bristol Manufacturing Corp His brother Staff Sgt Fred Lopes also serves overseas with infantry He wears the Silver and Bronze Star medals and the Combat Infantry badge.
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Antone Lopes, Jr
Antone Lopes
Oliver Street
Belgium
Pvt Lopes
Infantry
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
Fred Lopes
Evangelistic Service by Rhode Island Bible Classes in Bristol
The Rhode Island Federation of Mens' Bible Classes sends a deputation to Bristol First Congregational for a Sunday eve service at 730. Speakers Homer Mac Baine and Carmen Felch will lead, with a mixed quartet directed by George H Dingee. A prelude Gospel Hymn Sing at 715 features Roswell S. Bosworth. A Bristol YMCA annual meeting follows at 8.
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Rhode Island Federation of Mens
DeWolf Memorial Chapel
First Congregational Church of
Bristol
Homer MacBaine
Providence
Carmen Felch
Cranstone
George H Dingee
Ellworth Seeley
A E Evans
Newpoot
Reba Rebekah Lodge to Mark 70th Anniversary
The Reba Rebekah Lodge will observe its seventieth anniversary with a supper on Thursday January 18 in the vestry of the First Baptist Church. Members planning to attend should notify committee secretary Mrs William P Gladding before January. Last night at a lodge meeting Miss Annie M Faulkner presented Mrs Metta Nellie with a 50 year jewel. Nellie was installed as a member when Faulkner was vice grand.
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Reba Rebekah Lodge
First Baptist Church
Willam P Gladding
Jane
Metta Nellie
Annie M Faulkner
Nelli
Miss Faulkner
D G Coggeshall Re elected Leader Of Bristol Veteran Firemen
D G Coggeshall was re elected president of the Bristol Veteran Firemen Association at the annual meeting on Wednesday evening Everett Lee Church was named vice president and George R Fish secretary Mrs Coggeshall serves as treasurer The Bristol unit will retain members of the New England Veteran Firemen Association per the vote.
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Bristol Veteran Firemen’s Association
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Everett Lee Church
George R Fish
Coggeshall
Bristol
New England Veteran Firemen’s Association
Mrs Henry Wood Re-elected President of Benevolent Society
Mrs Henry Wood was re elected acting president of the Ladies Benevolent Society of St Michael s Church at the annual meeting held Wednesday afternoon at Mrs Wood s home Rev An thony R Parshley is honorary president of the society. Other officers elected followed. tea was served with Mrs Earl P Mathewson and Mrs E J Brownell pouring.
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Hiram G Woolf
St Thomas Church
North Providence
Rome
St Michael's Church
Woolf
Italy
America
Emmanuel Iacoletti
Ruth Moulton
Walter H. Angell
Anthony R. Parshley
Buell N. Buckingham, Jr
Eleanor Dunstan
Marion Darling
John H. Tuplin
Harry W. Munro
George Boutillier
E. D. Kunz
Henry Wood
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
Wood
Anthony R Parshley
Earl P Mathewson
E J Brownell
Bristol Christmas Seal Drive Reaches $1630 Total
Bristol Christmas Seal Committee reports a record total of 1630 dollars from seal sales this morning. Several November appeal letters remain unanswered and members urge prompt responses. Committee chairman Mrs. N G Herreshoff thanks the community for support toward the goal.
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Bristol
N. G. Herreshoff
Death of Max Hugo Seiffert prompts local burial plans
Ward reports the death of Max Hugo Seiffert 70 at his Orlando Florida winter home and says he will be brought back here for burial. A retired chemist born in Brooklyn he lived in this town as a boy and worked in J H Young’s drug store. He later ran a successful druggist business in Providence and Pawtucket. He is survived by his wife Betsey Lindsey Kenney and a daughter Mrs Roger Clerk of Orlando Florida.
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Ward
Max Hugo Seiffert
Orlando
Florida
Mr. Seiffert
Brooklyn
New York
Henry and
Matilda (Neuman) Seiffert
J. H. Young
Providence
Pawtucket
Betsey Lindsey Kenney
Hope Street
Seiffert
Rotary Club
Roger Clerk
British War Clothing Crisis Strains Families
The piece outlines severe fabric and coupon shortages in wartime Britain. It cites Peter Lyne noting fathers cannot secure new suits or shoes, women lack stockings, and replacements are often inferior. Coupons, rationing, and long waits leave families in constant barter.
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Great Britain
Peter Lyne
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
London
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