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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
2
A call goes out for donors aged 18 to 60 to aid wounded soldiers by giving blood plasma. Red Cross centers number 35 with 63 collection units, supplying the Army and Navy which seek 11 million pints. 6 million collected so far. Bristol committee coordinates 800 donors and two day mobile unit details as plans unfold.
Local items list visits to Pine Gables Convalescent Home, garden club Red Cross activity resuming, parish and church social events, Legion and social group meetings, and military families with returns from duty. Various notices mention weddings, furloughs, training completions, and community scheduling in Bristol and nearby areas.
We express sincere thanks to relatives neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during our bereavement and for the flowers and spiritual bouquets. Special thanks to the Portuguese American Women’s Civic League and the Don Tare Pillip MES Joseph Victoria.
Nathan Eisenstadt arrived home Wednesday evening on a two day pass from his station at Columbia Army Base in South Carolina.
Funeral services for Joseph Victoria of 10 Ryan Avenue were held Wednesday morning at 8 18 o clock from his residence followed by a high mass at St Elizabeth's Church at 9 o'clock. Rev Henrique Rocha, pastor, was celebrant. Burial was in St Mary's Cemetery.
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