Bristol Defense Council Approves 35000 Town Expenditure
Bristol taxpayers approved a 35000 appropriation at a special town meeting. A five hour session focused on maps and an observation post, with plans to bid on the structure. The council authorized bids for fire police and highway equipment and medical supplies.
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Bristol
Bristol Defense C Council
Pauis
Hope Street
O. Paul Herzig
B. W. Wall
Board of Fire Engineers
Fire Board
Defense Council
Police Department
J. Floyd Huestis
Bristol Police
Division of Protection
Highway Department
William L. Serbst
Huestis
A. A. Edmonds
Paul A. Herzig
Edmonds
Battery C Appeals Home Folks for Recreation Room Furnishings
Battery C of the 243rd Coast Artillery asks Bristol residents to donate recreation room items. Captain Albert Moren says morale hinges on diversions like rugs, tables, chairs, lamps, pictures, games, and ping-pong gear. Donors can call Phoenix at Bristol 44 to arrange pickup for Fort Getty.
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Bristol
243Rd Coast Artillery
Albert A. Moren
the Phoenix
Phoenix Office
Bristol 44
Fort Getty
William C Eckersley
Moren
Anthony A Moren
Battery “C
Duke
Albert Moren
George Moren
Frank D. Corrien
C” Battery
Sea Scouts Collect Paper for Defense
Sea Scout Ship Kearney has collected waste paper and plans a second haul to aid national defense. Coxswain Edward Arruda led last night’s Legion Hall meeting with training in rescue work under Second Mate Norman A Belmore.
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Kearney
National Defense
Edward Arruda
Legion Hall
Franklin Street
Norman A Belmore
Joseph E. Quinn
Carl T Carlson
Camp King Philip
Wiliam C McCaw
Richard A. Morern
First Aid Classes Planned By Church
A Red Cross first aid class is being formed among parishioners of the First Congregational Church. Those interested should contact Rev Herbert D. Graetz or Miss Annie McCaughey to join.
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First Congregational Church
Herbert D. Graetz
Annie McCaughey
Parking Woes Hit Bradford Street Businesses
Business places at Bradford Street near Wood report ongoing parking trouble from restrictions around the U S Rubber plant. Car owners leave vehicles all day despite one hour limits, harming sales for Ferncroft Market owner Frank Bruno and LaFazia’s Pharmacy proprietor John LaFazia.
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Bradford Street
Wood
U. S. Rubber Company
Frank Bruno
Ferncroft
Providence
Bruno
John LaFazia
LaFazia
Chevras Achim to Buy Defense Bond for Red Cross Fund
The Sisterhood of Chevra Agudas Achim Synagogue votes to purchase a $200 Defense Bond and host a bridge party on January 25 to benefit the Red Cross War Fund. A February 10 meeting will advance bridge plans with committee members including Miss Rhoda Levy and several Mrs. and Miss Levy members.
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Chevra Agudas Achim Synagogue
Red Cross War Fund
Rhoda Levy
Josephine M. Kessman
Mildred Levy
Leah Eisenstadt
Lena Osofsky
Eva Makowsky
Ruth Molasky
Sally Levy
Bristol Teachers Join War Emergency Training Program
Bristol school officials report teachers are undergoing first aid and emergency preparedness training under Superintendent Elmer S. Mapes. Classes cover first aid and incendiary bomb handling with support from janitors, the highway department, and a junior Red Cross unit.
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Bristol
Elmer S. Mapes
Mapes
Archie P Allen
Bristol Highway Department
Red Cross
Ruth Green
Ian M. Walker
Motor Corps of Bristol
American Red Cross
Bristol School Board Tables Pay Rise Request For Now
The Bristol school committee deferred action on a teachers wage increase pending wage scale comparisons with other communities. Final decision is set for next month when the budget is prepared.
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Bristol
Elmer S. Mapes
Bristol Public
Bristol Public Schools
Mapes
John L. Burke
Jessie Molasky
S. C. Cailan
T. Carlson
J. V. Leahy, Jr
M. P. Murphy
F J. Campagna
Mary E Carmone
Esther K. Clarke
Mary R. Andrade
Helen T Scanlon
Ruth E. Kerr
Ruth Tattrie
Guiteras Junior High School
Raphelina de Rosa Lemaire
Anthony Iasiello
Byfield
Irene Gallo
War news and reflections from DeWitt Bolster on the West Coast
The Phoenix office shares DeWitt E. Bolster's New Year notes from Los Nietos California. He recounts wartime vigilance on the West Coast mentions of Japanese espionage fears and U S military mobilization. He also observes American youths in buses heading to naval units and reflects on Japanese attitudes toward American resolve.
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Phoenix
DeWitt E. Bolster
Los Nietos
Cal
West Coast
Los Angeles
Auto tax stamps issued for 1942 43 year
George F. Pierce becomes the first to buy a new Federal auto tax stamp priced at 2.09 dollars. Vehicle owners must purchase four stamps by February to prove payment of the auto use tax through June 30 1943. A second stamp costing five dollars will be required after that date.
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George F. Pierce
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