Long Range Public Works Planning Hears Bristol Talk
Paul V T Hedden of the National Resources Planning Board urged Bristol to form a long range public works program. The plan aims to cushion postwar unemployment, with a six year department needs forecast and a six year financial outlook guiding capital projects. A committee including the Planning Board Town Council Budget Committee and town treasurer will oversee the effort prior to Washington submission.
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Bristol
Paul V. T. Hedden
National Resources Planning Board
Local Planning Board
New England
Hedden
Michael Pasquarelli
John P Mashall
A A Edmonds
R S Bosworth
Frank J Svivia
Frank S Gigho
Earl P Mathewson
Mr. Hedden
Former Councilman Frank J Sylvia Completes 20 Years
Frank J Sylvia completed twenty years of service with Prudential Life Insurance Company and received a gold watch charm set with a diamond and a Class D certificate. He will be guest of honor at a Providence No 2 District banquet tomorrow evening at the Narragansett Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J Sylvia
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Narragansett Hotel
Providence No 2
St Michael's to Hold Special Service Sunday
St Michael's Church Bristol will sponsor a service of Repentance Faith and Intercession at 11 o clock Sunday morning. The service follows Bishop Perry's wish for a day of special prayer in parish churches and missions of the diocese for the Nation armed forces and all who serve and for a righteous peace. There will be no sermon or address, says Rev Anthony R Parshley rector.
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St. Michael’s Church
Bristol
Perry
Anthony R. Parshley
Two Sites Considered for Town Observation Post
Bristol officials announced two possible sites for the town's new observation post. The project, funded by taxpayers at a recent town meeting, may place the post on Bay View avenue and Buttonwood streets or on Metacom avenue near Bay View. Plans by O Paul Herzig are ready and bids will be sought soon.
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B. W. Wall
Bristol
Division of Protection
Wall
Bay View Avenue
Buttonwood Streets
Metacom Avenue
O. Paul Herzig
American Legion
Franklin Street
State Council of Defense Superintendent of Schools
Elmer S Mapes
Bristol Defense Council
Mapes
Providence
New England
Town Council
Prescott B. Paull
Wall Mark Peter, Jr
W Gurney Diver
Rhode Island
Kearney Post
Samuel D Clark
Reynolds School
Paul Bruno
Guiteras School
William L. Serbst
District A
A. F D'Angelo
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
High Street
Mr Wal
Moses M. Moore
John Grabert
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Oscar Pivin
Arthur Cordeiro
Donald Felix
Dean Armstrong
Richard Moren
Roswell Bosworth
Lawrence Andrade
Bristol Tire Rationing Board Sets Thursday Meeting
The Bristol tire rationing board will meet Thursday night in the Paull House Hope street from 7 to 8 pm Elmer Angell secretary said that all future sessions of the board will be held in the Paull House.
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Bristol
Paull House
Hope Street
Elmer Angell
Firemen Demand Adequate Equipment Despite Economy
Members of the Defiance Engine and Hose Company urge that economy not sideline safety criticizing supporters of a new apparatus. They argue trucks lack brakes pumps and hose, warn of risks to lives and insurance, and back replacing worn gear to ensure rapid response to fires.
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Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Herman P. Farr
the Phoenix
Eugene B. Byone
Eugene C. Heibecker, Jr
John Francis
Bristol
Herman P Farr
Board of Fire Engineers
Bristol Red Cross seeks volunteers for multiple work areas
Bristol Chapter announces volunteer recruitment at Eugenia Paull House. Contact executive secretary Mrs. Clara L. Diman. headquarters open weekdays 10 am to 4 pm. Roles include first aid training canteen service and other Red Cross tasks with 20 hours each for nutrition and canteen courses.
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Red Cross
Bristol
Eugenia
Motor Corps
Disaster Relief Committee
Emergency Service Committee
Anthony R. Parshley
Canon Parshley
Florence T. Nelson
William Pinch
Diman
Lonergan Writes Parents From Honolulu During War
John Lonergan reassures his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lonergan of Hope Street that he is safe after serving at Midway Island. The letter from a hospital in Honolulu notes a hurt leg is healing and mentions he is with the Navy Department hoping to reach Newport soon. The message was heavily censored and arrived on his mother’s birthday.
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Thomas M. Lonergan
Hope Street
John
Midway Island
Honolulu
Navy Department
Newport
Cirillo Safe At Pearl Harbor
A letter to Mrs. M. Cirillo of 79 Franklin Street from her son Joseph a US Navy member stationed at Pearl Harbor reports he is in good health. A Colt Memorial High School Class of 35 graduate he joined the Navy after a 1940 Marine Corps discharge and trained at Newport R I before service in Hawaii and a later course in Norfolk Virginia. He notes conditions at Pearl Harbor were not as good as before and mentions a Thanksgiving furlough.
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Valentine
Bristol-Colt High School
Colt Auditorium
Virginia Brightman
Benjamin Hazen
Antonette Rucci
Dorothy King
Flora Fusco
Bertha Roderick
Claire Richards
Joseph Russo
John Gray
Laura Balzano
Hall
Herbert B Bugiham
Anthony A.atiello
Angelo Massa
Bernard Grabert
Frank Securo
Louis Romano
John Partington
Norman Hibbert
Arthur Williams
Anthony Sasiello
Amos Dupont Damiel Moniz
Genevieve Pagnano
Donaldo Saucier
Rhoda Levy
Sylvia Pagnano
Mary Balzano
Martha DiMezza
Loretta Byrnes
Ucx
M. Cirillo
Franklin Street
Joseph
US Navy
Pearl Harbor
Cirillo
Colt Memorial High School
U. S. Marine Corps
Marines
Cuba
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Navy
Newport
R. I
Hawaii
Norfolk
Virginia
Life Member Honor For Town Engineer Perry
Town Engineer William W. Perry was named an honorary life member of the Engineering Association of the South, a fifty year career milestone since he earned his Civil Engineering degree and first joined the Nashville based group.
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William W. Perry
The
Engineering Association of the South
Perry
Nashville, Tenn
Don Filipe Auxiliary Plans Sunday Chicken Supper
The Don Filipe auxiliary plans a chicken supper on Sunday night at Lincoln Halls Usher Avenue. Chairman Mrs Joseph Medeirosi leads a committee with Mrs Christina Lima Mrs Dina Vasconcellos Mrs Gloria Mello Mrs Carrie Flynn and Miss Alice Sousa Ida Sousa Lena Marshall Mary Sousa and Agnes Mello.
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Don Luis Filipe Society
Lincoln Halls
Usher Avenue
Joseph Medeirosi
Christina Lima
Dina. Vasconcellos
Gloria Mello
Carrie Flynn
Alice and
Ida Sousa
Lena Marshall
Mary Sousa
Agries Mello
Hidden London Caves Shelter 3000 War Evacuees
Mrs. Alice Gardiner describes how 3000 people sleep in chalk caves near Chislehurst Kent, 25 miles from London, sheltered from aerial raids. Two cave proprietors organize sanitation bunks lighting and a Red Cross post with a nightly 9:30 curfew and sixpence weekly charge.
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Chislehurst
Kent
London
Red Cross
Shelter relief letters urge funds for war children
A fragmented wartime letter discusses keeping shelterers warm and stabilizing life for children through donations. The writer highlights the need for money to support little homes and relief efforts amid hardship.
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Washington
Mr. Mhedden
John H. Joyce
James A. McElroy
Public Works Reserve
Connecticut
St. Michael’s
Jack Oakie
George Murphy
Linda Darnell
Walter Breass
Milton Berle
Gene Autry
Fiesta Stars
Deadwood City
Wild Bill Hickok
General Custer
Robert Stack
Ann Rutherford
Dakota
Richard Dix
Frances Farmer
Brad Crawford
Henry
Jimmy Lydon
June Preisser
Henry Aldrich
Metrotone News OF
America
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Ee Adventures OF News Reel
Trinity Church
Farr
Defiance Hose Co
Usher Farm
John Lonergan
Cirillo Safe
San Diego
Peatl Harbor
of Engineering Society
Don Filipe
Alice Gardiner
Gardiner
Maine
Boston
American War Relief
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