Bristol Red Cross unit organized for seventh and eighth graders
Bristol’s first junior Red Cross unit organized with 26 girls from St Mary’s Parochial School set to take sewing and knitting classes on Wednesdays under Mrs Frederick Serbst and Mrs William Serbst. Activities aim to supply items to Bristol Red Cross and involve public school children in defense savings through stamps and bonds in coordination with local principals and a dedicated committee.
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Bristol
Red Cross
St. Mary’s
Hrederick W. Serbst
William L. Serbst
Meen
Frederick Serbst
Clara L. Diman
American Red Cross
Mae Berwick
Mary Bottomley
Eileen Doran
Elizabeth Dunbar
Loretta Fauteux
Marie Gifford
Doris Hackley
Eleanor Lemaire
Martha Meiggs
Lorraine Paul
Rita Proulx
Norma Sandelli
Theresa Bailey
Angela Cannizzaro
Alicia Connery
Catherine Gonnery
Mildred Gladue
Margaret Uevremont
Dorothy Head
Viola Lewis
Muriel Mott
Mary L. Serbst
Margaret Viera
Mary E. Vermette
Estelle Vona
Bristol Public Schools
Supt. of Schools
Elmer S Mapes
Sullivan to Speak at Mass Meeting Monday
Henry R. Sullivan deputy administrator of the State Defense Savings staff will speak at a mass meeting Monday night at Colt Memorial high school auditorium. Town Councilman Michael W Pasquarelli chairs the event which promotes saving by children and is open to all.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Henry R. Sullivan
State Defense Savings
Colt Memorial High School
Michael W Pasquarelli
Tire Board Grants Two Permits
Bristol district hearing last night approved permits to purchase a tire and a tube. Dr Frederick V. Martin, director of Martin Hall, and Peter Goglia, owner of a Wood Street grocery, were named by Rationing Administration Board No 1. Elmer Angell announced the decisions.
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Bristol
Local Navy Recruits George H Murray Jr Reported Safe
George H. Murray Jr has been located at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida after enlisting in December at Newport Naval Training Station. He completed the Radio Aviation test and is a member of Colt Memorial High School class of 1940.
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George H. Murray, Jr
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Florida
George
Newport Naval Training Station
Colt Memorial High School
Board seeks volunteers to aid in registration
The Ideal draft board calls for volunteers to help register men aged 20 to 45 for selective service on February 16. Registrations will occur from 7 am to 9 pm at the Reynolds school auditorium in Bristol, with about 900 expected. Volunteers may leave names with James A. Ruggiero, W. Fred Williams Jr., or Town Clerk John W. Church.
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Ideal Draft Board
James A. Ruggiero
Reynolds School
Bristol
Kearney Ship Holds Informal Sea Scouts Session
Kearney Ship of Sea Scouts held an informal meeting at Commissioner O Reid Le Clair’s home. First Mate Felix Scott and Coxswain Edward Arruda led marlinspike seamanship and rigging, with two lifeline reels and torpedo buoys added. Joseph Formisano was proposed for membership and a Legion Hall meeting set for January 29 followed by committee assignments. An annual inspection by the Council of Sea Scouts and Commodore La Verne A Matthews is planned for February 12.
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Kearney
Ship of Sea Scouts
O. Reid LeClair
Constitution Street
Felix Scott
Edward Arruda
Joseph Formisano
Legion Hall
Russell D Colt
Council of Sea Scouts
LaVerne A. Matthews
Red Cross Expands Local Activities Amid Material Shortages
Rev. A R Parshley outlines rapid growth in Bristol Red Cross work with first aid courses and new motor corps classes. Volunteers rise as textile and knitting supplies arrive late. canteen, ambulances, and casualty stations near ready. Headquarters on Eugenia Paull House floor two host daily sewing for civilians and war-torn communities.
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The
Red Cross
A. R. Parshley
American Red Cross
Motor Corps
Eugenia Paull
Bristol
Canon Parshley
Ian M. Walker
Senior Class Operetta Set To Open Next Week At Colt High
The Colt Memorial high school senior class presents Up in Their Landing next Thursday and Friday in the Colt auditorium with tickets selling fast. Beatrice Friedman and John Hambrook lead the cast in a two act operetta about Hollywood aviation and a daughter of a big business man.
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Colt Memorial High School
Colt Auditorium
Beatrice Friedman
John Hambrick
Elizabeth Gifford
Francis Perry
Robert Bullock
Mary Viera
Carol Giusti
Nancy Sisson
Samuel Mascena
Virginia Ingram
Ernest Meiggs
Dorothy Lewis
Thomas Campagna
Arthur Cordeiro
M. Theresa Donovan
Hollywood
Gladys Brightman
Congo
Earl Rounds
Walter Brelsford
Andrew Meiggs
Frank Panzarella
Albert Byrnes
Miss Nerone
Catherine Meiggs
Air Raid Wardens Meeting Postponed In Bristol
Bristol air raid warden B W Wall announced the mass meeting at Colt Memorial High School auditorium is postponed to avoid clashing with first aid classes. Precaution instructions have been sent to local churches factories hotels and the Pastime theater.
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Colt Memorial High School
B. W. Wall
Bristol
Division of Protection
Wall
First Aid Class Meets Monday At Hirst Church
Rev Herbert D Graetz announced the Red Cross first aid class of Hirst Congregational Church will meet Monday night at 8 15 in the Guiteras Houde. Dr William Le Serbst will be the instructor.
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Herbert D. Graetz
Hirst Congregational Church
Guiteras, Houde
William le Serbst
West Point Appointments and Churchill Gifts Highlight 1930s Letters
The piece recalls President Roosevelt honoring Lt. Colin P Kelly Jr. and seeking a West Point placement for his son. It recounts Grant family letters to presidents and Shermans endorsement, plus Churchill gifts to the White House, including cigars, remembrances, and a baby named Winston Churchill Hayashi.
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Roosevelt
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Haruna
United States
Lt. Kelly
Colin P. Kelly, III
West Point
Ulysses S. Grant
Cantalucene
Grant
Col
Fred Grant
Ulysses Grant
Frederick Grant
U. S. Grant
Princess Cantalucene
William B. McKinley
White House
McKinley
ITI
Winston Churchill Hayashi
Victoria
B.C
Drake
A. Shiring Er
Mr. Churchill
Atdia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tire Board
Colt
E. Greenwich
America
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
News Reel
Frank Albertson
Robert Armstrong
Linda Hayes
Citadel OF Crime
Laurel and Hardy
Sheila Ryan
Dick Nelson
Edmund MacDonald Bowell
Thomas
Fredric March
Loretta Young
Robert Benchly
Allym Joslyn
Ken Murray
Frances Langford
Don Wilson
Draft Board
Warren Warren
Trinity Church
Colonial Hotel Orchestra
AE RE
Alere
William Tecumseh Sherman
Col Grant
Gen. Sherman
Winston Churchill
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Jack Dempsey
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