Fire Devours Bayberry Farm Home On Cold Day
On a 4 below zero day a Bayberry Farm house owned by Narragansett Electric was burned to the ground. Firemen, hampered by icy roads and water shortages, cut ice to fight the blaze as a northwest wind spread the flames. The Robinsons lost the upper floor. furniture and clothing were saved. Delayed cause unknown. five children stayed with grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Robinson
Bayberry Farm
Pappasquash Point
Robinson
Moses Moore
Robinsons
Narragansett Electric Company
Dr. Lang
Leroy D. Bell
Hope Street
Mrs. Robinson
Hogue
Poppasquash
S Sgt A E Williams Receives Purple Heart
Staff Sgt Anthony E Williams son of Mrs Anna Williams of 38 Bay View avenue was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Belgium. The citation cites AR 600-45 dated 22 September 1943 and notes he is No 31246097 of Headquarters Company 707th Railway Grand Division. He has been overseas 26 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony E. Williams
Anna Williams
Bay View Avenue
Belgium
Saff
707Th Railway Grand Division
Williams
Colt Memorial High School
Catholic Y hosts basketball and volleyball action at St Mary’s
Last evening at the Catholic Y in St Mary’s auditorium three basketball games and two volleyball matches were played. Squires beat Crusaders 18-10 with Frank Fojo and Harold Green top players. Holy Name defeated Holy Cross 16-14 led by John Sousa. Sacred Heart won 26-20 as Joseph Santos scored 20 and Joseph Sousa added eight for St Joseph’s. In volleyball St Anthony beat St John Bosco 22-20 captained by Alfred Ferreira. St Peters defeated St Pauls 22-4 led by Edward Mello. Referees were James E Burke and Mario R Marino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic “Y
St Mary's
Squires
Crusaders
Frank Fojo
Harold Green
Holy Name Down
Holy Cross
John Sousa
Holy Name
Edmund Ferreira
Holy Cross Sacred Heart
St Joseph
Joseph Santos
Sacred Heart
Joseph Sousa
St Joseph’s
St Anthony
St John Bosco
Alfred Ferreira
Bosco
Gene Gladue
St Peters
St Paul's
F Edward Mello
St) Peters
St) Pauls
Antonio Santos
James E Burke
Mario R Marino
John V Medeiros Home After Ten Months Overseas Duty
John V Medeiros of 13 Easterbrooks Avenue arrives home on the 18th after ten months aboard an LST. He finds Christmas presents still under the tree and attends a memorial service for Sgt Domenic Cirillo. He thanks friends for Bristol Budds Bundle and cards. The OT Federation of Men’s Bible Classes will host a service at 7 30 p m in De Wolf Chapel with a hymn sing at 7 15 p m to precede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V Medeiros
Cox
US Navy
Joseph Medeiros
Easterbrooks Avenue
Medeiros
Cox Medeiros
Peter Fo Nero
Domenic Cirillo
State Guard
Bristol
OT Federation of Men’s Bible Classes
de Wolf
Sub-Committees Named For Bridge of Hope Circle No 70
Sub committees for the annual bridge of Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella were named at a Tuesday evening meeting. The event is set for February 13 at the K of C Hall. Refreshments will be handled by Mesdames Vermette White Guevremont Sousa Burke Toplin. tables and chairs by Connery Ferrera LeClair Flynn Garvin Ruggiero. prizes by McClure Bailey LeClerc Walsh Callan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge of Hope Circle
No 70
Isabella
Marie Vermette
Eliza White
Frances Guevremont
Laura Sousa
Eva Burke
Nora Toplin
Nellie Connery
Rose Ferrera
Eva LeClair
Ruth Flynn
Margaret Garvin
Margaret Rug
Telegram reports Pfc Silvia missing in Luxembourg area
Pfc Sylvester S Silvia U S Army is missing in action per a telegram to his wife Catherine LaFazia Silvia 17 Oliver Street The telegram lists December 21 as the date he went missing in Belgium area overseas in the European Theatre only weeks earlier He previously served two years in West India and recovered from a summer maneuver accident at Camp Atterbury Indiana He was a Bristol High School graduate class of 1940 and his father is John Silvia of High Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester S. Sylvia
U. S
Catherine LaFazia Silvia
Oliver Street
Silvia
Belgium
West India
States
Atterbury
Edenburgh
Indiana
National Guard
Bristol High School
John Silvia
High Street
Soldier’s German souvenirs and war mail inspire readers
Sergeant Maurice Russo of The Fighting First in Germany sends home a batch of war souvenirs including a German bugle Frankfurt a full German uniform a Nazi banner and a Hitler portrait medal and currency He also shares an editorial and a poem from Esquire about the value of combat duty and the importance of mail from home The piece highlights the division s history and a Traveler magazine review of its exploits while urging readers to send letters to soldiers at war.
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Maurice Russo
U. S. Army
First
Germany
First School Street
Stars and Stripes
Esquire
Frankfurt
Hitler
H.O. Breslau
War Department
France
Phoenix
Ordination of Rev Herbert A Jerauld at St Michael's
Rev Herbert A Jerauld was ordained to the priesthood at St Michael's Episcopal Church on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul. The ceremony was led by Bishop James DeWolf Perry with sermon by Suffragan Bishop Granville Gaylord Bennett and featured clergy from nearby churches and a Holmes House luncheon afterward. Jerauld serves as assistant rector at St Michael's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A Jerauld
St Paul
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Jerauld
Anthony R. Parshley
St Michael's
James DeWolf Perry, Ltd
Rhode Island
Granville Gaylord Bennett
Arthur M. Dunstan
Harold L. Hutton
William T. Townsend
Arthur W. Burdon
First Baptist Church
John A. Gardner
St. Thomas Church
Providence
Dunstan
Hutton
Townsend
St. Michael’s Church
Walter H. Angell
Holmes House
St. Michael's Church
Letter Home From a Soldier on a Lonely Island
A soldier writes to his mother about the vivid home memories he savors while stationed on a distant island. He recalls the big gate, the dirt road, the dog fennel, the barn, the milking shed, Drum the horse, and everyday rural scenes. He longs for hot stewed apples, fresh butter, and family rituals at the springhouse and center table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Ethel
Old Drum
Bristol Seniors Present Operetta Campus Daze
High School seniors stage Campus Daze operetta in two acts at Bristol Senior High School with director M Theresa Donovan and Ralph McCaw in the male lead Spencer Goodnow. Constance Belle plays Carrie opposite him with a large cast including Fred John Travers Tommy Benjamin Franco and Marguerite Kebrek. The action unfolds in Ma Jenkins boarding house ward at Beetaux College with Governor Thompson and others in support roles.
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Bristol Senior High School
M. Theresa Donovan
Ralph McCaw
Spencer Goodnow
Constance Belle
Carrie
Fred
John Travers
Tommy
Benjamin Franco
Porky
Grant Hurons
Bobby
Spitfire
Rose Marie Jamies
Ma Jenkins
Marguerite Kebrek
Madame Louise
Cynthia McCaw
Hiram Goodnow
Spencer
Harold Manchester
Gov Thompson
Joseph Carreiro
Laury
Mary Soares
Elvira Pana
Lee
Janice Hayden
Ginny
Virginia Marshall
Beetaux College
Bristol native Samuel E Hackley to serve on Navy LSM
Samuel FEO Hackley of Bristol has been chosen for duty aboard an LSM at the Amphibious Training Base in Little Creek Virginia. He trained for Pacific service aboard a vessel developed for landing war machines and helped in Leyte operations. Hackley, formerly an ice plant employee and Colt Memorial High School football star, is the son of Mrs. Frances Hackley of 282 Wood Street Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Feo Hackley
Bristol
Navy
LSM
Little Creek
Virginia
Hackley
Pacific Islands
MacArthur
Leyte
Pacific
Two Bristol Girls Receive Nurses Caps at RI Hospital School Ceremony
Seventy two student nurses received caps at the Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing capping. Angela Bruno and Antonetta Giglo of Bristol were honored alongside their class. Mrs Edward J Coleman addressed the class and presented caps. The Florence Nightingale lamps were lit by upperclassmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Hospital School of Nursing
Angela Bruno
Joseph F Bruno
Antonetta Gigho
Adolph Gigho
Edward J Coleman
School of Nursing
Helene Bruno Rucci
Moonlight Madonna
Barbara Bateman
Bruno
Giglo
Glee Club
Colt Memorial High School
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Sgt
A. E. Williams
John V. Medeiros
Alan Marshal
Laraine Day
Marsha Hunt
Allyn Joslyn
Edgar Buchanan News
Mr Mucher
Robert Lowery
Ellen Drew
Regis Toomey
Brad Taylor
Ruth Terry
Joel McCrea
Betty Field
Harry Carey
WM. Demarest
Porter Hall
Preston Sturges
Fox News
Inside
China
Telegram
Pfc
Sylvester S. Silvia
Luxembourg
Sgt, Russo
Stars and Stripes Stripes
Cpl. Russo
H. A. Jerauld
St. Michael’s
Samuel E. Hackley
Colt
R. I. School For the Deaf
Central Falls High
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