Preparations for the Fourth Parade in Bristol
The Fourth of July Committee met in the Council Chamber to finalize plans for Bristol’s Independence Day celebration. Col H J Gross and Lieut Col A W Hathaway urged a 10 am parade start. A large platform on the Common will host Service Flag exercises. Senator LeBaron Colt will speak. There will be a baseball game, a band concert, and a ball at the Naval Armory for the Red Cross. No fireworks this year to save money. About 100 men in olive drab will march for the state guard unit Bristol Train of Artillery. 200 women with Service Flags are to parade in the Patriotice Division.
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Council
Bristol
H. J. Gross
A. W. Hathaway
Theommittee
the Phoenix Today
Naval Armory
United States
LeBaron B. Colt
State Street
Fort Wetherill
E. Garvin
Barry
C. H Murphy
Langello
E. Murphy
Rische
Ruggerio
Kemph
Baker
Birtwistle
Bristol Train of Artillery
State Guard
War Savings Stamps drive shows Bristol pledge near 50000
Bristol townspeople raise substantial War Savings Stamps pledges with totals reported around 46 595 00 from major companies theatres and civic groups. Leaders Miss Julian Gorham Judge Edward L Leahy and a large volunteer network coordinated campaigns at local theatres and organizations.
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National India Rubber Co
Tennis Department
Herreshoff Manufacting Co
Cranston
DeWolf Inn
Narragansett Rubber Co
Frances Crowley
Sam Molaskey
Ernest Sousa
Women's Committee
Weeseee
Limit Club
Mrs. R. S Church
George E. Leighton
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Ezra Dixon
National India Rubber Company
Narragansett Rubber Company
Cranston Worsted Mills
Bristol Sinking Fund Commission
E. L. Leahy
Star and Pastime Theatres
Julian Gorham
Edward L. Leahy
Henry Barton
Alfred M Merriman
Madeline Wyatt
John Wall
Katherine Scanlon
William LeClair
Annie Scanlon
William McCaughey
Evelyn Carter
Elisha Hibberts
Gertrude Hasbrouck
Edward G Easterbrooks
Eliza Howe
Henry Dew Allen
Frank H. Hammill
Daniel Crispell
Benjamin M MacDougall
Molly Hamill
Robert McCaughey
Frances Merriman
Robert Munro
Ethel Munro
William Seymour
Evelyn Bache
Orence Kellogg
Mary Easterbrooks
Katherine Paull
Agnes Herreshoff
Barbara Peckham
Henrietta Connery
Sadie Baker
Marguerite Brogan
Richard Cornell
Ella Condon
William Gladding
Russell Church
Eva Vermette
Stephen Hopkins
Marie Lavender
Aimee White
George L. Drowne
Harry S. Young
Leah Young
Henry Teller
Grace Shiel
Harriett Pardee
Elizabeth Clowes
Alfred Carey
Marguerite MacDonald
Elizabeth August
Dorothy Springer
Gertrude Leonard
Grace Blaisdell
Anna Sullivan
Alice Tattrie
Veronica Brown
Estelle Mudge
Minnie Franklin
Annie Dimond
Rebecca Chase
Helen Buffington
Eleanor Peck
Alice DeWolf
Leonida Lanson
Iola Dunbar
Marion Dunbar
Miss Hill
Maude Crispell
Nellie Sylvester
Annie Sisson
George Warren
Sadie Callan
H W Brown
Arthur A Emerson
Fred N Dunbar
Ralph W Holt
Edward E Burns
Nora Leahy
Samuel Molaskey
Cranston Worsted Mill
George E Leighton
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
James Swan
Wesley Young
Asa W Hathaway
Limit Men
Ered Cleres Sas de Haray
Achille Maturi
Frank Francis
John R. Edwards
DeWolf-Inn
H. W. Brown
Parade plans and Red Cross division march details
Seges 2th B oyewn COOMA hah. The parade, made up largely of home folks, will be long with five bands and several drum corps. Everyone marching in the Red Cross Division on the Fourth is asked to meet at 9 30 sharp Thursday morning on the east side of High street between State and Church.
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Red Cross
High Street
State and
Church Street
Pastor Whitley Called to Overseas War Work
Rev John E Whitley pastor of the First Congregational Church in Bristol has received notice from the Y M C A War Work Council in New York to sail for overseas duty soon. He will lead a Holy Communion on Sunday and preach at 7 30 p m with Rex Edwin Simpson addressing on National and War Prohibition Key. He leaves behind many friends and has six relatives serving in the war.
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John E Whitley
First Congregational Church
Y. M. CA War Work Council
New York City
Rex
Whitley
Rex Edwin Simpson
Rhode Island
Anti-Saloon League
Bristol
First Bristol Troop Scouts Plan Tag Day Appeal
The First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts will hold a Tag Day to raise about 200 dollars to wipe out the Scout Building Fund debt. They aided in Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps drives and gave proceeds from a bazaar to the local American Red Cross Auxiliary. Sixteen members serve in the army or navy. leadership sits with Waterman Greene and William Amanna.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts
Scout Building Fund
American Red Cross
United States
Army
Navy
Waterman and Greene
Providence
William Amanna
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