Claire Ranallo Weds Samuel Bruno in Providence Church
Miss Claire M Ranallo daughter of Mrs Rose Ranallo married T Sgt Samuel F Bruno son of Joseph Bruno on June 25 at St Ann's Church Providence Rev P Rotand officiated The couple left for a New York honeymoon and reside at 135 Cumberland Street Providence The bride attended Hope High School Bryant College 1941 graduate employed as a stenographer The groom Bristol native graduate of Guiteras Memorial Junior High School served 31 months with the 8th RAF in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Agnes Marcantonio
Claire Ruggerio
Grace DePalma
Amelia Spaziano
Frank Cuillo
Thomas Passarelli
Louis Ruggerio
Joseph Prete
Edward Bald
Fred’s Tavern
Mineral Spring Avenue
Puntarelli Bres
New York
Cumberland Street
Hope High School
Bryant College
Avery Piano Company
Bristol
Guiteras Memorial
8Th
RAF
England
Genovesi Fanara wedding at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church
Miss Carmelia Fanara daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Peter Fanara married Anthony Genovisi of Barrington in a double ring ceremony at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church The Rev Emilio Don anzan officiated The bride was given in marriage by her brother Frank Fanara The best man was Nicholas Acciardo Miss Lucille Marino was maid of honor The bride wore a white satin gown and carried tea roses After a breakfast at Samuel Fanara’s home they will reside at 545 Maple Avenue Barrington The bride works at Bristol Manufacturing Co The groom is the son of Mrs Julia Genovis and a war veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genovesi - Fanara
Carmelia Fanara
Peter Fanara
Anthony Genovisi
Middle Highway
Barrington
Emilio Donanzan
Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Julia Genovis
Frank Fanara
Linwood Avenue
Providence
Lucille Marino
1St School Street
Nicholas Acciardo
Miss Marino
Samuel Fanaia
Oliver Street
Boston
Maple Avenue
Burtington
Bristol Manufacturing Co
Sal DeFelice
Battington
Bride Weds Groom In Elegant Satin Gown At New Highland Casino
The bride wore white satin with a veil on a wreath of orange blossoms and carried white roses, gardenias, stephanots and an orchid. Attendants wore white gowns, with American Beauty rose bouquets. The ceremony followed by a wedding dinner at the New Highland Casino, and a honeymoon to New York City, Niagara, and Toronto. They will reside at 6 Doran Avenue. The bride, a Colt Memorial High School graduate of 1932, works for Collins and Aikman Corp. the groom, Taunton and Bristol Schools alumnus, is an inspector for U S Rubber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Highland Casino
New York City
Double wedding in Temple Beth Israel Rabb at Bristol
Miss Marion Tolchinsky and Sgt Robert R Levy wed in a double ceremony with Miss Frieda Tolchinsky and Lewis Sperling. Rabbi Morris Schussheim presided. matron of honor was Mrs Nathan Jacobson and best man Hilton Levy. The couple leaves for California. Levy stationed at RAF Victorville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Cecilia Tolchinsky
Tedh
Robert R Levy
Temple Beth Israel Rabb
Morris Schussheim
Nathan Jacobson
Hilton Levy
Miss Tolchinsky
United Commercial Travelers Hall
California
Victorville
Louis Levy
High Street
Bristol
Freida Tolchinsky
Mrs Levy
Lewis Sperling
Manuel Castro Jr Arrives at Norfolk Naval Training Station
Manuel William Castro Jr 19 seaman second class USNR of Bristol RI has arrived at the Naval Training Station Norfolk VA to train for duties on a new destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet He is a veteran with 17 months duty aboard a destroyer in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Areas He wears the American Area ribbon and the European African Middle Eastern Area ribbon with two stars He is the son of Mr and Mrs Manuel W Castro Sr of 10 Perry Platt His brother Joseph 22 is an aviation machinist's mate second class in the Navy He was employed by Bristol Mfg Co before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel William Castro, Jr
USNR
Bristol
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Castro
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Manuel W Castro
Perry Platt
Joseph
Navy
The
Bristol Mfg Co
St Elizabeths CYO wraps 1944 1945 year of activity
St Elizabeths CYO held its final meeting of the 1944 45 year Monday at the CYO Club presided by President Ray Rodrigues Plans for the 1945 46 year include a September first meeting and new officers The group thanked Rodrigues for his service and a potential future business will be addressed at the President's office 118 Franklin Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Elizabeth's
CYO
Ray Rod- Mqhes
Ray Rodrigues
St Elizabeths
Franklin Street
Tribute to Rev Arthur Chandler Dean of Providence College
Thousands of Providence College alumni and Rhode Island educators and leaders gathered for a Pontifical Mass of Requiem for the late Rev Arthur H Chandler OP longtime dean of Providence College since 1930 at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral. He died after weeks of illness. The eulogy noted his role in founding two colleges and his early teaching posts at Providence and Albertus Magnus College.
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Providence
Providence College
Rhode Island
Arthur H Chandler
Francis P Keough
Father Chandler
John J Dillon
Father McKenna
Dean Chandler
Albertus Magnus College
New Haven
Conn
Lost Pass Book Described by Industrial Trust Co Bristol
Lost or destroyed Pass Book No 30063 from Industrial Trust Co Bristol Branch Participation Department. Please return to bank. Payment has been stopped and application made for issue of duplicate book as provided by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Trust Co
Bristol
Pvt Warren Drainville Receives Meritorious Service Plaque
Pvt Warren Drainville of the 407th Airborne Quartermaster Company, 82nd Division, son of Mrs Grace Drainville of 494 Thames St, receives the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque for outstanding duty from Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge. The unit, under Lt Col John Morrimann, fought from Sicily and North Africa to Holland, Italy, and Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren W. Drainville
Grace Drainville
Thames St
407Th Airborne Quartermaster Company
82Nd Division
82Nd Airborne Division
407Th
Normandy
John M. Morrimann
Gonzales
Texas
Edgar F Brooks
South 15Th Street
Mount Vernon
Illinois
Camp Claiborne
Louisiana
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Holland
Netherlands
Belgium
82Nd
von Runstedt
Siegfried Line
Brothers Reunite After Three Years Abroad
Two Sousa brothers sons of Mr and Mrs Frank Sousa of 42 Franklin street met overseas after about three and a half years apart. They spoke briefly of home and wartime experiences. Frank R Sousa S2c sent a letter home reporting the encounter while Edward Sousa Cox on a 30 day August furlough nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sousa Brothers
Frank Sousa
Franklin Street
Frank R. Sousa
Edward Sousa
Edward
Boy Scout Troop Plans Fourth of July Parade
Troop Five met at St Michael's Parish Hall and then played Capture the Flag at Bristol Ferry under Gaetano Stanzione and Reginald Brown. Tomorrow at 9am the group will assemble in full summer uniform at St Michael's for July Fourth parade participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Parish
Bristol Ferry
Gaetano Stanzione
Reginald Brown
St Michael's
Grandson To Mr. And Mrs Wardwell
Lt. William Allen Wardwell Jr. of the U S Navy Air Transport Command and Mrs. Wardwell nee Caroline Phyllis Reese of Arlington Va greet a son William Allen Wardwell III born June 27 in Washington DC where the father is stationed Grandparents are William Allen Wardwell Sr and John D Reese Patricia is one and one half years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allen Wardwell Jr
U.S Navy Air Transport Command
Wardwell
Caroline Phyllis Reese
Arlington, Va
William Allen Wardwell, III
Washington, D. C
William Allen Wardwell
Alleyne Terrace
Quincy
John D. Reese
Arlington
Three Local Boys Through French Camp on Return Home
Three local soldiers named Sylvester Sylvia Henry Hambrick and Andrew Noronha were released from German prison camps and passed through a Recovered Allied Military Personnel camp near a French port on their way home. After a 60 day U S furlough they will report to an Army distribution center for reassignment or discharge and none will return to the European theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Sylvester Sylvia
Oliver Street
Henry Hambrick
Byfield Street
Andrew Noronha
Hope Street
United States
Van Voast Promoted to Corporal in Ninth Air Force
T. F. Van Voast, armorer with the Pioneer P-51 group of the Ninth Air Force, has been promoted to corporal at Erlangen Germany. The unit has downed 956 enemy aircraft in 17 months of combat and supported the Third Army across France into Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Van Voast of Bristol and married to Adelaide Van Voast. overseas since October 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Force
Erlangen
Germany
Thomas F. van Voast
van Voast
Nineteenth Tactical Air Command
Third Army
France
William van Voast
Wood Street
Bristol
Collins & Aikman Company
Adelaide van Voast
Pioneers
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Mias
Mary A Victoria
John C Victoria
Doran Avenue
Virkilio Medeiros
Wilhelming Medeiros
E Street
St Elizabeths Church
Henrique Rocha
Wilhelmina Victoria
Tia Vide
Louis Medeiros
Manuel Castro, Jr
Norfolk, Va
St. Elizabeth’s
Prov. College
Bristol Real Estate
Fox Hill Avenue
Morgage
Broad Common Road
A. A. Edmonds CO
Airborne Div
New England
NEW England Telephone & Telegraph CO
Cox
BOY Scout
Mr. and
Mrs. Wardwell
Lar Manufacturing Corp
U S. Employment Service
T. F. van Voast
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Tel. Con
Joseph E. Pine
R. I. Tel
Salvador Nunes
Mt. Hope. Ave
Ulysse Forget
Main ST
Warren
R. I
Charles M. Connery
TEL
Burton ST
J. A. Chartier
Barrington Roofing Co
Woodbine Avenue
West Barrington, R. L
George M. Wilbur & Sons CO
Constitution St
Tel. Br
Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
High St
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