Voices Unite in Patriotic Pledge and Social Gatherings
A civic piece echoes a call for loyalty and unity on a major American holiday. It urges devotion to the Stars and Stripes and government, support for leaders, and readiness to sacrifice for the American way of life. The article lists local residents hosting and visiting guests at numerous gatherings, naming individuals and addresses in Rhode Island.
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United States
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
United States of America
Fireworks injure Bristol residents during holiday display
Carl Russo on Church street suffered first degree burns to his arm while watching a fireworks show in front of Alger's news stand on Hop street. Others burned or injured include Genevieve Booth 11 Vincent Mescall 27 John Tuplin 14 Sibly Burnett 2 and Anna Francis 21. A Barrington truck skid caused a collision on Hope street. Police reported no disturbances with officers aiding traffic flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Russo
Church Street
Alger
Hopé Street
Bristol
Genevieve Booth
Wood Street
Vincent Mescall
E Street
John N. Tuplin
Bristol Highlands
Sibly Burnett
University Avenue
Providence
Hope Street
Michael B. Vaccaro
Driscoll Lane
Barrington
Richard S. Burnett
Burnett
C Paul Bruno
Anna Francis
Main Street
Dighton
Mass
High Street
William L. Serbst
Anthony J. Ferrara
Garden Club Meeting Promises Exhibit Discussion
The Bristol Garden Club will meet tomorrow at Mrs. Carl W. Haffenreffer’s Ferry Road home. Each exhibit will be discussed to highlight fine points, with Mrs. William W Perry noting a summer display of flowers on Wednesdays at the Bristol County Water Company on Hope Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Garden Club
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Ferry Road
William W Perry
Bristol County Water Company
Hope Street
Fred Palmer
Howard Paull
Agnes G. Herreshoff
Carl Haffenreffer
Harold C Paull
Wm Hammill Improves After Fall at Plant
Former deputy sheriff William P Hammill injuries sustained on Saturday at Herreshoff Manufacturing Company plant. he is resting as comfortably as can be expected at Rhode Island Hospital according to latest report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P Hammill
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Rhode Island Hospital
Hopalong Wins 12 Footer Race at Bristol Yacht Club
Hopalong captained by Billy MacColl completed the 53 4 mile course in one hour 41 minutes to win the July Saturday series. Fourteen boats started thirteen finished with Bevis Baumara Papoose Frolic and other craft placing, led by Hopalong ahead of Bevis and Baumara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy MacColl
Hopalong
Bristol Yacht Club
Bevis
Tony Zinderstein
Baumara
Eartha Brown
Papoose
Ann Leahy
Nancy Freeman
R I Red
Ed Leahy
Augustine Shaw
Remora
Martha Nicholson
Fish Hawk
Bettvy Wood
Nancy Bell
Teddy Congdon
Widgeon
Ruth Palmer
Too
Barbara Babcock
Phantom
Eleanor
Martha Rockwell
Cherry Gross
Obituary and court notes from Methuen and Bristol area
Obituary for Mrs Barbara A Stratton Anderson details her birth in Perth Scotland and life with her daughter Mrs Jane Conant in Methuen Mass with sons J Norman Anderson J Lawrence Anderson and James R Anderson. Funeral held at her daughter’s home and burial in Bristol North Cemetery. Also report of John E Chionchio fined $15 for driving without a license after claiming one week driving and police chief notes. Court action includes Cunningham v D Amico possession with two week stay of execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara A (Stratton) Anderson
Lewis H Conant
Pleasant Street
Methuen
Mass
Perth
Scotland
Bristol
Jane Conant
J Norman Anderson
Textile Shield Co
J Lawrence
James R Anderson
Gardiner
Maine
Barbara S. Conant
R. N
Eugene A. Conant
Shirley Norma Anderson
Barbara Skillings
Viola
Robert Anderson
Egbert W. A. Jenkinson
First Congregational Church of
John E. Chionchio
Sherry Avenue
Fifth District
Court of Chionchio
Anthony Ferrara
Chianchio
Mary A. L. Cunningham
Fortunato D’amico
Twilight League Schedule Changes After Withdrawal
The C A Club has withdrawn from the Twilight League and the second half schedule was updated. Remaining games involve U S R Ever Ready Carr with dates from July 10 through August 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ever Ready
Carr
U. S R
U.S. R
Bequests in Rhode Island will establish Bowen Fund and gifts
The Rhode Island Odd Fellows Home is named residuary beneficiary of the Bowen Fund. Bequests include $1000 to Everett LeB. Church and wife, $500 to Jeanette Kirkwood Gorham, and $1000+ to various heirs. Industrial Trust Company named executor with bond set at $30,000. Other estate actions approved or continued, including guardian sales and deposits for monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idtaen Ber
Cox Bowen
the Odd Fellows Hone’ “of
Rhode Island
East
Providence
Ithe
Frank
Bowen
Rosélina
Wilcox Bowen
Everett Leb. Church
Jeanette Kirkwood Gorham
Amos 5. Gorham
Church
Everett Peter Church
Ralph Tallman
Nathaniel] Church
High Iret
Lincoln Avenue
Burton Street
Bristol
Henry Bradford Diman
Melrose
Mass
Clara Louise Diman
Anna Diman Langley
Edgard R. Fish
Tiverton
R. I
Ladies Benevolent Society
St. Michael’s Church
Ivy Guild
James F. Dalrymple
James F Dalrymple
Bessie J. Crowley
James William Crowley
Archibald M Miller
Roswell S. Bosworth
Emily French
William A. Doran
Leiphalet C. Horton
Lewis E. Buxtes
Agenor J Brouillard
Charles P. Gordon
British War Relief Society reports relief flow to Britain
The British War Relief Society executive report notes more than 1.2 million individual supporters, 7.5 percent cash receipts, 6.1 percent expenditures to contributions, and 35 794 cases of clothing and supplies shipped to Great Britain totaling 3 304 068 pounds as of May 31 1941.
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Ierican
Taeee Offreliek
Britain
Fifth Avenue
Winth
Aldrich
British War Relief Society
Great Britain
Fourth of July Parade Delight and Dangers in Bristol
The Bristol Fourth Parade featured General Callan’s horse slipping but no injuries, Betty Colt Wilson piloting the Dreadnaught truck, and a lively crowd. The Colt High School Band earned praise, Senator Green skipped a national radio hookup to stay in Bristol, and police kept the Common clear. Bert Wall rode in his first post-accident parade amid "HrYa-Bert" cheers, with Italian veteran Matteo Damiano marching at 92. The event showcased Battery C and Company G’s drill, earning broad acclaim as a colorful, community-wide celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Francis Green
Washington Monument
Bristol
Rhode Island
O. K
Carr
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Narragansetts
Warren
New Era Bugle and Drum Corps
Providence
Warren Safety Patrol
Bristol Boy Scouts
Donovan
Reynolds School
Mary E. Spooner
Spooner
Mary Kinsella
Margaret Doran
Lucien Capone
Kipling
Aida A. Connery
Earl G. Sturdevant
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Herbert B. Burnham, Jr
Anita Jarvis
Fall River
Arthur W. Burdon
Mac Andrade
Bristol Casino
New York City
Bristol Common
Bristol Fourth of July Parade and Veterans Procession
A massive Bristol Fourth of July observance featured a grand parade with divisions of Veterans Sailors and Army units, Scouts, firemen, and Italian Portuguese societies. Marshals led each division with music from local bands and bugle corps, followed by a two day program ending with concerts and community celebrations.
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John R. Magee, Jr
Taftville
Conn
John R. Magee
Central-street
Everett J. Holland
American Legion
Hollland
Herbert F. Granshoff
Angelo Pozzi
State Street
William J. Pierce
Isabelle Kellogg
Georgiaville
W. John Pierce
Helen
John Gilfallan
Joseph
Ann
Mary
Patrick Keegan
John Keegan
Betty Ann Mulkern
New Haven
Barbara Kelloff
Montpelier
Vermont
Martin Biancuzzo
Franklin Street
Thomas Balzano
East Providence
Anthony Paiva
Naugatuck
Samuel Aquino
Ernest Castilano
Boston
Joseph P. Quartaro
Coe
Garden Club
Wm. Hammill
BOY Scout
Camp
King Philip
Mount Hope Bay
George R. Fish
Yawgoog
Panthers
Walter Machado
Scout Hall
Sea Scouts
Sea Scouts of
S. S
Admiral Edwards
Windmill Point
Poppa
Amon Jamiel
John Freitas
Camp Yawgoog
St. Elizabeth's Church
Yawgood
Councilicamp
Rockville
Barbara A. Anderson
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Telephone Cos
Kearney Post No. 6
Amer
Legion Relief
Fund Legion U. N
Franklin ST
Erna
Callan
Betty Colt Wilson
Aiger
Linden Place
Russell
Colt
Colt High School
John P. Marshall
Highway Department
Bertram W. Wall
Cooke Street
Bert
Ralph T. Church
Senator Wall
R. S. Brightman
Huston
Colt Memorial High School
243Rd Coast Artillery Unit
State Guard
Uncle Sam
Company G
Battery C
Matteo Damiano
Zi Pep
Marshial Maley
Col. Samuel
Samuel
DC Clark
John’ W
L. H. Callan
Fort Adams
Fort Wetherill
Harry I. Young
Harry I. Young, Jr
Naval Training Station
Albert Hartley
Bristol Train of Artillery
Belhumeur-Duhamel Post
Amercan Legion
Charles T. Heilborn
Mantel Morris
Luke H
National Executive
Everett S. Holland
Edward Granstaff
Howard Mathewson
Walter Briggs
Legionnaires
Auxiliary
Newport Post
Starke-Parker Ladies Auxiliary
Daniel G. Coggeshall
M. Theresa Donovan
Moses M. Moore
Board of Fire Engineers
Coggeshall
Defiance Engine and Hose
Bristol Fire Department
Warren L. Huston
George R .Fish
St John’s Parochial School Band
Central Falls
St. Matthew's Boy Scout
Y. D
New Bedford
Old Ironsides
Uxbridge
Kearney
Mariner Ship
Vigilant
Warren Girl Scouts
John Arridrade
Henry Alfred
John P Marshall
John Cordeiro
Leferbre Post
Les Dames du Conseil
Jeanne de Valois
Emilio Donanzan
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Michael W. Pasquarelli
Louis Nastri
Marshall
Colonial
Eeire Society
Raymond S. Brightman
Warwick F. C. E. Bugle
R. S. Bosworth
10Th
Army
Navy
Henry R. Bullock Warren
Ulysse Forget
M. D
Aim OH
B. L Hyee
Othee Mousse
Robert Makay
G. W. Simmons
Willem Street
Tal
George Mr. Whlbur & Sons CO. Incorporated
Main St. Warren
Constitution
Briatol
Tel. Br
Dorchester Illinels
L, Watson, Co, Inc