Bristol Rotary weighs war labor drive and wire work
The club plans proposals to ease the wartime labor shortage at U S Rubber and appeals to local groups to alert members. A surge in employment office applicants includes first time workers and many women. Lt Col Olsen stresses wire's critical role in Sicily and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Street
Rotary Club
Army Signal Corps
U. S. Employment Service
U. S. Rubber Company
Robert A. McCaughey
Bristolians
James E. Sullivan
Guiteras High School
FE. S. Mapes
A. R. Parshley
H D. Graetz
Augustine V. Tolland
Sidney Herreshoff
Janet MacDougall
Elizabeth Bourne
Sarah Bosworth
Olive Peckham
Elmer S Mapes
YMCA
A A. Edmonds
A R Parshley
James G. Carns, Jr
G R. Perroni
Elmer S. Mapes
Roswell S. Bosworth
Olsen
Wesley A Armstrong
Bristol
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Andrew A Wilcox
Herbert D. Graetz
Canon Parshley
Col Olsen
The
Argonne
Signal Corps
Wilcox
J Ferrara
Armstrong
Walter J. Geary
United States Employment Service
Bristol County
Lt Col Olsen
Mr Geary
Daniel Rhee
William H Angevine
James G Carns
ES. Mapes
G R Perrom
War Bonds urged to boost payroll savings for war effort
A call urges workers to allocate all discretionary income to War Bonds through payroll savings. The message stresses that every dollar above basic living costs supports servicemen on the fighting fronts and asks readers to figure out the plan themselves.
Iowa General Education Tests Adopted for Senior High
The School Committee approved using the Iowa Test of General Educational Development this fall to measure pupil ability and guide industrial instruction. Cost capped at 250 dollars from the Cot Memorial High School Fund. August meeting canceled. September session by chairman call. Calendar for next year nearly unchanged. Repairs award: Tiscomb painting Guileras School 185 dollars. Rounds leather seats 5 dollars each and seat dressing 30 cents. Providence Cornice Company flashings gutters roofs at Guiteras Colt Reynolds Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Supt
E. S. Mapes
Committee On Accounts
Charles H Tiscomb
Guileras
Frank A Rounds
Providence Cornice Company
Guiteras
Colt and Reynolds
Save the Children Appeal Raises Early Bristol Support
Checks are coming in for the Save the Children Bristol appeal. Ten donations have been received from residents and local figures including Otis Bailey Miss Maron S Cole Albert Crabtree J Barnard French Judge and Mrs Edward L Leahy Mr and Mrs Charles F Liscomb Salvatore Nunes Harold C Paull George F Phillips Mr and Mrs William Pinch. The Bristol committee seeks 3000 for a special project coordinated with the Save the Children Fund in London and will acknowledge Bristol Rhode Island in the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Audrey M. Buckingham
Save the Children Federation
Otis Bailey
Maron S Cole
Albert Crabtree
J Barnard French
Edward L. Leahy
Charles F Liscomb
Salvatore Nunes
Harold C. Paull
George F Phillips
William Pinch
Federation
Canon Parshley
Save the Children Fund
London
Rhode Island
Canon Pysrhley
State Board Refuses Harbor Water Test
The State Department of Health rejected a second analysis of harbor water saying pollution remains unassuaged and testing unnecessary. Town officials and the Kunz pier proposal faced delays due to chlorination plant interruptions and staffing shortages. Residents worry about unsafe swimming conditions and lack of supervision on the waterfront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Charles Grammann
Edward D Kunz
Hope Street
George R Fish
Salvage Committee
Kunz
State Board
Donat J. Gladue
Sewer Commission
Mr Fish
Walley Street
Walker's Island
Kunz Pier
Hog Island
Burglaries Reported To Police Over Weekend
Over the weekend two stores and two residences were broken into. Cash was stolen from Wood Street Cafe at 250 Wood Street owned by George Salmonese and Perry's Spa on Hope Street. On Hope Street Bristol Neck, Michael Ascoli reported a break in between 745 and 1130 Saturday night with government bonds a revolver a wrist watch and the house ransacked. Michael DiLello at 1051 Hope Street also reported a burglary with money stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Street
George Salmonese
Perry's Spa
Hope Street
Bristol Neck
Michael Ascoli
Michael DiLello
Red Cross Motor Corps Recruits To Be Shown At YMCA
Red Cross Motor Corps recruits will be received Thursday at 8 pm as the Bristol Branch displays a beach wagon ambulance outside the YMCA for inspection by prospective drivers. Capt Rebecca Herreshoff and officers will be inside the Y to offer information and take volunteers. Engagement announced: Charlotte A Sousa to Henry W Pacheco, son of Mrs Irene Pacheco. no wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Motor Corps
Beach Wagon Ambulance
Bristol
YMCA
Motor Corps
Rebecca Herreshoff
Charlotte A. Sousa
Henry W Pacheco
Rudolph E Sousa
Lincoln Avenue
Pacheco
Irene Pacheco
Woodstreet
Charlotte
Henry
US Navy
Hydraulion Engine Banquet Arrangements Set for 100th Anniversary
Final meeting of the Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co committee confirms plans for the 100th anniversary banquet on July 22 at the B T A Armory State Street with about 150 guests. James F Meiggs named banquet chairman to author the company history. Bertram W Wall will act as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
Providence
Bertram W Wall
Firemen’s Association of
New England
Bristol County
B. T A. Armory
State Street
James F Meiggs
Obituary of Annie J. McCarthy of Warren Rhode Island
Annie J. McCarthy 79 widow of Jeremiah McCarthy died this morning at Truesdale Hospital Fall River born in Des Moines Iowa to Maurice and Ellen Savage. She leaves four children Mrs William Demers Rumford William J. McCarthy Pawtucket Mrs Arthur Proulx Warren and Joseph McCarthy. Funeral from daughter Mrs Proulx 272 Main St Warren at 8 15 Friday with 9 o'clock mass at St Marys Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie J. McCarthy
Lincoln Avenue
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Jeremiah McCarthy
Des Moines
Iowa
Maurice and
Ellen Savage
St Mary's Church
Isabelle Wardwell
William Demers
Rumford
William J. McCarthy
Pawtucket
Arthur Proulx
Warren
Tigers spring tale of Cobb and Jean Dubuc pranks
In a spring training game Jean Dubuc pitched a straight fastball to test Ty Cobb who kept chasing fly balls as pranks unfolded. Cobb, notorious for lateness, joked with teammates while Dubuc recalled a $300 fine from John McGraw after Hornsby at bat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Dubuc
Detroit
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Tigers
Jean
Hughie Jennings
Jennings
McGraw
Giants
St. Louis
Roger Hornsby
Hornsby
Enime
Petar nSyee
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March OF Time
NEW Canada
Philip Dorn
Anna Sten
John Sheppard
Virginia Gilmore
Priscilla Lane
Rochester News
Lana Turner
Robert Young
Walter Brennan
Save the Children” Appeal
Buckingham
Holmes House
Arthur W . Burdon
Russell G Colt
DeWolf Herreshoff
Wallis FE Howe
Charles D Jencks
Riley EF Lamson
Florence T Nelson
Anthony J Nunes
William L Serbst
Brederick A Sutcliffe
John G Stewart
H V S. Tingley
Herbert D Graetz
Gladue
M. P. Medeiros
Samuel Campanello
Leon E. McCaw
George T. Sisson
Hydaulion
Daniel G. Coggeshhall
George R. Fish
Henry Campbell
John Grabert
Richard Anderon
James R Fay
Oscar Privin
Charles L. Pendleton
Frederick W. Coggeshall
Walter Coggeshall
Jefferson Goff
John Burns
William B. Spooner
Benjamin Dorstrom
Thomas Meiggs
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