Wounded Veterans Extend Their Service in Bristol
Lt Nelson H Page organized convalescent veterans from Camp Edwards to work shifts at Collins Aikman in Bristol. Fourteen volunteers began on a 30 day period and most asked to stay for another tour, boosting wool top production and aiding the war effort while veterans regain civilian skills.
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Nelson H. Page
Camp Edwards
Cape
Page
Collins & Aikman
Bristol
Albert T. Fusonie
Planning Board to draft land platting ordinance for town
The Planning Board acted on the Town Council request to draft rules for land subdivision and platting. A proposed ordinance will be submitted to the Council after public hearing. the board discussed bus route along Metacom Avenue and Bristol airport prospects and a review of the taxation system.
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Planning Board
Council
A A Edmonds
Metacom Avenue
Bristol
Community Theater Plans Kitty Foyle at Guiteras School
The Bristol Community Theater rehearses for Kitty Foyle next Thursday at the YMCA. Miss Cynthia McCaw stars with a full youth cast. Frank Pery Win and John Price Party Jack lead, under director Miss M Theresa Donovan. Two more plays will follow this year, says publicity chair Donald Morrissey.
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Bristol Community Theater
Kitty Foyle
YMCA
Cynthia McCaw
Kitt
Frank Pery
Win
John Price
Party Jack Fetherstone
Mac Charles Callan
Mr Foyle
Mary Lee Cantwell
Veronica Ann St Germaine
Joan Osterberg
Kitty
Marguerite Kebick
Madonna
Frances Clarke
Charles Tappero
Myrtle
Francs Bragg
Donald Morrissey
New Sunday Doctor On-Call Plan Announced
Dr Joseph Castronovo announced a three doctor on call rotation for emergency Sunday medical needs. Calls are routed through the local police station to the doctor on duty, with residents urged to use this only in dire cases to preserve doctors' rest.
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Joseph Castronovo
Southeastern
R I
Castronovo
Simmons Promoted to Lieutenant J.G in Navy Nurse Corps
Margaret Louie Simmons daughter of Mr and Mrs William T Simmons of 843 Hope Street Bristol Rhode Island was promoted to lieutenant junior grade in the Navy Nurse Corps. She is stationed at the dispensary headquarters Eighth Naval District New Orleans. A graduate of St Xavier Academy Providence and Rhode Island Hospital Training School she was commissioned in January 1944.
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Margaret Louie Simmons
William T Simmons
Hope Street
Bristol
Navy Nurse Corps
Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
St Xavier Academy
Providence
Rhode Island Hospital Training School
Miss Simmons
Medeiros Wounded in Action as War Updates Reach Family
The letter from John Victor Medeiros, Coxswain USNR, to his parents in Bristol describes being off Okinawa when a Japanese attack damaged his ship. A War Department telegram confirms serious injuries from shell fragments to back and shoulder and promises further details. Engagement announced for Ruth Finley and Corporal James Puya. wedding planned for August at St Pauls Church in Birmingham.
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Joseph Medeiros
Easterbrooks Avenue
John Victor Medeiros
Coxwain Usnr
Okinawa
States
War Department
Coxswain Usnr
Medeiros
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
Robert Pearson Finley
Pontotoc
Miss
Ruth
James V Puya
Mt. Hope Avenue
St Paul’s Catholic Church
Birmingham
Alabama
Former prisoner of war tells of German treatment
Lt George H Wilson recalled his war experience at a Rotary Club meeting. He described being shot down near the Channel, held in Brussels and Frankfurt, and the harsh confinement including the sweating process, Red Cross aid, and a barter economy in a northeast German camp. He spoke of escapes, blizzards, and marching to end with the Russians advancing.
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George H Wilson
Rotary Club
Wilson
Air Force
No Africa
Bengazi
Rome
Ploesti
Channel
Brussels
Frankfort-on-Main
Germany
Red Cross
Red Cross worker braves Pacific to feed Marines with ice cream
Betty, a former Boston worker, joins a South Pacific Red Cross unit and, after training in Washington, travels to islands to serve Marines. She recalls serving 300 gallons of ice cream to thousands, mingling with troops, and aiding daily morale through games, parties, and club improvements amid a climactic, demanding assignment.
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Betty
Red Cross
South Pacific
Boston
Shed
Washington
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Mis M
Theresa Donavan
Guiteras School
Roddy MacDowall
Preston Foster
Rita Johnson
Thunderhead
Flicka
Walt Disney Cartoon
Sun
Mon
Alan Ladd
Gail Russell
William DeMarest
Bruce Cabot
Spring Byington
Margaret L. Simmons
J.G
John V. Medeiros
Berlin
Sweden
14Th Armored Division
Hope Hardware & Supply Co
James ST Angelo
Prop
Hope Hardware Co
Belvedere
Wallace Motors
Hortense
Grace
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