Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company 1 marks centennial
The Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company No. 1 celebrated 100 years at the B T A Armory with a banquet. Judge Edward L Leahy praised the spirit of volunteers and rededication for the future as Senator Daniel Coggeshall noted his 62 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. A. Armory
Edward L. Leahy
Judge Leahy
Daniel G Coggeshall
Bertram W. Wall
Bristol
Coggeshall
Huds
Oscar Pivin
Senator Coggeshall
Wall
J Floyd Huestis
Henry F Serbst
Moses Moore
Henry Alfred
Robber A McCaughey
Arthur W. Burdon
James F Meiggs
Daniel W. Coggeshall
George R. Fish
Pivin
McKenzie
Barrington
Otto Alletag
Warren
Roy Simmons
Dreadnaught Company
Eugene Byone, Jr
Defiance Company
Anthony Perry
Ever Ready Company
Patrick Har
Defiance Hose Company
Meiges
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
No. 1
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
Hydraulion Company
Minute Maids to Aid War Bond Drive in Bristol
Mrs F Reginald Dimond organizes a corps of young women named Minute Maids to support the sale of War Bonds and Stamps. They operate at the Pastime Theater each evening before performances and will add volunteers as needed to sustain home front effort during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Reginald Dimond
Bristol
Jessie Sanford
Mary Velleca
Hope Rex
Nancy Thompson
Cynthia McCaw
Roberta Dixon
Dorinda Dixon
Ethel Tucker
Janice Hayden
Virginia Brightman
Clare Foster
Faelyn Lemaire
Sally Mape
Helen Osterberg
Ruth Mathewson
Louise Capone
Carol White
Hortense Burdon
Surprise Blackout in Bristol Proves Largely Successful
Bristol conducted a surprise blackout Wednesday night with sirens hand operated due to a prior thundershower. A. A. Edmonds noted the siren failure, while civil defense personnel responded well with few violations reported as signals were tested from 9:30 pm to 10:40 pm.
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Bristol
A. A. Edmonds
Council
Plant J C A Outing Planned for Sunday August 8
The annual outing of the employees and officials of Plant J Collins & Aikman and their families will be held Sunday August 8 at Point Pleasant. Earl Anderson chairs the committee with help from Joseph Abate Michael Proto Manuel Fernandez Mrs Margaret Belmore Martin Mans Marion Bettencourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plant J
Collins & Aikman
Point Pleasant
Earl Anderson
Joseph Abate
Michael Proto
Manuel Fernandez
Margaret Belmore
Martin Mans
Marion Bettencourt
Bristol K of C thanked by U S Signal Corps
Lt. Col. Harry E. Olsen of the U S Army Signal Corps praised the Bristol Council K of C for aiding U S Rubber Company recruiting. The letter notes churches and Rotarians coordinated a community project, with forty volunteers listed to help in securing workers for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Council
K. OF C
Signal Corps
U. S. Rubber Company
Col. Olsen
Bristol Council, K. of C
Harry E. Olsen
U S. Army Signal Corps
U S. Rubber Company
Ter
Nerone
Bristol
U S
Andrew Wilcox
Bristol Records Drive Slow as Citizens Lag
Joseph P Quartaro, salvage committee chairman, laments weak participation in collecting old records for service men. Boxes placed in town factories crediting companies for help, as last year Bristol surpassed its quota. This year’s target is 4350 records with Pozzi's drug store as the main depot for non factory workers. Assisting Quartaro are George R. Fish and Irene Cabral.
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Bristol
Joseph P Quartaro
Kearney Post
Quartaro
Evry
Irene Cabral
Concert at Colt Memorial School Opens Three-Event Series
Several hundred attended the first concert sponsored by the State Department of Education at the Colt Memorial High School building. The Bob Gray led band played classical and popular pieces with arrangements by James J Velleca. The next concert is set for Tuesday evening August 24.
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State Department of Education
Colt Memorial High School
Bob Gray
James J Velleca
Bagley
Romberg
Sullivan
Brockton
Suppe
Friml
Whistler
Pryor
Donnizzette
Myddleton
Strauss
Amers
Dimond Promoted to Captain at Tampa Base
John D Dimond III, U S Army, promoted from first lieutenant to captain at his Tampa Florida base where he serves as a radio engineering instructor. He is a 1933 Colt Memorial High School and 1938 Virginia Military Institute graduate who worked for Narragansett Electric before enlisting in 1941. The promotion coincided with the birth of a third daughter to Capt Dimond and his wife Helen Capron Dimond in a Tampa hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D Dimond III
U S. Army
John D Dimond Jr
State Street
Tampa
Fla
Capt
Dimond
Helen Capron
Cranston
Delina Mar chand and Louis Carvalho wed in Warren ceremony
Miss Mary Delina Marchand daughter of Mr and Mrs Wil fred Marchand Warren wed Louis Anthony Carvalho seaman first class US Navy son of Mrs Owen Carvalho at St John s Church Warren. Officiant Rev George McCrae assisted. Reception followed at Cercle Jacques Cartier Hall Market Street Warren with families assisting. Mrs Carvalho will live at 66 Mount Hope Avenue after a trip to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Delina Marchand
Wilfred Marchand
Davis Street
Warren
Louis Anthony Carvalho
Seaman Ic
Owen Carvalho
Mt. Hope Avenue
St. John’s Church
George McCra
Mary R. Marchand
Edward Collins
Yvonne Messier
Carrie Jacobs Bond and The End of a Perfect Day
This article profiles Carrie Jacobs Bond, creator of The End of a Perfect Day, from inspiration on Mt. Rubidoux to the song’s global reach. It recounts her early musical prodigy years in Janesville, hardship after her first marriage, and eventual break with a Steinway Hall concert leading to enduring popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Hollywood
California
Riverside
Mt. Rubidoux
Carrie Jacobs
Janesville
Wisconsin
F. J. Smith
Fred
Frank Lewis Bond
Steinway Hall
Paris
Red Cross
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Budget Committee
Albert A. Edmonds
Council of Defense
Thomas Black
R. I. Soldiers’ Home
James O'Leary
Joseph H. Farrell
Albert T. Fusonie
Wesley A. Armstrong
Anthony J. Nunes
John F. Shaw
Russell G. Colt
Pasquale Pagnano
John R. Bernardo
J. Howard McGrath
U. S
Theodore Francis Green
Edward Clay
William G. Dixon
R. F. Haffenreffer
Capt Eugene B. Ryone
Jean Arthur
Joel Morea
Charles Coburn
George Stevens
Ladies’ Day
Lupe Velez
Eddie Albert O
The
Tom Conway
Harriet Hilliard
Edgar Kennedy
Charles Laughton, Maureen O’hara
George Sanders
Walter Slezak
March OF Time
Colt Memorial School
John D. Dimond, III
U.S. Rubber Company
Bristol County
US Rubber Co
Hope Street
Hopkins Store
James G Carns, Jr
Norman Servant
E. S Mapes
Carvalho-Marchand
the &Crebe
Freddie
Post Office
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