Y M C A centennial banquet features Mary Foster guest
Mrs Mary Foster of 11 Peck avenue a friend of Y founder George Williams will attend the Y M C A centennial banquet in the gym tomorrow at 7 p.m. Cameron Beck of National Fireworks will speak and Wallis Howe will participate in the dedication ceremony along with George Oliver and Mrs Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Mary Foster
Peck Avenue
Town
George Williams
Y.m.ca
London
Foster
Cameron Beck
National Fireworks, Inc
West Hanover
Mass
Howard R. Newman
Wallis E. Howe
The
George Oliver
Hi-Y Club
Bind Condert Tonight At Colt High School Concert
Bristol Senior High School Band hosts its third annual concert this evening in the Colt Auditorium at 8 15 o clock. The program features Romberg Stout Hearted Men Bizet Carrhen Overture Katscher When Day Is Done Trumpet Solo From The Shores of the Mighty Pacific and more with Girls Glee Club Saxophone Solo and Piano Duet. Directed by Theresa Donovan with Virginia Marshall conducting marches and drum majorette. Accompanists are Marguerite Kebrek Joan Doyle and Margaret Hibbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Senior High
Colt Auditorium
Romberg
Bizet
Carrhen
Katscher
Joseph Corriero
Sieczynski
Vienna Dreams
Glee Club
Porter
Hanley
Youmans
Arlen
Vernon Huestis
Eleanor LeMatre
Schwartz
Gershwin
Margaret Hibbert
Joan Doyle
Friml
Rose Maria
Spier
Memory Lane
Rodgers
Blue Room
George Pinhero
Polla
Warren
Theresa Donovan
Virginia Marshall
Marguerite Kebrek
Basket Luncheon for Bristol D A R Monday
The Bristol Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold a noon basket luncheon Monday at the Chapter House. A board meeting and the regular business meeting follow, with dessert served by Mrs Richard J Simmons, Mrs Fred G Perkins, Mrs Amanda Yelland, Mrs Etta Darrah, Mrs Ethel M Copeland and Mrs Geo Cote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Daughters of the American Revolution
Richard J Simmons
Fred G. Perkins
Amanda Yelland
Etta Darrah
Ethel M. Copeland
Eo Cote
Library Club Holds Hot Dog Roast at Year’s End
The Library Club of Guiteras Memorial School ended the year with a Hot Dog Roast at the Ferry on Mount Hope shore. A letter from the Quonset Naval Station Librarian was read, thanking members for their gift of money and naming the book for service men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras Memorial School
Mount Hope Shore
Quonset Naval Station
Fleanor Perry
Jessie Molasky
Germaine Normandin
Nancy Simmons
Barbara Campbell
Josephine Vitello
Cecelia Brunelli
Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary Enlists 35
The Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary reports 35 members after a Monday meeting led by Capt Nellie Medeiros. Enlistment will pause next Monday night and resume July 10 due to a Fourth of July parade march. A picnic is planned for June 8 at Crescent Park with church services beforehand. A $25 War Bond raffle funds a uniform for the top ticket seller. Acting officers for Co. A include 1st Lt Connie Primontese and 2nd Lt Josephine Jamiel. Co. B lists 1st Lt Lavinia Matiuri and 2nd Lt Virginia Assanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Parish House
Raymond S. Brightman
Regina Farley
U S. Rubber Co
Herreshoff Mfg. Co
Brightman
Me&sdames FE S
Tan
J. Walker
G Herreshoff, Jr
Charles J Tappero
George Lee
Joseph Almeida
C FP Rockwell
Henry Wood
Daniel Chase
Louis Beauregard
Howard Paull
Bridge Committee
Holmes House
Bristol Train of Artillery
Nellie Medeiros
Medeiros
Cresent Park
BTA
Cp A
Connie Primontese
Josephine Jamiel
Rose Mare Jamiel
Connie Belle
Rosemarie Falco
Lavinia Maturi
Virginia Assanti
Anne Ferrara
Virginia Walker
Dolores Barclay
Navy trainee Erik Bense earns RT 3-c rating at Gulfport
Erik Bense of 4 Bourn avenue has completed Elementary Electricity and Radio Material at the Naval Training School Gulfport Mississippi. He will receive further training at a Chicago advanced school. Bense enlisted Oct 28 1943 and trained at Sampson New York before entering service. Children's Day events planned at First Congregational Church Sunday afternoon with a 3 o clock program in DeWolf Memorial Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haffenreffer
Young Womens Club
Army
Navy
Flora Fusco
Hubert F Hill
Focal Y
Barbara Moren
Jane Goettler
Vivian Hill
Mary Anania
Mary J. Anania
Erik Bense
Bourn Avenue
Naval Training School
Gulfport
Miss
Chicago
R. T. Bense
Sampson, N.Y
U. S. Rubber Company
First Congregational Church
Maybelle Remeires
Hubert F. Hill
DeWolf
Constance Briggs
Herbert D. Graetz
Site Selected for U S Rubber Army Navy E Ceremonies
The United States Rubber Company plant will host the Army-Navy E Day ceremony on June 22 at a site between Buildings 15 and 22. Wesley A. Armstrong chairs arrangements, with tours of the factory and a luncheon for invited guests. A wounded veteran will participate as War Department designates, and officials from the New York office are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Rubber Company
Wesley A. Armstrong
Armstrong
War Department
New York
U.S. Rubber Company
Bristol
U. S. Rubber Company
Bristol Community Theatre Names Committees for First Production
The Bristol Community Theatre group assigned committees for properties posters construction and setting crews. Usher volunteers include Edward Travers Ralph Abenante Frank Perry and others. The debut production Accent on Youth by Samuel Raphaelson runs June 24 26 and 27 at the Gutteras Memorial Junior High School auditorium. An important general meeting is set for Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the YMCA to finalize preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Community Theatre Group
George Millard
William D Hall
Nathaniel Gladding, Jr
Jean Millard
Clara Herreshoff
Shirley Osofsky
Frank Perry
Ralph Abenante
Frerreshoff
Edward Travers
Virginia Cole Arlene Fiske
Camille Raiola
Shirley Seamans
Marjorie Ratola
Anthony Cabral
Samuel Raphaelson
Gutteras Memorial Junior High School
Y.m.ca
Farewell Party for Manuel Fernandes Jr
Private first class Manuel Fernandes Jr was honored at a farewell party by his parents at 24 Shaw's Lane Pie. He recently returned from overseas duty in the Mediterranean and will report for duty in North Carolina. The party, held March 22 1944 in North Africa, drew many relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Fernandes
Shaw's Lane Pie
Fernandes
Mediterranean
North Carolina
North Africa
Dixon Ave
Historical Society Will Meet Monday Night
Rev. Dr. Albert C. Thomas of the First Baptist Church Providence will discuss The History of Religious Liberty in Rhode Island to Bristol Historical Society members and guests Monday at 8 pm in the Hatetes House. Program committee members include Earl P. Mathewson and Mrs. Stanley E. Friswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Thomas
First Baptist Church
Providence
Bristol Historical Society
Rhodes Island
Hatates House
Canis R. Patsti &Y
Earl P. Mathewson
Stanley E. Friswell
Minstrel Show Set For Tomorrow At Guiteras Memorial
A Portuguese American Civic League event at Guiteras Memorial school auditorium features an English speaking cast from Valley Falls. The program includes solos duets group numbers specialty dances and a finale by the entire company with cast members such as Mary Sousa Joan Santos Eleanor Cardosa and Jaime Coelho performing with acts by Gwen Powell Elaine Russell and Manuel Estrella among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras Memorial School
Valley Falls
Byrel Powell
Alice Santos
Antone Sousa
Jaime Coelho
Gwen Powell
Helen Rodrigues
Elsie Estrella
Frank Alves
Elaine Russell
Vivian Landry
Dinah
Joseph Sousa
Loris Patra
Josephine Nobrego
Kentucky
Emilia Prata
Mom
Alda Almeida
Manuel Neves
Gal
Dolores Reis
Mary
Betty Falcioni
Antone’ Mello
Besame Mucho
Frank Allves
Mairzy Coates
Sandra Ramos
Alma Powell
Intire Company
Ant
Ello
Pala Almeida
Man Fined For Resisting Policeman At Court Session
At a Fifth District Court session Judge William T. O'Donnell fined Norman F. Herreshoff 95 dollars after he pleaded guilty to resisting an officer drunkenness and reveling. Police said he was arrested around 2 a.m. after attempting to strike Police Captain William S. Baker Jr wearing the officer's shirt. His counsel was Judge Benjamin F. Lindemuth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth District Court
William T. O’donnell
Normany F. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
William S. Baker, Jr
Shen Te
Courage at Attu Aboard Catalina Rescue
War stories from the Aleutians recall six young naval aviators stranded ninety miles off Attu as a Catalina patrol bomber was lost and two crewmates perished. In a freezing 45 knot wind and towering waves, another Catalina circled at dusk to attempt a dangerous rescue, choosing to endanger itself to save others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attu
Catalina
Rescue Plane Commander Wyman Waves Off Rescue
Lieut. Newell Putnam Wyman of Canandaigua New York, pilot of the crashed plane, stood in a tossing raft and waved rescuers away, thinking they could not land safely. By signaling the rescue plane to depart he sealed his own fate and that of his crew, yet he believed he had saved his friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Newell Putnam Wyman
Canandaiga, N. Y
Lieut. Wyman
Commanding Officer Praises Crew Of Fleet Air Wing Four
Comdr. Leslie E. Gehres of Seattle comments on the bravery of Wyman and his crew in Fleet Air Wing Four, expressing deep personal respect and emotion for their actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comdr
Leslie E. Gehres
Seattle
Wash
Fleet Air Wing Four
Wyman
Catalina crash survivors rescued in fog bound raid era
The doomed Catalina returning from a patrol over Asiatic waters on March 31 force landed. Six of eight crew reached two rubber boats. Lieutenant Commander Frank R. More guided rescuers by dye markers, then a second Catalina led by Lieutenant Marshal C. Freerks located the men amid fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catalina
Asiatic
Frank R. More
Sunbury
Marshal C. Freerks
Cuyuna, Minn
Rescue Efforts Fail to Reach Stranded Crew
After seven hours the two Catalinas circled the stricken rafts near Attu. Freerks dropped smoke markers and directed surface craft, but dusk and thick weather hindered visibility. Fuel ran low and Attu Field was closed, forcing More to risk a risky landing to rescue Wyman and his crew aboard the Catalina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freerks
Attu Field
More
Wyman
Rescue of downed aircrew amid fog and surf
Survivors clung to rafts as Lt Wy and Lt More maneuvered a catapult plane through dense fog and heavy seas. Yan, weakened by exposure, assumed command on the rafts while Free rka circled overhead aiding a search. A malevolent sea and wreckage strained nerves as rescuers worked to recover the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivesbels
Yan
Freerka
Tor Laa
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Bind Condert
Colt High School
D.A.R
Library Club
the Sullivans
Anne Baxter
Thomas Mitchell_Hiward' Ryal
Trudy Marshall
Don Winslow
Coast Guard
Sidney Toler
Arthur Lake
Jane Lawrence
Beby Haywsts
Shelley Winter
Th Sn Aa
Kay Kyser
Greece
Shrine OF Victory
Timse
R. S. Brightman
Thomas Jannsen
Gene Ritchie
J. Francis Connell
Theatre Group
Manuel Fernandes Jr
Historical Society
Aleutian Islands
North Pacific
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