Army-Navy E Award Ceremony at Bristol Rubber Plant
John R White and three colleagues are named to receive the Army-Navy E insignia at a Thursday ceremony in Bristol. Governor McGrath will speak, Brigadier General Gardner will award, with Jean Merrill and Alois Havrila also prominent on stage. Officials attend a breakfast at the Biltmore Providence, then tour the plant before the 2:30 PM program aired on WEAN and WSAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R White
Bristol
United States Rubber Company
J. Howard McGrath
Jean Merrill
Metropolitan Opera Company
Alois Havrila
371St
Army Service Forces
Wesley A Armstrong
Army
Navy
John H. Gardner
Washington
Idc
WEAN
Providence
WSAR
Fall River
WFCI
Pawtucket
Company Honors Long Service Workers At Ceremony
A 65 year old worker Mr White began in 1892 and declined retirement to serve during wartime. Mrs Nunes 24 plus years in braiding and cord departments is praised for attendance and efficiency. The president of Local B I International Brotherhood will speak at Usher Avenue ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Charles Street
Nunes
Franklin Street
B-I International Brotherue
Pee Tahoe
Wyoreers
Rederation
Usher Avenue
Scrap Collection Aims to Break Records This Weekend
Scrap collection in Rhode Island targets twenty tons over Saturday and Sunday led by Jane Walker of the Salvage Committee. The drive seeks five extra tons to beat Ohio’s challenge and to meet armed forces needs. Volunteers are urged to prepare bundles by eight each morning and to provide additional truck drivers for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Walker
Ohio
Rhode Island
Walker
Beach Terrace
Pappasquash
the Highlands
the Narrows
Metacom Avenue
Ferry Road
Domenic Campanella
Gerald McKenna
R. S. Bosworth
Joseph Berretto
George Pinheiro
Herbert Hayden
New Bristol Garment Factory To Open
A new garment factory will locate in Bristol to manufacture children's wear. Ruben Gittleman, formerly of Parrigan Toys, will manage the business. It will operate from the La Favorta Marcaroni Co. premises on Wood Street and employ 30 to 40 girls with production starting in early fall after two months of machinery installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Childrens Wear
Ruben Gittleman
Parrigan Toys
la Favorita Marcaroni Company
Wood Street
Anthony Ruggerto
Gunnery Instructor Hilario Moniz Aids RAF School
Staff Sergeant Hilario B. Moniz serves at the Eighth RAF Composite Station in Northern Ireland as a leading aerial gunnery instructor. A veteran combat crewman now teaching newly arrived airmen, he applies seasoned tactics to shield RAF bombers from the Luftwaffe. Moniz, formerly with Aratex Co., has father Albert Moniz at 607 Wood Street.
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RAF
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Hilario B. Moniz
Bristol
Sgt. Moniz
The
Aratex Co
Albert Moniz
Wood Street
Gremial Daughters Award Scholarship to Miss Pontes
Miss Crimilda Pontes, daughter of Mr and Mrs Abert Reis Pontes of 46 Fox Hill Avenue, Bristol, has been awarded the $100 Gremial Daughters of Portugal scholarship for the high school graduating class. Valedictorian of Bristol Senior High School Class of 1944, she will enter the R S School of Design in the fall, enrolling in the graphic arts course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimilda Pontes
Abert Reis Pontes
Fox Hill Avenue
Gremial Daughters of Portugal
Pontes
Bristol Senior High School
R. S. School of Design
Sale at Antea Gettdir Vestry Church
A vestry meeting at the Antea Gettdir Baptist Church discusses a forthcoming sale. Attendees include church leaders and local members as details unfold about the transaction.
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Antea
Baptist Church
Graduates of Bristol Senior High Plan Class Day Exercises
The Class of 1944 at Bristol Senior High School will hold Class Day events in the Andrews auditorium with Dr Harry F E Nugent as principal speaker. Rev Arthur W Burdon offers invocation and benediction. Diplomas are awarded by John Andrade. A banquet closes the day in the Colt auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry FE. Nugent
Rhode Island
Bristol Senior High School
Andrews Auditorium
Arthur W . Burdon
First Baptist Church
John Andrade
Bristol
Armed Forces
John J. Burke
Ralph Celone
John Mello
George Olver
Herbert F Hayden
Crimilda Pontes
Sullvan
Aida
Verdi
Jacobs
Theresa Donovan
George Oliver
Louse Bonvicin
Herbert Hayden
Tee
Frances Alfano
Charles Alfred
Robert Brownell
Augustine Raimos Domentm Campanella
Vincent Securo
Andrews
Colt
Sog Song of the Marine C
Lass
Neela Cr Commercial
Alda Almeida
Frederick Cleaver
FE Canor Almeida
Tlaneda Tiske
Ida Antonie
Laura Gaspar
Voederauk Cleaver
Elausehold
Ats
Leonora Estrella
Tndustrial Arts
Semper Paratus
A‘nards
Wach
Archie Po Allen
Joan T., Burke
Infantry
Colt Auditorium
Post Office Employes Guests of Ass't Postmaster
The Bristol Post Office staff and friends attended a gathering at Asst Postmaster Charles Cole Duffy's home on Saturday afternoon. A chowder lunch followed by athletic contests led by James Patrick Fay featured numerous events and prizes including a War Bond gift to Mr. Duffy.
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Post Office
Ass’t
Bristol Post Office
Asst
Charles Cole Duffy
S.C
James Patrick Fay
P.M. Coggeshall
Sponsors For Accent in Youth Named For Bristol Theatre
The Bristol Community Theatre announced sponsors for its first production as part of the YMCA community service program. Patrons include Mr. and Mrs. Charles B Rockwell Dr. and Mrs Frederick V Martin Mr. and Mrs Wallis E Howe Dr. and Mrs William L Serbst Mr. and Mrs Rudolf F Haffenreffer Sr Robert W Nelson Miss Florence T Nelson Mr. and Mrs Henry Wood Mrs Alfred M Merriman and Mr. and Mrs Frederick M Dixon Jr. The show runs three nights this weekend Saturday and Monday and Tuesday in Guileras auditorium. Earl P Mathewson handles ticket sales with reserved seats at Buffingtons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Community Theatre
Charles B Rockwell
Frederick V. Martin
Wallis E. Howe
William L. Serbst
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer
Robert W. Nelson
Florence T. Nelson
Henry Wood
Alfred M. Merriman
Frederick M. Dixon, Jr
Y.M.C.A
Guileras
Earl P. Mathewson
Buffington’s
Girl Scout Mariners Help Camp Hoffman Renovate Site
The Mariners and Senior Girl Scouts spent the weekend at Camp Hoffman aiding Miss Yolanda Delys in renovating the camp to ready for an active summer camping program. Mariners included Ann Perry Elizabeth Vermette Mary Elizabeth Vermette Mary Lou Serbst Sally Mapes Francis Doyle Marguerite Guevemont Catherine Connery. Senior Scouts listed Hortense Correia Nancy Ferrara Rose Scalaro Joanna Tortorice Lillian Silvia Mary Preziosa Josephine Alfano Carmella Mescena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Hoffman
Yolanda Delys
Ann Perry
Mary Elizabeth Vermette
Elizabeth Perry
Mary Lou Serbst
Sally Mapes
Francis Doyle
Marguerite Guevemont
Catherine Connery
Hortense Correia
Nancy Ferrara
Rose Scalaro
Johanna Tortorice
Lillian Silvia
Mary Preziosa
Josephine Alfano
Carmella Mescena
Sydney Davidson welcomes Brewster family home from China
Sydney A Davidson on Belmont avenue hosts the Brewster family returning from a 22,000 mile journey in 77 days. The May 24 Brockton Daily Enterprise recounted their travel by bus, truck, sedan chair, launch, train and troopship, including an air hop over the hump from China to India at 7,400 feet.
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Sydney Davidson
Prudence Island
Itum
Syd
China
Brockton Daly
Sydney A. Davidson
Belmont Avenue
Brewsters
Kutien
India
Welcome Home Brewsters Greeted by Neighbors and Press
The Davidson house buzzed with friends bringing cakes and supper as doorbells rang with messages and flowers. Photographers and reporters swarmed Dr and Mrs Harold N Brewster and their children Betty 11 Marybelle 9 Priscilla 7 and David 3.
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Davidson
Harold N Brewster
Betty
Marybelle
Priscilla
David
Mrs Brewster’s Family Plans After War Return to China
Mrs Brewster formerly Dorothy Davidson from Brockton reveals a strong wish to return to China after the war. The family has lived in China over ten years with three children born there and one in Honolulu. Dr Brewster will join Lahey Clinic Boston after a year’s fellowship, having served as chief surgeon at Foochow Willis F Pierce Memorial Hospital and lately superintendent at Wiley General Hospital Kutien.
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Brewster
Dorothy Davidson
Brockton
China
Honolulu
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Foochow
Willis F. Pierce
Wiley General Hospital
Kutien
Brewsters Recall Fooc how War Years in Foochow
During three years in Foochow the Brewsters witnessed over 200 Japanese air raids on the city of 400000. The April 1941 raid brought fragmentation bombs within a quarter mile of their home, killing 200 and wounding 300. In September 1941 Japan invaded by land and Dr. Brewster treated a Chinese boy stabbed in the abdomen after stooping for rice spilled from a Japanese arm cart.
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Brewsters
Foochow
Brewster
Family recounts wartime life in China after 1942 move
The Brewster family notes no bombings since relocating to Ka tien in 1942 and attributes current harm mainly to inflation and the black market. They describe farming to feed children, keeping cows for milk, and making own ketchup due to shortages, with no coffee for over a year as a cereal substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katien
China
Brewsters
Journey to India in a crowded troopship voyage
A family packed for a long trip to India, storing most possessions and taking only a small baggage allowance. They spent three weeks to reach a port of embarkation and later boarded a troopship with nine people in state rooms meant for two. They wore life jackets, had two meals daily, used salt water to wash, sat on deck rugs, and crossed the equator twice becoming Shellbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Bronte
Equator
Fragmented travel tale hints at a family trip and plans
Fragmented text shows a family leaving Chita asking if they are now in America and planning a shopping spree Tuesday afternoon. The wording is garbled but suggests a child’s question about exile or relocation and adult plans during travel.
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David
America
Chita
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John R. White
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Harry A. Nugent
William G. Dixon
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Milton Paine
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P.M
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Sheriff Nunes
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Sen D. G Coggeshall
Elton Pierce
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