We Must Not Forget Bristol War Losses Remembered
Frank Margo former athlete and Coast Guard member pays tribute to Bristol men who died in the war naming Pat Raiola Gig Romano Tony Almeida Walter Brelsford Joe Pirri and others He urges Americans not to forget and notes delays in AK cargo ship commissioning prompting reflections from Florida where he met Milton Borges Eddie Almeida George Ingram and Ken Sturdevant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Margo
Coast Guard
Bristol
Pat Raiola
Pat
Gig Romano
Tony Almeida
Walter Brelsford
Joe Pirri
Frank
Florida
Milton Borges
Eddie Almeida
George Ingram
Ken Sturdevant
Local Servicemen Honorably Discharged and Returning Soldiers
Alfred C. Mello of Harker Avenue earns honorable discharge under the new point system. Cpl Ruth M Alger WAC at Dow Field Bangor Me spends ten day leave with her father at 19 Cole Street after attending Bristol High School graduation. S Sgt Rocco Proto of 17 Coggeshall Avenue on furlough with wife and year old daughter. wounded on D Day 1944 in Normandy. Manuel Cabral of 24 Mt Hope Avenue operated on at Truesdale Hospital and resting comfortably. Altar Society of Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church holds outdoor basket lunch meeting Sunday at 2:30 PM in front of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Cabral
Mt. Hope Avenue
Truesdale Hospital
Altar Society of Our Lady of Mt
Ruth M. Alger
WAC
Dow Field
Bangor
Joseph Alger
Cole St
Cpl
Alger
Bristol Senior High School
Rocco Proto
Antonio Proto
Coggeshall Avenue
Set. Proto
Veteran tennis player offers morning play or lessons
An elderly town tennis enthusiast invites players of all ages for morning sessions or teaching. participation depends on court availability. Contact details: PO Box 347 Bristol or call Hotel Belevedere Howard Quick. Reward offered for a gray 7 ft plywood skiff missing since June 20 near Herreshoft oat yard after 5 pm. Call 723.W. For rent a large barn converted for calf raising with small hen house and garden land.
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Bristol
Belevedere
Howard Quick
Herreshoft Oat Yard
For Sale Listings and Housing Offers Mixed Ad
Upstairs apartment eight rooms at 985 Hope Street available July 1 adults preferred contact 1078 J. Civil Engineer transit and surveying instrument offered by Mrs Wm W Perry 701 Hope Street Tel 814 R choice lots on Gibson Road all utilities call Br 1098 M two tenement houses six rooms each Apply Box P Phoenix office 1942 Ford Deluxe Tudor black finish clean interior good tires mechanically perfect 30 day warranty priced low at 380 Thames Street license
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Hope Street
Thames Street
Auction notices and job ads clutter Hog Island area
Two lots on Hog Island offered. one on front, one in rear, selling at low prices. Inquiries to Box NW Bristol. Wanted bookkeeper for vacation period about one month, part or full time, apply to Box J Phoenix office. Automobile mechanic position with wages in war job at Tuplin's Garage 380. Woman for labor and cleaning. call Mrs Williams Tel 102.
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Hog Island
Bristol
Phoe
M.D Raworth
North Farms
Box J
Phoenix
Tuplin
Baker returns from Pacific duty. birth and church notices
Douglas Baker son of Mr and Mrs Walter R Baker 11 Noyes Avenue has returned after thirty one months in the Pacific area. The Holy Rosary Society of Mt Carmel Church will receive Communion in a body at the 7 o clock mass Sunday morning. A daughter Phyllisette was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Chianelli of Stamford Conn on May 20 Mrs Chianelli is the former Miss Theresa Marino of this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Bakes
Walter R. Baker
Noyes ‘Avenue
Pacific Area
Holy Rosary Society of
Phyllisette
Frank Chianelli
Stamford
Conn
Chianelli
Theresa Marino
Marion I. Munro
Robert F. Munro
321 High Street
Eleanor Bradway
Springfield
Mass
Marion
la Salle
Auburndale
Achievement Day observance set at Rogers Williams Grange
Achievement Day will be observed June 27 at Rogers Williams Grange East Providence from 1 to 5 pm. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Williams
Providence
Estate of Maria A Darcy Administratrix Appointed
Julia H Card of Bristol Rhode Island has qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Maria A Darcy deceased. Creditors must file claims in the clerk’s office by law with dates listed June 22 1945 to July 6 1945. Clerk John W Church provides notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria A, Darcy
Julia H Card
Bristol
Maria A Darcy
John W Church
Sell Well For July 4th Benefit Tables
Thirty seven tables have been sold for the Fourth of July Fund benefit bridge to be held Tuesday evening at St. Michael's Parish House. There will also be a food sale and floral decorations under Mrs. C. W. Haffenreffer. Subscribers include Mrs. A. L. Johnston Mrs. Frank J. Sylvia Mrs. Joseph Almeida Mrs. Salvatore Massano Mrs. Joseph Costa Mrs. Henry Miranda Mrs. Wm. P. Gladding Mrs. Fred M. Dixon Mrs. J. H. Paull Mrs. Winifred Sylvester Mrs. Samuel C. Wardwell Mrs. E. I. Brownell Mrs. Earl P. Mathewson Mrs. Sebastian Bernard Jr. Howard R. Newman Mrs. Samuel Kinder Mrs. George L. Millard Mrs. Manuel Pinheiro Mrs. Robert Cragan Mrs. Edward D. Kunz Mrs. Anthony DuPont Mrs. James A. McKenna Mrs. Albert Alder Mrs. Thomas McCaughey Mrs. Eugene Byone Miss Alice Almy Mrs. Henry Wood Mrs. Richard Cornell
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St. Michael's Parish House
Gladys M. Brightman
C. W. Haffenreffer
A. L. Johnston
Frank J. Sylvia
Joseph Almeida
Salvatore Massano
Joseph Costa
Henry Miranda
Edward D. Kunz
Anthony DuPont
James A. McKenna
Albert Alder
Thomas McCaughey
Eugene Byone
Alice Almy
Henry Wood
Richard Cornell
Francesco Cirillo 64 dies suddenly in Middletown garage
Francesco Cirillo 64 of 14 Ryan Avenue Bristol died suddenly at 3 15 P M Wednesday in Short Line Garage Middletown attributed to natural causes by Dr James C Callahan He born in Scafati Italy resided in Bristol forty years survived by wife Mary six daughters four sons ten grandchildren two sons Angelo and Domenic killed in action in Europe funeral 8 15 AM tomorrow from home high Mass at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church burial St Mary's Cemetery
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Francesco Cirillo
Ryan Avenue
Middletown
James C. Callahan
Cirillo
Scafati
Italy
Bristol
Mary (Bugarelli) Cirillo
Anthony
Hollister
Cal
Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church
St Mary’s Cemetery
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Bradford St
Corner of Thames
Bristol, R. I
Wome
Fred Martin
Tuplin’s Garage
Thames ST
War Department
Tian
the Armed Forces
Pearl Harbor
Bradford
J. A
Tae
Alfred C. Mello
Antone Mello
Harker Avenue
U. S. Army
Silver Creek
Wm W Perry
Hope St
Tel
Gibson Road
Richmond Street
Lorenzo Santulli
Ferry Road
Warren
Harold C. Paull
Brad HI
Moines Emerald
Ieee
Buffington’s Pharmacy
Alves Battery Shop
Metacom Ave
Waldron Co
M. Stuart Barr
Roberta Dixon
New York
Mrs
Frederick M. Dixon, Jr
Victoria Bucolo
Wood Street
Home Demonstration Circle
The
State College
Country Side Garden Club
St. John’s
First Baptist Church
St. Alban's Lodge No
Arthur W. Burdon
Bristol County Water Company
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Fredrick N. Palmer
Hope Drug CO
Hope Drug Company
Kodak Headquarters
Town OF
Amos
Gorham
Johnson & Wales Business School
Fountain Street
Opp. Journal
Gaspee
Forge
du Pont
Wardwell Lumber Company
Ian Ws
Bristol Supply Company
Joseph Brum
Bristol Motors
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