WPA Rolls Here Are Reduced 54
Relief Administrator Orlando J. Bisbano reports Bristol WPA rolls will drop by 54 next Tuesday with checks to ensure accuracy. He notes 10 workers may remain on local projects if the order stands, while 17 town workers on Middleton Housing are not referenced. Projects affected include State sidewalk work from Colt Drive to Warren Town Line employing 25, plus school matron, school lunch, and Reynolds school sewing room projects totaling 16 workers. Some roles such as recreation supervisors, surplus foods commissary staff, town equipment inventory, and vital statistics workers are not cut. About 28 families may lose aid unless transfers to SUR are arranged.
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Bristol
Orlando J. Bisbano
Farrell D. Coyle
Bisbano
Middleton
Colt Drive
Warren
Reynolds School
Bisbane
Sur
Boy Saves Chicks But Receives Burns
Louis Francis a 16 year old of Metacom avenue saved one thousand day old chicks when fire swept the chicken house on his father’s farm in Bristol. He was burned on face and hands but the boy and his father quenched the blaze with no chick lost. A defective brooder was blamed for the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Francis
Frank T. Francis
Metacom Avenue
Bristol
Rhode Island to Register 21 Year Olds on July 1
Rhode Island men who turn 21 by July 1 1941 or have their 21st birthday after Oct 16 1940 must register with local Selective Service boards July 1. Aliens 21 on July 1 must also register. Exemptions include military and certain federal service members and cadets. Special registrars will aid ill or confined registrants. inmates must register on release. Registration hours are 7 am to 9 pm.
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Rhode Island
Selective Service Board
Herbert R .Dean
Bristol
Warren
County Selective Service Board
Dean
United States
General Dean
Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Public Health Service
Active National Guard
Officers Reserve Corps
Regular Army Reserve
Enlisted Reserve Corps
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
United States Military Academy
United States Naval Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Coast Guard Reserve
Insulation Of Homes Seen As Aid To Defense
The Bureau of Mines promotes home insulation as a national defense measure. W J deRocha of Wardwell Lumber notes insulation saves fuel for the country and lowers home bills. Rock wool batts prevent drafts and keep homes cooler in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Interior
Bureau of Mines
W. J. deRocha
Wardwell Lumber Company
Johns-Manville
Johns- Manville
deRocha
Bristol Y M C A Vi king Juniors elect officers
Vincent Securo is elected president of the newly formed Vi king Juniors Club at the Bristol Y M C A. Other officers include vice president Louis Costa secretary Ennis Bisbane and treasurer Ralph Celone. Members are boys aged 14 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Securo
Viking Juniors Club
Bristol Y. M. C. A
Louis Costa
Ennis Bisbane
Ralph Celone
Hope Circle Concludes Whist Series at K of C Hall
Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella wrapped up its weekly whist series Tuesday at K of C Hall on State Street. Grand prize went to Mrs. Otis M. Bailey Jr. top winner. numerous members including Mrs. Bertha Pivin Mrs. Elizabeth Dwyer Mrs. Ethel Connery Mrs. Mary Vermette Mrs. John L. Burke and others are listed among Tuesday’s prize recipients.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of
Isabella
C. Hall
State Street
Otis M. Bailey, Jr
Bertha Pivin
Elizabeth Dwyer
Ethel Connery
Mary Vermette
John L. Burke
Mary McHugh
Bailey
Dorothy Warren
Lead Wells
Eva Burke
Lena McKenna
Marguerite Callan
James Holmes
Bridget Lewis
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Fall River
McWhirr
Kearney
Legion Headquarters
PR. M
ER. A. Skinner
Met Isurance Sea
Hope St
R. I
Herbert G
Co Ythat A
Wood St
Bristol, R. I
Maisano Bros
E Service
Town OF
Amos S. Gorham
Tax
Coblécter
Viking Jrs
Friendly Circle
Hope Street
Ketty
Burnside Social Club
G. A. R. Hall
Hope Strest
Deer
Prises
aSe ' Sats Gelaasel
Okad
Joseph Sansone
Grolg
Reader.o
Bristol-Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix, Pub. CO. Co
Ploses
America
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