Patriotic Service Sunday At St. Michaels Church
The annual Patriotic Service at St. Michael's Church Sunday evening at 8 features a large procession with honored guests including Congressman Charles M. LaFollette. Clergy from Rhode Island and many officials join as master of ceremonies Rev Arthur Wood leads the program of hymns prayers and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Church
Charles M. LaFollette
Congress
Indiana
Charles R. Cooley
First Congregational Church
Arthur W. Burdon
First Baptist Church
Marshall
Samuel A. Hall
H. Marshall Wiliams
Frederick E. Garvin
John Brechin
Clarence Smith
Leon E. McCaw
Edward D Kunz
T W. Gornyak
Ian M Walker
Arthur Wood
Rhode Island Episcopal Convention
Church of the Ascension
Auburn
Granville
Bennett
Halsey Dew
Howe
LaFollette
Charles M la Follette
Anthony Almeida Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Samuel T Arnold
Brown University
Leslie D Batchelor
Providence
Granville G. Bennett
John R Bernardo
Bristol
F. M. Brooks
Fall River
Harold W. Brown
New Hall To Be Dedicated At Speech Correction School
The National Institute for Speech Disorders in Bristol, formerly Martin Hall, will open its Summer Clinic on Tuesday July 2 at 9 am next to the Soldiers Home. Over one hundred acute speech disorder cases from across the country will attend, including forty five WWII veterans sent by the US Veterans Administration for correction. Dr Frederick W Martin will dedicate the new recreation hall and three story dormitory for thirty two titlets, with neurologists and educators among the guests such as Dr Edward Cole Harvard and Dr Charles MacDonald Brown University.
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National Institute For Speech Disorders
Martin Hall
Soldiers Home
Bristol
Frederick W Martin
Institute
Edward Cole
Harvard
Charles MacDonald
Brown University
Deery
Pres Woodward
Pelton
Rhode Island State College
Col. Arnold
Veteran's Bureau of
Rhode Island
Moore
Rehabilitation Department of
James F. Rockett
George Baldwin
James Hanley
Providence
Ernest Green
Medical Board of Examiners
Mass
Commodore Theiss to Speak on Fourth of July in Bristol
Announcement that Commodore Paul S Theiss of the Newport Naval Base will be the Fourth of July orator and that marshals for ten parade divisions are named signals final preparations. Theiss, renowned for amphibious landing tactics in the Pacific, will speak at patriotic exercises as Bristol honors World War II veterans. Canon Parshley announced division heads including Gen Hall and Col Moren, with leaders from state guards, state regiments, and civic groups. Personal invites were sent to about 1300 veterans. pennies campaign collection details are noted.
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Paul S. Theiss
Newport
Theiss 1S
Narragansett Bay
Quonset, Davisville
Torpedo Station
Naval Training Station
Pacific
James F. Meiggs
Commodore Theiss
Bristol
Meiggs
Canon Parshley
Naval
Civic
Samuel A Hall
Military
Roswell
Bosworth
Albert A Moren
R I State Guard
Raymond J Makowsky
Henry A. Hambrick
Bristol Train of Artillery
Red Cross Motor Corps
Manuel Goulart
the American Legion
Chester W. Williams
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George R. Fish
Boy Scouts
Earl G Stur‘devant
Girl Scouts
Moses Moore
William P. Gladding
Hope Street
Tax rate set at 2.46 dollars per hundred on real estate
Francis P McGovern, secretary of the Board of Tax Assessors, announced the new real estate tax rate for the coming year at 2.46 dollars per hundred. Last year’s rate was 2.30 dollars per hundred.
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Francis P McGovern
The
Board of Tax Assessors
Bridge Proceeds Boost Swell for 4th of July Fund
About eighty tables of bridge were in play at St Michael's parish house on Tuesday night. Proceeds went to the Fourth of July Celebration committee with additional donations from local residents. Mrs Gladys M Brightman chaired the event assisted by several volunteers including Miss Viola Anderson and Mrs Charles Cole.
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St. Michael's Parish
Gladys M. Brightman
Viola Anderson
Charles Cole
Earl P. Mathewson
Albert J. Dubuc
John D. Moore
George H Murray
Myra Whitman
Final Appeal For Local Food Drive Led By Rev Burdon
The Rev. Arthur W Burdon appeals to the community to send contributions by Monday for a Bristol food collection to be shipped abroad next week. He notes 800 million hungry worldwide and explains food will not aid Germany or Japan but meet displaced persons needs. The drive coordinates with UNRRA and acknowledgments will appear in the PhoeniX.
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Arthur W Burdon
Bristol
Burdon
UNRRA
Factories Plan Week-Long Holiday For Workers
The four major industries in the town will close for the entire next week. Collins and Aikman Corporation will shut down all week. U S Rubber Company will close Thursday through Saturday. Carr Manufacturing Corporation and another firm will also close for the week.
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Collins and Aikman Corporation
U. S. Rubber Company
Carr Manufacturing Corporation
1Ufacturing Corporation
Local Winners Announced at Charity Event
Mrs. John Tobin won a Duncan sandwich glass cake plate and a flower arrangement. Mrs. A M Miller took a crystal glass sandwich plate as a door prize. Mrs. Walter Rice won nylon stockings. Table winners included Adrian Coutanche, Frederick W Serbst, Arthur Wiese, Mary Street, Guy A Sullivan, M C Smith 3rd, Edward Monahan, J Howard Paull, Robert G Newbold, Emil Dubuc, James M Husband, J Harold Megathlin, Minnie Farrington, Nelson Wells, and Ernest E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tobin
A. M. Miller
Walter Rice
Adrian Coutanche
Frederick W Serbst
Arthur Wiese
Mary Street
Guy A. Sullivan
M C. Smith
A M. Miller
Edward Monahan
J. Howard Paull
Robert G Newbold
Emil Dubuc
James M. Husband
J Harold Megathlin
Minnie Farrington
Nelson Wells
Ernest E
Boy Scouts Paper Drive Set for Sunday July 8 1946
Local notice urges residents to save old newspapers and magazines until Sunday July 8 1946 for the Boy Scouts next paper collection.
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Boy Scouts
Retail Fireworks Sale Banned By Police Chief
Chief Anthony J. Ferrara announced that retail sale of fireworks is prohibited by state law chapter 1130 of 1942. He said town solicitor Lucien Capone confirmed the ban and advised storekeepers to refrain, citing multiple calls from local proprietors seeking permission.
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Anthony J. Ferrara
Lucien Capone
Ferrara
Newport Visit Reveals Kennedy Jr Destroyer Details
A writer tours the U S S Joseph P Kennedy Jr at Newport Naval Training Station meeting Commander G Moore and learning ship basing plans for Bristol ahead of the Fourth. He notes ladder access, war record highlights, and a casual coffee with officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
Comdr. Moore
Goodby
Moore
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Patriotic Service
Christopher del Sesto
Halsey DeWolf
Clara Diman
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Duncan Fraser
C. O. Freese
Marshall N. Fulton
John A. Gardner
Herbert Gregson
Thomas H Hammond
C. O
I State Guard
L. Newton Hayes
John Wilson Haynes
Pawtucket
W H. Hotchkiss
Centerdale
Halsey DeWolf Howe
Christ Church Cathedral
Springfield
Mark A DeWolf Howe
Boston
Herbert A Jerauld
Rumford
John D Kettelle
Barrington
Henry P Krusen
Central Falls
Richard Lief
Benjamin F Lindemuth
James F. O'Leary
Warren
Arthur P. Patt
James de Wolf Perry
Newtonville
Abbott Peterson
Chaplain's Corps
Naval Air Station
Quonset
John F. Régan
State Hospital
Howard
R. I
Daniel J Ryan
Geo A. Seitz
Naval Air Base
1St Naval District
Lex K
A. Eisenstadt
Frank Nastri
U. S
Vet's
Rock ST
Cornel Wilde
Bandit OF
Sherwood Forest
Anita Louise
Jill Desmond
Edgar Buchanan News, Cartoon
Fresh Fish
Adventures
Stephanie Bachelor
Robert Livingston
Richard Fraser
Gentleman
Robert Stanton
Osa Massen
James Craig
Signe Hasso
Danny Boy
Robert “Buzzy” Henry
Ralph Lewis
Sybil Merritt
Speech Correction School
US. Veterans Administration
Alder
Edward King
Mary Short
W. H. Manchester
Gertrude Horton
Elmer Manley
Gladys Paull
Norman J. Vermette
Office OF
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Cleansers
H. G. Brown
Jim Meiggs
Comdre G. Moore
Tom Williams
Gordon Meiggs
Navy
Jim
Poppasquash
Constellation
Georgia
Annapolis
U.S.S. Patterson
U.S.S. Kidd
Okinawa
Bougainville
Butch” O’hare
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