The New Breeches and Enchanted Morning at Ma Holmes
Arch recounts wearing new breeches and being praised as a curly haired girl in pants. A supper of fish is followed by a magical candlelit table, a dreamlike Bristol scene, and Ma Holmes guiding early morning tasks in her garden and conservatory.
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Julia Green
Ma Holmes
Mother
Dambie
Bristol
Ma _ Holmes
Ellardsville
Kew Garden
Versailles
Brussels
Sophomore French Club Elects Officers
The Sophomore Division Le Cercle Francais elected Augustine Ramos president Vincent Securo vice president Louise Bonvicin secretary Barbara Butt treasurer. After the meeting the group adjourned to the auditorium for a St Patrick's Day party with games and refreshments. The committee included Ida Antonio chair Louise Bonvicia Betty Campanella Jack Tup lin Gerald McKenna and Vincent Securo.
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le Cercle Francais
Augustine Ramos
Vincent Securo
Louise Bonvicin
Barbara Butt
Ida Antonio
Louise Bonvicia
Betty Campanella
Jack Tuplin
Gerald McKenna
St Patricks Day Plea From Glen Falls Poem by J McLaughlin
A Glen Falls poem honors St Patrick and Ireland praising faith and homeland. It appeals for support for American troops abroad and condemns enemies, including a crude line about Japanese, urging aid to veterans and a reunion next St Patrick’s Day.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Protest Over Paper Reference To Club Fistic Disorder
Letter from Anthony E Williams secretary of the Portuguese Independent Club and Band denounces a Bristol Phoenix remark about a Saturday March 7 1942 disorder at their hall. He argues the paper harmed the club by naming it and asserts officers are not responsible for events outside their premises. Editor notes the referenced line about men arrested after a free for all following a dance.
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the Phoenix
The
Phoenix
Wood Street
We Are at War Morale Talk Urges National Unity
A wartime exhortation stresses unity and morale after Pearl Harbor. It warns of submarines off the Atlantic and calls for steadfast effort, sacrifice of comforts, and resisting rumors that aim to divide the nation.
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Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Germany
Japan
Hitler
France
Colt Memorial Names Archie Allen New Baseball Coach
The Bristol Memorial notes Archie P. Allen becomes Colt Memorial baseball coach after a storied pro career. From Springfield College 1937 to Binghamton and Scranton in the Eastern League, he batted .297 in 1939 and drew scouting attention before moving into coaching and YMCA work.
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Sporting News
National Baseball Weekly
Springfield College
Archie Allen
Colt
Allen
Alfred Harold Ferreira
South
Norfolk
Archie
Binghamton
Kansas City
American Association
Blues
Bill Gilvary
Albany
Scranton
Wilkes Barre
Tulsa
Oilers
Tars
Miners
YMCA
N. Y
Pittsfield
Mass. “Y
Colt Memorial
Colts
Archie P. Allen
Miami City Pioneers Blood Bank and Wartime Training
Miami leads with the first U S blood bank and hosts a new aviation ground service training school on Miami Beach for four to five thousand cadets. The effort supports defense housing, defense stamps sales hit a million dollars aided by Al Jolson, while water and shipping conditions shift along the coast.
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Miami
George Washington
Miami Beach
United States
Aviation Corps
We also serve who stay and work and pray
Motivational wartime message urging total civilian support for troops on all fronts. Emphasizes citizens as the “men behind the men behind the guns” and calls for backing through effort, prayers, and work.
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