Red Cross fund drive in Bristol nears goal
Dr Bernardo reports Bristol progress on the Red Cross War Fund Campaign with $1,959.50 raised of a $9,700 quota and 8 days left. National totals show $149,000 of a $525,000 Providence Chapter goal, while MacArthur praises Red Cross support. local solicitors, captains, and volunteers sustain house to house canvass hoping to meet the drive.
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John R. Bernardo
Red Cross War Fund
Bristol
Providence
Bristol Red Cross
Hubert F. Hill
Biltmore Hotel
Douglas MacArthur
Bernardo
American Red Cross
China
Great Britain
Middle East
Russia
United States
Roswell S Bosworth
Elmer S Mapes
Nathanael Herreshof
Nathaniel Gladding
Henry I. Sanford
George Baldwin
Charles M Connery
Eileen Pierce
William ( Dixon
Fred E. Bartlett
Joseph C. Kinder
Lucien Capone
John
Second Front Topic Of Furlong Talk Tuesday
Col Furlong will discuss where a second front might form in the ongoing war, detailing where why and how it could unfold. Tickets at the door are 55 cents, with a follow up Rotary Club talk the next day.
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United Nations
Col C
Furlong
F. Reginald Dimond
Col Furlong
Rotary Club
Ian M Walker Named Victory Garden Chairman
Ian M. Walker was appointed by the Civilian Defense Council as chairman of the Victory Garden Committee. The council hopes residents join Victory Garden efforts this summer and rely on Walker's experience for planting guidance. Certificates and lapel buttons are being distributed to volunteers who served at the Control Center.
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Ian M. Walker
Civilian Defense Council
Victory Garden
Walker
Margaret Stone
A. A. Edmonds
Army
State Council of Defense
Tree Project To Start At Once In Burnside
Town Council votes a 675 dollar appropriation to remove 18 WPA era tree stumps and replace them with young trees. Tree Warden Joseph C. Kander to oversee work with equipment moved to an out of state job later.
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Burnside
J Floyd Huestis
Joseph C. Kander
Frank Lanzke
Frank S Abate
State Street
John W Church
Sunday Victualing Licenses Expire April 1
Town Clerk John W Church announces Sunday victualing licenses expire on April 1. All renewal petitions must be filed in time for the Town Council meeting Tuesday evening. Renewal petitions are available at the Town Clerk’s office.
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Anrl
John W Church
Apply for Gasoline Ration Book Renewals Ahead of Time
Rationing Board chairman Captain Paul A. Herzig urges renewals seven days before expiration and warns that last minute applications may be rejected. Renewals require tire inspection papers and service members at 702 Hope Street should bring papers for sugar coffee and processed foods allowances. Tires must be inspected before April 1 for A books, or driving will be illegal. New office hours for War Price and Rationing Board announced with varied weekday timings.
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Paul A. Herzig
Herzig
Capt. Herzig
Office of the War Price and Rationing Board
Rotary Musical Program Delights Local Club Members
Rotary Club members enjoyed a half hour of song and solos at Wednesday noon’s meeting. The Green Quartet Lucien Capone Emma Rounds Mrs G Perron and Hubert Hill performed group singing vocal and violin numbers with St Patrick Day themed Irish tunes.
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Rotary Club
Lucien Capone
Y.M CA
Hubert F Hill
Anthony J Ferrara
R S Bosworth
Capone
Bosworth
Mr Hill
St Patrick's Day
Old Ireland
Green Quartet
Emma Rounds
G. R. Perron
Lenten Service at First Congregational Church
The second union Lenten service is set for 430 PM Sunday at the First Congregational Church with Rev Dr Lauriston I Scaife of Trinity Church Newport as preacher. Chairs of the First Baptist First Congregational and St Michael churches will sing while pastors from the three churches participate.
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First Congregational
Trinity Church
Newport
First Baptist
St. Michael's
Harold DeWolf to Become Second Lieutenant
Harold DeWolf Jr son of Dr and Mrs Harold DeWolf of 132 High Street is slated to be commissioned as a second lieutenant at the Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School graduation at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland He was chosen from the ranks for this training by superior officers for excellence in military record education and character.
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Harold DeWolf, Jr
Harold DeWolf
High Street
Chemical Warfare Service Officer Candidate School
Edgewood Arsenal
Children Of Mary To Present Blessed Imelda
The Children of Mary Sodality and the Junior Choir of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church present Blessed Imelda and The Anti Gossip Club a novelty entertainment. Performances run Thursday and Friday evenings next week in St Marys School auditorium directed by Maestro Pie Filippi with Nicholas Pirri on violin and Victor Formisano as pianist. A Sunday matinee for children is planned.
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Children of Mary Sodality
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Imelda
St Mary’s School
Pie Filippi
Nicholas Pirri
Pirri
Victor Formisano
Sunnyside Garden Club Members Pledge to Grow Veggies
After a Victory Gardens report by Mrs. Charles M Connery at her home the Sunnyside Garden Club met yesterday. Members pledged to grow vegetables this summer and to can part of their harvest. Mrs Martin Dod demonstrated salt pack canning beans and a thickening preserving method, showing samples from last summer.
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Victory Gardens
Charles M Connery
Sunnyside Garden Club
Martin Dod
Ferry Ehil
Dod
Gremial Daughters Plan Social Activities
Plans for a whist party to be held Friday evening March 26 at Mrs. Cecelia Marshall's home Franklin street were set at the Gremial Daughters of Portugal meeting at Mrs. Alice Wilkie's State street home. One new member, Mrs Irene Du Pont, was admitted to the society.
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Cecelia Marshall
Franklin Street
The
Gremial Daughters of Portugal
Alice Wilkie
State Street
Irene du Pont
Waves and Spars Enjoy Eight Hour Liberty in New York
Miss Margaret McGann and about 1000 Waves and Spars head to Broadway from the Navy's Bronx base for eight hours of liberty. They ignore window shopping, visit Radio City, Rockefeller Center, and the Statue of Liberty sightsees, then return by 8 p.m. Training reports show 700 Waves and 160 Spars completed preliminaries, with 65 chosen for Yeoman rating and sent to schools in Georgia and Oklahoma. some will go directly to active duty.
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The
Waves
Margaret McGann
New York
Broadway
Navy
Fifth Avenue
Times Square
Service Men’s Center
Great Metropolis
Women’s Reserve Naval Training
Bronx
Mess Hall
Radio City Music Hall
Greenwich Village
Washington Square
Coney Island
Ocean
City
New Yorker
Fifty Second Street
Rockefeller Center
Empire State Building
Staten Island
Greenwich
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stillwater
Oklahoma
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