Red Cross War Fund Drive passes $1500 in Bristol area
The Bristol drive targets $6000. by 4 p.m. yesterday donations reached $1587.50 toward a week old campaign. Rev. Arthur W. Burdon announced new leadership for the Corporations Division as Judge Edward Leahy leaves. Rhode Island highlights include a house to house push backing each backer, with Major Capone praising Red Cross aid to soldiers and hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Belvedere
Arthur W. Burdon
William H. Angevine
Edward Leahy
Bristol
C&a Girl's Club
A. .C Larned
Charles E. Luther
D. V. A. Capone
A. L. Johnston
Edgehill Temple No. 3
Pythian Sisters
Sunset Bakery
George T Sisson
Sam Campanella
George Salmonese
Margaret Spencer
Leone's Grocery
Prozzi's
Vierra’s Market
Bristol Cleansers & Dryers
Mike Sicignano
James F Duffy
Biagio del Toro
Luigi Alfano
Harriet Lyons
Joseph A Cardoza
Rose M Pozzi
Mary V Scanlon
Mary E Spooner
Nellie I Donahue
Helen V Scanton
John S Palmer
Alice B Wyatt
Benjamin F MacDougall
Rhode Island
Mr. Brown
Lucien Capone
Anthony J. Ferrara
Hubert F. Hill
R. S. Bosworth
Hill
Theatre Movement Grows at YMCA Workshop Despite Storm
Forty people attended the Community Theatre workshop at the YMCA for the fourth session. Shorton Giles spoke on costumes from Elizabethan to modern eras and led a hands on design exercise. James Meiges will discuss lighting next. Holy Week pauses. final session to outline a finished production with Minles and Mrs Theresa Donovan.
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YMCA
Shorton Giles
Giles
Gates
James FC Meiges
Minles
Theresa Donovan
Copp Former Jap Prisoner to Speak at Y Tuesday
Charles Winthrop Copp native Vermonter and an American repatriate in June 1942 will speak at the YMCA Community entertainment series Tuesday evening at the Y. Copp, Oberlin College graduate, was a teacher in Japanese Government schools for 21 years and imprisoned as a spy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Winthrop Copp
Mr Copp
Oberlin College
Gripsholm
Honor Roll Committee Named for Bristol Town
The Bristol Town Council appointed a committee to advise on erecting a Town Honor Roll honoring local men and women in U S combat and non combat forces. The panel will meet Monday at 7 30 pm in the Council Chamber with Charles Jack of National Bonzite Industries present to show samples. The aim is to select the best type for the $2 000 funds approved at the financial town meeting. Members include Councilman John P Marshall Town Clerk John W Church Supt Elmer S Mapes Judge Edward L Leahy Miss Alice B Almy historian Bristol Chapter D A R Chief of Police Anthony J Ferrara and Roswell S Bosworth.
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Ernest Weaver
J. Floyd Huestis
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Howard Church
Henry Wood
McLellan’s Stores
John C. Mello
George M. Wilbur
Leon McCaw
Francis M Dimond
Frank J. Murphy
Jones
Corea’s Grocery
Salvador Nunes
Paul A Herzig
John Nicholas Brown
Rotary Club
Red Cross
Brown
National Organization of the Red Cross
Rhode Island
Tas
United States
Charles Jack
National Bonzite Industries
Bristol
John P Marshall
John W. Church
Elmer S. Mapes
Edward L. Leahy
Alice B. Almy
D.A.R
Anthony J. Ferrara
Roswell S Bosworth
Dr William I Serbst Elected Head Of Bristol Cottage Hospital Fund
Dr William I Serbst was elected president of Bristol Cottage Hospital at a March board meeting. Other officers named were Robert W Nelson as vice president and Ralph W Childs as secretary and treasurer. The fund, started in 1892 and now about $30,000, remains a trust aiming to build or buy a hospital.
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Bristol Cottage Hospital
Robert W Nelson
Ralph W Childs
Industrial Trust Company
Clinton T Sherman
Jo Witham Wood
Robert W. Nelson
Arthur
Bristol
Miss Boynton
Burns
Boston
General Assembly
Arselial Babbitt
Gertrude Drury
Sam Clark
Army Hospital Unit Service
Burma
India
Rent Fund Progress With $116 Toward $336 Goal
A private citizens committee reports $116 collected so far toward the $336 Rent Fund to keep the local OPA office in its ground floor downtown location. Elmer E Angell treasurer and J Floyd Huestis council president noted strong donations and refusals of offers to cover only rent for one month to encourage broad support. Contributions announced include $15 from George Salmonese and $10 from Sunset Bakery plus many $1-$5 gifts from numerous individuals and businesses.
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OPA
Elmer E Angell
Council
J. Floyd Huestis
Roswell Bosworth
George Salmonese
Sunset Bakery
J Floyd Huestis
A. Esenstadt
Michael G. Jamiel
William G Dixon
Jerry Bernstein
Wm. H Angevine
Manuel G Pinheiro
S J Smith
JB. Aguiar
Carl Carlson
Leroy Dunbar
F R Dimond
Glen Smith
A S Thomas
Joseph J Marshall
Dr Capone
WV J deRocha
Salvador Nunes
R Parshley
A J. Ferrara
Joseph Cunha
Edward Kunz
Leon McCaw
William Streit
John W
Reverend H M McMullen to Speak at Sunday Service
Rev Horace M McMullen of Edgewood Congregational Church will preach at a Sunday night service at St Michael's Church at 7 30. Herrmann L Wilbur First Congregational Church choir director will be vocal soloist with organ preludes hymns prayers and benediction guiding the service finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace M. McMullen
Edgewood Congregational Church
St Michael’s Church
Herrmann L. Wilbur
First Congregational Church
A W. Burdon
H. E. Graetz
Mr. McMullen
Mr. Wilbur
Christ
Charles F Dimond Sees First Fish Hawk In Griswold
Charles F. Dimond reports his sighting of a fish hawk Wednesday at Luther's Farm Griswold avenue. He and friends urge official warnings to curb harming these protected summer visitors. They call for signs near nests and periodic newspaper notices to deter boys from killing the birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Dimond
Luther
Griswold Avenue
Front of Truck Damaged in Collision
Joseph Luiz age 25 of 130 A Metacom Avenue drove a truck that collided with a car on Wood Street near Usher Avenue at 3 30 yesterday afternoon. His mother Henrietta Luiz was thrown against the truck windshield but injuries were not serious. James Ratola age 42 of 608 Wood Street reported he stopped to allow a pedestrian to pass when the crash occurred, damaging the car rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Luiz
Metacom Avenue
Wood Street
Usher Avenue
Henrietta Luiz
James Ratola
Town Council Cannot Lower Its Fixed Salaries
Town officials learned they cannot reduce council salaries once fixed at a town meeting. Council members debated, with Paul Herzig moving to keep pay as is and Paul Millemaggi opposing the increase. Town Solicitor Lucien Capone ruled salaries are set by the town meeting for elective officers and by the council for appointive ones, ending any motion to cut pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A.herzig
Paul Millemaggi
Lucien Capone
Herzig
Huestis
Pearl Harbor plan traced to U S Naval Board says Reader's Digest
A digest essay alleges the 1932 Pearl Harbor attack plan originated in Washington, detailing naval maneuvers and a task force led by Admiral Yarnell. The piece contrasts the 1932 exercises with the 1941 Japanese strike, noting carriers became the U S navy’s main weapon thereafter.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. Naval Planning Board
Tokyo
Edwin Muller
Washington
Pacific
Saratoga
Yarnell
Oahu
Koolau Range
Yarnells
U. S Navy
Honolulu
U S. Navy
A E Agatiello Begins Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Anthony E. Agatiello son of Mr and Mrs Canio Agatiello 29 Bourne St begins Officer Candidate School at the Army Air Forces school in Miami Florida. Upon completion he will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Forces after serving as a sergeant at Perrin Field Sherman Texas and prior to service worked on Reynolds School faculty.
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A. E. Agatiello
Army Air Forces School
Anthony E. Agatiello
Canio Agatiello
Bourne St
Army Air Forces Officer Candidate School
Miami
Fla
Air Forces
Perrin Field
Sherman
Texas
Army
Reynolds School
AAF
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Charles W. Copp
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New Hampshire
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Eddie Cantor
Bette Davis
Tom Turk
the Batman
Allan Jones
Kitty Carlisle In
Larceny
the Voodoo Man
Bela Lugosi
Tom,neal
Evelyn Keyes
Bruce Bennett News
Jack Carreira
Mason Contractor
TEL
WM. L. Serbst
Bristol Cottage Hospital Fund
Babbitt
H. M. McMullen
Herreshoff Banking League
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