Tie for first in second half league keeps usrc and c a in race
The second half standings show U S Rubber Co and Collins Aikman Co level for first, with a big upcoming game Monday described as a bang up contest. ARWA and Prudence Islanders also figure in the schedule with junior games and club activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Rubber Co
Collins & Aikman Corp
All Stars
Prudence Bluejackets
ARWA
PG Av. Tappero
USRC
Finn
Ferrara
Johnson
Martin
URWA
Town Hall Records Show Deed and Marriage License Filings
Warranty deed recorded transferring land on the northerly side of Bay View avenue from Joseph S Garafactux to Manuel S Bettencourt Jr and others. Marriage license issued for Salvatore Malafronte of 1Mt Hope Avenue to Genovetta Rosa Malafronte of 35 Catherine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Salvatore Malafronte
Mt Hope Avenue
Genovetta
Rosa Malafronte
Catherine Street
Army Inductees From Bristol Listed For SS Enlistment
The Bristol area men Serafin Pereira James Coit Michael Bonopazio Adelbert Mo Lawrence Augustus R Paull were inducted into the SS Army Wednesday morning. Inductees listed with street addresses included 261 A State Street 5134 Wood Street 141 Bradford Street 695 Hope Street and Selvedere Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
SS Army
Serafin Pereira
A State Street
James Coit
Wood Street
Michael Bonopazio
Bradford Street
Adelbert Mo Lawrence
Selvedere
Augustus R Paull
Hope Street
Bristol's Honor Roll 1213 Additional Names
The list names James Coit Adelbert M Lawrence Augustus R Paull Serafin Pereira Elmer F Rishe Michael B Topazio as part of Bristol’s honor roll for the 1213 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coit
Adelbert M Lawrence Augustus R Paull
Serafin Pereira
Elmer F
Rishe
Michael B
Topazio
Girl Scouts Learn about Beginnings and Camps
Goldenrod Troop Mrs Norman Jo Vermette spoke on how Girl Scouts began and the Juliette Taw Lund, with the group singing and closing with taps. Camp Hoffman enrollment will be cut this year with communities limited by a set percentage, delaying additional scouts from attending after allotments fill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Jo Vermette
Girl Scout Council
Juliette Taw Lund
Goldenrod Troop
Carl G. Sturdevant
Hoffman
Vargas promoted to Technical Sergeant in the Marine Corps
Daniel A Vargas promoted to Technical Sergeant in the U S Marine Corps after fourteen months overseas. He serves in the Southwest Pacific area where his unit earned top honors in the island league. He is a 1939 Colt Memorial High School graduate, a former standout baseball player, and has two brothers serving overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. Vargas
Woodstreet
Daniel A. Vargas
U S. Marine Corps
Sgt. Vargas
Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
Vargas
Colt Memoral High School
Marine Aviation Unit
Funeral for Mrs Martha Hodgdon Held at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Blake Hodgdon wife of Pred F Hodgdon of 8 Noyes Avenue were held Tuesday at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church with Rev Arthur W Burdon officiating. Bearers were Edward Burns Ellerman Farr Llewelyn Conklin and Walham Lascomb. Jurval was at North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Blake Hodgedon
F Hodgdon
Noyes Avenue
First Baptist Church
Arthur W . Burdon
Rfdward Burns Ellerman Farr
Llewelyn Conklin
Walham = Lascomb Jurval
North Cemetery
My Column Thanks Bristol Friends for Christmas Packages
A Bristol reader in India expresses gratitude for Christmas packages sent by locals. Corp James F Ricca thanks the town for support during two years away and looks forward to returning home to Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Phoenix
India
Good Old
Bristol
James F Ricca Co
APO
New York
N.Y
Letters From China 1944 Thanking Bristol Paddies Committee
A soldier writes from Somewhere In China on February 28, 1944 thanking the Bristol Paddies Committee for a package. He describes travel through India, describes local people as friendly, notes differences in food, and expresses hope to return to the States with the aid of friends and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mr Bosworth
Bristol Paddies Committee
Phoenix
India
Ous
Dean
States
Pristel
Agai
Soldier writes from Italy letters home and address change
Vincent J. Catalfamo of the Med Detachment 630th FA Bn describes his Italy service. He notes a change of address for Bristol Phoenix readers and thanks them for home news from APO 464 New York. He has seen action in North Africa Sicily and Italy over eighteen months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr Bosworth
Sam
Bristol Phoenix
England
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Toever
God
Bristol
Rhode Island
Vincent J. Catalfamo
630Th FA Bnco
APO
US Army
New York
Letter from MRS HELEN FLAVELL from Sicily to Bristol readers
In a March 15 1944 message from Italy Miss Helen Flavell writes of soldiers Abner Baker Joe Carlos and Dom Biancuzzo awaiting leave. She thanks Bristol Buddy Bundle Committee and the home town paper for morale boosting Phoenix mail. She asks about hotel or boarding arrangements for a June visit and requests publication of the letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Bristol
French Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Sicily
Loner Baker
Betstol
Sal Palumbo
Cagerness
Amy
Abner Baker
Joe Carlos
Dom Biancuzzo
Jack
Letter from Africa to Corsica praises Christmas packages
Pvt Aniello Parisi writes from Corsica noting he left Africa, enjoys Bristol Christmas parcels funded by firms and locals, and reports changing his mailing address to AP0 IT while continuing to receive the Phoenix periodical. He thanks the paper for past acknowledgment and mentions postal delays and historical Corsican interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Africa
Corsica
Ap.o
Phoenix
Do You Know Of Any Place
A Bristol reader seeks boarding house options for a week or two in Bristol. They request names of smaller boarding houses with rates, preferring not a hotel, and ask the Bristol Phoenix to forward information to inquirers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Thank You Note From Pearl Harbor Sailor
Letter from Joseph T Sousa of Motor Torpedo Boat Base No 11 thanking a hometown for a Christmas gift adopted late but in good condition He recalls sailing with Frank Panzerella to Pearl Harbor and being sent to the South Pacific seeking news from him and others printed in the paper. he signs from San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Panzerella
Hawaii
Frank
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
Dec
Motor Torpedo Boat
Connell Returns as head of Industrial Relations at Bristol U S Rubber
Francis Connell resumes his former post as head of the Industrial Relations Department at the Bristol Plant of U S Rubber Co He replaces Andrew A Wile Cox who moves to the Lowell Massachusetts plant Connell previously served as Service Manager at Charlotte North Carolina during plant construction and as Industrial Relations Manager at the Passaic plant last year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Connell
Bristol
U S Rubber Company
Andrew A Wilecox
Lowell, Mass
Connell
Charlotte, No C
Industrad
Passac
Walter Brelsford Becomes Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant
Walter Allen Brelsford, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas F Brelsford of 183 Woodstreet, was commissioned Sunday as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces at Jackson Mississippi. A Bristol Senior High School graduate of 1942, he entered the air corps in January 1943 and trained in Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama. He is now at Craig Field Alabama after a brief family visit. His brother Flight Officer Henry A Brelsford is a night fighter pilot stationed in Fresno California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Allen Brelsford
Thomas F. Brelsford
Woodstreet
Army Air Forces
Jackson
Miss
Brelsford
Bristol Senior High School
Air Corps
U. S. Rubber Company
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Craig Field
Ala
Henry A. Brelsford
Fresno
Calif
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prudence Island
Young Women's Club
Miss McGeary
STW Ae PC US Rubber Co
Collins & Aikman
Town Hall Records
Army
Camp
Martha B. Hodgdon
S. E. Shuster
Hope St
Bristol House
Warren
America
United States Rubber Company
U.S. Rubber Co
U. S Employment Service
Helen Flavell
Glenridge Ave
Glenridge
Aniello Parisico
A.P.O
New York N. Y
J.F. Connell
Walter A. Brelsford
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