Bristol Artists Exhibit Opens at Barrington Library
Four Bristol artists Dorothy Holt Shirley Osofsky Marbara Moren and Marguerite W deRocha display works at the Bristol County Art Exhibit launched Sunday in Barrington Town Library A former resident Jeanne deRocha Angevine also features works Tea was served at the opening Rotary Club speaker Edward H Weeks Providence Rotary Club president and Old Colony Co Operative Bank leader will speak at tomorrow noon meeting
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Bristol
Bristol County
Barrington
Dorothy Holt
Shirley Osofsky
Marbara Moren
Marguerite W. deRocha
Jeanne deRocha Angevine
Edward H. Weeks
Providence Rotary Club
Weeks
Old Colony Co-Operative Bank
Eisenhower Boy Scout Waste Paper Drive Closes
The Gen Eisenhower Boy Scout waste paper drive ends yesterday. All reports of paper collected must reach Narra gansett Council headquarters by May 15. Medals will be presented May 10. Drum Corps notes announce meetings this week at Scout Hall to plan for V E Day May 10 and next month’s competition. Court of Honor Friday reviews Star and Life candidates at Scout Hall with Chairman John J Allen presiding.
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Narragansett
Court of Honor
Bristol County District Court of Honor
Scout Hall
John J. Allen
Barrington
Local Boys Army Buddies Since 1942
Pictured are T Sgt Frank Balzano and Sgt Carlton Flores stationed at Assam India. Buddies since September 1942 met in Oregon first and display a captured Japanese scarf. Flores notes the shrapnel hole in the enemy. They have served overseas since January 1944 and hope to return home. Balzano’s brother Sgt Michael Balzano enjoys a 45 day furlough after 33 months in Europe. Flores hails from Little Compton Rhode Island.
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Frank Balzano
Adeline Balzano
Constitution Street
Carlton Flores
Domingo Pinheiro, Jr
Wood Street
Assam
India
Ae Oregon
Flores
Uncle Sam
Overseas
Balzano
Ssgt
Michael Balzano
Little Compton
Far-off land where my son rests beyond the war
A grieving speaker recalls a son believed taken to a blissful distant land beyond suffering. He reflects on sowing and reaping, trusting God’s plan with a vow to endure until reunited in that peaceful place.
Father’s Joy After Misread War Letter
Domenic Palumbo received a overseas letter for his son Pfc. Sal Palumbo and feared news of a serious wound. Reading with his daughter Mary Nenna, he learned the letter praised his son for caring for the seriously wounded and noted he was well and in good spirits. The misread fear turned into relief and happiness.
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Domenic Palumbo
Usher Avenue
Pfc
Sal Palumbo
Mary P. Nenna
Bourne Street
Palumbo
Life Everlasting tribute to Catherine Allen
A letter from Mrs. Pearl R. Dixon shares a moving tribute to Catherine Allen after her death. Mrs. G Andrews Moriarty sent the enclosed piece from Ogunquit Maine, praising the unknown author’s words as a fitting reflection for Allen’s friends. The piece ends with the well known poem about dying, comparing life to a ship fading from view.
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Bosworth
G. Andrews Moriarty
Ogunquit, Malne
Mrs. Allen
Dress Rehearsal Echoes Unofficial V news in San Francisco
A radio break announced Germany's unconditional surrender, prompting Canon Parshley to rush to St Michael's and ring the old bell for five minutes. He then held a special service with a small, quickly assembled gathering. It proved to be a mistaken but useful rehearsal.
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San Francisco
Canon Parshley
St. Michael’s
Town Bowling League Banquet Set at Colonial Hotel
Members of the Town Bowling League will meet Thursday evening at 7 oclock in the Colonial Hotel for their annual bowling banquet. The final games of the season were played Friday evening.
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Town Bowling League
Colonial Hotel
Obituary for Nelle of Wakefield
Nelle of 162 Thamess died yesterday in Providence Capital after a yearlong illness. He would have turned 57 in June and was a carpenter by trade. He lived in Wakefield and is survived by his wife two sons Charles S. in the Army at Seattle Washington and Earl W. in the Navy two brothers Martin of Bristol and James of Warren. Funeral arrangements incomplete burial will be in North Cemetery. Charles H. Nalle, son of Mrs Mea
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Nelle
Thamess
Providence
Wakefield
Charles S
Seattle
Wash
Earl W
Martin
Bristol
James
Warren
North Cemetery
Charles H. Nalle
Mea
Funeral services for William E Booth at home
Funeral services for William E Booth age 63 of 11 State Street Warren will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from his home with Rev Kenneth J Pearson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery North Dighton. He is the father of William F Booth of Gibson Road, this town.
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William E. Booth
State Street
Warren
Kenneth J Pearson
Riverside Cemetery
North Dighton
Booth
William F Booth
Gibson Road
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George Millard
Gladys E. Paull
Marion Nicholl Rawson
BOY Scout
Felel
Boys Army
Son
By Victor Hassack
Army-Navy
War Department
U.S. Rubber Co
Versons
U. S
Ivy Guld
St. Michael’s Church
Ivy Guild
Evelyn C. Bache
Guild
Isabelle E. Bosworth
Emma B. Stanton
Louis H. Gallo
J. William Wood
Matthew Cahoon
Margaret Danning
Martha Graham
Stanard B. Sylvia
Ernest G. Brown
Catherine E. Stenson
William H. Angevine
Clara L. Diman
Florence T. Nelson
Lena D. Morris
William Manchester
Earl Hobson
Harry DeWolf Allen
Buell N. Buckingham, Jr
Vernon A. Gray
Frank A Rounds
Iacoletti
John A. Gardner
Albert C. Larne
St. Michael's
Arthur W Burdon
Herbert D. Graetz
Anson B. Howard
Michael L. Ryan
Vincent J. Griffin
Joseph Sorzano
Emilio Donanzan
Henrique Rocha
John Beauchamp
Herbert A. Jerauld
Robert H. Mercer
St Michael's
James DeWolf Perry
R I
Granville G Bennett
William Wood
Wood
Russell W. Southwick
Charles Davis
Chester Whitman
Janet MacDougall
Rounds
Catherine Allen
P.S
Hope Street
Albert A. Edmonds
Rhode Island
Chestnut Street
Sunnyside Avenue
Dimond Avenue
Edwin F. Peckham
Howard Smith
Rhee Island
Howard S. Almy
George A. Peckham
A. A. Edmonds. Co
Gol
Charles H. Nelle
Industrial
Bob Cooke
Andy Judge
Farm Loan Department
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Newport
Pascoag
E. Providence
Warren Pawtucket
Woonsocket Wickford
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