Army Navy Day in Bristol County Highlights War Effort
A weathered Army Navy Day event in Bristol County showcased visiting military personnel touring local plants and addressing workers. Lt. Caldwell and Pvt. Carey spoke of combat trials on Guadalcanal and Midway while praising Bristol industries for boosting production and urging more workers amid wartime shortages.
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Bristol County
Wesley A. Armstrong
Bristol
Colt Memorial Hall
Signal Corps
Camp Myles Standish
A. R. Parshley
Roswell S. Bosworth
Alex Smith
War Department Industrial Service Division
Pfc
David Car
Catholic Charity Appeal Workers Named By Two Bristol Churches
Rev. Michael L. Ryan and Rev. Joseph Sor zana announced the list of captains and workers for the Catholic Charity Fund drive to be held May 16 to 26. St Elizabeth's will name its workers later. Mrs George H Baldwin named parish secretary at St Mary's.
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Michael L. Ryan
St Mary's Church
Joseph Sorzana
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Henrique Rocha
St Elizabeth’s Church
George H Baldwin
St Mary’s Parish
Father Ryan
Harold Harvey
Joseph — Perreira
Tame
Leahy
Elton Pierce
Charles McHugh
Raymond Sartini
John Condon
Albert Dubuc
J. Vincent Leahy
Michael O’brien
Charles M Conners
Fred Cornell
William LeClaire
Henry Serhbst
George Vona
Martin Dad
Walter Kerr
Augustine Cherone, Jr
Raymond Dellca
Cosmo Marabello
John Santulli
Michael Turilla
Raymond Cavallaro
Angelo Calandra
Ernest Miserandina
John Sisignano
John Cortellessa
James Salzano
Oliver Diodati
Carl Bisbano
Antonio Mazza
Antonio Nappi
Rhode Island Recommends Quarterly Blackouts
The Rhode Island State Council of Defense at its bi weekly meeting in Providence suggested the First Service Command limit state wide blackout drills to one every three months instead of monthly to reduce production interruptions.
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Rhode Island State Council of Defense
Armory of Mounted Commands
Providence
Bristol Senior High Plans Home Opening Baseball Game
The Bristol Senior High School colt baseball team will open its home season Friday at Guiteras Field hosting Providence Country Day. A game with Rogers High set for last Friday was postponed indefinitely, and today the team faced Warren in Warren.
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Bristol Senior High School
Providence
Guiteras Field
Rogers High
Warren
Population Rise Shown by Bristol Ration Books
Office of Price Administration figures show War Ration Book Two holders in Bristol totaling 11 289, while 1940 census data recorded Bristol’s population at that time.
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Office of Price Administration
Bristol
Two top pupils named at Bristol Senior High School
Evelyn Blanche Lemaire is valedictorian with an average of 92.54 and Lucien Capone Jr. is salutatorian at Bristol Senior High School. Lemaire, daughter of Oliver and Rose Lemaire, active in many clubs, led class events and represented Bristol at a Providence ceremony. Capone, son of Town Solicitor Lucien Capone, shows strong academics, plays baseball, and participates in Senior Rostrum and the class operetta. Both are in the college preparatory program.
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Evelyn Blanche Lemaire
Lucien Capone, Jr
John L. Burke
Bristol
Evelyn
Oliver
Rose Lemaire
Hillside Road
Guiteras Junior High School
St. Mary’s
Red Cross
Lucien
Lucien Capone
High Street
Candidates' Class Hold Annual May Sale
The Candidates of St Michael's Church held their annual sale Saturday afternoon in the Parish House. Mrs John G Stewart directed the group and called the event a success despite shortages. Albert Battcher led the cake table with assistants Alice Garvin Priscilla Battcher and Louella Carnes. Christina Garvin Elsie Estrella Olive August oversaw the candy table. Cynthia Garvin Bernice Manchester ran the white elephant table. May baskets were sold by Marcia Bickford and Edith Routilier. Judy Garvin Bertha Cabral Katie Estrella and Ethel August served as salesgirls for the peanut men.
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St Michael's Church
John G Stewart
Albert Battcher
Alice Garvin
Priscilla Battcher
Louella Carnes
Christina Garvin
Elsie Estrella
Olive August
Cynthia Garvin
Bernice Manchester
Marcia Bickford
Edith Routilier
Judy Garvin
Bertha Cabral
Katie Estrella
Ethel August
Nine youths register for Selective Service in Warren
Nine young men from this town registered for Selective Service at Bristol County Local Board No. 1 in the Warren Post Office during April. Names include Leo Simmel, Douglas Carr Klein, Manuel Isidoro Ferreira, Frank Cosmo Codola, Roland St Laurent, John Louis Silva, Julian James Troiano, Ralph Albert Joseph Celone, and George Leo Landry with listed addresses.
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Bristol County Local Board
Warren
Leo Simmel
Garfield Avenue
Douglas Carr Klein
Sunset Avenue
Manuel Isidoro Ferreira
Franklin Street
Frank Cosmo Codola
Catherine Street
Roland St. Laurent
Hope Street
John Louis Silva
Wood Street
Julian James Troiano
Usher Street
Ralph Albert Joseph Celone
Constitution Street
George L.eo Landry
Ca-Vel Ball Planned for May 15 at Hotel Warren
The fourth annual Ca-Vel Ball will be held Saturday evening May 15 under the joint auspices of Collins and Aikman Girls' Club and Men’s Club at the Hotel Warren. Dancing runs from 9 to no. The committee includes Mrs Marjorie McCann Miss Dorothy St Angelo Miss Jessie Sanford Miss Lilia Richards Joseph Sai Albert Ethier and Albert Metcalf.
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Collins & Aikman Girls’ Club
Collins & Aikman
Hotel Warren
Marjorie McCann
Dorothy St. Angelo
Jessie Sanford
Lilia Richards
Joseph Sai
Albert Ethier
Albert Metcalf
Additional Subscriptions to Red Cross War Fund Noted
The Bristol Branch continues to receive contributions after the official closure. Treasurer Florence T. Nelson reports total funds of 8397.25 dollars. New donors include Mr and Mrs B W Wall with 10 dollars, Mr and Mrs F M Watters 10 dollars, La Bella Sicilia Sociéte 5 dollars, and Laird C Robinson 3 dollars.
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The
Red Cross
Florence T. Nelson
Bristol
B. W. Wall
F. M Watters
la Bella Sicilia Sociéte
Laird C Robinson A
Miss Filomena Tamburro Honored at Silver Dollar Shower
Miss Filomena Tamburro 33 Cook Street was guest of honor at a silver dollar shower Sunday evening at the Colonial Hotel. Over 100 girls and their gentlemen friends attended from Chelsea Swansea Barrington and the town. She is to marry Dennis Morris of Swansea on Saturday June 5.
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Filomena Tamburro
Cook Street
Colonial Hotel
Chelsea
Mass
Swansea
Barrington
Tamburro
Dennis Morris
Hope Circle of D of I Plans May Communion Breakfast
Hope Circle D of I held plans for the annual communion breakfast in the K of C Home. Members should meet in St Marys Church vestry at 7 15 a m Sunday and receive communion at the 7 30 mass. Breakfast will be served at the Belvedere Hotel with reservations through Mrs Bridget Lewis or Mrs Clara LeClerc by Thursday.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
K. of C
State Street
St. Mary’s Church
Belvedere
Bridget Lewis
Clara LeClerc
Pfc Adolph Giglio Promoted to Corporal
News from 232 Wood Street confirms son Adolph Giglio Jr has been promoted to corporal in the U S Army Signal Corps. He is reportedly stationed in England after enlisting on April 4 1942.
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Adolph Giglio
Wood Street
Adolph, Jr
U. S. Army Signal Corps
England
Wallpaper newspaper edition from 1863 Confederate breakfast note
A reader recounts discovering a copy of The Vicksburg Daily Citizen printed on wallpaper dated July 2 1863 during the siege. The note explains it was printed by Union soldiers as a Grant edition and later preserved as a curiosity. It includes satirical dispatches about Grant and Confederate beef and a kitten anecdote.
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The
Phoenix
Vicksburg Daily Citizen
Vicksburg, Tenn
Grant
Banner of the Union
Vicksburg
Seige
More Motorists Fined For Traffic Violations
Six more motorists were fined yesterday by Judge William T O Donnell in Fifth District Court four from this town two from out of town and three failed to appear. The Police Department will continue its drive against traffic violators and there have been many convictions this month. Chief Ferrara says authorities will stretch the overhead speed limit sign across Hope street at Washington street to remove the excuse that drivers do not know the limit.
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William T O'Donnell
Fifth District
Ferrara
Hope Street
Washington Street
Miss Kerr Crowned Queen of Dance at RILCE
Miss Josephine M. Kerr daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Kerr of 139 Hope Street was crowned queen at the Rhode Island College of Education sophomore dance. Decorations made the gymnasium look like a Mexican rancho and Dr Lucius A Whipple the college president crowned her. Kerr a Bristol Senior High School graduate class of 1941.
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Josephine M. Kerr
Walter Kerr
Hope Street
Rhode Island College of Education
Lucius A. Whipple
Miss Kerr
Bristol Senior High School
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Wm. J. Caldwell
RAF
Pearl Harbor
Caldwell
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal
Gooney Bird
Mike Kalumski
Mike
Dick Cone
Jim Balfour
U.S.S
Atlanta
Andrews
China Girl
Gene Tierney
Lynx Bari
George Montgomery
March of Time
Navy and Nation
Excitement
Ida Lupino
Dennis Morgan
Joan Leslie
Jack Carson
Gladys George
Faye Emerson
Catholic Charity Appeal
Colt
Evelyn B. Lemaire
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Bristol Schools
Red Cross War Fund
D. of I
iArthur J. Duffy
Joseph Veira
Frank J. Lewis
John Veira
B. M. MacDougall
Evelyn Bache
Lowell James Wright
Joseph Vargas
Ulysses
Gen
Jo Johnston
Robert E. Lee
Gillespie
Thomas
Ada
Stocme
S.bayley
Rotithe
Dance
RILCE
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