Bristol Gasoline Ration Results Show Most Get A Cards
Nearly half of Bristol registrants received A cards while 134 people or 6 percent were granted X cards. James E. Sullivan said three days of registration showed charitable behavior and that many tried to adjust their mileage once home. He noted some drivers needed to work and some resented ration limits as officials urged economy for fuel oil supplies next winter.
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Bristol
James E. Sullivan
Sullivan
Reynolds School
Best Made Mfg Banquet Guests State and Town Officials
Best Made Manufacturing Company hosts its third annual banquet on May 23 in B T A Hall with state and town officials as guests. Principal speaker will be air raid warden B W Wall Bristé. Attending guests include State Senator Pasquale Pagnano Representatives Henry Alfred and Ralph T Church Town Council President J Floyd Huestis and other officials. Also invited are U S Rubber Co plant engineer A J Holmes Postmaster Daniel W Coggeshall Anthony J Nunes Bristol Manufacturing Corp Industrial Relations Manager Police Chiefs Ferrara and Tammaro and Lieut Maurice S Butler along with members of the 74th MP Battalion and personnel from the Naval Training Station Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best Made Manufacturing Company
B. T. A. Hall
B. W. Wall
Bristé
Anna Curt
Connie di Mezza
Beatrice Friedman
Jeannette Panzarella
Pasquale Pagnano
Henry Alfred
Ralph T. Church
Council President Huestis Joins Disaster Relief Panel
Town Council President J Floyd Huestis, head of the Bristol Council of Defense, was named a member of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Committee. Edmund S Rex announced the appointment to strengthen cooperation between the Red Cross and Defense Council agencies. Huestis previously joined the Disaster Committee Headquarters Staff, which serves in an advisory capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Council
J Floyd Huestis
Bristol Council of Defense
Red Cross
Edmund S Rex
Rex
Defense Council
Huestis
Canon Parshley
Final Meeting of Candidates Class at St Michael's Church
The last season meeting of the Girls Friendly Society Candidates Class was held in St Michael's Parish House. Leader Mrs John G Stewart presided over a May party with piano solos duets vocal numbers and a play. Miss Viola Anderson accompanied and Mrs Earl P Mathewson served ice cream cake and cookies. About forty mothers attended.
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Girls Friendly Society
St. Michael's Church
John G. Stewart
Viola Anderson
Earl P. Mathewson
Plans For Bristol Salvage Drive Set For Tuesday Meeting
Salvage drive plans will be presented to the general Salvage Committee at the Legion Home Tuesday at 8 PM. An executive committee including C C Getchell Ian M Walker and George Fish outlined a tentative program to discuss with the full committee. Civically active groups and town residents are urged to stockpile scrap rubber metal rags fabrics and paper to aid the war effort. The committee lists Miss Alice B Almy Miss Mary Peters Joseph Belanger Mrs William Pinch Mrs James McKenna Fire Chief Moses M Moore Richard Connery and Roswell S Bosworth among others as members.
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Bristol
Legion Home
C. C. Getchell
Ian M. Walker
George Fish
Kearney Post
Messrs. Getchell
Walker and Fish
Alice B Almy
D. A
Mary Peters
Kearney
Joseph Belanger
Boy Scouts
William Pinch
Parent-Teacher Association
James McKenna
Moses M Moore
Richard Connery
Roswell S Bosworth
Rotary Club
Legion National Commander Visits Kearney Post Bristol
Fargo based Legion commander Lynn U. Stambaugh visited Bristol with a 50 member party touring Mount Hope Bridge the Legion Home and Soldier's Home. He praised civilian defense cooperation and urged strong armed forces while addressing a Narragansett Hotel banquet.
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Lynn U. Stambaugh
American Legion
Fargo
N. D
Bristol
Kearney Post
Mount Hope Bridge
Newport
Naval Air Base
Quonset
Edmund S. Rex
Gen. L. H. Callan
Bertram W. Wall
A A. Edmonds
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Joseph Bruno
Legion
Franklin Street
Stambaugh
Black
Col. Hall
Clean Plate Club idea spreads through Bristol
A Bristol mother learned of a Time magazine article about a father and two children forming the Clean Plate Club to finish all food on their plates and help win the war. The mother offered badges to her son to mark participation, hoping others would join and print badges locally.
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Bristol
Time Magazine
Glencoe
Ill
Margot
John Chinnock
Sam
Hitler
Betsy Brown
Betsy
Mrs Stannard B Sylvia Elected Ivy Guild Head
Mrs Stannard B Sylvia was chosen president of the Ivy Guild at St Michael s Parish House after the May supper. She succeeds Mrs Louis Gallo who received flowers for her tireless service. New officers include First Vice President Mrs Charles L Davis and Second Vice President Mrs Mervyn Clay.
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Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Parish
Stannard B. Sylvia
Louis Gallo
Charles L. Davis
Mervyn Clay
Herman Gablinske
Wm. H. Angevine
Russell Southwick
Nathanael G. Herreshoff, Jr
Myra Whitman
Joseph Hall
Martha Graham
Charles Davis
Buell M. Buckingham, Jr
Wm. H. Annevine
Pvt John P Gilroy Graduate From Sheppard Field
Pvt John P Gilroy 27 son of Mr and Mrs Peter E Gilroy of 130 Meta com avenue this town graduated May 7 from Sheppard Field Tex the world's largest Air Technical School where he attended classes five months attached to the 313th Technical School Squadron now qualified as one of eight specialists needed to keep a plane in the air he is eligible for assignment to any Air Corps unit he formerly worked for U S Rubber Co in Bristol before entering service
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John P. Gilroy
Peter E. Gilroy
Metacom Avenue
Sheppard Field
Tex
313Th Technical School
Air Corps
U. S. Rubber Co
Bristol
Ration Board Expands Tire Retread and Tube Permits
The Rationing Board met at Dixon Saddle Company and approved retreading 2 to 5 tires for Manuel Ribeiro James J Garvin John D Fasano Charles W Young Salvatore Rossi Walter Newton Anthony E Costa Louis Sousa Leite Callan Construction Co George R Fish plus 2 new tubes for several defense workers and a sewer department employee.
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Dixon Saddle Company
Manuel Ribeiro
Hope Street
James J. Garvin
John D. Fasano
Bradford Street
Charles W. Young
Union Street
Salvatore Rossi
Hope
Walter Newton
Beach Road
Anthony E. Costa
Broad Common Road
Louis Sousa Leite
East State Street
Defense
Callan Construction Co
George R. Fish
Sewer Department
Committees Named For Red Cross Tea And Sale
Mrs. Sidney Herreshoff announces sub committees for the Red Cross Motor Corps Tea and Food Sale to aid the Ambulance unit. Bristol Yacht Club hosts on May 23 with Mrs Clara Diman in charge of tea and Mrs Frederick A Sutcliffe assisting.
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Sidney Herreshoff
Red Cross Motor Corps
Motor Corps Ambulance
Bristol Yacht Club
George Dion Elected President of Bristol Aerie
At the annual meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles the officers were elected led by George E. Dion as Worthy President. Other officers include Joseph F. Mendieros as Past Worthy President Daniel M. Vargas as Worthy Vice President Anthony J. Nunes as Worthy Chaplain Joseph F. Pannone as Secretary John Idrade as Treasurer Peter Morin Jr as Worthy Conductor John Abenante as Inside Guard Frank Silva as Outside Guard and trustees Manuel Petry Francis Panema and Joseph F. Medeiros with terms of one two and three years respectively.
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Order of Eagles
Joseph F. Mendeiros
George E. Dion
Daniel M. Vargas
Anthony J. Nunes
Joseph F. Pannone
John Idrade
Peter Morin, Jr
John Abenante
Frank Silva
Manuel Petry
Francis Panema
Joseph F. Medeiros
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Mapes
Best Made Mfg. Co
Andy
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
News Reel
Dick Tracey
George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Allen Jenkins
Falcon
Merry Macs
Sandy
Leon Errol
Anne Gwynne
Robert Paige
Butch
Buddy Lowell Thomas
Bette Davis
Monty Wooley
Ann Sheridan
Man
Jimmy Durante
Richard Travis
Salvage Drive
Legion National
Fargo, N. D
Samuel J. Smith
John Williams
Ross Currier
Naval Air Station
Quonset. Dept
R. I. Everett Holland
Frank E. McCaffrey
Massachusetts
Narragansett Hotel
America
Bert Edmonds
Rotary
Red Cross Tea and Sale
Clara Diman
Frederick A. Sutcliffe
C. Paul Bruno
Russell G. Colt
J. Winthrop de Wolf
Wallis E. Howe
J. Floyd Huestis
Elmer S. Mapes
Florence T Nelson
John S. Palmer
Anthony R. Parshiey
Charles B. Rockwell
Emma B. Stanton
Henry A Street
Marion L. Darling
Eleanor Dunstan
Virginia Scott
Henry Butt
Regina Farley
Muriel Ashton
Helen Randall
Helen Congdon
Anne Sisson
Manuel Almeida
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Charles M. Connery
Howard Paull
Hortense C. Burdon
Elisha Hibbert
Vasta Lar. Ruggiero
White Elephant
Daniel Chase
Arthur H. Carr
William L. Serbst
Woodbury S. Polleys
Jessie Molasky
George Millard
Harold C. Paul
Laura Sousa
Evelin Bache
Democratic Town Committee
Colonial Hotel
George
Solmonese
George Dion
Bristol Aerie
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