Ride to Work Together Effort Gathers Steam in Bristol
Stephen W. Hopkins reports the Council of Defense push for carpooling to save gasoline and tires. A Reynolds School survey gathered input from about 250 Bristol residents who work in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, with many drivers willing to share rides or double up. Hopkins offers to connect workers who commute to Providence Pawtucket Quonset Newport or Fall River and notes some registrations may have been missed with serious tire concerns.
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Stephen W. Hopkins
Council of Defense
Division of Transportation
Hopkins
State Council of Defense
Reynolds School
Earl G. Sturdevant
Bristol
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Providence
Pawtucket
Quonset
Newport
Fall
Melville
Phoenix
Memorial Day Observance Plans Announced
Plans for Memorial Day include a 7 30 p m service at First Baptist Church led by Rev Arthur W Burdon and a parade on Saturday May 3 with Bertram W Wall as chief marshal Elmer McNamara as chief of staff Robert J McKay marks 44 years on the committee and 24 as its head Invitations go to local patriotic and civic groups to honor fallen soldiers and sailors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Arthur W. Burdon
Robert J. McKay
Bertram W. Wall
Elmer McNamara
McKay
Three Day Service This Week At Synagogue
Members of the Chevra Agudas Achim Synagogue will hold Shovous or Festival of Weeks Services in the synagogue on High street beginning Wednesday evening, Thursday morning and evening. Yiskor memorial services for departed family members will be held Friday morning. Shovous marks the sixth and seventh days of Sivan and celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the bringing of the first fruit to the temple.
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Chevra Agudas Achim
High Street
Sivan
Israel
Mount Sinai
Temple
Ration Board Grants Tires Tubes in Quiet Session
The Rationing Board approved permits for Irene G Botelho and William L Coggeshall for tires and tubes. A State office telegram asked no publicity for gasoline ration X cards though some cards have been surrendered by residents who found they could manage with less gasoline.
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Irene G Botelho
Bay View Avenue
William L. Coggeshall
Bristol Narrows
Rationing Board
State Office
Garden Club Members Win At Providence Show
Bristol Garden Club members topped awards at the Providence Flower Show sponsored by the Federated Garden Clubs of Rhode Island. Mrs Sebastian Bernard Jr won first in Hogarth line of beauty and second in foliage with fruit or vegetable. Mrs Fred N Palmer took two firsts in symmetrical dinner and miniature arrangements and earned honorable mention in foliage with fruit or vegetable. Mrs Haffenreffer received the Tri color award for best individual entry.
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Bristol Garden Club
Providence
Federated Garden Clubs of
Rhode Island
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Hogarth
Fred N Palmer
Haffenreffer
Householders To Be Checked On Plans For Air Raid Protection
Last evening Air Raid Wardens met at Legion Hall to receive Household Registration cards for a nationwide survey. The cards ask for refuge room location and approval, counts of adults and children, and available home defense measures such as hose sand shovels buckets and gas masks. Wardens aim to complete the survey quickly to support air raid preparedness.
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Legion Hall
B. W. Wall
Air Raid Wardens Take Their Final Exams
Bristol hosts the final ARP wardens exam with 212 volunteers aged 21 to 65 from diverse professions. Lt Col George T Thompson supervised a 40 question test on raid conduct, incendiaries, and gas handling. graduation is Sunday June 7 at Reynolds School with tickets.
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Bristol
Legion Hall
George T. Thompson
Council of Defense
Reynolds School
B. W. Wall
Red Cross Motor Corps reports on its activities
Bristol Red Cross Motor Corps on call 24 hours for state emergencies. Capt Herreshoff and Lt Flint outline duties training and achievements. Since July 31 1941 the corps has driven 747 12 hours delivering patients to seven hospitals.
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RED Cross
Motor Corps
Red Cross Motor Corps
Bristol
Herreshoff
Flint
Motororps
Bristol Yacht Club
Briistol
Bristol Nursing Association
Red Cross Disaster Relief Organization
Office of Civilian Defense
R. I
Rhode Island Hospital
St. Josephs
Potter Hospital
Chester Chapin Memorial Hospital
Truesdale Hospital
Wallum Lake Sanatorium
State Office
Capt. Herreshoff
Eleanor Runstan
Virginia Scott
Pauline Paull
Unit 2
Paul Nicholso, Jr
Ist
Lieut. Flint
Helen Randall
Laura Sousa
Unit 3
John S. Palmer
Rex
Irene Sutcliffe
Marion Darling
Unit 4
Mathew Brito
Helen Condon
Regina Farley
Anne Sisson
Kathleen Butt
Evacuation Attendants Urged To Attend Interviews
Supt. E S Mapes urges signed up evacuation attendants to attend interviews for instruction. A previous session at Colt Hill School drew fewer than half of 141 attendees. Another interview series will be held at Reynolds School Thursday from 10 30 to 11 30 am and 1 30 to 3 30 pm with distribution of instruction sheets and ID cards.
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Sppt
E. S. Mapes
Colt Hich
Supt. Mapes
Civilian Defense Council
Reynolds
Mapes
Re-elected Officers Lead Bristol Children's Home
Mrs Wallis E Howe was re-elected presiding officer of the Bristol Children's Home at the annual meeting held Tuesday at 221 Hope Street. She serves in that role for the 27th year. Other officers retained include Mrs C B Rockwell as assistant presiding officer and Mrs Sarah C Munro as secretary. The Board of Managers and Advisory Board were named with Rev Arthur W Burdon, pastor of First Baptist Church, conducting the meeting.
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Wallis E. Howe
Bristol Children’s Home
Howe
Hope Street
C. B. Rockwell
Sarah C. Munro
A. L. Johnston
Jane D. Reynolds
Harriet P. Church
Edward P Ghurehrn
Frederick Hodgdon-Witham-H-Angevine
Suk ‘Livan
Edward’p. Chruch
Arthur W. Burdon
First Baptist Church
S P C Cprepares for Annual Campaign Bristol Advisory Committee
Mrs Charles D Jencks is elected secretary of the Bristol Advisory Committee of the S P C C at a Rockwell House meeting. She succeeds Mrs John DeWolf Jr. The group plans its annual financial drive to start next week with Mrs Charles B Rockwell as campaign chairwoman. Other members include Judge Edward L Leahy and Supt E S Mapes among Bristol officials and locals.
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Charles D. Jencks
Bristol
Rockwell House
John DeWolf, Jr
Charles B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Jencks
Edward L. Leahy
William H. Angevine
Sebastian Bernard
Roswell S. Bosworth
Lucien Capone
Evelyn Carter
John J. Condon
Nora E. Dwyer
William B. MacColl
E. S. Mapes
Anthony R. Parshley
Giusseppe R. Perroni
Jane F. Reynolds
Volunteers Respond For Duty At Control Center
Regular tasks at the Bristol Control Center are filled by Mrs F Reginald Dimond, Mrs Maurice C Smith, 3rd, and Miss Emily Osterberg. Substitutes willing to volunteer include Miss Evelin Bache, Mrs Bertram W Wall, Mrs J Floyd Huestis, Patrick Beirne, Miss Viola Palmer, Mrs Henry A Hambrick, Mrs George Millard, Mrs Henry P Trudell, Conrad Edwards, Miss Carol James, Edward Levy, Kerine Gibson, Mrs Leon E McCaw, David Myerson and Mrs Louis Gallo.
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Bristol Control Center
F. Reginald Dimond
Maurice C. Smith
Emily Osterberg
Evelin Bache
Bertram W. Wall
J. Floyd Huestis
Patrick Beirne
Viola.Palmer
Henry. A. Hambrick
George Millard
Henry P. Trudell
Conrad Edwards
Carol James
Edward Levy
Kerine Gibson
Leon E. McCaw
David Myerson
Louis Gallo
Coming Events May 20 Spaghetti Supper and Scout Banquet
May 20 Wednesday St Michael's Parish hosts Spaghetti Supper to support Troop 5 Boy Scouts of America. May 22 23 Saturday features Third Annual Banquet at Bar A Hall State Street with Best Made Mig Corsi.
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St. Michael’s
Boy Scouts of ’America
Bari
Quet
A. Hall
State’ Street
Siamese Cat Pete Delights and Disrupts Household Life
A humorous portrait of a sealpoint Siamese named Pete whose dramatic cries and clever mischief disrupt daily routines. The narrator recalls Pete's escapades with the auto, car, loyalty to a Chow, and uncanny antics from mailbox to bathtub, revealing a cat both affectionate and formidable.
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Monty Wooley
Ann Sheridan
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Richard Travis
Paulette Goddard
Ray Milland
Roland Young
Albert Dekker
Florance Rice
Alan Baxter
Hero
Bud
Lou
Navy
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Rio-Rifa
Kathryn Gravyson
John Carroll News
Spo
Bey
Narrows
Metacom Avenue
Corps
Children’s Home Officers
Control Center
Tamara Andreeva
Bella Sidney Woolf
Pete
Chow
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