Operations Naval Reserve meeting shows early success
Bristol progresses toward a 100 enlistment goal for the Civilian Naval Reserve with about 40 signed up. Rear Admiral Gilbert C. Hoover notes encouraging results in Bristol and Warren as enrollment cards are distributed at a YMCA recruiting office.
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Bristol
Naval Reserve
Gilbert C. Hoover
USN
Operations Naval Reserve
Warren
Y.M.C.A
Joseph K. Silvia
Church Street
Ernest K. Frederick
Anthony J. Bruno
High Street
William Vargas
John Street
Frank P. Guisto
Domenic M. Turullo
Thomas Street
Joseph E. Quinn
Constitution Street
Salvatore A. Abate
Wood Street
Jesse Faria
Burton Street
Hans Frouge
William I. Baker
Hope Street
Sidney N. Jagolinzer
State Street
Oscar M. Mersman
Arthur J. Belmore
Court Street
Earl A. Cabral
Collins Street
Charles E. Burns Jr
John G. Stone Jr
Washington Street
William H. Sisson Jr
Wendell S. Hall
Virgil Arruda
Admiral Hoover
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
United States Naval Reserve
Congress
Congregational Women Plan Barrington Spring Meeting
The Congregational Women of Rhode Island meet at White Church Barrington on Thursday May 22 at 10 30 a m. Mrs Charles F Towne presides. Rev Thomas K Thompson National Secretary of Christian Stewardship speaks on Stewardship in the Life of Women. Mrs Chester B Fisk speaks on Spiritual Training Now. Officers to be elected and committee reports given. Attendees bring gifts for Ellis Island. Coffee and dessert served at noon.
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Congregational Women of R. I
Barrington
Charles F. Towne
Thomas K. Thompson
Christian Stewardship
Chester B. Fisk
Hanover
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Property Owners Press Dump Care Plan with Town Leaders
Mount Hope Farms owner Rudolph F Haffenreffer and other local property owners met with Town Council President Rear Admiral Gilbert Hoover and Town Solicitor Lucien Capone to discuss future management of the Minturn Farm dump. Admiral Hoover to report on the conference at the council meeting. Bristol Zoning Board of Review held a public hearing and granted a special exception to permit the town dump on Minturn Farm with no objections raised.
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Rudolph F. Haffenreffer
Mount Hope Farms
Minturn Farm
Gilbert C. Hoover
U.S.N
Lucien Capone
Verginio J. deRocha
Hezekiah C. Wardwell
Wardwell Farm
Frederick V. D. Martin
Martin Hall
Admiral Hoover
Bristol Zoning Board of Review
Council Chamber
Testimonial Planned for Rhode Island Drum Corps Leader
A testimonial banquet on June 23 at Kearney Post Home will honor William F. Head as president of the Rhode Island Fife Drum and Bugle Corps Association. The event opens the drum corps season and aims to fund travel to the national competition at the American Legion convention in New York.
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Bristol
American Legion
New York
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Samuel J Smith
Virgil Arruda
Ralph T. Church
Joseph A. Arouca
Raymond J. Makowsky
James A Sisson
Joseph Enos
Sidney Jagolinzer
Oscar M. Mersman
Manuel P. Goulart
Post
Drum Corps
Walter Walender
Anthony W. DuPont
Henry C. Miranda
Oscar Pivin
Roswell S. Bosworth
Frank J Silvia
Louis Almeida
Joseph Langello
Theodore Gornyak
Anthony J Nunes
Frank O Rene
Salvatore Massano
Domenico Ruggiero
William F. Head
George R. Fish
Rhode Island
Fish
Town Granted Minturn Farm Dump Use
The Zoning Board of Review granted the Town Council an exception to allow a dump on Minturn Farm along Metacom Avenue with no opposition. A road into the farm nears completion and the dump will start June 1, abandoning the World Street dump per last year’s special town meeting.
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Zoning Board of Review
Minturn
Metacom Avenue
World Street
Rector calls for junior college in Rhode Island
Rev. Anthony R Parshley urged a commission to study creating a Bristol Rhode Island junior college with Episcopal Diocesan sponsorship. He argued shutting 1500 students from education burdens state social conscience and urged public support for an accredited independent program.
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Anthony R Parshley
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Rhode Island
Episcopal Diocesan Convention
Canon Parshley
Bristol
State College
Matrone Heads Rhode Island Eagles at Bristol Convention
Louis Matrone of Bristol Aerie was elected president of Rhode Island Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, at the 24th annual convention in Bristol. Other officers named include Leon Mathieu as vice president and John Dessant as chaplain, with attendance by state officials and regional dignitaries at a Colonial Hotel gathering and Lobster Clan banquet.
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Louis Matrone
Bristol Aerie
Rhode Island Aerie
Order of Eagles
Eagles
Bristol
Matrone
Somerset Street
Providence
Leon A. Mathieu
John Dessant
Omer Messier
Horace Ruzzo
Herbert Young
Harold J. Carey
Ernest Lacroix
John Trotter
Lionel Lamoureux
David Schantes
Raymond L. McElroy
Grand Worthy
Grand Aerie
William Wetherald
Ohio
Albert E. Cole
Framingham
Mass
Francis O. Quinn
New Bedford
Carlton W. Griffith
Colonial Hotel
Lobster Clan
John O. Pastore
Anthony J. Nunes
Gilbert C. Hoover
USN
Bristol Town
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Veterans Find Education Driving Postwar Opportunities
A midwestern college instructor notes ex servicemen thriving in humanities courses under the G I Bill. Veterans study through hardship, balancing work, family and schooling while aiming for better jobs and college degrees. They value literature and culture gained through wartime experience and seek education as a path forward.
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G.I. Bill
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Bureau of Naval Personnel
ST. Mary’s Cemetery
Bristol, R. I
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Gavass Stewart
Reed Uowel Barrymore
Thomas Mitchell
Henry Travers
Beular Bod
Frank Faylen
RKO Bodie Pictures, Inc
Scron Pie
Frances Codorica
Albert Hackett
Trai Capra
Addie
Humphrey Bogart
Lizabeth Scott
Reckoning
Carl Woodward
Rhode Island State College
Bristol’‘County
R. I. State College
Bristol County Center
Office of
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Eastwood
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