Memorial Day Parade to Honor Bristol Veterans in 1946
Joseph M Edmonds will lead the Memorial Day parade as chief marshal with Brig Gen Samuel A Hall as chief of staff. The Bristol Senior High School Band and Rhode Island State Guard detachment will provide music and firing squad. The day features Logan's Orders, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, and full ceremonies at North Cemetery and Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Memorial services Sunday included tributes to Bristol servicemen and Sons of Veterans with a prayerful program led by Rev Arthur W Burdon.
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Joseph M. Edmonds
Bristol County
Gar Hall
Edmonds
Samuel A Hall
Bristol Senior High School
Co G
Rhode Island State Guard
Arthur W Burdon
First Baptist Church
Burnside Memorial
Logan
Joseph George
Lincoln
Anne D. Bruno
Robert J. McKay
Francis P Slade
William H Remieres
Marshall Joseph M Edmonds
Samuel A. Hall
A C. Larned
A. A. Moren
J. Fitzgerald
Mathew A. Capone
Raymond Makowsky
Raymond McNamara
B W. Wall
F. M. Straight
A. W. Barrett
W. Coggeshall Thos H. Black
Francis P Slade Harry I Young
A Edmonds
Julio Xavier, Jr
Everett E McMillan
Maynard F Suzman
Peter Cavaliere
Bristol
Kearnes Post
American Legion
Manuel P Goulart
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chester W Williams
Bristol Box
Machado
George RO
Bristol Box Scouts of America
Bores
Bristol Bow Scouts of America
WoLlan F
Howado House
Earl
Sturdevant
Mariner
James Husband
Goldenrod
Columbine
Marigold
Arnold Dryer
Bristol Chapter
DAR the Honorable Town Council
Hope Street
North Cemetery
Soldiers Lot
State Guard
RI State Guard
R. I. State Guard
Arthur W. Burdon
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Anne D Bruno
Charles R Blackmar
DAR
Boy Scout
Ennis Bisbane
Frank Fojo
Kearney Post
No. 6
Anthony Almeida
VFW
William G. Dixon
Walter Remieres
William Dunbar
America
Protect wild ladyslippers and preserve wildflowers
In this letter to the editor readers urge publicizing wildflower protection led by garden clubs and the New England Preservation of Wildflowers Society. They warn that overcollection harms the rare ladyslipper and advocate restraint, seed propagation, and photography over picking to maintain future heritage.
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RI Federation of Garden Clubs
New England Preservation of Wildflower Society
Wal
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Mary H Campbell
National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc
Providence
R. I
Bristol July Fourth committee invites Old Guard to parade
The Bristol Fourth of July Committee invited Major C O Freese and his Old Guard staff to join the celebration. Veterans groups from Rhode Island parade divisions including VFW and American Legion, plus World War II veterans, will be represented. Co G Rhode Island State Guard will stage a demonstration titled This Is Our State Guard. Mass Regina C Farley heads the fundraising committee and intends to accept direct contributions.
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Bristol
C O. Freese
Old Guard
Providence
Rhode Island
Centennial Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legionnaires
Boy Scouts
Co G
Rhode Island State Guard
Our State Guard
Mass Regina
C- Farley
Edward Silvia Completes First Solo Flight Milestone
Edward Silvia 20 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph R Silvia of 177 Mount Hope Avenue earned a $100 flight training scholarship from Lieut Leon F Vaughan Bristol Flight Civil Air Patrol for eight or nine hours of dual instruction before solo. He completed nine hours ten minutes of training and had a 15 minute solo, in a Piper Cub J 3 at Hillsgrove State Airport.
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Edward Silvia
Joseph R Silvia
Mount Hope Avenue
Leon F. Vaughan
Bristol
Civil Air Patrol
Wiggins Airways
Hillsgrove State Airport
Silvia
Rhode Island Founders and Patriots Back Preparedness
At a Rhode Island Society meeting in the Industrial Trust Company Directors’ Room resolutions endorsed Preparedness for Defense. They urge adequate military training arms research and worldwide intelligence and seek funding from Congress. The group lists officers and lineage from Revolutionary War patriots.
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The
Rhode Island Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
Industrial Trust Company
Bisbano Unveils Voting District Teams for 1946 Bristol Drive
Orlando J Bisbano registration chairman for the Republican drive announces district teams with co captains and workers. Districts include 1st Voting District Hall Voters councilmen Milli and Marshall with a long list of workers. 2nd District Bristol County Court House and Reynolds School teams with captains Herzig Gladding and Huestis and multiple workers. Schedule runs May 29 to June 28 at Town Clerk's Office and Bristol County Court House with evening sessions. Bisbano cites Thomas Hazard on registration importance and aims for a heavy June to June 30 push.
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Orlando J. Bisbano
BTA Hall
Paul Milli
John P. Marshall
Anthony DuPont
Henry Miranda
Roy A. Dean
James J. Velleca
Manuel Cardoza
Raymond Cavallaro
Nichol Castigliego
Julio F. Xavier, Jr
Joseph J. Marshall
Ralph T. Church
Grace V. S Huestis
Sadie Almeida
Joseph Silvia
Reynolds G Northup
Luke White
Earl P. Mathewson
Louis Romano
Everett Leb. Church
Carl J. Bisbane
Morse Moore
James F. Meiggs
Columbia Hall
Usher Avenue
Bristol County Court House
Bisbane
Bristol
R I. Republican Party
Thomas P Hazard
State Central Committee
Republican Party
Mr Bisbano
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Sons of Union Veterans
Grand Army Hall
the Phoenix
Suvia
Serre Oasis
Chester W. Nimitz
USN
Morton Agatston
Clayton
St. Louis
Boy Scouts of America
Agatsten
Chief of
Naval Operations
Congress
Senate
House Military and Naval Affairs Committees
Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
Rhode Island Society
Henry C Cla K
Govenor
Arthur M McCrillis
Raymond L Spoerri
Harry D Sherman
Philip Arnold
William B Greenough
Edward K Aldrich, Jr
Justus P Thorndike
Theodore E Dexter
Bisbano
Narragansett
Ankeee Network
Narragansett Brewing Company
Cranston
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