Wartime Letter From England Describes Rationing Life
Dorothy Foster receives a wartime letter from Christine Stewart in Newark showing life in Scotland and England. She details parcels with puddings and jellies, coupon shortages, clothing rationing, field canteens, canteen visits, and fears of invasion while remaining hopeful for peace.
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Eileen Ee Rene
Scarcius
England
Dorothy Foster
Peck ‘ Avenue
Christine Stewart
John G. Stewart
Central Street
Bristol Scouts to Join Memorial Day Parade and Camporee
The Bugle and Drum Corps along with Bristol Troops will participate in Memorial Day exercises on May 30 reporting at Scout Hall at 8 45 a m in uniform. A district Camporee is set for June 3 and 4 at Camp King Phillip with troop leaders approving the plan at a Scout Hall meeting. Copies of the program will be shared with district troops this week.
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Bristol
Scout Hall
Bristol County
Camp King Phillip
Memorial Day observances honor veterans in Bristol
Relatives visited local cemeteries with flowers as veterans graves were marked with flags amid ideal weather. Memorial Sunday services at First Baptist Church featured Rev. Burdon and church leaders, with reports of processions, speeches, and readings by students. A large parade plan, flag ceremonies, and rifle salutes were outlined for Memorial Day May 30 1944 with participation by American Legion Bristol Chapter D A R Boy and Girl Scouts and State Guard units.
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First Baptist Church
Kearney Post
No. 6
American Legion
Bristol
D.A.R
Jas Alew
Arthur W. Burdon
Herbert D Graetz
Canon Parshley
America
Burdon
Col
A. W Barrett
Vernon A. Gray
Allen M. Newman
R S Bosworth
Anthony R Parshley
Mr. Burdon
Mr. Graetz
G.A.R. Hall
Joseph M. Edmonds
Bristol County Voiture
Samuel A. Hall
Co. G. R . State Guard
Arthur W Burdon
Burnside Memorial
Logan
George Oliver
Lincoln
Joan E Doyle
Bristol Senior High School
Company G
R= I State Guard
Juniper Hill
St. Mary's
Robert J. McKay
William G. Dixon
Francis P Slade
William H. Remieres
Sons of Union Veterans
Grand Army Hall
Bertram W. Wall
Fred M. Straight
Arthur W. Barrett
Edward L. Leahy
Thomas H. Black
Soldiers Home
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Harry I. Young
Francis P. Slade
R. I. State Guard
Kearney
Donat J. Gladge
George R. Fish
Bristol Boy Scout
Walter Machado
Boy Scouts
Bristol Troop
Boy Scouts of America
Frank Perry
Gorge E. Magee
Reynolds Northup
Charles McHuck
Earl G Sturdevant
Mariner
Sydney Herreshoff
Bristol Chapter
D. A. R. the Honorable Town Council
Hope Street
State Guard
R I
R I State Guard
A W. Burdon
Rand
Joan E. Doyle
A W Burdon
Charles R. Blackmar
Donat J Gladue
Boy Scout
May Profession Held At St. Mary's Church
Lorraine Burke crowned the statue of the Blessed Virgin in the May procession at St. Mary's Church. Attendants included Claire Gladue and Jeanette Lenaire with Catherine Ann Brelsford as Crown Bearer and Paula Tattrie and Ann Burke as attendants. Numerous banner tassel and flower girls participated, representing the Children of Mary and several sodalities. New members for multiple groups were welcomed, including the Holy Childhood, Holy Angels, Junior Holy Name Society, and Saint Aloysius sodalities.
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Lorraine Burke
St. Mary’s Church
Claire Gladue
Jeanette Lenaire
Catherine Ann Brelsford
Paula Tattrie
Ann Burke
Patricia Warren
Marette LaFazia
Mary Mancini
Mary Soldality
William Murphy
The
Holy Childhood Soldality
Norman Lowery
Saint Aloysius Sodality
Carole Magee
Holy Angels Sodality
Flowers
Genevieve Dunbar
Doris Favreau
Joyce Ferriera
Beverly King
Lucy Jamiel
Jeannette Jamiel
Margaret Leahy
Beatrice Martelly
Jane Martells
Trene Martelly
Margaret McCarthy
Jeannette Pivin
Barbara Remuieres
Fleurette Riley
Theresa Rohrman
Marie Saucier
Helena Trudeau
Rita Serbst
Dolores Foncesca
Evelyn Jamiel
Margaret King
Barbara Lombardi
Maria Martins
Theresa Meiggs
Frances Pires
Dolores Pivin
Jean Vermette
Phyllis van Voast
Holy Childhood Sodality
John Burke
Allen Fusonie
Richard Marshall
George Mansi
Paul Murphy
Marceline Mello
Arthur Pires
Leonard Rawson
Joseph Rego
Richard Riley
Mary Cornell
Judith Bullock
Virginia Bernard
Cynthia Burke
Dorothy Carratura
Catherine Clayton
Joan Geyer
Iva Edler
Julia Card
Judith Marz
Deanne Magee
Regina Romano
Frances Pierce
Charlene Wilkie
Robert Aguiar
Francis Baker
Roger Belmore
Douglas Fusonie
Richard Johnson
John Joseph
Manuel Joseph
Charles Jordan
Frederick McKenna
Augustine Nerone
Alfred Pires
Joseph Pires
James Powers
Paul Vona
Holy Name Society
John Garakop
Ronald DeBlois
James Flynn
William Johnson
Raymond Sartini
Frank Pires
Sabata
Mary Head
Martina Witherell
Virginia Coutanche
Patricia Kine
Mary Cragan
Old Pictures Added To National Rubber Co Collection
Bristol's Rogers Free Library adds group photos from 1882 of National Rubber Co workers. Thompson catalogs 65 in the Cutting Room scene including Jeff Bennett and Andy Burns, with Captain Cahill and many others named. A second Boot Room group features Tom Doyle and Robert Newbold among others. future issues will list Packing Room names.
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Old National Rubber Co
Bristol
Rogers Free Library
Charles O. F. Thompson
Pictorial Record
Old National
Jeff Bennett
Providence
Jeff
Andy Burns
Andy
Billy Goff
S.s
First Light Infantry
Jack Sherman
Isaac F Williams
Capt Sanford
Babe Stoughton
Charles Henning
High McShane
John Quincy Adams
Patrick Murphy
Fred Brownell
James Lannon
Frank Munroe
Ed Reynolds
Charles Evans, Jr
Jim Bowler
Joe Alger
Hiram Luce
William
Duke" Rawson
Nelson Newman
Ike Gorham
John Crump
AE Ward
William Perry
Prospect Street
Mr. Thompson
Thomas Doyle
Robert Newbold
William Newbold
Fred Whithousin
John O’brien
Dennis Scanlon
Thomas Dwyer
Michael O'Connor
Henry Gurker
Fred Bowler
Philip Brady
Richard Magee
John Lavander
LeRoy Coggeshall
Cazemiro M. Antonio Receives College Degree
Cazemiro Manuel Antonio son of Mr and Mrs Zacarias Antonio of 408 Wood Street graduated from Rhode Island State College yesterday. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry after a broad campus career including Freshman football and track varsity play Sophomore football and leadership roles in Phi Sigma Fraternity and the Chemistry Club He worked as a laboratory assistant in the Chemistry Department and is a Colt Memorial High School alum class of 1941 He attended Brown University in 1941 and recently passed his pre induction physical for Navy service with orders expected soon.
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Cazemiro Manuel Antonio
Zacarias Antonio
Wood Street
Rhode Island State College
State
Phi Sigma Fraternity
Chem
American Chemical Society
Phi Sigma and
Chemistry Club
Chemistry
Ralph K. Carbon
Antonio
Colt Memorial High School
Brown University
Navy
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