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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1942
Page
2
A government plan tightens tire control after November 22 amid rubber shortages. Inspectors record all passenger and commercial tires, with frequent checks for owners based on ration books, and idle tires to be routed to government warehouses or sold to scrap dealers.
The Salvage Committee meets at Kearney Post Home at 7 30 this evening. District Nursing Committee convenes Monday at Rockwell House at 2 pm. Mrs Manuel Alves returns from Miami Florida with her son Private George Alves now stationed there. Mrs George Alves accompanies. Mr o and Mrs Herbert Howe plan weekend with Wallis E Howe. Mr Howe joins Pomfret School faculty after teaching at University of Wisconsin. John W Hambrick enlists in US Army Engineering Corps leaving for Camp Devens. he graduated Colt Memorial High School 1942 and was a Brown University freshman. Home Demonstration Council led by Mrs Charles M Connery meets Vivian MacFawn at 72 Constitution Street to plan future meetings. Bristol County Council of Parents and Teachers holds fall meeting Monday at 8 pm at Peck High School Barrington, followed by reception for State Congress officer and new Barrington School Superintendent Ralph D Macleary. Harvest Dance by United Rubber Workers Local No 220 Bristol Manufacturing Corporation at Independent Hall Wood Street. dance committee led by Ahina Fasano and Rove Troiano with Mary Martin Rose Alfano Irene De Sako Fia Rickey Mary Casale Vianne Salvia Tilhe Santos Olive Sousa. Stennard Bo Sylvia of St Michael's Church Guild announces Bride and Panes Work Sale to be held Wednesday November at Parish Horse Bridge with tables hosted by Mrs Arthur S Berberian Food Table Mrs Witham Darling Candy Table Mrs Chester Whitman Fanix Work Table Mrs Charles T Davis.
USO clubs at bases nationwide provide easy chairs lighting books and games to comfort fighting men on off duty hours. Private Ralph Fusco Jr of 162 Thames Street Bristol Rhode Island enjoys the Ayert Mass club facilities including a cookie jar and reading options.
Local church groups schedule meetings and social events including a Young People’s Fellowship at St Michael’s Holmes House at 8 o’clock on Sunday and a Portuguese American Women’s Civil League gathering in Independent Hall at Wood Street Sunday afternoon. Several personal announcements report hospital observations, engagements, births, and military postings.
Kearney Post No 6 American Legion to hold its regular meeting this evening at the Legion Home on Franklin Street. The Long Island College Hospital Brooklyn head nurse Miss Kathleen Mott a Colt High School 1932 graduate graduated 45 nurses this Fall. The Portuguese American Women's Civic League holds regular meeting Sunday at 2 30 in Independent Hall Wood Street. Frank Panzarella Jr son of Mr and Mrs Frank Panzarella 719 Hope Street enlisted in the U S Navy on Tuesday. He is a Colt Memorial High School class of 1942 graduate who played all sports and belonged to the school band.
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