School committee weighs nursery school for children
The School Committee discussed establishing a nursery school for children aged two to six to cover mothers entering industrial work. E S Mapes, superintendent, will draft a budget and program plan with federal funding to be approved at the next meeting. A Victory Corps update and other items were noted.
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Colt School Library
E. S. Mapes
Chester W. Williams
U. S. Employment Office
Providence
Williams
Collins & Aikman
U. S. Rubber Company
Bristol Manufacturing Corporation
Byfield
Mapes
Treasury
Mrs N G Herreshoff Leads Bristol Christmas Seal Sale
Mrs N G Herreshoff chairs the Bristol District Nursing Association Christmas Seal Sale with the Bristol Nursing Committee aiding. The committee includes Mrs Harry deWolf Allen Mrs William Angevine Mrs Stanley Friswell Miss Mollie Hamill and others. Mrs Luke H Callan will head the Christmas Seal booth at the local Post Office.
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N. G. Herreshoff
Bristol District Nursing Association
Bristol Nursing Committee
Harry deWolf Allen
William H. Angevine
Stanley Friswell
Mollie Hamill
William B. MacColl
Arthur M. McCaw
Frank Perry
Charles B. Rockwell
Henry A. Street
Altar Society Plans Rummage Sale at Levy's Store
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church Altar Society discussed a rummage sale planned for Tuesday November 17 at Levy's Store on State Street. They also talked about the annual Christmas party with no firm plans. Nomination committee members were named: Mrs. Frank Bruno Mrs. James Vellega Miss Helen Romano Miss Geraldine Marino and Mrs. Betty Squatrito.
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Altar Society of
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Levy
State Street
Frank Bruno
James Velleca
Helen Romano
Geraldine Marino
Betty Squatrito
Bristol Boys to Receive Christmas Bundles
565 Bristol boys will receive boxes from the Christmas Bundles for Boys Fund. About 145 boxes go to boys overseas or at bases in New York and San Francisco. Treasurer Hubert F Hill said roughly 150 boys may miss out because no addresses were submitted.
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Bristol Boys
New York
San Francisco
Hubert F Hill
BBC Fund Committee
Mexico
Tete
M Exico
Tri-Hi-Y Club Plans Two Holiday Programs
The Tri-Hi-Y Club outlined a Thanksgiving gathering for November 18 and a Christmas Party for December 19. New members Kathleen Brito and Bertha St Angelo were admitted. The meeting featured a quiz contest in which Brenda Levy’s team beat Mary Miranda’s 19 to 16, with Lydia Diaz quiz master and Betty West score keeper.
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The
Kathleen Brito
Bertha St. Angelo
Brenda Levy
Mary Miranda
Lydia Diaz
Betty West
Tire inspections mandated to curb illegal tire sales
Capt Paul A Herzig head of Bris tol Rationing and War Price Board announces periodic tire inspections for all autos to ensure tire wear and quantity do not exceed limits. Fees vary by tire size if removal is required, with initial nominal charge up to 25 cents per vehicle. Passenger bikes and commercial fleets face specific inspection windows from Nov 22 to Jan 31 1943 and Nov 15 to Jan 15 1943 respectively. applications available at local gas stations.
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Paul A. Herzig
Bristol’Rationing and
OPA
Capt. Herzig
Herzig
Mapes to Speak on Victory Corps at PTA Meeting
Elmer S Mapes superintendent will address Bristol Junior Senior High Schools parents at Andrews School 8 p.m. Thursday on The Victory Program and Other Defense Activities. He outlines the program aiding boys toward service roles and wartime prep for students, with a public invitation.
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Mapes
Victory Corps
Boston
John L. Burke
Bristol High School
Guileras
Marguerite Brogan
Byfield School
P TA
Andrews School
Bristol Tunior Senior High Schools
Elmer S Mapes
Honor Roll At Congregational Church
Soldiers and Sailors from the First Congregational Church were named on the Sunday Honor Roll by Rev. Herbert D. Graetz. He urged the congregation to send greetings or gifts to the honored service members, listing Ensign Robert M. McGann and many others across ranks and services.
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First Congregational Church
Herbert D. Graetz
Armistice Day Observance Omits Parade for First Time
Bristol marks Armistice Day with no parade for the first time. Kearney Post American Legion limits events to Sunday memorial exercises and a banquet at the Colonial Hotel. The day features a Warrn‑Bristol football game at Burr Hill Park and a memorial program at Colt Memorial High School with remarks by Justice Francis P Condon and performances by local students.
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Bristol
Kearney Post
No. 6
American Legion
Colonial Hotel
Edward L. Leahy
Elmer McNamara
Warrn
Burr Hill Park
Warren
Francis P Condon
Colt Memorial High School
No 6
Condon
Seven Seas
Mediterranean Sea
Pacific
Judge Condon
Colt High School
Minnie Troiano
Arthur W Burdon
Donald Gladue
Claire Gladue
Frederick W Coggeshall
Gladue
Legion
Coggeshall
Rene Sutcliffe
David McLaughlin
Burdon Judge Condon
State Department
Roy Foster
Harry Bullock
American Legion Auxiliary
Dean
McNamara
Sutcliffe
Frank A Rounds
Miss Gladue
Lucien Capone
Burdon
Colt Band
Knights of Columbus Celebrate Anniversary in Bristol
The Bristol Council marks its 44th anniversary with a banquet at K of C headquarters on State Street. Principal speaker is Michael L. Walsh of Newpoort schools. other guests include State Deputy John B. O'Rourke and District Deputy Charles McCabe.
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Knights of Columbus
Bristol
K. of C
State Street
Michael L. Walsh
Newpoort
John B. O’rourke
Charles McCabe
St. Mary's
St. Elizabeth’s
Our Lady of
Thomas Byrnes
George Ingram William T. Dwyer
Augustine of Nerone
Henry P. Trudell
Lieut. Trudell
Newfoundland
Notice To All Oil Dealers Register Today
All oil dealers including storekeepers handling oil or kerosene must register at the Rationing Board headquarters at the Eugenia Paull House on Hope Street. Capt. Herzig, board chairman, said a skeleton crew would be on hand at headquarters tomorrow.
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Rationing Board
Eugenia Paull House
Hope Street
Herzig
Son Hand
S Headquar
Alarm Test Phone Use Urged During Signals
John F Shaw of the New England Tel and Tel Co reports tests on Air Raid Signals to train citizens. Public telephones should not be used during alarm signals except for emergencies to keep essential defense lines clear. Shaw says most subscribers cooperate and expects continued help.
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John F Shaw
New England Tel
Tel. Co
Shaw
Columbine Troop Elects Officers at Meeting
At Thursday’s Colum bine Troop gathering the scouts elected Joan Osterberg president Mary Lee Cantwell vice president Ruth Benson secretary and Anna Lombardi treasurer. The group began work on the Hostess Badge and closed with the song Taps. Ruth Benson Scribe.
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Columbine Troop
Joan Osterberg
Mary Lee Cantwell
Ruth Benson
Anna Lombardi
Poe Poem on Mussolini Appears in New Statesman
An satirical poem critiquing Mussolini circulates in the London weekly New Statesman and Nation. It envisions the Roman eagle in defeat and mocks fascist bravado, contrasting with calls for peace and broader World War II concerns.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Nevermore
Mussolini
London
The
New Statesman
Nation
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Seal Sale
Altar Society
Tri-Hi-Y Club
Towiant
America
Jon Hall
Ilona Massey
Peter Lorre
Marine Corps
Richard ‘Travis
Julie Bishop
Chas. Drake
Epeniy
Uncle Sam
Humphrey Bogart
Charles Boyer
Rita Hayworth
Ginger Rogers
Henry Fonda
Chas. Laughton
G. Robinson
TALES
Manhattan
Paul Robeson
Thed Waters
Rochester
the Royal Mounted
Congregational Church
Robert M. McGann
Robert A. Moren
Gordon M. Morgan
Vernon C. Otten
George O. Pendleton
Clinton Pendleton
P. O
Henry L. Sanford
A. S
Nathaniel Gladding, Jr
William Shaver
George H. Wilson
Charles M. Young
Myron Stuart Barr
C. M
Corp
Jons Matheson
Ensign H. Bruce Matheson
Earl Nelle
Douglas Baker
Walter Chase Shaw
A. S Alexander Anderton, Jr
Clarence Bowron
Henry A. Brelsford
Robert H. Bullock
John W. Church, Jr
John D. Dimond
Louis A. Durgin
J. Sidney Dunbar
Everett E. Fields
Oscar F. Gablinske
Raymond Gablinske
Alan Hibbert
Ensign Norman L. Hibbert
Wendell E. Marshman
Henry
St. Michael’s
United 'Nations
Il Duce
Alexandria
Axis Desert Corps
Suez
Tunisia
Africa
Rome
Venice
Kohdore
Walter Adler
Harbor Defense Digest
Boston Harbor
Fort Dawes
Mr. Headquarters U
Mr. Roosevelt
Heppy Tinfoyle
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