Battery C Wins Eisenhower Trophy As State's Best Unit
Battery C of the 243rd AAA AW Bn Rhode Island National Guard has won the Eisenhower Trophy for 1948 as the state’s outstanding company size unit. Presentation is planned for Dec 6 or 7 with Capt. Makowsky announcing details. The award honors 100 percent strength, 90 percent retention, 90 percent attendance, annual training and weapon qualification. The ceremony will feature the 88th Army Guard Ground Forces Band and notable speakers including Gen Murphy and Col Donnelly. The unit will also award individual trophies and host a public event with the Battery Christmas Party planned at the White Rail Riding Club.
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Bristol
243Rd Aaa, AW Bn
Rhode Islands National Guard
Raymond J. Makowsky
Briz
James A. Murphy
R. I
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Guard
88Th Army Guard Ground Forces Band
Providence
Kenneth F. Kramer
Neai National Guard Bureau
Frank E. Keating
Asencratis
SMP
Ary
Gen. Murphy
Peter. E. Donnelly
243Rd Grob
Everett E. MacMillan
243Rd Aaa
A. Bn
Capt. Makowsky
White Rail Riding Club
General Alarm Sounded For Small Chimney Fire
A general alarm was sounded shortly after noon for a chimney fire at the Sousa Bros farm on Gooding Avenue. No damage was reported.
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Sousa Bros
Gooding Avenue
Young Republicans of Bristol adopt constitution to end disarray
At a Bristol meeting the Young Republican Club voted to adopt a constitution and by laws in line with state and national GOP rules. John D. Hill Jr. stated the group is amicable and in peaceable meeting as officers are supported.
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Young Redisorganization
Publican Club of
Bristol
Young Republican Club of
Young Gop
Lis
John D. Hill, Jr
Raymond de Leo
Hill
Alfred R. Rego
Young Republican Club
Young Independent Club of
Noted Author Traveler Speaks Here Monday
Bristol Woman's Club of the YMCA hosts Stewart Anderson with his lecture and photo show "15,000 Miles in a Modern Covered Wagon" about 30 states two Canadian provinces and Baja California Mexico. The talk features Belinda the dog and color pictures praised by audiences and National Geographic coverage.
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Steward Anderson
Bristol
YMCA
Anderson
National Geographic
Belinda
Mr. Anderson
New England
National Geographic Magazine
Brown University
Boston University
Armistice Day Observance Honors World War I Heroes
Bristol plans Armistice Day events honoring local and out of town World War I veterans. Activities include flag placing, a memorial Mass, and ceremonies led by Kearney Post American Legion with veterans’ units participating. The program features a church service at Mary’s Church and visits to monuments and centers around town.
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Veteran's Organizations
Bristol
Activi Mary’s
Mornties
Kearney
American Legion
Kearney Post
Post
Franklin Street
James T. Pierce
St. Mary’s Church
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Lawrence E. Deery
Providence
John R Magee Dies After Weeks of Illness
John R. Magee former Rhode Island State Representative from Bristol died at Rhode Island Hospital after a six week illness. Funeral at 2 PM Saturday from his 33 Central Street home with burial in North Cemetery. He served in the Legislature 1935 to 1940 as a Republican respected for sound judgment and leadership. He was born March 10, 1884, attended Bryant & Stratton College, and ran the Waldron Company. Memorial events for veterans followed, with Mass at St Marys Church and related services and parades in Bristol and Providence.
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John R. Magee
Bristol
Rhode Island
Central _ street
Anon
Daniel K. Davis
St. Michael's Church
North
Magee
David and
Elizabeth
Muffay) Magee
Bryant & Stratton Bu& Ness College
Waldron, Brownell Company
Waldron Company
Progressing On Bristol Mfg. Corp Warehouse
Maurice C. Smith 3rd, Bristol Manufacturing Corp official, says work on the 15 000 square foot warehouse near the factory is progressing. The storage plant aims to replace space lost after a million dollar fire three years ago on Hope street between High and Wood. Crews blast ledge and continue grading as work proceeds.
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Bristol Manufacturing Corp
Maurice C. Smith
Rubber Footwear
Hope Street
High
Wood Streets
Fall River
Providence
Italo American Vets Form Rhode Island Post Organizes
Italo-American Veterans organize the first Rhode Island post of the Italian American World War Vets of the United States with Ralph M. De Leo named temporary commander. A charter meeting is set for tomorrow night at the Midway Steak and Lobster House with Henry Selvitella of Boston delivering the address and introducing a program featuring Nicholas De Leo Mario Umana and Michael Lopresti.
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United States
Midway
Ralph M. de Leo
Kearney
American Legion
Rhode Island
2Rans
Henry Selvitella
Boston
National Organization
Nicholas de’ Leo
Mario Umana
Michael Lopresti
Bristol Forty Niner Reveals Plain Truth from Frisco
A Bristol man signing as W. writes from San Francisco to readers about his facts and views, explaining why he chose to publish the plain truth for those interested.
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Bristol
Far-Oh ‘Frisco
Perilous California Gold Rush Journey and Sufferings
A correspondent recalls the voyage to California five months earlier, noting high costs and labor rewards yet a rapid party dissolution. In Sacramento tents and frames dotted the riverbank while fever, dysentery, and scurvy felled a third of the travelers and many locals. The unhealthy river site and seasonal floods bred illness, with washings declining and fortunes variously won or exaggerated. Roads to mines became impassable as rivers swelled, prompting many to abandon mining for Sacramento and Stockton.
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Sacramento
Raizig
Mmiries
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