Bristol Council Urges Governor to Intervene in Bus Strike
Bristol Town Council appeals to Governor J Howard McGrath to end the New England Transportation Co strike disrupting bus service. Officials cite war-industry impact and seek approval for Short Line buses to pick up passengers in Bristol Warren and Barrington during the cooling off period. Industry managers report emergency vehicles and employee help keeping production alive.
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Bristol
New England Transportation Company
J. Howard McGrath
Labor Department
Washington
McGrath
Providence
Newport
Warren
Barrington
Board of Public Utilities
Department of Business Regulation
New England Transportation Co
Francis Connell
United States Rubber Company
Collins & Aikman Corp
Bristol Mfg Corp
State Regent and Officers Attend Bristol DAR Meeting
Mrs. Howard B. Gorham state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution and thirteen state officers attended Bristol Chapter DAR Guest Day in their chapter house. Regent Mrs. Charles R. Blackmar Jr presided. Mrs. Thomas Adams spoke on experiences in Spain before the war. Solo performances by Mrs Buell N Buckingham Jr. were accompanied by Miss Mabel Salisbury. A luncheon was served by several members, and hosts poured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard B. Gorham
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bristol
Dar
Charles R. Blackmar, Jr
Thomas Adams
Spain
Buell N Buckingham, Jr
Mabel Salisbury
Catholic Girls Organization Dance Friday November 24
The Catholic Girls Organization will hold the first dance of the winter season on Friday November 24 at the GAR Hall Hope Street. Music by the Moonlight Serenaders. Chair Mary Prezioso with assistants Josephine Alfano Nancy Ferrara and Beatrice Nero.
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Gar Hall
Hopestreet
Mary Prezioso
Josephine Alfano
Nancy Ferrara
Beatrice Nero
Scouts Receive War Production Awards for Waste Paper
Eleven members of the First Bristol Troop BSA were honored at Scout Hall for collecting at least 1000 pounds of waste paper in August and September. Awards included a blue and silver badge, plus a merit certificate for the troop’s average per scout. Commissions came from Donald M Nelson WB and Louis F Adams.
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Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
War Production Board
Boy Scout
George R Fish
Richard Belmore
Albert Costa
Alfred Costa
William Fuller
Edward Mello
Louis Medeiros
Michael Rich
James Sousa
Raymond A Morris
John Sylvester
Donald M Nelson
Louis F Adams
State Salvage Committee
Missing Submarine Officer Edward L. Leahy Jr. Reported
Lt Edward L Leahy Jr 26 is listed as missing in action Navy Department notice last week His ship USS Herring reportedly lost in patrols against Japan His parents Judge and Mrs Edward L Leahy of this town and two sisters are named The officer graduated Brown University 1941 and Newport Priory 1937 He served in Europe then Pacific rising from ensign to lieutenant with the Navy V-8 program and submarine duty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Leahy, Jr
Navy Department
Edward L. Leahy
Herring
Leahy
Portsmouth Priory
Brown University
Brown
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Pacific
Narragansett Bay
Navy
Virginia Berwick
New York City
Ann Rulon-Miller
Waynesboro
Library Club Plans Book Week Party at Guiteras Memorial
The Library Club at Guiteras Memorial School will host a Book Week event in the school library on Thursday at 3 pm with the slogan United Through Books. Book Week runs November 12 to November 18 and faculty guests will receive invitations supervised by art director Miss Margaret F Nerone and directed by Dorothy Parshley. Committees include Refreshments Cecelia Brunelli Annmary Church Germaine Normandin Patricia Pagnano. Games Martha Mapes H Nancy Simmons Barbara Campbell Cecelia Nastri Rosalie Weber. Invitations Diana Cantwell Dorothy Parshley. Clean-up Germaine Normandin Cecelia Brunelli Barbara Campbell Annmary Church Beverly Hill. Decorating Virginia Liscomb Betsy Moren Barbara Lomberdi Cynthia Garvin Mary Louic Askill Veronica Lima Josephine Vittello.
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Library Club
Guiteras Memorial School
Margaret F Nerone
Dorothy Parshley
Cecelia Brunelli
Annmary Church
Germaine Normandin
Patricia Pagnano
Martha Mapes
H. Nancy Simmons
Barbara Campbell
Cecelia Nastri
Rosalie Weber
Diana Cantwell
Ann
Franchise jurisdiction cited for Bristol Water Company case
Clarence H. Dickey, counsel for Bristol County Water Co, argues town complaints about water service must go to the State Public Utility Administrator under Rhode Island law rather than seeking franchise forfeiture. The opinion outlines Public Utilities Act sections granting broad regulator powers, hearings, and remedies, with Town Bristol urged to file a formal complaint to obtain corrective action.
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Water Company
Clarence H. Dickey
Bristol County Water Company
Dickey
Rhode Island
Administrator and Public Hearing Board
Public Utilities Act
Commission
Division of Public Utilities
Bristol
Clean Up Week Rubbish Collection Schedule
The town division marks Clean Up Week with south of Church street pickups today and north of Church street tomorrow and Thursday. Friday and Saturday cover outer areas including Butterworth street Sherman avenue and the Narrows. Highway Surveyor Richard Connery asks to leave only non salvageable rubbish for collection due to upcoming paper collection Sunday and a planned tin can drive soon.
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Church Street
Butterworth Street
Sherman Avenue
Narrows
Richard Connery
Personal Appearance Comedy Planned by Bristol Group
Bristol Community Theatre presents Lawrence Riley comedy Personal Appearance at Guiteras Memorial School over Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings. Carole Arden is played by Jeanne deRocha Angevine with Gene Tuttle by Dr Frederick Van Doren Martin and a large local cast in a frolicsome Broadway hit of 1937 with stage and costume design details and 8 30 curtain.
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Lawrence Riley
Guiteras Memorial School
Bristol Community Theatre
S. Morton Giles
Carole Arden
Jeanne deRocha Angevine
Gene Tuttle
Frederick van Doren Martin
Donald Francis Morrissey
Angevine
Leonora deRocha Alger
Gladys Kelsey
Cynthia McCaw
Kate Barnaby
Dorothea Douglas Fusonie
Joyce Struthers
Arlene Fiske
Chester Norton
Bud
Alfred L. Gibson
Bernice Chambers
David Mathewson
Ushers
Virginia’Cole
An American War Worker In An Italian Home
The account describes R H Markham of the Christian Science Monitor staying with a Balkan area family in an Italian city during wartime. The host family, a quiet, domestic chemist father and vivacious mother with three children, cared for him with spotless rooms, home laundry, shoe shines, and careful budgeting amid war rationing and disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Markham
Christian Science Monitor
Balkan
Early wakeup ritual with Papa for morning routine
The narrator recalls leaving home before dawn and returning late at night. They would ring the apartment bell to wake the Papa, who would appear sleepy and ready to help. He always woke them at 4, and the kettle of hot shaving water was prepared for the early hour.
Dreamlike recollection of host family amid war
An oblique account recalls a dreamlike relation with hosts who rarely saw the speaker. They showed unexpected kindness during a bleak wartime period, offering a sense of family in a desert of conflict and uncertainty.
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