Scout Drum Corps Will Be Honored At Banquet
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps will be honored at a testimonial banquet on Tuesday evening December 17 at the Colonial Hotel. Speakers include Tim ONeill of Providence and J Harold Williams with motion pictures to close the program. The Citizens Committee and Warren Boy Scout unit are invited guests with many parents expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Boy Scout
Colonial Hotel
Legion
Franklin Street
Tim O'Neill
Providence
J. Harold Williams
Citizens Committee
Warren Boy Scout Bugle
Bristol Boys
R. F. Haffenreffer
Edmund S. Rex
Domenic Mascolo
Charles E. Burns
William Pinch
Schools To Close On Thanksgiving And Thanksgiving Holiday
Schools will be closed on November 21 and November 28 as proclaimed by the President and the Governor. The closure follows Chapter 191 of Rhode Island General Laws which designates holidays for all schools and bars sessions on those days. Superintendent E Scapes received the notice from State Director James F Rockett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F Rockett
United States
Rhode Island
General Assembly
Congress
Cleanup Of Rubbish Scheduled For Next Week
Councilman Paul A Jieg announced a four day cleanup from Monday to Thursday led by Highway Surveyor Richard J Conner. The south of Church street will be done Monday and Tuesday while the north side is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Residents should place rubbish in receptacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A Jieg
Richard J Conner
Church Street
Scouts Helm Ceremony For Naturalized Citizens
Cynthia McCaw Frances Anne Doyle Bertha St Angelo and Henrietta Matrone represented Columbine Troop 3 Bristol Girl Scouts at a Reynolds School ceremony for new naturalized citizens on Thursday evening. They were chosen at a Tuesday troop meeting with some girls earning leather badges and others finishing handicraft for their second class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia McCaw
Frances Anne Doyle
Bertha St Angelo
Henrietta Matrone
Columbine Troop
Bristol
Reynolds School
Class C Title Clash Postponed to November 28
Colt Memorial High School principal Edward J Fitzgerald announced the Rhode Island Class C title game between Colt and Burrillville High Schools is postponed from this evening to Saturday afternoon November 28 at 2 o'clock on Guiteras Field. Very wet grounds forced the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
Burrillville High Schools
Rhode Island
Guiteras Field
Edward J Fitzgerald
Colt Memorial High School
Dr Nugent Addresses Naturalized Citizens in Reynolds School
Dr Henry F Nugent State Supervisor of Adult Education and WPA Education and Recreation spoke to 72 newly naturalized citizens at Reynolds School. He urged service to the town and democracy, noting the value of citizenship across all backgrounds and beliefs. The program featured Americanization speakers Legion and DAR officers and musical items by local groups and Girl Scouts from multiple troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Nugent
Works Progress Administration
Reynolds School
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Nugent
Scapes
Marion Beauregard
Anne Gablinske
American Legion Auxiliary
Alice BR Almy
DAR
Mary McHugh
John Cordeiian
Elmer McNamara
Kearney
American Segion
James Velleca
Henry Alfred
Mystical Rose
St Mary's Church
Alicia Connery
Terraine Burke
Barbara Campanella
Claire Gladue
Viola Lewis
Wesley A Armstrong
Columbine Troop
Cynthia McCaw
Bertha St Angelo
Henrietta Matrone
Frances Doyle
Catherine Connery
Mary Serbst
Goldenrod
American Legion
Anne Seymour
Annette Vona
America Vona
Andrew Arrone
Bristol Manufacturing Seeks Assurances on Staying Local
Maurice C. Smith Jr, president of Bristol Manufacturing, asks Bristol leaders in a joint Town Council Planning Board and Special Committee meeting to decide within a year if the company can renew its lease and remain in Bristol or relocate. He notes over 400 workers and rising defense demand as other towns pressure for location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice C. Smith
Maurice C Smith Jr
Bristol Manufacturing Company
Planning Board
Planning
Uo S Rubber Company
Bristol
Mr Smith
Draft Questionnaires Mailed This Week in Bristol
Draft questionnaires are being mailed at 25 per day by the Bristol County Selective Service Board. Draftees with questions should contact Tucien Capone or the county advisers, including Emilio Tannuccillo and Judge Edward I. Leahy, with no charge for inquiries. Capone will be available 7 to 8 pm at 266 Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ruggiero
Bristol
Bristol County Selective Service Board
Ruggiero
Tucien Capone
County Advisors Board
Emilio Tannuccillo
Edward I. Leahy
William T O’donnell
Edmund S. Rex
Capone
Wood Street
Reunion Of Four McCaw Brothers A Rare Occurrence
The four McCaw brothers sons of the late Mr and Mrs Samuel McCaw of this town gathered together this week an unusually joyful event Harold and Samuel both ship captains meet Arthur and Leon as a family reunion. Harold waits in Bristol for a new assignment while Captain Sam ships at Weyerhauser docks unload lumber from the west coast. All four attended a Rotary meeting and the St Albans Lodge F and AM gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCaw
Samuel McCaw
Harold
Samuel
Arthur
Leon
Bristol
Sam
Weyerhauser Docks
Rotary
St Alban's Lodge
F&am
Eagles Elect Medeiros As Vice President At Meeting
Joseph F Medeiros was elected vice president Joseph Sansone as trustee and Louis Matrone as worthy conductor at a Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 953 meeting on Wood Street Monday evening. They will be installed November 25 at eight. A banquet to mark the 36th anniversary is planned for January 8, with Pasquale L Massano as chairman, Joseph Pannone secretary, John De Andrade Jr. treasurer and Francis P Cuoma ex-officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F Medeiros
Joseph Sansone
Lous Matrone
Order of Eagles
Wood Street
Pasquale L. Massano
Joseph Pannone
John de Andrade
Francis P Cuoma
Bristol County Chapter Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
Mrs Doris I Shaw of Warren was re elected president of the Bristol County Chapter National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Inc at a Wednesday evening meeting in St Mark's Church Warren Also re elected were Franklyn A Adams Barrington vice president Charles Otten Jr of this town treasurer and R S Bosworth secretary Plans were announced for the annual ball in January to benefit the fund for care of infantile paralysis cases in the county and for national research work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris I. Shaw
Warren
Bristol County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Franklyn A Adams
Barrington
Charles Otten, Jr
R. S Bosworth
Defense Job Interviews In Warren On November 20
William J. Walsh announces that J. J. Haverty of the U S Civil Service Commission will interview qualified applicants at the Warren Employment Service on Church Street from 10 a m to 6 p m. November 20 1940. Interviews will focus on National Defense Program roles with openings in machining engineering drafting and inspection and preference given to metal trades experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Walsh
Rhode Island State Employment Service
J. J. Haverty
Boston
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Employment Service
Church Street
Warren
A. E. Mignone
Civil Service Commission
Office
The
Bristol County
Haverty
Weygand's stance and fate amid Vichy France and Africa
The article analyzes General Weygand's shifting loyalties during the war, noting his probable location in North Africa and the impact of his decisions on French colonial holdings. It discusses how allied and German pressures, plus misinformation, shaped his surrender and his current potential influence in revived France and allied strategy in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxime Weyegand
France
North
Africa
Mayergand
General de Gaulle
England
Weygand
New York Times
Marshal Foch
Great Britain
Britain
Hitler
General Weygand
Vichy
Appar
Syria
Mediterranean Sea
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Frederick E. Garvin
William B MacColl
Charles B. Rockwell
Ernest G. Brown
Arthur H. Carr
E. S. Mapes
John W. Haley
Albert A Edmonds
L. H Callan
Dean Tremenhauser Entertainment
George R. Fish
Donatd Gladue
A Elmer McNamara
James J Velleca
John P. Marshall
Arthur W. Burdon
A. C. Larned
John P. Beauchamp
Arthur B. Dunstan
Robert B. Suzman
Fred B. Wilcox
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Wallis E. Howe
Henry Street
General Committee
Legion Headquarters
Scouts
Highway Department
Dorothy Lamour
Robert Preston
Preston Foster
Moon Over
Burma
Special
Technicolor
Dick Foran
Peggy Moran
Wallace Ford
Cecil Kellaway
Edt
Deareo Iene
George Zucco
Tom Tyler Charles
Bickford
Irene Rich
Lowell Thomas
George Sanders
Margaret Lindsay
Vincent Price
Nan Grey
Dennis O’keefe
Constance Moore
Nobody
Helen Parrish
Lewis Howard McNamee
Dr. Nugent
Eagles
Medeiros
Ass’n
Red Cross Roll of Honor
C P Wilson
Samuel J. Smith
Paul A. Herzig
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
St. Albans &Odge
American Red Cross
Germany
M. Laval
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