Bristol Mfg Co Moves to Seek Permanent Location
Bristol Manufacturing Co plans relocation after United States Rubber Co decision not to sell unoccupied buildings amid wartime needs. Negotiations to secure a new site proceed as president Maurice C. Smith Jr notes the firm must settle permanently. Bristol Mfg, founded 1934, employs about 416 people and makes fabric rubber soled and waterproof footwear.
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United States Rubber Company
Bristol Mfg Company
Henry Wood
U. S. Rubber Company
Maurice C. Smith, Jr
Bristol Mfg. Company
U. S Rubber Company
Garden Club contest honors Thanksgiving table displays
Mrs James J Sylvester of 941 Hope Street won first place at a Countryside Garden Club meeting for a Thanksgiving dining table arrangement featuring pomegranates prickly pear persimmons peppers and other fruits on a silver tray Miss Dorothy M Foster 11 Peck Avenue Beachmont Manor earned second place with a harvest themed display of grapes pears corn and other fruits in a glass vessel The winning and judging were decided by club members including Mrs Charles M Connery Miss Helen Hennessey Providence Mrs William H Burke Jr and others Refreshments were served and a seed pod identification guessing contest was held
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James J. Sylvester
Hope Street
Dorothy M Foster
Peck Avenue
Beachmont Manor
Countryside Garden Club
Miss Foster
Charles M. Connery
Helen Hennessey
Providence
William H. Burke, Jr
James Connors
Catherine M Bertrand
Harry S. Young
Manuel Almeida
Sebastian Bernard
Martin J Dod
Draft Board Posts Soon For Young Men In Warren
James C Ruggiero Warren's Draft Board representative announced that order numbers for men aged 21 to 36 will be posted soon at the Town Hall. Notifications will be mailed and registrants should have their questionnaires signed by a notary public.
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Warren
James C Ruggiero
Cooties Game Set at St Michael's Parish House
A Cooties game is scheduled at St Michael's Parish House under St Andrew's Club Juniors on Tuesday at 7 30. Proceeds fund a Christmas cheer program, with committee chairman David Mathewson and members Harold Manchester Grant Hicirons Raymond Francis Robert Wolliams and Wesley Armstrong Jr ex officio.
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St Michael’s Parish House
St Andrew's Club
David Mathewson
Harold Manchester
Grant Hicirons
Rayimond Francis
Robert Wolliams
Wesley Armstrong, Jr
Chaplain Outlines Ways to Help Soldiers Adapt at Camp
Captain Joseph P McNamara cites a corps chaplain's guidance to assist new inductees at Fort Adams. He urges steady mail, small gifts, and practical comforts to sustain morale during the first weeks away from home.
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Joseph P McNamara
243Rd Coast Artillery
Fort Adams
Lash
American Bible Society
Colts Meet Burrillville for Class C Championship
Colt faces Burrillville High at Guiteras Field at two oclock in Bristol for the Class C title. Burrillville, last years champions, arrive hoping to defeat Colt to claim 1940 laurels while Colt seeks a tie to win the championship. The game features balanced lineups, a 34 player Colt squad, Burrillville with 25, and pregame band displays from both schools.
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Guiteras Field
Colt
Huston
Burrillville High
Bristol
Burrillville
Barrington
Warren Huston
Emblems and Christmas Gifts For War Relief Society
Mrs Stewart Campbell president of Bristol Branch announces an excellent assortment of emblems pins compacts and Christmas cards from New York headquarters displayed at Miss Wilsons store and the Rabbit House. Items sold non profit for the Society with Christmas gift appeal.
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Stewart Campbell
Bristol
British War Relief Society, Inc
New York
Car Crashes Through Railing On Colt Drive
Three Bristol youths escaped serious injury when a car driven by James E. Conley Jr. crashed through a guard rail at the foot of Surprise Hill on Colt Drive about ten o’clock. The vehicle landed on its left side on the bay shore after dropping seven feet. Passengers were Frank Russo and Anthony Accardi. Accardi broke through the windshield to help the others as the crash was investigated by Set Euclid Demars.
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Bristol
Surprise Hill
Colt Drive
James E. Conley, Jr
Burton Street
Frank Russo
State Street
Anthony Accardi
Capone Addresses Bristol County P T A Meeting
Mrs Lucien Capone chair of Child Welfare spoke on The P T A Magazine and the R I Congress Bulletin at the Bristol County Council P T A meeting held in the new West Barrington elementary school. Other speakers discussed The P T A and the Community The Value of a Congress Unit and Elementary School and High School Program.
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Lucien Capone
R. I. Congress
Bristol County Council
P. T A
West Barrington
Newton Leonard
State Congress
Paul Gould
Congress
W. B. Hartland
Carl Porter-Shirley
Francis Doyle
Earl G. Sturdevant
Harry Town
James J. Velleca
William Pinch
Accident at Hope and Gooding Avenues Injures No One
Henry J. Iasiello Jr. of 145 Bradford Street and Sidney Jagolinzer of the Pawtucket Providence Journal escaped injury after a rear end collision at the corner of Hope Street and Gooding Avenue Wednesday evening. Police said Jagolinzer turned into Hope Street from Gooding Avenue and Iasiello’s southbound car struck his rear. Damages included the Jagolinzer coupe left rear fender bumper and trunk, and Iasiello’s car right front end bumper radiator and headlight.
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Henry J. Iasiello, Jr
Bradford Street
Sidney Jagolinzer
Pawtucket
Providence Journal
Hope Street
Gooding Avenue
Henry J Sylvia
Jagdlinzer
Jasiello
Jagolinzer
Tasiello
Mite Society Holds Meeting At Mrs Bailey Home
The Mite Society met at Mrs Baileys 29 Collins Street Tuesday evening to finalize plans for a First Baptist Church sale and bean supper on December Sth at 5 30 pm. Refreshments were served by Mrs Baileys mother Mrs Williams and Miss Dorothy I Mott. other members present included Mrs Frederick W Marz Miss Lucinda W Wall and several others.
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First Baptist Church
Mite Society
A Otisan’ Bailey
Collins Street
Bailey
Lillian Walliams
Dorothy I. Mott
Frederick W Marz
Lucinda W. Wall
Joseph C. Alger
Arminda E. Harper
Eber Hill
Joseph Hoyle
Frederick R. Mott
Rachel Simmons
Bertram F. Bullock
Fire That Never Dies Keeps Saluda Cabin Aflame
In a Blue Ridge NC town outside Saluda, 81 year old William Morris continues the Morris family vow to keep a fire burning in a mountain cabin since after the Revolutionary War. The blaze, sparked by John and Sarah Morris, has been tended for 100 years and remains a local landmark. The piece also notes the Old Farmer's Almanac for 149th year since 1792, with a brief history of its weather notes and early years.
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Kome
North Carolina
Saluda
Blue Ridge Mountains
William Morris
England
John
Sarah Morris
Philadelphia
Blue Ridge
Carolinas
Morris
Robert Morris
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Smoky Park
Mr. Morris
Tryon Mountain
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
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Theresa Donovan
Johnny Marshall
Colt Memorial
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