Blood donors to receive Xmas card during two day Red Cross drive
The American Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Unit from Boston will visit on Thursday and Friday December 7 and 8. Donors will receive a Christmas card to mail overseas. About 560 volunteers are needed to staff the unit. roughly 180 names have been received, led by 150 from United States Rubber Company and over 30 from Collins & Aikman Corp. Local residents may join via Clara Diman at Red Cross headquarters. Readings of volunteers and roles at St Michael's parish house are listed for Thursday and Friday.
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American Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Unit
Boston
American Red Cross Blood Donor Service of
United States Rubber Company
Collins & Aikman Corp
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Car Mfg. Corp
Kleistone Rubber Company
William L. Serbst
John R. Bernardo
E. S. Mapes
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
J. Francis Connell
Buell Buckingham, Jr
R. J Simmons
Stephen W. Hopkins
George H. Baldwin
Haffenreffer offers town shore for public swimming area
Town council and Bathing Beach Committee reviewed R F Haffenreffer’s plan to let the town use the Herreshoff shore front as a public beach after current buildings are torn down. The town would hold the site until the owners need it back, with future development details to be discussed at a meeting and a beverage license hearing. The plan aims for an adequate public swimming area by next summer at lower cost than anticipated.
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R. F. Haffenreffer
Herreshoff Mfg
J. Floyd Huestis
Hubert F. Hill
Haffenreffer
Huestis
Herreshoff Mfg Company
Plans For Sixth War Loan Canvass In Bristol County
Bristol County officials advanced plans for organizing a house to house canvass for the Sixth War Loan at a meeting hosted by Senator Fred Broomhead. Attendees included Miss Regina Farley and advisory members Frank L. Doran Frederick C. Goff and Mrs Frederick A Sutcliffe. Mrs Henry W Pacheco will leave for San Diego to join her husband Henry W Pacheco TM 2c US Navy at an advance torpedo school.
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Bristol County
Fred Broomhead
Bristol
Regina Farley
Frank L. Doran
Frederick C Goff
Frederick A Sutcliffe
Henry W Pacheco
San Diego
Cali
TM 2c
U. S Navy
Charlotte Sousa
Lincoln Avenue
California
Marie Morris Trains For Boston Assignment Fort Oglethorpe
Pvt Marie I. Morris daughter of Mrs Sylvia Morris of Bristol Rhode Island trains at the Third WAC Training Center Fort Oglethorpe Ga in preparation for an army assignment in Boston Massachusetts She previously did inspection work for Collins and Aikman Corporation Bristol prior to enlistment and after completing six weeks here will be assigned to the Boston Port of Embarkation
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Fort Oglethorpe
Marie I. Morris
Sylvia Morris
Wood St
Bristol
WAC
Boston
Mass
Rhode Island
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Women's Army Corps
Joint Meeting of Bristol Scouts and Mariners
A joint meeting of the Bristol Senior Scouts and the Mariners is set for this evening at 7 30 at the Scout House on High Street.
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Bristol Senior Scouts
Mariners
High Street
Antone Cruz Dies After Rainstorm Car Crash
Antone Cruz 67 of Lawn Street died at Truesdale Hospital after being struck by a car driven by 16 year old Antonio Ribeiro near Wood Street and Mt. Hope Avenue. Witnesses say Cruz carried an open umbrella and walked into the path of the vehicle. Investigation continues. Cruz formerly worked at U.S. Rubber Calendar Room and attended St Elizabeth's Church. He is survived by his wife, a married daughter in Warren, and a brother Frank Cruz.
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Antone Cruz
Lawn Street
DeWolf
Truesdale Hospital
Mr. Cruz
Antonio Ribeiro
Ryan Avenue
Wood Street
Mt. Hope Avenue
Cruz
Fall River
Colt Memorials
U.S Rubber Company
St Elizabeth's Church
Warren
Frank Cruz
Water Company Pipe Rights Debated By Town Panel
Town Solicitor Lucien Capone issues a seven page opinion saying street pipe rights for Bristol County Water Company are a local matter not governed by the Public Utilities Act. The 1907 contract allows forfeiture of exclusive street rights if water supply falters. In a separate note, the MY Club of the YMCA aims to raise 250 for Pat Annarummo’s hospital costs after a Thanksgiving Day injury, with 7274 already raised and a benefit dance planned for Dec 11 at the YMCA.
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Bristol
Bristol County Water Company
Lucien Capone
Water Company
Public Utilities Commission
Public Utilities Act
Capone
M Y
YMCA
Pat Annarummo
St Joseph’s Hospital
Harold Manchester
Carmine C Cirillo
Albert Osterberg
Anthony Ferrara
Joseph Ferrara
Matthew Maetoza
James Celone
Rhode Island
Pond Public Utilities
Cleveland
Cleveland City
Kirkemuit
Shad Factory
Community Activities at the YMC A This Week
The YMCA week features the Young Women's Club and men's Forum meetings, two basketball games, a dance, and Teen Age Canteen. The Young Women's Club plans a public bridge whist on Dec 6 and discusses a Christmas party. The men’s Forum meets Thursday to debate compulsory military training for one year.
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YMC
U.S. Rubber Independents
U. S. Rubber Engineers
State Guard
TAC
HIV
Richard Torrey
Joseph Ferrara
Jack Moren
Anthony Ferrara
Harold Manchester
William Silvia
Edward Travers
All-Star War Bond Game Tickets Available in Bristol
Tickets for the War Bond All Star football game in Brown Stadium this Saturday are sold only at Bristol High School and Providence retailers. A $25 War bond is required for each ticket with no reserved seats. The 68-player contest features Colt players Cavallaro Mello Maetoza Jordan and McCaw, with Bombers coached by Cronin and Rockets by Stebbins. A 60 minute game follows a 2:30 kickoff after a 2:00 pageant and remarks by Gov. McGrath.
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A. I
Brown Stadium
Colt
Joseph Cavallaro
John Mello
Matthew Maetoza
Arthur Jordan
Ralph McCaw
Bombers
Jack Cronin
Rockets
Ed Stebbins
J. Howard McGrath
Roderick Pirnie
State War Finance Committee
Witherell Named Assistant Manager at Bristol Branch
Ralph W. Childs announces that at the Bristol Branch board meeting Carl H. Witherell was elected assistant manager. The Industrial Trust Company confirms the promotion during this morning’s session.
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Ralph W. Childs
Bristol
Industrial Trust Company
Carl. H. Witherell
War bond drive among air squadron staff officers
Capt. Don McCammond recounts how Liberator crews in England organized a bond drive amid bad weather and rationed comforts. Officers like Bob Lane and Hal Hartman pushed bonds to meet a raised quota, selling to peers even on reprimand visits, while others used bonds to ease Allied tensions and fund their planes.
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Don McCammond
Christian Science Monitor
England
Raf
Bob Lane
Lexington
Jack Macauley
Brooklyn
Bob
Hal Hartman
Hartman
Trenton
N. J
Leutenant
Capt
Lane
Leroy C. MacTavish
Glen Springs
Colo
Exec
MacTavish
Goldman
Norman Goldman
Leonard W. Wipfler
San Francisco
Coster
Hollywood
Cal
Capt. Lane
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Marie Morris
Joan Davis
Kansas City
Bob Crosby
Jane Frazee
Erik Rolf
Tim Ryan
Warner Baxter
Vivien Leigh
Robert Taylor
Waterloo Bridge
Lucile Watson
Virginia Field
Maria Ouspenskaya
Parkuliar Piggy
America
Rockefeller Center
FBI
Merry Monahans
Donald O'Connor
Our Gang
Y.M.C.A
Carl H. Witherell
Jim Goar
Frankfort
Ind
Jim
Walter Whelan
Bronx
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