Bristol Air Corps boots linked to local factory story
A Bristol Soldier in the Army Air Corps wears boots stitched by his mother at the Bristol Manufacturing Corp. His brother William serves in the U S Navy. Alfred has served nine months in the Air Corps and the photo highlights hometown industry and family service.
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Bristol
Air Corps
Sousa
Bristol Mfg. Corp
Alfred
Army Air Corps
William
U. S. Navy
Three More Leave For Military Service
Felix Pasquarelli foreman of the Shell Conveyor at Bristol Manufacturing Corp and calendar operators Antone Silvia and Joseph Pacheco Custodio left yesterday for Fort Devens Massachusetts for induction into the United States Army. Farewell gifts of money were presented to Silvia and Custodio by fellow workers on Wednesday per Foreman Virgin Martin. Felix was guest of honor at a farewell party last Friday and honored by workers on his conveyor the day before. he received money gifts on both occasions.
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Felix Pasquarelli
Shell
Bristol Manufacturing Corp
Antone Silvia
Joseph Pacheco
Bristol Politician Declines Nomination to Join Armed Forces
R. A. McCaughey weighs a vital duty to the American public and world freedoms. He thanks the Bristol Republican Town Committee for renominating him and Bristol residents for their confidence but says he should relinquish the nomination to deserve freedom to join with young Bristol friends in the armed forces.
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Bristol Republican Town Committee
State House
Bristol
Country
Parisi Elected Senior Class President at Bristol High
Joseph Parisi wins the Bristol Senior High School student body presidency after a vote held yesterday. Other officers include Pasquale Raiola as vice president and secretary, Theresa Alves as treasurer, with Margaret Manchester as treasurer. Parisi is noted as a three letter athlete and former baseball team member.
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Joseph Parisi
Bristol Senior High School
Parisi
Pasquale Raiola
Theresa Alves
Margaret Manchester
Troop Five Scout Meeting Address by Chief Air Raid Warden
Troop Five met Wednesday night with a short business session at the Parish House then moved to the Control Center on Franklin Street where Bertram W Wall spoke as local Chief Air Raid Warden. Scoutmaster Huey read an invitation to all scouts to attend the Brown Rhode Island State football game this Saturday. scouts will depart the Parish House at 10 o'clock in full uniform for the game. Zip McKenna was scribe.
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Troop Five
Bertram W Wall
Franklin Street
Huey
Mr Wall
Zip McKenna
Rationing Board appoints full panel in Bristol drive
The Bristol Price Ceiling and Rationing Board announced a new Fuel Panel led by Capt. Paul A. Herzig. Members named are Elmer E. Angell Salvador Nunes Robert W. Nelson and Joseph R. Perroni with Ralph F. Kinder as an additional member. A filing clerk Marguerite Donovan Stone was appointed and tire and tube permits were issued for defense workers and carriers across numerous Bristol streets, factories, and homes.
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Bristol
Paul A. Herzig
Elmer E. Angell
Salvador Nunes
Robert W. Nelson
Joseph R. Perroni
Ralph F. Kinder
Capt. Herzig
Marguerite Donovan Stone
Muriel O’connell
Hope Street
Tose Almeida
Thompson Avenue
Thomas Melvin
Sunset Road
Samuel Kinder and Bro
Antonio Murgo
Usher Avenue
Joseph DeLuca
Joseph Serpa
Franklin ‘Treet
Delvery
Natale Savatrito
Bradford Street
Flint
Joseph Dupont
High Street
Joseph Mello
Easterbrooks Avenue
Norman Mahoney
Metacom Avenue
R. I
Alfred Burke
Constitution Street
Anthony Pontes
Mount Hope Avenue
George R. Fish
Franklin Street
Alec Guevremont
Herrenshaff Mfg Co
Bristol Mfg. Co
The Case of The Gifts of Death recounted in American Weekly
A feature in the October 4 issue of the Boston Sunday Advertiser surveys how a noted scientific killer evaded justice and ultimately fell prey to his own schemes in a famous crime tale.
Sketches Of Old Bristol A Honey Of A Book
A Bristol focused review praises Sketches Of Old Bristol by Charles O. F. Thompson as a rich browsable history. It celebrates local tales from past clashes and whaling to long departed lives, noting audience nostalgia and the author’s labor. The piece likens the volume to a bank of memories and urges readers to start and explore.
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Bristol
Charles O. F. Thompson
New York Sunday Times Book Review
Fred Marsh
Mr Thompson
Warren Line
Mr. Thompson
Providence
Fall River
Poppasquash Point
Prudence
St Paul
Gideon
Barak
Sampson
Jepthae
Antone
Rotarians Persuade Service Members With Weekly Letters
Rotarians in Bristol continue sending weekly letters to members of the armed forces. Under vice president A A Edmonds, envelopes with club stationery are distributed to about forty members, each receiving once monthly. Pvt R C Perroni, son of G R Perroni, thanks the club for its informative notes from home about industry and social activities during wartime.
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Rotary
A A Edmonds
Howard R Newman
Rosario C. Perron
G R Perroni
Uncle
Sam
Medical Corps
Pvt
Perroni
Percy Tones
General Hospital
Battle Creek
Michigan
Rotarians
Bristol
Fort Devens Mass
Lovell General Hospital
Army
Kearney Post Plans Fall and Winter Legion Activities
Kearney Post No 6 of the American Legion will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in the Post Home on Franklin street. Reports will be made by the Executive Committee and other committees. Two more comrades will be elected to the Executive Committee for the year. Plans include Armistice Day observance and fall and winter activities such as officer installation and Christmas baskets. Commander Fred W Coggeshall urges all members to attend.
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Kearney
American Legion
Franklin Street
Fred W Coggeshall
Herreshoff Company Will Match Employees Funds
A committee of employees is handling the Bristol Buddies Bundle Fund collection at the Herreshoff Mfg Company. The Personnel Department announced the firm will match whatever amount is raised among employees for Christmas bundles for men in service.
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Bristol Buddies
Herreshoff Mfg. Company
Notable Names in Local Business Partners
A list of individuals including Joseph L. Alves Joseph P Custodio Joseph D Alessio Salvatore A DeRosa W Robert Dion Ernest Ro Favro and Henry F Favro appears in a local notice linking these names to a business or civic matter. The readable portion shows multiple people involved in a shared enterprise or event.
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Joseph L. Alves
Joseph P Custodio
Joseph D'Alessio
Salvatore A DeRosa W
Robert Dion Ernest Ro Favro
Henry F Favro
Gems of Thought Quotes on Duty and Virtue
A collection of moral maxims from Locke Lincoln Eddy Galatians and Stevenson praising fortitude and steadfast duty. The passages urge faith in right, obedience to law, and quiet endurance as true courage. Includes references to spiritual supremacy and integrity under pressure.
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John Locke
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Baker Eddy
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Ntalas
Alfred E. Sousa
R. A. McCaughey
Ferncroft
Swift
Chuck
Hamburg
Uncle Sam
Peg
Staleys
Kellogg Sanitarium
Pfc
R C Perroni
Herreshoff Company
John Ro Freitas Gabral S
Jacome Gaetano Marino
Frank HE Mowry, Jr
Vincent To
Sante Antone Silvia
Henry Theodore Tuckerman
Robert Louis Stevenson
Newman Bros
Campbell's
Round Table
John Alden
Overland
Gravenstien
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