Scrap drive nets 201 tons of metal in Bristol
Townspeople rally for a Sunday scrap collection led by the Salvage Committee chair Tan M Walker. About 180 volunteers loaded 49 trucks across Mount Hope and Thames streets, with schoolchildren and Girl Mariners joining, as Bristol pledges more heavy pieces and next donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Connery
Tan M. Walker
Prescott Paull
U.S
Reynolds Northup
Moses Moore
Hubert Hill
G B Small
Hilling
Prescott B. Paull
Highway Department
Mount Hope Avenue
Meyer Paley
Thames Street
Paull
Paleys
Cole Street
Bristol
Herreshoff’s
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, Jr
Pozzi
Additional Bristol Buddies Bundle Fund Bridge Subscribers
Mrs Raymond S Brightman chair man announces more subscribers for the Bristol Buddies Bundle Fund Bridge to be held at St Michaels Parish House on Wednesday October 21. A general committee meeting will be held at the Y this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Brightman
Bristol
St Michael’s Parish House
Ann Marvon
Reginald Dimond
Wesley A Armstrong
James E Sullivan
Elmer S Manes
Henry Wood
Harry Kebrek
Vasta Lar Ruggiero
Paul C Bruno
George M Wilbur
Rose Avers
Victor Formisano
A F T'Angelo
Salvatore Maisano
John Hogan
Lucien Capone
Josept Kinder
Ralph Kinder
BR W Wall
Samuel Kinder
Howard Newman
Charles Thompson
Edward D. Kunz
Mabel Salisbury
Charles Otten
Howard Church
Alf Miller
Elisha Hibbert
William MacMillan
Osterberg
Kearney Posts Armistice Day Plans Change
Kearney Post's Armistice Day parade is cancelled for this year. Memorial exercise will be held at the Post Home on Armistice Day as usual. A sub committee will set the date and arrange the annual banquet and ball. Donald Gladue chairs the meeting at Franklin street headquarters.
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Kearney Post
Donald Gladue
Post
Franklin Street
R B B Benefit Movie Sunday At Pastime Theatre
Joe FE. Brown stars in Shut My Mouth at the Pastime Theatre Sunday afternoon as the first of two Bristol Buddies Bundle Fund benefit showings. Admission is 25 cents, 2 30 p.m. showtime. Hubert F. Hill notes strong cooperation from Lon Vail the theatre manager.
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Joe FE. Brown
Bristol Buddies
Hubert F. Hill
BBB
Lon Vail
Vail
Girl Scouts Plan Victory Fund Campaign in Bristol
Bristol Girl Scouts announce the nationwide Victory Fund drive running from October 1 through Thanksgiving Day. Led by Mrs Earl Stur devant the campaign aims to convert War Savings Stamps into War Bonds to aid children affected by the war with Treasury approval. Bristol's 125 scouts pledge 25 cent stamps, possibly contributing $3125, symbolizing sacrifice and a pledge to world friendship.
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Girl Scout Victory Fund
Girl Scouts of
Bristol
Earl Sturdevant
Bristol Girl Scout Council
Girl Scouting
Victory Fund
Girl Scout National Headquarters
United States Treasury Department
Bristol Girl Scouts
Pearl Harbor
United States
Proto Completes Basic Naval Training at Newport
Ralph J Proto 17 of 12 Coggeshall Street finished his basic Naval training at the Naval Training Station Newport Rhode Island. He will be assigned to a Navy trade school shore base or fleet ship for duty. His brother Cosmo serves in the US Army and Ralph underwent seamanship drills and calisthenics to prepare for duty at sea or ashore.
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Ralph J Proto
Coggeshall Street
Ralph Proto
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Navy
Proto
Collins and Aikman Corp
Cosmo
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Red Cross Motor Corps Seeks More Drivers
The Bristol Red Cross Motor Corps calls for more women volunteers as full time drivers, with daytime driving prioritized. Applicants should have good driving skill and some motor mechanics aptitude, with or without using their own car. Those interested may contact Red Cross Headquarters or Captain Herreshoff for details.
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RED Cross Motor Corps
Bristol Red Cross Motor Corps
A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff
Reserve Corps
Herreshoff
Edward S. Moulton
Motor Corps
Providence
Bristol
Red Cross
Rhode Island
Army
Navy
Hope Street
Priority Refused For Fire-Proof Vault Construction
War Production Board will not grant a priority rating for a fire proof vault at the Burnside Lee Building. John W Church Town Clerk was informed that materials for town records storage and crowding relief cannot be prioritized now. The letter urges continued use of existing facilities despite crowding and defers new construction to aid the war effort. Maury Maverick signed the note with Frank V Maxton.
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Burnside Lee
War Production Board
John W Church
Maury Maverick
Bureau of Governmental Requirements
Frank V Maxton
Christmas Bundles Sent To Bristol Servicemen
A brief report lists Christmas bundles prepared for Bristol boys in service. Items include acknowledgments for Mrs Mina Medeiros 2.00 Mrs Wm Bradford 1.00 and Willard S Kenney 1.00, totaling 1 097 28 to date.
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Mina Medeiros
Wm Bradford
Willard S Kenney
Pererra
Bristol Honor Roll deadline set for October 14
The Bristol Honor Roll for local service members has a fixed deadline of October 14. A frame for the roll stands before the Burnside Memorial Building. add any missing names or corrections at the Bristol Phoenix office by next Wednesday.
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Bristol
Burnside Memorial
Bristol Phoenix
Control Center Receives High Praise From Inspectors
In Bristol the Control Center praised for smooth operation of test air raid alarms by civilian defense volunteers. Staff includes Commander Edmonds and officers for communications plotting incident fire police service and supply with Red Cross support.
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Bristol
Albert A . Edmonds
Bertram W Wall
Louise Brechin
Laurine Bradford
Dorothy Holt
Laura Holt
A. Elmer McNamara
Benjamin Hazen
Stannard
Sylvia
Robert J. McCaughey
Robert L. Garvin
Paul C. Millemaggi
Fred Oliver
Charles Dunbar
Fred McCauley
William I Baker
Euclid J. Demars
J. Harry Tuplin
Libby Prison Key Turned In For Scrap
The Phoenix Office collects old keys for scrap and reveals a large Libby Prison key among the lot. The rusted relic, about 7.5 inches long with a three inch round end, weighs roughly one pound and stirs Civil War era memories. The donor's name remains unknown.
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Phoenix
Libby Prison
Girls Present Gift To Manager Of Local Softball Team
Joseph P. Quartaro, manager of the Bristol Manufacturing Corporation team, received a brown calfskin billfold yesterday from members of the Industrial Girls Softball team at the YMCA. An inscribed card accompanied the gift, signed by Florence Monast captain and teammates including Dorothy Costa Rose Alfano Louise Emery and others.
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Joseph P. Quartaro
Bristol Manufacturine Corporation
YMCA
Industrial
Florence Monast
Dorothy Costa
Rose Alfano
Louse Emery
Louise de Luca
Gemma Topazio
Gertrude Belmore
Claire Belmore
Zena Savino
Sadie Delgado
Rose Voccio
Ordnance School honors Bristol lad and grim Brooklyn tale
A Bristol 2nd Lieutenant from Aberdeen Ordnance School is praised for his fuel of duty while a Brooklyn zoot suit incident ends with two youths charged after a pistol misfire and a teacher shot. The court remarks note the shift from jungle sparseness to civilization in handling such crimes.
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The
Phoenix
Bristol
Joseph Pinheiro
Ordnance School
Aberdeen
Ordnance Department
George W Outland
Joseph Annunziata
Neil Simonelli
Brooklyn
Goodman
Scho
Rose Ray
Simonelli
Mr. Goodman
Annunziata
Iehrich
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Pastime Theatre
Cairo
M. GM
Jeanette MacDonald
Robert Young
MR. Blabbermouth
Donald Duck
Enry Fonda
Lynn
Bari
Don Ameche
Lucille Ball
J James
Ghnng
Dean Jagger
Bing ‘Crosby
Fred Astaire
Marjorie nEfforts
Virginia Ae
Walter
Royal Mounted
Dogm
Ralph J. Proto
Joe E. Brown
Libby
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