War veteran Sergt Miller to speak at YMCA on Red Cross benefit
Sergt George Miller formerly Bristol Gas and Electric engineer now with a Canadian regiment in France visits Bristol. He will recount battle line experiences at a YMCA talk tonight at 8 for Red Cross work with proceeds to locals. Miller was wounded when a shell crushed his chest and broke ribs. He rode 42 miles in a truck for treatment and spent eleven weeks in hospital before invalided home. He remains under care of a hospital and will soon return there.
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Red Cross
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Where Are Bristol Boys Christmas Remembrances Sought
The Bristol War Welfare Committee asked relatives and friends to send information about Bristol boys in service. Navy personnel should provide ship names. Army members need company regiment and camp location. The editor of the Phenix seeks these details to ensure no one is skipped in Christmas gifts.
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Bristol War Welfare Committee
Bristol
Old Town
Bristol Honors John Post Reynolds With New School Opening
Bristol celebrated the informal opening of the John Post Reynolds School on West High Street with eleventh grade rooms and a large assembly hall. Distinguished attendees included Walter Ranger, Admiral John Edwards, and Rev. A P Rebello as the program featured speeches, a Reynolds tablet presentation by the Bristol Mothers Club, and songs reflecting civic pride. The commissioner urged ongoing school expansion to meet Rhode Island’s crowded classrooms and cited Reynolds’ 31 years of service.
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Rhode
Odd‘ Fellows Home
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United Broth Lodge
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Columbia
Ella McManus
Sadie Baker
Juanita
Miss King
Cousin Jedediah
Maude Crispelli
Grand Lodge
Mabel Manchester
Matthew Cahoon
Henry M. Darling
John H. Bailey
Nellie Sylvester
Joseph Gifford
Baregh
Elizabeth See Geshail
Alfréd Masa Williston
Watts Ie "Miller
Mary R. Fish
Joseph LopBut
Fum
Wilmarth L. Callwell
Charles Sanford
Gertrude Usher
John.Post Reynolds
High Street
Greter
Thomas H. DeCoudres
Gate H. Bailey
John R. Edwards
Bertram W. Wall
Walter E. Ranger
One Island
John Edwards
Wallis E. Howe
A. P. Rebello
St. Elizabeth's Church
Joseph Pola
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Anson B. Howard
St. Michael's Church
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State Street M. E
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A. M. Merriman
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Benjamin M. MacDougell
Annie Scanlon
Evelyn Carter
Admiral Edwards
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