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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1943
Page
2
Wartime plea urges readers to support the war effort at home. It honors boys from Bristol who have joined the service, notes casualties and missing, and calls all citizens to find a role to help. The sentiment stresses sacrifice and action rather than sympathy alone.
Town clerk on vacation. Canon Parshley to speak at 11 am service. St Andrew's Club dance committee to meet at 8 pm at Harold Tucker's home. Rotary Club to hear Farm on Turkeys tomorrow noon. Junior League Hal lowe en party Friday at 7 pm in the General House. Sunday School reports next Friday. Ladies invited to host Stanley demonstration with purchases of 8 dollars. Rex and Mrs Beauchamp to host parish reception Thursday at 8 pm. Birth announced for Joseph Foodr Bullock II at Truesdale Hospital. Local families and military updates follow with several civic notices and obituaries.
The family expresses sincere thanks to relatives neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown during bereavement plus flowers and spiritual bouquets.
The Rhode Island branch of the Women's Auxiliary holds its fall meeting Friday at All Saints Church Providence corner Westminster and Stewart. Holy Communion at 10. Morning session at 11 box lunch at 12 45. Afternoon session to start at 2 with Rev John Polaight and Lewis B Franklin as speakers. Round table on the Cleveland convention planned.
Warner Bros presents Irving Berlin's This Is the Army produced for Army Emergency Relief directed by Michael Curtiz at the Pastime Theatre on Wednesday Oct 27 at 8 pm. The film features 350 soldiers from Broadway and a tour cast including George Murphy Joan Leslie Ronald Reagan Alan Hale George Tobias Charles Butterworth Una Merkel Sgt Joe Louis Kate Smith makes her first screen appearance in 10 years with new Berlin songs by Frances Langford and Gertrude Niesen.
The PT Patrol of Troop 5 reports collecting and selling over 4000 pounds of scrap paper while the Mustang Patrol has gathered and sold over 1100 pounds.
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