Third Blood Donor Drive Set for December in Bristol
The Red Cross Mobile Blood Donor Unit returns to Bristol on December 7 and 8 under committee head A A Edmonds. Mrs Clara L Diman says the drive, already successful in July and February, aims to ease fear of donation and support soldiers at the front with painless, harmless blood donations from Bristol and nearby towns.
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Red Cross
Bristol
Clara L. Diman
A. A. Edmonds
Warren
Trinity Church To Hold 70th Harvest Festival
Rev Albert C Larned of St Alban s Centredale will preach at Trinity Church Harvest Festival in Trinity Chapel at 8 pm. Parishioners bring food donations to assist an institution after the service. Miss Helen Church the organist will present a special music program.
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Albert C. Larned
St. Alban’s
Centredale
Trinity Church
Trinity Chapel
Miss Helen Church
Children of Mary plan Hallowe'en party at St Elizabeth's
Plans for the Chil dren of Mary Sodality Hallowe'en party at Independent Hall Friday include prize costumes and Moonlight Serenaders music. Mary Costa chairs assisted by Mary Cordeiro Emily Sousa Mary C Costa Clara Barbosa Anita Travers and Mary Botelho. A voting machine loaned by the State Board of Elections is at Town Clerk John W. Church's office for voter familiarization. The engagement of Miss Celda Berman to Sgt Morris Levy USAAF was announced by her parents in Roxbury.
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Children of Mary Sodality
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Mary Costa
Mary Cordeiro
Emily Sousa
Mary C. Costa
Clara Barboza
Anita Travers
Mary Botelho
State Board of Elections
John W. Church
Burnside Memorial
Celda Berman
Morris Levy
USAAF
Nathan D Berman
Roxbury
Sgt Levy
Louis Levy
High Street
Berman
Northeastern Law School
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island State College
Davis-Monthan Field
Tuscon, Ariz
MacLeod to Head Bristol Rally Speakers Thursday
Norman D. MacLeod Republican gubernatorial candidate will headline a Bristol rally at Reynolds School Thursday at 7 30 pm. Other speakers include Charles A Curran Arthur A Forcier Thomas J Paolino and local candidates Roswell S Bosworth and Robert A McCaughey with Bertram W Wall presiding. Music by Rita Serbst and Mrs Lucien Capone.
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Norman D. MacLeod
Bristol
Reynolds School
Republican Town Committee
Charles A Curran
Arthur A Forcier
Thomas J Paolino
Roswell S. Bosworth
Robert A McCaughey
Bertram W Wall
Rita Serbst
Henry F Serbst
Lucien Capone
Hi Y Club Hears Ens Albert A Velleca
Ens Albert A Velleca spoke at the Hi Y Club meeting about U S Naval Air Corps training from enrollment to pilot wings. Membership cards for the Teen Age Canteen were distributed and plans made for a co ed Halloween dance and a Thanksgiving Day dance.
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Ens
Albert Velleca
U S. Naval Air Corps
YMCA
Y Gy
Michael Balzano
K of C Installs Bristol Council Officers Tomorrow
Thomas Curley state deputy will attend the Bristol Council Knights of Columbus installation tomorrow evening at the K of C Hall. All members urged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
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Thomas Curley
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Bristol Buddy Bundles Fund Exceeds Five Thousand
Mervyn Clay announced the Bristol Buddy Bundles Committee fund surpassed the $5000 goal with $5166.24 raised from local businesses employees townsfolk and friends. One thousand two hundred seventy names were turned in for bundles to be shipped to Bristol servicemen and servicewomen with post office receipts recorded. A full financial statement will be published soon.
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Mervyn Clay
Bristol
Post Office Department
Colt Faces Burrillville in Sunday Gridiron Clash
Colts and Burrillville football game moved from Saturday to Sunday at 2 45 at Gurteras Field.
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Colt
Burrillville
Gurteras Field
Bristol United War Fund total climbs to 1552.75
A Bristol drive report shows the United War Fund total reaching 1552.75 toward a 11000 quota. A $500 donation from Pvt. Charles B. Rockwell on the European front boosted contributions, with daily reports urged to monitor progress.
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United War Fund
Charles B. Rockwell
Bristol
Pvt
Rockwell
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Bristol Community Fund
United War Fund, Inc
Sousa Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Army Medal Heroism
Virgin P Sousa becomes staff sergeant effective Oct 19 1944, wife Mrs Virginia P Sousa of 3 Roma street. He earned the Soldier's Medal for heroism after a 1942 Narragansett Bay rescue of a Navy plane crew, performed while stationed in Oklahoma. He entered service Sept 16 1940, formerly Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery RI National Guard. Father of seven months old son Vincent.
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Virgin S Sousa
Virginia P Sousa
Roma Street
Sgt Sousa
Oklahoma
Sousa
Narragansett Bay
Beavertail Light
United States Army
Sgt
243Rd Coast Artillery
R.I.N.G
Dres S Company
Warren
Vincent
Air Evac Nurses Describe Mobile Frontline Hospital Life
Patricia Strauss reports for the New York Herald Tribune on her flight with the Ninth Troop Carrier Command describing a typical mission from an early 6 am alert to landing at a forward base behind Metz. She details the rugged conditions, the fully mobile hospital setup, the use of spot sterilization, and the constant danger navigation while providing care to wounded soldiers.
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Patricia Strauss
N. Y. Herald-Tribune
Ninth Troop Carriers Command
Florence Mulligan
Minnesota
Eva Croce
Livermore
Cal
Metz
France
England
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